Hometown Feelings (Essay)

My hometown is in a small mountain village with lush trees. Although there are beautiful scenery, there are also wild animals from time to time. I remember one summer noon when I was a child, my brother and I went to the mountains to play. We walked along an eastward-flowing river, and before we knew it, our stomachs growled. We looked at each other and realized that they had left in a hurry and forgot to bring lunch. So I cried and asked my brother to find food, but where can I find food on this barren mountain? My brother comforted me and said, be patient and go back to have a good meal. Because I am young, I am very determined to my brother whether I have food or not. I said, "My stomach is stuck in my back. We can't go home if we wait any longer. Besides, there will be no food in such a good place, right? " In my imagination, I always think I will find something to eat here, because the mountains here are so beautiful, and I have heard the story of how the old people here fight hunger. My brother was helpless, so he had to look for something to eat for me everywhere. He first went to the hillside to dig the roots of wild vegetables, and because there was no tool to dig, he went to the river to look for them. I squinted and sat on a big stone, thinking about the upcoming delicious food. I feel unspeakable sweetness in my heart.

Just when I was quiet in the boundless fantasy, I heard my brother shout, "Oh, my God, what is this?" ? Tashi, come and see what footprints are these? "I sat on the stone and thought: Hum, you also play the game of' Wolf' with me! He pretended not to hear and ignored him. At this time, he quickly ran to grab my hand and was about to run home. I knew he was lying to me, so I pretended to cry again and clamored to see what was there. He had no choice but to take me to see it.

You can clearly see the footprints of several washbasin-sized people on the mud by the river! Only then did I know that my brother didn't lie to me. The terrible thing finally happened: I've heard of savages here before, and today we met them! I wanted to run, but my brother called me from behind, and I didn't have time to answer.

My brother didn't catch up until I ran home out of breath. Grandma asked us what happened. We rushed to say that we met a savage today! Grandma's face changed at once, but she was calm again. I saw her make us a bowl of ghee milk tea, and then served highland barley fried noodles. Then she smiled and said to us, "Where are the savages here?" That's just a cow's hoofprint. "Hearing this, I retorted," Mom, that's definitely not a cow's hoofprint. Besides, the footprints of cattle are not that big. "I don't believe it. I said it must be the footprints of a savage! Brother dared not speak, but stood quietly. After a while, grandma said, "Stop talking and eat quickly. After eating, you go and drive the cows away. "

At this moment, Dad came back from stocking, and I immediately flew over shouting, "Dad, I have bad news for you." Dad smiled and asked me, "What's the bad news? Look at you. " I looked at the tent mysteriously and whispered to him, "Today, when my brother and I went to the mountain to play, we found the footprints of a man the size of a washbasin. We said it was a savage's footprint, but grandma said it was a cow's hoof print. Why don't you tell us what footprint this is? " Dad's brow wrinkled slightly. Instead of answering my question directly, he said to the grandmother standing by, "Tell them? What if you don't tell them what happened? " Grandma nodded and said to us, "All right, I'll tell you, but you must listen carefully. You two can't go to the mountains to play casually in the future, because there are bears and leopards on the mountains. What you see today is the footprint of a bear. " I opened my mouth in fear: "Wow, there are bears and leopards here?" ! Why didn't I know before? "Dad said," I told you I was afraid you were afraid, so I didn't tell you. "At this moment, I only heard my grandmother say," We used to have many wild animals here, such as deer, musk deer and rock sheep, but it was because of these bears and leopards that they ran away and died. Very few now. "If you don't listen, let them eat us, what can we do? ! "My brother and I nodded solemnly and said," We know, and we won't run around again! "

Autumn came to the grassland in my hometown ahead of time, and we also came to the grassland in winter with the change of time. Not only do we not have to live in tents here, but we can also watch TV and listen to the radio. It's really like going to the carefree Shambhala. On weekdays, our life is generally like this: get up in the morning to wash, then milk the cows, cook the milk for breakfast after milking, then let the cattle and sheep run, eat and play heartily on the grassland after breakfast, tie the sheep and calves when coming back in the afternoon, and then have dinner, watch TV and sleep. However, life that year was not so peaceful. That afternoon, the thick breathing of animals came from the forest, which made people panic. Dad told us that it was a bear's snoring, and it might be attacked by a bear tonight. We are too scared to sleep.

