I thought it was cold in winter, but later I learned that it turned out that only poor people could feel cold in winter
When I was a child, my family lived in a three-room thatched house, which leaked on all sides, and relied on a plastic sheet for warmth in winter and coolness in summer. On summer nights, we often spread straw mats under the big tree in front of the house to avoid the stuffy smell of the house, and we had to take shelter until the mosquito bites.
But when winter comes, it's a different story. The room was bitterly cold, as if in an ice cellar. Every night before going to bed, no one wants to be the first to get into the cold quilt, everyone always curls up in the quilt and waits for the warmth to come, but even so, the feet are still cold and difficult to warm.
In order to resist the cold, my grandmother always generously covered us with two worn-out quilts at home, and the thick quilts made it difficult for us to turn over at night. Grandma's care and love were reflected in this way, and although the quilt hugged us hard, it also warmed the whole winter.
Every morning at five o'clock, my grandmother would get up and prepare breakfast for us. There was a small shed in front of the room where we lived, which was the kitchen, and there was a big coal stove there. In that small kitchen, my grandmother cooked breakfast carefully and guarded the fire, which also brought us a touch of warmth.
Grandma started calling us to wake up as soon as she was cooking, and she always went out of her way to wake us up many times. It was so cold outside the bed that we barely managed to crawl out of the warm bed.
It was not yet dawn, and at six o'clock in the morning, we went out to school with our school bags on our backs. The school is three kilometers away from home, especially on snowy days, which makes it even more difficult.
Walking through the thick snow, when we walked to school, the cotton shoes we were wearing were already soaked. At that time, there was no heating in the school, and we had to spend all day in the classroom in the winter in wet shoes. By the time we got home, our feet were frozen and stiff.
When I was a child, winter was the season of frostbite on my hands and feet, and when it came to warm weather, it was unbearable itching.
I especially like Sundays, because there are often adults in the village who light a bonfire at the head of the village, and everyone gathers around the bonfire to keep warm, and their faces are warmed, and they don't seem to feel cold at all.
My mother gave birth to four daughters, and our family lives on food provided by the production team. Grandma raised two sheep, and we milked the goats in exchange for the family's daily oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
The family is not wealthy, and the cotton jackets and pants we wear are often worn for several years, and even the cotton jackets we wear can no longer cover the navel, and the cotton inside is exposed. Mom is reluctant to throw it away, but how can such clothes make people warm?
When winter comes, many children in the village do not wash their hair or change their clothes, and do not go to the bathhouse to take a bath until the Chinese New Year. Many children have lice on their heads and their clothes are crawling with lice, and they can only scratch them when they itch. Although it feels very uncomfortable, it is more bearable than washing your hair and clothes in the cold and snow.
By the time I was in high school, my family's conditions had improved a bit. I was in my third year of high school that year, and my mom bought me an eiderdown jacket for 40 yuan. It was the warmest dress I had ever worn, and I wore it almost every day and was reluctant to take it off.
When I was a kid, my least favorite season was winter because I felt so cold that it was hard to live every winter.
As I grew up and started working, my family bought heaters and electric blankets, and slowly, I felt that the winters were not so cold.
Nowadays, many homes have installed heating equipment, electric heaters, air conditioners, and thick down jackets. Wear thick clothes outdoors and have heating indoors so that it's not too cold even on the road.
Yesterday, the outdoor temperature in Zhengzhou plummeted to minus 7 degrees, but the interior of my house remained at a comfortable 26 degrees, wearing a set of light pajamas, no chill, and I felt very comfortable.
In order to pass the time of boredom at home, I spent 120 yuan to buy an admission ticket to a hot spring hotel online, ready to enjoy the comfort of the hot spring.
Wearing a thick down jacket, I took the elevator to the underground parking lot, turned on the heater when I got in the car, took off the down jacket, changed into a sweater, and drove to the hotel.
The hotel is equipped with ** air conditioning, and there is a hot spring outside, so I put on a steam suit and a swimsuit that shows my skin, and feel the sweat on my body.
Soak in the hot springs, wear a swimsuit, enjoy the warmth, go to the restaurant to enjoy a buffet when you are hungry, and take a nap in the warm lounge when you are sleepy, and you don't feel the cold and harsh winter outside.
Nowadays, many homes have installed heating equipment, electric heaters, air conditioners, and thick down jackets. Wear more thick clothing outdoors and have heating indoors so that you don't feel too cold even outdoors.