Grandma’s song

"The New Year is coming in the first month of the year, hey-oh, my little girl is going to pay New Year greetings, hey..."

"My little sister wants to cross the river, who is going to push me? ..."

"Why don't I recommend you..."

This was originally a folk ditty popular in Sichuan and Hunan areas where men and women sang duet, and its name is "Dragon Boat Ditty".

Whenever this song plays sweetly, my heart is always filled with countless affections - national conditions, nostalgia, family affection...

Many years ago, we The family moved from Chongqing, Sichuan to Shanghai.

From the mountain towns in the southwestern part of the motherland to the metropolises in the east, there are naturally many aspects that we need to learn to adapt to and learn to accept, especially language communication. Fortunately, my parents are both teachers, so Mandarin is not a problem. My siblings and I were just kids. When we played with our classmates in Shanghai, we quickly learned to speak with the locals in the "Yangjing Gang" Shanghainese. But my grandma couldn't. Not being able to speak Mandarin, let alone understand Shanghainese, I could only do endless housework every day in a depressed manner.

No more greetings from relatives and friends in my hometown; no more laughter-filled "Dragon Gate Formation" on summer nights; no more joy from my grandma...

Sometimes I try hard to make faces and tell jokes. Wanting to make her laugh, she smiled softly and said, "Good girl, go do your homework."

Mom and Dad always buy some gifts for her. Grandma said: Don’t waste them!

Grandma used to be a lady, with a gentle and humble personality. Grandpa passed away when my mother was very young. She worked hard to raise her and us.

Now that my grandma, who has white hair and is still silently doing housework, is so lonely, the whole family feels very sad and helpless.

One day, the TV sung "It's the New Year in the first month of the year, hey - my sister wants to pay her New Year greetings..."

"My sister wants to cross the river , who will push me..."

"I will push you..." Grandma immediately put down what she was doing and sat in front of the TV, watching and listening with a smile on her face. Said; This girl is so beautiful...

Oh, the sweet local accent, grandma’s happiness, made the whole family happy!

From then on, whenever a singer sang this song, the brothers and sisters rushed to tell grandma, "Grandma, your song is here!"

So this song became our favorite The home has a new name: Grandma’s Song.

Later, my mother bought a VCD and asked me to buy a disc with "Dragon Boat Tune" and set it to "repeat".

Grandma was doing things with a smile to the accompaniment of "Mei Wa Er"...

More than ten years later, grandma left us due to heart disease!

During the funeral, the mournful music in the hall was accompanied by the cries of relatives and friends.

I said to my mother, Mom, grandma doesn’t like this tune...

Mom immediately understood what I meant and changed it to "Dragon Boat Tune".

I hope that the sweet singing voice of "Meier" will accompany my hard-working and kind-hearted grandmother into the kingdom of heaven...

A few days ago, I watched the replay of "Song Zuying Vienna Golden" on TV Hall solo concert", she sang this song solo. When she sang "My little girl wants to cross the river, who is going to push me?" The "blond and blue-eyed" gentlemen on the stage actually responded skillfully in Xiangxi slang, "I Come and push you!" I couldn't help but have my thoughts filled with tears -

The motherland is prosperous, the "girl" in my hometown has "pushed" across the ocean, and my relatives far away in heaven can Informed!