My parents raised five children. I am the fourth child. I have one brother, two sisters, and one younger brother. My brother is the eldest, and my eldest sister is two years younger than him.
My eldest sister is 54 years old this year. In my impression, my eldest sister has always been a hardworking, capable and kind person.
The most profound impression and the happiest thing about my childhood was the spring, summer, autumn and winter I spent with my eldest sister.
In the spring, my eldest sister takes me to dig wild vegetables, chase butterflies, and fly kites. In the summer, my eldest sister takes me to cut grass and herd sheep during the day. At night, I sometimes touch cicadas and watch outdoor movies. In autumn, my eldest sister takes me to dig sweet potatoes and pick cotton in the fields.
; In winter, my eldest sister and I play snowball fights, make ice cream, and build snowmen.
As long as I can remember, my mother always got up before dawn to feed pigs and sheep, boil water, and cook. After dinner, she would go to work in the fields with other villagers.
At that time, my father was working in other places and rarely came home. My mother had to take care of my grandmother and grandma at home, as well as raise five of us brothers and sisters. The entire burden of the family's life fell on my mother's shoulders. The family's life depended on my father's meager salary.
I maintain it with the work points my mother earns.
My mother is a filial daughter-in-law, daughter, wife and mother at home, and a hard-working and conscientious rural cadre outside.
My mother once served as the village women's director, brigade women's director and commune women's director. During her decades of service, she worked hard and was highly praised by leaders and villagers. She was repeatedly rated as an advanced individual and model worker in the county and commune until
My mother only retired from her job when she got older.
When my eldest sister was in elementary school and middle school, my mother was still serving as the village women's director. She would sometimes go to towns to hold meetings and inspect work. In addition, my mother often rode her bicycle to towns dozens of miles away from home to sell vegetables. At that time, the family made
The job of cooking rice fell to my eldest sister. At noon, the eldest sister came home from school to cook, and she also had to feed pigs and sheep. She hurriedly finished her meal and rushed to school.
My eldest sister not only has good academic performance and is the monitor of the class, but she is also good at sports. Sprinting is my eldest sister’s strength. My eldest sister got good rankings in the 100 meters and 200 meters in the school sports meeting.
My elder brother joined the army when he was 18. My eldest sister saw how hard her mother worked. In order to reduce her mother's burden, she dropped out of school after her third year of junior high school.
If my eldest sister had not dropped out of school for our family, my brother and I, based on her grades at that time, my eldest sister would have been admitted to college, and her destiny in life would have changed.
My eldest sister has been working in the fields with her mother since she was a teenager. In addition to doing farm work, she also sells vegetables, not only in the city near home, but also in towns far away.
In order to supplement the family income, during the slack season in winter, my eldest sister went to work in a winery with several neighbors and friends, working 8 hours a day. At that time, it was 0.15 yuan an hour, 1.2 yuan a day, 36 yuan a month, and there were no days off.
What I remember deeply is that it was very cold in winter. I lay in bed after dinner and my eldest sister came home from work. When I saw her wiping her hands from the cold, my mother gave her a bowl of hot water to warm her up.
Warm your hands.
Sometimes when the eldest sister receives her salary, she will buy a large bag of white flour steamed buns from the street and take them home.
I was very greedy when I saw the white flour steamed buns. As soon as the eldest sister entered the house, I couldn't wait to take out a steamed bun from the bag and eat it.
Sometimes I go to pull weeds in the vegetable field with my mother and sisters. It happens that my neighbor's family is also working in the field, and my mother works while chatting with the neighbor about home affairs.
Sometimes I go to the fields to harvest and bundle vegetables. My eldest sister uses a well to press water, and I wash the vegetables, wash them and put them on the cart.
Sometimes early in the morning, the eldest sister would pull a cart to sell vegetables at the vegetable market.
I hope that my eldest sister will go home early after selling the vegetables, because she often buys me some delicious things such as watermelons, grapes, apples, and pears for me to eat.
Sometimes I go to the vegetable field to pick cucumbers with my eldest sister. When I see a cucumber that looks delicious, I pick it off, pull out the thorns with my hands, and then gnaw them. The crispy and sweet cucumber taste is really delicious.
Evocative.
As I grew older and wiser, I knew that life was not easy. I knew that my parents and eldest sister worked hard for this family. During the years when I was in junior high school and high school, when I didn’t have classes on Saturdays and Sundays and during winter and summer vacations, I took the initiative to help
Do housework at home, wash pots and dishes, feed pigs and sheep, cut grass and herd sheep, plant and pick vegetables.
Sometimes I would pull a trolley to the vegetable market to sell vegetables with my eldest sister. My eldest sister taught me how to read scales, calculate accounts and collect money.
The eldest sister taught me like a mother: "Sister, when we sell things, we must not be short-changed. We must be honest and not deceive. It doesn't matter if more of the vegetables grown at home are given to others." At that time, my mother and eldest sister's teachings have always been
Accompanying me to grow up, to this day, I am a kind, upright, honest and trustworthy person. I think it is inseparable from the teachings of my mother and eldest sister.
Sometimes before dawn, I would pull a cart by myself to sell vegetables at the vegetable market. When no one was buying vegetables, I would take out my books and read and study.
I never failed to weigh myself once, and I often gave more to customers. When I met teachers and classmates buying groceries, I would give them groceries.
In order to build a house for my brother, I went to the fields with my parents and sisters to use a cart to pull soil to fill the pit.
The house was built, and my brother returned to the army after getting married.
A few years later, my eldest sister was over 20 years old. After being introduced by relatives, her eldest sister married in a village very close to my home. My brother-in-law’s house also had a vegetable garden. Their family had more vegetable fields than mine, and they had many vegetable greenhouses.