At present, the southern Hebei plain is a hundred miles flat, the wheat waves are rolling and the endless fields are golden. Taoyuan, a kind of early-maturing peach, is scattered all over the country, with red in white and white in red, emitting the fresh fragrance of mature fruits. The combination of Maixiang and Momoka makes the air filled with attractive flavor, and every breath of air is refreshing!

There are many kinds of peaches, including "May Fresh" which ripens in May of the lunar calendar, "Peach" which ripens in June and July, and "National Day Peach" which ripens between September and June of the solar calendar. ...

? I love May Fresh alone.

? Among the fruits in northern China, only "Maihuangxing" and "Mayfresh" peaches ripen earliest. "Tian Jia has less leisure, and people are twice as busy in May." There is an agricultural proverb in southern Hebei: "Busy in April before May, busy in May after May", and there is another agricultural proverb: "Busy in April before May, the sickle will open." Different opinions have the same meaning, all of which mean that if the solar term is in April of the lunar calendar, the wheat will mature early; If the solar term falls in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the wheat harvest will be late. Gregorian calendar year 2020 is the year of Gengzi, which coincides with April, so there are two April before and after the lunar month. This year, awn seeds were planted in the last April, so although it was the last April, it was also equivalent to May, when wheat was harvested, the farmers' brothers were "busy behind". In the wheat harvest season in North China with high temperature, hot summer and dry air, especially in the era of artificial harvesting of wheat, in the scorching sun, thirsty, sickle waving and sweating wheat fields, the vendors are shouting all the way along the country road wearing straw hats and carrying wicker baskets. Who can not be moved and buy some peaches to satisfy their hunger?

During the three years from 1969 to 197 1, I experienced three wheat harvest seasons in the countryside when educated youth went to the countryside. At that time, in the south of a farmland of our production team, there was a peach garden with an area of more than four acres square. This was originally the orchard of individual farmers before the "commune", and it was owned by the production team after the "commune". 1970 During the wheat harvest, Taoyuan "Mayfresh" matured. When the "dry and hot wind" of the wheat harvest season blows among the dense green branches and leaves, huge hearts, white peaches, hearts and green peaches flicker among the dense peach leaves. Looking from a distance, it looks like an oasis fairyland in a thousand hectares of golden wheat fields. The golden wind blows and Momoka bursts. At this time, the little scholar did not retreat, but could not help but blurt out: "How tempting!" And several young men from the countryside, unable to restrain their hunger and thirst, turned over from the low earth wall and jumped into the garden.

? In the center of Taoyuan, there is a triangular buddhist nun with four wooden pillars and a straw shed. There are 70-year-old people, hand-cranked cattail fans, wearing homespun sweaters, sitting in the buddhist nun, looking around. This is obviously a peach lover. Two companions, quietly climbed up the temple frame from behind, held the old man down and put him in his pants. The villagers said, "the old man looks at the melon." When dealing with him, several partners climbed the tree, just like the Monkey King entered the "Flat Peach Garden", picking fresh fruits and feasting. I stood outside the wall, drooling and afraid to cross the line. After eating enough fresh peaches, the partners let go and looked at the old man before leaving, and played a practical joke. Everyone took clothes for a "May Fresh" and did not forget to tease me: "If you don't want to talk about it, college students, college students, what are you doing?" It is called "Tao Tao's excrement" and it stinks. Call you to the ground, and you can't tell the difference between wheat seedlings and leeks! "Then we laughed together, which embarrassed me. After laughing, "May Fresh" was still eaten. Oh, the fresh and tender peaches are delicious and will always be remembered in the memory of youth!

Another encounter with "Mayfresh" was at 1977.

? 1977 As a student of "the first batch of backbone training courses for workers and peasants in Hebei Province", he came to the Hutuo River Five Cadre School in Hebei Province in early May, which is located outside Xibaitang Village, Zhengding County, 40 miles north of Shijiazhuang City. The Hutuo River circulates here, and the cadre school is built in the acacia forest on the beach by the river. At that time, everyone taught inner-party theory at school like Yang. Former provincial party secretary Lin Tie, governor Liu Zihou and other provincial-level veteran cadres have all studied and worked here. Ao, the youngest son of former President Dong, is also studying here.

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In the 1970s, this beach in Qili, west of Zhengding City, was still desolate. Not far from the southeast of the May 7th Cadre School, it is the Party School of Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and not far from the west of the May 7th Cadre School, which belongs to the State Council. It has three campuses and lingers on the winding Tuojiang River. At that time, it was around May of the lunar calendar. The water in the Hutuo River was not deep, and the river was light yellow with sediment. After school, swimming in the Hutuo River is a great pleasure. In June of the solar calendar and May of the lunar calendar, I swam ashore from the river and saw a peach grove not far away, where I happened to meet one of my fellow villagers and the Taoyuan he was in charge of.

? This peach garden has thousands of acres. Several students strolled along the path in Taolin, exchanging their learning experiences while strolling. Just as I was walking, a rural guy our age came from the depths of Taolin. He came to pick me up, and his words were amazing. He said, "Are you Guantao?" I was immediately taken aback-in Zhengding, three or four hundred miles away from my hometown, a local peasant boy spoke an authentic Zhengding dialect. How could he possibly recognize me as a Guantao person? I told him this question, and he told me that his grandmother fled here before liberation and married locally. So far, the old man's accent has not changed, and his children and grandchildren have been exposed to it. You can recognize my accent as soon as you listen. Grandma's hometown, although strange, still makes him feel particularly cordial!

? During the conversation, he asked about everything in his hometown. He told me his name was Erhong, and we became strangers.

This is a legendary encounter, in addition to people, there are "May Fresh" peaches.

? At that time, in the "May 7th" cadre school in the province, the curriculum was very tight. In order to relieve the pressure of study, I often walk around the fields around the cadre school in twos and threes. Taolin is naturally a good place. Erhong always wants to talk to me about grandma's hometown when she sees me. This is a very simple rural youth, who makes me feel that the blood of the next generation also makes homesickness so strong!

? In a blink of an eye, more than a month of student life is over. I said goodbye to him before I left, and he showed reluctance. The next morning, I was packing and preparing to go back to Handan. Suddenly, I saw Erhong carrying a washbasin of "May Fresh" peaches that had just been picked. He said that the peaches were just ripe, and he carefully selected a washbasin filled with enamel from the tree and gave it to me as a parting gift. Looking at the heart and the sincerity on Erhong's face, my tears are spinning in my eyes! Don't rush out of the dormitory, buy sweets and biscuits in the cadre school canteen as a reward.

? After returning to Han, I got off the train and went straight home. Mother is lying in bed. She is ill. At that time, she often had stomach trouble and her figure was a little out of shape. When she saw me, she sat up immediately. She said she was eager to see her son come back from afar, and she was much better at once!

? People say that mother and son are connected. When I was 15 or 16 years old, I experienced a "great series" and traveled all over China from south to north. She will always miss me. When I was eighteen or nineteen, I went to the countryside and stayed in my hometown for nearly three years. "My mother came a long way and was worried." She cares about me day and night. After returning to the city, I have become a big boy of 2067. It's only been out for more than a month, and my mother has been thinking about it. Mom, mom! When will your son grow up in your heart?

? Putting down my luggage, I opened a suitcase full of "May Fresh" peaches and washed one. My mother said, "Great! Delicious! " She recovered from a serious illness and her spirit is much better. She started cooking for me.

? After several decades, "Mayfresh" peach is no longer a rare fruit on the market. However, whenever I see the juicy peaches, I always think of the two past events about the "May Fresh" peaches. I miss my youth, my strange peasant brother and my dear mother deeply!