Four seasons of childhood

I don't know how many sleepless nights there are, but I always miss my childhood life scenes. Although the material living conditions at that time couldn't catch up with the present, I still couldn't stop my enthusiasm for life and the motivation to find happiness.

In spring, everything comes back to life. After school, I'm in no hurry to go home. Instead, I asked several students to look for mushroom buttons in the field south of the school (a kind of green bristlegrass, the top of which is wrapped in leaves, which tastes very sweet and smells like grass), and then I went home with a bag full of mushroom buttons while eating, which was particularly satisfying. At that time, the mushroom button was me

After the mushroom season, willows sprout and elm money comes out. While elm money is tender, I always look for elm trees all over the village. At that time, I was brave and smart, and even dared to climb the biggest tree. I first put a handful of elm money into my mouth, which is called refreshing. Then I took the elm money home and asked my mother to make a pot. Besides eating money, don't forget to fold some wicker. My thumb and forefinger hold one end of the wicker and twist it hard to separate the outer skin of the wicker from the wooden core in the middle. Then I took out the wooden core, made a large and small wicker whistle and knitted a wicker hat. Occasionally, a few cattail flowers or peach blossoms will be decorated on the hat, which is called a comfortable game.

In late spring and early summer, the lotus flowers in the lotus pond began to sprout, the Sophora japonica bloomed and the mulberry trees began to turn from blue to purple. At this time, I will carry a shovel and a small shovel at home, and then go along the lotus pond to find the lotus. The thicker the lotus, the better. After finding the lotus root bud, dig down the lotus root bud. Generally, you can dig lotus roots when you dig to 30-40 cm. In order to prevent the shovel from digging the lotus root, when you are near to dig the lotus root, slowly dig along the growth direction of the lotus root with a small shovel, so that the whole lotus root can be dug out. Lotus root is most suitable for ginger. Cut the dug lotus root into pieces, heat the pot with oil, add Jiang Mo and dried red pepper, stir-fry until fragrant, then add lotus root slices, stir-fry the pot with balsamic vinegar for several times, and add a little salt to serve. Take a bite, fresh and crisp, salty with the unique sweetness of lotus root. In addition to digging lotus roots, picking Sophora japonica and mulberry is also one of the essential activities when I was a child. In the past, there were many mulberry trees near the lotus pond in the village. I always dig lotus roots and go to the mulberry tree to find black and purple mulberries, grab some and put them in my mouth. This is sweet and really touched me.

When I can take a bath in the river in midsummer, my fun comes. First, I ran to the lotus pond and stepped on the lotus root. In the waist-deep place of the lotus pond, I found a stout lotus root bud, and I walked down it. When I step on the position of lotus root, I arch forward with my toes along the growth direction of lotus root. Then I plunged into the water several times and shook the lotus root until it was completely pulled out.

As the weather gets hotter and hotter, the lotus flowers in the lotus pond bloom one after another. At this time, it is the season to eat lotus root, chicken head rice and water chestnut. At that time, children were all self-taught, and water chestnut and chicken head rice were all cooked by themselves, and they never needed the help of adults. When cooking water chestnut, salt and alkaline noodles are added, mainly to remove the skin of water chestnut, so the slightly tender water chestnut does not need to be cooked. This kind of water chestnut has not been converted into starch, and it tastes crisp and refreshing. Picking lotuses is much more interesting, because when picking lotuses, I always make myself a suit with lotus leaves and wear a hat. When picking lotuses, of course, I don't forget to pick some lotuses and insert them at home, which makes me feel beautiful instantly.

Summer is also the season to catch fish and crayfish. On weekends, I always go to the fields in the north of the village with a few friends, find some ditches, make some ridges, scoop out the water, leave a ditch of miscellaneous fish and take them home. At that time, it belonged to the pot of miscellaneous fish stewed by my mother.

The wild game that can be eaten in autumn is black Tim Tim and mushroom fruit. Because I can't get used to that taste, I set my goal on the vegetable garden in South Lake. At that time, no matter whose land it was, as long as they saw a radish, they would pull it out. It was also very harmful at that time. Whenever you pull a small radish, you always plant it back and then pick another one to pull it out. Fortunately, I just took a bite, pulled one or two at most, and occasionally someone saw it and didn't get angry. At most, he told me not to pull out carrots at his house next time.

Everything withers in winter, and there is not much to eat, but shepherd's purse is definitely the best choice. Holding a basket and a small shovel, you can dig a basket in the open space north of the lotus pond without going far. When I got home, I cleaned it up, chopped it up, mixed it with scrambled eggs, spread it on pancakes, folded it in half, and then put it on hazelnuts and fried it on both sides. Take a bite. It's delicious!

I think the reason why I miss that time may be because people and society at that time were relatively simple. Although material life is not good, it is easy to satisfy. Children in rural areas are basically in a state of stocking, which also allows us to better experience the real nature. At that time, after school, everyone played for a while before going home. The most spectacular thing is the door of the fourth uncle's house in the north of the primary school, which is separated from the school by a road. Most students will play in front of his house after school. The most common ones are playing with gold ingots (a quadrilateral toy folded with paper) and drawing gyroscopes, which are made of ink bottles and glass balls. Sometimes when I go home after the game and my parents haven't come home, my brother and I will feed pigs and cook at home until my parents come back.

Life is not what it used to be, and people and society have become very complicated. Looking at the children now, I am a little worried. Their spare time is either various cram schools or playing mobile phones. Most of them have poor self-care ability, which makes me feel that their childhood is not complete. At the same time, it is deeply regrettable that those childhood games, such as playing gold ingot, rolling hoop and playing glass beads, have not been handed down! Of course, society is developing, but at the same time of development, inheritance should also be integrated into development. Strong social development and continuous inheritance should be the best outcome.