Prose of plowing cattle in the past

In the eyes of cultivators, cattle and farming are closely linked, so they are called plowing cattle. In fact, in China's farming culture, which lasted for nearly two thousand years, cattle never broke away from a farming word.

Farmers raise cattle just for the word "ploughing".

As the farming era goes away, cattle gradually fade out of the countryside. Many years later, when people mention cows again, they may not have too many deep feelings. But in the eyes of a generation of farmers, the relationship between cattle and land is closely linked, and the deep affection and cherish for cattle will always be an indelible memory of a generation of farmers.

I went home a few years ago and occasionally talked about cows with my neighbors. When asked how many people still raise cattle in the village, the neighbors said, "Now it's all mechanized, and few people have cows at home." So I started to count indicators, only two. So I smiled and said, "Cows and humans have been plowing together for two thousand years, and it's time to quit the historical stage." When I said this, I thought of some old things related to cows.

One or three uncles teach cows.

If the children in the village are naughty or disobedient, their parents will say, "Why can't you teach the same, boy?" It's the cow that has been taught! "That sentence makes people feel that the child is as stubborn as an ox. But if the third uncle in the village hears this, he will definitely interject: "It depends on how you teach cows well! " "

The cultivators call training Niu Gengdi "teaching cows" and never call it taming cows. In their eyes, cows are tame enough, and they are not lions and tigers. Why tame them? Therefore, a word "teaching" makes people feel very human and vivid. Just like educating your own children, you often compete with cows.

Uncle San is an able person in the village and a good teacher for the cattle in the village. At that time, almost all the cows in the team were taught by his uncle. Whenever the team buys a cow from the cattle market that hasn't learned to plow, or when the calf born by the cow in the team grows up and can afford it, the team will arrange someone to teach those cows to plow. Occasionally, those who have a big temper or haven't taught for a long time will be taught by their third uncle in the team. Later, simply don't let others teach, let three big ye a person to teach. According to his uncle's words, that is: "Don't teach blank!"

Usually teach cattle in winter leisure time. First, because the land is idle at this time, the cultivators are also idle. The second is to teach cows in winter leisure, so that cows can go directly to the fields in the spring next year. So choose an empty dry land, one person leads the cow and one person helps the plow. Petunias are generally veterans, and plowmen are skilled in farming. You don't need to plow too deep. If the plow is deep, you are afraid that the cow can't eat it, and even more afraid that the cow can't stand pulling the plow.

That year, the team bought a cow from the cattle market in the town. It is said that the cattle are so fierce that no one in the cattle selling team dares to do it and sells it. After the cow was bought back, no one in the team dared to go near it, so he asked his uncle to teach him. His uncle chose a good walking plow and told him not to dig too deep. So two men pulled the cow to set up a plow, his uncle led the cow in front, and the man followed with the plow. No matter how his uncle pulls, the cow just doesn't want to follow the route and always walks sideways. His uncle tugged at the cow rope, trying to make it go straight, but there was a deviation in how to pull it. Sometimes, when you are in a hurry, it will tilt its head and use its horn to top his uncle. Fortunately, his uncle pulled the cow rope tightly.

Later, his uncle finally came up with a way. He found a shabby dress, which covered the cow's head and eyes, so that the cow could not see people and the ground clearly. The cow couldn't see anything clearly, so he let his uncle walk in the field by the nose. After teaching for half a month, the cow was finally tamed. Later, the cows got used to it. When the blindfolded cloth was removed, the cow walked straight and fast.

His uncle said, "Generally, a fierce cow will work harder to pull a plow!" "

Second, second aunt misses cows.

"A grumpy cow pulls the plow harder and cultivates the land faster," the second aunt chanted.

"It's all my fault. I told you to take off your cowhide and go to war, and you died in this ditch!" My second aunt squatted by the ditch where the cow fell to death, wiping her tears and saying, as if she was sorry for a dead person.

On that day, Er Yi didn't eat, but she didn't want the beef given to her by the team to be returned. She said she didn't like the cow and killed it. She can't eat beef.

Someone came to persuade her and said to her, "that cow broke free from the yoke of the cow and went to fight." No wonder you, that cow has a bad temper. How can you hold back! "

But she just couldn't convince herself. She kept saying, "A cow with a big temper can farm quickly ..."

My second aunt was too old to keep up with the trip, so the team sent her a cow.

In the morning, she led the cow up the hill. Suddenly, a cow "Cleisthenes" in the neighboring village on the other side of the mountain barked several times. When the cow she was leading heard this, she also looked up and let out a cry of "Cleisthenes". The cow on the other side of the mountain responded. Her cow couldn't bear it any longer. She broke free from her hand and went straight to the other side of the mountain.

Two cows met, chased each other for a while, and finally caught up with the field at the foot of the mountain, where they fought.

