Due to the continuous development of the Great Northern Wilderness, the earlier years of the kind of "roe deer and dipper scoop fish, pheasants fly to the rice pot" scene, as early as the 1960s before I was born, has completely faded out of people's field of vision. My childhood memories of this scene, but also only exist in the warmth of the sun after dinner in the grandfather's knee "talk about the old days".
When I first entered the school, I began to speak to my grandfather's magical scene with a feeling of fascination, suddenly in the heart of the parents complained that they were not born in that era. Fortunately, God was very kind to me in this desire. Inadvertently, my friends and I were surprised to find that in my village, two or three miles away from the west of the village, but also accidentally preserved a large development of the "fish out of the net" - wetlands "Bai Liangshui "This is a large area of wetland that never grows. This is a large area of willow tree hair, locals call it "willow pass", surrounded by a large area of shallow lakes, due to the clear water quality, even in summer, the water temperature is also cool and pleasant, so it is known as "white cool water". This is the material and spiritual life is extremely poor period, my childhood play paradise.
"White Cool Water" covers a total area of about 10 square kilometers, is located not far from the people's life circle is not close to the location of a corner, neither inferiority complex, nor show off, self-contained, and the world without competition. Throughout the year, "Bai Liangshui" is extremely personalized to show people her own splendor.
Spring, the weather has just warmed up, in the earth or "grass color is still close to see but no", "white Liangshui" where the grass has long been verdant. In a large area of grass, full of some colorful wildflowers that can not be named, these flowers and plants are not willing to be lonely to be the first to compete with each other to open. People called "willow pass" large area immersed in the water on the willow branches, but also full of small pom-pom like "hairy dog". Being there is like walking into a big garden, picking up a few blooming wildflowers, accompanied by the happy chirping of unknown birds, the refreshing fragrance, so that you will be unknowingly lost in this endless sea of flowers.
In the shallow water areas throughout the growth of the "Woodland grass" has not grown high, "Tatou Dun" (shallow wetlands on the unique form of landforms, which is composed of many years of plant rhizome erosion and black soil combination of spring, summer and fall half of the following is not in the water) The "granny smith", which is a favorite among children, grows on the mound. When the sun rises and the weather warms up a bit, the village friends will come to "Bai Liang Shui" in groups, with simple whistles made from young willow bark in their mouths, playing southern and northern tunes, and some of them will also pick up the freshly grown "acid paddle", and play the "acid paddle" at a distance from each other. "in close proximity to the" Tatou Dun "on the crazy run, in the harvest of a happy mood at the same time, you will even be in the" Tatou Dun "on the waterfowl to find a well-woven bird's nest, and good luck may also be able to pick up a few mallard duck eggs.
In summer, the "white cool water" has become a group of small naughty happy leisure inevitable choice. At midday, the adults who have labored for half a day have to seize the time to "rest in the morning". And the children are in the "white cool water" in the clamor, in the refreshingly pleasant water after the bath, some people bare buttocks, some people playing barefoot, there are people wearing on the head of the local materials with willow branches compiled by the sun hat, we all hold in the hands of the willow woven into a variety of "guns and weapons! ", in the refreshingly pleasant water, bare feet stepped on the soft water grass all over the water, very seriously imitated from the open-air movie learned from the "tactical action", charging into battle ...... shouting and killing sound, the obnoxious summer heat. I'm not sure how much I've learned from the open-air movie," he said.
Autumn "white cool water" is like a large pot of treasure, as long as you are willing to bend down and reach out, there will always be some harvest. Fish and shrimp needless to say, alone underwater mud fat mussels and mussels, enough to fulfill your labor, so that you return home full of it. Will be some weaving craftsmen, this time is also relatively busy, they have come to the "wicker pass", specializing in cutting some of the long, thin, long thin willow branches, home after soaking in water, remove the outside of the willow bark, they became the hands of the weaving material in their hands, on their hands, weaving out of the small baskets, earth baskets, looks clumsy and simple, however, when used to go very sturdy and solid, and then the willows. However, when used to go very strong and durable, is a farming family home and production of essential tools. At this time, "Tatou Dun" on the "Woodland grass" and high and strong, has grown into, before winter, cut back with a sickle, and then use a wooden stick to the appropriate beating, after a while, the original straight and hard grass, will become a soft velvet, stored in the winter in the cotton shoes, "Woodland grass", "Woodland grass", "Woodland grass", "Woodland grass", "Woodland grass" and "Woodland grass", "Woodland grass", "Woodland grass". Cotton rubber shoes, "three nine" days on the feet will make people feel warm. It is no wonder that the Northeast will have "ginseng, mink, Woodruff" of the "three treasures of the Guandong" said.
In winter, "white Liangshui" is covered with snow and ice, a large group of wearing old-fashioned cotton clothes, was more than 30 degrees below zero cold frozen snot grinning rest of the playground children, have all removed the soil-made dog skin hat, tied on the feet of the homemade "ice skates", in the broad nature! Ice and snow playground on the fast gallop. "Ice skates" although not as formal as the systematic ice skates used by children in the city, but "ice skates" is also characterized by ice and snow, which is the systematic ice skates in any case is difficult to compete with it. In the "white cool water" deep water, that place is locally known as the black fish bubble, there will be some people who do not want to "cat winter", in the ice with homemade "ice pick" chiseled a hole, with homemade "churn", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice", "ice". With a homemade "churn" net, the water with the upwelling of small fish and toad fishing up. Of course, the harvest is not necessarily more, but enough to comfort "do not care about the fish, care about the landscape" of the fun.
"Bai Liangshui" year-round air is always so fresh, the sky is always so blue, always so full of life, always so selfless, generous. It is so pure and simple, but there is no lack of blackfish bubble blackfish night upright in the water to learn the baby crying, "mussel shell essence" into a beautiful woman dragon tiger whistle beautiful legend. "Bai Liangshui", which carries my childhood fantastic dream, is to bring me endless happiness in my childhood paradise.
In the early 1970s, the dilemma of the small number of people and land rushed to "Bai Liangshui" around several villages to grab this piece of virgin land divided into "development". Cut down the "wicker pass", leveled off the "Tatou Dun", ditching and drainage, planted due to the amount of water is difficult to grasp, and not high-yield paddy fields.
A few years later, "Bai Liangshui" because the ecosystem encountered serious damage, the groundwater source completely dried up, people were forced to change from paddy fields to planting the annual drought and flooding uncertainty, ten years of nine disasters in the dry field.
By now, this wetland of "Bai Liang Shui", my childhood dream and paradise, no longer exists and is forever.