"Plants on Earth" is a collection of essays written by Wang Zengqi, including stories about the old people, travel experiences, local customs, flowers, birds, insects and fish. Some people say that people who lead interesting lives write interesting books.
Indeed, his writing has temperature. As usual, he vividly tells the story of life in simple and beautiful, kind and plain language.
When I first started studying, I read that Xiaomi looks very similar to Setaria viridis, grapes and Parthenocissus tricuspidata. I was amused, what an interesting association! Very reasonable! What an interesting person!
And that grape branch, I don't know how to control it, I'm blind! It's so vivid that I can't help thinking that the vines that once covered my whole yard can simply sit down and enjoy the cool. But then I cut it down because I was crazy and tired of eating. Now reading the article "Grape Moon Order" feels very cordial.
More intimate is the carrot in Kunming fruit. I also like to eat carrots raw. But carrots are delicious, fresh, sweet and crisp. I want to eat in a foreign land now. I want to go to the vegetable market. It's not new at all. I won't eat!
The article Rain in Kunming wrote that he saw a flowering cactus hanging upside down on the door. The cactus hanging upside down on the door is a flat diamond planted by every family in my hometown! Remember when I was a child, I was greedy and picked a flat diamond to eat! Although dangerous, it is very sweet.
When describing the food in the school cafeteria, he complained that konjac was unpalatable. This makes me feel the same way. As a person from snacks to adults, I am also convinced of the taste of this dish. If pepper is not mixed, the taste of this dish is called "fading bird" in dialect. This is not a curse. The author explains it vividly: Don't open your mouth after dinner-I'm afraid a bird will fly out!
I wrote hundreds of words, all about food. Are you wondering if I'm digressing? No, after reading this collection of essays, my only thought is that Mr. Wang Zengqi is a veteran foodie! Eat everywhere and encourage everyone to try. I envy you too much to eat.
Eating watermelon in summer is described as hanging in a well with a rope, and "draining watermelon" is also my favorite way to eat. Watermelon splashed with well water is cool and refreshing. But the ice watermelon is too cold, and grandma generally forbids us to eat it. Now in summer outside, watermelons can only be eaten directly.
Yangmei in the rainy season in my hometown is really juicy, but I have never eaten the "charcoal plum" in Rain in Kunming. Myrica rubra is slightly sour, and its teeth are soft after eating too much. Generally boiled into rock candy Yangmei soup. After cooling, I can eat and drink a big bowl.
Write here and tell me the fundamental reason why I like this essay. One third of this book was written in Kunming, Yunnan, about the local customs there. My hometown is in Yunnan. I am proud of the food and scenery in my hometown.
I brought a book "Plants on Earth" when I came out to work, and I read a book when I was homesick. See your hometown through the vivid scenery and things in the book.
My favorite chapter in this book must be Biography. I read it as if I could smell and taste the delicious fungus. When I saw it last month, my mouth watered. I also wrote an article about wild mushrooms in my hometown before. Stop, speaking of fungus, that's really endless.
The food in my hometown is by no means limited to what Mr. Wang wrote. In his works, whether it is beautiful scenery or delicious food, after reading it, there is quite a simple and quiet style of Tao Yuanming's "seeing Nanshan leisurely", and seeing the truth in plain.
Finally, let me end with the words written by the old gentleman-if you come to visit me and I am not here, please sit outside my door with flowers for a while. They are warm, and I have watched them for many, many days.