The old days of childhood have long evolved into a mottled history, and kiln sweet potatoes have gradually faded from our vision. But sometimes sitting in the courtyard in the winter basking in the sun, I still miss the taste of olive kernels or kiln sweet potatoes.
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The coolest thing in winter is to bask in the sun. A ray of sunlight sprinkled on the body, like a mother's warm hand gently sliding on her forehead. Remember Yang Wanli's seven-absolute poem "Frozen Fly": "Occasionally I saw negative flies in the window, and my feet were tugging at Xiaoqing." The shadow of the sun wanted to move first, and suddenly flew down the other window. Among them, "negative" refers to basking in the sun. The fly kept rubbing its feet in the winter sun – a fun scene. For some reason, this picture always reminds me of my childhood self, like the frozen fly, wearing my brother's old clothes, "negative" in the corner.
Of course, there are warmer memories than that, such as after class with the sun, students will play games in the sun while warming each other. A game of rolling against the wall, if the female classmates are playing, the male classmates will never dare to participate in it, otherwise it will be big.
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Female students play more games, they will also kick shuttlecocks, jump ropes, catch stones... Male students mostly play with cigarette packs, foot bumps, and grenade throwing... The olive core is the core of the black olive after the olive meat is taken, and it was my favorite toy in my childhood. Throwing the olive core is almost not limited by the site, casually draw a circle or dig a pit on the ground, draw a horizontal line about two or three meters away from the circle (pit), the player first puts the agreed number of olive nuclei in the circle (pit), and then according to the order of victory and defeat of the guessing ding, stand in the horizontal line in turn, take a large olive core (we call it the king of olives) selected early, aim at the olive core in the circle (pit) and throw it out, knock the olive core out of the circle (pit) and win. After the game, those who win the olive core will sometimes find a brick or stone nearby, crack the olive core, take out the olive kernel inside, and put it in the mouth, the delicious taste is also unforgettable.
After the winter, especially after the cold, the countryside is full of dry mud and dead branches, and our favorite thing to do is to make a "kiln pot".
People who have watched "The Legend of the Archery Hero" know that the kiln chicken eaten by Hong Qigong is really strange and fragrant, but in that era of lack of materials, the kiln chicken we did not dare to expect, but the sweet potato was planted by every family, so the kiln material we added was mostly sweet potato.
The most difficult thing about kiln sweet potatoes is the kiln, which is a craft work that will collapse if you are not careful. Generally, we will build mud according to the volume of sweet potatoes, from bottom to top, from large to small, leaving a wood burning mouth at the bottom and a smoke vent on the top. Once you're done, you can start a fire. When the mud is red, the sweet potato is put down from the wind outlet on the top of the kiln, and then the kiln wall is pushed down with joy, and the mud is crushed with a wood stick, so that the sweet potato is isolated from the air and buried in the hot mud. After half an hour, the mud is carefully removed with wood, and the smell of potatoes with the smell of earth has come to the nose. Taking a bite of the sweet potato that is yellow or purple or white is really fragrant and sweet.
The old days of childhood have long evolved into a mottled history, and kiln sweet potatoes have gradually faded from our vision. But sometimes sitting in the courtyard in the winter basking in the sun, I still miss the taste of olive kernels or kiln sweet potatoes. (Yangcheng Evening News, December 26, 2021 A07 edition Responsible Editor: Yi Zhina)
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