Dong Ailing, a Chinese language teacher, the essay "Ordinary Days" was published in the Apricot Tan column of Shandong Education News on November 9, 2020. He loves writing, especially essays.
All the way to the red song and all the way to love, a table of wine and a table of poetry
Text/Dong Ailing
prelude
Yesterday, at the invitation of Sister Han, ten members of our association, together with Sister Han's classmates, went to Xiaowangzhuang in Fulong Lake for a visit.
When the tour bus arrived at the front of the Shan Zhou Hotel at 8:30, I hurried to the location and saw a well-dressed, medium-sized, and capable elder sister, and I thought that this should be Sister Han. Sister Han didn't know me and greeted me kindly: "Get on the bus, it's cold outside?" "I wanted to talk to Sister Han for a few words, but when I saw Sister Han waiting for her sisters who had not yet arrived, I went straight to the car.
The first time I wanted to see Sister Han was the first time I read her "Reading Shen Congwen (Border City)". I was impressed by her vision of the beauty of home and abroad, her profound cultural accumulation, and her beautiful language skills. I heard that this time Sister Han went out of the mountain, of course, I can't miss the opportunity.
At nine o'clock, the car departed on time. Han Jie's classmates are all elementary school classmates, it is said that they are all in the first elementary school, the average age is over sixty-five years old, and now they are retired, some live in Heze City, some live in ShanCheng, and they often travel and party together all over the country.
The car slowly walked around the county town, there were not many people on the street, the sky was overcast, and it was raining lightly. Inside the car is a different world: Principal Zhu of the golden pen composition, gave each person a red "I love you China" mask, the moment he took the mask, although they had never met each other, I was very familiar with the golden pen composition, and I felt so kind, just like Baoyu first saw Daiyu. Sister Han took the microphone, slowly stood up, and briefly introduced the itinerary of this trip and its dining situation. Then the drama comes.
Moving "Vienna Theater"
"This is the music class representative of our class, the singing conductor, who now lives in Heze City and is still working as a conductor in the university for the elderly." Sister Han introduced, a capable sister stood up, wearing a big red tunic, with a big bun on her head, smiling: "Hello everyone! "Wave at everyone. At this time, a sister wearing a scarlet skirt and hot curly hair held a red party flag, and a wad of white paper came to this side, handed one to each person, looked closer, it turned out to be the lyrics of the print, "Really careful, the lyrics are ready, thank you sister!" "It seems that this is a prepared trip, and I am sincerely grateful.
The eldest sister wearing scarlet clothes stood up, picked up the microphone, and sang "We are the successors of communism", the eldest sister's voice was crisp and pleasant, the voice was like a child, the whole car followed the singing, and the red dress sister directed. While singing, Sister Han recorded a video to record this beautiful moment. At this time, I seemed to be back to my youth, wearing a red scarf, lining up in a neat line, walking in a clean and beautiful campus, bathed in sunshine and rain, breathing fresh air, singing the songs of my youth, and staring at the energetic teachers with bright eyes, which was really good!
Today, the song is still that song, the conductor is still the conductor of the year, the singer is still the singer of the year, but life is like the water of the river, although gushing, but it is not yesterday's flowing water, the big sisters and big brothers, after the baptism of the storm, after the bathing of the sun and air, have been full of vicissitudes, but the old is the age, the young is the mood. Everyone is full of spirits, enthusiastic, wearing big red and purple, surrounded by bright red scarves, singing red songs sung when they were children, and saying naughty words when they were young, which is probably what people often say about rejuvenation, right? Then, "Chairman Mao's Book Favorite to Read", "Beijing's Golden Mountain", "White Haired Girl" excerpts, one after another, after singing one, let whoever comes to one, without hesitation to go to the front, pick up the microphone and sing, although the voice is not as good as the singer's listening, but from the heart, the tone is not as accurate as the singer, but full of happiness, this is the nature of human nature——— happiness.
As long as you want to sing, everywhere is the Vienna Theater.
