I vaguely remember that there was a unique fan made from the leaves of the palmetto tree next to the earthen stove at my grandma’s house. The cattail leaf fan was burnt yellow and had a few cracks on the edge. It was this old cattail leaf fan that accompanied me through more than

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vaguely remembers that there was a unique fan made from the leaves of the palmetto tree next to the earthen stove at my grandma's house. The cattail leaf fan was burnt yellow and had a few cracks on the edge. It was this old cattail leaf fan that accompanied me through more than ten summers. When I was a child, there were no fans or air conditioners at home. All that was left in my memory of the summer heat was the old cattail leaf fan and the image of my grandma shaking it.

During the Spring Festival cleaning a few years ago, I turned it out. I was surprised and showed it to my grandma, and we recalled the childhood scenes together.

On summer nights when I was a child, after dinner, we couldn’t wait to take our mats and fans to the bungalow to count the stars and enjoy the cool air. At that time, there were many stars in the sky. I lay there, pointing to the sky with the cattail leaf fan in my hand, and told my grandma about Polaris and Vega, and grandma listened with a smile. When I encountered annoying mosquitoes, I would hand the cattail leaf fan in my hand to my grandma and ask her to drive away the mosquitoes for me. The cattail leaf fan is extremely powerful. When I was sick, my grandma used it to help me get rid of the heat. When the bottom of the pot couldn't light up the fire, I used it to fan me. When there were mosquitoes, I used it to drive away... The life at that time was simple and pure.

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Later, when I went to elementary school, every household bought an electric fan. The wind was very strong, but my grandma didn't like it and said it gave me a headache when I blew it. She also didn't allow me to blow on the electric fan, but she still used a big cattail leaf fan to keep me warm. Once, while my grandma was not at home, I turned on the electric fan to blow the air. As a result, I caught a fever in the middle of the night and suffered from it for two days. After my grandma found out, she sealed the electric fan "permanently".

Nowadays, air conditioners of various brands are available, and people no longer worry about the heat in summer. Over the years, family life has undergone earth-shaking changes, but whether it is a cattail leaf fan or an electric fan, they have condensed the memories of several generations. I wonder if new objects will appear in a few years, and the air conditioner may also become a memory of an era.

(Author: Ren Mengqi of the Organization Department of the Laishan District Committee of the Communist Party of China in Yantai City)

Source: "Learning to Strengthen the Country" Yantai Learning Platform

Author unit: Organization Department of the Laishan District Committee of the Communist Party of China in Yantai City

Responsible Editor: Xu Kaili Liu Yu Zheng Zhixia

Reprinted by: Hao Fengting

Review :Hao Lin

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