Sure enough, by midnight, the bear's roar was getting louder and louder. Grandma held me trembling, looked at the cloudy sky and said to her father, "Let's make a fire quickly. I heard old people say that wild animals are afraid of fire. " So Baba simmered around the sheepfold with a bundle of firewood. After the fire was lit, he took out the semi-automatic rifle distributed by the township government and fired several shots into the air. After a while, the roar around died down, and I fell asleep in a daze until I couldn't hear it anymore.

I woke up the next morning and heard someone crying in the distance. I looked for the sound and saw a family crying around the sheepfold. I didn't know until I asked. Last night, the bear went into the sheepfold and ate some of his sheep. Hearing the news, I turned and ran home. I want to tell ABBA and them the bad news as soon as possible.

When I got home, I told them the news quickly. Dad went to that house immediately after hearing it. When he came back in the afternoon, he told us that those bears were too powerful last night. The family had already made preparations: several fires were burned around the sheepfold, and from time to time they knocked around the sheepfold with broken iron drums and shouted. But those bad things are not afraid of fire or people at all. They jumped over the fire and ate in the sheepfold, regardless of the pursuit of their families. When he left, he accidentally killed a few sheep that were in the way and drank their blood before leaving. Suffering from the lack of guns, my family wanted to borrow guns from my house, but they were afraid of danger, so they could only watch them eat happily.

Dad said bitterly, "I'm going to catch all these hateful things and see what they can do here!" " "

The next morning, Dad asked some promising young men to ride horses and shoot bears. I watched them disappear at the end of the grassland and hurried home to light butter lamps, praying to the Bodhisattva for their safe and early return!

My mother and I have lived together since they left home. My grandmother won't let my brother and I go out at all. Of course, we are obedient. We listen to grandma every day and never do anything against it.

It was not until the twelfth day after dad left home that we heard from them that he accidentally slipped down the hillside while chasing a bear and was injured. Now he is healing. The three of us discussed going to send some dry food to dad, but who will go? I was young, I had never walked that far, and I didn't know where they were. My brother is nine years older than me and has never been to that place where there is snow all the year round. Grandma knows that place and has been there, but she can't leave us because we are afraid that something will happen to her on the road and we will have an accident at home. So no one can go! While we were discussing, our neighbor came in from the outside. He said, "Aka, they have been walking for more than ten days. He is injured. I want to see them. Do you have anything to say or to replace? " We are all very happy to hear the news. Grandma said gratefully, "We are also discussing how to meet them. Now we can give you something if you want to go. " . Thank you very much "The guy red face said," aqua old, still suffering for our whole village outside. "Only when we have the strength can we sit at home and make a fool of ourselves. I should thank Aka, thank you! " He took the backpack with medicine and dry food from his grandmother and said, "Don't worry. Wait for our good news! " Then he rode away.

I looked at grandma's confused eyes and felt that her burden was too heavy. We should try our best to share her sorrow, so I discussed with my brother and drove away the cattle and sheep. However, grandma didn't let us go at all after knowing it, saying, "You can't go, the mountain is very dangerous now!" " "But in order to help grandma, we insisted on going. Grandma had no choice but to promise us to go, but she sat up where she could see us and waited for us to come back.