The first cave in Jiangbei
When you arrive at Fulong Lake, first visit the Four Gentlemen's Wine Cellar. Before I approached the wine cellar, I saw in the distance that "The First Cave in Jiangbei" were written by Liu Dawei, chairman of the American Association. The cellar built on the ground, the high and wide walls, the green brick with vermilion gate, and the copper-colored rivets show its simplicity and nobility. Big sisters and big brothers huddled together, carefully modulated expressions, carefully arranged actions, giggle, you push me to squeeze, a big brother of the association actively went to take pictures, behind the big brother is a sister to take pictures of the big brother, it is really "mantis catching cicadas,——— yellow finches in the back "ah!
Before the photo was finished, Sister Han shouted: "Hurry up and come in and visit the wine cellar!" "We went into the cellar one after another.
Entering the wine cellar, the first thing that catches your eye is the boulder facing the gate, on which are written "The First Cave in Jiangbei" in several large characters, small characters: "Shandong Four Gentlemen Group, Liu Dawei title". The eldest sisters rushed to take pictures, pose in various poses, show thousands of styles, happy moods are all written on the face, and the taste of happiness floats around. I didn't like to take pictures, and I was infected by them and unconsciously clinging to the stone, fixing happiness and happiness in an instant.
Follow the docent, to the hinterland where the wine is really hidden, the big cans and small cans of wine, pasted with blessings, written with expectations, the wine has temperature, people have warmth. Row after row, rack by rack, walking in between, the faint aroma of wine, the slightest wisp, even the air is a little drunk!
The docent walked to a one-man-high wine tank, opened the lid of the wine tank, scooped out a scoop of wine, and poured cup after cup: "Everyone taste it as much as you want, this is ten years old, 53 degrees." I didn't know how to drink, and I couldn't drink alcohol, but in this atmosphere, it seemed like a wasted trip without tasting it. I picked up the wine glass, first do not drink, put on the tip of the nose to smell, a spicy wine smell, I don't know if it is the aroma of wine, alas, who called us wine blind?
Out of the cave, it is the wine culture, there are famous toast poems, ancient poets and wine like flowers and beautiful women as the standard, wine to help poetry, poetry to borrow the momentum of wine, the achievement of poetry and wine culture. In turn, there are ancient wine storage culture, the history of the first cave in Jiangbei, there are photos of state leaders visiting and guiding, there are Liu Bang and his wife and single father wine, Qin Shi Huang and ancient single father, Lao Tzu and Fulong Lake and wine, Shunshi Shan Roll and wine... I already know that the four gentlemen hide the wine cave, but I don't know that there is such a wine culture, and if I don't come to the scene, who knows that the wine culture of Shan County has a long history?
Lakeside villa ------ Xiaowangzhuang
Stepping out of the Four Gentlemen's Wine Cellar, the breeze and rain, the willows swaying lightly, the water surface of the Floating Dragon Lake ripples, and the lotus leaves ripple. The master worker is busy building the tracks of the small train, and in the near future, you can take a small train around The Floating Dragon Lake, and we also have a train in Shan County.
The next stop is Xiaowangzhuang, which is a village by its name, but it is not an ordinary village, here is a country house invested and built by the government. The family yard is neat and clean, lined with trees, flowers and grass pieces in front of the house and behind the house, fruit trees in rows, and Shu Ting's "To the Oak Tree" is playing in the village speakers, which adds a bit of poetry to the small village.
Xiao Wangzhuang's secretary was surnamed Dong, and when he heard that we had arrived, he put down his work and hurried to come. The calligraphers of the Writers' Association gave Secretary Dong banners "Crane Dance Floating Dragon" and "Rooster Singing Dawn" and his own brewed poems to write into banners. Pei Bao of the Writers Association took a group photo with Secretary Dong Allah seat, and all the members of the Writers Association took a group photo with Secretary Dong, and I hurriedly took this precious picture.
After the gift session, Secretary Dong led us to visit Xiaowangzhuang. In front of the village are neatly arranged greenhouses with vegetables, melons, fruits, flowers and plants for tourists to pick. Secretary Dong introduced that these greenhouses have placed more than 200 villagers for employment, and each villager who participates in the labor earns an annual income of more than 20,000 yuan, and the villagers are rich and stable, and they have time to engage in recreational activities. At this time, the corners of Secretary Dong's mouth rose slightly, and his villagers became rich, which was his greatest achievement, and he was proud! This is just like our teachers, children's excellence is the greatest achievement of teachers.
