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【Ye Zhanning】Remembering the childlike author/painted part: Ye Zhanning
The day before yesterday, I turned 74 years old, and I missed a Children's Day. I miss the joy of childhood, and I am still a little childlike when I am old.
Bump into crutches
Lift one leg, jump forward on one leg, and arch the opponent to win.
The children were divided into two groups of "enemies". The tall man takes advantage of his height and smashes it down with his lifted legs, and the short man desperately picks up with his lifted legs...... Use strength, skill, speed to knock out opponents, and the standing side wins. It hurts, the skin is broken, wipe the tears and sweat, and then dry.
Got it
In the hot summer, the hotter the day, the happier the screaming in the trees. Groups of children hold long poles and dip the head of the pole in asphalt (the temperature is high, the asphalt becomes soft and sticky), or buckle a lump of transparent peach gum on the trunk of the peach tree, and use saliva to adjust the sticky stick to the tip of the pole. Everyone looked up, looking for the screams, searching for the knowledge that they could reach. With the goal in mind, he carried the "hand" to the high tree on his shoulder, and handed the pole on tiptoe. Climbing up and down countless times a day, all of them were red-headed and sweaty. When he was caught, he was ecstatic, and he stabbed him with a stick, and he boldly pinched his back and picked it up, and when he tried a little, he would squeak when he knew it. If you can't catch it, you won't be discouraged, and you will never get tired of it.
Willow flute
When the willows are warm and green in spring, the children break a willow branch and twist it constantly, so that the willow branch bark is taken off from the pole and becomes a hollow tube, which is called when it is blown in the mouth and makes a sound. There is also a trick here, the skin of the old willow branch will be broken as soon as it is rubbed, and it will rot when it is too tender to twist, and it is not easy to find good toughness. The thickness of the willow branch varies from one to the other, and the sound of blowing varies from one to the other, and the sound of blowing is high-pitched when it is thinly held in the mouth with a fingernail. The child who made a loud willow flute was proud, which made other children envious.
Play with a shovel
Put your feet on the shoulders of the shovel, hold the handle of the spade, keep your balance, and jump forward with your hands and feet, the tip of the spade stuck in the soil, to see who can jump as far as you can. Some sat on shovel boards, and another child dragged them, like riding in a cart. It's also a great way to play.
Roll hoops
There are four or five small iron rings on the big round iron ring, which rolls with a sound and is easy and refreshing. The hook that pushes the hoop is very special, don't press down on the front, the hoop will roll forward, and the hook will be gently placed on the back and bottom of the hoop, and you can control the direction of the hoop. The friends are walking around, chasing me in the alleys, and the sound of strings of iron rings is very pleasant. The game was very infectious, and the children without hoops found bicycle wheels, rubber take-out rings, mosquito net top rings, and even broken cage drawer rings to join it, which was very imaginative.
Learn to drive
In those days, having a bicycle at home was considered a big thing, and most children secretly learned to ride a bicycle with children who had a bicycle. For children, the 28 carts are too big and heavy, not much taller than the handlebars, and it is difficult to push them, and they can't sit on them at all! The children invented the "crotch" riding method, one foot pedals, the other foot stretched under the beam, and stepped on the other side of the pedals. For beginners, play half a round first, slowly stabilize it, and pedal the whole round forward. can also ride into a leading person, "front and back division of labor" tricks, I don't know how many times I have to fall with a blue nose and swollen face.
When I was 10 years old, I learned to ride a German Diamond bicycle that my uncle used to go to school. Because it is a foot brake, you can't walk forward. I rode on the beam, grabbed the handle with one hand, hugged the clothes pole with the other, and asked my grandmother to help me hold the back hanger. My grandmother, who is in her 60s, came to help me learn to drive. I let go of my hand holding the wooden pole and grabbed the handlebar, and my grandmother shouted, "Go!" The car twisted forward, and the car was fast, and my grandmother let go of her hand...... Click, I was lying on the ground with the car. I laughed, and my grandmother squatted not far away, panting for breath and laughing. I practiced and practiced falling like this, and it was hard for my grandmother to help me at such an age, but I really learned.
When he was young, he caught people, kicked a ball, telegraphed, hopscotch, rode horses to fight, rocked a dry boat, chattered, jumped rubber bands, threw sandbags, pinball, patted foreign paintings, chopped mud, threw mud pots, smoked spinning tops, and copied sheep and crutches...... Wow! There are so many children's fun!
Such a simple and joyful growth experience is unforgettable!
Author: Ye Zhanning (Dudujing Rhine)
Born in Kunming in 1950, he grew up in Beijing, graduated from junior high school in Tianjin and went to the countryside, graduated from radio secondary school in 1975, and entered the enterprise in 1978, engaged in production management until retirement.
Reviewer: Gu Lan Typesetting: Wang Shan
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