When we came to a hillside, we saw several goshawks (also called vultures) flying on the top of the mountain. My brother said to me, "Tashi, look, what are those eagles doing?" I said, "you drive the cows away first, and I'll come back after a look." I ran to the mountain. When I climbed to the top of the mountain, I was shocked by what I saw: there were many vultures the size of calves of three or four years old sitting on the top of the mountain, and hundreds of eyes flashed fierce and cunning eyes at me. At this time, my hair stood up with a clash, and my body seemed to have taken a cold bath! But I don't care so much, because I haven't figured out what they are doing-my goal has not been achieved yet! So I let out a loud roar, hoarse, like a wolf roar like a tiger roar, scared those monsters to lie on the ground to hunt. I looked up at the sky and counted the monsters: 28! 28 monsters, each with wings as big as a dustpan. They looked down at me in the sky, just like a tiger watching a delicious meal! I searched for a while where they had just landed, only to find a dead horse there. They skinned the horse and ate all the internal organs. I walked around it several times, read the "six-character mantra" for a while, and prayed that it would reach the kingdom of heaven safely!

After praying for a while, I caught up with my brother and drove the sheep home with him. In the evening, after we watched TV programs, I went to the yard and looked up at the sky, praying that God would stop playing tricks on us. I wish ABBA and them an early and safe return, and I wish the three animals no longer suffer!

At dawn the next day, people in the village rushed to run and talked about it. The man who said he was going to hit the bear came back. They captured a wolf cub. Our third mother also rushed to the township government: wow! There is such a beautiful thing in the beast! I looked at it as if my beloved toy had been broken by others, and I felt a sense of loss and guilt, which occupied my excitement and pride just now. I silently said to myself or others: "man, why are you so cruel?" ! Wild animals can't help eating three animals. Eating meat is their nature. Can you change it? ! If they have food every day, do they still need to steal other people's animals secretly? "

Just then, someone said, "Let such a small wolf cub go." Someone echoed: "Yes, people and animals are the same. What if the wolf comes back? Let the wolf go back to the mountains before he gets into trouble. " Another person interjected: "Yes, let go. What a poor little guy! " Dad came over slowly, stroked my head with both hands and asked me, "Tashi, I want to hear your opinion." I stared at his slightly old face and said loudly, "Dad, I want to eat wolf meat!" " "He looked at me for a long time as if he had never seen me before, and said," Tell me why? If that's the case, I'll kill the wolf cubs for you to eat! "I hugged his leg and said with a loud voice," As the old saying goes, Tibetan dolls are good people, and riding horses doesn't need hurdles. I ate wolf meat today, and I will fight wolves, bears and leopards tomorrow. I will finish everything that is harmful to people. There should be no problem saving my life in danger? " Dad brushed my forehead hair gently and said to me, "I see what you mean." I'll send someone to release it right away. " After that, he bent down and held me in his arms and said to the people who came to watch the excitement: "Dear folks, the reason why our ancestors were enemies with wild animals was because the weapons in people's hands were not advanced and people's thoughts were not developed. Now we have advanced technology and more complicated thinking. Lambs should kneel when they feed, and crows have the grace to feed back. Tell me, are we doing the right thing? We are all people with children. What would you think if we gave our children to wolves or bears? What would you do? "The villagers immediately said in unison," Let go, let go! "I saw the villagers dancing happily in ABBA's arms. Dad smiled and kissed me hard on the face and said, "Now you should be happy!"! " "

When I got home, it was time for lunch. I saw that the table was full of rich meals, so I ran to ask my grandmother, "Grandma, why is the lunch so good today?" Whose birthday is it today? "Grandma said mysteriously," today is just an ordinary day, nothing special. "I don't believe it, just ask ABBA and my brother. They all said they didn't know. I have no choice but to ask at dinner.

Finally, when it's time to eat, I asked while eating, "Grandma, if it's not anyone's birthday, it must be a special day." Right? "Grandma stroked my hair and said," To tell you the truth, your father has been away from home for more than 20 days. If you eat badly every day, you will still get hurt. Now he should mend his body when he goes home! "In addition, you take this poor little wolf cub back to its hometown. It's really' saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda'. Wow! Do you understand this? " I quickly put a few pieces of meat in a bowl for my father to eat and said, "Should I do this?" ? ! "The laughter of our family suddenly flew out of the house and floated to the clear sky and green grassland! Love, affection, and the most selfless heart are all produced in the process of talking and laughing. Grassland has nurtured us and given us a broad mind and a kind and selfless heart. Ah, the grassland is really great!

