Last night, I dreamed of my great-grandmother who had passed away for many years. Old house, under the eaves, her hair is like snow, wearing a white cotton gown, sitting on the grass block woven by corn husks, the expression is calm. A palm-leaf fan with a blue border and an abduction stick made of a buttonwood branch stand by the wall. It was surrounded by stout old locust trees, and the hot cicadas were singing in our ears... The familiar scenes in the memory are so real that they are reflected in the dream, as if they have passed through time and space and returned to that old time.
Great Grandma's life is not easy, she went through the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang government, the People's Republic, the four dynasties of New China, experienced the Cultural Revolution and the great famine, the hard years, read the vicissitudes of life, ate a lot of unimaginable suffering, and passed the poor can not be poor again. Raising two sons on your own is a vivid illustration of what perfection is.
In my memory, Grandma is physically strong, mentally healthy, not deaf and not blind, washing and cooking, peeling corn and picking peanuts, busy all day, not a moment of leisure. Her diet is minimal, a watermelon skin rub into silk and sprinkle salt, is a bowl of cold dishes, and then a bowl of cornmeal porridge, you can eat sweating forehead, red face. She has an optimistic personality and never worries herself about trifles. Second grandma (her little daughter-in-law) temper is violent, every day nothing to find trouble, to great grandma scold, great grandma never care about it, mostly laugh it off.
Hard work and open-minded plain food, these are probably the secret of Grandma's longevity.
When I was born, great-grandma was in her eighties. When Grandma is busy in the field, I will stick to Grandma. Most of my childhood toys were made by my great-grandmother. A whistle twisted with willow branches, a tumbler pasted with egg shells, a shuttlecock with six slices, and a long string of paper people holding hands... Five years old to kindergarten, often bullied by small partners, was called "motherless wild", once happened to be her to see, she was angry red face, stick poke the ground "Dong dong" ring. After that, she took me there every day and stayed at the gate of the kindergarten all day...
Great-grandma lost her daughter at the age of 30, her husband at the age of 40, and her son at the age of 80. Some people say, too grandma life hard, life miserable. I don't think so. She is strong and optimistic all her life, never bowing to fate; She is lonely, self-love; She was hardworking, simple and self-supporting, and never caused any trouble to her children and grandchildren. She was compassionate and devoted to the good, and never hurt anyone... Great grandmother's life is complete, is perfect, is worthy of future generations to respect and praise!
The years are like the old camel bells, drifting away. Grandma's voice and smile often emerge in my mind, her firm and kind eyes seem to be able to penetrate time and space for many years, along with the fragrance of flowers and plants, gently tread the dawn, bringing the first ray of warm sunshine in the morning dew...
The name on her identity card was Qiu, who was born in the summer of 1900 and died in the winter of 1997. He was 97 years old.
昨夜，我梦到了我已逝多年的太奶奶。老屋，檐下，她发如雪，穿着白色棉布褂子，坐在玉米皮编成的草墩子上，神态坦然。一把包了蓝边的芭蕉扇和一根梧桐树枝制成的拐棍立在墙边。周围是粗壮的老槐树，燥热的蝉鸣响彻耳际……记忆中熟悉的场景那样真实的映现在梦里，仿佛已穿越时空，回到那段旧时光中。
太奶奶的一生实属不易，她历经清朝、北洋政府、民国、新中国四个朝代，经历过文化大革命和大饥荒，艰苦岁月，阅尽沧桑，吃了很多不能想象的苦，过过穷的不能再穷的日子。凭一己之力含辛茹苦养大两个儿子，生动诠释了什么是尽善尽美。
在我的记忆里，太奶奶身体硬朗，精神矍铄，耳不聋眼不花，洗衣做饭，剥玉米摘花生，整日忙忙碌碌，一刻不闲。她饮食极简，一块西瓜皮擦成丝撒点盐，就是一碗凉菜，再来一碗玉米面粥，便能吃得额头冒汗，红光满面。她性格乐观，从不为琐事伤神。二奶奶（她的小儿媳）脾气暴虐，天天没事找事，对太奶奶指桑骂槐，太奶奶从不与之计较，大都一笑了之。
勤劳 豁达 粗茶淡饭，这些大概就是太奶奶长寿的秘诀吧。
我出生的时候，太奶奶已经八十多岁了。奶奶在田间場头忙的时候，我会粘着太奶奶。我童年的玩具也大都出自太奶奶之手。用柳枝扭的哨子，用鸡蛋壳糊的不倒翁，六个瓣的毽子，还有一长串手拉手的纸人儿……五岁上幼儿园，常受到小伙伴的欺负，被骂“没娘的野种”，有一次恰巧被她看到，她气得涨红了脸，拐棍儿戳的地“咚咚”响。之后她便每天送我去，并守在幼儿园门口一天……
太奶奶三十岁丧女，四十岁丧夫，耄耋之年儿子又先她而去。有人说，太奶奶命硬，一生凄苦。我不这样认为。她一生坚强乐观，不曾向命运低头；她孤寡半世，洁身自爱；她勤劳朴实、自食其力，到老没给儿孙添麻烦；她慈悲为怀、一心向善，不曾伤害过任何人……太奶奶的一生是圆满的，是完善的，是值得后人去敬重和推崇的！
岁月如同古旧的驼铃声，渐行渐远。太奶奶的音容笑貌时常浮现在脑海里，她坚毅慈祥的目光似乎能洞察多年时空，伴随着花草的清香，轻踏着黎明，带来朝露里第一缕温暖的阳光……
太奶奶身份证上的名字是邱氏，生于1900年盛夏，逝于1997年隆冬。享年97岁。
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