As I walked through the underworld, I noticed that there seemed to be fewer and fewer people here, and the further back I went, there were some low houses, which looked like the yellow mud rough houses I lived in when I was a child, and they were as dilapidated and old as they were.

In my time, I believe that many of my peers who were born in rural families may have seen or lived in this kind of house, which is plastered with yellow mud on the outside and has walls made of stones.

I can't remember what kind of grass was used on the roof, because I was too small at the time, and the windows were made of paper, and in the winter they had to be glued with plastic sheeting, but even that could not stop the cold winter in the Northeast.

It is also like this folk saying to describe the Northeast, there are four monsters in the Northeast, that is, the reverse leather jacket hair is facing outward, the window paper is pasted outside, the big girl holds a cigarette pouch, and raises a child to hang it, and this window paper paste outside, is one of the "Kanto Ten Monsters".

It is pointed out that in the past, the mountain people were very poor, and most of the houses were mud and grass houses, and most of their windows were wooden lattice windows, so they had to be pasted with paper to keep out the wind and cold. Paste on the outside can protect the wooden window from rain corrosion, wind and sun, and prolong the life of the window.

In fact, this peculiar custom is the product of adapting to the cold climate and folk customs of Northeast China. The Northeast region is known to have cold winters. The indoor stove is mostly used for heating, so in the harsh winter, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is very large.

Under these conditions, window paper becomes a tool for separating hot and cold spaces.

If the window paper is pasted inside, the frost outside the window will melt when the indoor temperature is high, and the water will flow to the window paper and the window sill, which will not only easily make the window paper fall off and leak, but also cause the rot of the window wood.

Therefore, the people of Northeast China who have lived in this environment for a long time have come up with the wonderful practice of "window paper pasted outside" in Northeast China, whether the window paper is neat or worn, and it is also a sign to measure whether the life of a family is good.

In my memory, I used to live in this house for a long time, until after my sister was born, my mother said all day long that my dad you see that everyone has built a house, and our family still lives in this thatched house, so my dad had to say build a house when he drank wine, and at that time to build a house in the countryside, how could it cost thousands of yuan, how could there be so much money in the family!

My dad has not written a report since the formation of the production team, everyone else has gone to the sea to do business, and the individual is engaged in the individual, my dad is a weak scholar who has read half a lifetime of books, saying that he has no power to tie the chicken, he still has such a strength is not to do farm work and not exercise, my dad after that time after drinking how to build a house.

It was winter, and he went around the mountains to pick up stones, and the big stones rolled down the mountain without moving, and then used a sledgehammer to break them and use them to lift the walls, and I was already in school at that time, and I remembered that I also went to the river with my father to pick up stones, and every day after school, I would pick up some wires for the family.

The people in the village praised me and said that I "will definitely be able to live a good life when I grow up in the future", so my father prepared the stones for building the house, and went to the mountains to cut down a piece of wood to make beams.

My mother went back to her parents' house to "borrow money from everywhere" and finally got the money to build a house, and the two of them bought cement, and as for the sand by our big river, "how much we wanted", the two of us worked hard to prepare things.

Find a lot of neighbors to help, to say that the countryside is so good and the human touch is very heavy, as long as you open your mouth will definitely come to help, the old and young masters don't want you to eat or drink, can give a scene to make a lot of effort, until now I am very grateful to the people in our village that the feelings are really nothing to get back.

This house is finally built with the help of the old and young masters, the tiles of the house are also up, the windows are also installed, and the northeast kang is also installed, and the glass is ready to be installed, so that people can live in it.

As long as I have a house, I don't have to worry, although my house is not big and very dilapidated, but my parents spent half their lives to complete it little by little.

It wasn't until I was in my 20s that aluminum doors and windows were installed at home, and every time I thought about it, I wanted to cry!

They have saved nothing all their lives, and the only thing they have left is this house, which is what my parents have often said to me after many years.

Talking about this day, it was the middle of the summer night, my mother went to the fire of the new house as usual, so that the dampness could be dried early, my mother walked to the doorstep of the house and just went up a few steps, oops!

Jumped down, it was summer when people like to come out to walk and sit and chat after eating, just happened to meet the old Baotou in the village passing by my door, everyone in the village called him a happy person, a generation has not done tiring work, the old Baotou said to me Oh mom, what are you shouting about?

It scared me out of my head!

My mother said that my family has a long worm, and the long worm is a snake in the Northeast, where is the old Baotou said?

At that time, it was a little difficult to see because it was late, and my mother pointed to the tail under the steps and said, Uncle, don't you look at that?

I thought it was a wooden stick, why is it so long and thick, the old baotou hit the guts and walked in to see it and smashed it in the mouth, saying oh mom!

It's really a long worm, it's the first time I've seen such a big long worm at such a young age, and all the people in his neighborhood have been attracted to see it.

I saw that the tail of the long worm was under the balcony of my house, and the head was in the windowsill and I couldn't see how long it was, and everyone said to my mother! Note: Attainment here refers to the meaning of cultivating to achieve positive results.

At this time, the Bao Tai Grandma in the crowd came out to speak, to say that this Bao Tai Milk was particularly famous in our village when I was a child, she was a "barefoot doctor" when she was young and would deliver the baby, my sister was delivered by her, and she could also ask God to send God, everyone knew that she could dance the big god and her popularity was very good.

In our village, the surname Bao is a big family, basically there are many people surnamed Bao in a village, unlike my father, which belongs to the later no roots, she is amiable and high in the village is particularly famous, when she was alive, she often came to our house to find my mother, and said that my mother is kind and can get good rewards in the future.

Mrs. Bao came out and said that you are a great immortal who has cultivated into a positive fruit, "Let's go, don't scare the child", and asked my mother to quickly pray and let this Chang Immortal go quickly and let my mother set up an incense burner bowl, and give it incense and offerings every New Year's Day and the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, bless our family to be safe and wealthy, my mother said according to Mrs. Bao's words a few times, and sure enough, the long worm was crooked and crawled into my house.

My mother saw how this could work! Hurriedly called out to my third uncle and uncle, several big old men went into the house and turned over, the beams, the bottom of the pot, the stove, the window, tossed for a long time, the front and back of the house should be found in the place that should not be found, such a big snake did not find where it went!

Everyone said to my mother, Xiuzhi! You have a good heart! This is Chang Xian who came to your house to bless you, until many years later, my family and I were wondering where the big snake had gone?

It is said that the snake has reached a certain "age", but it can be big or small, it will change, and some snakes also have a crown, like a rooster's comb! In short, in the folk these "magical legends are many", as for whether there is one, the monarchs also ask "the benevolent to see the benevolent, the wise to see the wise"!

Later, my mother had to incense this immortal every fifteenth day of the new year, until she encountered an incident much later.

Let's talk about this later, but then I looked at the thatched houses, and there were a few people in the houses, and some of them were empty, and they were eating and beckoning me to eat, and I saw that the fish on the table were so dark!

When I was hungry, I sat down and ate with them, and I didn't taste at all when I ate this fish and meat.

I couldn't eat it after a few bites, and hurriedly said that I was full, thank you, and those people didn't say anything and nodded and continued to eat, I thought to myself, why don't people here like to talk?

I walked a few more thatched huts and went in to have a look, oops!

I went inside, and there was a human skeleton lying inside, and I was looking at the thatched hut where it was still distinguished, and it was clearly a dilapidated coffin.