<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > preface</h1>
Introduction: Twenty or thirty years ago in the countryside, there was no fan and no air conditioning, how did the hot summer survive?
It is the summer solstice of another year, and after the summer solstice, the three volt days will also arrive, and the agricultural proverb says that "the summer solstice three geng number volts", which means that the third "geng day" after the summer solstice festival will be ambushed, and this period of time is also the hottest time of the year.
In fact, it is not yet three volt days, as early as the beginning of May, many people have begun to fan fans, blow air conditioning. After the summer solstice, it is inseparable from air conditioning. But the current weather is indeed hot, at every turn is thirty-eight or nine degrees of high temperature weather, do not do anything, just sit will sweat. If you go outside, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as sweating like rain.
So some people also sighed: "Now I rely on air conditioning to continue my life", if there is no air conditioning, I really don't know what to do. However, twenty or thirty years ago, that is, in the seventies and eighties, many rural areas had not yet been electrified, so there were no such electrical appliances as fans and air conditioners. So how did you spend the summer at that time? Wasn't it hot in the summer at that time?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > was the countryside hot twenty or thirty years ago? </h1>
This problem is only the clearest problem for the post-50s and post-60s generations. In fact, it was also hot in the summer at that time, but it was not as hot as it is today. And in the summer at that time, there were also high temperature weather, especially when it was three volt days, and it would also be too hot to bear.
However, in the summer at that time, there would not be a high temperature of more than thirty-eight or nine degrees as today, and even if there was, that is, occasionally a few days, it would not last for many days.
I was a post-70s tail man, although I was a child at the time, and the children were not afraid of the heat. Even on a hot day, it was still a running all over the mountains, and the most impressive impression was that many children of the same age at that time, because they played crazy all day, often chasing and fighting under the sun, so their heads and shoulders would "grow sores", some of which were the size of thumbs, which was what many rural boys would grow when they arrived in the summer.
And now the conditions are better, children will not go outdoors to play, basically can not see this situation, generally that is, hot long prickly heat.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" how did rural people spend the "three-volt day" in > the 1970s and 1980s? </h1>
Now many people say that the three-volt day is very hot, the heat is unbearable, and it has a lot to do with the living environment. At that time, there were few buildings in the countryside, and they were basically adobe tile houses. Although such a house looks broken, it has many advantages, that is, the ventilation is good and the tiles can absorb heat. Therefore, living inside, in the summer, you will not feel how hot it is, and often the indoor is several degrees lower than the outdoor. Now some elderly people in the countryside are still willing to live in old houses, especially in the northwest region, they still love to live in caves, which is the same reason, the summer is very cool.
At that time, although there was no air conditioning fan, farmers still had many "tricks" to survive the sweltering heat. When the weather is hot, it is necessary to take out the fan hidden in the pavilion, basically everyone has a fan. When there is no work to do at night, it will use a fan to cool yourself down, and at the same time, it can also play a role in repelling mosquitoes. It is estimated that many post-70s and post-80s generations have fallen asleep with Pu Fan in their childhood.
In addition to the fan, there is also a "cooling artifact", that is, a bamboo bed. This was owned by many families at the time and was a very popular summer artifact. When it gets dark, many families will move the bamboo beds in their homes to the courtyard. Some families are next to each other, and bamboo beds are lined up, and then adults get together to talk while children play around.
And at that time, adults were not like today who stayed at home. When there is nothing to do, they will gather under the old trees at the entrance of the village, or in the old alleys to cool off. There are many people, even when they eat, do not like to be at their own table, but gather together with bowls to eat, while eating, they can also chat and discuss some agricultural work.
Not to mention, there were very few cement roads in the countryside in the past, and many alleys in the village had stone paved roads, especially under ancient trees. And under these trees, all of them are natural winds, very cool, more comfortable than the current air conditioning.
Of course, some people are particularly afraid of heat, but also think of some ways to cool down, for example, many strong people, will go to the village's old ancient well to fetch water, and then use it to scrub the body, or directly take a cold shower. Housewives, on the other hand, would boil mung bean porridge or make cold powder for their families to eat. Like watermelons with well water and popsicles for one or two cents a piece, this was also considered a "luxury ornament" at that time.
When it is too hot to sleep at night, some people will directly take the straw mat to the yard, or a cool place to sleep, and these places are still very sought-after, and they must go to seize it in advance. Therefore, many children have begun to seize the "territory" early, because some places are windy and cool. However, at that time, there were no mosquito coils, and mosquitoes were particularly numerous, all of which used perilla, spicy indigo, or incense sticks and other soil methods to burn to repel mosquitoes. Sometimes when I fall asleep, it starts to rain.
As for the daytime, the peasants still have to do farm work, even on three days. But the farmers would choose to go out and work as early as possible and return at ninety o'clock. I also had to sleep in the afternoon, and I didn't go out to work until about four or five o'clock. Because for farmers, even in hot weather, they have to work to eat.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="29" > concluding remarks</h1>
At that time, the countryside was indeed very lively, when everyone slept at night, they were in the courtyard, and some nights were opened when they slept, which can be said to be not closed at night. Later, after the 1990s, the village gradually became electrified, and fans began to become popular. However, because the electricity bill is more expensive, it is generally used to cool down in the old way, and only when it is particularly hot, it is occasionally turned on to save the emergency.
Nowadays, the standard of living has improved, and not only every household in the countryside has a fan, but also many people have installed air conditioning in their homes. However, because of the buildings, and the countryside is full of cement floors, and it is affected by factors such as global warming, the countryside is now hotter than before. But compared to the cities, the countryside is still cooler.
Friends, after the summer solstice, it is about to enter the three volt days, how did you spend the hot summer season in your hometown in the seventies and eighties? Welcome to leave a message to add.