Four seasons of childhood · spring
Spring is the season when all flowers are in full bloom.
When I was a child, the first spring flowers I saw were apricot flowers, purplish red, pink and white, blooming one by one on the edge of the road and on the Bank of the pond.
For a long, long time, we didn't know how apricot blossoms came out so suddenly, because they were in full bloom on the branches after three days and nights of sand and wind blocking the sun.
The strong wind came suddenly and fiercely. It was wrapped in yellow sand and roared everywhere. It was as if the Yellow River in the sky had broken its mouth and all the flood had poured into the earth. Looking around, I can't see anything else between heaven and earth. Only the sand flying horizontally hurts my face. The apricot tree in my memory is still dry, and the trunk and branches look so old and weak; Who knows, when the wind stopped, the branches of apricot trees suddenly became a world of flowers, and the apricot forest suddenly became a beautiful ocean.
What magic does sandy wind have to make apricot blossom? Although this problem has been bothering us, the apricot flowers have opened, so we are not in the mood to pay attention to and think about other things. Instead, we run to the apricot forest one after another, climb the tree and break the branches. Finally, we hold up a few apricot flowers and run home, insert them into the bottle, pour them into the water, and then quietly wait for all the apricot flowers on the branches to bloom.
Spring comes in strong winds and waiting.
When the older children carried their schoolbags to school, the adults also carried their farm tools to catch up with the animals and went down to the ground.
From time to time, there will be a small wind, withered grass and dust in the field. The dust flew into his mouth and bit gently, making a noise like a ripe watermelon. The dust falls into the fields and into the furrows that have already been adjusted; The water in the furrow has seeped down, and the dust falling on it is like sprinkling a layer of sugar, and then slowly dissolving away.
When adults carry water from nearby, we take small bowls or cups and run to the roadside to make earth steamed bread. The soil used for making steamed bread should not be too dry. If it is too dry, it is easy to disperse and cannot form; It can't be too wet. If it is too wet, it will become soft, sticky and not smooth. Choose a soft place to dig away the floating soil and use the new soil below to play. The new soil is dark in color, fresh in smell and feels good. Dig it out and put it into the bowl, fill it full, then try to compact the bowl surface, smooth the edge of the bowl, then quickly buckle the bowl on the ground, gently tap the bottom of the bowl for a few times, and then slowly rotate the bowl for a few times, and the soil inside will be separated from the bowl. Carefully lift up the bowl and a round and full "steamed bread" will be made. Porcelain bowls and wine cups can be used to make earth steamed bread. What shape can make what kind of steamed bread? Large and small, high and low. All kinds of earth steamed bread are put together. It's really beautiful.
When the adults passed by, they said, "after doing so much, you can eat these steamed buns to fill your stomach at night."
When we had enough, we grabbed some seeds and put them into the bowl just now, and "helped" to point seeds into the watered ditch.
At that time, the germination rate of seeds was not high. In order to produce complete seedlings in the future, adults often ordered 5 to 7 seeds, and sometimes more. Even so, we can't ensure that 100% of the seedlings are produced, and we often need to supplement the seedlings again. Point the seeds, cover them with floating soil and cover them with a layer of film if possible. At this time, the fields are much better. The ridges are like golden dragons and silver dragons. They lie on the ground neatly, just like the ancient army's formation to go to the battlefield. It's very spectacular.
After emergence, only a few areas need to be replanted. The little seedlings from the drill are crowded together, competing in the wind and showing themselves to the world. Adults will pick up weak seedlings and leave only 2-3 ones with good growth; The uprooted seedlings lay there helplessly, with wet soil on their roots. At this time, I feel more sad and sad. At the same time, I don't understand why adults planted them to give them life, but in the end, they cruelly killed them with their own hands. When I follow the adults, I will secretly bury the roots of some of the seedlings into the soil carefully. I feel a trace of comfort when I think they can live. I remember Lin Daiyu buried flowers in the comic book. Maybe she also has this feeling of compassion for heaven and things.
