Chapter 3: Fun Facts for Children
Daddy was plowing, and I would wait. When he finishes ploughing, I will take the oxen away and feed them.
The wait was long, sometimes an hour at a time, and I would get bored and tight. At this time, I will play with the mud in the field. This is the plain area, and the most distributed soil is paddy soil, which is heavy and rich in humus, and can be formed by kneading mud. I often kneaded the soil into various shapes, pinched a small person, and felt that it was not fun, so I pinched a pillow, a bed, and a quilt for him. He also pinched several square dice, and pointed six numbers on the surface of the dice in a decent manner. I pinched all kinds of other fruits, small animals, etc., and it seemed that I had to pinch out everything I thought I could knead. After pinching, I felt that I didn't like it, so I kneaded it again and kneaded it again. Until you are satisfied, you will be exposed to the sun and dry the next day. Then take it home and set it on the balcony to enjoy for yourself. However, the child's interest passed away all at once, and he often forgot about it. I left it for many days until I was thrown in the trash by my parents.
Before studying, I love to play the house the most. I squatted in a corner with my sister and my peers in the village, picking up several bricks and tiles. He made a large stove for cooking rice, and picked up some unwanted vegetable leaves or plucked the grass around him and used them as green vegetables. I took a plastic spoon and played the role of a chef to stir-fry, and sprinkled sand as salt on it, scooped it out and put it on the tiles when it came out of the pot, and made several dishes in this way. Afterwards, the three little boys took two small wooden sticks as chopsticks and stirred them a few times, pretending to have finished eating. It wasn't until I felt tired of playing and tired of playing that I threw them away and went home. However, we can often play this kind of small game for two hours at a time, and I feel that I am very good and have a sense of accomplishment.
When I had a TV at home, I watched ancient palace movies and found that the ancient costumes worn by those concubines were particularly good-looking. My sister and I would also imitate what we wore on TV, with a long sheet draped over our bodies, as a palace dress; Then hang a round drying rack with socks on your head as a hair accessory. Or when your hair is too long, tie it up and stick a few chopsticks or a fan. Just slip through the sheets and walk around the room like a model. I thought it was a lot of fun at the time.
I also play role-playing games with my sister. I play the emperor, and my sister plays the concubine; Or my sister plays the doctor, and I play the patient; Or I play the guest and my sister plays the salesperson. Or, the identities are reversed and played again. This kind of situational dialogue, no matter what is said, as long as the other party can catch the words, they can continue to speak.
In rural areas, power outages are common at night. It was hot, and my parents and sisters went out to cool off. The three of us naturally didn't dare to stay at home, mainly because we were afraid of ghosts. went out to play with the children in the same village, but was scared by the older brother in the village and howled. The little brother was very naughty, wearing a ghost skin mask, and suddenly appeared in front of us silently. The fright was so sudden, I just felt my heart pounding, and my heart rate increased unconsciously. Seeing that we were frightened, the little brother laughed more and more unscrupulously, and said that we were cowards. We were not scared, and then I went home with my younger siblings.
The house was too dark, and we lit a candle, so we could only sit in the chair in a daze, and when we were bored, we would rub the wax droplets that had just melted off the candle to play. Or with the help of candlelight, make a variety of gestures, under the reflection of candlelight, a clear shadow will appear on the wall, such as a horse's head, a butterfly or a heart. When I was a child, I didn't know that this phenomenon was imaged using the principle of light reflection, but at the time I thought it was very strange and fun.
When I was young, I didn't like to wash my hair, so I only washed it once a few days. I don't dry it even when it's raining, and my hair is especially prone to lice. Before I knew it, my head began to itch, and I often scratched and scratched, and it was not beautiful. My sister and I would help each other to catch lice in our hair, and when we caught lice, we would break them, and we could hear the sound of popping. When I catch one and kill the other, I feel a great sense of accomplishment and feel that I have done something great to help the other person avoid scalp itching. It's a pity that after a while, there were lice again, so I had to find an adult to help solve it. Mom bought medicine to get rid of lice, washed our hair, and slowly the lice disappeared. However, because I don't like to wash my hair, this situation will still come and go.
My mother had to let my sister and I cut our hair short, but unfortunately we like to have long hair. Looking at my sister's long hair fluttering, I think it looks very good, and I want to keep long hair. However, the mother did not agree, and said that the child has long hair and does not take care of it, like a crazy woman, with dry hair, like a chicken nest. We didn't listen, we felt that our mother was lying to us. Mom forced us to cut our hair, and we would cry. My mother had no choice but to coax her, saying that if she cut her hair, she would not only be rewarded with two cents per person, but also a pear to eat. My sister and I were very moved to hear this, and we let go of our defenses. As a result, the shaver who walked the streets and alleys shaved us bald, and after cutting our hair, we looked in the mirror and thought that the bald head was ugly. The two of them cried as they ate the pears, and the snot and tears mixed with the juice of the pears were eaten into their stomachs. After crying, I took two cents and went to the village commissary to buy maltose to eat, the maltose was sweet, and the two of them were happy to eat it, and they instantly forgot about cutting it into a bald head. Even if the two looked at each other's bare heads, they didn't mention it. Aside from looking at it, just look at the other person's face, and pretend not to be ashamed. Comfort yourself that your hair will grow back after a while.
Children in the countryside love to play and like to run and jump, and their physical fitness is very good. I get sick twice a year, but when I get sick, I feel very uncomfortable. When I have a cold, I feel lightheaded, my breathing is heavy, and my nose is so long that I feel sick. I took the paper and kept wiping my nose, the paper at that time was very rough, and after a while, my nose was red and red, and I felt stinging and tingling. But there is no way, I still have to continue wiping. Lying on the bed, I felt like a salted fish that couldn't turn over, and I was going to die. But I was afraid that if I got sick and died, I would die. So, in a hoarse voice, he called out to his mother, saying that he had a fever and a cold. Mom came over and touched my forehead, and I really felt that my face was not presentable. But my mother didn't call the doctor to come and see me, maybe to save money, maybe she thought she could cure her daughter. With her years of experience in colds, my mother took the cold medicine at home and asked me to swallow it, poured me a book of warm water to drink, and then let me sleep. I believed my mother's words, and when I was lucky, I did get a good night's sleep. When I was unlucky, I didn't feel that it had any effect, so my mother asked me to take medicine for two days to try, and I believed it, and the result was really good. I don't know if it was the medicine that worked, or if the body mechanism recovered on its own after sleeping for two days. However, there is another situation that after taking the medicine, it is not good, so my mother had to hold me, go to the small clinic in the village to find a doctor, and spend money to prescribe medicine to me.