Whispers of Summer: A Symphony of Nature and Nostalgia

Summer mornings are really comfortable. The air is cool, and dew hangs on the grass. Write big characters and read ancient Chinese.

Most flowers have five petals, but gardenias have six. As the folk song goes, "Gardenias bloom with six petals." Gardenias are white in color, slightly green near the stem, extremely fragrant, and the fragrance is unbearable. My hometown people call it "nose-touching fragrance". Gardenias are thick and large, and their fragrance is so strong that it cannot be brushed off, so they are not accepted by elegant people, thinking that their character is not high. Gardenias say, "I just want to be fragrant like this, fragrant to the fullest, do you care?"

People often compare gardenias with white orchids. Suzhou girls sell flowers on the street, shouting softly, "Gardenias! White orchids!" White orchids are half-open, delicate, ivory-white, with a quiet fragrance, but a bit sweet and vulgar. They are loved by the "people" of Chang San Tang in Shanghai because they heard that white orchids only smell particularly fragrant on the pillow at night. I think the flower on the pillow of the red "people" is not as stimulating as the flower on the bun of the boat girl.

The most tranquil flower in summer is the orchid.

Morning glory is short-lived. It only blooms in the morning with dew and withers by noon.

Okra flowers are also fragile. The petals are pale yellow, the heart is white, and there is a purple halo outside the heart. The wind blows the thin petals, looking pitiful.

There are single-petaled and double-petaled hibiscus flowers. Double-petaled hibiscus flowers are like small peonies. The hibiscus flowers have thick and fat stems, which are used by Hunanese people to pickle "stinky pickles". This is unprecedented in my hometown.

Purslane, dogtail grass, and motherwort all grow very vigorously.

Light bamboo leaves bloom with small light blue flowers, like small butterflies, very beautiful. The leaves are slightly similar to bamboo leaves and relatively soft.

Wan Ba Hook "is also known as Cang Er. Because there are many small hooks on the small fruits, they will hang on clothes when touched and need to be carefully removed. Therefore, children call it" Wan Ba Hook "

There is a kind of "Ba Gen Cao" in our area. It sticks to the ground and roots in cracks. When a grass spreads, it will grow many roots, horizontal and vertical, in a large area. It is also very tenacious and cannot be pulled. Even very young children can sing:

Bagan grass,

Greenery,

Sing a song,

Listen to the dog.

The most annoying thing is "stinky sesame seeds". When picking out crickets or catching golden bells, it often gets on my pants. It's extremely smelly and difficult to get rid of.

The watermelon hangs in the well with a rope. In the afternoon, it is cut open and eaten. When it is cut, there is a crackling sound, and the coolness overflows, even the eyes are cold.

The world values "black seeds and red flesh", but our hometown values "three whites": white skin, white flesh, and white seeds. The best "three whites" are produced in Dongdun.

Cantaloupe includes: horn pastry, shaped like cow horns, light green melon skin, peeled off, the flesh is thick green, the seeds are red, the taste is strong and the meat is crispy, also found in Beijing, called "sheep horn honey"; toad pastry, not too sweet but crispy, with a cucumber fragrance when chewed; pear melon, as big as a fist, white skin, white flesh, crispy and fragrant; there is a larger one, with a skin color like a toad, not very sweet, but extremely "noodles", which children call "grandma hum", saying that grandma hum while eating.

Grasshopper, in my hometown, is called "Jiaozi". Jiaozi has two types. One type is called "Jiaozi". It's really "Jiaozi", like calling a donkey, and it's very noisy when it calls "Jiaozi". Feeding it a little chili makes it even louder. The other type is called "Qiaozi", with a body as green as glass, small and exquisite, and a soft and delicate sound.

Don't make a sound, Jinlingzi is crawling in a small glass box! It stops and eats two bites of food - pear cut into small dice pieces. So it calls out'Ding Ling Ling Ling '...

Take a break. Put a large bamboo bed in the courtyard, lie down horizontally and vertically, feel refreshed all over, and the heat dissipates. Look at the moonlight. The moonlight is crystal clear in five colors, changing and very beautiful. If there is a blurry big circle around the moon, which is called a "wind circle", it will be windy in the next few days. "The black pig has crossed the river" - black clouds cover the Milky Way, and it will rain heavily.

Until the dew came down, the railing of the bamboo bed was wet, then I went back. At this time, I was already very tired, and only then did I touch the vine pillow and fall asleep.

The chicken head rice is getting old, new walnuts are coming, and summer is almost over.