The wind and sand are less and less, the weather is hotter and hotter, and the crops are growing higher and higher. People are busy with wheat fields and cotton fields; In addition to watering and weeding, pesticides should also be used to kill aphids. Green leaves and red flowers gradually lost their novelty in our eyes. We turned to search for other fun. Our favorite game is "blind looking for a daughter-in-law".
Adults work in the field, and we dig while we work. But this time, instead of making Earth steamed bread, we look for "blind bumping". It is a kind of small insect similar to ladybugs, with dark and Tan ones. First dig a blind bump from the soil, then dig a pit not far away, fill in some new soil, and make a relatively soft "new house". Then put the blind bump just dug in, bury the new soil, and pat it firmly. Now, if you have a new house, you will become a bridegroom, and it will find another one to be its daughter-in-law, or another one will come and take the initiative to be its daughter-in-law. If you dig up the "new house" at this time, there will be two blind collisions. At that time, we enjoyed it. After playing for a while, our hands were full of blind bumps. They crawled around, making our palms itch. We put the black ones away, leaving only the ones with good colors. The black one flapped his wings, showed his white stomach, bumped one end to the other and flew away.
Looking at the flying blind collision, we thought of kites.
At that time, adults could fly big kites made of iron and fly high in the sky. We were surprised that iron things could fly to the sky. We can only fly paper kites. We make our own paper kites. We are really dexterous. We can tie a few thin bamboo strips to form a shape, paste a layer of cotton paper, then cut a few tails with paper, roll them up and tie them to the kite, and then tie them with wax thread. When the wind was not strong or small, we began to fly kites. At that time, there was a lot of free land in the village, and flying kites could not damage the crops. We flew kites together until we had finished all the lines, and then inserted the lines into the ground to let them fly freely in the sky. We watched happily on the ground. Sometimes the kites will be mixed together, or fall into someone else's yard, or tied loosely and directly blown away by the wind, which will make us "ha ha" laugh for a while.
There are swallows that can fly. When swallows fly, there may be several pairs competing for nests in one house, and only one pair lives in the end. Of course, other swallows will eventually find their own nest. Swallows are the most industrious. They fly out and in constantly every day, and take water plants or mud from the pond to build their nest. At this time, the bird's nest is very beautiful. The original part is white and the newly built part is golden, just like the new soil in the field, which makes people feel heartfelt warmth and kindness.
I like swallows. They are very brave. They fly over thousands of rivers and mountains from the south to my hometown and make friends with us; They can fly very high and will fly to a kite shaped like a swallow to accompany it; They will eat and bump blindly, and bump blindly into the ground will bite off the roots of crops, and eat flowers and leaves on trees. They are full of villains. Swallows can eliminate pests and beneficial birds, so we all like swallows. We like swallows as much as we like spring, and we like spring as much as we like swallows.

Four seasons of childhood · summer
Summer is the busiest season for swallows.
Each family has three or five little swallows waiting to be fed. When the big swallows fly back to the nest with small insects in their mouth, the little swallows "chirp" and open their golden mouths to eat. After feeding one swallow, the swallow flew out again to look for food without a short rest.
When many swallows fly around close to the land, it indicates that heavy rain is coming.
It's like rain in summer. The eaves are even more beautiful. The rainwater flows down the eaves tiles and gradually becomes a crystal curtain, and then a waterfall curtain; If you reach for it, you will be numbed by the heavy rain. When the dust on the roof was washed away by the rain, we took out buckets and washbasins and put them under the eaves to receive water. At this time, it was lively. The rain in the yard "Shua Shua" flowed underground, and the rain under the eaves "tinkled" against the bucket and basin. The bucket will soon be filled with water, and the yard will soon be flooded by rain. At this time, when the rain falls, it will hit big semicircular bubbles, which we call "water bell". The water bell drifted all over the yard, and finally ran out of the yard with the rain and gathered in the pond.
After the heavy rain, the water in the pond becomes full, not beyond the well in the southeast corner, the willow lying in the low-lying place, or the lotus leaves standing tall in the pond. Such a pond is our favorite. It gives us a feeling of the sea. It's very comfortable to soak in it. We made a fuss in the water and drilled in the water like loaches, ignoring the pain in our arms caused by the small thorn on the lotus leaf pole.
