Small Town Stories - Getting to Know Yushe Again

Not long ago, in order to maintain a healthy body, morning running and walking became a regular activity in my life. Strolling through the streets and alleys of the county, bathing in the morning sunlight and facing the pleasant evening breeze, is very pleasant. I suddenly realized that in the past thirty years, I have never had such a reverent heart, to look at this small city with all my heart.

In the search engine enter "Yushe" two words, it is very easy to find "in the middle of the south of Jinshan, Shanxi, the western foot of the Taihang Mountains, turbid Zhang north source of the two banks," "'fossil hometown! ", "'town of fossils' and 'treasure trove of vertebrates'", "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Shanxi Province," "King's Whip", and "Zhao Wang Shile". " and other key information. However, these official and objective descriptions don't seem to be the one answer I want.

As a child, I remembered that in the 1990s, only a few main streets were paved with asphalt, and there were even fewer cars on the streets, with bicycles and motorcycles being the main means of transportation. The first thing you need to do is to get your feet on a bicycle and take a tour of the county in less than half an hour.

The county has no luxury CBD, only the free market, the spring shopping mall and a few other big stores. Although the number of stores is small, but all the dirty, living supplies have everything, basically able to meet the county people's consumption needs. Parks, amusement parks and other fitness and entertainment venues are even more impossible to talk about. At that time, there is no early education classes, interest classes, etc., turbid Zhanghe River water play, catching fish and shrimp, picnics, climbing mountains, etc. has become the main recreational activities of the children.

Every year in the fall market, adults scrambled to purchase household goods, affordable goods will be spread by word of mouth, the stall owners naturally earn a lot of money, the black purse money bulging, good not to be envied. The children are carrying pocket money to meet for lasso, shooting balloons, roller coasters and other recreational activities.

Every year, after the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, every household washes, cleans, and purchases in an orderly manner; after the 15th day of the first month, cultural parades, fireworks, lanterns, and other activities have their own special features, and the people's participation and satisfaction is extremely high.

Nowadays, the small city of Yushe has undergone radical changes. The transportation in the county is well-connected, flat and straight road like the people of Yushe more and more beautiful life, the end of the road extends out of the infinite hope and possibilities.

Years ago, a few stores were gradually replaced by a variety of brand stores, a variety of trendy clothes are favored by everyone. Donghe Park, Wenfeng Park, Riverside Park, Shile Cultural Theme Park and other parks throughout the county, playing shuttlecock, kite flying, badminton, fishing, square dance, Taiji and other leisure activities are favored by the public.

The difference is that the children's outdoor activities turned indoors, especially the opening of the Yushe Museum of Culture and Sports for young people to provide a rare reading, entertainment, fitness place. Traditional activities such as fairs and Chinese New Year parades have gradually faded from view.

After more than two decades of development, the small town of Yushe more flavor. You see that early in the morning, with the rising sun, the county began to wake up after a night's sleep. The city beauticians have begun to clean up the work, with the umbrella-shaped broom rhythmically crossed, the road immediately became spotless.

Along with the "bang bang" knocking sound, only to see the master of the dry noodle cake has begun business. The special flavor of the cake wafted all over the streets and alleys, simply make people salivate. Farmers market, a few stall farmers, wrinkled face rippling with smiles. When customers ask, they patiently explain and guarantee that the cucumbers are fresh, the greens are fresh, and the celery is also fresh. When no one patronizes them, they chat with each other.

The students on their motorized bicycles were laughing and joking or looking nervous as they rushed to school. I can't help but think, "The plan of the year lies in the spring, the plan of the day lies in the morning. In this great time, young people do not know the taste of sadness, and whether they are y in love with their own studies? Or, many years later, will they regret that they once did not take their studies seriously?

In the evening, under the illumination of the lights, the busy county gradually returned to another scene. Commuters unloaded their fatigue, have embarked on the happy road home. Surrounding the park gradually became lively, fitness equipment activity area of several young people scrambling to light up the difficult fancy action.

Some of the elderly are dancing in the square dance, some are practicing Tai Chi. For them, age is just a number, and the passage of years can't stop them from pursuing a young heart. On the dry noodle cake stalls, the rhythmic tapping sounds form a melodious and pleasant tune. By the roadside, there are several Keep running group members running to clock in, there are several middle-aged women walking their pet dogs in hand, a peaceful and warm scene ......

In the past few days in my hometown, my heart is quiet, and my perception of my hometown has become profound.

My hometown - Yushe, is a thousand years of a small city, it may not have the history of Beijing, Shanghai's exquisite, Guangdong's bold, and the Northeast's unique ice and snow culture, not to mention the exquisite and small Jiangnan water town. But it is simple and unadorned, tolerant of all things, indifferent, silent development and growth, feeding generations of Yushe people.

Yes, I must admit, as a child, there have been numerous times sprouted "grow up, must leave the Yushe" childish ideas, wrongly believe that only to leave this small town, they can become successful. After growing up, because of work, I did leave it. However, I did not become as good as I hoped when I was a child.

On the contrary, with the growth of years, I am more and more y attached to my hometown. I realized that there is a sentiment in the world called homesickness. It is y rooted in the blood, in the memory, as mellow and strong as white wine. Only, you can never know, it will be awakened at which moment, cause you to the hometown of all the good memories. At that time, you realized that you y love, it is that not famous small town, is all of it.