Author: Xu Jingyi
It's another year when the taste is getting closer and closer, write about the experience of the New Year in childhood, and also recall my happy childhood life in the Chaohu Military Subdistrict.
It's another year when the taste is getting closer and closer, write about the experience of the New Year in childhood, and also recall my happy childhood life in the Chaohu Military Subdistrict.
(1) New Year's Day
When I was a child, children probably loved the New Year the most.
When I was a child, the year was lively and lively, and in today's words, it is very ritualistic.
I don't know what the local New Year habits of Chaohu Lake are, I only know that in winter, when it is very cold, every household hangs sausages, salted meat, salted duck, salted fish and so on. Before the new year, someone in the family will make egg dumplings, so they will build a honeycomb coal stove, spend an afternoon, with a spoon, a piece of fat meat and a pot of mixed meat filling, slowly make golden and tempting egg dumplings, our hungry children will sit around the stove, spend an afternoon in the kitchen, do not watch TV, do not play games, while roasting, while excitedly watching adults make egg dumplings, waiting for cooked egg dumplings to bake one after another, because our waiting will not be in vain, we can eat while hot until the freshly made dumplings, eat until full.
In the middle of grandpa's New Year's table, there will never be a shortage of copper hot pots that grunt and steam, as well as various meat and vegetable dishes, as well as sweet and sour ribs, fried chicken wing roots, fried chicken wings, croquettes, egg dumplings, marinated beef slices, sausages, lotus clips... The table is placed on the table is usually not often eaten delicious, so many delicious dishes on the table, for children, how can not be happy?
In the fruit plate of Grandpa's house, there are more kinds of fruit candy and dried goods, apples, oranges, oranges, chocolate, milk candy, fudge, melon seeds, peanuts... Filled with full, someone would even send a large cream cake to Grandpa's house, which was embellished with red and yellow flowers, although the cake box was very simple at that time, transparent lid, pink box, no particularly delicate packaging, no particularly delicate shape. Every time Grandpa cut the cake for me, he would always cut off the cream for me to eat, and when I finished eating, if I hadn't eaten enough, I cut the cream flower from the cake for me to eat, and I was happy to eat.
The New Year is naturally inseparable from auspicious words, early in the morning, when I arrived at Grandpa's house, Grandpa was ready to press the old money and waited for my arrival. Grandpa was sitting in the bedroom, putting a cushion in front of him, my cousin and I kowtowed to Grandpa while saying: "I wish Grandpa a happy new year, health and longevity..." Grandpa also smiled and closed his mouth, we finished prostrating, we can get the money given by Grandpa.
Sometimes Grandpa would let me and my brother compare, whoever bumped more would take more. My brother's speed was more numb than mine, and when I saw my brother stumbling faster, I was a little anxious. But Grandpa hurt me more, Grandpa would play tricks - I bumped two grandpas to give me three, brother bumped two or three grandpa also said that there are a few bumps that are not as good as my sister's standards, and every time Grandpa gives me more money than my brother. And after I got the money, I always ran to my father without hesitation, and gave it to my father a lot of points, not at all soft.
It's another year when the taste is getting closer and closer, write about the experience of the New Year in childhood, and also recall my happy childhood life in the Chaohu Military Subdistrict.
(1) New Year's Day
When I was a child, children probably loved the New Year the most.
When I was a child, the year was lively and lively, and in today's words, it is very ritualistic.
I don't know what the local New Year habits of Chaohu Lake are, I only know that in winter, when it is very cold, every household hangs sausages, salted meat, salted duck, salted fish and so on. Before the new year, someone in the family will make egg dumplings, so they will build a honeycomb coal stove, spend an afternoon, with a spoon, a piece of fat meat and a pot of mixed meat filling, slowly make golden and tempting egg dumplings, our hungry children will sit around the stove, spend an afternoon in the kitchen, do not watch TV, do not play games, while roasting, while excitedly watching adults make egg dumplings, waiting for cooked egg dumplings to bake one after another, because our waiting will not be in vain, we can eat while hot until the freshly made dumplings, eat until full.
In the middle of grandpa's New Year's table, there will never be a shortage of copper hot pots that grunt and steam, as well as various meat and vegetable dishes, as well as sweet and sour ribs, fried chicken wing roots, fried chicken wings, croquettes, egg dumplings, marinated beef slices, sausages, lotus clips... The table is placed on the table is usually not often eaten delicious, so many delicious dishes on the table, for children, how can not be happy?
