Three or four years ago, the village's hutongs were relatively empty, but now there are several cars parked in each hutong. It is estimated that in a few years, the village will have to divide the parking spaces just like the residence bases.
Previously, it was the countryside that was crowded with people going to the city, but now it's the city that wants to come back to the countryside.
On the second day of the new year, during a big family gathering, Uncle Sam, who now lives in Peixian County, Jiangsu Province, announced an important decision to return to his hometown to renovate his old house and build a new one.
When he said he would do it, he did it. He arranged for my second uncle's cousin to come up with a design plan, find a good construction team, and start work on the 15th of the first month.
The third uncle has already retired, from the army when he was a young man, to the job placement, leaving his hometown for almost 40 years. At this time, he wants to come back.
There are few people like Uncle San in the village. After half a lifetime of fighting outside, the leaves are about to fall, and it's time to return to the village.
Before Uncle Sam announced this decision, I had publicly "taught" two cousins of Uncle Sam's family: Peixian County is only half an hour away from his hometown by car, so why don't you go home to pay your respects on the first day of the year? In a few years, how many people in the village will you still recognize? You can still recognize a few people in the village.
My "lesson" was echoed by my brothers. Even if you are a family, your feelings will fade if you are separated for a long time. When you are away from home for a long time, your feelings will also fade. At that time, you will not be able to find "nostalgia". The loss is immense.
I can't figure out what Uncle Sam is thinking, but apart from returning to his roots, life in the village is not so different from the city, except for the traffic jams that are not as bad as in the city.
Just one example. I set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve, and the confetti was all over the place. The next day, I picked up a broom to clean it up, and my neighbor told me, "You don't have to clean it up, but on the second day of the lunar calendar, the village cleaners will clean the roads.
Walking on the village road, there are flower beds on both sides and a special fitness square for the elderly. Not only do the big moms in the city do square dancing, but so do the big ladies in the countryside.
The cousin of the second uncle's family takes a camera to photograph the changes in the village every year. He opened the camera and showed me one by one: just three or four years ago, the village's hutongs were relatively empty, but now, there are several cars parked in the hutongs. It is estimated that in a few years, the village will be divided into parking spaces like the division of the residential base.
There is an advertisement in a prominent place at the entrance of the village: 20,000 yuan down, the handsome man drives a Chevrolet. My dad also drew a car on the road in front of his house and wrote next to it, "No parking here.
On the first day of the New Year, I met a woman called "Old Cat". Since I went to college and left my hometown, I basically haven't seen her, and it's been almost 30 years. This time we met, the lady pulled my hand, so excited that almost can not speak. I asked: Auntie, do you still recognize me? Dame said: my family raised a lot of old dad.
"My family has raised a lot of old dads", this is an allusion. When I was young, I was learning the language for the first time, and I was slurring my words. When my father raised some turtle, we called it "old turtle". I showed off everywhere: my family raised a lot of old dads. The "old cat lady" still remembers this phrase from her childhood, and it shows that she is not confused. Please note that the "old cat lady" is 89 years old.
Not to mention visiting parents. With a mom like that, don't you need to visit home more often. That's part of the nostalgia, isn't it?
Cousin said: "Look at the old cat lady" eat what good? The first thing you need to do is to get a good look at the color of the skin and the texture of the skin. But she is in a state of health that many people can't match.
I posted this story to my circle of friends. A friend commented that with this kind of living environment and this kind of mentality, you can live a long life.
When Uncle Sam goes home to build a house, he can also plant a piece of land by himself, grow vegetables, raise a few chickens, and grow his favorite herbs. All of these, can be pollution-free Oh.
This year when I went home for the Spring Festival, I made a special trip to the riverbank west of the village. Looking north from the embankment, a large number of chemical companies are still smoldering. When I went home on the Fourth of July, a small factory that had been abandoned was releasing poisonous gases because it was dealing with the "aftermath," and I woke up in the middle of the night. I used my "authority" to interview the local government, and the abandoned plant was demolished. I know that the local government gave face to the media, but it was also because the plant had been abandoned. There is nothing I can do about these behemoths. Although they are on the edge of Weishan Lake, less than a kilometer from the main channel of the South-to-North Water Diversion.
Leave us some nostalgia and some room to live. Please really.
(The above answer was posted on 2016-02-16, the current relevant housing policy please prevail)
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