Qingwei | Walk into the hometown of Guxiang in spring

Text | Li Jinliang

I have always firmly believed that every inch of the land of Yimeng is red, and every Daigu of the "Seventy-two Valleys of Yimeng" is red, although before this, I have never set foot on the land of Yimeng. This recognition comes from the fierce fire of the Yimeng Revolution depicted in literary works, from the blood of Yin Hong, a martyr of the People's Liberation Army in the Battle of Menglianggu, shown in film and television works; from the "Red Sister-in-law" Wang Changyu, from the "Six Sisters" of Yimeng and Mongolia. When I put down my bag and looked around, the many shadows that came into my eyes confirmed my conviction. Along with this firm belief, there are many surprises sent by Guxiang.

It is the season of peach blossoms, and Fifi Yusi also comes with pleasure. Peach blossoms with rain, beautiful people are ashamed, and heaven is really the scene. I couldn't care less about the umbrella, and I didn't need anyone to lead me, so I looked for the peach forest flower sea under Daigu.

Walking in the sea of flowers, although the ends of your hair are already covered with rain, the excitement is not diminished. The peach blossoms in the rain are beautiful, but they are beautiful but not demon, bright but not cold, enthusiastically showing me their bright smiles, elegant fragrances and bright colors, and the little raindrops on the petals add a lot of femininity and shyness to this bright color.

Such a peach blossom beauty seems to have been seen somewhere.

Where have you seen the nickname? I have seen it in Jiangnan in March, but there is no Daigu wonder in the background of the peach blossom scenery in Jiangnan; I have seen it in Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Origin", but the peach blossom scenery in "Peach Blossom Origin" is all illusory. Only the sea of peach forest flowers that bloom on the landform of Guxiang can be so beautiful, and only the sea of peach forest flowers that bloom on the landform of Guxiang can the picture be so three-dimensional and plump.

Of course, there are also apricot blossoms, pear blossoms, and various unknown wildflowers, and spring is a stage for flocks of flowers to compete. The difference is that in the spring of Daigu Town, more than 80,000 acres of peach blossoms are the absolute protagonists on this stage. Green mountains and green waters, Daigu white clouds, such as the splendid romance of peach blossoms, this beautiful Daigu Town, absolutely worthy of the title of "China's most beautiful town", perhaps, here is the ideal "peach blossom source". This Daiguzhen version of "Peach Blossom Garden" is real, clear, and integrated, and the body and mind are full of infinite happiness!

This also eliminated the doubt that I had been wondering in my heart, there are so many places in the country that are rich in peaches, why does this Daigu Town dare to be called "the first town of Chinese peaches".

"There are flowers and fruits, dare to call the first of course have the first confidence, more than 80,000 acres of peach orchards, 260 million kilograms of production, nearly 100 varieties of peaches, from the beginning of May to the end of October, every day there are peaches to eat, a few days can be changed varieties." Red coral, red is not soft, golden honey, fairy island honey, golden peach, butter peach, listen, these top peaches don't say to eat, just say the name can make you salivate. ”

Brother Zhang said this in the WeChat message that invited me to go to Guxiang to see flowers. Without waiting for me to reply, it was followed by another picture of peaches, "You see, this is red coral!" You see, it's golden honey! You see, you see..."

Just listening to the name of the peach is already mouth-watering, and then sending these photos for people to see, isn't this appetizing? Must go to see the peach blossoms, why bother? However, I have some doubts, is the scenery of these products in Daigu Town mentioned by Brother Zhang too exaggerated? Is this all true?

See it with your own eyes now, it's true! These 80,000 acres of peach blossoms are real, this "First Town of Chinese Peaches" is true, and this Daigu Town version of "Peach Blossom Garden" is also true. In addition, "the most beautiful town in China" and "the beautiful and livable town in Shandong Province" are also true.

This different kind of hometown, this different kind of spring, this different kind of peach blossom, as if the green mountains and green waters are written with these two words: amazing!

Wandering in the peach forest and the sea of flowers, from time to time appear one after another small mountain villages, simple, natural, like the finishing touch in the master's landscape paintings, depicted in the green mountains and green waters on the Daigu landform, through the infiltration of this rain, more fresh and elegant, so that you can't help the urge to be close.

You see, an old stone road, carved by the years full of intaglio ruts, roadside homes, stone walls of the courtyard, brown stones of different sizes, mixed ochre red, drizzle soaked, brown becomes blacker, ochre red becomes more colorful. Most of the courtyard doors have several stone steps, and the walls are hung with the sign of the homestay. The courtyard is full of new houses, two-storey three-story small buildings, and Gothic style. You see, the zigzag-shaped stone steps stretch from here to the two sides, one stone courtyard after another, arranged on the trapezoidal slopes. Stone mills, stone mills, are placed on the corner of the street, and the discarded stone mortars and stone troughs germinate garlic seedlings and spinach. Further up, there are two zigzag-shaped stone steps stretching left and right. You see, the old road came to the end, there are no streets and alleys and old houses, facing the stone cliff knife sharpening the axe, straight up and down, asked, only to know that this is the steep cliff wall of Daigu. From this, the old stone road below is bright and shiny, the houses on both sides are lined up one after another, the roof of the red and blue buildings under the village is like colorful mushrooms blooming in the rain, and the sea of flowers under the mountain looms in the drizzle. Oh, and inadvertently, I've stepped into the mountain village.