Adults come to wash clothes. The stones for washing clothes were already flooded by water, so they asked us to touch them. We looked down the place and found the slippery slate. Everyone tried to lift it to the edge of the water, and then squatted in the water to watch the adults wash their clothes. Washing clothes in the pond is very clean. Rinse it in the water, rub it on the slate, or beat it with a mallet, and then rinse it in the water; Wring out the water, put it into the basin, and then take another dress to continue washing. They laughed while washing their clothes. After washing a lot of white soap bubbles, we held them in our hands, blew them into the sky and wiped them on each other's faces, making each other laugh.
The crop fields were also flooded with water, turned into paddy fields, and even the land boundary was flooded. Adults have resisted shovels and forkheads, came to the ground, planed the opening to drain water. While draining water, they talked about the rain and the growth of crops, or exchanged a cigarette with each other and smoked comfortably. The water discharged from the ground is a little muddy. It flows into ditches or ponds from the ground, just like yellow dragons rushing in. It's very spectacular.
The heavy rain will wash down many places, and many roads and ditch edges are pulled by the rain. After the rain stops, there will still be water flowing down the big hole, "clattering", like a torrent in a mountain stream. Step carefully on the edge of the opening, and a large piece of upright soil will fall down, making a "boom" sound. There is not much water on the wheat field on one side. We usually find a piece of hard ground that is "dry" and stamp and step on it barefoot. After a while, it will become loose and soft, and gradually seep water and become wet and muddy. We call it "stepping on the pond". Step on it gently with your feet, watch the bubbles slowly emerge and the water slowly seeps up. The water surface is flat like a mirror, which can reflect our smiling faces. This is a success. Step on a pool. Then we step on another one and have fun.
As soon as the rain stopped, the sun came out. The summer sun is very poisonous. As soon as it comes out, it spits fire desperately, and the crops grow wildly desperately. Adults work uphill and down the ground very early. If the ground is far away, you have to bring dry food and water. When you get to the rice point, you can eat on the ground, so as to save running back and forth.
When they came to the ground, they unloaded their belongings from the ox cart and cleaned them up. The adults went straight into the ground. If you want to plough, put a plow on the cow and let it work. Daniel pulled the iron plow with all his strength, and the fresh soil behind the plow surged up like waves; From a distance, it looks like a dragon drilling through the earth. If we don't need animals to work, we'll take them to put them and find them the tenderest grass to eat. What a docile and lovely cow. While eating grass on the Bank of the river, it fluttered and shook its tail, and raised its head from time to time. Its big watery eyes looked at us gratefully. When the cow had almost eaten, he lay down beside the car and rested in a dry place. Then we had time to fish in the river.
There is water in Beigou all year round, which is clear to the bottom. Tall reeds and dense thatch grow on both banks, beautiful butterflies and beautiful dragonflies fly on the grass, and naughty fish, shrimp and slippery loach swim in the river. We took out some empty glass cans and bottles and began to fish in them. Ordinary small fish and shrimps are easy to catch. When you see where there are many fish, scoop them with an empty bottle and the fish will come in with the water. We pour them into other bottles and go fishing for other fish. Our favorite fish is "three tails". "Three tails" is not big. It is a bit like a goldfish. There are three tails in the back. They are colorful and very beautiful. Once we catch the "three tails", we won't catch any other fish. Look for one or two large mussels on the edge of the water, find a few colored pebbles, pull down a piece of water grass and put it into the bottle together to form a beautiful fish tank. Put it on the windowsill and watch the "three tails" swim around happily. We feel that we have become happy fish.
After playing for a long time, we also try our best to help adults do some work. With a little effort, he sweated all over and was too hot, so he took off his clothes and worked. Adults don't let us be naked because we will be sunburned by the sun. But we only wanted to be cool and ignored the adult's warning. As a result, our arms and back were sunburned and faded layer by layer, and we didn't get better until half a month and 20 days. But this will not affect our enthusiasm for work at all. On the contrary, it makes us feel infinitely glorious, because it is the best mark and medal of "labor".
