Author: Xu Jingyi When she was a child, sometimes there was a power outage at home. It would be fine if there was a power outage during the day. If there was a power outage at night, it would be dark all around me. I would scream out "ah" every time, indicating that I was not use

Author: Xu Jingyi

When I was a child, sometimes my home would have power outages. It would be fine if there was a power outage during the day. If there was a power outage at night, it would be dark all around me. I would scream out "ah" every time, indicating that I was not used to the sudden darkness. So the flashlight came in handy.

The flashlight at that time was a silver metal shell, with a No. 1 battery in its body, and its head was in a shape similar to a cone. Once the power was turned on, it emitted an orange light. The head of the flashlight could also adjust the distance of the beam illuminated by the flashlight. When there is a power outage at night, you need to use a flashlight. You can go out for a walk at night and walk to a place without street lights.

At that time, the switches of the lights in the bedroom were not as close to the head of the bed, and they could just reach out. In the old house at that time, there were still rope-pulled lights. That kind of light, the switch is a small round black "box" tied with a long rope. In order not to let the rope float with the wind, family members often tie a heavier item to one end of the rope hanging down. Sometimes we children are naughty and play with each other, deliberately exerting more force. The light rope is broken and the light cannot be turned on and off. At this time, the children's hearts will always be stuttered: What if adults ask? My cousin immediately asked me, "What should I do?" After all, a child is always full of nervousness after doing bad things. I don't care: "It's okay, I'll go find my dad!" My dad will always be the reinforcement after I did something bad - I worked hard and helped me repair it without a single criticism. My father skillfully unscrew the lid of the small black box, untied the broken rope, tied the new rope, and then twisted the lid, and said to us: "Just pull it lightly, it's okay." My brother was relieved, as if he had escaped a disaster. I proudly raised my head and looked at my brother: "I said it's okay, right?"

Grandpa's house often extends the light rope to facilitate turning on the light at night. The first half is a plastic wax rope , and a thin hemp rope is tied to the head of the bed. If you get up at night, just stretch out your hand and pull the light rope at the head of the bed.

My grandma has a smaller flashlight. When she wakes up at night, she puts a small flashlight next to her pillow. Flashlights seem to be the standard for every household when we were young. I remember when I was in elementary school, I asked us about "what are home appliances?" on my Chinese homework. I thought more than once: Can a flashlight be considered a home appliance? But I have not filled in the answer to "Flashlight". Later, my grandma stopped using flashlight and used bedside light .

Grandpa’s bedside lamp is a metal body, with a large clip at the bottom, which can be clamped on the head of the bed. The part connecting the bottom and the lamp holder can be bent. A rope hangs down from the lamp holder, which is a switch. The light bulbs at that time were always orange-yellow incandescent lamp . The light bulbs were lit for a long time and were still hot when touched. Therefore, this type of lamp also has a lampshade. The lampshade is like a hat, with two iron rings under the hat, which can be put on the light bulb, which can not only prevent the light bulb from being burned by accident, but also prevent the light of the incandescent lamp from being so dazzling.

Grandma's bedside lamp can be regarded as a desk lamp. In my opinion, it looks much better than Grandma's bedside lamp. The bedside lamp of Grandma's house is vaguely made of glass body, with a bright red and transparent color. There are some small embellishments on the glass body, which looks so beautiful. Every time I stare at this desk lamp intently and admire it for a long time. I stretched out my hand and carefully touched its smooth and round body. It felt a little cold to touch, but I didn’t dare to take it casually. It would be a pity if such a beautiful lamp broke in my hand!

At that time, the power supply was not as stable as it is now. I only remember that the Wanwei Factory itself also had a power station that could supply power to the factory. It seems that there is a transformer behind Building 9 in the West District. When I was a child, I saw that buzzing thing for the first time and couldn't help but be scared. So power outages were common when I was a child. After the power outage, the emergency items are flashlights and candles.

flashlight shines, go to the place where the candle is placed at home and take out a candle, light the candle with a match or lighter, and the flashlight can "rest".After all, candles are easy to pour, and there are many ways to fix candles. Use a clip or tilt the candle's head, let the flame burn around the candle's head, let the wax drop on the table or table, press the bottom of the candle while it is hot, and wait until the wax liquid drys and solidifies and the bottom of the candle is stable. Sometimes I find some small medicine bottles and insert long candles into small medicine bottles.

candle The orange-red candlelight sways with the breeze in the darkness with the airflow. Occasionally, you can see a thin wisp of candlelight that is not easy to detect. If you are holding the candle and taking it two steps and bringing it from one room to another, you must be careful and cover the candle with one hand to prevent it from extinguishing. After the call comes, I can't wait to blow out the candle. After blowing out, the air is filled with the smell of burning candles. I like that smell very much.

When I was a child, my grandfather had a candle holder. I forgot about the specific appearance. There were three candles on the candle holder. In my impression, the candle holder had been wrapped in thick wax.

Later, my grandfather passed away, and later, I grew up and went to middle school. Once my father chatted with me and talked about the candlesticks at my grandfather’s house. I was still very disdainful: "That broken thing? It's gone for a long time, there's no feeling sorry."

My dad said with infinite regret: "No, that was brought back by my grandfather when he was in the Tibet Military Region. That was an authentic Tibetan candlestick, and it was silver. Unfortunately, my family wouldn't care about it. Otherwise, it would be very simple and good to clean the candlestick."

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