Some old objects have the mark of time to accompany you to grow and mature. When you see it, you will think of a certain clip, a place, or a person. These memories are like stars in the sky, fragments but extremely beautiful.
1 days ago, Han Jihong, who is in Luolong District, has a small chair that has been sitting in the house for more than 40 years. He witnessed his unforgettable childhood and his father's hard work and ability.
"This little chair gives us girls a lot of face"
The small chair has a simple structure, forty or fifty centimeters tall, the backrest is made of several round steel bars, and the chair surface is the size of an A4 paper. Due to the erosion of time, the paint in many places has peeled off. If the main body of the small chair is full of vicissitudes, then the cushion of the small chair has a modern beauty: the red and yellow plush cushion has a bright red lace around it... an ordinary small chair dressed like a beautiful girl who is about to get married, which shows the owner's cherishment and love for it.
Han Jihong said that every once in a while, she would change the cushion of the small chair and "dress up".
Han Jihong was born in the 1970s. According to her recollection, there was relatively scarce of daily necessities at that time. A few wooden boards were nailed to make a stool. This small chair was made of iron. It was very special at that time. It not only had "beautiful lines", but also had a backrest. It was made specifically for her when she was two or three years old.
"In that era, there was a thought of favoring boys over girls in the countryside, but my father never had this idea. Boys could only sit on a stool. This little chair gave us girls a lot of face." Han Jihong said, "The little chair is the starting point of my childhood memory, soaked in fatherly love. It accompanied me to grow up, get married, and have children. It is my priceless treasure."
"What I remember most is that the little chair is lost and regained again and again."
Han Jihong introduced that the little chair is not just an object, but also the pride of her childhood. When she was a child, every time she sat on this little chair, it was like getting her beloved toy, not noisy or quarrel, quiet and well-behaved.
"At noon, my mother was busy cooking in the kitchen, so I sat on the small chair and waited quietly. My father would tell stories to me who was sitting on the small chair and asked me to count with his fingers." Han Jihong said, "What I remember most is that the small chair was lost and regained again and again."
Because of the unique small chair, Han Jihong became the object of envy of the villagers. Everyone wanted to sit on her small chair and feel it. Since Han Jihong remembered, her small chair has been thrown away. The little chair disappeared. When she was so anxious that she burst into tears, her mother would walk into the house with the little chair and say as she walked, "Be good, stop crying, I have found it."
Wait for her to stop crying, and her father asked her to sit on the small chair and said to her, "Good things should be shared with other children, so that your friends will become more and more!"
Han Jihong at that time did not fully understand what his father said, but did as his father said. Gradually, even if the small chair was lost, she would not cry or make a fuss, and there were more and more friends around her.
Those who take away the small chair are usually naughty little boys, and their parents never hide it. They first scolded them, and then took the child to Han Jihong's house to get the small chair.
"People who throw out the chair are not anxious or impatient, and the faces of the chair are smiling. "The loss" and "Then" are like seasonings, making rural life more delicious." Han Jihong said.
"You have to rely on yourself in everything, and you have to find a way when encountering things."
"My father is skillful and skilled, and is recognized by the whole village as a 'capable person'." Han Jihong said, "When I was a child, I liked to sit in a small chair and watch my father be busy here and there. He used his rough big hands to make all kinds of wonderful objects."
Han Jihong introduced that his father had made an toy car for his younger brother , and his younger brother suddenly became majestic in front of his friends.At that time, it was popular for boys to play "wind trains", so my father made a "deluxe version of the wind train", which had more handlebars than ordinary "wind trains". When sitting in the car, he could control the direction with his hands.
After the bicycle enters the family of ordinary people, rural people will hang vegetable baskets on both sides of the back seat of the "28-weighted bicycle" to transport various items. The vegetable baskets made by Han Jihong's father always attract praise from the audience, and people often come to ask how to weave baskets; the folding small round tables he made are even more "hot goods", and customers will borrow from anyone who comes to the house.
What impressed Han Jihong the most was his father's transformation of the corn planting.
At that time, two people needed to plant corn, one of which used a hoe to "plate the nest" and the other was responsible for "dropping the seeds" into the nest. Not only did it take for people to occupy, it was not very efficient.
For a while, Han Jihong often saw his father fiddling with corn plantings, and slowly, people came to the house to borrow money one after another. Later she learned that her father "invented" a kind of vegetation that could grow corn with only one person.
"My father looked very focused when he was doing things, his mouth was closed and his brows frowned. When his brows stretched out, I knew it was done." Han Jihong said, "Every time I made something, my father would look at me sitting on a small chair, and then touched my head and said, "You have to rely on yourself in everything, and you have to find a way to do things."
Han Jihong, who grew up slowly on a small chair, gradually understood his father's words.
When getting married, the small chair is the most precious dowry
When Han Jihong got married, before the car that pulled the dowry started, she carefully placed the most precious dowry - the small chair on the car. In this way, the small chair that had been with her for more than 20 years, came to her new home with other dowries.
After getting married, Han Jihong's father-in-law thought this small chair was very beautiful, so he put the flowers on it, and the small chair became the "art flower stand" at home.
When Han Jihong's daughter was two or three years old, this small chair became the exclusive seat for the child again. Every time her daughter sat on it and Han Jihong feeded her daughter to dinner, she felt that she seemed to have returned to her childhood and was immersed in the love of her parents. So, she took care of her daughter more carefully.
"When my father passed away, I sat on this little chair and cried. Afterwards, when I saw it, I remembered my father, the baskets he woven, the modified walls, the toy cars he made, the folding table... and what he said..." Han Jihong said that his father taught her to face the setbacks in life bravely and create happiness with her own hands. She also often teaches her daughter with her father's words: "You have to rely on yourself in everything, and you have to find a way when encountering things."
Now, Han Jihong's daughter is studying for a graduate student abroad, and the little chair once again "returns to the original owner". The small chair is very "comfortable" with Han Jihong's coffee table. Sitting on it to eat is not awkward at all. When going out for outings and picnics, the small chair is a "magic weapon" for travel, which is convenient and does not occupy space.
"A small chair, deep father-daughter love, this small chair is full of father's love, I will treasure it forever." Han Jihong said.
