Chapter Twenty-Nine: Winter Life

【1】

In winter, rural areas across the country are working hard to accumulate fertilizer. The same is true for Makino Flower Village.

Early that morning, Zhang Guangming said on a loudspeaker: "Villagers, we can't just shout slogans when we work hard? We must put them into action! We can only build our dreams without fear of the cold!"

Zhang Zhishu personally led the team members to go to the team and the masses to work together. Clattering corn stalks, sweeping leaves, picking up dung, livestock dung, poultry dung, mixing this dung with wild weeds, and then wrapping it in mud. The biting cold wind froze the hands and faces of the fat people into red and swollen, but everyone was happy. Because no matter what kind of crop it is, as long as it is covered with this dung, its nutrients will be very high. Whether it is grain, fruits, and vegetables, as long as it is on these dung, the taste will be very pure.

【2】

In the evening, Zhang Guangming saw a couple in their 40s with disabilities, carrying a burden in front of him. The man was blind, and the woman was lame. But they gave birth to two able-bodied, intelligent and lovely children. The older one was the boy, who looked like he was about ten years old, and the girl was about five or six years old. The two children had big bright eyes, and the couple was supported by a son and a daughter, and walked slowly towards the village. Zhang Guangming hurriedly stepped forward, supported the couple and said to the two children, "Little friend, let me support your parents." ”

The two children said in unison, "Thank you, uncle!"

Zhang Guangming hurriedly asked, "Big brother, where are you going?"

The man replied, "Oh, I met a good guy again today! Thank you, brother." We're going to go to this village in front of us and play the strings and tell stories. Zhang Guangming hurriedly said, I am the party secretary of this village, and on behalf of the masses, I welcome you to my village to enliven the atmosphere and enrich the cultural life of my village!"

In winter, when the farming season is slack, storytellers, allegro, singers, and acrobatics come one after another. They went to the villages to perform. There are groups of singing operas, and there are several types of operas that come to the village to perform. There are Henan bangzi, Henan pendant, two plus strings and so on. Whether it is the funny stories of the pear orchard or the witty and humorous performances, they have brought joy to the vast number of poor people, and the anecdotes they brought, coupled with the vivid and interesting stories of the performances that have worked hard, have made great contributions to enriching the cultural life of the countryside.

Their erhu storytelling performances for several days in a row have enabled many illiterate rural people to understand the 5,000-year history of our country. Knowing that our homeland is one of the oldest countries in the world. From the legend of Pangu making an axe to open the world and Nuwa kneading mud to make people and mend the sky...... to the founding of the People's Republic of China, all the way to the state events of the late sixties. As a result, people learned about China's four great inventions and creations, Yue Fei, who served the country loyally, and Qin Hui, who was a traitorous official......

The villagers listened to the words of loyalty and good generals to the country, and showed great admiration. And for those traitorous ministers who brought disaster to the country and the people, they showed extremely resentment.

【3】

The farmers' agricultural management of the solar terms is very timely. As the old saying goes, "A little snow produces turnips, and a big snow produces cabbage." ”

This Sunday, the sky was filled with light snow like white sugar cane flour, silently falling down. The captains of each team led the members of each team and rushed to the vegetable field.

Li Yue'e led her three daughters to pluck radishes while telling riddles to the children for them to guess.

Mom said, "What kind of dish is the red rooster with a green tail and a head hidden under the soil?"

As soon as Mom's words fell, Wen Ya and Wen Hui said almost at the same time: "Carrot" Li Yue'e smiled and nodded.

Li Yue'e said: "Green coat, green tail, sweet and delicious are better than watermelon." ”

"Sweet radish. As soon as her voice fell, the children spoke impatiently. Li Yue'e praised the children for being smart.

The mother then said, "I'll give you another difficult riddle: "What kind of dish is the fat doll, half white and half green, with a green tassel on her head?"

The two replied together, and the mother nodded and smiled with great satisfaction. Li Yue'e always likes to play riddles with children in labor.

Zhang Guangming commanded the cadres of each team to pull all kinds of radishes to the county town in a horse-drawn cart to sell. And asked the captains to distribute the money from selling vegetables to the members. The members of the club were happy.

The heavy snow season is here. The captain and the "big handful" of the production team will load the pulled cabbage into a carriage and pull it to the county seat to sell it for money. As soon as they returned, they were distributed among the members according to their population. Members can buy a little candy, or a sugar gourd, or a candy blower. Every family will buy these folk snacks and give them to their children, and the children will naturally smile from ear to ear.

In the middle of winter, the women of each family are very happy to pickle the Chinese cabbage. Pickling cabbage is not so simple. On snowy days, children are especially happy, because they can play at home to throw sandbags, jump rubber bands, jump rope and other games. When the children are tired of playing, they will sit next to their mothers and watch their mothers pickle cabbage.

