Today is the weekend, and my cousin’s family made an appointment to go to my cousin Shiyong’s house to eat chestnuts.
In the golden autumn October, the autumn air is clear and cool, the sun is accompanied by the beautiful scenery.
Shiyong's family is not far from General Mountain Farmhouse. After passing by the door of his cousin Shijun's house, he followed the cement path on the right side of the house and climbed for two or three minutes.
Shiyong's house is cleaned everywhere, and the yard is washed clean, giving people a sense of comfort.
A big yellow dog tied with a rope and a lazy cat stayed at the door in obscurity. The dog's two bright eyes looked at each person seriously, confirming that they were not like bad people, then nodded in turn, shook its tail to express welcome; two geese, a white goose, and a geese, when they saw strangers coming, they stretched their necks and kept chirping loudly, as if they were informing the owner, as if they were welcoming. When they saw the owner coming out to say hello to us, they stopped calling, and then swaggered and wandered freely; many hardworking chickens were looking for food everywhere among the grass, soil, and dead leaves.
An ancient walnut tree with strong branches and trunks stands in the courtyard on the right side of the house, with branches and leaves extending freely to the surroundings. This area is its territory and kingdom.
Not far from the front of the courtyard is the foundation of the original Wang family’s old house. A large soapberry tree , which is as thick as a water tank, is covered with brown and black soap horns, like thousands of flying knives, floating in the wind, like thousands of troops fighting on the battlefield, fighting hard and shouting loudly, which is spectacular. There is a huge bird's nest on the tree - the magpies' nest. Under the reflection of the sun, a black shadow forms, as if it is the battlefield command post of the battleground.
Soapon trees and Magpie Nest
Standing on the balcony on the second floor, looking into the distance, several beautiful white buildings are hidden in the deep and dense forests, that is Dafang No. 6 Middle School. On the right side of the house is the Hangrui Expressway , which is like a ribbon. From time to time, vehicles are shuttled and whistling by the road. There are also houses with densely packed placements, crisscrossed and arranged freely, scattered like Go pieces.
Dafang Six in the shade of trees
On the mud side of the yard stands a huge umbrella-like chestnut tree . The trees are full of chestnuts, like thousands of hedgehog standing on the branches. Some are solemn, some are grinning, some are shy, and hide among the branches and leaves with affection.
Shiyong climbed up the tree branch and shook it a few times. Suddenly, a chestnut rain suddenly fell down like raindrops. Countless chestnuts fell down like raindrops. On the mud around the tree, in the grass on the edge of the stone ridge, and in the dead leaves, there were petals of brown and shiny chestnuts, all of which were single, round, crisp and sweet, and very delicious. Several people picked it up happily for a while, and they were filled with plastic bags. Everyone was having fun and laughing while chatting.
I had enough food and had a good time and started playing poker on the second floor. I didn't participate, and I lay alone on the first floor and played with my phone for a while on the chair, and then went out for a walk.
First go to the back of the old house of Zhang family to see the peach trees and loquat trees planted in spring. However, they didn’t know that the field was full of thorns and weeds as tall as people, and there was no trace of peach trees or loquat trees. It was probably already dark and I had worked hard.
Walking along the grass under the shade of the tree, a snake with the same color suddenly jumped out, which scared me. However, the snake was also afraid of people and instantly jumped into the grass on the edge of the soil and disappeared without a trace. The weather is stuffy and snakes are like people. They like to go out and have some breathing.
Snakes in the grass
My hometown Zhongzhai has only reached the gate of the village due to inconvenient transportation, so many families have successively bought land on both sides of the school road to build houses. It turned out that nearly a hundred families were left, but now only four families and two bachelors were still living, and the rest were moved to roadside or high-speed rail resettlement sites.
Backward traffic in my hometown
People left, but the house stayed, and they came back from time to time to manage it. After a long time, they thought that the old house had no value, so they didn't care much. They thought that the old house was rotten and broken, and the neglected old house began to leak and rot.
Unexpectedly, the time comes to operate, because the village is close to the landfill and within 500 meters of the red line, legal houses and ancillary facilities must be compensated, and basically each company will receive at least hundreds of thousands of yuan in compensation. The people in the village were so happy that they woke up laughing while asleep. The old house, which was useless, actually brought them such a large amount of unexpected income. It was really unexpected that they could not have dreamed.
Before compensation, people didn’t manage the house much, and after compensation, they didn’t care. In their hearts, the old house has already achieved its greatest value. Whatever it does, it’s fine!
Following the originally winding road in the village, you can see the broken walls and dilapidated old houses; the courtyards, steps and gravel roads covered with weeds. The desolate and desolate scene is really unpredictable. People leave the house and the house is empty, and people leave the desolate. Only when someone lives in a house can you be vibrant and energetic.
Is this the Zhongzhai, which was once full of vitality, prosperous, extremely lively, somewhat crowded, and the largest population in the village!
A little sad and sad, things are unpredictable! Just as the saying goes, "Three poor and three rich will not grow old", the same is true for the changes in Zhongzhai, my hometown. Who would have expected that the prosperity of the future will turn into the desolation of today!
Follow the ridge of the field, walk to the fish pond of Laoliujia, and go to the thatched pavilion, half sleeping on a wooden recliner chair, leisurely look at the blue sky and white clouds, the tall and towering General Mountain and Wuzhi Mountain, the surrounding deep and dense forests, and the houses faintly in the woods; beside the fish pond, tall and straight banana trees, , the green and wide leaves danced in the wind, and below are three noble and elegant white geese, who barely responded lazily to the camera and responded lazily to the camera, and then left without looking back.
tall and majestic general mountain
banana tree by the fish pond
beautiful scenery of the fish pond
gentlemanly three geese
I really admire the fishing people who have such good patience, they sit for several hours, even a whole day. Just like the two middle-aged men in front of me, after fishing for a long time, they didn’t catch many fish. Seeing two or three inches long fish in the net bag, it was not worth the entrance fee.
Just like carrots and cabbage, everyone has their own preferences! For example, I am impatient, but I lack this patience, just "Sitting and watching the fisherman is just envious of the fish!"
I was still imagining, Shiyong called and said he wanted to eat, and check the time. It was almost seven o'clock, and it was already sunset and dusk!
