As soon as August arrives, the day of the beginning of autumn is not far away. There is no autumn here in Chujiazhai, and the sun is more violent. However, fortunately, Chujiazhai is located in a high mountain area, and the mountain wind is gusting, so it is not as difficult to endure this kind of weather as in other places. Coupled with the temperature regulation of Yunkai Mountain, in fact, Chujiazhai here will not be as hot as other southern regions all year round.

"These screams even harder." Ye Jisheng, who was sitting under the longan tree at the door and enjoying the shade, said that it felt good to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

Zhou Furong simply fell asleep on the recliner, at this time, if there is a little wind, it is easy to make people sleepy. And Chu Jiaqiang, this guy must doze off for a while at this time. It's already a habit and it's hard to break.

Some people say that in spring, when the weather warms up, people are prone to sleepiness, which is what everyone calls spring sleepiness. But in the same way, when it is hot, there is a cool breeze, which will also hypnotize people.

"Huh! The beginning of autumn has passed, and there are not many days left for these days to come out of their shells. After shedding their shells, they have to hide back under the dirt, and naturally they start to scream. Professor Wen said with a smile.

In addition, in ancient China, the beginning of autumn was divided into three waits: "one waits for the cool breeze to arrive; The second candidate is Bai Lusheng; Three chilling cicadas. "It is said that after the beginning of autumn, people will feel cool when the wind blows, and the wind at this time is different from the hot wind in the summer; Then, in the morning, there will be a fog on the earth; And the cicadas that chirp in the autumn also begin to chirp.

He and Fu Shenglin cooked tea here, and the two of them drank the thousand-year-old tea of Chu Jiaqiang's house beautifully, which had the effect of nourishing the spirits, so naturally they would not feel sleepy.

"What day is today? It can't be the beginning of autumn, right? Chen Wu asked suddenly.

Fu Shenglin smiled bitterly: "You young people, although you still have a lot of time in your life, you should also pay attention to time!" Today is the beginning of autumn, and the autumn tiger is coming! ”

Only those who pay attention to time will feel the rapid passage of time and cherish time more. However, this group of guys, together with Chu Jiaqiang, don't like to look at the time, and when they are hungry, they know that it is time to eat.

"It's so fast! Here, you don't feel it. Ye Jisheng sighed. They feel that spring has just passed, and this autumn is ready to come.

"This is the South, where is it so easy to feel? Even if it's the north, it may not feel anything. Only in those places where there are plane trees, at this time, the leaves of the plane trees begin to turn yellow, and there will be leaves that start to fall, and the people will feel it. Fu Shenglin said.

The so-called "autumn is known when a leaf falls", which means that the leaves of the plane tree have fallen, which indicates that the pace of autumn is near.

From a literal point of view, the character "autumn" is composed of the word "he" and the word "fire", which means that the grain is ripe. The beginning of autumn is the first solar term of autumn, and autumn is a transitional season from hot to cool, and then from cool to cold.

However, the grain mentioned here is from the central region. The early rice is only ripe there, and it is busy harvesting at this time, and then quickly replanting.

Therefore, there is a saying that "three rains in the beginning of autumn, rice turns into rice", "the beginning of autumn rain is drenched, and gold is everywhere". Double night growing in the environment of high to low temperature, we must seize the current favorable opportunity of high temperature, top dressing and pruning, and strengthen management.

However, it is not applicable here in Chujiazhai. The seedlings here have grown, and the rice has long since dried out. Here, the location is relatively special, and it is a transition area between two crops a year and three crops a year. Therefore, if rice is planted for two seasons, the farmland will be vacant for a long time in the future, but the planting of three crops will be slightly insufficient.

Here, you can really feel the breath of autumn, and you may have to wait for November. At that time, almost half of the real winter was over.

"This is the time when rain is most needed relative to farmers." Professor Wen said.

"After the autumn, the temperature in most parts of China is still high, all kinds of crops grow vigorously, the rice blooms and bears fruit, the single night round stalks, the soybean pods, the corn is pumped and silked, the cotton is boll and the sweet potato is rapidly expanded, the water requirements are very urgent, and the drought during this period will cause irreparable losses to the final harvest of crops.

In addition, the autumn ploughing of the tea garden should be carried out as soon as possible, the agricultural proverb says: "seven digging gold, eight digging silver", autumn digging can eliminate weeds, loosen the soil, improve the ability to retain water and store water, if combined with fertilization, can make the autumn shoots grow better.

"Good autumn! Not to mention the coolness, it was the fattest time for the game, and you could go out hunting. Chen Wu immediately remembered hunting.

In the past, every time I arrived, I would be friends in groups of three or five, carrying shotguns and so on up to the mountains to hunt, down to the river to fish, and so on. It can be said that autumn is the best day. There are a lot of activities, not to mention, and they are not as rainy as spring, so hot in summer, and so cold in winter.

Although Professor Wen and others are biologists, they are not averse to traditional hunting. As Chen Wu said, this time is the time for game meat to grow fat, and at the same time, it is also the most suitable season for the human body to take supplements, so as to reduce viral infections and prevent the recurrence of old diseases when winter comes.

After the beginning of autumn, the temperature turns from hot to cool, the consumption of the human body gradually decreases, and the appetite begins to increase. Therefore, it is possible to scientifically take in nutrients and adjust the diet according to the characteristics of autumn to supplement the consumption of summer and prepare for wintering.

Of course, in addition to eating meat to replenish energy, we should also pay attention to foods that nourish yin and clear heat, moisturize dryness and quench thirst, and freshen and soothe the nerves. Autumn is dry, with cool nights but still high during the day. Therefore, according to the principle of "dryness is moisturizing", it should be based on foods that nourish yin and clear heat, moisten dryness and quench thirst, and freshen and soothe the nerves.

"The beginning of autumn should also be an important day in the tradition, right? Strange, why is there no movement in Chujiazhai? Ye Jisheng and others said.

Professor Wen and other old people said helplessly: "You are hiding at home one by one, people have activities, and you don't know!" This morning, the temple was lively, didn't you see that your Uncle Shengmin also killed chickens and worshiped God? ”

Chen Wu and the others snorted, they thought it was a chicken killing in normal times, so they didn't pay much attention to it. In the countryside, even if it is not a festival, the chicken must be killed at the door to worship the ancestors and the Bodhisattva, they have become accustomed to it.

Those who know history know that on the day of the beginning of autumn in ancient times, the emperor would lead hundreds of civil and military officials to the western suburbs to worship and welcome the autumn, and ordered the generals to start training soldiers to protect their families and defend the country. At the same time, both the court and the people, after the beginning of the autumn harvest, will choose an auspicious day of the zodiac, on the one hand, to worship and thank the heavens and ancestors for their protection, and on the other hand, to try the newly harvested rice grain to celebrate.