Although I am a teenager born in the new century, I have heard a lot from my grandma and mom about how they lived in those days.
? The grandmother said that in their time, the living conditions were very poor, or collective work, to earn labor points. There was very little white flour in those days, and most of it was black flour or bush flour. In the winter, they only wore an old cotton coat and pants, and there were no threadbare clothes or pants to wear. The cold wind blew directly into the cotton coat. To keep warm in winter, they put a big fire pit on the floor of the house, in which they burned cow dung and sheep dung. They got up early every morning and went out to collect dung for warmth.
? Mom was born in the eighties, when the living conditions were much better than grandma's. But compared to what we have now, it's a lot better. But compared to what we have now, it's a far cry! Mom said they had white bread to eat when they were young, but compared to us now, it's far worse.
Mom said that when they were young, there was no electricity in the house in winter, and only before New Year's Eve will give electricity. Because the field has no money to pay the electricity bill. Mom said at night to write homework point is a kerosene lamp, that lamp at night on the point of two hours, the house is very choking, smoke is also very big, the nose is all black, sometimes point long time will also have a headache. They ate well water, using a small iron cylinder to draw water from the well, pouring it into a large cylinder and picking it home, each time to pick the big tank full, so that the day's use of water will be enough. Only in winter did they kill their own hogs so that they could have meat to eat. In the school, in the winter, their classrooms were heated by shell stoves, and each of them built a fire next to the other. In October, each of their classes would make their own lumps of coal to keep them warm in winter. It took ages to buy a fountain pen. Workbooks are used front and back.
? By the time I was born, life was all over again. In this era of my life, there are smart phones, smart TVs, heaters, induction cookers, electric cars ...... a lot of things that didn't exist before are now available. Now has been the information age, people do not have to go out, you can buy their favorite things on the Internet, even dinner, many people do not have to go out, in the online food, takeaway boy door-to-door meal delivery. The development of the times is really fast ah! There are skyscrapers everywhere. The roads in the city have been widened, and the streetlights on every street are bright at night. Everywhere there are parks and squares for recreation. Every morning and evening, the park, the square is full of square dancing, men and women, young and old, both lively and red hot.
? Take the school say, I just went to school that, the teacher is to use chalk to write on the blackboard, chalk ash, on the teacher's body is not good, and now we have classes with multimedia mobile whiteboard. The books used in school are also free of charge.
Life in the countryside has changed a lot. Before breaking corn cobs manually break one by one, now there are special machines to break corn; wheat also do not need to take a sickle a handful of cut, because there is a harvester. Fresh vegetables and fruits can be bought at any time of the year. The big fish and meat can also be bought at any time you want to eat.
? All this shows that our country is progressing and people's living standards are improving. With the reform and opening up, our country is moving forward both in terms of science and technology, and livelihood. Our motherland is growing stronger and stronger, we have to cherish today's hard-won happy life!
? As a new generation of young people, we have to study harder, cherish the time, diligent and enterprising. I believe that the motherland will be better tomorrow!