1988, Murakami painted a new homestead for my family. I asked my father, "Big, how are you going to build a house?" My father said without hesitation, "Building five mansions with civil structures is an architectural pattern handed down by our ancestors. There is more soil in the countryside and less cost. The earthen house is warm and insulated, warm in winter and cool in summer. " I quite agree with my father. The father went on to say, "What farmers lack most is money, what they despise most is suffering, and what they value most is material interests. Gaston's family just wants to eat more bitterness and sweat more! " My father's simple language left a deep impression on me.
My father is in his early fifties, and his figure is thin. I am young and vigorous, and my brother has grown into half a boy. The three of us found a good soil source, pulled a rickshaw and got up early to dig in the dark. Seeing my father bent down and pulling a heavy bicycle on a small slope, his legs were bent, he was panting, sweat was oozing from his forehead, and his body was almost parallel to the ground. My eyes were red, and I lamented that my taciturn father was quietly working hard for his son. When the soil is soaked, the foundation is dug, the foundation is compacted, the tools for hitting the wall are found and everything is ready, we will enter the first key link of building a house-hitting the wall.
The earth wall has a long history, and it is impossible to verify when it began. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Wan, a juren, wrote a poem praising the earthen walls and earthen houses: "The earthen walls are thatched, the houses are low, and the bamboo crosses the short fence in Chai Men. A curtain of drizzle flies, and the fragrant wind is drunk. " Earth wall is a precious architectural wealth left by ancestors, which embodies the diligence and wisdom of working people. The technical content of digging the earth wall is not high, and the tools used are simple: a clip, a ladder, an iron rope, a hammer, a shovel, a shovel, a stone pestle, a sliding rope, a wooden wedge and twelve straight and slightly thick loose rafters can open the shop.
In order to lay a good wall, I invited my cousin to be a "live broadcast". Although he is young, he is experienced and full of joy in this respect. There is a folk saying called "Seven Tights, Eight Delays and Nine Breaks". I called a dozen strong partners in the village, which is a "happy" team. Cousin organized everyone to pay off the line, spread the size of each wall evenly, mark it with a small wooden wedge, plant a clamp rod, block the ladder, then put a rafter on both sides of the ladder and the clamp rod, fix the clamp rod with a wooden wedge, and screw the ladder with a rope. Everyone used shovels to fill the ditch, and designated the "Yoko" method in Ganxiang to use shovels. He waved a shovel and shouted, "Put it down, the shopkeeper will pour you tea, throw it away, and the shopkeeper will make you soju!" " "Everyone laughed, shovel is happy. Then three people went up and rammed the virtual scholar with a stone pestle. When I hit the wall, I found an interesting phenomenon: the people holding the pestle tilted their heads and were curious. After consulting the "experts", I learned that the purpose of their crooked head is to find the position of the pestle without hurting their feet. With the cry of "live broadcast": "Get aboard", there was an answer immediately: "Hey! It's coming! "Everyone hurriedly put the rafters on the first rafters and fix them. They picked up shovels and prepared to dump the soil. "Capable person" Ding Suoge said: "There are no idle people under the wall, so it is tight to print a board! "Generally, only twelve rafters are used to hit the wall. When the rafters reach the seventh board, they will enter the second round. In jargon, it is called "blink your eyes" and the rafters are exposed. When changing boards, knock off the wooden wedge at one end, (villagers call it Dasha) loosen the rope at the other end and protect it with your hands. When holding the rafter, gently turn it inward to avoid damaging the rafter. When the country hits the wall, it pays attention to calling "Qu", and the leader shouts "Hey!" Everyone echoed "hi! "Hi-hi voice melodious euphemism, with a tone, one after another. According to the old people in the village, it is hard work to hit the wall, and it is very hard for people to hold the stone pestle. The purpose of singing is not to hold your breath by shouting, to reduce the pressure on your chest, to achieve the effect of breathing smoothly, exerting strength, boosting your spirit and activating the atmosphere. My cousin told me quietly: "when shouting songs, people who hold their heads high and shout low use their strength;" "A person with a low head and a sonorous voice is a' dirty egg'." A group of people together, while working, talking and pulling home, whether alive or carrying a pole; Whether standing on the wall to lift the stone pestle or fill the soil; Whether it's turning the board or doing other work, everyone has a job in their eyes and never stops. Qi Xin work together, the division of labor is quite hard, and the way is busy but not chaotic. After the earth wall hits one person's height, the person who dumped the earth can't see it. Brother Fage takes the shovel as the command and keeps giving instructions. The quip is: "Follow the shovel, push the board, enter the door, take the shovel ..." If the person below is too slow to throw the soil, he will try to scold everyone. The following people will "scold" him with a smile: "It's easy to stand and talk, just talk! "When the soil was full, Brother Faquan shouted," Roll it up and dump it, shovel at it and pee behind the wall! "Everyone was talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was active. I forgot the fatigue and unconsciously a wall rose.
