Speaking of the sixties and seventies, it's not too far and not too close. Now many people certainly don't know how the sixties and seventies passed, but those who have been there must remember it clearly. Let's talk about the story of the sixties and seventies today, and visit relatives. In fact, Bian Xiao vaguely remembers that Hubei seems to have bought a pile of meat and a pack of brown sugar, but it seems to be nothing. What about other places? Let's have a look!
1. Pork, biscuits, fruits and sweets
I was born in a farmer's family in central Henan, and I didn't remember anything until the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, it was still a people's commune and lacked material resources. In our local area, from the end of the year to New Year's Eve, married girls have the custom of giving gifts to their parents. The so-called gift-giving is to go to the food market to cut off 1 kg of pork and give it to her family to show filial piety. At this time, the bride's family will give back some firecrackers for the niece's family to set off on New Year's Eve and Spring Festival. This custom has been inherited to this day and is still circulating. What has changed is the change in the weight of meat delivered and the diversification of meat. It is worth mentioning that with the development of society and the increase of economic income, some married women can't go back to their hometown in order to save trouble or go out to work, and they will give their parents a "filial piety" fee ranging from several hundred yuan to several thousand yuan every New Year. Every Spring Festival in recent years, my wife will give her mother-in-law 500 yuan. Cancel some cumbersome etiquette, so that the elderly can flexibly arrange their holiday life.
At that time, during the Spring Festival, due to the single food on the market, relatives and friends visited each other and only brought some biscuits, snacks, candy and other gifts. I remember when I was seven or eight years old, once, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, my mother took my sister and brother to my grandmother's house to play. Grandma is very happy to see us. After greeting her mother. Grandma took my little hand with her rough and firm hand, went to the back room to open the box, carefully took it out, tied it with thin rope and covered it with red paper. Perception tells me that it contains very delicious fruit. Before my grandmother handed it to me, I couldn't wait to "grab" it from her. "You greedy kitten, shut your mouth and give some to your sister and brother." Looking back now, grandma's inspiring voice is full of love. My sister is six years older than me, and my brother is three years older than me. Looking at the delicious food in my hand, I lost my past love and accommodation and put my hand in front of me. Ran Yan became a lower class person, waiting for my master's charity and gifts. At that time, when you take a bite, syrup will flow out of the sweet fruit and make you feel happy. After eating, I will suck up the syrup left by my fingers, for fear of wasting it.
After the reform and opening up, great changes have taken place in both urban and rural areas of China. Going to grandma's house to eat fruit has become a memory of life and an era!
2. Brown sugar, cakes, fillings and wine
At that time, I went to a relative's house to get something, a catty of yellow sand sugar, a catty of cakes, a bottle of stuffing and a catty of wine cooked by a local farm. This is the best gift. I rolled a plug with waste paper as a bottle cap. Generally, you can't eat things brought by relatives. Save it for visiting relatives later.
1968, my eldest brother went to Guangdong in series, and my sister-in-law gave birth to a niece, and asked me to go to my sister-in-law's house to give good news for my eldest brother. My father borrowed twenty Penicillium fried dough sticks, two catties of noodles and one catty of brown sugar, and put them in a basket with a Mao coin on it. I asked my aunt and cousin to lead the way. According to the regulations, you can't take these things home. But to add something to take back, because the fried dough sticks that have been put for more than a month are hard and on the road.
There is nothing to worry about visiting relatives during the Spring Festival. For example, people are usually most afraid of guests. Although only one bowl of steamed eggs can be used to entertain guests, mom goes to the vegetable garden with a basket and dad borrows two eggs. Usually, tourists are empty-handed.
3. Longan, red dates, golden dates, sugar, biscuits and small specialties.
I still remember my childhood. I was born in 1968. My grandmother is a senior, and many relatives come here. There are all kinds of gifts, such as longan, red dates, golden dates, sugar, biscuits, and some small specialties in Wenzhou. These gifts are few in number. Then our family will prepare some snacks, such as lotus seed and jujube soup, longan and egg soup, tremella soup, wonton and so on. If relatives take care of children, my grandmother will also give small red envelopes. Anyone from the countryside will stay in my house for a few days. I think that time was the happiest. I have new clothes to wear, delicious food and a few cents to buy firecrackers.
In fact, the customs of each place are different, but in general, it is most important to give something that was scarce at that time. In fact, it is more of a heart.