Night talk丨Heavy snow: Life is full of scenery in all seasons, and we meet you again when the snow falls

When the flying flowers come out of the house

Sit and watch the green bamboos turn into green branches

December 7, 2020 at 0:09 am

The third solar term of winter, "heavy snow", has quietly arrived

The midwinter season has officially begun

This is a solar term full of poetic and picturesque

So far

< p> Winter is already halfway through

The snow is like broken jade hitting the earth

The proud plum blossoms are blooming quietly

About winter

< p> The El Ni?o phenomenon does exist. One of the most obvious examples is that the current winter is not as cold as it used to be. The winters of previous years passed by so casually, making people wonder whether they are happy or worried. In winter, I am still responsible for sending my daughter to school at noon. Occasionally, I will see the ice in the puddles on the ground that has not yet melted. The thin layer looks very fragile, not like ice, but more like a piece of plastic paper. I asked my daughter if the ice was thicker when her mother gave it to her in the morning, but my daughter was not impressed. In fact, she has never seen ice growing on the ground before, that kind of thick and solid ice.

When northerners come to Jiangnan for the first time in winter, almost everyone stares at you with deceived eyes and says, why is it so cold? Why is it so cold here? People’s misconceptions about winter in the south of the Yangtze River come from nowhere. Just as when I went north to study, my family was worried about whether I could withstand the severe cold in the north. But one day in November, I discovered that the dormitory toilets on the campus of Beijing Normal University were not even heated. The film was also sizzling, which made my fear of the harsh winter disappear.

In my memory, winter is always very cold. The northwest wind howled outside the window for three consecutive days, and the coldest part of winter came. Mother took out the cotton-padded clothes for a family of six people from the camphor wood box. The cotton-padded clothes, cotton shoes, hats and scarves for six people. Whether you like it or not, we must wear winter clothes that smell of camphor wood. Whether you like it or not, we must wear winter clothes that smell of camphor wood. If you wish, you must go to the streets to welcome the coming of winter.

Winter is coming, and people on both sides of the street have closed their wooden doors that were open in the other three seasons. A street that originally had no secrets has to reveal its mysterious face. It's actually just as cold indoors as it is outdoors, and people with nothing to do are sunbathing in the open space. This is talking about the weather when the sun is out, but many days in winter are actually cloudy, the air is humid, and the sky is leaden. Everything seems to be brewing a larger conspiracy about the cold, and the weather forecasts on cable broadcasts are time and time again. Confirming this conspiracy, the broadcaster was hiding somewhere and told everyone in a calm tone that the strong cold air from Siberia was moving south and would reach the Jiangnan region tomorrow.

The smell of winter may not be considered a smell. It is clear and pure, and sometimes brings sour irritation to the nasal cavity. The potholes on the streets are covered with thick ice. Especially in the days after snow, passers-by come up with various tricks to deal with the ice and snow on the road. Some people like to tie a straw rope to the soles of their rubber shoes to prevent slipping, while children use The ice and snow on the road were looking for fun for themselves. They wore cotton shoes and slid across the icy road, thinking that it was called skating. There is a proverb in Jiangnan that dogs are happy when it rains and snows. I don’t know what the basis is for that. Very few people on our street keep dogs. I don’t see any special behavior of dogs in rainy and snowy days. I always feel that this proverb is more suitable for children. Children’s behavior in winter The mood is depressing and lonely, but a heavy snow often suddenly changes the boring and difficult nature of winter. After the heavy snow, the children rush out of the house and school. Just like the rock singer Cui Jian sang in the song, they want to spread out in the snow. Go wild and create a picked-up festival for yourself.

My first memory of snow is not building snowmen or snowball fights. It’s a bit boring to say. I squeezed a large handful of snow with my hands, shaped it into an ice bowl, and put it in an ice bowl. Preserved in a broken tea vat, I had a vague idea in my mind to preserve that piece of ice until spring and make it a unique treasure. As you can imagine, a few days later I took the teapot out of the pile of briquettes and saw that there was nothing in the teapot, not even the melted ice water left, because it had seeped into the coal from the holes in the teapot. Gone in the pile.

