In fact, summer in the capital has a restless side, but it also has a refreshing side.
This is because Beijing is a place with four distinct seasons, and people pay attention to the seasons. There is a set of rules for what to eat and wear throughout the year, and they must not be messed up.
There is a word in the old capital called "spending summer". If I elaborate on it, the content is too rich.
Of course, some people may also think that these things are too trivial and that they are meaningless. Paying attention to these things and managing these are far less important than work, study, and housework. If you spend all your time and energy on this, it is a waste.
A huge waste.
But in fact, this truth is biased. Because everything is multi-faceted and nothing is absolute. All this must be determined by everyone's own conditions and mentality.
For a person who is constantly troubled, has a troubled career, and has uneasy family affairs, these things may be superfluous or even annoying.
But on the contrary, for a person who has no worries about food and drink, smooth work, and harmonious family affairs, this in turn is a kind of fun in life.
For example, we are all sweating in the summer, and we have a lot of free time every day. But those educated youths who have returned to the city who don’t have enough money in their pockets to buy a bottle of soda and don’t know where they will be in the future. And those who have already.
Compared with Hong Yanwu, who wants a house, money, a wife, and friends, the feelings they feel are definitely different.
As the saying goes, a calm mind naturally cools down.
If it is purely based on Hong Yanwu's personal experience, then the summer in Beijing is really lovely.
First of all, the suburbs of Beijing have water, mountains, lakes and hills, and the terrain is complex and diverse. There are rich resources and many varieties of fresh products.
It's a pity that the output has been limited. And during the ten years of the "movement", these things were basically isolated from the market.
But things are getting better now. Now that there is a farmer's market, all the fresh products from the suburbs of Beijing are like having a big public stage.
Whether it's melons, plums, peaches, or water chestnuts and fresh lotus roots, they all have the opportunity to stand out. Although there are still few things, the high price sets a certain threshold, and Hong Yanwu, who is willing to pay and knows the goods, can do his best.
The master is in great enjoyment.
Look, white apricots, almonds, peaches, red plums, jade plums, red plums, fragrant fruits, "champagne berries" and "tiger-drawn carts" are coming non-stop.
These are truly "homegrown" products or "mountain products". Each kind of fruit is brought to the farmer's market by the villagers at the foot of the mountain, carrying long baskets on their backs.
Even though they are fancy and come in many varieties, old Beijing residents can tell at a glance whether they are produced in Qingshan in the west or in the north.
(Note: Fragrant fruit: Because of its clear and distant fragrance, it is also known as hawthorn, fragrant fruit, and wood pear. Its scientific name is quince. But this thing is not the same thing as the 'quince' that can be used to make preserves as people in the capital say.
The quince mentioned is actually Altai hawthorn, also known as Huangguo hawthorn. This pronunciation comes from the transliteration of the Manchu "sour and sweet". It was first called "Wenpu" or "Wenpu", and later became quince. Today
Many people don’t know that almost all online articles are fallacies. Some even confuse quinces with tiger carts and champagne.)
(Note: Champagne: also called sour benzine, fragrant fruit. It is smaller than apples, purple-red when ripe, and tastes sour and sweet. It is a hybrid between apple and sand fruit, slightly astringent and rich in fragrance.)
(Note: Hu La Che: sweet betel is commonly known as. Also known as tiger benzine, tiger benzine. The fruit shape is slightly larger than sour betel, cylindrical, sweet, similar to the taste of colorful apples, with a blush on the sunny side. Same.
Rich aroma.)
Pears, dates, and grapes all arrived late, but the people of Beijing are very proud of their jujubes, gourd dates, Beijing white pears, and milk grapes. These local varieties have unique beauty, and even if they arrive late, they will not
Suffered a cold reception.
Even every year, several neighbors of Guanyin East Courtyard feel like "you know autumn with just one leaf" when they see the "Yingluo jujube" in front of Hong's house is ripe. While people are sharing the sweet and crispy food, they are also prepared to dry it in the sun.
Bedding or washable cotton clothes and cotton pants.
Speaking of the most delicious season, it also happens to be the hottest time. In addition to fruits, there are also river delicacies such as lotus roots, water chestnuts, chicken head rice, lotus seeds, and various melons!
Beijing has always produced good melons. There are many good melon fields in Dahongmen area of Yongding Gate in the south, outside Shaguo Gate, Shunyi and Shahe River in the north. Unlike now, only Daxing's "Jingxin" and "Hangxing" watermelons are famous.
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At this time, there were many types of watermelons in the suburbs of Beijing.
"Thrush", "Black Devil", "Big Three Whites", "Green Three Whites", "Huapi Melon", "Jinpi Melon", "Pillow Melon", "Heibengjiner", "Liudaojiner"
"etc.
