childhood memories

Has everyone let the cows go? Cut pig grass, cook pig vegetables, feed pigs, and chop wood up the mountain.

In the WeChat chat group, my 89-year-old sister posted the above question.

The following reply, no, no, no.

Only me, the answer is yes.

Suddenly began to miss my childhood.

The days at that time were long and simple. Life is poor, but happy.

When I was a child, my hometown was in the rural areas of southern Shaanxi. The name of this village is Tiangou Village. There are fields and ditches. On both sides are a row of houses built by ourselves. In the middle is road+ditch+field. Behind the house is a hill, not a slope.

The village is also very simple. The left hand side is basically the Pan family, and the right hand side is basically the Chen family. There are several immigrants who moved in earlier years, surnamed Wang. But in order to integrate into the village, he also recognized michel platini, a Chen family member. So, climb up, everyone is a Pan Chen.

There is a strange phenomenon in our generation. The Pan family has many sons; The Chen family has many daughters. Therefore, judging from the strength of the village, Pan Jia is stronger than Chen Jia.

But there were several intellectuals in the Chen family at that time, so the actual right to speak in the village was still in the Chen family.

Among them, my uncle's family is the center of power.

Uncle has been an old party member for many years. He was a village party secretary when he was young. All the big and small issues in the village are discussed on the uncle's courtyard dam. Because there is no dam in my house and the terrain is limited, I used a dam with my uncle. In this way, we have witnessed the big and small things in the village since childhood.

My uncle's son, Da Die, is a teacher in our village primary school (then a private teacher). He writes well, so he also works as a document in the village.

Well, two important posts in the village are occupied by my uncle's family.

Uncle also opened a shop and a grain store. Uncle's second daughter-in-law (my second mother) had the ability to cut hair when she was young and opened a barber shop. Life is thriving.

However, the old woman was unlucky and died young. I was still very young at that time, and I don't know the specific reason.

After Da Die got married, he separated from his uncle very early and built a house there.

Grandpa lives with the second father's family. Over the years, the old house has been renovated, rebuilt and renovated. Now it is a three-story building with a big backyard. Compared with the small bungalow built by my family more than 30 years ago, it is already very rich.

Tell me about our Chen family.

My great-grandfather was still alive when I was young.

At that time, in grandpa's generation, only he and an aunt were alive.

Great-grandfather is my grandfather's biological father; Grandma is the second grandpa's aunt; Grandpa and grandpa four are brothers, but their previous generation is no longer alive.

Great-grandfather, great-aunt, uncle and grandpa four's father, they belong to brothers. The previous generation were all the same parents.

So, grandpa, Sir Zhong, my grandpa (the third) and grandpa four are cousins. Dear Cousin, * * * has the same grandparents.

My great-grandfather has five children, one son (my grandfather) and four daughters (my fourth aunt).

Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa four and three brothers live in the front and back rooms; Grandpa two lives at the head of the village, one group; We are two groups, belonging to the village belly position; There are three groups above, the end of the village.

Also because the second grandfather lives far away, he doesn't contact much at ordinary times, and he only contacts when something happens. So I don't have much contact with grandpa's children. The second grandfather has two sons, Da Die and the second father; Daughters, I only know one aunt.

However, this uncle and grandpa four live in the front and back rooms and are familiar with each other.

Grandpa has two sons and two daughters; Grandpa four has 1 son and 4 daughters; Grandpa has three sons, 1 daughter.

Dad, in their generation, there are 13 cousins. This is the configuration of the parents of this big family.

In our generation, there will be more children.

Uncle Da Die has three children, 1 son and 2 daughters; The second father has only 1 son; Mr. Da Die, two sons; Second master and second father, 1 son, 1 daughter; Grandpa Kang has two daughters. For us, there is more.

Father is the eldest, with three daughters, 1 son; My second father, two daughters, 1 son; My third father and two daughters.

In our generation, there are 19 * * people in Grandpa, Sir Zhong and Grandpa Si's family.

If we count our cousins, we have nine.

Every year, because Mr. Zhong's home is far away, we don't celebrate the New Year together. Then came Da Die and his second dad from the uncle's family in Tuannian; Our family, two fathers, three dads; Fourth master's house, father Kang. Six families celebrate the New Year together. I have been eating since I got up in the morning, and I am late in turn. It's getting dark at night. Let's go to the graves of our ancestors.

There are many young players, so when I was young, on the day of the league year, every family had to prepare two tables. A table for adults and a table for children. Of course, there are too many children, so we go to other homes for dinner. There are no things for our girls, only boys give us food. We just eat at home and are prepared by our own families.

It was a happy time. At that time, because of poverty, I could only eat a lot of dishes that I couldn't usually eat during the New Year. Such as chicken feet, pork head, sausage, shrimp and fish. ......

Now it makes my mouth water.

Ah, I miss being a child.