Trees in time
Wang Shengjun
How to live a tree? How long does it take to live? If you live in a place where no one knows it, you will never pay attention to it for your whole life, which is definitely unfair.
The trees in my house grow around the village and follow the days. The village is surrounded by my family's private land, so we can plant the trees we like on the edges of the ditches and ridges. Every spring, my father would choose poplars, jujube trees, , willow trees, etc. Although they have obvious differences in shape or use, they live in harmony and harmony, inherit the energy of heaven and earth, and grow luxuriantly. Year after year, there is a lush forest behind the village. Every autumn, I follow my father to repair these trees and cut off the excess branches as we want.
poplar If it wants to grow straight, the rafters will become thicker in three to five years. At this time, the thatched house and pigpen shed had already collapsed, the shaft of the pull-up truck was broken, and the trolley was opened. These houses were waiting for a long time, like a conspiracy. When cutting wood in autumn, cutting branches and removing leaves will come in handy. Of course, if you build a house and make a beam, it will take a few years to grow. The trees don’t care about these things. As long as you plant them, I will be happy and happy.
Life is a lifetime, and the plants and trees are in autumn. Before autumn, my father would not allow trees to be cut down, and he said he would let the trees live until autumn. Although my father didn't know much about literacy, he believed in the statement that Qiuzhu killed and did not vaguely respect the plants and trees. This sentence has been in my heart for decades and cannot be removed. After autumn, the trees were cut down and fine water seeped out from the roots. My father said that it was to determine that it was the blood of the tree, so he quickly covered it with fine soil, saying that new buds would grow in the next year and develop into a new tree. They were not at all delicate, and they did grow some tender green buds the following spring. In my father's words, poplar trees are very life-threatening and very solid.
With the family of sand jujube wood hammer willow wood, farmers can work smoothly. Sandjujube wood is solid and hard, and it is easy to break when it is made into hammers. Sand jujube wood is a chopping board, which is suitable for chopping meat and does not afford to lose trash.
The sand date tree will grow with its nature. It is useless to cut it down. The chopping board has been replaced every many years. I have to wait for the autumn to draw a lot of sand dates and put it in the willow cabinet and lock it. It was kept by my mother as a supply when food rations are short. The rations assigned by the team were not enough to eat, and the black noodles were also used as staple food. The black noodles were thick and had a bad taste and were difficult to swallow. Fry the jujubes in an iron pot, rub off the date noodles, remove the thick skin in the vegetation, and roll them into the black noodles to steam the buns, as if they were made by magic, and they drooled when they smelled them. I have nine sand jujube trees in my house. I name them according to the taste and color of sand jujubes: "Red sand sugar" and "White sand beach"...
willow, fine and soft cotton, and after making a hand, it is difficult to grind blood blisters. Making a cabinet is beautiful. At that time, there was no luxurious painted furniture. The willow wood was smooth, moisture-proof, and natural wood grain, like streams of running water. Whenever I see such furniture, I feel soft associations. When planting willow trees, they will build branches into branches, shovels, and hoe handles. And every autumn, new branches grow in spring. A year becomes a "handle". The main rod needs to be made into wood for six or seven years. Cut down and dry it to form a cabinet.
The one with the least looks is the elm tree. When I went to school, my mathematics was extremely poor and I couldn't finish the extremely simple questions, so the teacher criticized me for "small bumps". The elm tree does not grow well, and it will grow a lump tumor as it grows. And he is so stubborn that he can't cut it open, as stubborn as me. Of course, the pimple is the shortcoming of the elm. The branches of elm trees are made of iron shovels and hammers, which are tough and difficult to break. The straight-end one can be used as a plowshare rod or a oxen pound load. A wood is worth a thousand pounds, and a big ugly is a great use, there is always a promising prospect that makes people look down upon. In spring, elm seeds are green, stretching out the fox-like tail, stretching a hole in the sky, and warmth is squeezed in. Steam the elm seed noodles with steamed and stir-fry it with clear oil. The taste is hard to find in the world. "Bencao" says that elm seeds save lives, dry and grind noodles are edible, and are also good medicines for clearing heat and diuresis.
shan Liu is also a kind of Liu. The names are different in different places. How long it grows on the edge of the ditch, break a branch and insert it into the soil to survive. Sometimes when watering, the dam cannot be crushed, just break the mountain with a bundle of willow branches and mix it in the mud, which will immediately block the flooding water.The next year, a clump of branches grew on the dam. If you are unintentionally planting willows and willows, you will be too casual and do not act like a gesture, and you will easily be ignored or even trampled on. The wood inside the wood grows with intention and is not calculating, so that it can grow happily. The willows behind my farm are blessed, and my father never lets us break them at will. My father said that no matter how low a plant or tree is, it is life and cannot be ruined. Therefore, a lush ditch is full of mountain willows. Shan Liu has the least temper, you can break it, you can rub it, and it will keep it open. Such a tough tree grows in a low place, with the most joy no more than two meters. It is really humble compared to pine and cypress, but it just grows without accepting one's life. In autumn, the dense branches grow into the thickness of the splendens, and the strength is sufficient. My father asked us to cut it with a knife and pull the skin, and the branches are golden. At night, my father crossed his legs and weaved a basket of wheat washing. The most refined and longest, evenly thick and thin, they are picked out into a basket to send gifts to relatives. It was indeed a luxury at that time when I had such exquisite and practical handicrafts at home. Of course, it all depends on my father's skills, and not every household can enjoy such luxury goods. A neighbor came to ask my father for help, but my father agreed without vaguely and received small thanks from some other people.
My father was walking around the mountains and willows behind Zhuangzi, and he had a new invention. The poles in the middle of the mountain willow are different from each other, and some are as thick as arms. One tree grew into the shape of "seven" and was occasionally discovered by his father. A perfect natural "cow pulling burden" (the wood that is placed on the cow's neck when the cow pulls a cart, also called cow pulling head), such flexible wood is really good to be a "cow pulling burden". My father then used the toughness of the mountain willow, and when he was still stranded, he bent it into a "seven" shape. He waited until it grew, peeled off, burned the two ends with iron rods and scalded the eyes and eyes that were threaded through the rope, and scraped them with tiles until the skin was soft and smooth. In a few years, there were several natural "cow-bearing burdens" at home. My father said that such a "cow's burden" cannot hurt the cow's leader (the cow's shoulder blades). Master Zhuangzi readily followed suit and solved the problem of being difficult to find wood in this shape. Before my father discovered this secret, Master Zhuangzi had to choose a thicker, flexible wood to make a "cow-carrying burden". He asked the carpenter to cut it into the shape of a "seven" after half a day.
mountain willows can also be twisted into ropes. When you go home from work on the ground, pull up a pile of pig grass , and fold a few mountain willows to wrap them together, and you can use them as a solid rope.
The trees in the world are all useful, it depends on fate. Without these trees, there would be few things short. If a person wants to accomplish something, he cuts down the legs of the trees, and the trees don’t complain.
(Author profile: Wang Shengjun, published in poetry, essays, and novels such as "Flying Sky", "Stars", "Green Wind", "Oasis", "Selected Essays", "Gansu Daily", etc. Some works are included in the collection of essays and are selected for the Chinese test papers for the junior high school entrance examination.)
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