Impression 2 of Dongjiang Lake Chukou

The wood for building the shop was transported from my hometown. My hometown is next door to Changhuo in Chukou. The trees had already been cut down and the fir bark had been scraped. That time when I carried the tree down the mountain to the Changhuo Highway, At noon, I had a special delicacy in Zhenji - sweet potato old grain wine mixed with mountain spring water. The steamed sweet potato cubes were dried in the sun and then soaked in the fermented wine grains for fermentation. The dried sweet potatoes completely absorbed the juice in the grain wine, and the sweet potatoes became tender and yellow. Withered, the aroma of wine is fragrant. In the hot weather, sweet potato old grain wine mixed with cool spring water is both a delicious taste on the tip of the tongue and a fragrant aroma in the nose. It quenches thirst and fills the stomach. After drinking a large glass, the strength of the wood is shaken. It seems to have increased a lot and the distance has become much shorter.

Huanglianzhai of the Changhuo Brigade is adjacent to my hometown. After carrying the wood to the road, I asked the tractor to go down the Longxi Cave River; Longxi Cave is the longest hole in the Twelve Leilian Cave. The stream flows down from Lianping, passes through the upper cave, middle cave, lower cave and Zhiping of Longxi Cave, passes through Changhuo Village in Chukou, and flows into the Dongjiang River; there are several ancient barriers on the downstream bank of the two intersections. , covering the sky and sheltering from the sun, the section of the river looked eerie; after the highway, the Dongjiang River blocked the way, and a boat as big as the ferry boat rowed over, carrying a tractor across the river.

The main body of the ship is less than twelve meters and can carry two large trucks at the same time. When the motor vehicle is on board, it must be tightly fastened to the steel cable with a rowing stick and pulled hard to prevent the ship from moving.

After the tractor lands, there are two roads to choose from. One is the main road leading to Huangcao from Chukou, and the other is below the main road. There are several big tung trees beside the road. After passing the big tung trees, there is a large On the beach, there is a cargo row in the river, and the Chukou Transportation Station is located here; above the water transportation station is the hydrological station. In front of it are several thousand-year-old camphor trees, which are exposed to the scorching sun. When the strong wind blows, the leaves fly and make a roar. The sound of the tree is beautiful, the branches and leaves are clear; the tree trunks are thick and white, the tree lines are wrinkled and pleated, the tree crown is wide and green, allowing the wind to cool down and refresh the mind; standing in the distance, it looks like mushroom clouds; before immigration, Fujian people acquired it Use a sharp hoe to dig out pieces of wood chips and use them to refine camphor oil. The oil is clear in color, fragrant and mellow, but a bit dazzling.

This water area is the deepest and most stable place in Chukou; the cargo queue has been basically unused since my family arrived in Chukou, and there is no large amount of wood piled in the large flat of the water transport station. The sand and gravel are yellow. All that was left in the mud was a mess of truck tracks, varying in depth.

The river channel of the water transport station originally flows northward, and forms a large arc here, like a stretched bow, which merges with the water on the yellow beach, forming a T-shaped three-flat quilt with the Chukou Brigade. Surrounded by mountains.

The highway goes in the direction of Huangcao, and soon enters the boundary of Huangcao Township. There is a place called Shuikou. Employees of the Leijiadong Breeding Farm live on both sides of the highway. The roadside is full of miscellaneous trees and there are many families. Working on small pieces of wood.

The Shuikou Highway Bridge spans the Dongjiang River. It is 124 meters long and 5 meters wide. The two arches are fan-shaped. There are small arches with three holes on one side above the piers. It was built in 1967. At that time, the government invested more than 320,000 yuan; when we saw it, there was a small wood processing factory with wooden planks next to the railings of the bridge. It was afraid that it would block the waterway during immigration, so the government paid for it and hired people to blow it up, leaving it forever abandoned in the Dongjiang River. The bottom of the lake became an unforgettable scenery at that time.

The river bottom of Shuikou Bridge is a whole piece of limestone slab. The water is shallow and the waves are rough, and the river beach is dangerous; the Lei Zheng River on the right bank downstream of the bridge originates from Lei Zheng Cave. Before liberation, there was a Lei Zheng township. Shuitou, Longxi Township, my grandfather once served as the head of the Kuomintang township there. After liberation, it was renamed Shuitou Township, and he taught in the township again. The stream flows from Shuitou, Qiumu, Taiyu, and passes through the Leijiadong quarrying field. , flows out of Linquan and flows into Dongjiang River.

