Elephant Meat in My Childhood

Elephant Meat in My Childhood This article was written on July 8, 2013 Author: Lü Jianfeng While washing up just now, I remembered a great dream from my childhood. Our family lived in the countryside, and before I was 10, we basically couldn't eat meat except when we had guests at home, went out as guests, or during festivals. As a child at an age focused on eating, I couldn't resist the temptation of meat. I wanted to eat it and would ask the elderly every day how we could eat meat often. I certainly wouldn't dare ask my parents. Among them, there was a saying that all the kids in our village around my age believed at the time: an elephant can have a catty of meat cut off each day, and it would grow back at night, ready to be cut again the next day. We kids were excited and agreed that when we grew up, we would definitely raise an elephant so we could eat meat every day. Later, I learned it was a kind lie. Later, we could eat meat every day. Later, I went to see an elephant. Later, it seemed like I had no goals. Later, I often think of the elephant meat of my childhood...