In the evening, dressed in the afterglow of the setting sun, take a walk on the trestle bridge under beigu mountain. The river surface is sparkling, "half of the river is half red"; the river bank is far and near, and the tall buildings are painted. Suddenly, in the small square at the end of the trestle, there was the childish laughter of children. Stopping ashore to watch, a dozen children with water guns frolicking with each other. They each had one or two plastic water guns, running and shooting water at the same time. Plastic water guns are long and short, colorful, and have a range of three or four meters, and some even have seven or eight meters. The children fought happily, and the sound of frolicking came and went. There are also parents who are on the sidelines to encourage their children. Inadvertently, a small child's water gun hit me in the head, and my gray hair was stained with water.
I have no intention of blaming the child, who is still smiling like many old people. Gazing at the innocent and lively children, the memories of the past of making water guns and playing with water guns suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, and I felt as if I had returned to my childhood.
Water gun, the old home is called water knot, made of bamboo tubes. In the summer, many children have one or more water knots. To make water knots, you must have bamboo poles, where to find it? Long Shun, who is next door to my house, is my mother's distant niece. She knew the village at the foot of the mountain called Tiger.
The tiger's house is in the mountains, and the bamboo forest is in front of and behind the house. Mother Torón asked the tiger for a bamboo pole. Within a few days, the tiger brought seven seven or eight inch long bamboo tubes, and the tiger was really a warm-hearted person. Each bamboo tube is empty at one end, and there are bamboo knots at one end, which is just right for making water knots. My second brother and I jumped up with joy. Two "scissors stone cloth", the second brother won, take four; I take three.
Each of us took a bamboo tube and tried to make our own water knots. Step 1: Drill a hole in the bamboo knot. Tools are sharpened nails. We found an iron nail and sharpened the tip of the whetstone at the side of the well. The second brother said that the sharper the grinding, the better, the smaller the hole drilled, the greater the pressure, and the farther the spray. The second step is to do the towing of pumping water pressure water. The materials are gauze, cotton thread and chopsticks. Wrap the gauze tightly around the chopsticks and tie it tightly with cotton thread. Neither too thick nor too thin. Too thick to fit into the bamboo tube, too thin to form pressure. Such a homemade water knot is successfully made. We hoisted a bucket of water from the well. First use the tucked tow rod to pull out, fill the bamboo tube with water, and then push the tow rod in, and the water will shoot out of the hole in the bamboo knot, far and wide. We both shouted, "Success! It worked! "Grandmother tiptoed her little feet and ran out of the stove to watch us fetch water. She saw the water shooting so far and laughed just like we did.
After the successful trial production of water knots, we made the remaining bamboo tubes into water knots and hid them at home for later use. Occasionally, I will bring two water knots with me to show off to the children. With this homemade water knot, I had a lot of fun. Go to school in a school bag, sleep at night on the edge of the pillow, for fear of breaking it. I also used to play with the children, shooting farther than anyone else. Sometimes, a dozen of us came to the edge of the pond together, divided into two groups, sprayed water on each other, and each of us was full of water, and finally there was no distinction between up and down. Everyone simply took off their clothes, jumped into the water barefoot, and took a cold shower. We went crazy until the adults called out and went home.
The water knots made with bamboo tubes have brought joy to us as children and left me with full memories. Although the plastic water gun played by children today is not as delicate and beautiful as the plastic water gun played by the current children, the happy time of playing with the water festival will always be cherished in my heart.
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