Huizhou People: Summer Living in the Mountains (2)

My girlfriend gave me some food and asked me to bring it back from She County. soy. Carob. Chestnut. The soybeans are made by my girlfriend’s mother during her off-season, the long beans are from the vegetable garden in the mountains, and the chestnuts are just picked from the trees.

Huizhou, referred to as "Hui", was called Shezhou in ancient times, also known as Xin'an. Today Huizhou belongs to Anhui Province and Jiangxi Province, and is divided into Huangshan City, Jixi County (Xuancheng City) and Wuyuan County (Shangrao City).

Huizhou is another Jiangnan. The mountain villages in Huizhou and the mountain villages in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have a lively atmosphere, and the culture and landscape have a sense of flow that is not found in other places. A quiet energy.

The temperature in mountain villages feels at least 3 degrees lower than that in cities. The night is as cold as water.

I didn’t sleep well at night. Maybe the pillow was inappropriate or the mat was too slippery. In a great mood.

When I woke up, I heard the conversation between my girlfriend’s parents, mixed with the chirping of insects and birds, which was very harmonious. By the time I get up, it will be less than seven o'clock. My girlfriend's parents have gone to work in the mountains.

In the early morning, I took a walk by the river, watching the mist in the mountains dissipate, and watching the smoke curling up from people’s kitchens. The autumn wind blows, and there is a fragrance in the air, the fragrance of newly shelled walnut shells.

There are good mountains. The mountains in Huizhou are a little thicker than those in Zhejiang. The mountains in Zhejiang are beautiful.

There is good water. When you make tea with water from your girlfriend's house, the tea soup will leave your mouth clean and refreshing. It is a big bowl of tea that your girlfriend's parents drink every day. Sprinkle a handful of tea leaves into an aluminum teapot. This kind of mountain spring water tastes better than Nongfu Spring and better than the water from city taps. After drinking this kind of water, other water will become vulgar.

There is a family. White walls and gray tiles. Horse head wall. Various exquisite wood carvings and brick carvings. The smell of the village is not muddy, pigs are fed in the village, humans and animals are separated, and there is no inexplicable odor.

There are two bridges in the village, an old bamboo bridge and an unknown single-hole stone arch bridge. My girlfriend's uncle and grandma's house is under the Shikong Bridge. When I opened the back door of my grandma's house, I was amazed to see the river behind the house. The river port at Grandma's house can be enjoyed exclusively. Wash clothes by the river. shampoo. Drink tea. Listen to the sound of the waterfall.

Grandma lives in an old Hui-style house, next to my uncle’s new house. Grandma looks after the uncle's granddaughter and helps out. Grandma made the fire and cooked the meals herself, and the old house was kept very clean by her. Grandma took out a small bag of walnuts from the dustpan. She picked them up in the mountains and secretly gave them to her girlfriend.

Grandma is eighty-three years old.

After eating, people feel sleepy. So, I went to the river to wash my face and drink tea. The stream is cool and the tea soup is like flowing water.

Everyone is a passer-by in his own life and in the lives of others. Why care about other people's opinions. Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are like rotten dogs. Stars have a life span of tens of billions of years, while humans have a life span of eighty years. People are just passing by. That's it.

Dad came over to the river to take a look. My girlfriend said, I will go to that big rock and you can take a group photo of us. She has a good relationship with her father and is very close. After taking the group photo, my father continued to walk forward, casually walking around.

There is a girl catching fish by the river. The river water is crystal clear, small fish and shrimps are clearly visible, and stones are clearly visible.

The girl told me that she caught a green grouper. She said the shrimp turned red when it died. She threw stones at water and showed it to me.

I wash my face in the water, and so does the girl. I said, you can use my towel to wipe your face. The girl said, I don’t use other people’s towels, I have a lot of towels.

I picked up some small stones for Lili and brought them back, in various shapes. The girl stacked the stones on top of each other and made the pile very high.

The girlfriend said that the girl’s parents divorced and her mother got married again.

The girl has just turned six years old. It turns out that six years old is like this. Cute, pure and direct, no one will dislike it.

My girlfriend took me to the observation deck again. Above the river, there is a high hillside, which opens up into a small viewing platform and open-air teahouse. In a small place, ten maple poplar trees are planted side by side. Tall, straight, with beautiful leaves. The viewing angles are great and the views are stunning. It overlooks the entire village, bridge and river. And those who are in it will be very hidden and comfortable.

My girlfriend took me to Ye Village again. The people in Ye Village were not named Ye, but all were named Hong. There are four ancestral halls in the village. The main ancestral hall is the main ancestral hall for Hong Jun's number one scholar, and there are three other smaller ancestral halls, all of which are closed. My boyfriend said that it would be opened only during the Chinese New Year. During the Chinese New Year, there are many traditional programs, dramas, and stacking of Arhats.

My girlfriend’s boyfriend is from Yecun. My boyfriend helped his girlfriend to beat walnuts for two days, and then went back to his own house to beat walnuts for three days. My girlfriend knows exactly what kind of man she needs. She said she wants to find someone who knows the basics and can help the family crack walnuts.

In the evening, after taking a bath, the family would sit in the living room or on the threshold. I took out a few edamame beans from the refrigerator and ate them. Mom asked, is it delicious? I said, delicious. Eat hairy tripe, drink tea, and read a few pages of a book.

The chestnuts my girlfriend’s mother picked up from the mountains during the day were very fresh. When the chestnut shell was peeled off, there was a transparent film inside, like the film on a boiled egg, which is also reminiscent of a woman’s white skin. Lace lingerie.

Lili likes to eat chestnuts. If the chestnut is peeled in half, he will cry. This undermines his psychological need for food to be whole.

It’s late at night, go to the bedroom upstairs. Go to their respective rooms.

I said, come and have a chat. My girlfriend is used to taking a shower before going to bed. After she takes a shower, she goes to my room and chats about some family issues.

She asked, did you use my comb to comb your hair today? I said, yes. Her comb is round and has thorny claws, and her hair is kept on it.

She said, I looked at the hair on it and it was 2-3 times thicker than mine. He also said that it’s okay to be ugly, but you must have more hair.

I didn’t expect that I still have this advantage.

She said she would go to Tunxi Ancient Street tomorrow. I said, just in time, go buy some pastries for grandma. She said, grandma has everything, so don’t buy it. Said, I bought her silver bracelets, silver rings, silver earrings, and often bought her some delicious food. My grandma is blessed. I don't have any pain. In the past two years, I had a serious illness. After recovering from the illness, he lived a good life.

I say, grandma is blessed.

She said that my grandmother’s two sons were by her side and they were filial, and she was very content.

I said, you can come here to retire when you are old. She said, don't, people here are so snobbish.

What a wonderful man.

A mountain village is not a paradise, but a place where the soul temporarily inhabits. It is a kind of luck to have an old house in the mountains, or to have a friend who lives in an old house.

At night in the mountains, I don’t want to fall asleep.