When you don't go back at noon, you eat on the ground. The meal is simple but sweet. After dinner, when the adults had a rest, we made an appointment to catch cicadas. Some of them lie on the trunk, some on the branches, and some even on the leaves. The hotter the day, the happier they shout, and the easier it is for us to find them. Cicadas are high above the ground and run away when frightened. How can we catch them? We can stick them down with bamboo sticks. Point the surface with the cicada in advance and make it sticky. Find a cicada, stick the surface to the head of the bamboo pole, carefully extend the bamboo pole to the tree, and stick it to the cicada's wings. Sometimes it sticks badly, or it accidentally startles the cicada, or someone deliberately makes trouble, the cicada "squeaks -" and runs away. It will also sprinkle some urine on us, so we laugh at each other and laugh at each other. After sticking to the cicada and playing for a while, we will let them go without hurting it.
Sticking cicadas during the day is fun, and touching cicada monkeys at night is more fun. After dinner, everyone took a flashlight to touch the cicada monkey. The willows by the pond, the poplars by the roadside and the tung trees in the yard are all good places to catch cicadas and monkeys. If it's early, look under the tree. There are often some small holes under the tree. Dig gently with your fingers. If you dig bigger and bigger, and the hole is straight, nine times out of ten you will dig a cicada monkey; If the hole cannot be pulled open, or the hole is inclined, the cicada monkey cannot be dug. If it's late, look in the tree. If you take more photos on the tree with a flashlight, you may find that a cicada monkey is slowly climbing up, and you can put it in your bag. Cicadas and monkeys are good things. After touching them, most of them should be pickled and fried. They are very fragrant. Sometimes we will button up one of the bowls to see how it turns into a cicada. The next day, I opened the bowl and found that the golden cicada monkey had turned into a dark brown cicada. Next to it was a thin transparent skin that had fallen off. It was amazing.
After touching the cicada monkey for a while, the children began to play crazy. We can't see clearly at night. We can't play rope skipping, throw sandbags, find spies or beat bastards. Our favorite game is hide and seek. Under the starry light of the sky, our owner hid and the West looked for it. We shouted and ran all over the yard, chasing and playing. We had a lot of fun, not to mention how happy we were.
Sometimes I stay at home and enjoy leisure without going out to play. After dinner, the adults spread mats in the patio to enjoy the cool. Under the tall and dense tung trees, we were lying on the mat, and the adults were nearby to fan us - both to cool the wind and to take away mosquitoes. Through the sparse and mottled leaves, we can see the bright stars in the sky. Those brilliant and magical stars are so attractive to us that we really want to fly to the sky and pick them up for collection. In the adults' chatting and beautiful legends and stories, we slowly fell asleep and had beautiful dreams one summer after another.

Four seasons and autumn in childhood
Autumn is a season of bright stars.
The autumn night sky is dotted with stars, beautiful and quiet, full of mystery. In the quiet and deep night sky, there is a long white river, which adults call Tianhe. Like a silver dragon, Tianhe flows from the South sky to the north sky, which is very spectacular. When we know the stars, we begin with the Milky way. The best recognition is the spoon star, that is, the Big Dipper. They are at the north end of the Milky way. As the name suggests, its shape is like a big spoon, which is composed of seven bright stars. What's the use of this big spoon in the sky? We guess it may be used by the immortals to scoop up the water in the Tianhe river. On the Bank of the middle section of Tianhe River, there are three stars that rush very straight. The middle one is big and bright, and the front and back two are slightly smaller and darker. Adults say it's the Altair star, and the Altair is in the middle. He carries a shoulder pole on his shoulder, carrying his two children from front to back. They are about to cross the Tianhe River and go to the other bank to find the child's mother, Zhinv. Vega is on the other side of the river. It is also a very bright star, facing the direction of the cowherd's shoulder pole. The weaver girl was caught by the queen mother. The cowherd picked up the child to catch up. When she was about to catch up, the hateful queen mother drew a line behind her with the hairpin on her head, and drew the Tianhe River, blocking the Cowherd and the child on the other side of the river. Looking up at the blue night sky, blowing the cool wind, looking at the twinkling stars and listening to the wonderful stories, we are so intoxicated that we wish we could turn into a crystal star and inlay it in the sky.
