There are four rows of houses on Zhuangzi, the southernmost and northernmost rows are incomplete, they are new households that have been relocated from Xiaozhuang when they settled in the past and the collective farm, and the middle two rows are old households. There are two ponds next to each other between the two rows of old households, which are large pits left by the previous generations of people who took earth to build houses. The Wang Tang in the west is large, about 100 meters long, and the Wang Tang in the east is small, about 30 meters long and nearly 20 meters wide. The big wang pond is shallow, the water color is green and amiable, the small wang pond is deeper, and the water color is dark and terrible. Everyone called the row of people on the south side of Wang Tang qianzhuang, and the row of people on the north side of Wang Tang was Hou Zhuang. Qianzhuang and Houzhuang are connected by roads located between the big and small Wang Ponds and at the east and west ends of Zhuangzi. The road between the two WangTang is more than 2 meters wide and has the most people, which can be called the transportation hub of the whole village.
Wang Tang is a reservoir on zhuangshang. On the west side of Dawangtang is the rice seedling field of the production team, and first a wooden water wheel was placed on the shore of the west head of Dawang, and people stepped on the crutch on the axle of the water wheel, driving the scraper board of leaves and leaves in the water tank, and pulling up the water one by one to irrigate the rice field; later, the wooden water wheel was replaced by a pumping machine, which greatly improved the irrigation efficiency. Zhuang Shang's family also used a puddle of water to water their own land, or picked out the ground bucket by bucket, or opened a small ditch to flow into the ground. There is a line of water communicating with the outside of the village at the east end of Xiaowangtang. When the WangDagou Electric Irrigation Station delivers water, Wang Tang replenishes new water, and when it rains, Wang Tang receives rainwater. When the water in Wang Tang is full, it flows to the small river south of Zhuangzi.
Wang Tang is the place where the Zhuang people washed. People go to the pond to wash clothes, brush furniture, wash potatoes and radishes, which are muddy food. In the summer, when it is hot, people also go to the pond to bathe. The man went to the east of Dawangtang to wash, where the bottom slope was gentle, by the side of the road, there were no trees and weeds, and it was safer and brighter. The woman washed her mouth at some side of the river, where there were trees on both sides to cover it, which was relatively hidden. Adults are busy all day, going to the water to wash away sweat stains, wash away grass clippings, wash away ashes, wash away hard work and fatigue, in exchange for coolness and comfort. The children bathed in order to play with the water, first helping the shore to practice hitting the legs and hitting the water, gradually learning to plan the dog, lie back (backstroke), tread the water, stab fiercely... The courage is getting bigger and bigger, the water is getting better and better, and at the age of seven or eight, you can go out nearly ten meters away with a fierce son.
Children will wash in the water because of their greed for playing in the water, regardless of the hot weather, sunny and hot days, rainy days, and washed when the autumn turns cold, often shivering with cold, purple lips, and reprimanded by adults.
Children can also play with the water without swimming in the water. In the middle of the north of Dawangtang, there is a road that stretches out from the door of the Houzhuang people's house, and turns east when approaching the edge of Wangtang, connecting the road between the two Wangtang. At the bend of the road, there is the largest near-water platform near the dawang pond, more than ten meters wide, no trees, only a few grasses growing dottedly. Children use yellow mud to build reservoirs, canals, sluices... Scoop water into the reservoir in pots, open the sluice gates, and the water flows in all directions along large and small channels.
The north side of Wang Tang is more than 50 meters away from the front of Houzhuang's home, corresponding to the houses of each family in Houzhuang is the self-reserved land of each family, planting vegetables near the home, and planting crops near the Wang.
The south bank of Wang Tang is also more than 50 meters away from the back of the former Zhuang family house, mostly woodland. A small east-west ditch divides the land in two. The south side of the ditch is full of woodland, and the houses corresponding to the former Zhuang families belong to the Former Zhuang families. The land between Xiaogou and Wangtang is basically separated by Wangtang corresponding to the houses of each family in Houzhuang, which belongs to each family in Houzhuang, but it is not the case. The ground on the east side of the road between the two wangs was a book that led them to a large number of households, with weeds and weeds. The ground on the west side of the road is a few families of Lang Ge and his family, with many acacia trees, the branches are lush and thick, there is almost no sunlight under the trees, and there are almost no weeds, and there are strong golden needles growing. To the west, it is the special place for the production team to raise potato seedlings, and everyone calls it a red seed pond. There are two rows of four red ponds, which are only opened in the spring of each year and are idle at other times. To the west of the red pond is the woodland of Liangge and his family, and there are also golden needle vegetables in the forest, but the grass is sparse. On the south side of the small ditch, there is a row of wolfberry trees (also known as iron hedges), with thorns tied all year round, so that people and livestock are far away, flowers bloom and fall, fruits are green and yellow, can only be seen from a distance. This is the "orange" in the ancient saying "orange born in Huainan is orange, born in Huaibei is orange", in fact, orange is orange or citrus, orange trees grow in the north is still orange trees, will not grow into citrus trees. Further west, there is a woodland of several of our families, and the forest is mainly covered with "Le Grass" and "Mountain Grass". The leaves of the "le grass" (possibly wolftail grass) are slender and resilient, and can be tied or twisted with a rope. The stem of "mountain grass" (possibly tomaline) is hard and resistant to decay, and can be used as a veranda grass or parapet root grass.
Among the trees south of Wang Tang, there are three trees that are more special. One was the tea tree of the Nongge family that grew behind the house of the former farmer's brother, which was the only tea tree in a few miles; one was the big willow tree of the Lang brother's house that grew in the southeast corner of Dawang, and we had hung a broken plough on the branch as a school bell; and the other was the acacia tree of the third uncle's family that grew in the southwest corner of Dawangtang, and my little friend and I used a large reed pole to poke the honeycomb on the tree, causing the horse bee to sting a large bag behind my neck.