The three daughters of Zhang's family asked their mothers who were pickling Chinese cabbage:

"Mom, you have pickled several kinds of cabbage that are delicious, how did you pickle them?" the beautiful eldest daughter asked first.

"yes, how did you do that? Mom, tell me about it. The second daughter, Wen Hui, walked over with a sky-high "cannon twist" pigtail in her hand, staring at her mother with her big watery eyes and asked.

"Mom, tell me about it. The third daughter said with a twinkle in her eyes.

Li Yue'e told the children how to pickle cabbage very seriously. Li Yue'e said while breaking the cabbage leaves with her hand: "Then you guess the riddle first, what if you guess correctly? ”

The children nodded and said, "I love riddles." ”

The mother said, "A good girl, with a white and fat face, and a green garment. What kind of dish is it?"

The three children said in unison, "Cabbage." ”

"Oh yes, you guessed it. Li Yue'e told the children how to pickle cabbage.

【4】

A few days later, there was another heavy snowfall, and for one night, it was as beautiful as dressing the whole bleak village in a clean white gauze dress. Makino Flower Village has "this silver-white outfit", which looks noble and elegant.

The next day, the morning sun shone on the silver-covered village, and it looked as beautiful and flawless as a carpet of elegant white for the whole village inside and outside.

A heavy snow fell, and there was a group of children carrying a small basket in one hand, a small shovel in the other, red peppers in their hands, a handful of black beans in their pockets, black threads, and black horsehair...... The parents of the children, who were followed behind, walked towards the barley field.

The children chirped, "Let's build animal snowmen and have fun." Some say that it's fun to pile up flowers and trees. When Zhang Guangming saw it, he suggested: "If you want me to say, let's have a fairy tale to be the most fun." After discussing it, the children decided that Snow White from Grimm's Fairy Tales would be the most interesting. Jiao Dachuan and Qin Sanjin suggested that the children should be divided into three classes and that it would be better to make snowmen separately. The wives of these two families often have conflicts, but they can get along harmoniously.

The children used the method of "scissors, rock, and paper" to decide that Zhang Guangming and his daughter were in the first class. Qin Sanjin and the twin sons are in the second class. Jiao Dachuan and his twin daughters are in the third class.

Zhang Guangming said: "Let's pile the snow together and make Snow White's head shape first." "The three little girls and their father took small shovels and piled up the snow one by one. Zhang Wenya quickly used small scissors to cut two pieces of black and yellow cloth into the shape of peach pits, and then used small scissors to cut the middle into a small hole. Zhang Wenhui stuffed two brown and black round beans into the eyes of the snowman as Snow White's eyes. Zhang Wenjun used two fluffy black and yellow lines as eyebrows, and then found a crooked little white radish as his nose. Zhang Wenya also used old yellow cotton thread to weave small braids, and then disassembled the braids to become big wavy "hair". Zhang Guangming put the wig of this little invention on the snowman's head.

Zhang Wenya looked at it carefully and said, "Eh, don't say it, it's really like Snow White in the villain's book!"

The two younger sisters clapped their hands and said, "What the eldest sister said is yes, it's really like, it's too similar!"

Zhang Guangming said, "How can Snow White be without a prince? Let Dad come out as a prince with you!" The children piled the snow together with their father, and in a short time they became princes.

Qin Sanjin said to his two sons: "Since there is Snow White and the prince, then there should be seven dwarfs to guard it!" Qin Sanjin and his two sons Qin Jiangtao and Qin Jiangbo gathered the snow together, using pepper seeds as dwarf eyes, and black thick lines as eyebrows and beards, just like a kind dwarf, standing around Snow White with a smile and protecting her.

Jiao Dachuan smiled and said: "You two classes, you are all good people, then I will come and be a bad queen with my two daughters, and I have to make a magic mirror and a poisonous apple...... "The two twin daughters are doing it under the guidance of their father......

After the three classes were done, everyone patted the snow on their hands, glanced at it, and said, "Oh, this is like a reproduction of a Snow White story!" They work together, it is really a "Grimm's Fairy Tales" expressive production, and the characters in it are vividly and thoroughly expressed.

Qin Sanjin suggested that the children evaluate all kinds of snowmen. This group of children also had to observe one by one, and then everyone was very serious to evaluate one by one to see who did it more vividly, to select the best one, and to sign up for encouragement. Today, everyone has been praising the children of Zhang Zhishu's family - the first class did a better job, so they were rated as the first place. So I put a big prize on it. It reads: 1st place in the first class.

Wen Ya, Wen Hui, and Wen Jun had a sense of glory on their red faces. They were jumping and jumping with a medal made of kraft paper and sorghum stalks.

Qin Sanjin and Jiao Dachuan, as well as the children, smiled and gave her warm applause to express encouragement.

Suddenly, Zhang Wenya and her two younger sisters clapped their palms and leaped, their ruddy smiling faces filled with pride.

Three parents with young hearts reveled in childlike fun with their children.