A hut on a loess cliff
With the acceleration of the pace of new rural economic construction, some scattered families living in the mountains have moved to the new villages of immigrants, and it is almost difficult to find people in the remote places where people used to live, and the same is true in the Zhongtiao Mountains of Jinnan, Shanxi Province, the cave dwellings in the loess ravines disappear very quickly, in order to leave the last nostalgic images, our group of folk photographers are almost in a hurry to shoot, and on Saturday a group of people still drove between the mountains. At more than 10 o'clock in the morning, in a mountain village, I heard that there is still an old couple living on the loess cliff 5 miles outside the village, although they are far away from the village, they live a very leisurely life, and they are the envy of the villagers.
Road meets Uncle
Along a cement road leading to the cliff people's house, almost along the edge of a large loess ditch, turning a corner to see two old people with a young man cleaning the branches of sour dates on the side of the road, and the white pugs running around, "Hello uncle, what is this busy?" Is there a family in front of you? Teacher Wang braked and leaned out to inquire about the situation from the old man, and the uncle stopped the whistle in his hand and said, "Right, right, that's my home, do you have anything to do?" Wait a moment when I finish cleaning up the sour date branches, the car will not be scratched, don't delay your business, right? "It's all right, we're here to visit your old man's house, we're waiting, not in a hurry."
Then we learned that the grandson of the great uncle went home to see him today, he said that he was idle and did not have anything to clean up the jujube thorns on the road, this road is the way to his own home and to the reservoir in the ravine, usually there are villagers to work in the field to go, clean up their children to go home is also a convenience for the villagers.
Uncle Bao
Uncle surname Bao, this year 72 years old, his gray hair into a flat head shape looks much younger than the actual age, the face wears a pair of stone mirrors to exude a good temperament, communication is naturally quite smooth, I heard that we want to see his family's cliff courtyard and said happily: "What is there to see, now rural people are running to the city, living in high-rise buildings, who are still rare in this ravine in the small house, that is, I have this Yaxing, living in this ravine for nearly 70 years, have a deep affection for the yellow land, This is indeed a good place for the elderly, and I am not going to leave in this life. ”
Hilltop courtyard
Uncle Bao finished his work and walked back to his residence, a small courtyard of less than 2 points of size on both sides of the ditch, built on a deep loess cliff, there is a path next to it leading to a pit yard, Uncle said that the yellow earth pit yard below is his family's old home, his ancestral home is Heze, Shandong, when he was very young, he fled with his parents and settled here, his parents learned the appearance of the locals, spent 2 years in this loess ravine to dig a cave yard by the cliff, the whole family has been living in it, Until the early 80s of the last century, I built a small courtyard with 2 houses on the top, lived on the top, this residence is more than 40 years, in the blink of an eye, I have become a white-haired old man, in fact, my own economic conditions are good, sticking to here is to try to be free, happy and happy to live the next life.
Small brick gatehouse
For his own family in order to build this very small yard uncle is explained in this way, he said: "Life in the world is free and happy, the house is not in size, eating and drinking is no longer bad and good, there is a place to settle hunger and hunger, living is a mood, my family lives far away from the village of loess cliff edge, pit yard around my family's contracted land, small yard is built in the orchard, built too big and occupies cultivated land, that is not the farmer's practice." ”
The gatehouse of the courtyard is very small or just a shape, the two sides are pasted with red couplets, two brooms are arranged on both sides, push open the courtyard door inside the 2 bungalows will enter the curtain, the door red couplet between a big blessing word is even more dazzling, it seems that the uncle is a person who loves life.
The old photographs of the uncle's family record almost a lifetime
Three or five steps from the gatehouse to the front of the house, the hospitable Uncle Bao directly let us into the room, according to the local hospitality habits of the twist plate, poured hot tea, guests and hosts sat down, continue to chat about the life of the old man. "You don't know that I am a half-worker and half-peasant person, in Shanxi grew up to 16 years old, I went to a coal mine a hundred miles away, began to make money for my family, did not go to school since I was a child, went out to know that there is no culture is important, began to use the off-duty time to study on my own, after three years I can reach the level of the current junior high school, the mine leaders saw my talent to arrange for me to support the peasants to go to the countryside, almost every year is a model, 4 years later by my own performance was transferred to the state-owned forest farm as a technician, since then I have been studying fruit tree technology in the countryside, That was it until retirement. ”
"People often say that skilled people are very fragrant everywhere, after retirement, I am healthy, naturally chose to return to my hometown to continue to engage in fruit tree planting, while continuing to study my favorite technology in my own orchard, while also volunteering to help villagers impart experience, although I did not make any great achievements, but I really helped the villagers a lot, and my life is also quite fulfilling."
