Chapter 8 Talk about copying hands over thirty-nine

As the old saying goes, if you don't shoot in 1929, you will walk on the ice in 3949.Nowadays, after thirty-nine is forty-nine, although we don't need to walk on ice, we generally don't make a move. This is talking about Beijing. In the past, when the winter came, everyone had their hands on their sleeves. However, when encountering excitement, they did not just watch from the sidelines. It is called "getting the world with nothing". In the Northeast and Shandong areas, "sleeves" are called "chaoshou", especially the majority of young people, the temperature is about twenty below zero, and they pay attention to not wearing hats and gloves, and not wearing cotton trousers and cotton shoes.The upper body is slightly thicker, the lower body is wearing a pair of long johns, and a pair of plastic-soled "loafers" on the feet, with a bare head and two hands folded in the sleeves, but from time to time, one must be pulled out to cover it. Ears that are red from the cold, otherwise they are in danger of freezing.This is a kind of chicness that sacrifices temperature for the sake of grace, we call it "playing with the single".The coolest thing is to "play slippery" on the ice with your hands. Not only must you be steady and fast, but you must also use sensitive and subtle movements to knock, knock, abduct, and flash others down.Fighting on ice is also better than ordinary land and water battles.This is a true test of "hands-on skills". Changes in the coefficient of friction often make the battle situation unpredictable.I saw with my own eyes a well-known tall and burly hooligan in a nearby building. Because of his poor balance on the ice, he was beaten bloody by a thin man in a single military uniform. And faces are frozen in bright red ice.He carried it home and died that night.

So my father has always opposed my "winter travel and summer saving", and I have to wear winter clothes in winter and summer clothes in summer.Anyone whose clothes are out of season will be called a "rogue" by his father.Boys generally like to show their heroism by not being afraid of the cold, but my father said: If you wear less clothes in winter, you must not learn well!Although I dress in the worst quality at home, I don't lack all the "outfits".In winter, there is a big cotton hat on the head, a big cotton "catcher" on the feet, a big cotton jacket on the upper body, big cotton trousers on the lower body, big "hand stuffers" on the hands, and a sweater, wool trousers, autumn clothes and long trousers inside. kind.Therefore, when it comes to cold tolerance, the Northeast people are definitely not first-rate, and the people in the Yangtze River Basin are the least afraid of the cold.People can run around in unlined clothes when the temperature is around zero. According to my father's standards, everyone is a "hooligan".

My father was very disgusted with "copying hands", especially after copying hands, he took out his hands to cover his ears.He called it "monkey-headed eight-face, no human appearance".He asked everyone to be like revolutionary fighters, standing up and sitting down.He said, why did the Kuomintang lose the battle?Just because of monkey heads and eight faces, they copy their hands while standing guard, and copy their hands when marching.He also said that the military appearance and discipline of the Japanese devils are the best.The sentry posts of the Japanese devils are the most difficult to touch, and two people can't hold down one of them.The best way is to "copy one's hand", pretend to be a traitor, go up to make a surprise attack, and make sure you know it. ——It turns out that my father has always equated "copying hands" with traitors in his heart, no wonder he always insists on this.

After I went to university, I learned that in Sichuan, Chongqing and Hubei, small dumplings (including wontons) are called "chaoshou", which is very interesting.In the twelfth lunar month of winter, there was a slow and quiet shout in the deep alley: "Chaoshou——", and suddenly felt the warm fragrance rushing to the face.Especially for the literati who are tired late at night, hang a small basket from upstairs, buy two bowls of steaming Chao Shou freshly wrapped and cooked, or invite friends to eat together, or taste it with your lover. Chaoshou" cannot be described.If it is changed to "dumplings", it will be vulgar. The beauty of "chaoshou" lies in the lightness of "hands on hand", which is simple but not frivolous, affordable but not greasy.If you only want a full meal, then of course the roasted sweet potatoes in Beijing are more enjoyable, not to mention the "hail to hail to" in Shenyang.

In the winter of 20 years ago, the three of us brothers and sisters went to Chengdu for the first time. We took a tourist map and tasted "Long Chao Shou" and "Red Oil Chao Shou".Because of my lack of money, I only ate one or two of each dish, so I left a very good memory.Chaoshou just can't eat too much, because what you eat is a charm.But for dumplings in the north, you might as well open up the huge belly of Maitreya Buddha and stuff ingots to your heart's content.My father said that they were in the army, and they had to compete every time they ate dumplings.The dumplings they make are very big, there are 1 tael for 3.The father can eat 45, and the "big man" they line up can eat 60.My father said that the Eighth Route Army cannot fight a single Japanese devil with bayonets, but only "big men" can fight two Japanese devils.I asked my father how many devils he could fight, and my father changed the subject and said: I hold a pistol, and I just need to command and command.I can't help but look down on my father a little bit after hearing this.

