Human vegetation
Wang Zengqi
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01 About grapes
gt; gt; all said Pear blossoms look like snow, but apple blossoms are actually like snow. Snow is thick, not transparent. What do pear blossoms look like? ——The petals of pear blossoms are made of the moon.
gt;gt; In October, we have other farm work. We are going to cut the rice. Grapes, you can grow as long as you want.
02 Fruits in Kunming
gt;gt; I have never seen a horse eating pears. There are probably not many people who have seen a horse eating pears. There are probably not many horses that have eaten pears.
gt;gt; Su Dongpo once said that reading Jia Dao's poems is like eating small fish, "the gain is not worth the effort." When I was a child, I ate pomegranates and felt that I had eaten a mouthful of seeds but could not taste much. It is true that "the gain is not worth the effort". I did not feel this way when I ate Yiliang pomegranates in Kunming. I felt very satisfied and worth it.
gt;gt; Near Chenggong Railway Station, there is a large chestnut forest with a radius of several miles. The trees are all close together, with dense branches and leaves. There are no insects or ants on the trees, and there are no weeds under the trees. It is extremely clean. I have ridden through the chestnut forest several times, and it feels like I am in a painting.
03 Fruit and Vegetable Autumn
gt;gt; I later visited many places and walked into many fruit shops, but none of them had the strong fruity aroma of this fruit shop. The fragrance of this fruit shop reminds me of it often and will never be forgotten.
I was in love that year, my first love.
gt;gt; Eating stinky food is not only found in China, but also in foreign countries. I once had stinky cheese from Northern Europe in the United States. The poet Paul Ingres who entertained us thought that I couldn't eat this kind of food. I can even eat Wang Zhi and stinky tofu whole, so why do I care about stinky Keisi! I'll let you guys know what I'm eating!
04 Harvest in the orchard
gt;gt; This bunch of grapes can only be used for exhibition. The large white fruit is as big as a table tennis ball, but it is not delicious. In order to add nutrients to this bunch of grapes, glucose was injected into it! Injecting glucose into grapes is nonsense. This happened during the year of the "Great Leap Forward". The "Great Leap Forward" was a complete nonsense.
gt;gt; Life flies by so fast.
05 Eating beans, drinking water, leisurely writing
gt;gt; On Sunday, sitting in the study room, drinking water, eating beans, and reading the poems of Li Qingzhao and Xin Qiji, it is a wonderful experience .
08 Sunflower · Sage
gt；gt; Plants, trees, insects and fish are mostly closely related to human life. Being interested in plants, trees, insects and fish shows that you also have a broad interest in people.
09 Human Plants
gt; gt; "Sandandum grows one year and blooms one more flower. Look, there are thirteen."
Shan Dandan remembers his age.
gt;gt; They are actually just playing with wolfberry picking! Picking up wolfberries while walking is more interesting than just walking. These are two old people who still have childlike innocence, two old children!
When people grow old, they have to learn to live like this. It seems that these two are also very good at life in middle age and can find fun in life. They must be very nice and kind people. They must also not be greedy for power and be willing to be indifferent. Husbands and wives will never quarrel about food, rice, oil, salt, or the marriage of their children.
04 Summer
gt;gt; The watermelon is suspended in a well by a rope. In the afternoon, it is cut open and eaten with a knife. There is a clicking sound, and the cold air overflows, even the eyes feel cold.
02 Miscellaneous Memories of Sichuan
gt; gt; "If you can attack the heart, you will be defeated by the side. It has been known from ancient times that soldiers are not warlike. If you don't assess the situation, you will be lenient and strict. Both are wrong. Later, you governed Shu. You need to think deeply."
I didn't expect to see the pond where the fish came out of the drizzle in Kaifeng Mansion. It was unforgettable!
gt;gt; I don’t like Du Fu’s Thatched Cottage. There are no relics of Du Fu at all. Where are the thatched cottages that were damaged by the autumn wind? Where is the old wife drawing on paper, and the young child tapping the needle? Where did Du Fu see fish emerging from the drizzle and swallows slanting in the gentle breeze? It's impossible to imagine.
No alder wood, no Dayi celadon.
gt;gt; There is also a way to climb a mountain. If you walk slowly, you will not stumble. ——Sima Guang
gt;gt; Live in Shufan Tower, take hot spring baths, drink Luzhou Daqu or Wuliangye, and eat African crucian carp. If the "Cultural Revolution" did not fight such people, who would it fight?
Chuchu is surrounded by mountains.
gt;gt; Osmanthus is planted all around the lake
gt;gt; However, the Sichuan flavor of "Green Poplar Village" has been diluted. Shanghainese cannot tolerate such strong "authentic Sichuan flavor".
03 First visit to Fujian
gt;gt; The mountains and rivers are very friendly and kind to people. When they come towards me, they seem to want to get along with each other, to hold their arms, and to speak to them. , not arrogant, not cold, not serious.
05 Mr. Shen Congwen is at Southwest Associated University
gt;gt; It won’t work if I only take two courses in one semester. Freedom cannot be as free as this.
08 Remembering Dexi
All art, in the end, is philosophy and aesthetics.
gt;gt; All science, in the end, is aesthetics.
