I myself have more than fifty years, it is in the stage of the old, the bottom and the small, looking back at the history of the development of the family, there are three small things, I feel that it is still quite meaningful to the development of the family, so remember it.
There is no pie in the sky
This is said to have more than forty years, I remember that I was only in junior high school, when I was young, I read some popular science books, like Ye Yonglie's "PhS Communication Warm Tour to the Future", that is, this book, there were more fantasies in my brain, thinking of some ideas that seemed unrealistic at that time, such as doing experimental corn, using tomatoes to do electrical experiments, etc., some are experimental classes in books, some are depictions of popular science books, I used my youthful heart to speculate on the test, and finally did not succeed, but those fantasies inspired me and made me believe that the future would be better It wasn't long before Grandpa made me realize the reality.
Rural people at that time every household was planting sweet potatoes, in the spring after the land is ready, and then ridge up a small dam, people call this a sweet potato ditch, cut the sweet potato seedlings on the small dam, and then after a break of time with a small hoe to hoe off the grass on the ridge, diligent people generally have to do it four or five times, in case the sweet potato seedlings take root and affect the growth of sweet potatoes.
It was May and June, and I met at home on Sundays, and my parents arranged for me to say, "You're fine, just go with your grandfather to the sweet potato field on the mountain to weed." I said, "Okay! ”
At breakfast, I happily removed the grass with my grandfather, there was not much land, there were more than half an acre, I took the initiative to turn the melon seedlings and let my grandfather weed. At the beginning, I was fresh, I felt that there was nothing tired, Grandpa was more than 60 years old, I was only 10 years old, I could not accompany Grandpa to come, but dry and dry, it felt wrong, one was sweating, the other was the whole body was not strong, Grandpa was also old, and sick, I found a stone on the edge of the ground to sit up and rest, I snuggled up to chat with him, thinking that after the sweet potato harvest, it would be cut into pieces to dry, dried and then put away, it was very troublesome, so I said to Grandpa: "In the future, produce a machine, let the machine harvest the sweet potato dry, and collect a large piece at once." Grandpa said with an unchanged face, "Is there a pie in the sky?" At that time, I was confused, yes, my own ideas were very unrealistic.
Later, I thought about this sentence many times, and I also heard other old people say this sentence, and I slowly understood the meaning of this sentence, that is, I did not contribute myself, just thinking about good things, there was no gain. Compared with their parents, their uncles and aunts, each of them is very industrious and uses their own diligence to build their own homeland. Since then, in my work or in doing things, I have done every job conscientiously and steadily, and I never want to do that kind of unrealistic thing.
Of course, in recent years, with the progress of Science and Technology in China, some practical tools continue to appear, such as harvesters, seeders have been widely promoted, it is reported that a farmer in a certain place in Shandong has also developed a potato harvester, if the sweet potato is planted more, I believe there will be corresponding machines.
The habit of getting up early
I have a habit of waking up early and going to bed relatively early at night.
One aspect of this habit is to adapt to the early school time point, and the other is to be influenced by the father.
When I was in elementary school, the draft in the countryside was to go to the well to pick up, the first thing my father did in the morning was to fetch water, he wanted 8 buckets of water every day, he had to pick four more trips, every morning when we got up to go to school, my father almost finished picking up the water, in the sweeping yard, the small family is not big, always give people a clean and tidy feeling.
In the summer, my father got up early, picked up the water, put the washed watermelon into the water tank, waited until we got up, pulled open the table, cut the watermelon, and then ate it one by one, in the summer morning, eating the watermelon that had been iced with water, it felt particularly beautiful, and it is still evocative.
When the time is loose, my father will talk about his theory, people should get up early, they can temper themselves, they can do work early, especially when it is hot, go to work early and come back early, otherwise they will be delayed when it is hot at noon.
Father said this, and did this, on the days when he was busy with farm work, he usually arrived home earlier than others at noon, and then when we came home at noon and saw him at home, we knew that he was busy with farm work. Under the influence of my father, I got up early in the morning, and when I was at home, I also took the initiative to carry water in the morning, or run a circle on the road to the countryside. Over the years, I have formed a habit of getting up early, and after getting up early, I put the things that need to be done in advance, and then I have a smooth day, and I feel very happy.
Children's choices, hobbies are the most important
Every family has a child, every child will go through school, experience choice, in the end what to do with the child, I think I have also been to school, will help the child to make a good choice, but when encountering the actual situation, the heart is also worried.
The child in the summer vacation of junior high school, the culture class is not very strong, then I wanted him to go to junior high school for another year, consolidate the culture class, but the child resolutely disagreed, I also hesitated, in my heart I want to be the culture class delay, can not be admitted to the university what to do?
I communicated with my child and let him make up his own mind, and finally he firmly decided not to repeat the school and go directly to high school.
In the second half of the first year of high school, the child said, "Dad, when I see other people drawing, I feel like I have it in my hands." "I know that the child wants to go to art class, but he is too late to learn art, can he catch up with others now?"
As I pondered, I remembered that I had read a sentence: Hobbies are the best teachers, and I think it is good to respect the love of children.
After the child chooses art from the first year of high school, it is like changing a person, he takes the initiative to go to school, takes the initiative to contact the teacher, takes the initiative to purchase learning materials, and then successfully enters the university, from the second time of college, he strives to show his talents, communicate with the master, contact the famous school to learn, and suffer a lot for this, such as: living in a cheap hotel, eating cheap meals, and even giving others to work, but also expanded his horizons, increased his experience, and facilitated employment, after he officially graduated, he calmly participated in the work.
The growth of children has made me understand that in the growth of children, hobbies are the most important.
April 14, 2022
About the author: Zhou Changli, a person engaged in the financial industry.
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