Chapter 9 There is a mine at home
In autumn, the orange trees planted by my father before grew up to bear fruit for a year or two, but later, due to the lack of manpower in the family, they were negligent in management, and then only some dead branches and rotten leaves remained.
The longan tree outside the yard, although it blooms a lot, never bears fruit.
The yellowbark tree had some fruit scattered on the ground, but the fruit was eaten up by the birds before it was ripe.
The fruit planted in the garden is not eaten.
My mother's original desire to grow fruits and generate income was almost disappointed every year.
However, this is not difficult for Zhang Ze, she is not short of fruits to eat.
On the lawn, in the fields, on the hillside, everywhere is fruitful.
In July, August and September every year, it is the season when wild fruits such as mountain twist, ground twister, grass berry, longevity fruit, wild persimmon, pear, golden cherry seed, nightshade, lantern fruit, and cone chestnut are ripe.
The lawns and fields are covered with ground twisters, thatch berries and nightshades.
The tongue is black every time he eats.
There are thorns on the body of the thatch berry, so you need to be careful to avoid the thorns next to it when eating. The small fruit is round and reddish throughout.
When eating, the sweet and sour juice flows into the mouth, not to mention how refreshing it is in the autumn when the residual heat is still dissipated.
Although nightshade can be eaten, Zhang Ze doesn't like to eat it. Just play with its juice as ink.
Mountain twists are all over the mountains.
Every time I followed my mother and sister to cut the crops, my mother and sister would take a detour from the mountains to the fields, pluck the ripe mountain twists, put them in a cloth bag, and take them to the fields to eat.
When he came back, Zhang Ze didn't have to pick millet, he went around the mountains to pick it by himself and took it home to eat.
Longevity fruit, wild persimmon and pear have to be found in the barren mountains.
After picking, it is left for a period of time before eating.
Otherwise, the taste will be very astringent, especially wild dates.
Pears need to be salted with sugar and salt for several days before they can be eaten.
The burrly golden cherry tree also grows on the barren mountains and mountains, and it takes a lot of effort to eat it.
It is necessary to carefully scrape the thorns and hairs on its body like fish scales, so that you can put it in your mouth with peace of mind, chew it vigorously, and a unique sweet taste will flow out, which makes people want to stop.
Lantern fruit is relatively rare.
But if you look hard in the mountains, you can still get there.
It's just that the appearance of the lantern fruit looks dry, which makes people lose their appetite.
Cone chestnut is Zhang Ze's favorite wild fruit.
After her sister Zhang Zhou is busy with farm work, she will take her to the mountains to find cone chestnuts.
The ripe chestnut kernel cracked, and the plump cone fell directly from the tree to the ground.
The two sisters picked up one by one as if they had picked up a treasure and put it in a handbag.
The cones on the tree, which were still wrapped in thorny pits, would not have bothered to climb up the tree to pick them if their bags were full.
But if there is not enough to fill the bag on the ground, my sister Zhang Zhou will cut down some branches and take out the cones that are ready to crack first.
If it is really difficult to take out the cone chestnut that has not been cracked, they don't want it.
Cone chestnut can be eaten raw.
If you eat it raw, it is best to eat those cone chestnuts that have not burst and opened, they are well hydrated and have a sweet taste.
You can also take it home and boil it, cook it and eat it, it's powdery and sweet.
If you want to eat them better, you can cook them and then stir-fry them over low heat.
After eating wild fruits all over the mountains, winter came.
After the rice harvest is completed, the villagers can finally rest for a while and prepare for the Chinese New Year.
The number of film and television dramas in the village has increased.
The TV series that children love to watch are "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Jigong".
Sister Zhang Hu likes to watch "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
As long as this drama is played, she must go every time she is played.
The theater is located in the barn in the middle of the village, and there is a mountain road to get there.
Zhang Hu was timid, and he didn't dare to walk at night alone, so he asked Zhang Ze to accompany her every time.
Zhang Ze asked Zhang Hu to carry her all the way before he was willing to go.
So every time a drama is played, Zhang Hu goes to watch it with Zhang Ze behind his back.
When he arrived at the barnyard, Zhang Ze met many friends who followed adults to watch film and television dramas.
At what age can a child sit still? A child stood up: "This TV series is not good, let's go play hide and seek!" ”
Respond to every call.
More than a dozen or twenty friends ran around the village, hiding on the lawn, in the orchard, and in the village temple.
The children who were in charge of finding people were guilty, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find all the children to play with.
One night, Zhang Ze and a few friends hid in an orchard.
The orchard's ripe citrus gives off an enticing sweet aroma.
The moonlight shines on the fruit trees, and the citrus fruits are red and big, crystal clear, and the flesh inside the shell is extremely full, as if it is about to break out of the shell.
They couldn't help but steal a lot of them, and hid them in their pockets, and each of them had a bulging pocket.
The sudden barking of a dog startled them.
The friends scattered and fled in unison.
Zhang Ze ran out of the orchard and hid next to the school playground, in a small warehouse for sporting goods, and did not dare to come out.
After the movie, my sister Zhang Hu couldn't find her everywhere, panicked, and ran home to move the rescuers without fear.
Later, under the leadership of Zhang Hu, my mother, sister Zhang Yu and Zhang Zhou finally found her in the small warehouse after searching for most of the night.
"Do you dare to steal in the future? I know that I can't see the light of day when I do bad things, so I hide? "Mom saw the citrus in her pocket and thought it was angry and ridiculous.
"I don't dare anymore." Zhang Ze scratched the mosquito-bitten bag on his body and said pitifully.
"Remember to apologize to others tomorrow! Send the fruit back. Sister patted her head and said.
"Come, my sister will carry you home." Zhang Hu squatted on the ground, hunched over.
Zhang Ze, who was tired, lay on the back of the third sister Zhang Hu and soon fell asleep.
It seems that I dreamed of the fourth sister again.
The fourth sister told her in her dream that in fact, she was not doing so well, but she would soon come to her, her mother, and her sisters!
"Then you remember! Be sure to come to us! Zhang Ze said to her in a dream, "And Dad." ”
"Okay, it's a deal!"
In the dream, the fourth sister stretched out her slender little finger and pulled a hook with her.
Before meeting Lin Na, Zhang Ze thought that everyone's childhood should be innocent, romantic, carefree and spent in eating, drinking and having fun, under the love of their families.
After getting to know Linna, if she told Linna, the spring flowers are so beautiful! The water in the stream is so cool in summer!
Did you see that? Have you ever been to the mountains, in the fields, by the streams, on the lawn?
Lin Na would raise her head, glance at her half-squinted eyes, pout, and slap her fiercely in a disdainful tone: "Are you full of food?" What flowers do you have nothing to enjoy? What kind of stream to soak? Don't you have to work? Have a mine at home? ”
"Isn't that a mother and sister at home?" Zhang Ze was puzzled.
"I don't have a sister, and my mother is gone." She replied coldly, with a blank expression.
"What about my brother and my father?"
"I don't have a brother either."