When the back wall reached the ideal size, my cousin gave the order: "The big man continued to cut the soil and the porcelain hammer monkey built the wall." This is the unique skill of the bold and cautious monkey baby next door. He stood on the wall, put his hands at his waist, jumped up with his feet, patted the wall with a shovel, and then shoveled off the excess soil. The wall is smooth and semicircular, which is very beautiful. When a wall was built, everyone took the opportunity to relax for a while, and the guys shouted, "Steel egg, boil the leaves on your head and bring the golden monkey!" " My mother will also send the local products I brought back from other places to everyone to taste.
At this point, everyone finished drinking tea, and the smell of smoke was too strong. Cousin gave the order: "Dismantle the board, dig the clip pole nest and plant the ladder." Everyone immediately got up and did their own thing. I took the opportunity to scrape the clay off each rafter with a sliding rope (called washing rafters).
I chose the time to hit the wall in February of the lunar calendar. Spring is warm and cold, cold wind blows gently, and sporadic snowflakes fall from time to time. I was deeply moved by everyone's enthusiastic help in spite of the snowstorm. Hometown has simple folk customs, deep homesickness, deep friendship and deep love. Knocking on the wall and other coolies, everyone comes at any time, and some come uninvited. They don't ask for anything in return, don't talk about the rich and the poor, help each other, take care of each other and work hard for friendship. The picture is a kind of joy, and the picture is to take care of each other and feel very comfortable.
As the main family, I participate in the whole process of hitting the wall during the day, taking time to buy some urgently needed supplies and manipulating some odds and ends. I'm tired enough after running. Due to the long-term work in the field and the lack of hard labor training in the countryside, some of them can't hold on to the fire, but they still persist silently. A few days later, their hands grinded out a few blood bubbles, and when they applied a little force, they twisted with pain and their legs wouldn't listen to them. When my friend saw me, he smiled and said, "What a coward! I can't stand suffering if I leave the yellow land for a few days! " Not convinced, I replied with a smile, "Try wrestling if you have something to do!" Busy during the day, you have to burn the midnight oil at night, dump the distant soil nearby, and then mix the dry and wet soil evenly to make it convenient to use the wall the next day.
The scene of hitting the wall is very hot, and mother and wife are also busy in the kitchen. The aunt and sister-in-law in this lane also came around the apron to help, choosing vegetables, cutting vegetables, rolling noodles and making noodles; Stir-fried minced meat, scrambled eggs, seasoning, hot pepper. Stir-frying and frying are busy but not chaotic. With a "eat!" Everyone put down their guys, patted the dust, washed the bar and wolfed down the bowl. The cultivator is bitter and does not pay attention to the form of food. As long as it suits their taste, filling their stomachs is a good meal.
The old people in the village heard that the "steel eggs" in the south yard called a group of "outcrops" to hit the wall. A circle of more than 60 meters long wall is straight, solid porcelain, light hall, angular, full of rafters straight lines, let's take a look. Wenxuan stroked his beard and kept "tut tut tut" in his mouth: "These dolls. Looking around is pleasing to the eye. " At this point, 28 walls were hit in a week, and the road was declared successful. I thanked everyone again and again, and everyone waved their hands: "You're welcome! They are all villagers, and no one needs them! You should! It should be! " What a simple language, what a pure feeling, what a strong homesickness. Over the years, my friends' words have often echoed in my ears, warning me that my hometown is my root and my fellow villagers are my relatives!
Since then, with the gradual improvement of people's living standards, the situation of building houses and beating earth walls has gradually decreased, and civil houses have gradually been replaced by brick-concrete houses. After the implementation of the land contract responsibility system, the proportion of grain in agricultural production is relatively balanced, and it has become fashionable for fruit farmers to hit the orchard wall. It's not as formal as hitting the courtyard wall, and it doesn't take much effort. The wall is only one person high, which prevents outsiders from "cultivating" fruits and plays the role of "preventing gentlemen". Later, every family had an orchard full of apples, pears, peaches and other fruits. The masses found that the earth wall hindered the ventilation and lighting of fruit trees and pushed it down one after another.
After thousands of years of wind and rain, the earth wall is a folk culture and a solid symbol, bearing the history that our ancestors fought for. Our generation has inherited the traditional architectural technology handed down by our elders, but lost it from our hands, and experienced a period of rapid social development and progress. Earth walls and houses in rural areas are rare now, and will disappear in people's sight in a few years. The work of beating the earth wall will become a historical record and a distant time!