When I was a kid, I went up the hill all day long to herd cows, and then down to the ground to help the adults work. I am a sad 70 years later, when the family is still affected by the composition of the landlord in addition to the poor or poor. My father is a weak scholar, the field work is a mess, four sisters and brothers less than ten years old, but all love to go to school do not love to go to the field. The first is that I am the eldest of the four children, although as a girl, work is still a must, unless the home study can be exempted from the task of working in the field.
My grandfather was the absolute authority in the family at that time, and many of the family rules are still fresh in my mind. The rules of the house are still fresh in my mind. Girls were not allowed to run around, they were not allowed to go to the movies alone, they had to stand on the rules on New Year's Day, they were not allowed to swear, and they were not allowed to bring the word "death" to their mouths. That kind of heartfelt reverence lasted for many years, I remember to work as long as the grandfather at home, the sisters honestly, not to mention playing cards, watching TV, is to read novels do not dare to (cell phones have not yet been popularized).
At that time, my grandmother loved to raise ducks, need to feed some fish ah shrimp ah in order to grow fast, lay eggs hard. And I was particularly keen to go to the river in front of the door to catch fish and shrimp these. Often in the summer I took advantage of catching fish to take a bath and then stood under the sun to dry, catching fish for a while on the body of the hot and then wash, so wash and sun wash, a summer down the whole body black bright hair. The only thing that is left is the teeth, which are white, and when you think about it, it's quite scary. 。。。。
At that time, there was no entertainment in the countryside, in addition to learning and work, there is nothing else to do, the number of times a year to see a movie is also a handful of times, usually ten miles of eight villages who wish to put a movie. I would ask around early and call my friends to get a seat. The most memorable movie is "The Thirteen Sisters".
My house is right at the entrance of the village, in front of the door is still a rice field (the village people get together to eat place). I'm not sure who put a few large stones on the side of the road. Most of the young people in the village are not at home, and those who are a little older are sitting on the stones with bowls of water to eat and chat. As long as it is not raining, often people sit for half a day, east parents, west short, cackling, yellow hitching, from the ancient to the present, from the west to the east.
Of course, now most of the elderly and women with children at home, the younger ones can go out to work to earn money. Then they buy a house in the city and send their children to the city school.
But a side of the soil to raise a side of the people, even if a lot of families with children have the ability to early in the big city roots settled, in addition to help with the children, do the parents or prefer to stay at home, every day to look at the familiar face, eating basically the same meal, (after all, it is the countryside, the meal is more monotonous, but the heart of the matter is down-to-earth). With the change of the times, the development of society and childhood compared to a long time ago, can be in the dining room of a unique people early a few change their masters, but after all, the main tone of the conversation remains unchanged - no specific content, think of where to say to which, even if it is relative to the speechless can also be sitting on half a day.
At that time, every family raised chickens, many people older people do not know the time, anyway, the chicken called three times to get up. Every morning at dawn you can hear the sound of talking, carrying water, greetings, training the children, the sound of the chickens and dogs. Of course, there was also the sound of the old reel on the well that had been there for who knows how long. But now that every family has used the free tap water installed by the state, there is only an old well that is gradually drying up, and there is a rusty old reel on it.
I can't understand even now, some of the old people in the countryside, or get up early, with grandchildren with grandchildren watching grandchildren do not fall, do not bring grandchildren sitting quietly on the stone, some people talk to say a few words, no one talk is simply sitting. It is strange why they do not sleep well at home, get up so early why, sleep in the nest it does not smell, even if you can not sleep to brush a jitterbug can also be ah? I can only say that habits and ways of life are different ah!
Our village is basically a family surnamed Li, occasionally one or two outside the family name must be surnamed Li's in-laws, in addition to my family and a shouting three uncle's house is not a building (the children are not in the hometown), and now every family in the village is a two-storey small house. The yard are paved with concrete floor, the house are simple to do the decoration, the building outside are pasted with tiles, there are young laborers are playing the pressure well, digging up the biogas.
The country has been focusing on the construction of new rural areas for several years, and the village branches are equipped with fitness equipment, and even basketball courts, table tennis cases. There are also villagers' cultural activities center, in the evening, the music played up, square dance jumped up, typical of the new socialist countryside new atmosphere, everywhere is livable.
My old father, when he was alive, often half-joking, half-lamenting that: people raise a daughter two-story building are built up, they raise two daughters in turn still live in the old house (brick and blue tiles, three rooms, a side room, a small courtyard, quite a Beijing courtyard style, heh). I also often refute him in a serious manner, said: you are content, you raise two daughters at the same time also raised two sons, you do not have to spend a penny to pick a good daughter-in-law, other people high-rise buildings, pavilion buildings, in-laws have to look at the face of other people's daughters-in-law, spend a lot of money on the bride price in order to marry their daughters-in-law, to marry over to the family as a baby pampered. The fact is, you can't be sure if you're going to be able to get a good deal on your own.
At this point, the old father smiled and narrowed his eyes into a slit.