Source: An lu moved
Author: Brother Fawn
Recently, the "virus" seems to have begun to stir again, releasing the epidemic situation in many places to remind the public to pay attention to travel safety.
This has to remind Xiaobian of the outbreak of the epidemic, some people suffered from rent increases, or because of the personal turmoil of the shared housing partners had to adjust the living plan, forced to become a "moving family" thing.
Today, let's listen together about the story of 3 young people in the city, in the face of risk and turmoil, as ordinary people, how to rebuild a sense of security and build a "shelter" for themselves.
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Carrying a guitar and a suitcase, Xiao Zhang, who had just graduated from college, came to the city of Chengdu.
His family is in Henan, the university is also in Zhengzhou, and he has never been to Chengdu before. Originally, he had nothing to do with Chengdu, but after graduating from college, he resolutely came to the city to work hard.
In the past 4 years since coming to Chengdu and moving home 4 times, even Xiao Zhang himself did not dare to imagine.
But every time you move, you don't want to leave: the landlord wants to check out because of the decoration, the unreasonable increase in rent... Every year at the end of the year, it is fixed as the day he moves, and today it is time to change houses again.
His luggage also ranged from a guitar suitcase at the beginning, to a few woven bags, to a few friends to help him move, to now a large cart of luggage, and two cute cats.
Time accumulated, more and more things, and this time he brought in a moving company.
When the moving company came, even he shook his head, not expecting that there were already too many things to need to ask a professional master to help move.
Xiao Zhang said that he hopes that his next move will be the last, after all, the rental has never felt a real sense of belonging.
Mushrooms have lived in Beijing for three years.
Three years ago, driven by love and work, she decided to go to Beijing to develop when she grew up studying in Sichuan.
She chose to rent a house not too close to the company, and would hang out around her home every day after work or on weekends, or choose to spend time at home alone.
Even though she occasionally goes to the park with colleagues and friends in her spare time to row boats, cook picnics, visit exhibitions, and explore shops, she still spends most of her time alone. This gradually gave her a sense of loneliness in living under the big city, and it intensified.
In April, when Mushroom's rental in Beijing was about to expire, she learned that her mother, who lived in Mianyang, was in a physical condition.
Under the persuasion of a group of relatives and friends, she began to seriously consider returning to Sichuan to live.
In addition, she felt that her three-year work had reached a bottleneck period, and it was time to consider future work planning. The mushroom wanted to take this opportunity to change the environment and breathe.
After finding a new job, Mushroom's "homecoming" plan was put on the agenda.
On the day of the move, she found that the string she had tightened suddenly relaxed.
That day I threw things very crisply, I felt lighter, and when the moving company's car slowly drove out of sight, I seemed to be able to see life beckoning to me!
After returning to Chengdu, "happy" has become the keyword of the mushroom circle of friends, the strong breath of life and the kind language are only part of her regaining her sense of belonging, and in Chengdu, it is easier for her to get new experiences and positive emotions.
For mushrooms, the sense of belonging to home is filled and superimposed little by little.
In September this year, KK, who has graduated from college, is about to leave school, and friends have selected a listing in an old residential area in Chengdu on the eggshell platform.
KK rented the smallest room in the house, so small that it always reminded him of the stairwell of harry potter's sojourn, and the only entertainment left was to go around the friend's room next door.
The day he saw the "Eggshell Run" news, KK was working as usual.
As early as the time when eggshell was shut down, there were already many related rumors on the Internet, and KK had already had a premonition of what was about to happen. The information about long-term rental apartments has left many openings in his heart, and now the news is confirmed, "the heart will no longer bleed."
When the moving van was about to leave the entrance of the community, the landlord asked the security guard to stop the car, and without KK's consent, went back and forth in the name of routine inspection twice to check the luggage carried in the van, including some of KK's personal belongings. After the inspection, the landlord did not find a piece of furniture with eggshells.
Although this experience of eggshell gave him a period of darkness, it also gave him a clearer picture of the future he wanted.
He owned his dream living room, and used his savings to buy a projector and speakers, turning the living room into a more comfortable activity space.
Through the eggshell incident, KK became more aware that "home" is not a formal noun, and moving is a process of rebuilding a "life shelter".
This year' moving story reflects the risks and turmoil of the times, but at the same time is also full of individual active resistance and hope.
No matter how much life has suffered after so many twists and turns, I still want to say that the world may indeed be developing in a very bad direction, but each generation of young people will maintain their own ways to maintain their struggle.
To tell the truth, when I graduated, Xiaobian was ready to be 'beaten' by society, and indeed encountered difficulties in all aspects, but it also allowed himself to see more possibilities in life.
We all need a "life shelter" like a "home": in the face of the harsh reality of existence and the constantly divided social environment, it can provide us with a little strength to rebuild our lives.
It is both a retreating line of defense and a gentle resistance.
Moving is the process of repairing and rebuilding your "life shelter".