My parents' employees in the third-line unit had their first ceiling fan at home after they were eight years old. Last summer, my impression was that the temperature was about 30 degrees, and at night it was more than 20 degrees, and the doors and windows at home were open. If you want to wash the concrete floor with water again, you can sleep on the floor at night or under the tree at the door. Try not to go out during the day and go swimming in the river at night. It's really unbearable to have no air conditioning now.
At that time, people had a strong ability to endure hardships and heat, because it was a large group of people's communes. On a hot day, the captain of the production team also led everyone to do farm work in the field. Farmers wear straw hats and towels, and some even carry banana fans. Sometimes in order to prevent heatstroke, the production team distributed bowls of mung bean soup to everyone, and some poured bottles of well water to drink. At home, I mainly rely on banana fans to fan the wind, and it is sultry in summer nights. I can't sleep in the house, in the yard. Some even climbed to the roof (flat-roofed house) to sleep. At that time, it was common for children and adults to get prickly heat, sunburn and even heatstroke in summer.
When summer came in the sixties and seventies, people would set up bamboo beds and couches in advance at night to enjoy the cool in big places. When I was a child, I liked to listen to and tell stories about ancient battles. Neighbors are very friendly, and storytellers tell stories with relish, so everyone will not feel hot when they listen quietly. After ten o'clock, the weather will be cooler. Some people hang mosquito nets and sleep until dawn. At that time, people were always friendly and neighbors were willing to help anyone in need.
Use a fan. It's too hot to sleep outdoors at night. It was bitter at that time, but I was simple-minded and didn't have the feeling of money now. In such a big environment, people are full of enthusiasm for work and life. When building a country, everyone has selfless dedication, and they talk and laugh in life. So at that time, everyone had the same standard of living, no pressure and no pain. Now their living standards have improved. In retrospect, it was really bitter.
When I was a child, I would take out a mat and lay it on the side of the road to play with the children. Many people will gather at the door and say that their parents are short. There will also be old grandfathers telling stories. I remember a grandfather who could tell stories. Although he was not professional enough, he played the Sui and Tang Dynasties. That's when our first contact began. At that time, although everyone was poor, we could feel the sincere happiness.
At that time, everyone lived in wooden houses, with air leakage all around, and a small number of big blue brick houses, which were spacious, so that through flow wouldn't be hot when it blew. Unlike now, the standard 3-meter-high building is built like a cage and does not need a tile cover. They are all concrete roofs. A little sunshine becomes a steamer, and the city is the heat island effect. Without electricity and air conditioning, people in the city would have died of heat.
In the 1970s, people's hearts were really simple, and neighbors helped each other. On summer nights, every household puts a board or a bamboo bed at the door and sleeps at the door. There are never thieves at home. 1992 When I got married, I only had a fan and there was no air conditioning in the village. Although I didn't have money, we felt that life was easy and happy at that time. Now the pressure is too great and I am very tired.
There is another important point. People at that time were simple and simple. At that time, rivers and trees were everywhere outside the village. Now, the surface temperature is indeed higher than before. At that time, men were all big underpants, and women were all loose undershirts, which was normal. But now, people will say that you have no quality or something.
At that time, mosquitoes were mostly gray mosquitoes. They don't bite people during the day, but only at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, which is not very toxic. Nowadays, the small mosquito was brought from the African forest by cargo transportation and flights in the past 20 or 30 years, and it has spread to more than 100 countries in the world, chasing people day and night, and it is still very toxic. When enjoying the cool in the countryside at night, a cigarette holder made of straw can basically repel mosquitoes. In the sixties and seventies, people worked hard, exercised a lot, and had rough skin, unlike people now, whose skin was fine and tender! If there were many mosquitoes in the past, I believe people would not dare to enjoy the cool under the tree.