Zhang wanming
The extraordinary Year of the Rat has passed, and the hopeful Year of the Ox has arrived!
As the saying goes, "When the Year of the Ox comes, farmers are good at farming", which means that the Year of the Ox is good for farming and good for the year. This is not only a high summary of the running law of nature for thousands of years, but also a beautiful expectation for the Year of the Ox, and it also places people's deep feelings for the Ox.
The world is a barren land. Since cattle were domesticated, they have been working hard with human beings in the wasteland, barren hills and barren hills in vast expanse, one piece after another, and only then have they got fertile fields for growing grains, produced abundant crops and millet, and produced fruitful fruits, which nourished human beings and promoted the continuous development and progress of human society. People call "cow" a "pioneer cow", probably because of this.
In the long farming society, cattle are the most loyal friends of human beings and the most precious means of production for people to survive. Cattle are the foundation of farming and have always been loved and cherished by people. As early as the Zhou dynasty, there was a position of "cattle man", specializing in raising cattle; Establish a "cattle farm" dedicated to grazing cattle or providing feed for cattle. Wang Zhen, an agronomist in the Yuan Dynasty, said in his book "Agricultural Books": "Cattle are for things and cut for agriculture. Those who are good at raising animals must have kindness; With a loving heart, there will be no slow and easy meaning. " In the Ming Dynasty, Gao Qi said in "Cattle Pasturing Ci": "The dusk, the grass is far away, and the cattle are tired and hungry, only I know. Sing on the cow, the cow sits down and lies next to the cow at night. I am not worried about cattle that have been grazing for many years, but I am afraid of losing rent and selling my cattle. " It can be seen that the ancient working people attached importance to and cherished cattle. Guangxi folk songs, which are widely circulated, also sing like this: "If you cherish clothes, you will have clothes to wear, and if you love cattle, you will have food and animal husbandry. Advise the world to cherish the cultivation of cattle, and people and animals will be prosperous and happy. " It further clarifies the truth that the working people love cows and cherish them. During the People's Commune after the founding of New China, cattle were collective property, which was highly valued and cared for by the local Party committee and government and farmers. The way of raising cattle is the combination of collective centralized feeding and decentralized feeding by farmers. In the winter when the vegetation withers and the land is bare, the production team will gather the cows, use the best house of the production team as a cowshed, and select a few caring and responsible old farmers with rich feeding experience to feed them full-time. On rainy and snowy days, cadres of communes and brigades should also inspect villages to prevent cattle from freezing and starving, so as not to affect agricultural production in the coming year. In the spring season, when the grass grows and the warblers fly, the production team will send the cows to the farmers' homes to raise them, but only if there is a heart that loves and cherishes them.
My grandfather is old and weak, so he can't engage in heavy physical farm work, but he has been with cows all his life, has deep feelings for them, and regards them as his lifeblood. The captain assigned the best cattle of the production team to my home. Grandpa was very happy, so he cleaned up a wing room at home early, specializing in cowshed. As soon as it got dark, grandpa took the cow back to the cowshed for fear that it would freeze to death. Get up in the middle of the night, but also add grass to feed the cows, clean up the feces and urine, lest the cows be hungry and dirty; Early in the morning, I cleaned the cowshed early. As soon as the sun rose, I took the cows to graze in the fields alone.
The big cow sent to my house has a huge head, a wide back and a round waist, and is golden and shiny all over; The limbs are as thick as pillars, and they walk with their heads held high, their hips up and their hooves windy; The ears are like fans, the eyes are like two bells, and the two black corners are slightly sideways, like sharp steel forks; Screaming is great, great. Avoid early every time you see it. But I don't know why grandpa is so close to it and loves it so much.
