Reading at night

The anchor reads the classics and says good night to you. Hello, everyone. This is lightning night reading. I'm Xi Bin, the anchor of Immortal Media. I will share the peach blossoms with you tonight.

When the weather gets warmer and the spring breeze blows through the village, the branches will look like spring overnight.

People's faces are also a little more spring, warm and sweet, which is the joy of spring. The crops are also clear and the loess area is warm and sunny.

Flowers in Shan Ye bloom from low to high, from near to far. All kinds of flowers invite bees and butterflies to the branches. On the desk of the yellow land, the brush of the spring breeze makes the watercolor flow, and the large areas of pink and willow green enrich the water of the Chunjiang River. In the singing of birds, in the footsteps of wind and rain, everything is thriving.

I was born in the country and grew up in the spring breeze. Every mountain, every river and even every tree is my close partner. Every spring, when the flowers bloom, the three or two peach blossoms left in my memory will always flash before my eyes.

Yes, it's peach blossoms, a few peach blossoms outside grandpa's house. They have been in full bloom every year as long as I can remember. Compared with peach blossoms in other villages and Shan Ye, they may be no different, but I prefer to approach them again and again. Grandpa once joked with a smile that the child was very close to Huali. I smiled and clenched his calloused hand and asked, who planted this peach tree and how many years have it been? Grandpa's answer has never changed. I planted it when I was your age. In a few years, I will marry your grandmother. Grandma sat in the yard outside the house sewing, without saying a word, but kept laughing.

Peach trees with thick teacups are scattered in a bamboo forest. Compared with the tall apricot, birch and pear trees around, their branches are not lush. However, when the peach blossom blooms for the second time, I am always moved inexplicably, like meeting a kind-hearted relative with fine eyes and standing there quietly, which makes people feel practical and warm.

Peach blossoms in the spring breeze are pure in color, one or a cluster, calm and peaceful. For children growing up in the depths of mountains, flowers and plants are the most common natural sight. As for me, I am only attached to peach blossoms and stubbornly believe that spring is perfect only when peach blossoms are in full bloom and birds are singing and flowers are fragrant.

Time and time again, I just looked at the peach blossoms. By my side, there are chickens cackling and pecking, rhubarb dog wags his tail and follows me, three or two sparrows fly overhead, and in the distance, an old farmer bends down to mow the grass in the field. In a trance, the petals are surrounded by mountains, and spring seems to be infinitely magnified. ...

The flowering period of peach blossoms is not long, just over a week. When the peach powder falls, I am not disappointed, because the fruits the size of rice grains are covered with branches, and in the coming summer, the peaches the size of eggs will once again show the cheeks of the peach powder. Picking peaches, large and small, from the branches and holding them in your hand are like a cup of sweet honey. At this time, grandma stood not far away, raised her cane and pointed at the peach tree, smiling and reminding me, look, look, there is such a big peach hidden under the leaves. But she doesn't know that in the past spring, I stood by the yard like her, watching the bees hovering among the flowers, chanting in my heart in the same tone, gently, gently, don't touch the flowers with peach powder.

Many years later, my grandparents passed away hand in hand. Every spring, when I was a teenager, I looked at peach blossoms quietly. ...

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Liu Xibin, member of Shandong Recitation Artists Association, director of Liaocheng Recitation Artists Association, chief announcer of Shenxian Rong Media Center, advanced individual in radio and television work in Shenxian County, top ten outstanding young people in the 12th Shenxian County, and member of the 10th, 11th and 12th committees in Shenxian County.

Author of the article:

Wu Changyong (article published in 20th edition of People's Daily on March 2nd, 2022)