Prose | Li Zhanghong: Apple Blossom

Apple blossoms

Text/Li Zhanghong

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If I ask everyone if they have ever eaten an apple, I believe many people will laugh: what a rarity, who can not eat! If I ask you if you have ever seen an apple blossom, I believe that many people will hesitate to answer.

Indeed, in our real life, there are many people who have eaten apples, but there are very few people who have seen apple blossoms, or even if they have seen apple blossoms, they do not know whether they are apple blossoms, and even if they do not know whether apple trees bloom or not, there must be many people.

In March, the apricot blossoms bloom, the peach blossoms bloom, the pear blossoms bloom, and the apple blossoms bloom. People saw the apricot blossoms that were as beautiful as the rouge, the pink peach blossoms that looked like red clouds, and the clusters of pear blossoms as white as snow. But no one noticed the apple blossom, no one mentioned it as if it didn't exist. The apple blossom is actually very beautiful, it is a shy red when it is budding, and it is white with a red halo after the real bloom, although it is not pink enough compared with the apricot blossom, it is not delicate enough compared with the peach blossom, and the pear blossom is not white enough, but it is neither too red, nor too plain, it is elegant, beautiful, and has a faint unique fragrance. But I don't know why, people even noticed pomegranate flowers, jujube flowers, begonia flowers, but ignored the apple blossoms, I am really a little upset about the apple blossoms.

Let's go to the WeChat circle of friends to see it, that one after another beautiful pictures of spring warm flowers, beautiful and dazzling, simply dazzling, after the blossom can bear fruit, can not bear fruit, thousands of purple thousands of red shots, whether it is unintentional tourists or photographers, have forgotten to shoot apple blossoms, I really a little bit of grievance for the apple blossoms.

Let's look at the poems of the literati and inkers. The poems describing the apricot blossoms can be described as handy, "the wind blows the plums, the rain is red apricot blossoms", "the apricot blossoms are in the shadows, the flute is blown until dawn", "the thin spring clouds cage the moon, the apricot blossoms are full of fragrant snow", "full of green grass, a piece of apricot blossom fragrance", "The swallows do not return to the spring evening, a ting smoke and rain apricot blossoms are cold", "Xiaolou listens to the spring rain one night, and the ming dynasty sells apricot blossoms in the deep alleys"... I believe that the poems related to the apricot blossom that I have not mentioned can be said by everyone casually.

The poems describing peach blossoms are also innumerable, "peach blossoms bloom first in spring, bright and bright who does not look", "a hut outside Gusu City, ten thousand trees and peach blossoms are full of moon", "peach blossoms are ownerless, cute crimson loves light red", "peach blossoms on the face of the peach blossoms are red, peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze", "three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo, spring river plumbing duck prophet", "Egrets fly in front of Xisai Mountain, peach blossoms flowing water mandarin fish fat", and "Peach dreams, its brilliance burning" in the "Book of Poetry" everyone is already familiar with it. As for the poems describing pear blossoms, there are countless poems, Bai Juyi's "Jade Rong lonely tears dry, pear blossoms a branch of spring with rain", Yan Shu's "When the swallows come to the new society, the pear blossoms lag behind the Qingming" and "the pear blossom courtyard dissolves the moon, the willow pond is light and the wind is light", Cen Shan's "Pear blossoms a thousand trees snow, willow leaves ten thousand smoke", Li Taibai's "willow color golden tender, pear blossoms white snow fragrance", and the famous Su University scholar in addition to the famous sentence "pear blossom light white willow deep blue", there is also a joke about his friend Zhang Xian's "a tree of pear blossoms pressed begonias", It is also a reference to a very representative scene of pear blossoms. But the poem describing the apple blossom, I racked my brains, searched for the dry intestines or did not remember a sentence, the literati inkers rushed to describe the apricot blossoms, describe the peach blossoms, describe the pear blossoms... But no one mentioned the apple blossom, and I really feel sorry for the apple blossom.

The apple blossom is still blooming silently, although no one admires, although no one admires, although it is snubbed, but it does not complain in the slightest, does not slacken off in the slightest, does not waver in the slightest, and perhaps in the depths of its heart, there has always been a firm and pure belief: to bear sweet fruit for people! It opens so quietly, so quietly that people are envious; it drives so hard, so hard that it hurts; it drives so strong, so strong that people cry! Finally, it produced the sweetest and most fruitful fruit, attracted everyone's attention, and accepted the warmest praise!

The fruit produced by the apple blossom is endearing in appearance, sweet and sour, full of nutrients, and almost everyone loves to eat apples in life. I hope that everyone who has eaten an apple can think of how many people in our lives, although they are in difficulty, are still silently struggling and working hard; how many people are still silently dedicating and working hard despite being in ordinary posts; how many people are still unswerving and kind as ever, despite their ups and downs... They do not count gains and losses, do not compete for fame, do not seek fame, are positive, conscientious, down-to-earth, persevering, with the enthusiasm for life, the pursuit of spring, the vision of the future, and finally bloomed their own brilliant splendor. Aren't they like apple blossoms?

I sincerely hope that everyone who has eaten apples, whether in life, work, learning, or emotions, if you are now at the trough of life, please remember to think of apple blossoms, please be as strong as apple blossoms, as brave as apple blossoms, as hard as apple blossoms, as hard as apple blossoms, then please believe that one day, you will be able to bloom your own wonderful!

【Author's Profile】Li Zhanghong likes to read, likes to write, and likes to use words to express her heart. Some works have been scattered in Liaocheng Daily, Liaocheng Evening News, etc.