In the fruit plate of Grandpa's house, there are more kinds of fruit candy and dried goods, apples, oranges, oranges, chocolate, milk candy, fudge, melon seeds, peanuts... Filled with full, someone would even send a large cream cake to Grandpa's house, which was embellished with red and yellow flowers, although the cake box was very simple at that time, transparent lid, pink box, no particularly delicate packaging, no particularly delicate shape. Every time Grandpa cut the cake for me, he would always cut off the cream for me to eat, and when I finished eating, if I hadn't eaten enough, I cut the cream flower from the cake for me to eat, and I was happy to eat.
The New Year is naturally inseparable from auspicious words, early in the morning, when I arrived at Grandpa's house, Grandpa was ready to press the old money and waited for my arrival. Grandpa was sitting in the bedroom, putting a cushion in front of him, my cousin and I kowtowed to Grandpa while saying: "I wish Grandpa a happy new year, health and longevity..." Grandpa also smiled and closed his mouth, we finished prostrating, we can get the money given by Grandpa.
Sometimes Grandpa would let me and my brother compare, whoever bumped more would take more. My brother's speed was more numb than mine, and when I saw my brother stumbling faster, I was a little anxious. But Grandpa hurt me more, Grandpa would play tricks - I bumped two grandpas to give me three, brother bumped two or three grandpa also said that there are a few bumps that are not as good as my sister's standards, and every time Grandpa gives me more money than my brother. And after I got the money, I always ran to my father without hesitation, and gave it to my father a lot of points, not at all soft.
(2) Firing cannons
When I was a child, I used to set off cannons for the New Year.
Long firecrackers, a string of red and red, when Bought back, was a large roll coiled up. After disassembling a roll of firecrackers, picking them up with a long fork, or hanging on a clothesline or on a branch, lighting it, I saw the sparks of the leads burned, and in a few moments they crackled and exploded, and the explosion became shorter and shorter, and in an instant the air was filled with a thick smell of gunpowder and gray-white smoke that could not be dispersed for a long time. Grandpa's house usually set off firecrackers at 12 noon, and the long firecrackers were deafening, and I covered my ears while watching the firecrackers go lively until they were finished.
Of course, there are not only firecrackers in the family, but my father will buy me many kinds of cannons and accompany me to put them at night. Some cannons will fly to the sky after being ignited, and some will change the color of the sparks on the ground while turning in circles... I was timid and didn't dare to order it myself, and a lot of the cannons were looking at my father or cousin. I usually play with a slender, long, leaded cannon, I hold the tail of the cannon, the gun head is pointed at the sky, after Dad lights it with a lighter, it will rhythmically spew out a different color of sparks in the sky, red, green, yellow and blue are very beautiful. I also play with the kind of small firecrackers that emit silver flames after igniting, we call it "little flowers", this kind of we tend to buy a lot and put it back, because it is safe, and I dare to light it myself.
Long firecrackers, for small children, are not just hanging and putting this method. Dad would take me and my brother to take down the firecrackers one by one, and would buy us a few boxes of rubbing them like matches and throwing them out, and unlocking a new way of playing firecrackers for us.
Put the firecrackers that are pulled down in the soil, and when the firecrackers are blown up, the soil can also explode some soil, although I dare not put them down, but I am also excited to see it. This is already the most basic way to play.
At that time, grandpa's utility room would pile up some wine bottles, and Dad took us to put the long firecrackers that we had pulled down at the mouth of the bottle, lit them, and quickly let go of their hands and ran away as fast as they could, so that the firecrackers exploded in the bottles. In the same way, we put firecrackers into bamboo poles, and watching the bamboo poles being blown apart, we were also excited - we met our expectations.
Later, my brother came up with the idea: let's go to the field to set off cannons, and we can also blow up the dung pit to see what the effect is. My dad and I agreed. At that time, Chaohu did not have so many high-rise buildings, and it was still easy to find a field with a manure pit. My brother took a few boxes of rubbing cannons and threw them into the pit to fry one at a time and two at a time. If someone or a child passed by that pit, my brother would throw three or four sticks into it at a time. Although we didn't get what we imagined, we were very proud of the idea. How can a child have so many bad thoughts? It's nothing more than being naughty and having fun, just finding fun by yourself, and my dad agreed to let us find fun with us to skin and have fun together.
If it snows, there are snowdrifts in the compound of the dry rest house, my brother and I will sometimes put the firecrackers that we have pulled down in the snowdrifts, and sometimes there are other children playing with the snow next to the snowdrifts, and we don't notice that we put the cannons, so we take advantage of this time to light the small cannons and watch the snow blow up on them, and we secretly rejoice and think it is very funny.
