National Day Reverie
Wang Mantang
On October 1, 1949, a great man announced to the world on the Tiananmen Gate Tower: The People's Republic of China was established! The Chinese people have stood up since then...
Since then, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, our motherland has ridden a thousand miles of horses every day and set off a picture. Through decades of hard work, we have developed and strengthened the country that was "poor and white" at the beginning of the founding of the country to a strong country with "strong national strength, rich and rich" today. The people living in this country are smiling happily, and their lives are blooming like sesame flowers and growing up...
I remember when I was a child, I saw a tractor passing by the street, and a group of friends were also chasing them. They also ran like strange things and said loudly, "The tractor arrived at the Nanxi River, and everyone smiled when they saw it!" Today, all kinds of motor vehicles are running like a tide on highways, expressways and even streets and alleys. How earth-shaking is the change!
Decades ago, a family lived in the same city. When it was necessary to gather for parties, festivals, etc., they had to communicate from door to door to personalize in order to know each other; and today, everyone had a mobile smartphone, and they could immediately deliver the information they wanted to tell with their fingers! Even if the relatives cannot go home to reunite at that time, they can send greetings to each other through video to achieve the purpose of reunion.
Decades ago, the supply of materials was short of. In order to prevent people's lives from being affected or less affected, the country adopted the method of allocating supplies with tickets to overcome difficulties with the people; and today, the market is booming, and there are a wide range of products. The people's wallets are so full that they can buy whatever they want. And there are only things you can't imagine, nothing you can't buy...
Seventy years have passed, and the development and changes of the motherland are changing with each passing day! How colorful the lives of the people are! How new and high-end the level of modernization and intelligence are!
I have a young lady who was born in the year of the founding of New China . Her birth, growth and change are closely related to the Republic's progress, from weak to strong. From being unable to keep warm in winter clothes, having a few meals to having enough food and clothing today, to living a happy life without worrying about food and clothing; from walking wherever you go, to wherever you want to go today, there are well-connected roads in front of you, and there are modern means of transportation, which quickly delivers her to her destination like a "light boat has passed thousands of mountains"...
She can enjoy such generous conditions, which is inseparable from the development and growth of the motherland and the strong national strength!
However, my young lady never forgets to dig wells when drinking water, and never forgets to be frugal in her life.
Once, the young lady invited us to her house for a small gathering. For the sake of respect, we arrived at her house around 11 a.m.
Just as I walked into her newly renovated house, my brother-in-law was sitting in the living room and picking up rice grains with a small handful of goblins. I was shocked.
asked, and then I realized that the rice I bought home was getting worms before I could finish eating it.
In order not to waste food, the young lady poured out all the remaining rice (about 2 kilograms) and spread it out to the sun. After drying, use a dustpan to shake it and use a bamboo sieve. Then I asked my brother-in-law to pick up the debris in the rice selection grains there... Sometimes a few of them accidentally fell on the floor, and the young lady immediately picked them up one by one and put them into the pile of rice selection... She murmured in her mouth: You can't waste a grain of food, you can't forget the roots, you can't heal the scars and forget the pain!
The young lady’s not waste, in addition to the “how much to eat” of three meals a day, it is also reflected in that she sometimes treats to guests outside. If there is a “clean” dish, she will always pack it and take it home, and it will never be wasted!
The grandchildren felt it was troublesome, and she always answered seriously and seriously: You should know that every grain of food on the plate is hard!
The grandchildren immediately said no and helped pack it immediately.
Full food and clothing, and even have enough food and clothing, is a common grand occasion for the people of the whole country today.However, to be rich without forgetting one's roots, to be rich without wasting one's own character, and to be more valuable and worth learning.
October 1 is the birthday of our motherland. In the warm celebration and the lively celebration, we still have to drink water and not forget the well digger. We must not forget that our happy life today was exchanged for countless revolutionary martyrs' sacrifices and blood; no matter how rich life is, we must not lose the fine style of hardworking, kindness, frugality and family management that we have passed down from generation to generation.
Only by not forgetting can you have roots!
Source: Sichuan Provincial Local Chronicles Office
Author: Wang Mantang (member of Yibin Writers Association, member of Yibin Nanxi District Historical and Chronicles Research Society)
Pictures: Fangzhi Sichuan