I regard my father's prohibition of "copying hands" as a kind of feudal consciousness.I think many old revolutionaries have feudal consciousness.I found a basis. My grandfather was a landlord who wore a hat, and he also opposed copying hands.Lao Balu has the same thoughts as the landlords. Isn’t this feudal consciousness?When my grandfather came to Harbin, he lay on the warm kang head of our house, listening to the north wind whistling outside, and asked me to recite the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms".He said to me: "Three nines, four nines, I can't leave because of beatings and scolding!" I asked, why can't I leave because of beatings and scolding?He said: "Those long-term workers are rascals. Three nine forty-nine, won't they freeze to death when they go out? They just stay at our house and don't leave. You can throw pots and bowls, even kick and beat them. Don’t leave, shameless, must celebrate the New Year with us. You said that when they kowtow, can we not give money? They are all working in the village next to them. After working for a year, they have to give thirty cents and twenty cents. This is the New Year’s money It’s a waste of a few dollars a year!” I said, after working for a year, I only give 30 cents as a New Year’s money, which is only a few cents per month on average.Grandfather said: "Giving them is also free. In the first month, if you play money, there is no money left. In the end, we have to borrow it from our family. Alas, seventy-nine sixty-three, it is the poor who turned their faces." I asked, why Turn your face?Grandfather said: "The sky is getting warmer, and they won't freeze to death even if they go out with bare buttocks, so they will turn their faces and deny people. It's good to be kind to the poor. They all don't know how to live by themselves. He also said that I exploited them, and they are not onions and potatoes, how can I peel them?" I think my grandfather's this is a typical "counter-revolutionary speech", which belongs to the obvious "dissatisfaction with the new society".He opposed "chaoshou" because he originally equated "chaoshou" with poor people and lazy people.Although they are different from their father, their common meaning is to regard "chaoshou" as a sign of "good for nothing".I don't think so, but I can't refute them, because from the observation of life, human character does have some relationship with body posture.I grew up in a state of "doubt" about all kinds of complex thoughts since I was a child, and I just listen to the irrefutable opinions for the time being, unlike today's brave young people who have two pills of truth before jumping up and down and shouting.After I entered high school, I didn’t wear cotton-padded clothes in winter. It was for exercise. Since then, I have insisted on taking cold water baths every day for nearly 20 consecutive years, all for the sake of “civilizing the spirit and barbaric physique”.As for the habit of "copying hands", it has never been developed.

Later, I learned a little more and found that not all poor people like copying hands, landlords, rich people and even emperors and generals. It is said that Zhang Taiyan, a university scholar, and Zhao Shuli, a great writer, also like copying hands.The revolutionary predecessors did not copy their hands. For example, the two "Liu Deng" in Liu Deng's army, in the middle of winter, Deng Xiaoping insisted on taking a cold bath in the yard, but Liu Bocheng copied his hands in the sleeves of his cotton coat, and said with a smile: "Women! Your political commissar, you are quite strong!" It seems that copying hands or not is just a habit or custom, at most it is a standard of self-cultivation, and it cannot be used to generalize people.

Since the "forty is not bad", the old man's ability to resist disease and freeze has shrunk sharply.One evening, heavy snow fell on people's faces, and the wind was cold to the bone.Suddenly he lowered his head and found that his hands were inserted into his sleeves, and he couldn't help being very ashamed.Then he took his hand out, rubbed it, and inserted it into his pocket.But at that moment of copying hands, I have already tasted the warmth in the sleeves. No wonder the philosophers admired "the universe in the sleeves", no wonder some businessmen in the past used their fingers to bargain in the sleeves, and it is no wonder that ancient people like to go with big sleeves. The gold and silver treasures are stuffed in the sleeves.Copying hands is most likely an instinct that humans have developed long ago, rather than overcoming this instinct, whether it is to make a fortune or to be a human being, is it really so necessary?

Then, I went to Tokyo.I heard from Japanese friends that the winter here is very cold, several degrees below zero, and it snows.Thirty-nine days have arrived, and the rooms in Japan have no heating, and it is really cold to the bone.But when I went out, I saw that the girls and women all over the street were still in miniskirts and stockings.When they arrived in the bustling urban area, their bare legs became a piece of "gentle and loud", as if they had just been unloaded from a refrigerated truck in batches, and they all became fine.This scene is not very noticeable in summer, because the whole world is similar, and in this season, it is really spectacular, making people wonder if it is an advertisement for a hot pot restaurant?Liu Hulan said, "Although the weather is cold, my heart is hot." It was because the PLA won the battle.But why are these Japanese girls so fearless?Do they all belong to what my father said, "If you wear less in winter, you will definitely not learn well"?I said to Chunlan who was traveling with me: "It would be nice to marry a Japanese wife back then, and I don't eat much, I don't wear much clothes, and I don't read much, how much money will I save this year!" Chunlan retorted: "Bah! You I didn’t see how much they spend on beauty treatment a year? Besides, if you have arthritis, it’s not money to see a doctor? Haven’t you seen that there are osteopathic hospitals all over the streets in Japan?” I thought so, and I still haven’t figured out the problem of copying hands. , Isn't it superfluous to care about other people's leg copying?

Finally, I remembered that the word "Chaoshou" also means "a person who copies articles".This profession seems to have disappeared with the popularization of computers, but in my opinion, it is more accurate to say that it has been "diverted" - copied directly on the Internet instead.This is lighter than "stand by" and "red oil copy hands".