Chapter 35 Moonlight Night at Longjiao Mountain

I went to Longjiao Mountain in a bumpy truck pulling drill rods. In the summer sun, the rice seedlings in the fields were sluggish, and the swallows squatting on the rural electric wires, their feathers puffed up, took a nap like a black-clothed knight. The dust was flying, and the road narrowed after passing the Majia Road section, like a one-way street, with potholes and pits. The sulfur trucks sprinkled sulfur on the road surface, and the dust here turned gray. It was getting late, and the setting sun painted on the earthen walls of the rural farmhouses. Many slogans of this era covered each other on the walls, giving

The walls are painted in black, white and red, and there are shirtless peasants sitting in the shade of the trees scraping hemp husks. The green hemp fibers are hung on the shelves, and there are large basins of hemp husks soaked in water at their feet.I went to play videos for the team members of the Longjiaoshan Geological Team. I was holding a video camera in my hand and there were more than a dozen video tapes in my bag. I would play videos for the team members once a month. It is said that this can enrich cultural life and reduce gamble.It was hot in the truck cab, I was sweating, my T-shirt was wet, and the doors were hot.Even if it is dusty, I have to roll down the windows.When the car was about to knock my skeleton apart, I saw two tall peaks above the mountains, and Longjiao Mountain was here.

Drink water, eat, rinse, and start playing the video.Some old movies, martial arts, romance, I remember there is a set of "Yijianmei", I watched it countless times during the video playback process, and watching it again is a kind of torture.The members of the Longjiaoshan geological team live in farmers’ homes. I set up the video camera at the team headquarters and asked a responsible cadre to help me. Then I went outside. The night wind from Longjiaoshan brought a cool breeze, and the moon It has risen, and on the hilltop to the east, the summer night moon is silvery white and yellowish, and it diffuses the valley with endless hazy moonlight, floating like a faint milky mist.Turning around, I saw the Longjiao Mountain River. I was born on the bank of this river, but I don’t know where my previous home was. It was a mine built with the aid of the Soviet Union. My father’s poop was left by the field army to serve as a guard for Soviet experts. The mine is called Xinye Copper Mine.The water in the small river was clear and cool. I went to the river to wash my face with water, and I felt refreshed again. I suddenly wanted to drink in front of the moonlight. At that moment, I had a strong desire to drink.I turned around and went back to the team headquarters, asked Geology Brother for an iron bucket, a five-section flashlight, and a pair of long rubber shoes. After changing my shoes, I took the iron bucket and flashlight and walked downstream of the small river.

I think the crabs should come out in such a hot summer. It is also a joy in life to catch crabs in the water, eat crabs and drink alcohol.When fishing or catching crabs in a small river, one must catch them from the downstream to the upstream, not only is it more transparent to see the water from the upstream, but also not to disturb the muddy water to block the view, and all fish and crabs in the river have their heads facing the upstream. Yes, unless when they run away, they turn around and run away.I went downstream, and there were fields of taro and beans by the river, and a field of tomatoes, but there were not many red tomatoes.I picked a small one and went down to the river to eat it.

A small river with dim moonlight, the water flows clear and clear, the moon on the waves is like some broken silver moons, the water waves undulate against smooth pebbles, and there are occasional sandy beaches.Light the water with a flashlight, and the crab usually lies motionless at the bottom of the water. It looks like a stone. The carapace of the small stone crab is iron blue, which is similar to the color of the pebble. However, the crab has feet, and it must open its claws and crawl in the water to stop it. The water washed it away, so the secret was leaked. However, catching crabs is still a very professional job. Ordinary people walk around, and they are likely to lose their way. Crabs run sideways, and when they see people, they may turn over and lean upwards. After the Crabman, he immediately crawled across the body and ran to the crevice of the rock by the small river, so he couldn't catch it.In short, with the wisdom of the crab, one must concentrate on fighting it.When I caught a crab, it lay motionless in the water. When I saw it, I bent down and quickly reached out to hold it down, squeezed it, and threw it into the iron bucket with a bang, and let it stretch out its claws and rustle around the bucket. Crawl around.

