The earliest idea began shortly after I met the girl who was ten months younger than now.

Finally, this National Day in 2020 became a line.

It is extremely ingenious to go to Zijin in the last few days of the Golden Week. Of course, this is the conclusion I reached after my return trip.

We took the subway to the railway station early in the morning. After two trains, we will continue to take the CMB for an hour and a half before we can reach Zijin County. I have to say that countless twists and turns in the mountains really test people. Fortunately, in the mountains, you can enjoy the green and rice fields in the mountains. I have always loved and longed to walk in golden rice fields. I have to say, the more anxious you are, the slower time always passes.

The yearning for Zijin, besides missing the girl, another biggest feeling is the expectation of Zijin beef balls and Badao soup. That was the first time I heard someone say "pork is crisp". It is not only a strange material, but also eight different parts of the pig's body, especially the freshest moment when the pig is slaughtered to cook soup in the morning. The soup of Badao Soup is extremely clear, and the taste of pepper is the icing on the cake. Every bite into your stomach is warm and exciting. I really can't stop, I can only drink a few mouthfuls and bowls more contentedly.

After talking about Zijin Badao Soup, we have to mention another most eye-catching ingredient-meatballs. There are my favorite meatball shops and my favorite beef balls and pork balls in Heyuan area or Zijin County. The biggest highlight of Zijin Beef Pill is its freshness, which is known as "Guangtian Beef". It is made of beef slaughtered before dawn, because the meat quality of beef is the best at this time. Besides, you are not an expert, so you naturally don't know what strange journeys the round elves have gone through. I bought the freshest raw meat early in the morning, and then it was the most magical moment. The shirtless young adults picked up a hammer knife weighing several kilograms and hammered it evenly for thousands of times. Recombine the molecular structure of fresh meat, and remove the tendons and other impure lean meat from fresh meat by hand. The elastic reshaped minced meat has become the final shape of meatballs. It is a kind of peace after the war. Add the egg mixture, some potato flour and sticky minced meat, and go to the next step: forming meatballs. This step is a test of real skills. Extremely skilled workers repeatedly squeeze their fingers into their palms, so that minced meat emerges from the tiger's mouth between their thumb and forefinger. Then, the elves will be immersed in warm water to form.

After the meatballs are formed, when you want to eat them, take out a few and make soup with hot water in a big pot, and then the meatballs grow bigger and bigger. The biggest one is all right, only one can be put in a bowl. With a bowl of hot juice containing Chili peppers, you will have a magical feeling called satisfaction.

I really envy Zijin locals and my girl.

Back at the station, the girl took our group straight to the most famous meatball shop. Walking in that small county, there is peaceful air everywhere. No matter how noisy the motorcycle is, it's just tinkering. In my opinion, the humanistic atmosphere is so much. The quietness of the small county should have spread from the moment of night arrival, but Zijin is getting more and more lively. People gathered in the street stalls by the Qiuxiang River, eating, drinking, making noise, enjoying themselves, enjoying themselves. In my opinion, a big river runs through the county seat, which is extremely romantic and the mountains and rivers depend on each other, not to mention that in the dark night, the downtown area along the river is glittering.

You can see the morning and evening rush hours along the way, and there will be traffic policemen or volunteers directing traffic in the middle of the road. It's kind of orderly. There is little garbage on the road, which is quite clean. Although there are all kinds of houses everywhere, they are patchwork and have a unique flavor. There are not many trees on the roadside, but this southern town can feel green even without so many trees. After all, the distant mountains are just around the corner.

We can't understand the local Hakka. Just like traveling abroad. It feels amazing. The girl is playing the role of translator. After dinner, she led us to shuttle along the alley where she studied since childhood. Retro industrial community, mottled iron gates, walls covered with ivy, lush. Houses in small towns are generally not high and generally have small yards. The old people sat leisurely at the gate, staring at the people coming and going in a daze and curious.

The residence is on the high floor, and you can see the whole county from the balcony, which is a sense of satisfaction overlooking the distance. High-rise buildings built on the mountain can naturally enjoy the fragrance of soil and green plants at night or early morning, and enjoy the coolness of the wind blowing from the mountain. I want to sit on the balcony, drink tea and live a retired life, even if it is decadent for a while.

The girl and grandma are very enthusiastic. Even decades later, I will never forget the moment when my grandmother pinched my face when she first saw me. Ha, ha, ha, the old man is really cute, and the old urchin mentality makes people like it very much. It is very kind and rare. The girl also carefully prepared turtle ling cream and green snake grass water for us at home, which is a sweet experience that will make me addicted.

In addition to staying in the county for two days, we also went deep into the mountains to find authentic Hakka tea and the most authentic Hakka Dragon House representative-Zijin Dexian Building. I respect and admire Hakka culture very much. Apart from the international highlights of Hakka, after all, Hakka people who trace back to the ancient Central Plains have an inexplicable sense of closeness to me, a modern Central Plains person. Speaking of Hakka tea smashing, it is also a magical existence. I didn't expect to drink the most authentic tea for the first time.

Leicha is the oldest tea ceremony in China. Fortunately, I witnessed the whole process of local people making tea and tasted the magical taste for the first time. In the production of tea, tea and sesame are the main raw materials, and the ingredients can be changed at any time. We are in a hot and humid season in summer and autumn, so the ingredients are some rare herbs such as mugwort and coriander, supplemented by spices and sasuke. Workers will put the materials in a pottery bowl and grind them with a rolling pin. In a short time, the pottery bowl is full of ground materials, and the boiling water filters out the crumbs, leaving the guests with a wonderful moment to taste. A ceramic bowl of tea, plus five or six small side dishes and snacks: pickled ginger, peanuts, pickled garlic and so on. Stir-fried rice seeds in the sand, grab a handful and put it in your own tea bowl, full of tea and peanuts, with a sweet aftertaste. You are usually full in less than three bowls. Whenever Hakkas come back from work and enter the guest house, they should drink a bowl of tea before eating to relieve hunger. Hakka people love to drink tea, and many of them live long. It's really ancient health wisdom. This ancient and unique way of drinking tea deserves to be called "the heritage of ancient tea culture".

When Shenshan returned to the county seat, he arranged to visit the former site of the Soviet government in Zijin County. This is also the first time that I have come into contact with the red patriotic base area after living in the south for so many years. In the buildings with southern architectural characteristics, I saw many things that I couldn't see in history textbooks, and I naturally gained a lot.

Although the trip to Zijin was extremely hasty, full of time and dusty, it was fruitful and a fantastic drifting trip. It's lucky to bite the tail of the National Day holiday and stagger the traffic jam.