When I was a child, I was still in the production team. At that time, I was short of materials and had a hard life, and I didn't even have enough to eat.
every season now, I will meet my friends in the same village to pick bayberry on the mountain.
A little sister next door often follows us up the mountain to pick bayberry. Because she is too young, she can't pick many bayberries every day after hard work.
We are afraid that our little sister will cry and our family will be unhappy when our little sister comes home.
So, every time we go home from the mountain, we will give her some of our Myrica rubra.
"Little sister, we'll give you some red bayberries."
Then, everyone will give their bayberry to your little sister. As a result, there are more bayberry in my little sister's basket than ours.
Little sister is very happy.
"Thank you, brother! Thank you brother! "
"ha ha ha!"
"you're welcome!"
as long as little sister is happy, we are all happy.
Although we didn't get much today, we are still very happy.
I didn't pick many bayberries today. Come back tomorrow! Our friends have plenty of time and happiness.
chapter 2? Cutting pig grass
My little sister and I study in the same primary school. I'm in grade three and my little sister is in grade one.
after school in the afternoon, we each carried a small bamboo basket with a lawn mower in it. Cheering and singing, I came to the small river bank not far from the door to cut pig grass.
This small river has a long water flow, and the river is clear. It flows slowly from east to west, spreading for several miles and flowing into other places.
The riverbank is covered with many unknown trees, which are lush and green, and it has become our paradise. As soon as we threw the bamboo basket on the river bank, we began to play with stones.
When the sun sets, the orange light shines on our faces, making our white faces red and tender.
We don't know how long we have been playing with stones, and we didn't stop until we were tired. Straighten your waist and look at the setting sun sinking further, which is not so dazzling. Let's find a bamboo basket and a lawn mower and cut pig grass.
when we were ready to go home after mowing all the hogweed, the smoke in the village was curling up.
when Xiaomei was in the third grade of primary school, her father was seriously ill and swollen, and soon died. My little sister's father has been ill for three years, and the family has been scrimping and saving because of the huge foreign debt due to treatment.
little sister's father is gone, and little sister and mother cry dry their tears. Little sister's mother thought twice and said helplessly to little sister:
"Your father has left, and your mother is going to the production team to do farm work. My younger brother and sister are small and need someone to take care of them. Now there is no one to help your mother. You three sisters, you are the boss. Only you can help your mother, so don't go to school. Go home and help your mother with the housework."
after listening to this, little sister cried for a whole day, so she agreed helplessly.
From then on, my little sister said goodbye to school in pain and became a full-time babysitter. Little sister not only takes her siblings, but also cuts pig grass, feeds pigs and cooks every day.
little sister can't go to cut pig grass. After school in the afternoon, I can only go to the river bank alone to cut pig grass.
chapter 3? Watching movies
After I graduated from junior high school, I returned to the production team to do farm work. Little sister's sister-in-law went to primary school, so it's unnecessary to bring her. Little sister and I went to the fields with adults to do farm work. In our spare time, we played together again.
in the evening, what we look forward to most is watching movies. The brigade bought a small movie player, which plays movies four times a month for two nights at a time. There are usually two feature films and a news documentary at a time.
Our brigade is a mountainous area with a small population, but the villages are scattered. There are ten production teams, covering more than ten miles from the pit mouth to the pit house.
every time a movie is shown, it will be shown in the outer pit on the first night, in the inner pit on the second night, and it will be shown repeatedly.
My little sister and I usually have dinner early, and then we walk anxiously on the way to the movie theater.
Little sister's mother does farm work in the production team during the day and does housework at night. Little sister wants to go to the movies, so she can only take her siblings with her.
In front of each production team's village, there is a big grain drying field. The film was shown in the open air on the threshing ground. Bury two pillars at the edge of the grain drying field and hang them on the screen, then you can show the movie.
when it's our production team's turn to show movies, we will move a stool early and put it in a good position on the threshing floor. Sometimes I don't even have time to eat dinner, so I just wait for the movie to be shown.
People in rural areas are busy and have a late dinner. If they go to another production team to see a movie, they can only go hungry and come back for dinner after the movie.
We rushed to the movie theater. People from their own village and nearby villages arrived early, and had already put their stools in good positions, eating fried pumpkin seeds or peanuts while waiting for the movie.
we didn't get a good seat, so we had to stand in a secluded place and watch a movie.
After a long wait, the film finally started to show. But every time, you always have to finish the 3-minute News Documentary before showing the feature film.
Most feature films are war films, and the most memorable ones are Mine War, Tunnel War, War in the South and North, War in Shanghai, Scout, Heroes and Children, Scout of Crossing the River, Taking Huashan Mountain Smartly, Wildfire and Spring Wind Fighting the Ancient City, etc.
every time we feel that we haven't had enough, the movie is over.
we always go to the movies rain or shine. On rainy days, we wear hats and agricultural plastic films to shelter from the rain, like romantic lovers walking in the rain.
the later it gets, the heavier the rain, and it falls on the hat and plastic mulch, making a ticking sound.
In winter nights, when I went to the movies and it was a little cold, I put on my hat and cotton-padded jacket. In particular, the sudden cold wind kept attacking me, blowing my face cold and freezing my hands and feet. I was so cold that my calf played three strings. I tried my best to hold back the biting cold until the film was over and we were willing to go home.
(to be continued)