(a)

In winter, Xiaoyizhuang is boring, but it is also warm and lively. Even a few northwesterly winds blew, and the branches of the trees in the village turned into bare arms. The withered grass by the small pond also turned from golden yellow to gray yellow, and there were a few places that were scorched black, which was the result of the wildfire set by the urchin.

On a sunny day, there are occasionally three or five skinny dogs wandering on the stone-paved road; Occasionally, there were one or two villagers wearing torn jackets, arching their shoulders and squatting under the sun at the entrance of the Xiaoyizhuang bus station to catch lice.

If it were cloudy, and the northwest wind blew the branches of the trees, and the clouds ran through the sky like fast horses, there would be no sign of anything alive on the road, and the whole village would be as gray as dead.

Because there is an early bus at the bus station every day, Zhu Xinghua has to get up and wash before dawn. After eating the poached egg and scallion oil noodles that Xu Guiying made for him alone, he carried a boiling water bottle and stepped on the ice slag, and went to work against the cold north wind.

Early one morning, Zhu Xinghua went out as usual, and Baal also watched his master go downhill as usual until no one was seen.

As he passed by his vegetable patch, he noticed a large group of dogs lingering in the field. He wondered: Where did these ten or so dogs come from on such a cold day? Why do you gather here early in the morning?

Zhu Xinghua was about to step forward and shout to drive away, when he suddenly found that this group of dogs looked more pointed in jaws, thicker tails, and fiercer eyes than the home-bred Baals, and they were uniformly wolf yellow.

"Not good! It's the wolf coming. Zhu Xinghua was shocked; At this time, the wolves also spotted him and watched his every move. The two sides faced each other silently at a distance of twenty or thirty meters.

There are few pedestrians on the village road on a winter morning. First, because of the slack season and the ice and snow, the villagers are happy to stay in the warm quilt for a while, anyway, they are basking in the sun and chatting; The second is because getting up late can also save the ration for one breakfast, and two meals can be made together.

When the wise man wins on a narrow road, Zhu Xinghua knows that the opportunity to test his courage has come.

He slammed the boiling water bottle into the wolves, then turned and ran in his own direction. He ran and shouted, "The wolf is coming!" The wolf has entered the village! ”

At that time, in addition to the eldest daughter Zhu Yuliang in Jiyang and the eldest son Zhu Zhili in Jurong, Zhu Yushan, Zhu Yuzhen, Zhu Zhihui, and Zhu Zhicheng were all at home, because the school had just had a winter vacation.

Xu Guiying, who was cooking sweet potatoes on the fire, heard her husband's shouts and immediately told her children to get up to meet the enemy.

Zhu Zhihui and Zhu Zhicheng didn't have time to put on their padded jackets, so they picked up the guys and ran out; Xu Guiying led Zhu Yushan and Zhu Yuzhen to arrive with basins, kettles and so on.

Then, the people from the neighborhoods also came with hoes and shovels......

It is said that this group of hungry wolves took great risks to go down the mountain to forage for food, but they did not find food early in the morning, but they were coldly attacked by a boiling water bottle bomb. Before they could understand what was going on, a large crowd had already arrived.

The shouts of demonstrations and the sound of "ping-pong" frightened the wolves. Seeing that the situation was not good, the first wolf fled and fled, and the wolves followed closely and fled back to their lair in the mountains.

(b)

When Zhu Zhicheng told Wen Jing about this wolf exorcism operation, her little face looked excited and frightened.

She was excited that she seemed to be involved in this battle, and her fear came from Zhu Zhicheng's intimidation: "Do you dare to go outside alone in the future?" Beware of being taken away by wolves! ”

Wen Jing likes to listen to Zhu Zhicheng, a high-nosed, big-eyed, and vibrant little uncle, tell many beautiful stories.

It's just that this little uncle, who is not a few years older than his niece, loves to play tricks on Wen Jing, sometimes rolling his eyes at her, and even lifting her high and then slamming her on the quilt. Therefore, Wen Jing usually tries to avoid him when she can, unless he is in a story meeting.

Compared with her uncle Zhu Zhicheng, Wen Jing admires her second uncle Zhu Zhihui more. Zhu Zhihui is gentle and silent, and there is always a touch of shame on her red face, and she is more shy and afraid of life than a girl. Zhu Zhihui not only did not bully Wen Jing, but also took good care of her, like an uncle.

Once, Zhu Zhihui went to Xiaoyizhuang Bus Station to pick up Wen Jing and go home, and there was goose feather snow outside. This young man with a delicate heart carried Wen Jing on his back, but he was afraid that her calves would be cold, so he bent her legs and clamped them under his squeaky socket, and then said, "Jingjing, you have to hug my neck!" ”

When everything was ready, he shouted "rush", and rushed into the snow world with Wen Jing on his back.

At that time, this back posture made Wen Jing feel very uncomfortable, and Zhu Zhihui's running made her internal organs misplaced; But she understood the kindness of her second uncle, so she endured the discomfort and let him carry home.

