What do sparrows eat?

In the rural hometown, there is a hill behind the village. In front of the mountain is a wasteland, with potholes, so it is impossible to grow crops. Weeds abound in winter, but grass seeds are particularly rich. You can see groups of sparrows looking for grass seeds in the grass with round bellies. Because people's footprints are everywhere on the mountain now, there are temples on the mountain, and people often go up the mountain to burn incense and pray, so there are no raptors and sparrows around, so they are all around.

Speaking of sparrows, I am familiar with them. No matter spring, summer, autumn and winter, there are twenty or thirty sparrows in our yard, especially in winter. Because there is nothing to eat on the slope, most of them wander in the village, perch under the house rock at night, and some live in the bird's nest flying south. This year, my swallow was driven away by sparrows. When the swallow comes back in spring, he still knows its nest, but the sparrow won't let him know. They fought each other for a few days, but they couldn't beat the swallow alone. Because there were many of them, the swallow was forced to leave, and the sparrow lived for a long time. This seems to be a joke. This is a fact. I saw what i saw. As for what the sparrow eats, I also know that it also eats insects, food and vegetables, and basically eats everything. In the past, it was counted as four pests, and the superiors also called for the collective elimination of sparrows. Now, its role is greater than this, and it has become a protected bird.

When I was a child, the beach in front of the village was covered with weeds. In winter, the grass is yellow and all kinds of grass seeds are ripe. Several of our good friends often go to the riverbank for picnics, and ride two or eight flying eagles to the riverbank to start a large group of sparrows eating grass seeds. The sky seems to have changed color in an instant. It's snowing. The temperature at that time was much colder than now. Now the lowest temperature in winter in Anyang is MINUS seven or eight degrees. Forty years ago, it was twelve or thirteen degrees below zero. Therefore, the snow can't melt for ten and a half days after it snows. Sparrows can't find food. When they see something to eat, they are desperate. We boys set off again, holding a dustpan or sieve in the wilderness with a stick and pulling it with a rope from a distance.