登山小径(The Mountain Trail)

#nature #hiking #mountains #farmer #china #中国 #山 #徒步 #countrywalk

2025.5.25 慈溪，王家㻖南路。这是一条鲜为人知的小路，水泥板砌成的台阶直通到小山顶，路两旁皆是峭壁。拾阶而上，可以抵达上林湖西侧的杨梅园里。此时小满时节，杨梅正在盛果期，即将成熟(忍不住尝了个，妈的，真是嘎嘎酸)，不时有果园的农人顺着小路上去果园里除草施肥。路上询问一个老农，他说这几座山种的全是杨梅，我看着满山的杨梅，不禁想象杨梅成熟时节，农人扛着杨梅下山的情形。(May 25, 2025, Cixi, South Wangjialin Road. This little-known path with concrete slab steps leads straight to a hilltop, flanked by steep cliffs on both sides. Ascending the steps brings one to the bayberry orchard on the western shore of Shanglin Lake. During this Grain Buds season, the bayberries are at their peak fruiting period, nearly ripe (I couldn't resist tasting one - damn, it was puckeringly sour!). Occasionally, farmers carrying hoes and fertilizer bags pass by on their way to tend the orchard. When I asked an elderly farmer, he revealed that all these hills were planted with bayberries. Gazing at the sea of unripe berries covering the slopes, I imagined the harvest season when farmers would carry baskets of crimson bayberries down these very steps.)