In terms of emotional intimacy, Wen Jing and her aunt Zhu Yuzhen are naturally the deepest. Because Zhu Yuzhen stayed at home the longest, she spent the most time with Wen Jing.

As long as Zhu Yuzhen is at home, she will take Wen Jing with her, whether it is to take a bath in the army bathhouse or go to the army auditorium to watch a movie, or go to her classmate Guo Qianqian's house to play, she will not leave Wen Jing alone once.

Once, Zhu Yuzhen took Wen Jing to the army to watch the feature film "The White-Haired Girl". When Wen Jing saw Huang Shiren hugging Xi'er and Xi'er struggling to escape, she asked Zhu Yuzhen: "Auntie, what are they doing?" ”

Zhu Yuzhen "shh ”

But Wen Jing still doesn't understand, why is Huang Shiren bullying Xi'er when he hugs Xi'er?

Another time, in the cold winter wax moon, Zhu Yuzhen took Wen Jing to the army to watch the model performance. Halfway through, Wen Jing said that her stomach hurt and she wanted to have diarrhea, so Zhu Yuzhen took her to the toilet.

After going to the toilet, she noticed that her little gloves were missing, so she looked everywhere; When she couldn't find the little glove, she cried in agony......

"Don't cry! Auntie will give you gloves again, and if you lose it, you will lose it! After Zhu Yuzhen coaxed Wen Jing and sat down in her position, the performance ended.

When I returned home, it was snowing heavily. Afraid that Wen Jing would catch a cold again, Zhu Yuzhen took off her scarf, tied it on Wen Jing's head, and then ran a few miles on her back before running home.

Indeed, at that time, I followed my aunt to the army to watch movies and performances, which became Wen Jing's best memory when she was in Xiaoyizhuang.

(c)

In addition to having a close relationship with her aunt, Wen Jing is also very clingy to her second aunt Zhu Yushan.

Among the six brothers and sisters of the family, Shu Zhu Yushan and Zhu Zhihui are the most gentle and supple, and they can be called a pair of well-behaved girls who are the most worry-free for their parents. Similarly, the person who makes Wen Jing's favorite and most daring to be presumptuous is also Zhu Yushan.

After graduating from high school, Zhu Yushan was hired as a substitute teacher at Xiaoyizhuang Primary School. That year, Zhu Yushan saw that four or five-year-old Wen Jing was bored at home, so he took her to the primary school class, trying to make her read and write as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, Wen Jing saw that the students were reading the text in the morning, and they also made strange noises along with the noise; Zhu Yushan was lecturing on the stage, and Wen Jing made small movements and grimaces below, so that Zhu Yushan couldn't help but laugh when he spoke; In addition, Wen Jing either broke someone's eraser or tore someone's book......

There was no way, Zhu Yushan had no choice but to bring this unenlightened demon king back home.

In the years of Xiaoyizhuang, Wen Jing was not only afraid of her grandmother, but also afraid of her uncle Zhu Zhili.

As the eldest son of the Zhu family, Zhu Zhili is only four or five years younger than his sister Zhu Yuliang, and he is the only one who has the same childhood memories with Zhu Yuliang.

After Zhu Yuliang got married, Zhu Zhili naturally took on the responsibility of sharing the worries of his parents and disciplining his younger siblings on behalf of his parents. Therefore, he is like a deputy parent, don't say that Wen Jing is afraid of him, all his younger siblings are afraid of him.

Once, probably Zhu Zhicheng, the child king, beat another little friend, and the parents complained to Xu Guiying, so angry that Xu Guiying picked up the broom and chased after his son, but Zhu Zhicheng ran faster than a rabbit.

Xu Guiying scolded viciously: "Grandma, look at how your eldest brother cleans you up when he comes back!" ”

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Zhili came home on Sunday, Zhu Zhicheng was firmly tied to the pillar and gave his eldest brother a strong beating until his two front teeth were knocked out alive...... Fortunately, Zhu Zhicheng still has a chance to change his teeth.

When Wen Jing saw this scene, she was naturally frightened and silent, and even had nightmares.

Because of this incident, Wen Yuanfang specially wrote to persuade his father-in-law and mother-in-law: "Yuliang and I both think that it is very inappropriate to let Zhili discipline your younger brothers and sisters on your behalf, because after all, they are siblings and equals.

Moreover, it is a new society, and the patriarchal system of the elder brother like a father in the past and the education method of filial piety under the stick are obviously outdated.

Children should be educated when they make mistakes, but it is not advisable to beat and scold them at every turn, because this will not only not play an educational role, but will cause children to rebel against ......"

Maybe Wen Yuanfang's words have a bit of weight in the family, and such domestic violence incidents have never happened again.

Although Wen Jing was afraid of Zhu Zhili, Zhu Zhili still loved this niece very much before she had her own small family.

Once, Zhu Zhili took Wen Jing to play in his own factory in Jurong County, bought her new clothes and shoes, and asked the barber to cut her doll head.

