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Friends who live in rural areas, do you often hear the elderly at home often talk about "four black, four white, four difficult presses".
So, what do the four black, four white, and four difficult presses in the mouths of these old people refer to?
And these statements may be different in different regions, and the things they refer to are also different!
If you know these things, what else do you know?
The "Four Whites" of the Countryside
Let's take a look first, what are the "four whites" in the mouths of rural elders?
Clouds in the sky
Due to the current industrial development, the air environment can be said to be seriously polluted, in daily life, except for the sky after rain, it is difficult to see the white clouds in the blue sky.
However, in ancient times, the industrial system had not yet been perfected and developed, so the weather in ancient times could be said to be very blue, and the white clouds were relatively pure white.
Therefore, many elderly people in rural areas, after seeing such white clouds, will classify them into the "four whites" in rural areas.
Cabbage Gang
In ancient times, cabbage was also known as "yellow sprouts", its planting range was mainly distributed in North China, and its cold resistance was also very strong, so many cold areas would choose to plant cabbage as the main dish in winter.
In winter, when people eat cabbage, they will find that the cabbage gang is relatively translucent, especially when breaking off a cabbage leaf, there will be a crisp sound.
There is also a saying in the countryside that "cabbage helps, helps cabbage, and grows together in a group".
So the cabbage gang is also known as one of the four whites in the countryside.
Frost on the ground
When the weather comes, we will see a layer of hoarfrost on the grass, and many elderly people will also see that after the hoarfrost comes, they will hurry to prepare winter clothes.
However, in ancient times, many people were afraid of the arrival of hoarfrost, because frost is one of the disasters of agricultural meteorology.
In Tao Yuanming's ancient poems, "I am often afraid of frost and hail, scattered like grass", which shows that this meteorological disaster is a "catastrophe" for the farmers who planted at that time.
First snow
The arrival of the first snow in winter can be said to make many people feel very excited, and they can express their emotions and joy for the first snow through the snow.
When the snow covers everything on the earth, many of our common life scenes give birth to different tastes.
However, in ancient times, the first snow also represented auspiciousness, and through the arrival of the first snow, people also felt that next year would be a good year, so it was also called one of the four white reasons in the countryside.
The "Four Blacks" in the Countryside
We already know about the "four whites" in rural areas, so what are the "four blacks" often mentioned by rural elders?
Big smoking guns
The main role of the "smoking gun" is to smoke opium, and in the Qing Dynasty, many British people traded with many countries in order to better find colonies.
However, when the British sold some clocks and woolen woolen and other items in the Qing Dynasty, they found that they did not have much advantage in trade.
However, it was not until the 20s, in the course of frequent exchanges with the Qing Dynasty, that Britain discovered the gap in the trade of Chinese silver, and the treacherous British merchants thought of a good way, which was to sell opium to China.
And many Chinese are indeed suffering from opium, when they smoke opium, the oil of the big smoking gun will smoke the gun black, so it is also called one of the four blacks by many people.
Large coal piles
In the past, many rural areas used coal to cook on fires, but with the development of the times, coal was made into honeycomb coal, which also provided a lot of convenience for many families.
However, the mainland is still very rich in coal resources, and the main components of coal are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, which is a very suitable combustion material in rural life in the past.
Therefore, many rural people like to call it the four blacks in the countryside, and the famous singer Daolang also sang the lyrics "Coal eggs are born black", so it also fully shows that the black of the coal pile is really black.
Ash at the bottom of the pot
When the New Year comes, many rural people will burn a big pot to cook some traditional Chinese food to prepare for the New Year's dishes.
The frequent use of the cauldron will also burn a layer of pot bottom ash on the bottom of the pot, and these pot bottom ashes actually have a great role in ancient times.
In ancient Chinese medicine, the ash at the bottom of the pot is also known as baicao cream, which can help some people with toothache and stomach pain, and play a role in relieving pain.
Tsukuro
It is a kind of insect that can be said to be relatively common in some rural areas, because its appearance is black to shiny, and it is also called one of the four blacks by some rural elders.
Although the appearance of the dung shell lang is not very good-looking, but its medicinal value is still very high, in the Chinese history of the "Rihuazi Zhujia Materia Medica" records, this kind of insect can abort and treat sores.
However, in addition to its medicinal properties, cockroaches are still edible.
It is a high-protein nutrient, so friends who can accept eating insect food can still challenge it.
Four major difficult presses
We all know the four whites and the four blacks, so what are the four major difficulties in the countryside?
Fish ashore
When we were buying fresh fish at the wet market, we found that the fish would struggle desperately when they left the water, and the fishmongers would also find it difficult to catch the fish because the surface was too smooth.
New Year's pigs
In the past, in the countryside, every time the New Year came, a pig would be slaughtered, and the friends who stayed in the countryside knew that when the captive pigs were pulled to be killed, it would be very difficult to control.
Angry wife
Some girls look very thin, but when they are stimulated, they will exert amazing strength, so that some boys will not be able to control it.
Frightened cats
Friends who like to raise animals know that some small animals will become very impatient after being frightened, especially the cats raised at home.
Cats will jump up and down when stimulated, and it is very difficult to control it as an owner, so it is often called one of the four major difficulties in the countryside by the elderly in the family.
However, many rural places are different, and the things referred to will be different, so according to your local Xi, what do these four black, four white, and four difficulties refer to?