Some are white, some are green, some are black, and some are yellow, white flesh with white flesh, yellow flesh with black flesh, red flesh with black flesh, golden flesh with red flesh, or they are integrated, or they have clear skin and skin.
Similarly, the types of cantaloupes are no less different than watermelons, and their names are more vivid and interesting.
"White Sheep Horn Honey" and "Green Horn" are named after their shapes; "Han Sanbai", "Dashui White", "White Gourd Crisp", "Lantern Red" and "Hanjin" are named after their colors.
"Plump", and "Ha Toad Su", which has earned the nickname "Old Man's Joy" because of its strong mouth. Because of its chewy texture, it is often understood in the opposite way and mistakenly thought of as "Old Man's Joy".
The "monkey face" of "Children's Music".
To be honest, in Hong Yanwu's opinion, the summer heat in the capital has been cooled down by at least one-third by these fresh products.
Make a large bowl of ice, covered with tender lotus leaves, with various river freshness on the leaves, along with cantaloupe, fresh walnuts, and fresh almonds. It is the best dish to drink with wine.
As for watermelon, which has the highest water content, it can also dilute water and remove wrinkles, so you can drink it with cold water and eat it in summer to refresh your mind.
But although watermelon is beautiful, it has to be inferior to cantaloupe in terms of flavor. Moreover, cantaloupe can be cut and served on the table, and it can also be chewed with your hands, which is much more convenient than eating watermelon.
But cantaloupe is also bad. It can hurt the stomach and cause diarrhea, so people with weak spleen and stomach cannot enjoy it.
Of course, the most interesting ones are the fruits with their rich fragrance.
Put some fragrant fruits, champagne, and tiger carts indoors, and the house will be filled with fragrance. And because the smell is long-lasting, you can even put it in the closet as a fragrance.
After just one night, the clothes you take out will be fragrant enough to cover up the smell of sweat during the day.
I really have to say that if we don’t consider the issue of yield, compared with today, the summer season of this year’s melons and fruits is more interesting, more fun, and can better show the charm of summer.
Yes, at this time of year, the meals will always be simpler due to the hot weather, but these fresh products can more than make up for the loss in meat.
"Tang Xin'er" declared to Hong Yanwu more than once, "It's so hot that I don't want to eat anything. I just want to eat an ice bowl and mung bean porridge..."
Hong Jun also made a boastful statement similar to that of Sun Dasheng at home. "If you want to eat three hundred peaches a day, even if you don't eat, I will do it!"
This doesn't make people feel aggrieved. Although it seems a bit light, there are "salted peas", "boiled peanuts" and "boiled edamame" to spice up the taste.
If you can, go to a non-staple food store to cut some garlic sausage, vermicelli sausage, and get some deboned meat, or eat a bowl of sesame sauce noodles or fried noodles, which will completely soothe your tongue, and you will have no regrets.
What? Some people say you must have money!
That's not necessarily true, because even poor people can still try cheap and large quantities of fruits. To a certain extent, there are more choices than today.
Can’t afford watermelon and cantaloupe? It doesn’t matter, there are also crispy melon and old foreign melon. Although these two melons have no sweetness, they can only be used to quench your thirst. But if you eat them as a cold drink, they also have a refreshing taste, which makes you feel refreshed.
People don’t miss the melon season.
Can't afford an ice bowl? That doesn't matter. There are plenty of wild water chestnuts, lotus roots and chicken head rice in the Gaoliang River, Shichahai, and Tongzi Rivers. As long as you can swim, adults and children can get out of the water and help themselves.
To put it another way, there are still non-staple food stores to support the situation.
Precisely because of the concentrated listing, cucumbers and tomatoes in grocery stores have become cheaper and cheaper after the "Zhongfu", and you can often buy a bunch of them for just a few cents. When it comes time to pull out the rice seedlings, you can buy them by the basket. This is enough
Meet the needs of children and the working class.
In short, Hong Yanwu's biggest feeling was that the capital city in summer was already comparable to Huaguo Mountain. It would not be difficult to rely on this land and water to support the gods who only eat fresh fruits but not fire food.
But when it came to this, there was a key point that he couldn't figure out. Why would there be so many dazzling varieties of fruits with unique tastes gone in the future?
Not to mention anything else, it's the "Yingluo Jujube" tree in their yard. The jujube is also called "Eagle Buluo", which means it produces so much that even an eagle can hardly find a place to set its feet. Moreover, the jujube is crisp and sweet.
, the head of water is so big that it will break if dropped on the ground. It tastes very good.
But he forgot which year it was after the demolition. News actually appeared in the newspaper saying that a botanist was spending 200,000 yuan to search for this kind of jujube tree. But later, no one got the bonus. It should be
Completely extinct.
This has deprived the people of Beijing of such a great taste.
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