The Ups and Downs of the Commoners Page #14
This non-fiction novel tells the life of ordinary commoners in the middle of the 20th century in China, from the series of movements such as "Land Reform", "Great Leap Forward", "Cultural Revolution" and "Educated Youth Going to the Countryside" to the early days of Reform and Opening-up. The book has four volumes, and was published by Hong Kong Chinese International Publishing House in 2015. The protagonist of this book, Fang Zhengben, was born into a bankrupt family of landowners. Their family has lived in Taiqing Town for generations. When he was six years old, he left Taiqing Town with his parents and came to Longyun Mountain, where the mountains overlap. From then on, he began an unusual life: their family hard work, but they couldn't eat enough; he yearned for reading, but he has dropped out of school three times before graduating from junior high school; he is diligent and studious, with excellent grades, but the door of colleges is
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Knowing that Fang Zhengben's hand was cut by a sickle, Wang Qihui found a piece of cloth and a thread and bandaged him. There was another heavy rain that night. The next day they went to Yanwo Rock, but they didn't enter the woods or the top of the mountain. Instead, they came to a ridge. The terrain here is relatively gentle, and there is a flat land under the slope of the ridge, and the grass on the edge of the flat land is very dense. Further down, there is a cliff that is not too high. Fang Xinyou said, "Let's cut right here!" So they chose a place and cut the grass. About an hour later, Fang Zhengqing suggested, "Uh, it's been so long. Let's play for a while and again cut!" Fang Xinyou said, "Okay! Let's play for a while 'hit the stake'' !" So they all go to the flat ground and play a game of "hit the stake". After that, go back to the original position and continue cut the grass. Fang Zhengben was cutting grass on a slope, he suddenly smelled a peculiar fragrance from the front. He discerned it carefully and felt that it possess Termitornyces albuminosus that had this fragrance. Not long ago, he had seen the third uncle Zeng once Pick this mushroom back, and he also smelled it. Later, the third uncle Zeng and his family made soup in their own home, and Fang Zhengben could smell the scent of it in a few rooms. . He wanted to find Termitornyces albuminosus himself, and let his family members taste it, so he looked for it nearby. As a result, in a bush not far in front, he found a plant with a dark-brown surface that looked like an umbrella. Fang Zhengben recognized that this is Termitornyces albuminosus. This is also the first time he encountered such a rare thing, he couldn't help shouting: Termitornyces albuminosus! "Hearing the shouts, Fang Zhengqing and Fang Xinyou brothers rushed over to look it. At this time, Fang Zhengben found two newly unearthed but not yet grown Termitornyces albuminosus nearby. Fang Zhengqing hurriedly helped his younger brother, carefully digging them out with a sickle, making Fang Xinlin envious beside him. Fang Xinyou stood aside and watched for a while, and said, "I heard from the adults that as long as the sorghum stalks are piled on the land and rotten, Termitornyces albuminosus will grow from there; I also heard, where Termitornyces albuminosus grew, there are Termite underneath. If you find it, don’t yell, or it will migrate." Hearing what he said made Fang Zhengben feel even more mysterious. However, he did not find Termitornyces albuminosus there again, and after many years it was washed down by flood water, and several ant nests were indeed exposed. They filled the back basket with grass, came down from the mountain with the back basket, and preparing to go home. When they passing by under the cliff where Termitornyces albuminosus was just picked up, Fang Zhengqing suddenly found a strange stone under his feet. He couldn't help shouting loudly: "You Look, this stone!"Fang Zhengben and Fang Xinyou brothers hurriedly ran over.. Fang Zhengqing put down his back basket and picked up the stone. Several people looked at the stone carefully, and saw that its shape was exactly the same as that of a mussel. The it shell had clear lines on the surface, the size of a duck egg, and it was heavy. Everyone thought it was strange and wanted to pick up some more such stones and said, "It's not busy, let's look for them again to see if there are any such stones." So they all put down their baskets and searched for a while on the deserted slope. Each found a few similar stones. These stones were washed clean by rain, some were exposed on the ground, and some were partially embedded in shale. Fang Zhengqing and Fang Zhengben come home, it happens to be lunch time. The two took out the mushrooms they found and said, "Mom, we picked Termitornyces albuminosus today!" Wang Qihui said, " This very fresh , et's eat it!!" Then, she took the Termitornyces albuminosus and washed it. The brothers then found the Mussel-shaped stones from the back basket and placed them behind the door. They also took a piece to show their father, and asked, "Dad, how do you think this stone looks exactly like a Mussel? Fang Xinwen took a closer look and asked, "Where did you get these stones?" Fang Zhengqing said: "I picked it up from Yanwuo Rock." Fang Xinwen said: "It is said that many years ago, these places were the sea. this must be because the sea dried up later, and the clam in the sea became buried in the soil for a long time. That's it." The father and son were talking, and Wang Qihui had washed the Termitornyces albuminosus, made a bowl of soup, and put it on the dinner table. The father and son thee people busy washing their hands and eating. Although the soup made from Termitornyces albuminosus only join a little salt, it still tastes delicious very. During the meal, Wang Qihui said: "From this afternoon, I will go with you to pick some Chinese Redbud leaves and Vitex negundo L leaves back on the mountain, soak them in the dung pit and make fertilizer for planting this fall." The two brothers were very happy to hear their mother say this. In the afternoon, the mother and two child all carried their back baskets and went out, collected some Chinese Redbud leaves and Vitex negundo L leaves on Yueya Ridge to go home, chopped them up, and soaked them in the dung pit. After seeing it, Zeng Sanxing said, “Soaking green manure with only Chinese Redbud leaves and Vitex negundo L leaves is still not good. It has some wormwood. Among the wormwood, Anemone hupehensis Lem. is the best, so it is comparable to human feces. Wang Qihui listened and said, "Okay, we will go again tomorrow." In the following days, the scope of their harvest of A. annua continued to expand. They went to Wang's graveyard , Yanwo Rock, and Laifong Peak. The west side of Laifong Peak belongs to the boundary of Huachang County. That morning, the sky was clear. The mother and the two son stood on the top of Laifong Peak, looking at the bottom of the mountain, it was a vast expanse of plains: on the plains one after another slightly raised hills, lush pines and cypresses; on the large and small flat lands surrounding the hills, green rice fields are connected, extending far and far; between these hills and the flat lands , among the green bamboos, there are countless villages; in the villages, have light smoke and mist, and it is indeed a picturesque pastoral scenery. Look up into the distance, a more amazing sight appeared in their field of vision: far away, at the junction with the sky, the snow-covered western Daxueshan all the year round, under the hot summer sun,The silver-white mountain is covered with a purple tulle, very enchanting.
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