Then visit the homestay. There is a Qingnong Xuetang homestay, a two-storey small Western-style building, a standard room, a small balcony with a bay window outside, a tea seat on the balcony, sit down, look out, green crops and blue lake water, the air brewing poetry. Secretary Dong said: "The writers of our writers association can live here for free to write, ten days is not a lot, half a year is not much!" "When the time comes, there will be a Jin Yong here, and the Floating Dragon Lake will become the West Lake!" The chairman of the Writers Association was witty, and when he finished, he laughed loudly.
Homestays are family-run. We walked into a homestay, the inverted gatehouse is a vine, the grapes have long been removed from the shelves, leaving a green leaf, expected when the grapes are ripe, look up, bunches of grapes, hanging between the green leaves, should be a work of art. The rooms are standard rooms, spacious and bright, clean and tidy. Secretary Dong proudly said: You can come and stay at any time, you can eat at any time, and you can arrange it with a phone call. Tourists who are tired of living in the hustle and bustle of the big city come here to experience the tranquility, breathe fresh air, eat pure natural vegetables and fruits, watch birds and swimming fish, return to nature, and let go of themselves, what a poetic life!
Secretary Dong is warm and steady, and his dress is simple and generous. Standing in the crowd, I could not see that he was a far-sighted secretary, but his words revealed his wisdom. He led us to xiaowangzhuang while walking and introducing. Finally, I arrived at the specialty sales point of Floating Dragon Costume, tasted the salted duck eggs of Floating Dragon Lake, bought Floating Dragon Lake rye buckwheat noodles, and there were lotus leaf tea, lotus seeds and other specialties on the counter, which were inexpensive, but now due to the epidemic, there are few tourists. I want to wait until the epidemic subsides, this is the best place to visit: Lao Tzu's sermon, surrounded by clouds and mist; four gentlemen's wine cellar, spring fragrant wine spirits, water zoo, vivid and vivid, a hundred flowers and a hundred birds garden, flowers, birds singing in unison...
When it was time for dinner, Sister Han invited the guest, she said: We classmates, too noisy, in one room, two tables, a table of the writers, you are quiet, a room.
The wine and dishes were all on the table, and before we could pour the wine, we heard their classmates singing, and we listened for a while, feeling that we should not be reconciled, and our hearts itched. Bald Head Li Jiyong's eldest brother volunteered, and I came to a piece of "Red Lantern" Tiemei Grandma's lyrics. Sing along with the singing, and there are knocks, immersed in it. After singing a song, drinking a glass of wine, and then singing the red songs "My Motherland" and "My Motherland and Me", the more I sing, the more I want to sing, even if I can't sing, I want to sing along. After three rounds of wine, people have been slightly drunk, and gradually have poetry, and the eldest brother has exported into poetry: the small wangzhuang by the lake, the old and the new are articles. Party members pass on to help Dai, and the villagers are happy and long.
Everyone was tired of singing, did not feel tired, drunk, did not feel drunk, as if there was only happiness in their dictionary of life.
Anchovy
Who says "the sunset is infinitely better, just near dusk"? The morning sun has the vitality of the rising sun, and the sunset has the beauty of the sunset. Age is just a symbol, the old Ji Futuo, the ambition is in a thousand miles, they are the most beautiful age, walking, eating well, having leisure, experience enough, all the beauty of the phoenix is on the tail, the big brother and sister of this age are as beautiful as the phoenix tail!
When I came back, I still carried a car of red songs and loaded a car of happiness. The vehicle returned to its original point, and we fell in love and waved goodbye.
Before leaving, Sister Han knew that I did not yet have her books, and she particularly emphasized that the next time she brought me a few copies and placed them at Chairman Qin's place. I was flattered that the eldest sister remembered such a small matter, people said that the text is like its person, and a good person can write a good article.
Let me use Tang Yin's "Feelings" to bless Sister Han and her big brothers and sisters:
Nostalgia
No alchemy, no zazen,
Hungry to eat and tired to sleep.
Career brush and poetry brush,
Trace lace with willow edges.
Mirror shaped skeleton spring old,
The couple in front of the lamp is full of moons.
Ten thousand happy thousand drunks,
The world is idle and the earth is immortal.