Fried wine bottles, fried bamboo poles, fried dung pits, and fried snow piles can no longer satisfy our mischievous mentality, and perhaps the "bear nature" of bear children is really innate.
Later, Grandpa's family raised a Jingba, brought back from Chengdu, this dog has not heard the sound of cannons, the first year in Chaohu New Year, he was frightened by the sound of firecrackers at home barking, next to the house to drill under the bed, as if crazy. My brother and I found out that the dog was afraid of firing cannons, and we discussed with my dad, and in the afternoon we had something to do again—to set off cannons, to scare the dogs.
In the afternoon, my grandparents and aunts played mahjong, and my father took me and my brother to play, and we coaxed the dog out, called to the balcony and tied it up with a leash, touched its head, and shook hands with it. This silly dog may just think we like it and play with it. We took advantage of its lack of preparation, and suddenly threw two small cannons at its side, "snapping", which frightened it and looked at us at a loss. We continued to tease it, touch its head, soothe it, and then put two small cannonballs or cannons behind it, and scared it so hard that we wanted to run into the house. We laughed and leaned forward, and Grandma was very distressed, but seeing that my father took us to play with the cannon on the balcony, he was very helpless, and could only say painfully: "My obedient son, scared my dog very much!" "Then call the dog into the house and let it go back to the nest and lie down to sleep." Looking at the frightened dog, my brother and I were also satisfied.
It's another year when the taste is getting closer and closer, write about the experience of the New Year in childhood, and also recall my happy childhood life in the Chaohu Military Subdistrict.
(1) New Year's Day
When I was a child, children probably loved the New Year the most.
When I was a child, the year was lively and lively, and in today's words, it is very ritualistic.
I don't know what the local New Year habits of Chaohu Lake are, I only know that in winter, when it is very cold, every household hangs sausages, salted meat, salted duck, salted fish and so on. Before the new year, someone in the family will make egg dumplings, so they will build a honeycomb coal stove, spend an afternoon, with a spoon, a piece of fat meat and a pot of mixed meat filling, slowly make golden and tempting egg dumplings, our hungry children will sit around the stove, spend an afternoon in the kitchen, do not watch TV, do not play games, while roasting, while excitedly watching adults make egg dumplings, waiting for cooked egg dumplings to bake one after another, because our waiting will not be in vain, we can eat while hot until the freshly made dumplings, eat until full.
In the middle of grandpa's New Year's table, there will never be a shortage of copper hot pots that grunt and steam, as well as various meat and vegetable dishes, as well as sweet and sour ribs, fried chicken wing roots, fried chicken wings, croquettes, egg dumplings, marinated beef slices, sausages, lotus clips... The table is placed on the table is usually not often eaten delicious, so many delicious dishes on the table, for children, how can not be happy?
In the fruit plate of Grandpa's house, there are more kinds of fruit candy and dried goods, apples, oranges, oranges, chocolate, milk candy, fudge, melon seeds, peanuts... Filled with full, someone would even send a large cream cake to Grandpa's house, which was embellished with red and yellow flowers, although the cake box was very simple at that time, transparent lid, pink box, no particularly delicate packaging, no particularly delicate shape. Every time Grandpa cut the cake for me, he would always cut off the cream for me to eat, and when I finished eating, if I hadn't eaten enough, I cut the cream flower from the cake for me to eat, and I was happy to eat.
The New Year is naturally inseparable from auspicious words, early in the morning, when I arrived at Grandpa's house, Grandpa was ready to press the old money and waited for my arrival. Grandpa was sitting in the bedroom, putting a cushion in front of him, my cousin and I kowtowed to Grandpa while saying: "I wish Grandpa a happy new year, health and longevity..." Grandpa also smiled and closed his mouth, we finished prostrating, we can get the money given by Grandpa.
Sometimes Grandpa would let me and my brother compare, whoever bumped more would take more. My brother's speed was more numb than mine, and when I saw my brother stumbling faster, I was a little anxious. But Grandpa hurt me more, Grandpa would play tricks - I bumped two grandpas to give me three, brother bumped two or three grandpa also said that there are a few bumps that are not as good as my sister's standards, and every time Grandpa gives me more money than my brother. And after I got the money, I always ran to my father without hesitation, and gave it to my father a lot of points, not at all soft.
(2) Firing cannons
When I was a child, I used to set off cannons for the New Year.
Long firecrackers, a string of red and red, when Bought back, was a large roll coiled up. After disassembling a roll of firecrackers, picking them up with a long fork, or hanging on a clothesline or on a branch, lighting it, I saw the sparks of the leads burned, and in a few moments they crackled and exploded, and the explosion became shorter and shorter, and in an instant the air was filled with a thick smell of gunpowder and gray-white smoke that could not be dispersed for a long time. Grandpa's house usually set off firecrackers at 12 noon, and the long firecrackers were deafening, and I covered my ears while watching the firecrackers go lively until they were finished.
