In fact, there is another kind of bird, which is closest to the life of rural people and is easily forgotten, and that is the swallow.
When it comes to swallows, you can't help but mention the bird's nest. Houses in the country are not in the style of cement stone tile flat top floor, but mostly build walls and add a pointed tile roof on them. Beams and purlins support the spire, and swallow nests are built on the purlins.
It is definitely one of the most perfect arts in the world. Swallows are generally divided into two kinds. The villagers simply call them smart swallows and stupid swallows, but in fact they are based on nests. Qiaoyan's nest is very big, like a bag; Stupid swallows are much easier. A mud wall built on the basis that swallows will not fall. Actually, children prefer the latter. Because after the swallow hatches, the stupid swallow's nest will always stick out a few furry heads together because it is shallow. In the nest of the clever swallow, it is not so simple to see the swallow. The patience of children is limited, hehe.
When the old home was demolished, it happened to be a season of "New Swallows Picking Spring Mud". I watched most of the bird's nest built in the hall break up with the house. For several days, swallows circled back and forth on the ruins of their hometown foundation. Watching, suddenly a kind of guilt and sadness mixed with the same fate rose from the bottom of my heart, and unconsciously, tears overflowed my skirt. On that day, the whole family lived in an old house abandoned by others under the protection of others. After years of disrepair, when it rains in midsummer, the ground is rarely dry.
Then we got a new home. The new house and yard are surrounded by hedges made of hay piles and dead branches, but they are much brighter and more spacious than the little black house where I lived earlier. My primary school and junior high school were all spent in this enclosed yard. In the autumn of the second day, my father built a courtyard wall, ending the era of doors everywhere. The next spring, during the slack season, my father built several small broken houses in the east. Who knows, the day after the renovation, a pair of swallows circled around the house and chattered for a few days, and began to build a nest with mud on the purlin. Suddenly a feeling of leaving for many years came to my mind, only to find that the swallow had never lived in my house for many years.
High school, college, work and long-term running are interspersed in the high-rise buildings of the city. I was not at home when the swallow came, and I was still wandering outside when the swallow left. Accustomed to the high-rise buildings in the city, I occasionally see a few swallows scattered on the wires after the rain combing their feathers, and my little thoughts will entangle those days.
Binzhou, I don't know if it is my hometown or a foreign country. Anyway, back and forth many times, still stationed in this city. In high school, I used to devour my confidence crazily; When I was in college, I went back to school and hurried home. At work, I was thrown around by many cities, and finally this city with too many feelings left me. It was also here that I met Ting, the other half of my life. Riding a tram between huanghe road and Bohai Road, I am very tired when looking for a house, but I always have a kind of expectation and hope in my heart. Sometimes I think, in this city, distant relatives and close neighbors, we are really like a pair of swallows, running around and working hard just to find a nest, settle down and support the family, no matter how hard and painful it is, I am willing to carry it on my shoulders.
On September 6, 20 10, on July 28 of the lunar calendar, we found our own house. That morning, I held Ting many times and kissed her crazily. I'm not a great person. I'm afraid I can't use all my energy to protect all the poor people in the world. I just think that when the spring breeze blows, a pair of swallows living in this city nest under my eaves and support a family. I sheltered you from the wind and rain, and you drove away my homesickness for me, leaving these three points free, which is enough.
20 10-9-7 Binzhou city, Shandong province