Those are two strong male buffaloes, which are evenly matched with each other. The buffalo horn is long and big, and the fight is fierce, so it is easy to kill the cow. When the two villagers saw it, they shouted and ran over, but they were afraid to approach. So someone found a ladder and wanted to put it between two cows and separate them. Women and children, and then look around at a distance. But before they put the ladder up, Er Yi's cow was pushed onto the ridge by the cow force of the neighboring village, and pushed onto a high ridge. The ditch is deep. If the cow falls, it will break its leg, never die and never get up again.

People are in a hurry, but there is nothing anyone can do but stare blankly, and no one can intervene. As expected, the cow raised by the second aunt was pushed down the hillside and fell to the bottom of the ditch, and never got up again.

People rushed down the ditch and fished up the cow. The cow's two legs have been broken, and the remaining two legs can no longer support it to stand up. The men in the village tied the two front legs and two rear legs of the cow with two thick straw ropes, and then carried the cow back to the village with several wooden poles.

On that day, my second aunt cried all day, as painful as losing her son. She regretted it as if she had really done something wrong. Overnight, she suddenly aged a lot.

Later, the team refused to let her go to the fields or send her cattle. She is really old. Occasionally, a child passes by her door with a cow. When she saw the children holding up their bullwhip and whipping it at the cow, she stepped forward to stop it and said to the children, "This bullwhip must not fall on the cow. This cow is very obedient. All you have to do is raise the whip and shake it, and it will go very fast. "

Third, my father said farming.

"The cow is very obedient. All you have to do is raise the whip and shake it, and it will go very fast. " Father often says so.

Every time I go to the fields, my father's bullwhip is always held high, but it never falls on the cow's back. All over the mountains and slopes, all you can hear is the long shouts.

That year, I came back from school and learned to plow with my father. Father said, "When plowing, you don't have to work too hard. Just walk beside the plow. You can't walk in front of the plow or fall behind it. " Walking in front of the plow, the plow will be too deep for the cow to pull; If you fall behind the plow, it will stick out of the ground and won't go in. "I don't believe it once. I tried, and here's the result.

The first time I learned to plow, the plow was crooked, so I shook it desperately, thinking that I could straighten it. Father said, "When you help the plow, don't look at the plow, look at the cows.". As long as the cow doesn't deviate, the plow won't go anywhere. " I muttered to myself: there is still so much pressure to learn a plow!

I have a bad temper. Once, I thought the cow was running slowly and wanted to hurry it up, but after shouting for a long time, the cow just couldn't run fast. I'm really impatient to follow the cow with a plow. I'm going to whip the cow Seeing this, my father came over and threw a whip from my hand. He said angrily, "that whip is not for you to whip cattle, but to scare them." As long as you shake the whip, the cow will rush forward with all its strength. " After that, he glared at me and said to me, "If you pull a plow, you still have to find the tip (bullwhip). You can stand it! "

I listened and thought to myself: am I your child or your child?

On that occasion, my father picked up the discarded bullwhip, asked me for a plow, and plowed the half acre paddy field by himself.

As long as I can remember, it was very cold in winter. Occasionally, when it was sunny, my father took the cow out, fed it fleas, and accompanied the cow to bask in the sun. Once, my father said to me, "Buffalo is big and strong, and it can walk fast when plowing.". If you are impatient, you'd better use buffalo when plowing. " If you use scalpers, you can only wait patiently! "

I listened and looked at the cow stupefied.

Fourth, distant memories.

No matter the ox or the buffalo, no one can understand the feelings and feelings of the cultivators towards the ox.

That year, the fastest cow in the team got old and the team wanted to sell it. That cow has been kept at home by seven aunts. On the day when she was robbed, seven aunts gave up half a mile of land and accompanied her tears all the way.

When I was a child, I once took a cow into the mountains and set it free. On the way back, I suddenly remembered the shepherd boy riding a cow in the Chinese textbook. So I climbed on the back of the cow and wanted to ride it. Unexpectedly, I was lying on the back of a cow. When Niu Yi was walking around, I slipped off the back of the cow and my ass hurt.

When I was a child, all those memories related to cows were gone. But the simplicity and massiness of that cow will always be engraved in my heart.

In recent years, many cows have disappeared in the mountains, outside the mountains and on the slopes. When asked, the cultivator said that after all the cows were sold, Niu Gengdi was no longer needed, so he didn't want to spend much time raising a cow.

Yes, the relationship between the tiller and the cow has always been maintained on the same word. It is not only a closeness, but also a feeling.

I was feeling sorry, but suddenly I didn't know whose daughter-in-law it was, so I picked up a stick and chased out the door. I yelled at the child while chasing: I think you are as stubborn as an ox. ...