01 Seventy Book Love
It is also a unique taste even if it is light to the extreme. Like water, it is beneficial and harmless to people, and it is indispensable!
gt;gt; My work is indeed relatively light, but it is that way originally and has not gone through a "transformation" process. I thought about it and said that I downplayed it. It just means that I did not write about major themes, heroes with complex personalities, and strong and dramatic conflicts. But this is my life experience, my cultural literacy, Determined by my temperament. I haven’t experienced too many magnificent lives, and I haven’t seen all-powerful people. How do you want me to write about it? When I write, I emphasize truth, most of which I have personally experienced. I cannot rely on materials when writing. I can only write about the ordinary people and things that I am familiar with, or as Jiang Baishi said, "little children in the world." I can only use ordinary thoughts and feelings to understand them and express them in ordinary ways. The result is blandness.
gt;gt; I never thought of advocating anything, and I never had the courage to "lead the way". I just "quietly" wrote something on my own. Some young writers have been influenced by me, and some even intentionally imitate me. I know this. I sincerely say to these young writers: Don’t do this. First, don’t “learn” from anyone. Second, don’t imitate me. I hope that young writers can write something new, strange, hazy, absurd, and arrogant when they start out, and not fall into mediocrity prematurely. When I was thirty or forty years old, I wrote very lightly. Then, at my age, I might have nothing left.
02 Loves and Hate in Old Age
gt;gt; "Understanding" means seeing things in the world very clearly and thoroughly, and not easily getting angry or complaining.
gt;gt; I am not an aloof or emotionless person. I don't like the kind of retired cadres who are taciturn, never talk about government affairs, have no love, no hatred, no right and no wrong, are timid and fearful, and don't care about anything except the price of pork and cabbage.
gt;gt; The Chinese have a philosophy called "forbearance". When I was a child, I heard the story of the Zhang family of "Hundred Ninth Hall" and I hated it very much. Nowadays, some cultural relics shops selling inscriptions and inscriptions at some historical sites sell the most popular calligraphy rubbings. One is Zheng Banqiao's "Rare Confusion", and the other is a big character - "endurance". This is a very vulgar philosophy of life.
03 Enjoy yourself
gt；gt; I once wrote a couplet in Dali:
Cangshan bears snow
Erhai Lake Flowing Clouds
gt; gt; Wrote a couplet for a guest house in Wuyishan:
The surrounding mountains are beautiful from the window
The sound of the stream fills my dreams all night long
gt;gt; I often incorporate post-impressionist methods into Chinese painting. I think Chinese paintings are originally impressionism, but I do it more consciously.
gt;gt; Cooking requires practice. Eat more, ask more, read more (recipes), and cook more. You have to try cooking a dish several times before you can master the saltiness and lightness of the dish.
gt;gt; I really appreciate Yang Yun's "Book of Reporting to Sun Hui Zong": "The fields in the southern mountains are filthy and untamed. Plant a hectare of beans and they will fall into pods. To enjoy life, you need to be rich! ”
04 Take things as they come
gt;gt; I became a rightist for a time, and I am truly lucky. Otherwise my life would be even more dull.
gt;gt; Afterwards, I still edited the publication and presided over the daily work of the editorial department. I also went to Lin County, Henan Province with the leaders of the unit and several comrades to investigate folk songs.
gt;gt; We ate Yellow River carp in Luoyang, and then went to see the Hongqi Canal in Lin County for two or three days. It dug through the Taihang Mountains and diverted the water from the Zhang River to Henan. The water flowed gurglingly in the stone canals on the mountainside, which was very touching.
gt;gt; I went to Zhongyue Songshan once.
gt;gt; When we went, it was the season when tung flowers were in full bloom. The lavender flowers were swaying all over the mountains and plains, just like a dream.
gt;gt; I wrote down two examples just to illustrate that criticism is an absurd drama. As Shakespeare said, all the people who play are just characters.
gt;gt; Of course it is very tiring when you first start doing farm work. Heavy work like lifting pig pens and peeling frozen dung is really a chore. Only then did I realize the meaning of the phrase "labor is a heavy burden". But he still gritted his teeth and got through it. I thought at that time, as long as I didn't fall down and die in the next step, I would have to work hard.
gt;gt; Sitting facing a bunch of flowers,
His eyes are as bright as a tiger.
gt;gt; To draw a whole potato, I had to cut it into a cross section. After I finished drawing a piece of potato, the potato pieces were no longer useful, so I buried them in the cow dung fire and roasted them. Eat. I dare say that there is no other person in the country who has eaten as many varieties of potatoes as I have.
gt;gt; However, it may be difficult to restore trust in those above, even credulity, and restore the innocent enthusiasm of youth. They have taken a dim view of the world, have seen through it, and are more or less alienated from reality. There is always hope for a broken heart. The human heart is fragile.
There is no way around this.
05 An idler in a busy city
gt;gt; He has a big appetite, half a pound of noodles in one meal. After eating the noodles, he drank a bowl of noodle soup (he didn't drink much water), rinsed the bowl, sat on the mazar in front of the door, hugged his knees and watched the street.
gt;gt; He does not plant flowers, does not raise birds, and rarely walks. His scope of activities is very small. Apart from buying noodles at the Shangliang Store and buying sauce at the non-staple food store, he rarely goes out.
gt;gt; He is peaceful and calm, with no great joys or worries, no worries, no desires or pursuits. He is naturally indifferent. He just eats noodles, fishes, hugs his knees and watches. With a smile and eyes as innocent as a child.
This is a living Zhuangzi.