In the thick shade of the woods, large black butterflies wandered like ghosts. Dragonflies fly in places where the trees and grasses are abundant, from ordinary yellow-red dragonflies to tiny blue indigo dragonflies to turquoise ocean dragonflies. Pulling aside the grass, you can find the "Calling Officer" (scientific name Grasshopper) among the flying grasshoppers, covered in emerald green and loud. My uncle would make a cage out of a golden needle stalk to catch the official, and then pick a piece of tender yellow loofah flower to feed it.
There is not a single fruit tree in the woods, but there are many fruits to eat. Mulberry trees have round mulberry dates (scientific name mulberry), first turquoise, ripe to purple or yellowish white, ripe is purple-black or milky white, eat sweet and sour. The fruit of the tang pear tree is small and round, a cluster, greenish brown, even a few branches folded into the grass stack for a few days, the fruit will turn black, eat it is also very sweet and sour. "Chu peach" (scientific name wolfberry) fruit, at first is a green hairball ball, when ripe on the sphere will be fried out of the red flesh, put in the mouth, the sweetness is not large, but the juice is direct. The "western bubble end" (scientific name dragon flower) is a clump, which changes from green to black, and has a grape-like shape and taste. "Earth bubble end" (scientific name sour pulp, also known as foreign girl) hangs on the branch like a lantern, and when ripe, the coat changes from green to yellow, and the fruit is delicious and abnormal. There is also a climbing plant called "Lotus Flutter" (scientific name Radix, also known as the mother-in-law needle and thread bag), the fruit is spindle-shaped, the flesh (actually a tender seed) is white and sweet, you need to eat it while it is tender, a little older, there is no taste. There are also acacia tree flowers in the woods that can be fried as vegetables, elm leaves that can be eaten with cornmeal flapjacks, and "ground skins" (also called lichens) after the rain can also be eaten - picking up a small cover of ground, washing and mixing with shallots and eggs and scrambling to eat, is a rare delicacy.
In the west of Dawangtang, there are deep water lotus roots, as long as you are not afraid of the depth of the water, although digging lotus roots to eat. If you want to eat fish and shrimp, take a fishing rod or gauze net, go to the edge of the pond to find a suitable place, such as next to the roots of a tree or a grass nest, and patiently wait for an hour, you can relieve your hunger. After the sun went down, I once fished a long eel from the pond alone in the red pond, but I did not dare to take it, and I fell into the water. Before the rain, when the air pressure is very low, especially in the morning, the fish will swim to the surface of the water and open their mouths to drink oxygen, which is called "fish trance", at this time, the fishing net is used to go from the bottom of the water to suddenly raise the net, and each net is very happy.
In the evening, it is a tiring job to pick ducks from the pond and go home. We shouted at the ducks, clapped our hands and stomped our feet, and kept throwing sand and dust into the water, watching the ducks swim to the mouth of the pond to go ashore, but suddenly turned their heads and flapped their wings and rushed into the pond, making you lose your previous achievements. Ducks are wild, will sleep in the wild, and do not return to the circle automatically at night like chickens. Ducks often lay their eggs in the grassy grass, surprising people who have no intention of stepping through the grass to pick up a nest of duck eggs. Most of the ducks lay their eggs in the dead of night, and in order not to let the ducks "lose their eggs", we have to take them home for the night. The ducks must be relaxed and relaxed, because your ducks and other people's ducks are in a flock of ducks, and you have to wait while driving; when your ducks and duck friends say goodbye and leave the ducks, you can smoothly take your ducks home. If you think that you are picking up your own ducks, and the ducks refuse to go ashore and return home, most of them are because there are other people's ducks mixed in and do not want to be carried away by you, so it is important to confirm which ducks are your family, and you cannot make a mistake. The ducks were familiar with their own way out early and late returning, and as soon as they came ashore from wang fenkou, they ran home in a line. They don't take the initiative to go home, not because they can't find their way home.
In winter, in the foggy morning, there will be rime wonders, and trees, grass, fences, and roofs are wrapped in silver and jade, shining. In this white fairytale-like world, after crossing the road between Wang Tang, I was lost, as if I could go to heaven, enter the earth, and go in any direction.
The ice in the pond was thick, and we went to the ice to skate and play tops. I fell once on a skate and smashed my head into several cracks in the thick layer of ice. I got up and sat with my dizzy and sore head for a while and played again.
It is also fun to play the game of "jimi" in the red seed pond in winter. Lie on the edge of the pond, hold the soil to the top of the pond one by one, let the soil slide down along the pond wall, and divide the thick and thin soil surfaces, and play for half a day.
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The Wang Tang on Zhuangzi gave me so many memories.
Now, the road between the two Wang Tangs has been destroyed, and the west end of the Big Wang Tang has been extended for more than thirty meters, and it should be said that the three Wang Tangs have combined into a larger Wang Tang. The trees on the edge of the pond were cut down, and the woodland was reclaimed into a crop field. The land south of Wang was adjusted to the former Zhuang family's own land. The east and west ends of Zhuangzi were paved with cement and gravel roads. The mud and grass houses on Zhuangzi were turned into tile houses and buildings.
The scene by the side of Wang Tang has changed, Wang Tang is still so quiet and serene, and the feelings are still the same. It is the hand of Zhuangzi that has raised generation after generation of Zhuangzi; it is also the mouth of Zhuangzi, silently telling the story of Zhuangzi drifting away; or Zhuangzi's eyes, quietly watching the process of Zhuangzi's development.
