Laodun’s Memories Prose

In my hometown, there are names called Mancun, Mancang, and Manliang. They are all names from the past era. At that time, when old people named their children, they would first consider having enough food. These names mean that the store is full of grain, the warehouse is full, and the storehouse is full of grain. Later, the Mancun, Mancang, and Manliang all grew thicker and thicker, and they became more and more like "cun" and "cang". Now that I think about it, I still think it is really interesting and has the significance of the times, so I want to write about this old hoarding story.

When it comes to hoarding, everyone who has lived in rural areas knows that at that time, almost every household had hoarding. It would make people laugh if any family lived without hoarding. The degree of wealth depends on whether you hoard big or small. sign. A kun is a utensil for holding grain, made of bamboo strips, wattle, etc. Most of the kung in my hometown are made of wattle. When I was a child, I often saw it in a corner of the not-so-bright room where grain was stored. , there is a round, big thing with circles and circles of mat foil surrounding it. At first, I didn’t know its name. As I grew older, I learned that it was called a hoard, and also understood its purpose. It was used to hold wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, etc. When I saw its black appearance, I also understood its purpose. I know that it has gone through many years. Later, I stood in the middle of the store and helped my parents load food into the store. When the store was almost full, I came out of the store and added layers to the store. Then I put the food in the store. Although I felt a little tired, I was very happy because the store was full and I had no worries about eating for a year.

Laodun is probably the largest utensil in the countryside. Although it looks ordinary and has no attractive appearance, it has a broad and tolerant heart, just like its shape. , has a "big belly that can accommodate" the mind, silently tolerating the crops in the fields. Thinking about it carefully, the role of hoarding is really not small. It can hold food all year round, especially when new food comes down, it is constantly replaced. . When the wheat is harvested in the summer, the old grain is poured out of the hoard, the hoard is cleaned, and fresh wheat is poured in one bag after another. When it is almost full, it is folded with mat foil. , after loading the new wheat, put the remaining wheat from last year on top and seal it. In autumn, we still follow the same method and put the harvested corn, sweet potatoes and other things into the hoard. This is the farmers' ration for the year.

The Spring and Autumn Period in the store records the spring, summer, autumn and winter of the farming season, carries the joys, sorrows and joys of the farmers, and always touches their sensitive nerves. The amount of food in the store is a symbol of the family's Not knowing how to live is related to the daily life of the family in this year or period, and it truly reflects the joy, anger, sorrow and joy of the family. In the countryside of that era, you may not envy the wealthy hawkers, but you must not ignore the inconspicuous hoard in the corner, because it contains the hard work of your ancestors, the hard work of your parents, and the hoard of every family. This is a story that embodies the emotions of the farmers and keeps the family warm, well-fed and hungry. I had a deep feeling when I was a child. Whenever I saw my grandma coming out of the room where she kept the store and sighing "Alas, alas", I knew that maybe there wasn't much food in the store. , I heard the sighs one after another, and I felt uncomfortable in my heart; and when I saw grandma coming out of the east room with a smile and talking cheerfully, it might be that the food in the store was full or the food was out. When I reach the tip, I will feel happy and happily go to the east room to see the old store. Laodun also has a secret, just like "the wealth of the family is kept secret". Generally, outsiders are not allowed to see how much food is in their hoard. When I was a child, I just took advantage of the adults not being at home to visit this house and that place. If you look at the food in your hoard, you can tell who is rich or poor.

Speaking of Laodun, I heard a beautiful legend when I was a child. It was said that the mistress of a family in my hometown suddenly found a snake curled up in the hoard one day. It was startled at first. , but did not scream or call anyone to beat it, as if nothing happened. After a while, a miracle happened. His family ate the food in the hoard every day, and it never decreased. Keeping the original position, later, the matter spread, and almost everyone in the village knew about it, and this matter no longer worked.

I remember when I was a kid, I would have something delicious and I wouldn’t want to eat it all, so I would put it in the store. When I take it out to eat the next day, I will feel rich, and adults will I can boast that I really have a plan.

I also put the unripe persimmons in the store and buried them in the grain. When I take them out in a few days, I will see the red persimmons. They taste really sweet. Things stored in the store will not go bad easily. I arrived I don’t know the reason now, maybe it’s Laodun’s little secret.

At the end of this article, I thought of full hoarding, full warehouse and full grain again. Thinking about it now, when the country and society were in poverty, even though the name was called "Mancang", the food at home was not full, and the family was even poorer than others. And in the new era of happiness and beauty, there are no longer names named Mancun, Mancang and Manliang, but every family has a full store of food and a full storehouse of happiness.