I live in a small village in a poor ravine in northwest Gansu, with only 60 families in the village, behind the village is a very high mountain, no flat south, no fertile land, no clear river flowing through, so the development is much slower than anywhere. People are relying on the sky to eat, are begging God to hope to have a good harvest, slightly rich people's homes, sheep farming, like our here, the altitude is more than 3,000 meters, there is no other place like the cash crop can have a good head, just plant some small crops that are just self-sufficient. Below is our village
Small village in summer
I vaguely remember that at that time, I was only about ten years old, I was going to study in the countryside, it was a journey of about an hour or so, no matter if it snowed in winter, it rained, I had to walk home, every time it snowed a few people to help me walk, the rain was the same, a little inattention will slide down the ground, the road will not have the current cement road, just a narrow dirt road, known as the "three grooves", indeed, there will be a deep rut mark in the middle of the road, a little inattention, will be slipped in the middle and fall, Every morning before dawn, a student waits for a student, some with flashlights, some with torches, are afraid of the appearance of wolves, rainy days and have to carry a pair of clean shoes, otherwise they may not even be able to enter the classroom, and it is worth mentioning that everyone always carries a piece of steamed bun in their school bag, can't go home at noon, nibble a little steamed bun to eat, and so on until the end of my school career.
Quiet countryside in the evening
Remember, we never saw a car, never saw a high-rise building, only my parents saw some "world", because every year I have to go to the county town to do New Year goods, I remember my father always pulled his mule wooden cart, as soon as he went out, it was a day, which was what my sister and I were most looking forward to. Waiting for my parents to "explain" things, buy a pack of spicy strips and wait happily, my sister and I always look at the distant dirt road, looking forward to their "confession" That is a beautiful thing!
I also remember that every time when the farm is busy, I can't see my parents for a month in a row, because when you are asleep, they go home, and when they wake up, they are not there, get up early and go to the field to cut crops, and it takes more than a month to cut each time, and then when it comes to moving, there are still a few "koans" together, and the total mule pulls a wooden cart to the field to pull "suzi", so the busy time will end for four or five consecutive days, but it will be time to grind wheat, and my father will pull the ox cart and spread out those "suzi" It took a few hours to get down, and the happiest thing for a few of our sisters was to drill into the grass and play hide-and-seek, wrestle and roll on the wheat grass, not to mention how happy they were.
View of the countryside in the morning
Talking about the Great Northwest, people know Kang, and I have been sleeping on Kang since I was a child, until now, I remember that at that time, once I played hide-and-seek with my sister, I went to the Kang cave of the kang, and then for a long time my sister did not find me, because I fell asleep in the kang cave, not to mention how funny, my mother saw me when I went to fill the kang with "Ah Zi", my mother said, almost filled in the kang, really laughed at the family, at that time there was no bed, nor did I see the bed, nor did I hear the electric blanket, and thought that the whole country slept on the kang, Now think about it very childish, haha, yes, we used a goat for a black and white TV set at that time, the whole village only has a broadcast tower, every day looking forward to the broadcast of the family to watch TV, we have a lot of people watching together.
Nowadays, we have all grown up, and we have faded the innocence and innocence of that time, and slowly become "out of place" with the countryside, and I really miss the time when we drilled grass piles, rolled in grass, and played hide-and-seek, what about you, your childhood.
Remarks: Suzi: It is the way to bundle wheat together
Ryu: It's just a couple of people helping each other out