Two sheep in a pen
Uncle Bao returned to the countryside, did not enjoy life purely because he had a pension, raised more than 10 sheep while planting apples, and even contracted more than 10 acres of mountainous land, planted corn and wheat, and lived a self-sufficient farming life, so that the grain was enough to eat and drink a year, apples could sell for 20,000 yuan, sheep could earn more than 10,000 yuan, plus their own pension of three or four thousand yuan, and their wives had a tasteful life. The uncle said that the ancient rare years, while continuing to maintain a good attitude, but also timely adjustment of life, the apple orchard reduced to the current acre, the sheep only left 2, purely for the sake of old age and fun.
Uncle's orchard
Most of the apple orchards planted in an acre are red Fuji apples, which is both the experimental garden of the uncle and his fruit base, he makes full use of his expert expertise in fruit trees, and also plants grapes, pears, hawthorns, tomatoes, apricots and cherries in the garden, as well as melons, watermelons, cucumbers, strawberries, and sometimes makes fruits in season, and takes pollution-free production, all of which are green products, and they can't finish eating and leaving the children to go home to pick, and the villagers work through it is also picked casually, everyone calls this place a hundred orchards.
Uncle did not finish his breakfast
Uncle and his wife gave birth to 4 golden flowers, 3 daughters are working in the field, only the little daughter stayed in the local area, the little daughter's family lived in the county, originally it was to take the old two to live together, but the uncle thought that people are old and can move better not to be with their children, living habits are different, but also add trouble to the children, both sides are tired, living in the countryside in the mountains, the air is fresh, eating and drinking casually, the mountains are already village roads, that is, my family is also a cement road, no matter whether it rains or snows, a phone child will come back It is quite convenient and is a good place for the elderly to grow old, so no matter who the 4 children come to persuade the grandfather and the old couple to always be reluctant to leave.
After a conversation, Uncle Got up and brought out a grate of golden yellow cakes from the kitchen to give us to taste, and seeing that everyone repeatedly thanked us, he introduced that this is a local specialty food that only exists in the mountains, which is made of persimmon steamed buns made of tomatoes picked last autumn and stored for a winter, eating soft and sweet, fragrant and fragrant, so that you can eat a bite for a lifetime. In fact, this persimmon steamed bun is a traditional food, once people ate and drank very little, everyone changed the law of making food, now people live well, but they miss the former life, tasting persimmon bun is also a kind of life memory.
garage
Uncle's main house has two, according to the habits of the locals built in the north of the courtyard, the south is two small simple sheds, there is an electric tricycle and a mountain bike, he introduced that the mountain road hardening traffic is convenient, I travel naturally very smooth, bored when I use the electric three-wheeler to pull the wife to 5 miles away from the town around, catch up with the old friends, a person to travel is the grandson to give me the mountain bike, both can exercise and play, cycling in the field forest, relax the mood, there is a large reservoir in the ravine, can fish Every few days I have to go fishing, I can improve my life and pass the time, and if I can't eat, I will give it to the villagers to do good deeds.
Grandma chatted with the villagers
When chatting with Uncle Bao, Grandma went out alone, out of the small courtyard we saw her, Uncle introduced that his wife is also a Shandong person, he was 18 years old when he had participated in the coal mine work in Shanxi, in order to find a daughter-in-law to go back to his hometown in Shandong, many relatives there introduced a daughter-in-law, married back to this side, the wife has a good personality, people are also virtuous, the two have a very deep feeling, after a lifetime of red face are times, now together to be happy.
Grandma is very good, but the ears are a little stupid, the body is still very healthy, we see her holding an iron fork and constantly sorting out the debris on the side of the road, it turns out that the cement road leading to the ravine reservoir is also the road for the villagers to go to the ground, often people will drive a tricycle through, and the road will be cleaned to have safety.
Loess ditch under renovation
The east side of the small yard is more than thirty meters deep ditch, the old yard of the pit courtyard built by the cliff, although the uncle has long been no longer living under the side, but still retained intact, now inside the vegetables to raise chickens and geese, loess ditch last year has been transformed into terraces, uncle said that this is a big boss in Yuncheng city to invest in transformation, to develop modern agriculture here, the area is very large, more than 500 acres, the future to build his home has become a good place, it seems that their own feng shui treasure land is still someone who has the wisdom to see the treasure.
To the north of the small yard is a large wheat field, which is the area above the pit yard, which can be used as a wheat field according to the customs of the locals, one can facilitate the mill to harvest wheat, and the other can also strengthen the pit cave. Uncle Bao and his wife live in this small courtyard on the edge of the loess cliff, living a free and slow life, enjoying themselves, he said that the snail dwelling is far better than the high-rise buildings in the city more than a thousand times, the quality of life is not material but spiritual, the highest realm is to live a good mood, he thinks that he will live a good mood, compared to the immortal situation. What do you think? 【If you want to see more stories of the people, please click to pay attention】