Reed Pond in My Hometown (4)
The reed pond in my hometown is a masterpiece of nature and people. As the seasons change, the water in the reed pond rises and falls, the reeds blossom and give thanks, and they give everything to the people of their hometown without hesitation.
Before liberation, due to the ten years of flooding in their hometown, people lived by fishing and touching shrimp for many years, weaving mats and weaving baskets.
Years later, in the sixties of the last century, in my memory, men, women and children still knew these crafts. At that time, materials were relatively scarce, and in the countryside there were still earthen kangs, and the kang was covered with reed mats. In autumn, when the reeds are ripe, men bring reeds in the reed pond, break the reeds, grind them, and weave them into kang mats for their own use.
When the reeds in the reed pond are ripe, most people will beat the reeds down for great use. Reeds are the best material for building a house, and tying the reeds into a pawnshop grass is strong and warm, and it is the first choice for rich people to build houses. Reeds can also replace linoleum as an alkali barrier.
There is a saying in my hometown, "Reed pond Three Zongbao, 'Duckweed)', Squeezed Vegetables (aquatic plants, with willow leaf press and wool press), Triangular grass".
Spraying in difficult times is a good feed for pigs and ducks, and squeezed vegetables (willow leaf press) can be mixed with cornmeal and eaten in difficult times, and can also be used as feed. At that time, every family raised pigs and chickens and ducks, and sold them for oil and salt money. The underground stem of the triangular grass is a ground pear, and the inside of the aboveground stem is silky nest-shaped, sun-dried, and particularly soft. At that time, cultural life was poor, there was no air conditioning and electric fans, and on summer evenings, adults and children were sitting outside the house, sitting on a futon woven with three-sided straw, and hand-cranked with a three-sided grass fan; In winter, people wear three-sided straw shoes on their feet, which are very warm and worn as cotton shoes. These treasures in the reed pond can help the hometown people a lot! (To be continued)