Of course, there are not only firecrackers in the family, but my father will buy me many kinds of cannons and accompany me to put them at night. Some cannons will fly to the sky after being ignited, and some will change the color of the sparks on the ground while turning in circles... I was timid and didn't dare to order it myself, and a lot of the cannons were looking at my father or cousin. I usually play with a slender, long, leaded cannon, I hold the tail of the cannon, the gun head is pointed at the sky, after Dad lights it with a lighter, it will rhythmically spew out a different color of sparks in the sky, red, green, yellow and blue are very beautiful. I also play with the kind of small firecrackers that emit silver flames after igniting, we call it "little flowers", this kind of we tend to buy a lot and put it back, because it is safe, and I dare to light it myself.
Long firecrackers, for small children, are not just hanging and putting this method. Dad would take me and my brother to take down the firecrackers one by one, and would buy us a few boxes of rubbing them like matches and throwing them out, and unlocking a new way of playing firecrackers for us.
Put the firecrackers that are pulled down in the soil, and when the firecrackers are blown up, the soil can also explode some soil, although I dare not put them down, but I am also excited to see it. This is already the most basic way to play.
At that time, grandpa's utility room would pile up some wine bottles, and Dad took us to put the long firecrackers that we had pulled down at the mouth of the bottle, lit them, and quickly let go of their hands and ran away as fast as they could, so that the firecrackers exploded in the bottles. In the same way, we put firecrackers into bamboo poles, and watching the bamboo poles being blown apart, we were also excited - we met our expectations.
Later, my brother came up with the idea: let's go to the field to set off cannons, and we can also blow up the dung pit to see what the effect is. My dad and I agreed. At that time, Chaohu did not have so many high-rise buildings, and it was still easy to find a field with a manure pit. My brother took a few boxes of rubbing cannons and threw them into the pit to fry one at a time and two at a time. If someone or a child passed by that pit, my brother would throw three or four sticks into it at a time. Although we didn't get what we imagined, we were very proud of the idea. How can a child have so many bad thoughts? It's nothing more than being naughty and having fun, just finding fun by yourself, and my dad agreed to let us find fun with us to skin and have fun together.
If it snows, there are snowdrifts in the compound of the dry rest house, my brother and I will sometimes put the firecrackers that we have pulled down in the snowdrifts, and sometimes there are other children playing with the snow next to the snowdrifts, and we don't notice that we put the cannons, so we take advantage of this time to light the small cannons and watch the snow blow up on them, and we secretly rejoice and think it is very funny.
Fried wine bottles, fried bamboo poles, fried dung pits, and fried snow piles can no longer satisfy our mischievous mentality, and perhaps the "bear nature" of bear children is really innate.
Later, Grandpa's family raised a Jingba, brought back from Chengdu, this dog has not heard the sound of cannons, the first year in Chaohu New Year, he was frightened by the sound of firecrackers at home barking, next to the house to drill under the bed, as if crazy. My brother and I found out that the dog was afraid of firing cannons, and we discussed with my dad, and in the afternoon we had something to do again—to set off cannons, to scare the dogs.
In the afternoon, my grandparents and aunts played mahjong, and my father took me and my brother to play, and we coaxed the dog out, called to the balcony and tied it up with a leash, touched its head, and shook hands with it. This silly dog may just think we like it and play with it. We took advantage of its lack of preparation, and suddenly threw two small cannons at its side, "snapping", which frightened it and looked at us at a loss. We continued to tease it, touch its head, soothe it, and then put two small cannonballs or cannons behind it, and scared it so hard that we wanted to run into the house. We laughed and leaned forward, and Grandma was very distressed, but seeing that my father took us to play with the cannon on the balcony, he was very helpless, and could only say painfully: "My obedient son, scared my dog very much!" "Then call the dog into the house and let it go back to the nest and lie down to sleep." Looking at the frightened dog, my brother and I were also satisfied.
Who wasn't a bear kid when I was a kid, anyway, I was when I was a kid. The childhood of a child who has not done bad things is incomplete, and the childhood of a child who has a father to take us to do bad things together is the happiest, because not only do you not have to worry about being scolded by adults when you go home, but your father takes me and my cousin to skin together, skin is happy, skin is taken for granted, skin has to be happy, skin has to be happy, and when I return home, I will not be scolded or criticized.
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