The weather of melting snow is disgusting. The sun is shining high, but the whole world is wet. The ice on the eaves is always dripping water on the street without any hurry. The road is clearly black and white, and the sewage all over the ground is quietly flowing into the manhole, while the remaining white snow is still stubbornly resisting. The streets are in a mess as if the war has just ended, and the annoying ones are those overly diligent housewives. The weather has just cleared up. They hurriedly hung out clothes, sheets, diapers and other things, leaving a white street in a mess.

Winter comes around the time of heavy snow, or comes in the middle of heavy snow. The Jiangnan folk proverb says that a sloppy winter solstice will lead to a clean year, which means that you are willing to sacrifice a winter solstice to have a clean spring festival without rain or snow. People's requests are often fulfilled by God. I remember that the streets in the winter solstice are always muddy. Jiangnan people regard the winter solstice as a festival. Every household drinks some oriental sake and eats yokan. I don't know where it came from.

Once I took the bottle to the grocery store to buy Japanese sake. The wine smelled really good, so I secretly drank a few sips on the way. When I got home, my ears were red, and the back of my cotton-padded clothes was splattered with specks of mud. I was severely scolded by my mother. Now I don’t remember whether my mother scolded me for the smell of alcohol in my mouth or scolded me for making my new cotton-padded clothes so dirty. Anyway, I felt wronged, so I got into the room and sat on the bed. Unknowingly, I got drunk. He actually fell asleep on the bed.

Everyone says that Jiangnan is good, but no one says that the winter in Jiangnan is good. I always have a mediocre feeling about seasonal temperatures, and I hope that one day the climate here will be like Kunming in Yunnan, with spring-like weather all year round. I don't like winter, but when I think of a winter in the past, I was walking on the way to school with my neck curled up, and suddenly I heard the sound of strings coming from the teahouse on our street. I walked over and saw the steam behind the window glass. A group of elderly men sat behind a greasy tea table, each holding a cup of hot tea, and listening to a man and a woman's Pingtan storytelling. They didn't look cold at all. I thought at the time, these old guys are quite content. It's fun, now I still remember the warm scene in this winter. I think if I spend the winter like this, winter will be a little interesting.

Reader: Beichen

Poetry · Heavy Snow

Bai Xuege sends Judge Wu off to Beijing

(Excerpt) Cen Shen

The north wind blows and the white grass breaks, and the sky is full of snow in August.

Suddenly a spring breeze came overnight, and thousands of pear trees bloomed.

Translation: The north wind sweeps across the land and blows away the white grass, and snow falls in the wild areas just after August. Suddenly, it was like a spring breeze blowing overnight, and thousands of pear trees seemed to be in full bloom.

Snowy Night

Bai Juyi

I was surprised that the quilt pillow was cold and the window was bright again.

Late at night, I know the snow is heavy, and I hear the sound of breaking bamboo.

Translation: I was surprised when I lay on my pillow at night and saw the light from the white snow shining through the window. Late at night, I knew it was snowing heavily because from time to time I could hear the sound of the snow crushing bamboo branches.

Fisherman's Ao·It is known that spring has arrived in the snow

Li Qingzhao

It is known that spring has arrived in the snow, and the winter plum blossoms are dotted with beautiful branches.

Her fragrant face is half-opened and charming.

In the courtyard, the beauty takes a bath and washes off her new makeup.

Fortune may be more intentional, so the moon shines brightly.

***The bounty respects the green ants,

Don’t be drunk, this flower is not comparable to other flowers.

Translation: The world is covered with snow and silver. In this silver world, a winter plum tree is dotted among them. The plum branches covered with snow and hanging ice are crystal clear, and the plum blossoms pinned to the branches are plump and delicate. It is from the plum blossoms blooming proudly in the snow that people know that spring is coming. The plum blossoms are just beginning to bloom. They are so delicate and fragrant, just like a beauty who has just taken a bath and put on new makeup in the courtyard.

Nature may also have a preference. She loves this delicate plum blossom as a foil, so that the moonlight is so bright and clear, spreading all over the earth. Let's raise a glass and have a drink. On this occasion of the full moon, we can taste the wine and appreciate the plum blossoms, and get drunk before resting. You know, all the flowers are as beautiful as this plum blossom.

Snow is poetry

May winter be wonderful

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