If it is August 15, the stars in the sky are rare, but the moon is big and round. The golden moon will rise from the East and slowly rise to the top of the head, becoming white and bright. In the moonlight of the courtyard, we eat sweet moon cakes, look at the osmanthus trees in the full moon, imagine Chang'e and jade rabbit, and feel that the world is actually boundless and extremely happy.
The stars are shining in the sky, and autumn insects are crowing in the yard. At the root of the wall, under the trees and in the grass, there are crickets everywhere, just like cicadas in summer, but crickets sound better than cicadas. Cicadas cry loudly and loudly, which inevitably makes people impatient; The crickets sing in a crisp and graceful way, with a long artistic conception, which makes people calm as water. We occasionally find a cricket and let it jump; They are dark and glossy, and can jump out for a long time with two thick hind legs. A cricket jumps when it jumps. We won't catch it again. If it's something else, such as a grasshopper or a grasshopper, we won't let it go so easily. At least we should catch it.
Grasshoppers, like crickets, are also masters of jumping, but they are active during the day and don't like hiding in the dark like crickets. Adults say they can jump so far because they have strong tendons on their hind legs. We catch grasshoppers, play with them for a while, and finally bake them. Bury the grasshopper in the ashes of hot firewood or put it on the edge of the fire and bake it slowly until the wings fall off and break when they are twisted. The roasted grasshopper is crisp and fragrant. It melts in the mouth and is chewy. It's simply the best delicacy and can't be forgotten for a lifetime.
Grasshoppers eat grass and drink dew. The dew in autumn is so beautiful, hanging on the grass leaves one by one, trembling and shining like pearls; As soon as the red sun shines, the dew becomes more beautiful, like the stars in the day. As the weather gets colder and the grass leaves turn yellow day by day, the grasshopper will not jump for long, which is very regrettable. However, the most sad thing is the swallow, which is about to fly to the south. In those mornings, we will see swallows lined up on the wires one by one. They lie neatly on the wires, one by one, do not move, but stare quietly. Here, they nest in spring, feed in summer, and leave when autumn comes. Will they encounter wind, rain and hunting on their way south? Will they find a suitable home soon when they fly to the south? Will they fly back to our purlin next year? In short, bless the lovely little swallows and hope they will cross as well as our life.
There are many fruits in autumn. There are many orchards near the village. There are many fruit trees in the orchards. The fruit trees are full of red, yellow, purple and green fruits, such as Guoguang, green banana, red banana, Jinshuai, Yali, sugar pear, flat peach, autumn peach, long jujube and round Jujube... They are full of beautiful and fragrant, which makes people greedy. Others will give us some to eat when collecting, but we don't like to eat such fruit. After they harvest, there will be some fruits left in the height or shelter of the tree, which can be picked by others. These fruits are our favorite. The most flexible of us can climb over in a few times, pick it to show off, and then throw it to us under the tree to share.
When the crops are ripe, they should be put in the field first and then dried. The dried beans are very interesting. The pods will be rolled up in the sun. When they are touched with their hands or hit with a fork, they will burst open with a "pa" sound, and the full beans will roll out. Fork the dried beans away, and all that remains on the ground is golden soybeans. Peanuts should also be dried first, and then the peanuts should be dried down one by one. Sometimes, if you feel troublesome, you will knock peanuts, grab a handful of peanuts, and then knock them hard on the vertical board. Most of the peanuts will be knocked down, and the rest will be picked up again.
The most fun is rubbing sticks. The dried sticks are peeled and exposed in neat rows of sticks, red and golden, which are very beautiful. Around the big winnowing basket, with a stick in one hand and a screwdriver in the other hand, we first go through a row of stick particles along the vertical direction, and then go through a row or two. Hold the passing stick in your hand and turn it around, and the stick particles will rub down, leaving only a bare stick core. Some people don't rub the stick. When they pick the stick, they leave the last three or five pieces of skin, and then tie the stick around the column, stack it layer by layer, or hang it on the wall in rows. It's very beautiful.
