My father in my memory always hangs an eye-catching old imperial calendar on the wall whenever the Spring Festival is coming. This habit can be said to have continued until now, probably since I can remember. And what about me? When I was a child, I thought the most interesting thing was watching the old almanac. I don't think the old imperial calendar is for farming activities like my father, but just likes to rummage around. Sometimes I like the agricultural proverbs in it very much during rummaging around. For example, I still clearly remember the agricultural proverb: "I am shocked to hear that Remy is like mud, and there is rain in the vernal equinox. In the middle of the month, but every three days, cotton beans and wheat are everywhere. " When I was a child, I often showed off to my partners by remembering such agricultural proverbs, as if I were a scholar who was proficient in astronomy and geography. For this reason, my partners often took me as a teacher and asked for advice. In addition, I was particularly outstanding in my childhood study and my teacher was particularly valued, which made my partners sit up and take notice. In fact, my friends don't know at all. I just read more books, but I don't have much ability. Because I lived in the rural area of Weibei, Guanzhong, most farmers had few books at home at that time. Perhaps because my father liked reading, I got a little light. I could show off to my partners as a learned person, just like a "prophet."
One of the reasons why I love watching the old almanac is that there are some folk knowledge about the luck of the zodiac in the old almanac. And what about me? At the end of the year, I often take the old almanac out of the door and give it to my friends who are superstitious about me, but my friends are really interested and often listen to it in a daze and don't know what to say. By this time, my father often yelled: "Hang the old almanac on the wall and don't move!" So, I had to be silent and obedient. Hanging the imperial calendar on the wall and looking at the old imperial calendar swaying on the wall really felt kind and awe.
It turns out that at the end of the twelfth lunar month, brother in law, the uncle and uncle in the village, would come to our humble home with red couplets, because at that time, everyone was not rich, and our family of five was crowded in a small cave, and no one laughed at each other. Perhaps there are very few people in the village who can write calligraphy. My father is very busy at this time. My father always asks me to open the old almanac when writing couplets. Oh, it turns out that there are so many magic weapons in the old calendar, which gives my father a solution. My father asked me to open the column of couplets. On the one hand, I would read the contents of the couplets from my uncle or uncle or brother in law, and at the same time explain the meaning of the couplets. Then I asked their opinions. On the other hand, I studied pen and ink, and I concentrated on my luck. It was often a stroke of the pen. In my opinion, the font is really dignified and powerful, and it can really be taken out and seen.
At this point, compared with my father, I feel a little ashamed, because I also came from a normal class and practiced brush calligraphy at school. I don't know if I didn't understand enough or didn't like it very much, so I didn't stick to it! Although I once practiced writing brush calligraphy hard, I just didn't make much progress. Even my good friends commented on me like this, and I don't usually use brush calligraphy. As a result, my enthusiasm for writing was even lower. Later, I simply gave up practicing and turned to studying for a diploma. With all my strength, I got a junior college diploma with excellent results, and then I got an undergraduate diploma, and then I went to work as a graduate student, and I got my due diploma, which also changed my destiny. Although I haven't practiced my calligraphy well, I have surpassed my father in this effort, but I feel less guilty. Later, I thought about my sense of accomplishment that I was proud of: In fact, I don't need to be proud, but my father didn't catch up with the good times when I could continue my studies.
Up to now, my father has been idle at home, and the land at home has been taken back because of our early entrance examination to school. Even my mother's land has recently been included in the series of urban planning, and it can be said that there is no land to grow at home. But I can still see my father's old imperial calendar hanging on the wall every year at home. My father's habit has also deeply influenced me. So, at the end of the twelfth lunar month, I will also hang an old imperial calendar at home, not for farming activities, but I just feel that whenever I hang this old imperial calendar, I think of the sweet soil, my father and those beautiful young people in the countryside.