Born in Peiping, he lost his father at the age of three, so he was fatherless.In the year of Zhixue, if there is no emperor, it can be said that there is no king.There is no father and no king, especially filial piety to the old mother, the bourgeois benevolence has not been swept away.I read three hundred thousand when I was young, and I don't ask for a deep understanding.After learning from the normal school, he laid the foundation of teaching craftsmen. The first section "Celebrating Spring"① I was born at You hour on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, when all the people in Beijing, including the emperor and ministers of civil and military affairs, were sending off Lord Stove to heaven!

-------- ① This section is basically taken from "Zhenghong Banner".Hu Jieqing said in "Lao She's Life and Creation Autobiography Postscript"; "It ("Zhenghong Banner") will be of great help to understand Lao She's own life experience, family and childhood, although it is not necessary to believe the details.  … ...even if there is a slight discrepancy, it will not affect much".Lao She used the name "Shu Qingchun" from birth to Christianity. The Stove Lord went to the sky, but I fell to the ground. That was the famous Year of Wuxu!

When I was born, my father was on duty somewhere in the imperial city.Men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the stove. This has been the case since ancient times.My aunt is a widow, and my mother and second sister are also women. Although I am a man, I can't bear the heavy responsibility. -------- ①According to the actual situation, the second sister in "Zhenghong Banner" should be Lao She's third sister. My mother passed out because she lost too much blood after giving birth to me.Fortunately, the elder sister arrived in time.The mother fainted in the middle of the night before she opened her eyes and saw her old son.The eldest sister held me in her arms, weeping for my mother's unconsciousness, and at the same time being happy for the birth of my little brother.The second sister stood alone in the outer room, crying softly.It's very cold, if my eldest sister didn't pick me up, no matter how strong my vitality is, I'm afraid I would be in great danger.

On the second day after I was born, although my mother was so tired and weak, and her lips were still white, she still refused to let her worry.She knows: Usually she is not rude to other people's weddings and funerals, no matter how worried she is.Now, she has an "old" son, how can relatives and friends not come to congratulate her?Everyone here, what kind of treats do you get?My father has not left work yet, and the money and food for the first month have not been distributed.Ask your aunt for help, sorry.Discuss with the second sister, what idea does a little girl have.Looking at the emaciated "old" son beside her who almost killed her, she shed tears helplessly.

The next morning, the second brother Fuhai arrived with his aunt. He knew what his mother was going to say. "Don't worry, I'll leave it all to me! Tomorrow there will be three baths, seven grandmas and eight aunts will have ten or eight aunts. Here, the second sister pours tea with cigarettes. I will be the cook, two glasses of water and wine, and a plate of fried broad beans." , and then mutton sauerkraut noodles in hot soup. It tastes good but it’s tasteless. It’s a hot meal. Okay? There are those who like to play small cards, and you can spend four pennies a pot. Don’t fuck with a little bit of dim sum, it’s all about me What! When it’s over, listen to me and never embarrass you!”

He does have some skills, so that my cleaning can be done economically without completely violating the principle of "old mother theory". At exactly twelve o'clock, the beautiful sunshine and sharp wind brought Grandma Bai and her auspicious words into our house. Grandma Bai sat cross-legged on the kang, and poured bitter water made from locust trees and mugwort leaves into the large copper basin with a wide edge (brought by the second elder brother), and it was steaming.The old ladies and daughters-in-law who participated in the ceremony all "replenish the basin" first, put some copper coins into the basin, and say auspicious words.A few peanuts, a few red and white eggs were also put into the water along with congratulatory words such as "Liansheng Takako".In the end, all these money and things belonged to the "grandmother".Although I didn't count them, I knew that there were not many copper coins that fell into the water.Because of this, we have to thank Grandma Bai for her downgrading and stepping out in person. At the same time, it also proves that Grandma Bai probably caused a lot of trouble.

While washing and talking, Grandma Bai repeated the congratulatory speech that she had said countless times: "Wash your hair first and become a prince; wash your waist after that, and one generation will be taller than one generation; wash and wash your eggs, and become a county magistrate; Wash the ditches and become the magistrate!" After hearing this, everyone admired Grandma Bai even more - she knew that there were not many copper coins in the basin, but she still told the auspicious words completely, and she didn't cut corners, which is really hard to get!Although I was neither magistrate nor magistrate, I can't help but thank her for washing my whole body, which may be cleaner than magistrate and magistrate.

After washing, Grandma Bai used ginger moxa moxibustion to moxibustion my forehead and the important joints of my body.Therefore, I did not suffer from arthritis until my sixtieth birthday.She also used a new green cloth, dipped it in some green tea, and rubbed my gums vigorously.It was at this time that I began to cry; by mistake, this cry was a sign of great auspiciousness!In the dictionary of old mothers, this is called "sound basin".I don't know if there are children who always insist on not crying and giving up auspiciousness.In the end, Grandma Bai picked up a scallion and hit me three times, muttering: "One dozen is smart, two dozen are smart!" This also came true later, sometimes I am indeed as smart as a scallion.

The onion should be thrown onto the house by the father.At this critical juncture, my father came back.The liveliness in the house is indescribable!As soon as he came in, everyone congratulated him together.He didn't know how many greetings, and how many times he said: "Thank you!" But his eyes were always on the middle of the kang.I can stand the identification of my father, I am spotless, full of the bitter taste and aroma of locust tree branches and mugwort leaves, although my hair is not long or long, but it has just been combed.My cry is also very majestic.Father was very satisfied, so he gave Grandma Bai more than two slings in the bag.