The most unforgettable thing is to shed cotton in the field. The autumn wind blew down the leaves and withered the cotton trees, but the cotton was as big and white as the clouds in the sky. It felt warm and soft, which was unforgettable. We tied a baggage pocket, walked through the cotton bushes, picked white cotton one after another and put it into the pocket; The cotton in the field is less and less, and the pockets are more and more bulging. When the pockets are full, pour the shed cotton into a big burden, and then give up the new cotton. After the cotton is picked, there is only the withered, yellow, dry and hard cotton shell left. When you reach out to pick the cotton, it will draw a white mark and cut a hole. When you go home, when the wind blows, you will feel a sharp pain in the back of your hand. But seeing big bags of white cotton, we won't feel bitter and tired. Sometimes when the cotton is not too dry, spread it on the roof to dry. There are white cotton on every roof. From a distance, it looks like snow and winter is coming.
Because of the harvest of grain and cotton in autumn, we are not afraid of the severe cold of winter. On the contrary, we are eagerly looking forward to the coming of winter.

Childhood seasons · winter
Winter is the season of holy snow.
When the snow began to fall, the sky was overcast and dark, and large and small snowflakes fell silently without warning; On the roof, on the wall, on the woodpile, on the well, on the ground; Some melt instantly, some glitter and translucent, some roll down with the trend, and some accumulate more and more. The earth slowly changes its color, from earthy yellow to fog gray, and then to white. At this time, the snow has fallen heavily. At this time, if you look up, you will see goose feather like snowflakes flying all over the sky and falling rapidly in different directions from the high altitude; There will always be a few snowflakes stopping on the eyes, nose and lips, making people feel light and cool. Thick snowflakes covered houses, trees, fields and ponds, and the whole earth became snow-white. Standing in the snow, calm down and listen, you will hear the sound of snowflakes falling. If there is wind, snowflakes will fly erratically, like elves, which is difficult to capture; If the wind is strong, the snowflakes will fly in circles or even horizontally. Coupled with the roar of the north wind, it makes people feel excited and strong. At this time, the sky and the earth were inseparable. They were all shrouded and connected by heavy snow. The heavy snow dominated everything, swallowed everything and dressed everything up.
Sometimes it snows at night and stops the next morning. As soon as the red sun came out, it looked particularly gorgeous. It spared no effort to shed its light on the earth. When I open the door, a fresh and cold air comes to my face, and a cloud of white steam can be breathed out from my mouth. Looking around, the whole earth was dressed in thick white clothes and white snow hats. There was no dust at all. It was so holy and flawless. Pick up a ball of snow, crystal clear, like white sugar, take a bite, it's really a little sweet.
Adults get up early to sweep the snow. The snow looked light, but it was very heavy. After sweeping it for a while, it was hot and sweaty. In fact, we don't want to sweep the snow. First, it will dirty the snow. Second, we don't have to play after sweeping the snow. We have to go outside to play. The snow outside is too deep to reach our knees. If we encounter a snow pit, we can sink into most people. It takes a lot of effort to run in such snow, but we don't care and still have a good time. We always rub our hands with snow before playing. It's not cold at the beginning. Your hands will be frozen after a long time, but you should hold on, bite your teeth and continue to rub. After a while, your hands will be hot. It is said that every time you rub the snow, you can withstand all the cold before the next snow, so as not to frostbite your hands.
When the sun is good, the snow melts quickly. The melting snow runs down the eaves, but the cold weather will turn it into ice skating again. Some ice skates can grow very long. Many are hung under the eaves and branches, like crystal curtains. They are very beautiful.
It's snowy and freezing. It's a good time for the slack season. Adults can have a good rest. Light a fire in the house. The fire is burning vigorously. Sometimes it will turn the stove red, and the house will become much warmer. Pick up some sweet potatoes from the soil, or grab some peanuts, bake them on the stove and in the ash, and they will be cooked in a moment. The aroma floats all over the house and tastes with relish and sweet.
