"Every year" has become our lifelong memory, but the "taste" of the year is not the same.
When you understand things, "Nian" is those endless firecrackers that shock your heart.
In that year, on the evening of Chinese New Year's Eve and the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, every household had to put a long whip. Chinese New Year's Eve the night the whip is particularly lively, I will wait at the door early, watching my father take the firecracker apart, it is a long "string of red", placed neatly on the ground like a snake, and then lit with a cigarette butt, and then the lead "hissed" and splashed a string of sparks.
At this time, I often covered my ears tightly, and stared at the firecrackers on the ground with fear and excitement, and then the long whips were like peas in the oil pot, bursting out one by one, dancing with cheerful steps, deafening.
After the long whip, there were also some small fireworks, colorful, blooming with colorful beauty, which made me blend into a starry world, and for a moment I forgot the tension and fear brought by the loud noise of fireworks and firecrackers.
However, my favorite thing is to set off firecrackers with my friends. After Chinese New Year's Eve meal, we lit a light incense stick, went to the neighboring courtyard to call friends and companions, and greeted, "Let out firecrackers!" ”
So, in the alley, in the courtyard, we competed to light our own firecrackers, louder than anyone's, whose one was more brittle, and together to pick up the unfinished firecrackers. Of course, we often renovate tricks and even make some pranks.
In this way, whenever I remember the New Year, the sound of firecrackers always rings in my ears, and the sound of firecrackers leaves me with too much fun about the New Year.
Of course, in the memory of childhood, "Nian" is still a long-awaited new clothes and inexhaustible food.
In that year, for children, it was a great happiness to be able to eat well and dress well in a year. Therefore, every New Year,Chinese New Year's Eve meals and new clothes and shoes are the biggest hopes.
At that time, I couldn't buy a few new clothes in a year, and I was counting on the New Year.'
On the first day of the new year, my parents were much kinder than usual, and just when I was awakened by the deafening sound of firecrackers outside the window, they smiled and took out a brand new set of clothes and shoes for me to change into.
The color of the new clothes is particularly bright, the taste of the year is particularly strong, and when worn on the body, the whole body exudes the strong joy of the New Year. Wearing this outfit, you can follow your parents to visit the elders to pay respects to the elders.
Of course, for children, the New Year also means that they can eat a beautiful meal, and the most memorable thing for children is Chinese New Year's Eve meal.
At that time, I couldn't eat a few meals a year, usually less meat and less oil, very similar to today's diet meals, but the children of that year often heard this sentence, "Eat more, grow more meat." The best compliments to meet, "You're fat again!" ”
So, the annual Chinese New Year's Eve meal seems to have eaten all the chicken, duck, fish and delicious food for a year, and every time I eat it is full of oil and my belly is round. Of course, in addition to a big meal like Chinese New Year's Eve rice, there are also sweets and snacks at home.
Later, I went to school and went to school, and people grew up little by little, and "nian" is the "pressure money" that the heart wants.
Before I went to school, the "old money" was kept by my parents, and I couldn't move that thought at all. However, after studying, the situation is different, and I can keep the "pressure money" by myself.
At that time, the "pressed old money" was not as large as it is now, often a few dimes to a few yuan given by the elders, and such pressed money was wrapped in a red envelope and placed Chinese New Year's Eve on the pillow, as long as it passed this night, it could be used. However, my parents always told me not to spend it casually, but to save the money and use it when needed.
However, after I got the "old money", I secretly went to xinhua bookstore, wandered there for a long time, and finally bought a lot of books and came back. The rest of the "pressed age money" was used to buy firecrackers, so this year has not yet passed, and my "pressed age money" has been used up.
Later, I left my hometown, studied and worked in other places, and became a home, "Nian" is a small ticket.
When I was studying in other places, I was single, and every spring in order to "grab" a small ticket, it was like falling into a "war", but it was difficult to win this war. At that time, every year for the festival was a ticket, a ticket is a lovesickness, a lovesickness for the hometown, a love for the relatives.
Later, he started a family in other places, so he became three "tickets" after the "New Year". However, fortunately, the high-speed rail soon brought the convenience of returning to the hometown, and then later also had its own car, and it was more convenient to return to the hometown. However, every New Year's Day, my unforgettable memory is still that small ticket.
Now, I haven't been back to my hometown for the New Year for three years, because the new crown broke out that year. Unconsciously, we have lived in the shadow of the epidemic for more than two years, will we have to live with such a disaster for the rest of our lives?
In such an era, for me, the "New Year's flavor" is more of a kind of memory, the sound of firecrackers, Chinese New Year's Eve, new clothes and shoes, pressing old money, and the worry and nostalgia on the small ticket.
Fortunately, our time has always had a link to the Internet, in such a link, the New Year's "taste" lingers for a long time, although in this "New Year's taste" always evokes the thoughts and nostalgia for the hometown.