Unforgettable those who trampled the lotus
production road tight North Garden Street. Once in Ji'nan, this is the vegetable garden. And the former production road, I am afraid, is only the old Ji'nan talent remember its story...
the landscape of the former field is beautiful
in the 40s and 50s of last century, Ji'nan Daming Lake to the north, lake light, blue wave, lotus pond, garden, rice field tightly connected, really a day after the lotus leaf infinite blue, waves rolling rice floral scene.
the Beiyuan street was only a dirt road at that time, not to mention the production road.
production road is only four or five meters wide, the south connects Hetao Zhuang, north to North Garden Avenue, and the roads are full of weeds on both sides of the road. The road is basically a field trail. The road is common to wagons, rickshaws and pedestrians. At the time of
, the scenery of production road was at the north end, and the Jinghua old people who had studied in nearby Ji'nan Zhengyi middle school were most familiar with the scenery.
lotus pond catch Dragonfly childhood fun
today's production road and Beiyuan street intersection, there were two or three big lotus pond.
, before and after 1952, I just came to Ji'nan Zhengyi middle school to study Jing Shu Hua. I went to the lotus pond with the students and caught the dragonfly along the Bank of the lotus pond. At that time, there were a lot of dragonflies flying in the low lowlands above the lotus pond. The children tied the dragonfly caught with the rope, and then, like the kite, ran on the shore.
they also accidentally fell into the lotus pond, and the clothes were all wet, so they couldn't get home without beating their parents. Jing Shuhua said that the water of the lotus pond is not deep, about 2 meters, the children to play will swim, and the lotus root pool is usually busy adults, so do not worry about the danger. But the water in the lotus pond is dirty, insects and snakes, so parents generally object to children playing in the lotus pond.
trampled lotus root people always pick the lotus seeds for their children to eat
autumn and winter two seasons, when harvest lotus season, lotus root pool appears many lotus root people.
in the impression of jingshuhua, if it is autumn, the uncles on the lotus are wearing only large underpants and light back, but in the winter, the uncles wear a kind of rubber pants that will not be dampened by water, and big water shoes, and walk back and forth in the water that has not been in the thighs. A large wooden basin was placed before the lotus root, and the wooden basin floated on the water. Stepping on the lotus root, the man pushed the basin forward and threw the lotus root on the wooden bowl.
stepping on the lotus root is not a light job. The technology is all on the feet, stepping on the root of the lotus root and filling the lotus root in the lotus's eyes. The lotus root can not be sold on the market. If you step down, you can't step on the lotus root, so many lotus roots remain in the mud. So the vegetable farmers will lose money. The people who will step on the lotus root can not be busy from the water, but the two feet are not idle. First, the lotus root is trampled off with the left foot, then the dirt around the lotus root is rubbed off with the right foot, and then the lotus leaves the water with the right foot.
for about two hours, the wooden basin is full of new lotus roots.
after stepping on the shore of the lotus root, they pick up several lotus seeds from the lotus pond by the way. At this time, the early greedy children wait at the side of the lotus pond. The children got the lotus on the lotus root, and helped them to take the lotus root out of the tub and transport it to the truck.
cold lotus root fried lotus root is all the childhood food
in addition to eating lotus seeds, the children can also find many lotus root. Some are trampled into the lotus root of the purple mud, or the lotus root is very small and not very good. The people on the lotus root put them directly on the side of the lotus pond.
Jing Shuhua also often grabbed this lotus root. Take home, mother carefully washed, with soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger mixed, a crispy sweet lotus root is ready. Sometimes, in order to give greedy trees to Jingshu Hua, the mother will also hold the stuffing in the lotus root slices, roll the wet dough outside, and fry it in the oil, and the delicious fried lotus root will come out.
Jing Shuhua said even lotus leaves were rare at that time. People go to the street to buy pig's head meat. The shops are wrapped up with fresh lotus leaves, which smells so fragrant that they bite two bites.