One Sunday, grandpa asked me to accompany him to herd cattle. I'm a little scared and don't want to go. Grandpa said to me, "Cows are very human. It is born to help people and listen to people, regardless of adults and children. Although our cattle are tall and powerful, they are actually very docile. As long as you are kind to it, it will obey you in all aspects. " After listening to grandpa, I reluctantly agreed. Grandpa gave me the reins, I took the cow, Grandpa took my hand, and three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were connected with the cow, but I was still a little timid. Grandpa read my mind and gave me the bullwhip. And said to me: "Although cows can't talk, they can understand people's words. What do you want it to do? Say no and say it again. Say no, just a whip, and the cow will remember. " According to grandpa, I tried several times and it really worked. It turns out that this tall and powerful rhubarb cow is smarter than a wayward urchin. From then on, I changed my understanding of cattle and started a rich life combining schooling with herding cattle.
Several children, sitting in a team, sitting in the front, sitting in the back, sitting on the side, or standing upright on the back of an ox, or holding a bullwhip, or holding a book, or playing a flute, or singing children's songs, went out at dawn and returned at dusk. This was a beautiful landscape in the countryside at that time, and it was also a beautiful and intoxicating picture scroll in beautiful pastoral poems, which was my childhood longing. When I was a child, I saw my little brothers doing various actions on the back of the cow, laughing and laughing, handy and proud. I envy it. I grabbed the cow's reins and watched Niu Yi nibble at the grass and walk from one ridge to another. Very monotonous, I can't wait to climb on the back of the cow. Grandpa said: "You are still young, afraid that you will fall down when riding unsteadily!" " ! Grandpa saw that I was a little unhappy, so he carefully helped me to the back of the cow. He held the reins in one hand and my back in the other, so that I could firmly grasp the fur on the front shoulder of the cow and start striding forward, uphill, downhill, turning left and right, and so on. My nervous mood gradually relaxed, and the feeling of riding an ox gradually found. Unconsciously, the night is slowly coming, and there is smoke in the village. Grandpa led the cow in front, and I sat on the back of the cow and walked home with great joy of success.
My wish to ride a cow has come true, but I still can't climb the high cow's back by myself. So grandpa called me to the cow. He stroked the cow's front neck and shoulders back and forth with one hand, and grabbed the cow's nose with the other hand to make the cow lower its head. Then he asked me to put my foot on the ox horn and lie on the cow's neck and shoulders, and then let the cow slowly raise its head and send me to the back. With grandpa's help, I learned to herd cattle and ride horses, and I also tasted the fun of herding cattle and fell in love with this cow deeply. On my way to school, I always remember to bring some fresh grass to this cow.
When the busy farming season arrived and the school was on holiday, I began to live full-time as a cattle herder with the rhythm of cattle. Farmers are busy, people are busy and cows are busier. Because people are tired, they can have a rest alternately. However, due to the small power of cattle, and eager to catch up with the farming season, cattle first pull the plow, then pull the rake, and even pull the hoe until the land is flat and soft. Only when the old farmer comes home from work for dinner three times a day can he have a short rest, which is also the time for me to herd cattle. Whenever I took the reins from the old farmer, the cow lowered its head, let me stand in its corner to keep up, and sent me to its back. Sometimes I see it is tired and reluctant to ride, but it still waits for me for a long time. . . . . . It takes a long time to raise cattle and a short time to graze, so hunger is natural. In order not to let my favorite cows starve to death, I use the time of cattle labor to mow the grass everywhere. Every time I bring bundles of fresh grass, the cow nods frequently and shakes its powerful tail, which makes it extremely excited.
Four strong cows pull up plows to step on the ground, rake the ground to plow the fields, and so on. It is not afraid of hardships, not afraid of difficulties, and can do anything. In the cold early spring, it trudged through knee-deep soil. In the hot summer, braving the unbearable high temperature, pulling heavy stones and grinding fields round and round. It is diligence, hard work, diligence, not laziness, but efficiency. So people like to use it very much. This farmer often uses it and that farmer continues to use it. Some cows are resting and happily eating young grass, but they are still burying their heads and pulling their plows and rakes. I often complain about it, complaining that farmers whip fast cattle, but it is unknown, without complaint, as always, unknown. Of course, it is also tired. Whenever it is a little tired, a bullwhip rings, and it endures the pain of fatigue, cheer up and move on.
