There are two kinds of locust trees, one is the national locust, the indigenous people, also known as the ancient locust. One is the acacia, also known as the locust, acacia is an exotic species, since the nineteenth century from North America, because of its strong adaptability, rapid growth, soon spread throughout The state. Although the appearance of the acacia is similar to that of the national acacia, it has a free-spirited and open temperament, just like a gorgeous emerald.
In late spring and early summer, it was already green, fat, red and thin. At this time, between the fat green branches and leaves of the acacia, a bunch of flower spikes bloomed vigorously, white as snow, and the fragrance of flowers was strong, overflowing the streets and alleys. The incense is not faint and leisurely, but unrestrained, directly attacking people's hearts and lungs. People who have long been unable to wait, holding a hook made of bamboo poles, fold the hook under the tree. But when all species grow, most of them have evolved a set of self-protection capabilities, acacia originally used the floral fragrance to seduce bees and butterflies to pollinate, but sharp thorns were everywhere to prevent being plundered by other creatures. Therefore, there are not many acacia flowers on the tree, and most of them are picked with hooks.
It is eaten on the spot in full bloom, and the aroma is heavy, long-lasting, and sweet but not greasy. The unopened buds are mixed with flour, steamed in a basket, and eaten with garlic puree vinegar juice, and the fragrance is full of teeth and cheeks. If you can't eat it, boil it slightly blanched and dried and stored in the hot sun. When eating, cold water bubbles, tofu diced, vermicelli chopped, lard mixed, bun buns, dumplings, its taste is unusually delicious.
When the acacia blossoms are in bloom, it is the time when the bees are busy, full of white flowers, full of bees and yellow, buzzing, picking flowers to make honey. Locust nectar is slightly bitter, nutritious, and has a special medicinal effect, so locust nectar is a superior honey.
The national locust is introverted, subtle, elegant, just like Hetian white jade, warm and feminine, calm and thick. Thirteen dynasties ancient capital, there are many cultural relics and monuments, there are also planted pine cypress, but the pine cypress is gloomy and severe, only the national locust is appropriate, idyllic and elegant, like the forest of steles, the surrounding of the big and small goose pagodas, and the four city gate towers in the east, west, south and north of the city wall, are planted with national locusts, the square is ancient, complement each other, if you change to other trees, you will feel uncooked, funny. Even the flower of the national locust is also shy to answer, it seems to have nothing, the color is not colorful, the rui is not large, the incense is not thick, the rice grain is like a grain, slightly yellowish and green, there is a faint fragrance, the wisps, but if you pay attention to smell, she is gone, between the wisps, the whole street is full of this floral fragrance, not only the flower fragrance is like medicine, but it is indeed a medicine, called locust rice, can clear the liver and fire.
The things of the world are so wonderful, fiery, difficult to last, slow and leisurely, but long and long. The national locust is silent, the life expectancy is very long, most of the villages on guanzhong road have some old trees, most of its Chinese locusts, thick bark, you can break a piece with your hands, the tree body is mostly decayed, but the canopy is as big as a giant umbrella. As for his age, it is usually an eighty- or ninety-year-old man who says that my grandfather said that when he was a child, the tree was like this.
Because of its large canopy and lush foliage, it has become a paradise for old birds and magpies. On top of each ancient locust tree, there are some nests made of branches, unless the leaves fall in winter, it is difficult for people to see in ordinary places, and they are all covered by branches and leaves. There are few Nestles on the acacia trees, and we can also see the inclusive mind of the national locust.
Long life, the tree body decayed, there are some snake frogs and other living creatures inhabiting it, these living creatures are very easy to provoke lightning, so the locust tree is easy to be struck by lightning, often a lightning flash down, half of the tree body is burned, in the years after that, in the countryside anecdotes, there is more than one snake precision can not be robbed of the topic. However, often in the spring of the following year, under the charred tree, there are several clusters of tender yellow locust seedlings, breaking out of the soil and swaying with the spring wind, announcing the birth of new life.
In recent years, urban greening has also been optimistic about the national locust, all because of the beautiful canopy of the national locust, often as a roadside tree. But the national locust is very easy to produce a kind of insect, long inches, full of grass green, gnawing leaves, and can spit silk, often use silk to hang themselves in the air, the citizens are called "hanging ghosts", which is supposed to provide food for some birds and finches, but the greening department can not manage so much, a spray truck swept past, corpses everywhere, the air is filled with the smell of choking potion.