The ferry in Chukou runs from Shuikou Bridge to Gaoshitai in Gaowan. Gaowan Village is located directly opposite the Huangshatan River. Due to the turbulence of the river, the ferry is located at the end of the wave.

The angle of more than 100 degrees formed by the Dongjiang River and the Yellow Beach is where Chukou Old Street, Chukou Township Government, Chukou Pian Police Station, Forest Station, Post Office, Hospital, Bank, Supply and Marketing, and Food Station, Tiemushe and Chukou Street, where the Xiaowang Family Group is located, there are more than a dozen self-employed businesses along the downhill road.

Chukou Township was the main distribution center and post station for people traveling to Guangdong during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Many stone roads were laid during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Those who carry mountain goods to enter Rucheng Civilization or go to Yizhang Baishi Ferry usually go there. These two places exchange goods or trade.

In the past, when we talked about traveling to Guangdong, we only talked about running in the direction of Guangdong. When we reached the main road, we usually used rickshaws to carry goods. There was a pavilion at every tenth road. When there was no pavilion, there was a road monument with the four characters "Amitabha Buddha" engraved on it. "; Five miles along the way to Buddha Master, rest in the pavilion to take shelter from the wind and rain; when passing by Buddha Master, you need to collect firewood to pay homage, as much as you like. If it is cold in winter, you can light a fire to keep warm and warm food.

In the past, people who traveled a lot due to the inconvenience caused by transportation would buy animal skins, medicinal materials, tung oil, litsea cubeba oil, camellia oil, palm flakes, ramie, tobacco leaves, tea and other agricultural side products from their hometowns. Local products; exchange some cloth, salt, matches, etc. and come back to earn some money; most of these employees traveling to Guangzhou do it during the slack season. When the current situation is turbulent, it depends on luck to make more or less; my uncle takes on the burden I ran across Guangzhou and traded in Baishidu. My family was poor and I owed a lot of debt. That year, I encountered the Kuomintang scalpers and prices soared, so I had to pay off all the foreign debts.

Help people choose the leg strength and negotiate the price, including the weight and the length of the journey.

When my family moved to Chukou, we had already entered the immigration status. The old street was demolished and one house was moved to the west. The structure of the house can also be distinguished from the mud brick house and the old blue brick house.

The township government office building is located behind the supply and marketing cooperative's restaurant. It was a red brick house built after liberation (when the People's Commune was established in 1958) with a brick and wood structure. It forks from the main highway and forms an intersection with the main highway. Vertically and horizontally, you go up a few steps and then enter. There are lanes on the left and right, with a total length of more than 20 meters. Go up the wooden stairs from the middle. The upper floor is wooden floor. The layout is the same as the first floor.

Opposite the office building is a large auditorium, which is low in front and high in back. There are rows of flip-up chairs that can accommodate thousands of people. Facing the outside is a two-story office.

In addition to the No. 5 Middle School, Chukou has a middle school. Chukou Middle School is separated from the No. 5 Middle School by the Huangshatan River. The school hosts both a primary school and a junior high school.

My mother managed department store warehouses before the reform of the supply and marketing cooperative system. After the reform, she contracted restaurants and hotels. After I did not play the video at that time, I got up early every morning to help pound the dough sticks. Although the dough was not very good, The fried food was not very good, but it was sold out every day; I also made some buns and steamed buns, and occasionally cooked a few dishes, mainly relying on the hotel business; my mother also asked my aunt and another girl to help with the management, and I entered the world. , became a veritable idler.

Idle people are idle people and never engage in crooked things, so during the crackdown, I have no part in my friends stealing chickens and dogs, let alone stealing wood, fighting and causing trouble.

I guard the canteen every day, and when I’m in the mood, I take a bus to Chenzhou for a round trip, which costs three yuan and four cents a round trip. One morning before the Dragon Boat Festival, a load of bayberries was placed in front of the shop. They were big and black. I tasted a sweet nugget, and I got a sudden interest. I exchanged the twenty yuan of red bayberry along with the basket and pole. I hurriedly got on the bus in Chenzhou and jolted all the way to the Chenzhou train station. I picked it up in the market where stalls were not allowed. I didn’t bring a scale with me in a hurry, so wherever I parked I was surrounded by people who wanted to buy. We didn’t have handbags at that time, so everyone used handbags or bamboo baskets to buy groceries. A few of them were carrying my basket to redeem, and I immediately added another I cashed in the grain basket and shoulder pole and made a profit of twenty or thirty yuan. I smiled and thought about it. I could buy forty kilograms of pork at that time. Can I be unhappy? !