Brother's "family portrait"

This is a "family photo" of my brother when he went home to visit relatives during the Spring Festival more than 40 years ago. The old man sitting in the front row is my mother, and my father has long since passed away.

Shuang miao xiang, Xianju County, was later his father. He is knowledgeable and clever, and often writes small prescriptions to treat people. In 1930s, when he was bullied in his hometown, he took his children and came to Hanggai band Village in Xiaofeng County with anger, and took refuge in his friends. At that time, the war was raging, the traffic was inconvenient, and the hardships of the journey could be imagined.

He left Shuangmiao and walked along the mountain road to Haimen, which is now Jiaojiang City. It's Shanghai's turn to go to the sea, and Huzhou's turn to go to Shanghai's small. I landed at the pier of Yin Chao Bridge, spent six yuan and hired a small sedan chair, carrying my sister and brother behind it. He picked up his luggage and followed my mother and walked to Hangzhou on foot. The road was bumpy for more than a month. I was born in Hangzhou a few years later.

He is a farmer, but he can't do farm work. He lives by casting nets and fishing. There is a creek beach in Hanggai band, which is the upper reaches of Xitiao River. There are various aquatic animals such as red eyes, yellow tail, catfish and crucian carp in the pond of Xitan. In one morning, you can catch dozens of pounds of fish with barbed wire. At that time, people were poor and fish were cheap, and only 23 cents a catty was sold.

During the summer vacation, my brother took me to swim in the river every day. There are many birds on the creek beach. I often climb trees to catch birds. Know the nature of fish in the water and the sound of birds near the mountain. I know all the habits and looks of these birds, but I can't name them. I didn't know their names until I grew up: egret, pond heron, heron, night heron and old stork. Because they have long legs, they are wading birds, so people nicknamed them, long-legged herons. There are also wild ducks, mandarin ducks, brook spirits and red-billed green magpies.

Wild geese line up in the sky. The captain leads the way, calling twice from time to time, telling the children to stay close and not to fall behind. They are passers-by in a hurry. They never come down for dinner or stay in the shop.

Now, their descendants are rowing cruise ships on Xianshan Lake in Changxing, and some of them are still operating farmhouses by the lake, diversifying their businesses, leading a leisurely and comfortable well-off life, and they are no longer willing to go to the countryside to live the hard life of their parents. However, on the other hand, the environment is polluted now, and birds can't be seen on Xitiaoxi. During the big steelmaking, all the trees were cut down. Their homes were destroyed and the "food chain" was broken. How can they feed their families?

Speaking of animals, let's talk about it.

The Chinese nation is a disaster-ridden nation. Since the rebellion of Long Hair, Changxing has a population of 360,000, but Long Hair failed. There are only more than 20 thousand points left in Changxing, none in Guangde, and Anji and Xiaolai are similar. The reason for a large number of layoffs is not only war killings, but also hunger, disease, flight and so on caused by war. In the next hundred years, many people came from all directions. They are in rags, and in order to open up mountains and forests, they settled and multiplied in Hangjiahu area.

The first immigrants came from Luoshan and Guangshan, Henan province, which suffered from drought, flood and war. They left Dabie Mountain, took their children, worked and begged all the way to Changxing and Anji, and occupied fertile land, residential areas and mud brick houses. There is no chimney in the kitchen to prevent fire. Wenzhou people are actually Minnan people. The ancestors of these people came from Fujian to settle in Pingyang, Wenzhou. After the civil strife in Changmao, it moved from Pingyang to hilly areas such as Changxing, Anji and Yixing. The hut they built is like a rice bucket, with water on all sides and no chimney. Bamboo and fruit trees are planted in front of and behind the house. My eldest daughter-in-law is from Pingyang and Minnan. Anqing people came a little late and had to settle in the mountains. Ask Jiangpai in Shuikou if you don't believe me. People in northern Jiangsu have no fixed place to live, fishing, catching shrimps and touching screws, and taking boats as their home. Their descendants built villas in Jiapu Aquatic Village. Ship owners engaged in water transportation and became workers of Changxing County Transportation Company after liberation.

Most ancient towns in Hanggai band are also strangers. After liberation, like these people, I also got a field, a house and turned over. Politically, he has turned over, and economically, he is still poor. When I was in middle school, I walked five miles on the mountain road and had no money! Rich people go, too Because there is no highway. There are only a few hundred students in a county middle school. Therefore, most of the white-haired old people in rural areas are illiterate. My brother is a teacher with a salary of 30 to 40 yuan, so he had to resign and go home to farm. I often send him some money from the post office. One year, I gave him 200 yuan at a time, and he tore down the hut and built three tile houses. At that time, money was durable and divided.

Now, my nephews are all married, so they don't need to eat, wear or remit money. Their third protector, my name is Xiao Taigong. Parents and brothers have no worries. They lie in the ground all day and sleep late, unwilling to get up.

Label: Family photo brother