A composition about catching morning glory in childhood

Morning glory is a creeping plant with slender vines, heart-shaped leaves, and blooming morning glory. The colors are mostly blue, some red, and many purple. , very beautiful. Next to my pigsty, there is a row of oak wooden shelves, which are actually fences to keep out the pigs. Every spring, planting some vegetables such as pumpkins and loofahs can be regarded as reusing waste. Anyway, it is idle. But I don’t know why, but several morning glories grow every year. Pumpkins and loofahs bloom with yellow flowers, and morning glories bloom with blue flowers, turning the pig pen into a small garden.

In our place, morning glory is not called morning glory. People call it "Er Chou". In fact, Er Chou is the seed of morning glory. The black one is called Heichou and the beige one is called Baichou. It is a traditional Chinese medicine. People there think Er Chou is a laxative and often tell children that it is poisonous and will cause diarrhea. of. Maybe calling it morning glory is a tongue twister, so I called it Er Chou. Of course, those who call morning glory the second ugly are all old people. When we were young, we neither called morning glory morning glory nor Erchou. We called it morning glory.

In my opinion, morning glory is just an ordinary wild flower. It is a small flower and grass left on the earth inadvertently by the flower fairy, letting it grow scattered on the roadside and in the fields. Scattered on the fence wall of the courtyard. Therefore, morning glory is a very popular little flower. Perhaps, it was unwilling to be at the mercy of fate and wanted to stand out, so it climbed up desperately and clung to all the stems it could cling to. However, its efforts were so helpless and it still looked petite and weak.

I read an essay by Guo Moruo in the early years, which described the grand blooming of morning glories: "In the early morning, thousands of morning glories raised their heads at the same time, bloomed their petals, and sounded the charge together. No. This is a sea of ??flowers, this is a spectacular painting. "To be honest, I have never seen a sea of ??morning glories, let alone thousands of them. The magnificent morning glories that Mr. Guo Moruo saw are probably gone now. I even have a little doubt whether Mr. Guo Moruo has really seen morning glories that are like a sea of ??flowers.

Morning glory, as a flower in the land of fragrances, has a humble birth. Ancient literati and poets rarely chanted it, only a few poems. Modern literati have a special liking for morning glories. Mei Lanfang, a famous Peking Opera performing artist, likes to grow morning glories. Qi Baishi, a master of traditional Chinese painting, not only grows morning glories but also paints morning glories. Ever since he saw Mei family flowers as big as After seeing the morning glories in the bowl, Mr. Shiraishi wrote a poem: "A hundred books of morning glories are as big as the bowl. I haven't dreamed of visiting Mei's house for three years." The form jumps out on the paper, giving rise to infinite interest. The famous writer Ye Shengtao not only wrote the famous prose "Morning Glory", but he also liked planting morning glories in his yard.

Rural people seem to have a preference for morning glories. Many farmers like to plant a few trees in their own yards. They plant morning glories not for viewing, just like many farmers keep dogs. It's not just for the sake of looking after the home, it's just a hobby. After all, planting a few morning glories in the yard makes it a little more lively. Rural people planting morning glories may have another meaning. It is said that morning glories can predict whether crops will have a good harvest. Morning glory flower buds can be double-headed or single-headed, and the ratio of double-headed to single-headed buds can predict a year's summer and autumn grain harvests. When there are more double heads than single heads, there is hope for a bumper harvest in summer. On the contrary, when there are more single heads than double heads, there is hope for a bumper harvest in autumn. Farmers can adjust the proportion of planting accordingly based on this special harbinger of morning glory to achieve a bumper harvest.

People in the city, they are nobles, are not so fond of the native morning glory. Their balconies are filled with famous flowers and plants, such as daffodils, orchids, peonies, and chrysanthemums. Morning glories are rarely seen on their balconies. However, I have actually seen morning glories in the city. I saw them in Nanyang last year. Although Nanyang is not a metropolis, it can still be considered a medium-sized city. From my perspective, if you live in Nanyang, you are more like a noble. They should not be interested in rustic morning glories. But I happened to see a patch of morning glories planted in the yard of a residential house, close to the gable.

It was probably May at that time, which was the season when morning glories were in full bloom. The green leaves held up one morning glory after another, which bloomed very brightly and had a unique charm. I wondered at that time whether this family was rural immigrants who had just moved to the city.

In fact, I hope that people living in cities might as well plant a few pots of morning glories. Maybe it will bring you unexpected pleasure. Morning glory is a kind of flower that is easy to maintain. Just sow the seeds and they will start to germinate in a few days. They are white, tender and curved buds, with a black hat on their heads. After taking off the hat, the white and tender body turned dark green under the sunlight, and slowly grew stems and heart-shaped leaves. The growing stems and vines wrapped around the steel bars of the guardrail consciously. In April and May, morning glories are in full bloom. Throughout the summer and even early autumn, beautiful morning glories can be seen every day. Such a scenery cannot be decorated with a few pots of expensive flowers and plants.

As I write this, I somehow suddenly think of Tao Yuanming. It must be that Tao Gong was hidden in the green mountains and green waters, with a fenced courtyard, half-covered firewood leaves, frost-stained chrysanthemums, and morning glories climbing all over the fence. In such an environment, Tao Gong drank and wrote poems. Transcendence has created a generation of poetic style. Of course, Tao Gong's writings did not leave a single word about morning glories, but I think that a fence without morning glories should be less lively and less detached.

Plant a morning glory. Inadvertently, your ordinary life will become more colorful.