Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 115 The most glorious working people
In 1949, the Government Council issued the "National Holidays and Memorial Day Holiday Measures" for the first time, setting May 5st of each year as Labor Day, a day off for the whole country. In 1, laborers across the country ushered in the first Labor Day.

Today is May 1980, 5, the 1th Labor Day since the founding of the People's Republic of China.After walking around the chicken farm in the morning, He Ping took Xiao Zhu'er on a bicycle to find Mao Chunhua. It was a rare day off and he had to go for a stroll.

The two met at the alley of Mao Chunhua's house and rode bicycles to the county town. There were many pedestrians on the street with relaxed smiles on their faces.

"There is a cultural performance on the square in front of the county government office this morning, let's go and see it." Mao Chunhua said.

He Ping hadn't seen any celebrations since he came to this era, and he happily said, "Okay!"

After passing the Daling River and walking westward not far away is the county government office, and there is no courtyard wall. There is a square in front of the county government office.

When He Ping and the others arrived, the square was already full of people, and there was an open space in the center of the square, where a stage was set up.On the stage, a banner was pulled in the air, "Warmly celebrate the 1980 May Day Labor Day".

At this time on the stage, there were performers who were intensively preparing for the performance. While He Ping and the others were waiting to watch the show, the audience started first.

The sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded in the crowd, and He Ping squeezed Mao Chunhua with his left hand and Xiao Zhuer with his right hand.

It turned out that people from the Yangko team were performing. A big drum was placed in the crowd. The drummer beat the rhythm hard. Two gong players followed the rhythm of the drummer, and a sharp and loud suona sounded. Many people should have heard it This rhythm: "choke choke choke...".

Hearing this familiar rhythm, He Ping's face unconsciously put on a smile. He would hear this rhythm every New Year and festival when he was a child. To match it were a few actors in red and green, waving handkerchiefs and fans. , the only fly in the ointment is that there are fewer people playing Zhu Bajie or Wu Chou.

With confident smiles on their faces, the team members took magical steps amidst the sound of gongs and drums.Twisted Yangko is a popular cultural activity in Northeast China. He Ping seriously suspects that the square dance of later generations is plagiarized Twisted Yangko.

Regardless of the fact that there are only four or five members in the band, there are only seven or eight members in the Yangko twisting team, but such a small Yangko team suddenly turned out the momentum of the National TV Spring Festival Gala.

The most important thing in Twisted Yangko is not the pace or the movement, but the confidence. As long as you dare to open your legs, the land under your feet is your stage.Under the leadership of a few team members, many people around with outstanding literary and artistic bacteria began to move around. With the first person, there will be a second one. Within a minute, the whole area was in motion.

The rhythm of the crowd was surprisingly uniform. You don't need to be taught how to twist yangko. As long as you are in it, you will involuntarily move along with it. Under the influence of the people around you, He Ping couldn't help taking small steps.

Seeing his awkward footsteps, Mao Chunhua couldn't help laughing.

"Be serious, we are twisting yangko."

"How can you be so twisted, look at me." Mao Chunhua started to move as she said, her upper body swayed from side to side and twisted back and forth with the drumbeat, and her feet | alternately stepped on the cross, "Look at it? You have to step on it Cross, body swaying to the beat of the drum."

The young and soft body was particularly rhythmic. He Ping imitated Mao Chunhua's posture and twisted up. Not to mention a little progress, He Ping showed a cheerful smile on his face.

There are no colorful neon lights, and no new and exciting music, but it has its own unique charm and excitement.

The surrounding crowd has been fully agitated. The excited musicians threw off their arms and puffed their cheeks. The crowd's emotions were ignited. The fans, long streamers and handkerchiefs of the Yangko team danced like butterflies, and the drummers changed According to the rhythm, the suona also changed its tone happily, and the people who twisted the Yangko also changed their movements and postures.

The members of the Yangko team gradually lined up in a neat formation, and the crowd also gradually formed a long line with them, twisting and dancing to the brisk drumbeat, and began to circle around the square, making everyone's eyes on the square. Begin to focus on this long line and get involved.

The performers of the Yangko team worked extra hard. The fan dancers played flower tasks, dexterously waving the colorful fans, and turning the fans with their wrists from time to time, like fingers and arms, like colorful butterflies in the sky; the handkerchiefs kept turning Throwing the handkerchief in the air, dropping it and catching it again, the higher the throwing of the handkerchief, the louder the applause of the people, even overshadowing the sound of the drums.

There are more and more people joining Yangko twisting, and more and more audiences are gathering together. The suona musicians of the Yangko team have tried their best to tune their tunes high and low, high-pitched, and passionate. People are dancing to their heart's content, without restraint.

Time passed with the sound of drum music, the sound of drum music slowly fell down, and people's excitement also fell. Twisting Yangko is a physical activity, and the duration is not long. , People also stopped dancing, and the performance on the stage officially started at this time.

He Ping was sweating profusely, as were Mao Chunhua and Xiao Zhuer beside him.Mao Chunhua thoughtfully took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat of the father and son.

"Is it fun?" He Ping asked Xiao Zhu'er with a smile.

"It's fun!" Xiao Zhu'er said out of breath with a smile on her face.

He Ping took the handkerchief and wiped Mao Chunhua's sweat, "Are you tired?"

"Fortunately, it's rare to catch up with the excitement."

It takes only half an hour to twist Yangko, which can be regarded as a warm-up before the stage performance. He Ping and the others watched the performance on the stage for a while, and felt a little bit dispirited. After experiencing the fun of participating in person, let them stand by and watch like passers-by , the feeling is always worse.

After asking Mao Chunhua and Xiao Zhuer for their opinions, they went to other places.

Today's Ping County is extremely lively, whether it is in the square in front of the county government|government, in the park or in the department store, it is full of people.

After wandering around the county town all morning, several of them were exhausted.

At noon, He Ping led Mao Chunhua and Xiao Zhu'er into a state-run restaurant in Xiguan. There are not many restaurants that can open on this day.

"Let's have something good for lunch today, Zhu'er, what do you want to eat?" He Ping pointed to the price list on the wall for Xiao Zhu'er.

Xiao Zhu'er looked at it for a while and didn't speak, He Ping asked, "Do you want to eat pot-packed meat?"

Xiao Zhuer nodded, "Yeah."

"What about the braised hoof?"

Xiao Zhuer nodded without hesitation.

"Sweet and sour pork ribs."

Xiao Zhuer nodded his head, making He Ping and Mao Chunhua laugh out loud.

"Chunhua, you order two more dishes."

"That's enough, there are only three of us."

"It's okay, if you can't finish eating, you can take it away."

Mao Chunhua then ordered two more vegetarian dishes, and made up five dishes. He Ping looked at the prices of the dishes. Braised trotters were 3 yuan, sweet and sour pork ribs were 15 yuan, and pot-wrapped pork was [-] yuan, including the orange soda and Rice, a meal is less than [-] yuan.

It may not look high, but it is equivalent to half a month's wages of many workers these days.

(End of this chapter)