Four cows don't care what they do, and they never care or bargain. Farming is its duty, pulling the cart is the responsibility of the horse, and milling the rice should be the business of the donkey. Because there is no habit of raising donkeys and horses in our hometown, the work of donkeys and horses falls on cows. It's time for the old cow to have a rest after finishing the work of plowing. As long as people need it, it will not hesitate to push it on the mill, pull it on the mill, and put it on the carriage and put it on the road. And do everything carefully.
Four cows also have strong restraint and can resist the great temptation around them. Our home is in the hilly area of southern Henan. There are no hills and pastures here, and all the cows are driven on the narrow ridge. Shallow weeds grow on the ridge of the field, which are chewed back and forth by cattle several times a day, but there are green crops on both sides. This is indeed an irresistible temptation for herbivorous cows. I remember once, when I was not looking, the cow stole some seedlings on both sides of the ridge. When I found out, I grabbed its nose, slapped it in the mouth and shouted, "Stop stealing its mouth." The cow stared at me with big eyes, as if she understood my consciousness. I put it down and continued to eat grass. Eating and eating, I saw its eyes looking straight at me, but its long tongue slanted to the edge of the field and caught a seedling. I yelled, and it immediately put down the seedlings it caught, retracted its tongue, and continued to graze carelessly. It is very hard to herd cattle at noon in midsummer, and riding on the back of cattle is on pins and needles; Standing on the ridge, leading Niu Yi to eat grass step by step, waist-high seedlings on both sides were exposed to the scorching sun, and suffocating steam was emitted under them, which made people breathless. So, I tried to put the cow at this end of the ridge. I ran to the other end of the ridge and watched the cows eating grass from a distance. Whenever his eyes squint at the seedlings on both sides, I give a shout, and he immediately corrects his posture and nibbles at the old grass on the ridge. After a few days of training, the cow may see that I am serious. From then on, no matter how far away I am from it, it will never steal crops from the roadside again. I am surprised, I sigh! This is really a teachable cow! It's a shame that cows can do this!
Cattle only ask about cultivation, don't ask about harvest, and don't ask about credit and reward. When people who have been tired for a year sit in front of a mountain of rice and wheat, talking about the beautiful scenery of a bumper year and tasting the fruits of victory, it quietly hides aside and silently tastes the old grass under the rice and wheat. Cows are lovely and respectable. It paid hard work and sweat, dedicated heavy fruits and the joy of harvest, but got a whip and handfuls of withered old grass. Scholars of all ages praised the cow not because of its tall body and gorgeous appearance, but because of its valuable qualities of perseverance, pioneering and enterprising, and practical dedication.
Cow is a symbol of loyalty and dedication, strength and hero, struggle and endeavor, prosperity and auspiciousness, and is synonymous with great ability and strength. Therefore, people call excellent people "cattle people", the rising stock market "bull market" and the thriving business "cow luck". This also shows that the Year of the Ox is bound to be a year of hard work, overcoming difficulties, innovation and development, taking advantage of the situation, fruitful results and peace and prosperity. The spring rain is continuous, and the Year of the Ox coincides with the 0/00th anniversary of the founding of the Party/KLOC-,and the "14th Five-Year Plan" begins, and a new journey is started to build a socialist modern country in an all-round way. The task is arduous, the mission is glorious and the responsibility is great. The blueprint of the new journey is inspiring, and it is also the pursuit and dream of many generations, but every goal needs our efforts to achieve. As long as we in Do not forget your initiative mind keep our mission in mind, concentrate on meeting difficulties, learn the quality of "cow", carry forward the spirit of "cow", work hard to serve the people, be a pioneering cow, innovate and develop, and work hard for the old cow, we will certainly show "cow strength", open roads on every mountain, bridge bridges when encountering water, integrate personal struggle with the grand plan of the times, and the grand blueprint of the new journey will certainly be achieved.