After dinner, the parents will put it in the hot pot to warm the quilt, so that it will be hot in the quilt when they go to bed. After putting us to sleep, the mothers didn't rest. They tied a headscarf, turned the flowers smaller, filled the stove with some carbon dust, half opened the lid, and then began to spin cotton and make needles and threads. In the dim light, beside the red stove, mother "buzzing" turned the spinning wheel, "kaka kaka" woven cotton cloth, "stabbing" put in new shoes. These beautiful sounds, like hypnosis, accompanied us through quiet and peaceful nights one after another.
The busiest thing in winter is the Chinese New Year. At the end of the twelfth lunar month, everything is full of the smell of new year. There are more and more new year products in the collection, with a wide variety and dazzling. Adults will buy all kinds of food. What we care about is beautiful small picture books and New Year pictures, as well as all kinds of firecrackers. We always pester adults to buy more. Adults are busy at home, sweeping the yard and house, steaming steamed bread, steaming sugar bags, steaming lotus rolls, steaming jujube rolls, steaming hedgehogs, fried tofu, fried small fruits, fried lotus root box, fried meat, boiled meat and boiled water... The aroma of each family overflows and makes people salivate. We eat and play, set off firecrackers, blow up snowdrifts, jump ropes, kick shuttlecocks, throw sandbags, squeeze oil, knock and turn... We have a lot of fun. Play for a while and help the adults do some work as much as you can. Most willing to help paste Spring Festival couplets. We held the pairs written by adults, and the adults smeared white paste on the door frame, and then pasted the Red Spring Festival couplets neatly. We felt that it was booming and lively all at once, and the flavor of the new year was thick all at once. Red Spring Festival couplets have been pasted on the doors and houses of every family. We look at them one by one, recognize them word by word, and compare who knows more words and who recites more couplets. We have a great sense of achievement.
On the eve of the Lunar New Year's Eve, after eating dumplings, people began to focus on the streets, set off firecrackers and watch fireworks. At the beginning, there were not many people. At the entrance of each Hutong, small firecrackers and fireworks were first set off to greet people and gather popularity. Slowly, there were more people, and then the performance with the meaning of competition began. At this time, the firecrackers are very long and big. It is necessary to wrap the firecrackers around the long pole and let the bold man carry the pole and set it off. When it catches fire, it will explode. As soon as it was lively here, there was no weakness. Someone moved out the self-made super large "Wowotou" and lit it in the middle of the road. For a time, golden flowers splashed and silver stars shot everywhere. The tassel like sparks sprayed higher and higher like a fountain, and the "crackle" made a loud noise, attracting people to watch. At this time, the street was very lively, the sound of firecrackers came and went, and all kinds of fireworks were shining. From time to time, someone set off a thunder, which was deafening and shaking the ground to crack, causing people to laugh. Despite the choking smell of gunpowder smoke, the children ate good things in their mouths and lit small fireworks in their hands. The girls also planted colorful headflowers on their heads. They wandered around the crowd in groups, throwing a firecracker from time to time, or putting a diamond monkey and a beaded tube, so as to have fun and joy from the bottom of their hearts.
No matter how late you play on New Year's Eve, you should get up early on the first day of the new year. After eating dumplings, everyone put on new clothes and went out to pay New Year's greetings in groups. First kowtow and pay New Year's greetings to your elders, then go to your home, and then pay New Year's greetings to other people. After kowtowing, adults will say a few words of concern and blessing, while children will receive fifty cents or one yuan lucky money, or all kinds of candy, cakes and wine dates. It may take two or three hours for the whole village to turn around. Sometimes it's noon, and I occasionally meet people from neighboring villages to pay New Year's greetings. No matter at home or on the street, the people they met were friendly, chatting and laughing, and everywhere was filled with a happy and peaceful atmosphere. In the next few days, everyone was busy visiting relatives. People carrying baskets, things and gifts were everywhere on the road. This may be the most leisurely time of the year, but also the warmest and most humane time. Even if you ask your relatives to run, you don't feel tired and busy.
Happy days always fly by. Less than 15, someone began to go down to the ground to pick up, cut fruit trees, or apply some fertilizer.
After fifteen, the older children put on new clothes, carry new schoolbags and go to school in groups.
One day, walking on the way to school, inadvertently, we saw apricot flowers full of trees.