Miscellaneous notes of Dongpoling

20 17 summer day. I went to Longjia Village near Dongpoling by bus. Do as Romans do in Rome. Get off and ask for directions. Under the guidance of the villagers, I saw Longquan, which is very famous in the village.

The spring water is not big, flowing out leisurely, so clear that even the tiny sand grains under the water can be counted clearly. I can't help scooping up the entrance of spring, feeling sweet, cold and moistening my throat, and the summer heat is gone.

The people in Longjia Village are rich in heaven and earth, and there is this spring. They don't know which year and which month, they have built ditches, led springs into the pool and diverted away. A small pool in the space has its own uses.

The mainstream is introduced into the big pool, covered tightly and pumped into the water tower for the whole village to drink. The other ponds are arranged in order: washing vegetables, washing potatoes, killing chickens, slaughtering ducks, washing clothes and washing sundries, all in their proper places and not confusing each other. In order to ensure the water quality and avoid pollution.

Water is good for people, and the villagers they meet are healthy and happy, with beautiful faces, rosy faces and charming smiles, which are enviable.

After leaving Longjia Village, I walked west along a tractor road. Observe along the road. If you see strange scenery, be sure to take the lens. While wandering around, a middle-aged man came out of the village on a motorcycle. Seeing that I was surprised, he casually asked, "Uncle, whose relative are you?"

I said, come out of the city, walk around and see the countryside. When the man stopped, I saw two bottles of Jing Tian mineral water tied with soft tape on the back frame, and nothing else.

The man sighed and said, "Uncle, I'm going to the orchard to kill insects. Why don't you go there in my car? " I can't refuse to see a man with sincere face, gentle words and simple enthusiasm. I said, okay, so I got in his car? .

That man is very talkative and drives slowly while talking to me. The tractor road runs through the field, opposite to a hilly area, shaded by green trees, gloomy and winding to the west.

On the mountain, the dog barked, and the man exclaimed. Several big dogs immediately shut up and greeted them by wagging their tails, showing kindness to their owners.

When I got off the bus, a black dog sniffed my trouser legs. I was surprised and avoided the man. The man flew, shook the dog and brought it back to the ground. He shouted at the dog, "Is the sick dog blind? The guests I brought dare to boo! "

It is said that dogs understand human nature, and this time I saw it with my own eyes. As soon as the man's voice fell, several dogs scattered and patrolled the orchard.

The man wheeled the car into the house, took a bottle of mineral water, took out a chair and put it under an longan tree. He said, "Uncle, sit down. It's too hot. Have some water. If you want to see the orchard, you can walk around. Only papaya can be eaten in this season. You can choose whatever you want. I have to wash the medicine to kill insects. "

I said, you bought two bottles of water to kill insects. How can I be ashamed to drink it?

"It's okay, you drink generously. I'll call the small shop in the village when I want it, and it will be delivered in ten minutes. This time is different. There are shops in the village and every family has a car. Even Abreu, a cattle herder, has a mobile phone. It's rare to pour a piece of water? "

Just as the man was talking, the mobile phone suddenly rang. He took out his mobile phone and talked to the other party. His voice is very loud. The dogs heard this, ran to help the dogs and ran around the man. It's very interesting and funny.

The man hung up the phone and took out the sprayer and insecticide from the utility room. I thought the man was too busy to stay for long, so he took the bottle of water and took a sip. I said, brother, I'm going somewhere else. Thank you! ? Because the man was too busy, he said, "then I won't keep you." Come by car again when you are free. "

I said, well, I walked out of the orchard, walked southwest along an ox cart road and went up Dongpoling.

Walking all the way, I didn't see anyone. I fell into the bush and saw a rooster snake crawling on a dry branch with its head up. I secretly pleased, quickly stopped, took out my mobile phone, turned on the camera function first, quietly approached, and quickly took it into the camera.