After cutting his head, Zhu Zhili found that Wen Jing's little ear was a little bloodshot, so he quarreled with the barber and almost beat someone.

(iv)

In Wen Jing's memory, in the winter of Xiaoyizhuang, digging a cellar to store sweet potatoes is a more interesting thing.

Whenever winter comes, Zhu Zhicheng builds sweet potatoes in the cellar that can only accommodate one person, and Zhu Zhihui and Wen Jing hand him sweet potatoes on it...... They put several large baskets of sweet potatoes in the cellar, then spread straw and covered them with wooden lids, so that they could eat as they pleased......

When Wen Jing grew up, the sweet boiled sweet potatoes became not only a breakfast that she never got tired of, but also a memory that she could not erase.

The climax of the winter in Xiaoyizhuang is naturally the New Year, and the prelude is to eat Laba porridge.

For as long as Wen Jing can remember, she remembers that every year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, her grandmother Xu Guiying would cook Laba porridge. This laba porridge is made by mixing glutinous rice, brown sugar, and 18 kinds of dried fruits. Among the dried fruits, there are red dates, longan, walnuts, ginkgo seeds, almonds, chestnuts, peanuts, raisins, etc., and the small ones have various beans and sesame seeds, which are very sweet and delicious to eat.

Xu Guiying cooks a big pot of laba porridge every year, which not only eats it for the whole family, but also distributes many to the neighbors before and after.

Xu Guiying said: This Laba porridge was originally boiled by a Buddhist temple to offer to the Buddha - eighteen kinds of dried fruits symbolize the eighteen Arhats, and later this custom was popularized among the people, because taking this opportunity to clean up the cupboard and cook these leftover fruits for everyone to eat, it is also a good way to save.

As soon as you have eaten Laba porridge, you will start the New Year mode.

First of all, Xu Guiying, with the assistance of the sisters Yushan and Yuzhen, had to make several large baskets of steamed buns, steamed buns and fat cakes all night for several days, and then steamed them in the basket. The steamer is all made of bamboo, with bamboo on the edges and bamboo in the steaming drawer; The inside is covered with a cage cloth, stacked on top of each other, and the steamed noodles are so fragrant that I can't say it. After the pastry is steamed, it is stored properly...... It seems that the noodles that the whole family wants to eat all year round are concentrated in the New Year.

Secondly, Xu Guiying wants to make seventy or eighty pairs of new cotton shoes that the whole family wears in the New Year, implying a new road in the New Year. The recipients of these new cotton shoes certainly include Zhu Yuliang, Wen Yuanfang and Wen Jing.

In addition, Xu Guiying also had to loosen and renovate the already stiff padded jacket at home. It was no easier task than making shoes, and no one could help her, because she was the only one who had the skill.

Of course, the highlight of the New Year is to kill the New Year's pig. It's only once a year, so who wouldn't take it seriously?

Every year on the afternoon of the New Year's pig, several men come to Zhujia, grab a fat pig and tie it up, and carry it to a dirty case.

The pig began to howl loudly and in a low voice, singing a violent elegy to himself with the last of his strength. The butcher stood beside its head, and rubbed the knife triumphantly and slowly on his sleeve, so that it could sing more and longer; Then, with a slam of the knife, the pig's blood squirted into the enamel basin that had been prepared below.

After the pig's blood was released, the men worked together to lift the pig into a large pot of freshly boiled water, and began to shave the pig's hair, and a foul smell spread......

After killing the New Year pig, Xu Guiying led Zhu Yushan and Zhu Yuzhen to start making the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Before eating Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhu Zhili burned cypress branches on the ground, and the house was filled with the fragrance of cypress juice; He took another bundle of sesame straw and scattered it on the ground.

Wen Jing asked, "Uncle, what does this mean?" ”

Zhu Zhili said: "Well, let your feet crush them, and take a 'stepping on the year' auspicious." ”

At this time, Xu Guiying lit a handful of incense, raised it above her head reverently, and lowered her head to chant silently. Then she put a stick of incense on the door knocker, on the grain hoard, on the stove, and on the pigsty.

Then, Xu Guiying led Zhu Yushan and Zhu Yuzhen to bring out sausages, smoked fish, chicken, duck, fish, meat, dumplings, etc. and put them on the table of the Eight Immortals, calling on everyone to start enjoying the most sumptuous meal of the year.

Next, the whole New Year is basically eaten or eaten.

When it came to the Lantern Festival, the families lit up the four glass palace lanterns, and there was a very elaborate carved lantern, which attracted the children of the neighbors to watch. When the candles in the lamp were almost finished, Xu Guiying would bring out a new candle and let the children light it and replace it.

After eating the Lantern Festival, the year is over.

A person's childhood is only ten years. And this decade of seemingly graffiti on the blank title page of life has precisely set the tone of a person's life's destiny. Whether Wen Jing realizes it or not, the bits and pieces of her experience in Xiaoyizhuang have already penetrated into her blood, emotions and future.