When night fell, I was walking on the green grass. The red sun at noon turned into a golden sun in the evening, and the distant peaks were extraordinarily quiet and elegant under the cover of sunset and mist. The saplings in the nearby fields are more lush and strong against the setting sun, and the birds' songs are equally pleasant to listen to. In the villages of Ran Ran, cooking smoke rises from people's roofs, and it hovers over people's heads like a dragon for a long time, unwilling to leave. At this moment, I suddenly heard my grandmother singing rye and calling me home not far away. She was afraid that I would meet a bear if I stayed out late, so she expressed her meaning by singing rye. I answered several times and then ran home quickly. I have always been a very obedient person!

The next day I entered the twelfth lunar month. Like other families, we are all preparing for the off-year holiday, but we can't see our sister studying in the county. My sister used to come back with my favorite food at this time. Why not come back this year? On this day, I ran many times on the hillside behind our house and didn't see my dear sister. Finally, I didn't wait for her when it was too dark to see my fingers. I went home and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, but I was suddenly awakened by a "shua shua" sound. I looked up and saw nothing in the dark room, but the sound was obviously coming from outside. Grandma asked calmly, "Who is it?" I heard a voice outside quietly answering, "It's me, Saizangcao." Grandma quickly got out of bed and opened the door after hearing this voice. I quickly got up and looked at my sister who was about to come in, missing me day and night and making me delicious food! My sister came in from the outside, only to find that she was carrying a big cardboard box and a big aluminum pot with branches. In this cold winter, her head is steaming. Dad quickly got up and made her a bowl of hot milk tea, and grandma quickly cooked for her. As for me, I ran to the carton picked by my sister long ago and began to turn left and right to open it like a greedy cat. After a while, my brother who slept next door heard the sound and ran over. After my sister finished eating, I took her hand and came to the carton. My sister bought very little this time, and I hate her a little: why didn't she buy me more delicious food? She knew I was waiting for her every day, but she just tricked me into going in. Is this the sister I've always missed? Don't! I scolded her in my mind and went to bed in a rage. I think: as a student in other places, my sister will definitely bring me a lot of things I want to eat, but she looks down on me and hates me if she doesn't take them!

After getting up the next morning, I saw my sister coming to me with a book. I turned my head angrily and ignored her, but she still came up to me and said, "Tashi, my sister didn't have the money to buy delicious food when she came back this time, but she bought you a copy of" Four Two Dials a Thousand Jin ". Don't you particularly like this kind of books? ! "I turned my head to ignore her. But just then, my grandmother came up to me and said, "My sister is so poor. She hasn't eaten anything to buy you a book in the car for more than ten hours. " Can you treat her like that? "After hearing this, I shook my head. Hey, me! On this day, my brother and sister and I have been studying that book. Because I can't understand the above content, I need their help to understand it.

It's the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year will be celebrated in two days. Adults in every household in our village are busy preparing for the New Year, while other children in the village and I practice martial arts with books bought by my sister every day. One day, the third bus driver said to me, "Tashi, would you like to be our host?" I can't wait to answer: "Good!" But what I didn't expect was that I couldn't understand the content of that book at all. How can I teach them kung fu? Therefore, the word "master" can only exist in the heart, not elegant!

In a blink of an eye, it was the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month. Dad writes couplets and my brother and I stick them on the door. My sister's task is to help grandma cook for the New Year. Dad drank horses, cattle and sheep and went to worship his ancestors. When we finish these chores, it will be time for the lights to shine. At this time, our family sat down around the table to have a New Year's Eve dinner. The traditional New Year's Eve dinner in China is jiaozi. Of course, we also eat delicious jiaozi wrapped in beef and mutton on New Year's Eve. In the process of eating, I can't help saying some polite and auspicious words. For example, jiaozi said something to let my parents eat first, and said some auspicious words to give my parents three cups of New Year's wine to show good luck and all the best. Besides, I not only want to bless my younger brothers and sisters, but also busy collecting "lucky money" from my parents. After dinner, we gathered around our parents and asked them to tell us stories. Until midnight, our whole family took the fireworks bought by my sister and went outside to let them off. At that time, ordinary people didn't have fireworks, only those who worked or studied in other places did, so when we set off fireworks, people came to see those strange things. How happy and proud I am to see so many people gathered in my yard! Look, I can set off fireworks at home because my sister is studying abroad! Since then, I have set myself a goal: when I grow up, I want to be a scholar and a respected person!