I don't know how many years I haven't seen this little animal. Today, I not only saw it, but also took photos. Too colorful! Seeing the effect is good, I put my mobile phone in my pocket. I bent down and reached for it, trying to catch it quietly. Who knows that guy is smart, and his hand has just reached his tail. He has jumped far, climbed a mangosteen tree and looked back at me as if laughing at my stupidity. A man this big can't help it.

I remember that this stunner was introduced in medical books, saying that its scientific name was horse-maned snake, and there were some aliases. We have called it rooster snake since childhood. Trees, bamboo gardens and bushes can be seen everywhere on the edge of the village. We often catch it, cut its belly with a knife, take out its internal organs, roast it, peel it and eat it.

Adults say that eating cocks and snakes will not lead to malnutrition. Someone soaked it in double steamed rice wine to treat rheumatic bone pain. Anyway, no matter how flexible this guy is, he is also human food in that era when food and clothing are not guaranteed. I used to eat too many cocks and snakes, but now it's hard to see any of them. It seems that people really have a little awareness of protecting wild animals.

I thought as I walked along. Dongpo Ridge, as its name implies, is naturally related to Su Shi. According to the historical records, unofficial history and folklore I read, I gradually sorted out the clues in this silent Shan Ye.

More than 900 years ago, strayed into officialdom, a writer, painter and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, was versatile and was repeatedly relegated because of his disagreement with powerful people. Shao Sheng was demoted to Huizhou in the early years and lived in Danzhou, passing through Dongpoling of Leizhou Peninsula.

Back in those days, this "Naman" hometown, thousands of miles away, was overgrown with weeds, with rugged rocks, changeable weather and unpredictable showers. Sometimes the sun is cold and there is smoke on the road, so people are very popular. Sometimes thunder and lightning, wind and rain attack people. Muddy all the way, as sticky as leeches. Su Shi trekked on foot and experienced hardships!

Fortunately, he read a lot of poetry books, brilliant, bold and provocative, born with a good face and approachable. He visited the poor and asked questions all the way, sympathized with the people, cared about production, talked poetry with rural sages, sang peace and advocated education, and won the love of the people along the way.

The common people of Limin provided accommodation for Mr. Dongpo, and they also gave him a ride when they were driving the ox cart, which saved him from many hardships such as sleeping in the wind, eating and sleeping, and being hungry and cold. As far as its footprint is concerned, its reputation spread far and wide, leaving many scenic spots such as Dongpoling, Dongpo Litchi, Dongpo Well, Dongpo Academy and so on. Various reputations were dictated by the dynasties and passed down from generation to generation.

Sweep away the dust of the years and turn a new page in history. For a long time, I suddenly found that hundreds of new buildings with three to five floors appeared not far away, which is a new village.

I hurried forward and entered the village. I saw a woman standing under some duck feet trees, scattering grain beside her to feed the chickens. I said, sister, are you feeding the chickens? The woman turned around and smiled, her eyes white and her face rosy. She looks only over 30 years old. Fortunately, I didn't call her aunt. She said, "Yes, uncle, whose home are you going to?"

I was surprised when I heard the local accent. I said, don't look for anyone, come out of the city and see the world. She smiled and turned to feed the chickens.

Then a voice came from the room: "Ping, who are you talking to?"

"A passing uncle!" As soon as the voice of the woman feeding the chicken fell, a strong old woman came out. I quickly greeted her.

She smiled and said, "distinguished guests! Uncle, are you thirsty and hungry? There is rice porridge at home, but there is no good wine and food to entertain. It was so hot that everyone didn't want to eat fish and meat, so they didn't buy it. Dried radish, sweet and sour garlic, pickled bitter gourd, pickled sauerkraut, go after you are full. "

The strong local accent and homesickness touched me. I said, not thirsty, not hungry, with mineral water, I walked around.

The clear voice said, "Yes, yes, this is the immigrant new village farm, and the old village farm is in the west."

Follow her direction, pass a jackfruit garden and enter an ancient village farm. What I saw were rows of low, narrow and dark Shi Zhuan houses, many of which were destroyed, revealing holes of different sizes, and the stone walls were gray and black, covered with patches of moss.

