What is there that can preserve the memory of the Qinling Ravine, from years to decades? I really didn't expect it to be an old house. These old houses, from the moment they were built, began to record the story of Qinling, and they would not end until the moment of their demise.
Fork ditch nameless ten mile road is not far
It has been ten miles since this place entered the dry ditch, and in the Qinling Mountains, the ten miles road is not far or close. Looking at my phone, the time is November 27, 2021 at 11:47 a.m. After getting off the bus, we had walked for a full hour and 40 minutes.
The old house in front of you is located at the mouth of a small fork ditch. The fork ditch is nameless and not too deep, only two or three hundred meters. However, there is another family in the ditch, which is clearly visible on the satellite map. In fact, you can also see it from the telephone pole that extends inward.
Underneath this old house, there were two stone barriers, some large and small, but they were eventually built into a flat stone wall, one of which was leaning against a wooden ladder.
The mud walls of the old houses were freshly painted with white ash, which appeared white and raw, in stark contrast to the golden grains that were dried under the eaves. Unfortunately, the door is locked, and the owner of this family is not at home at the moment.
Face to face and stay for decades
Continue along the main road of the Qinling Dry Ditch to the ditch, the cement road winding and twisting, cleverly passing through the doorway of every household. The houses that appear on the side of the road are either facing the sky and staying in the past few decades, or they are renovated and exuded glory.
Those old houses that stayed decades ago still retain slogans written from different periods on the walls. For example, the slogan of the old house in front of me, after reading for most of the day, I finally understood the above content, which read: "Develop agricultural production cooperatives." ”
This slogan is somewhat peculiar, the order of writing is from right to left, and the word "karma" of "agriculture" is written as "leaf". The traditional way of writing "leaf" and "karma" is very similar, is this a mistake made by the writer because of negligence, or does it have this way of writing itself?
The development of agricultural production cooperatives, which was still in the early 50s of the last century, has passed almost sixty or seventy years, and the pace of time has stayed here for too long. I looked at the door number, and here it was "Taoyuan Village-356".
A pair of glasses and clothes is a bit special
In the dry ditch of Qinling Mountains, most of the people left behind are elderly people. The clothes of the old people still retain the imprint of time. These seventy or eighty-year-old people have experienced the most lively and prosperous time in the Qinling Ravine, and have also ushered in the most lonely moment in Qinling.
At the front door of this family, there are two picks, as well as two dustpans, one large and one small, filled with mung bean grains. The mung bean kernels are very nice because the colors are very rich. As an obsessive-compulsive disorder sufferer, I couldn't help but count, but in the end I put up with it, too much!
Another old man, the clothes are a little special, that clothes are probably leftovers worn by the juniors. What's even stranger is that the old man wears a hat on his head, gloves on his hands, and a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, which looks a little different from the appearance of a long-term worker.
This time, we didn't talk to each other, the others were busy with their own work, and we were busy rushing to the ditch. Further inside, there are more beautiful old houses waiting for us.
Good location with direct access to cement road
This family has a yard, but the yard is very messy, because the owner is not at home, it seems that it has not been cleaned for a long time. On the side of the road appeared an earthen house with upper and lower floors, probably a cowshed or pigsty, and the wall of the old house read: "Pujiu □□ benefit future generations." ”
On the cascading stone fortress, two houses, one new and one old, are next to each other, in fact, the new one is also an adobe house, but the wall is painted and the new tiles are covered. From the back of these two old houses up the hill, over the beam is the night pearl ditch, perhaps some friends remember.
It's close to dry ditches, but there are still people living here. There are two families next to each other, and the courtyard dam at the entrance is very spacious. Both families are inhabited, with the hostess standing in front of the house and the man bending over to work in the field.
The last few families, the house is built on the hillside of the mountain, there is a cement road directly, the location is very good, originally planned to go to see, but a little shy, there is a dog next to the house, the dog stands majestically on it, "Wang Wang" barked non-stop.