Appreciation of Shi Zhecun's Prose Plum Rain, Plum Rain

Meiyu is a "specialty" in the south of the Yangtze River, just like fruits and vegetables in local festivals. What season to plant, what season to grow and what season to mature are all determined by nature.

Every June and July, cold and warm air meet in the south of the Yangtze River, forming a front, just like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on July 7 every year, and you pull me endlessly, resulting in a rainy period of 20 days or even a month. At this time, the rain is mostly poetic Mao Mao rain. Of course, there are * * * surges and short showers. Coincidentally, nature has arranged another seasonal fruit in this season, namely plums. At the turn of spring and summer, plums are ripe at this time, so people name the rain at this time as Meiyu. Unlike spring rain, summer rain, autumn rain and winter rain, plum rain is not only seasonal, but also named after fruits, which is unique. So plums are the lucky fruit of this season, and plum rain is also the lucky rain of this season.

Many people, especially northerners who go south, don't like Meiyu. They think that everything is wet during the long rainy season. Needless to say, even the walls on the ground and even the quilts in the room are wet. Dry northerners are not used to the duck-like life of southerners. Born and raised, I am not tired of Meiyu, and even like it.

Meiyu in the countryside is unique. From the window lattice of the old house in my hometown, I can see streams, stone bridges, mountain roads and faint peaks shrouded in misty rain in the distance, just like Chinese painting.

In the rainy season, I like to play with an umbrella, so I am carefree in the country. Walking, walking, looking up, I saw the plums in front of their house lying leisurely on the branches, blue, green and yellow. The rain slowly gathered from the high leaves and dripped on the green and yellow plums, so the tip of the plums finally couldn't help it, falling, falling and infiltrating into the countryside.

The rainy season is warm and humid, which is a good season for planting. Despite the continuous rain, farmers on the land in the south of the Yangtze River should gain something. An old farmer led his cattle across the field in hemp fiber and came to a big willow tree. He snapped a cigarette and said to me, "This season, a branch will sprout and survive." Yes, spring seeds often encounter spring drought, and what to plant and live in the rainy season depends on abundant precipitation. So it's raining, and farmers in the south of the Yangtze River are still busy in the fields.

Weeds grow wildly in rainy season, which provides rich forage for rabbits, pigs, cattle, sheep and other livestock, and livestock also grow rapidly at this time. Hard-working farmers are not afraid of hard work, but also cut off piles of weeds and mix them with animal manure layer by layer as compost to prepare enough base fertilizer for autumn planting.

Of course, the rainy season is the best time to visit the ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, the ancient town was immersed in a world of white walls and blue tiles. There are four colors, red, yellow, blue and white, and ancient homespun banners hanging on the statue of Gu Long. Looking up, the ancient town looks more like an ink painting. In the corner of the ancient town, it is full of vitality. There are red apricots hanging from the towering wall, and the people in the slate hall are thriving. Flowers are blooming, even the moss at the root of the wall is covered with water, furry and lovely. At this time, if you move a bamboo lounge chair under the eaves of the ancient town yard, sleep in a cool world and listen to the rain, what a pleasant thing!

There are quadrangles, hutongs and street bridges in the ancient town. In the past, when the traffic was underdeveloped, the river under the bridge could lead to the outside world. There are night boats with lanterns hanging, "Lu Zhi" and "Lu Zhi" pass under the bridge, and the people on board are talking and laughing; There are also ships returning from going out, carrying passengers and loading goods. When they arrived at the dock, they were busy until midnight. Today, this scene has been replaced by fishermen's small sampans. In the rainy season, fish are most active in foraging, and fishermen cast nets to gain hope.

A rainy night, very quiet. I took a book from the bookcase and read it under the lamp. Suddenly a poem popped up: "It rains at home in Huangmei season, and frogs are everywhere in the grass pond. If you don't come at midnight, knock off the chess pieces and die. "

What a quiet and leisurely state it is to knock the chess pieces down in snuff!

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