The alley is very narrow, and only ox carts can pass through it. This ancient country farm seems to have some history. It has been abandoned by the villagers and has become a dusty page in history. Only those jackfruit trees near the village are full of fruits, showing infinite vitality.

I turned on a cement road in no worries, then entered the new village and walked from north to south. The design, layout and decoration of the buildings I saw are the same as those in the city, but brighter than those in Worry-Free.

All the venues in the village have hardened, and there are two lanes between the buildings. There used to be a green belt in the middle of the road, and some landscape trees were planted, which were full of vitality. A family used the first floor to open a small supermarket, and a wide range of goods were neatly placed on the shelves.

I met three old people in the south of the village, sitting under the longan tree and laughing happily. I greeted them, and a woman over there brought a chair and repeatedly asked to sit down. They are full of enthusiasm and smiles. It can be seen that they are very happy in Dongpoling village.

During the chat, an old man with white hair and hale spirits told me that they were immigrants from Hedi Reservoir, mostly from the north of Hebei on both sides of Jiuzhou River, and their surname was Luo. He moved here in the 1960s and was organized into eight teams. Here are four teams.

I said, my family is also a relocated household. My name is Wu. The old man said, "OK, brothers, the same waterway."

"Ah wu, you don't know, at that time we lived in the old, cultivated land, foraging from the soil, and had a hard time. In the 1970s, masonry brick houses were not afraid of wind and rain, but were gradually improved. In recent years, the national immigration policy has been improved, the government has compensated, and everyone has worked hard to build a more livable immigrant village. Upstairs and downstairs, the wishes of electric lights and telephones have come true. "

An old man with a face like Guan Gong suddenly burst out laughing: "Brother A Zheng, hey hey, upstairs and downstairs, lights and telephones, this is the slogan of the task force to mobilize us to enter the village. Who believed it at that time? " They said, move out, build a reservoir, build a canal, and then you can live a good life with lights and telephones upstairs and downstairs. We don't believe that anyone still pulls out the label of the investigation team and throws it away. "

"You don't believe it! Isn't it realized now? " Another old man said. It seems that his body is stronger. "Don't say upstairs downstairs, light telephone, now there are several families without TV, mobile phone, motorcycle, car? Who will carry a big shit bucket? Farming and fertilization are mechanized. Otherwise, we old guys can still sit comfortably under a tree and talk about the Three Kingdoms and the Westward Journey when we are full? " The old man seemed a little excited and loud. ?

"Old boy, look at you, seven old eighty, still so impatient. Ron Artest, you didn't hear clearly, so you were anxious. He said he didn't believe it then, not that he doesn't believe it now? Facts are facts. Obviously, can you believe it? "

The old child acquiesced without saying a word. He smiled and said to me, "Ah Wu, I drove from Dongpo No.1 Team to play. Don't run around in hot weather. I'll drive you out and take the shuttle bus back to the city later. " I smiled at him, noncommittally.

After sitting for about half an hour, old boys didn't break his word. Old boys is very talkative, saying that the provincial government has approved the construction of an immigrant town in this area, and eight groups of people will live together to form a small town living environment. The plan has been issued, the land has been requisitioned, and it can be implemented in a few days. Otherwise, the fourth team Xincun Farm would not have left such a wide road.

At the intersection of Dingkan and Suihai Road, when I shook hands with old boys, he enthusiastically said, "Brother, I'll give you my mobile phone number. Next time I come out to play, you call my mobile phone, and I will drive you to Dongpoling Scenic Area, where it develops faster and looks better than here. "

I exchanged mobile phone numbers with old boys, and a bus to Shencheng passed by. When I got on the bus, sat by the window and looked out, I saw that old boys was still standing in the car, waving to me with a big smile.

After the car started, he happily turned around and went home.

Looking at his distant back, I thought to myself, I don't know how much hunger and hardship Lao Tong's generation has experienced, and today I realized that deep expectation and lived a moist life. A bigger vision and a better life have actually not yet arrived.