This small mountain village is quite modern and somewhat ancient.

Strolling in the ancient and deep streets and alleys, looking at the gables of the stone blocks, looking at the ridges stacked with stone slabs, looking at the stone courtyard surrounded by stones, looking at the stone mills and stone mills, looking at the stone mortars and stone troughs, it is natural to think of the past vicissitudes of this mountain village, and to the red history of the Yimeng land, I seem to see that the children of Yimeng are coming out of such a stone courtyard and embarking on the journey of fighting against the Japanese Kou; I seem to see that Wang Changyu is in such a stone house, feeding the wounded of the Eighth Route Army with his own milk; I seem to see, The six sisters were pushing such a stone mill and grinding the military food in front of the branch; I seemed to see that the people of Yimeng were pushing their own wheelbarrows and rolling the ruts on the old stone road to the front line to push military food and ammunition. In the beacon years, the revolutionary fire that burned all over Yimeng must have made this small mountain village contain countless red memories.

Every inch of land on the land of Yimeng is red!

Leave some old houses so that future generations can take advantage of the homesickness; leave some ancient roads, so that future generations can remember the ups and downs of Yimeng's predecessors. It also allows us, as well as our descendants, to remember the path that our predecessors have taken.

Out of the mountain village, and into the peach forest flower sea. The characteristics of Guxiang are like this, one village after another, hidden in the peach forest, wrapped in the sea of flowers, hanging on the slope of Daigu, idyllic, quiet, safe, and comfortable, which has formed the basic style of "China's most beautiful town".

In such a style, many Daigu in Guxiang also show their own unique landform shapes and beautiful atmosphere to every tourist who comes to Guxiang, you see, the appearance of this Daigu is unique; you see, the temperament of this Daigu is calm; you see, the scenery of this Daigu is strange.

It was night, and the food and accommodation were in the homestay of Zhang Ge's family in Daigu Village. Red stewed Yimeng red sheep, fried Yimeng whole scorpion, spicy fried Yimeng rooster, soy sauce sour syrup tofu, oyster sauce cold mixed with chrysanthemum buds, local egg scrambled toon, and two cups of Sydney pear goji berry peach gum soup. Enough is enough, too hearty! This single native egg fried toon is already full of fragrant aroma, making people salivate, rolling pancakes, hehe, full of guxiang people's enthusiasm, full of Yimeng people's arrogance!

Brother Zhang's homestay is on the east side of Nangu, looking out of the window, nangu and beigu. After a glass of beer, Brother Zhang talked about the two daigu defense battles: "That battle was fought, and the gas was raised, more than three thousand devilish puppet troops, aircraft cannons, fought for eighteen days, and they were not captured." Our Eighth Route Army had only ninety-three men and destroyed more than three hundred enemies. There is this southern valley, the northern valley, our heroic Eighth Route Army, the eastern gate of the Luzhong base area, and the little devils are stunned that they have not been able to take a step forward.

In the second battle, a company of our People's Liberation Army guarded the southern and northern valleys, and four or five thousand Kuomintang soldiers attacked for a month and a half, killing and wounding countless people, but still retreated in vain. It can be seen that the red history of Daigu has been injected into the blood of the people of Guxiang, and the two fierce battles in the north and south of Daigu, after several generations, after the word of mouth of the people of Guxiang, Brother Zhang still speaks so clearly and emotionally.

Now, the smoke of war has long been blown away, history has gone away, the people of Guxiang are tenacious and industrious, and have built one Daigu into picturesque scenery, which is already a livable home, and the topic of chat naturally talks about those Guxiang scenery seen during the day. Speaking of the peach blossoms he saw, Zhang Ge was quite proud: "The peach blossoms here have many varieties, long flowering periods, large areas, and the background of the Daigu landform is picturesque. ”

Not only peach blossoms, all the way to see, the landscape home of this guxiang is also picturesque!

"The peach blossoms here in spring are good, and the melons, pears and peaches in summer and the colorful peaches in autumn are also very good." Brother Zhang said, picked up the mobile phone, on the photo album, those branches and green leaves on the various varieties of peaches, orange yellow bright red, delicate, autumn Daigu scenery, maple leaves red, layers of forest dyeing.

Winter has just passed, autumn is too far away, or summer is coming. Brother Zhang invited again. In fact, from the moment I saw the peach blossoms during the day, I was already looking forward to this summer.

The breeze is slightly rippled, the moonlight is like water, accompanied by the gentle fragrance of flowers, and people are slightly drunk.

In my sleep, I came to the bottom of Daigu Mountain again, and the peach blossoms had all formed peaches, tired branches, and covered the earth. I wandered under the peach trees, full of fragrance.

About the author: Li Jinliang

He has published hundreds of novels, essays, poems and other literary works in provincial and municipal newspapers and periodicals such as Yalu River, Sichuan Cooking, Qilu Evening News, Jinan Daily, etc., with hundreds of thousands of words, and several works have won awards in provincial and municipal newspaper and periodical essay solicitation activities.

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