In our customs, the activities during the Spring Festival are generally arranged like this: after breakfast on the first day of the first month (it should be around four o'clock), we will go to worship Ebo (Ebo: after putting stones on the top of the mountain, branches will be inserted. Of course, the prayer flag will always be tied to the branch. At this time, we took snow pine branches, hemp, Ciba, buttered milk tea, mulberry noodles and firecrackers to the top of the mountain. When I came to Ebo, my grandmother put the hemp she brought in the stove to simmer mulberry, and then covered it with some cedar branches (hemp is a small shrub used for ignition, and cedar branches cover it to ignite cedar, and wet cedar branches will emit a lot of smoke. At this time, the grassland is full of mulberry smoke, vultures all over the sky and conch bursts. While adding cedar branches to us, she greeted us: "Come and add some!" "We, including my father, also came to the mulberry stove to add cypress branches, then opened the highland barley wine, took out the sticks used to worship Ebo for decades or hundreds of years, dipped them in wine, spread them around and read prayers. Turned around and read it several times, knelt on the ground and began to kowtow. At this time, I am still chanting in my mouth, praying for a safe and happy life after one year, Tashildler! After knocking over your head, turn the Ebo clockwise (and sometimes carry the scroll). This form is called turning to pull, which means that everything that everyone prays for will get good results in the process of turning. It varies from person to person, and it can be three or five laps, or dozens or hundreds of laps. After a while, we put firecrackers on the upper and lower feet, because we were afraid of setting firecrackers on the top of the mountain to anger the mountain gods and punish all beings! It was completely dawn, so we all went home for breakfast.

After breakfast, I started one thing I must do on the first day of the first month: travel! This ceremony is very special: it is to drive all three animals in a family or village to a place with abundant water and grass, and take out the dry food prepared last year to feed them. At this time, the three animals were very happy. They cried and danced, as if celebrating the Spring Festival. Even some scary guys came around to grab dry food! After feeding each of the three animals, they should be driven around the bonfire, and sometimes a few cannons should be fired to celebrate. It can also be said that the year of declaring good luck to all things in the world has begun again. May everything in the world not suffer, such a beautiful world!

When we come back from our trip for dinner, our younger generation will pay a New Year call to our elders. When you arrive at your elders' home, you should first say "Old Sazang Mao" (Happy New Year) and then kowtow. As soon as the elders saw us, they all smiled and took out the already prepared New Year gifts and distributed them to us. Of course, money every year is indispensable! After dinner at the elder's house, we sometimes stay and sometimes go home. Of course, we usually go home, because we will pay a New Year call the next day.

When I was a child, adults usually went to pay New Year's greetings. Now that adults are old and inconvenient to move, the task of paying New Year's greetings falls on us. In order to inherit the fine tradition of the Chinese nation, we, as children and grandchildren, go to every household to pay New Year greetings. This kind of New Year's greeting lasts about 15 days after the first month, and sometimes it doesn't end until early February. Of course, there are many festivals to celebrate during this period, for example, the fifth, seventh and fifteenth days of the first month and the second day of February.

After the Spring Festival this year, I only heard my father lightly sigh and say, "It's another year. We should also start from this year. " Grandma echoed softly: "Yes, another year has arrived. The children are going to study outside, leaving only two old people. I am happy and sad when I think about it! " I don't understand what they mean, but I understand: from that day on, our brother and sister will leave home to study far away, and our parents will be busy again!

This is a love song from the bottom of my heart when a wandering stranger misses my old grandmother, homesickness and the mountains and rivers that raised me in the distance!