The moonlight is so pure. It outlines the two tall dragon horns of Longjiao Mountain. There are wild leeks on them. The scrambled eggs are very fragrant. I have been there.There are two mountain peaks on the right hand side, which are as thin as pillars. There is a sanatorium under the peak. I have lived there and saw an electric meter produced by Switzerland in Shanghai in the 1920s, which is still turning.It is also said that there are many ghosts in the recuperation, but we have never encountered them. Many people in the geological team are not afraid of ghosts. Looking at the moon above the twin peaks there, there is a sense of being outside the world.I lit a cigarette and looked at the mountains and fields under the moonlight. The night breeze was blowing softly, frogs were singing everywhere, and fireflies were flying on the small river. There was one above the water and one under the water.There are dogs barking in the distance.I washed and ate the little tomatoes I just picked.

Crabs often have certain rules when they are underwater. They will choose a place where there is a current between two rocks but not too turbulent.I caught them one by one, and when I got to the station, there were more than half a bucket of crabs.The crabs are in the iron bucket, some take the crab ladder and want to run out, some circle around the bucket, some pretend to be dead with bubbles, they can show people all kinds of human emotions in the world. I found a deep water area, roughly washed the crabs, and carried the crabs back to the team headquarters.Then, I called someone to make a fuss. When I went out, I asked someone to prepare the onion, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and vinegar, and I bought pure grain wine.I lit the kerosene stove and put the crabs into a large aluminum pot. This aluminum pot is also called a steel pot. I don’t know the origin of the name of the steel pot. It is a cylindrical aluminum pot.Press a cutting board on the lid, and when the water is hot, the crab will push open the aluminum pot lid and escape. You can't be careless when dealing with these hard armored guys.When cooking crabs, mince the onion, ginger and garlic, put them in a bowl, pour in 20% of soy sauce, 30% of Zhenjiang vinegar, add some sesame oil, and the seasoning for eating crabs is ready.

Pour the pure grain wine in a simple glass bottle into the large enamel, and the crab is cooked. Turn the aluminum pot cover over and put the crab on a plate.Pick the crab legs, break off the first section, there is meat in this section, pinch off the two joints, take a crab claw and pinch the tip of the claw, use this crab claw as a stabbing needle, and poke the meat inside the crab legs that pinched the joints Take out a section, dip it in the seasoning, bite it lightly with your teeth, and the meat of the crab legs comes out.Eat three or five crab legs, drink a sip of wine, and still look like a drink.After eating the feet of a crab, take off the cover and eat the crab roe. Autumn is not too far away, and midsummer has passed. The crab with a round navel has a little bit of crab roe, and the slightly larger one is as big as a grain of rice. A little crab meat, dipped in seasoning to eat.Occasionally look up and look at the moon from the window, the moonlight shining into the house, hey, it’s the same as the fluorescent lamp.

While eating and drinking, some people who watched the video ran over and picked up crabs and ate them. It was not too annoying. The crabs were too small. There was a teacup with a big mouth, ate one or two crabs, and left impatiently. After telling other people who watched the video, someone came again, but still ate one or two crabs and left.Most of the barrel of crabs, I ate slowly by myself with the moonlight. The pure grain wine is very strong. It is brewed by a small rural winery. It is also considered a famous rural wine.Crabs are caught by myself and made by myself. They are very interesting to eat. Longjiao Mountain River is a river in my birthplace. The narrow part can be crossed with one step, and the wide part has a small bridge. Most of them are large stones placed on the water. Cross the river on stones.I have seen that when the water rises in spring, the water is turbulent

Urgent, seeing the rushing spring water, I muttered a few words: "The spring tide brings rain and comes late, and the wild crossing is unmanned."There is no boat, only some branches and palm grass piled up on the sharp river beach.Occasionally, I can see a kingfisher standing on a bare stone in the river. We call it Diaoyulang. I have seen this kind of bird in southern Jiangxi, and I can also see it by the riverside of Ye Huaxiang, the headquarters of the geological team. I don’t know. I know its native place, and it always catches fish independently, and the other eats it independently. Which bird gave birth to it?

I finished eating the crabs and drinking the wine in the enamel jar, and the video is still playing in the house over there. They can really watch it, I think.I turned outside, and there were still frogs chirping outside, and the mountain wind rustling Bamang. I like to listen to the pines.At this moment, the moon penetrated into a thin layer of clouds, and the valley became brighter and darker, and the moonlight became much weaker.Hearing the water of the small river, it is still gurgling, and the water of the mountain is flowing out forever, and the flow will never end.This mountain is a structure of marble and igneous rock.I didn't think much about it. On the moonlit night of Longjiao Mountain in summer, my mood was as peaceful after drinking.The world is far away from here, and I can't figure out where the world is.I think this river is my mother river. If possible, I should come to catch crabs on an autumn night and drink wine against the moon.