<h1 class="ql-align-center" > author's note</h1>
I am a native of Chongming, born in Xinhe Town, this old town is simple and beautiful, the people are simple and kind. Now, although I have been away from the old town for many years, I have not forgotten my life experience in the old town when I was a child, and now I present some of my past life to everyone in the form of comic strips and share them with you.
<h1>"Introduction stove"</h1>
Also called raw stove. In the past, each family had one or two briquette stoves, and cooking rice and boiling water could basically be solved on the briquette stove, so the first thing the residents of the old town did when they opened the door early in the morning was to introduce the stove. When introducing the stove, some of the waste materials in the factory are generally dipped in diesel or engine oil, and then some old wood blocks and cinders are used as auxiliary ignition, and the old banana fan is used to fan the wind, and if you are skilled, the stove will be prosperous in a while. At that time, for households with household registrations, the state would ration briquettes and coal chips according to the head of the person, and issue a special briquette card.
<h1>"Picking Cinders"</h1>
When I was a child, almost all the children in the old town picked up cinders, because cinders are easy to catch fire, which is helpful for the furnace, and the cinder is placed in the stove, and the stove is quickly introduced, and the more it can be used as fuel. Cinder is mixed in the coal ash, and the coal ash is generally poured out of the unit's canteen or boiler room, poured on the edge of the river, children see it on the rush up, not afraid of wet or hot, generally with a basket lead bucket or something, if you are lucky, you can pick up a whole basket.
<h1>"Upper Town"</h1>
Going to town to buy things or run errands, the older generation is collectively known as the upper town. Around the 1960s, there was no special vegetable farm, the farmers' uncles and mothers were stalls on both sides of the old town street, and the vegetables, melons and fruits they sold were planted in their own land, the number was not much, at that time there was no original ecological concept, everyone wanted a fresh.
<h1>"On the Small Vegetable Market"</h1>
Now it's different, the old town is bustling every morning, starting from the vegetable market. Early in the morning, before dawn, the vegetable farmers gathered from all over the place to the vegetable farm. The residents who buy vegetables also know the doorway, which are home-grown and which are wild. The old town where I live is one of the larger townships in Chongming, with more permanent residents, so the vegetable market early in the morning is very lively.
<h1>"Vegetable Market"</h1>
The old town has the name of "eating the old town", because it is located in the center of the treasure island, the traffic is convenient and developed, the bus and shipping can be directly connected, and now there are many people who come to buy farmhouse vegetables and pork every day, so the vegetable market is bustling every morning. People who come and go like this old town and think that living here is an ideal choice.
<h1>Buy a Sea</h1> Bug
As a child, there was a delicious snack, the sea bug. The sea snails are caught from the North Sea, and after being processed by the vendors, they set up stalls on the side of the road, next to the bridge, and in front of the school, which is very popular with the students. The seller scooped a spoonful of spice spoon, put it in a round, sharp bag of paper, handed it to the students, and everyone happily ate and walked while talking. The picture shows students coming home from school orally buying sea bugs to eat at the bridge.
<h1>"Knocking on the Briquette"</h1>
Knocking on briquettes was a matter of the 1970s and 1980s. At that time, the briquette stove was replaced by a briquette stove, the briquette was slightly more expensive than the briquette, and some people bought coal chips from the Ministry of Production Materials and shipped them home to process themselves in order to save a little money, but the processing of briquettes must have tools and strength. This also reflects the excellent character of the residents of the old town who are diligent and thrifty.
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"Buy Eggplant Balls" </h1>
Eggplant balls are made of eggplant shreds or radish shreds with some lard residue mixed in a thin flour, fried in a frying pan, crisp and fragrant, loved by everyone, now in the food stalls or snack bars still have to sell, in the old town intersection, next to the bus station, or the entrance of primary and secondary schools will always see.
"Measuring Rice" </h1>
In the past, the rations of urban residents were uniformly quotad by the state, and residents had to go to the grain stations under the Grain Bureau to queue up to buy rice, bring good grain cards and money, and record the amount in the book. At that time, people with bicycles saved more effort, and put the rice on the back seat of the bicycle and took it home, while most of the people who did not have a bicycle went to the grain station to carry the rice home.
<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > "Chill out"</h1>
Cooling is also called cooling. On summer evenings, everyone would pour tap water or well water on the center of their own field or at the door, and then move the tables and stools in the house, and dinner would be eaten outside. After eating, adults sit on stools or recliners to cool off, children lie on the table to play, enjoy the coolness of the night together, if there is a cool breeze blowing, it is a very pleasant thing, and in the middle of the night the weather gradually cools down, people are sleepy, they go back to the house to sleep.
<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > Sharpen Scissors</h1>
At that time, sharpening scissors was very common, housewives would pay special attention to the shouting outside the door, the conventional grinding was the kitchen knives and scissors at home, and the kitchen knives and scissors after grinding were fast and easy to use. The shout of our knife sharpening in Chongming area is like this: "Sharpening scissors with sharpeners".
<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > "East Parent West Family Short"</h1>
In the past, the exchanges between neighbors and neighbors were much more intimate than they are now, and everyone got together to chat and communicate when they had nothing to do, either talking about what had happened to the son of the Wang family next door in the east recently, or talking about what happened to the old husband and wife of the Li family in the back house recently, and then talking about what happened in the town. Neighbors want to hear something, come here, most of them can ask.
<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > "Upper Water Bridge on the Canal"</h1>
The scene of the water bridge on the side of the canal was fifty years ago. There is a north-south canal in the old town, the old town is divided into the east and west of the river, there are several water bridges on the east and west banks of the canal, there are always many people washing things on the water bridge in the distance, sometimes when there are many people, they have to wait on the shore for a while to use it, and even there will be contradictions in grabbing seats.
<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > Scrape</h1>
When we were young, we picked up the iron washer from the factory, found an empty street or a large field center, and played the iron plate, the specific gameplay I have forgotten, anyway, it is some winning games, although the game is very primitive, but everyone plays very engaged and happy.