Zheng has been managing this 30-mu mountain for a hundred years, but Ni has managed it in perfect order with a pair of skillful hands. Two adobe bungalows, Zheng Bainian and his wife are accompanied by loneliness all day long. After 64 years of mutual care, the old couple stayed away from the noisy crowd and lived all their lives, confirming an old saying: blandness is bliss.
Years and time are engraved on these handfuls of wood knives. Zheng Bainian said that there were several forest rangers in this mountain forest. They all went down the mountain a few years ago, and some of them have passed away. Now they are still on the mountain. Zheng Bainian said that they are used to life and now they don't want to go down the mountain.
Zheng Bainian is 84 years old and Ni 8 1 year old. The old couple walked hand in hand for more than 60 years. "When going up the mountain, the conditions were really hard, and my wife followed without complaint." Zheng Bainian said that after so many years of "two-person world" on the mountain, no one can live without anyone now.
After going up the mountain, Zheng Bainian and his wife dug a piece of land at the top of the mountain and planted loofah, pumpkin, sweet potato and corn. Throughout the year, they drink mountain spring water and eat their own vegetables, and their lives are basically self-sufficient. The couple never went down the mountain and lived a paradise.
The cedar planted by Mr. and Mrs. Zheng for a hundred years has already grown into a big bowl and is lush. Nowadays, everyone has a sense of forest protection, and the duties of forest rangers have faded, but Zheng has maintained the habit of patrolling the mountains every day for hundreds of years.
There is no road in the patrolling forest, only dense and dry forest. Walking on the hillside, 84-year-old Zheng Bainian has no asthma at all. Chai Dao and Huang Gou are the only partners who accompany Lao Zheng on his mountain patrol.
When I first climbed the mountain, it was difficult to see people all the year round, and wild boars often attacked me at night. Just ten years ago, someone went up the mountain to illegally cut down trees. Once, he stayed for a week in a row. At night, he finally found the trace of the thief, so he quickly went down the mountain and informed the village. Later, the villagers stopped the thief at the intersection of the mountain. Zheng Bainian said that there are fewer illegal felling of trees now, but more donkey friends come to climb the mountain. Every time Lao Zheng sees them, he always reminds him: beware of fire.
Every spring, this little bamboo shoot is the best gift that nature gives us. Zheng Can has dug dozens of kilograms of bamboo shoots every day for a hundred years, and then processed them into dried bamboo shoots by indigenous methods, which were produced and sold to supplement the family.
The vegetables planted by Zheng Bainian and his wife are green and pollution-free. My son who lives at the foot of the mountain will buy some pork, rice and some daily necessities from time to time to pick them up. Zheng Bainian said that their own dishes can't be eaten all year round. It is difficult for them to live a simple life every day, but they enjoy it without competing with the world.
There is no electricity and no electric light on the mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Lao Zheng have long been accustomed to the life of going to bed early and getting up early, which has remained unchanged for many years. It was not until the end of last year that the village helped to install solar panels on the roof that Lao Zheng bid farewell to kerosene lamps.
On his way to the mountains, Zheng often encountered all kinds of once-in-a-century adventures. For example, this season, when the wild hawthorn is ripe, he will pick some wild fruits and come back to soak them in wine for health.
The love story of two old people touched the hikers. With the official opening of the Moganshan National Mountaineering Fitness Trail, this road for the elderly to go up and down the mountain has been designated as the "Bamboo Love Road" theme trail. The local government has set up love stations, wishing trees, love theme walls and other facilities along the way, which has become a unique scenery on Mogan Mountain.
For this piece of green, Zheng Bainian and his wife have been together for more than 30 years. Zheng Bainian said that this is where their souls were sent. Even if they no longer need to see the forest, they will still choose to spend the rest of their lives in the mountains.
Although such a life is poor, happiness and satisfaction are everyone's dreams. I wish the old couple a long life.