February 2, 2024, sunny Friday.
Today I want to write about the days when I was a child, when my family sat together, busy but happy every day. When I was a child, the clothes at home were hand-sewn by my mother and grandmother, especially the sweaters of my father and grandfather, which were made of the most precious wool, although the style was simple, but it was the warmest memory of the family. At that time, we didn't feel shabby at all, but we miss it very much now.
The years are not forgiving! Time has passed in a flash, and our post-50s and post-60s generations have now passed the year of ear smoothness, full of children and grandchildren, and enjoy their old age in peace! However, some old memories keep popping up in the mind, and people can't help but want to go back to that innocent era!
To be honest, although it was a little hard and tiring in that era, the people's hearts were real. The villagers and neighbors in the village are closer than relatives. The lintel of the house is in tatters, but no one has ever stolen it. It's like now, people's hearts are unpredictable! No wonder everyone always sighs that there is a lot of lack of human touch in life now.
At that time, we didn't have any high-tech gadgets, but we had fun every day. Play cards with friends, jump rope and hide and seek together. The craziest game played by the boys is "cockfighting", where two people compete and whoever falls to the ground on their knees first loses; Girls like to play simple games such as jumping grids, jumping rubber bands, and throwing sandbags. At that time, the sandbags were all made by aunts and grandmothers, and they were either sand or rice husks, and they had a lot of fun. Think of those fairy tales, which make people nostalgic.
At that time, everyone had to work from morning to night. Every day before dawn, the people in the village have to get up and go to work in the production team. The girls are busy with household chores and children every day, and the boys have to go out to work to earn money to support their families. In those days, it was not easy to make money, everyone was very frugal, and they were reluctant to throw away their clothes when they were torn, and they would wear them for a few more years.
The atmosphere in the village was much better than it is now, and the neighbors helped each other and loved each other, simple and sincere. We are like that, along the way, the difficult and difficult days have passed, and now that life is better, we miss the simple happiness of the past. At that time, there were no mobile phones or computers, but we had endless joy. Looking at it in a blink of an eye, technology has developed and there are more ways to entertain, but everyone is becoming more and more impetuous, and life is becoming more and more complicated.
Unconsciously wrote so much. In fact, I am in a very low mood today, and I remember the bitter and sweet days in the past. I hope you cherish the moment and find that innocence and happiness!
At that time, the price was frighteningly low, a pound of pork only cost two or three cents, and an egg was only a few cents. That's how we little children grew up poor and happy. Every year, when the Chinese New Year is approaching, the atmosphere is even hotter. At that time, people had to go to the town to buy New Year's goods, and the market was crowded with people. On Chinese New Year's Eve, the family will blow up a lot of things, especially our favorites"Dumplings", crispy and delicious, adults are chasing us almost all the time.
Every time we go to study, it is something we have been looking forward to for a long time. At the school gate, some elderly people push carts every day, and baskets are filled with all kinds of toys and snacks. Those toys and snacks became the greatest pleasure outside of the textbooks we read between classes.
In winter, people always wear home-made cotton shoes or warm stockings on their feet compared to the current types of snow boots. Cotton shoes are sturdy and durable, with a thickened cloth surface and a thick pile inside, which is enough to withstand the cold of winter.
At that time, the town was monotonous and quiet, close to each other, but also harmonious and peaceful. And now the town is bustling and lively, and the once simple days are now long gone. Although the skyscrapers, bustling streets and tall buildings have broadened our horizons, the happiness of childhood seems to be never recovered. Nowadays, we always complain about all kinds of unsatisfactory things in life, and miss those simple and happy pasts. In fact, for me at that time, that kind of simplicity and happiness is what I am pursuing now.
The times are changing, people are also changing, what we have to do is not to sigh or sigh the beauty of the past, but to grasp the present and look forward to the future. I hope you can be like me, cherish the past, cherish the present, and face the future bravely!
Time flies like a white horse, and in an instant, decades have dissipated like clouds of smoke. Those of us who were born in the fifties and sixties have also dyed our hair from green silk to gray hair, and enjoy the joy of family life with children and grandchildren. However, the images of those who used to live have always lingered in our minds and lingered.