Feeding horses and chopping wood and traveling the world is the life that many people yearn for. At the moment of the epidemic, the risk of traveling around the world is too great, and it is possible to feed the horse and chop wood. During the New Year's Day holiday, 7 families in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, met to camp on the island and celebrate the New Year together. However, on New Year's Day, the joyful atmosphere of the New Year's Eve has not yet dissipated, and a news suddenly came that the epidemic situation broke out in Beilun District of Ningbo City, and the whole district adopted temporary closed management measures, and the place where they camped happened to be in the closed management area. Can't go, what to do? In the end, the 7 families, 13 adults and 3 children, decided to stay on this island well.
These 7 families often travel together, including senior camping enthusiasts. Before New Year's Day, they carefully stepped on the point and finally found this coastal island located in Ningbo Beilun Chunxiao Ecological Leisure Park.
Camping enthusiast Zhong Yibiao: Relatively speaking, the environment is relatively good, and there is no place if you don't go early, in fact, I was there on the 30th of December (December 2021). We took the little partner's tent and the canopy to a few of them, and I set it up alone, and then waited for the remaining small partners on the 31st (December 2021) to come back.
On December 31, 2021, the friends arrived at the camp one after another, and everyone originally planned to live on the island for two days, and the necessities they carried were also prepared according to the consumption of two or three days.
Camping enthusiast Zhong Yibiao: oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and then snacks, as well as the usual rice, dishes, and then we generally have the requirement to prepare a favorite dish, they will make their own dishes to play like this, so the materials are still relatively complete. Equipment, normal tents, tents of all colors, and then there are these toiletries for sleeping, bedding. Now considering that it is relatively cold, most of us have some heating equipment.
On New Year's Eve, the fireworks of the island under the stars bloom like a dream. In the tent, everyone eats hot pot and sings songs to welcome the arrival of the New Year.
Camping enthusiast Zhu Birong: We also want to leave a good New Year's Eve memory, so the girls are basically responsible for the decoration, including the decoration lamp, the flowers on the table, we will put it, and then the boys are responsible for grilling and cooking these.
However, along with the first rays of sunshine in 2022, it is the news of the sudden outbreak in Beilun District.
Camping enthusiast Zhong Yibiao: Like I may not have a child's nerves, it should not matter if you say this. Parents with young children may be anxious to discuss whether to go back, and then go for more than an hour and all come back, (the road) is blocked.
Camping enthusiast Yu Bintao: On the first day, I was still thinking about what way I could go out, after all, there was still work in the back, and I thought I could go out early. It turned out that there was no way out, and even if they went out on foot, it was not allowed.
In the afternoon of the same day, Beilun District announced the implementation of closed management, high-speed closure, traffic suspension, a group of people want to leave Beilun has been impossible, after calming down, everyone began to consider, how long the epidemic will last is still unknown, how do they spend time on the island next?
Camping enthusiast Jin Linhan: You are actually powerless sometimes, you are already in such a dilemma, we are all very relaxed, already like this, those who have a computer on hand try to work remotely, and enjoy such moments in their spare time, because we all know that after this day, there will be no such opportunity again. It has happened, and you did not actively choose it, (nor) it was intentional, and it must be hoping to enjoy such an isolated life.
Watch over each other and live a "life of longing"
Since you can't change reality, live the present moment. In this way, these 7 families camped on this small island, and this stay was 8 days. In fact, they only brought ingredients for two or three days, but fortunately there is a small supermarket not far from the island, where they can buy instant noodles and drinking water.
Despite the difficulties they face, the seven families help each other and live a colorful life in isolation on the island. And every day they also posted news through social media, and netizens also cast envious eyes, saying that where there was an epidemic, it was clear that they had lived a "yearning life".
Camping enthusiast Jin Linhan: In fact, the activities are also quite rich, including going to cross-country racing, there are also early morning run, and then there are fishing, and then everyone gets together to drink tea and chat and play cards. Because we are all familiar with each other, we have more common topics, and then we just have such a long time to get together, talk about the past, talk about the present, and we don't feel particularly bored.
Everyone arranged life on the island in an orderly manner, and even the children's classes were not left behind. Of course, difficulties are not nothing at all.
Camping enthusiast Zhong Yibiao: The middle gas tank was once used up, and when we ran out, we would have no fire, cold water boys may still use, girls may be more difficult.
Although people can't leave the island, their happy camping life can fly to people's eyes on the Internet, netizens pay attention to them like chasing serials, envy, many people also said that they can help.
Camping enthusiast Yu Bintao: Many friends will come to care and say that they don't need any materials. They think that the difficulties we encounter are actually quite big, so they will think of talking to help us.
During this period, the local government also said that it could help, and for these kind helpers, everyone politely refused, they have adapted and enjoyed the slow life on this small island.
Camping enthusiast Zhu Birong: Because we are all very helpful to each other, who is cold, you can share the things in the tent, boys may go to cook something, basically in these trivial little details, but let us feel really like the kind of longing life that was put on TV before, although things are very ordinary, but the place where we stay and the environment is different, so that the public looks like we are living the camping life we most yearn for.
From early morning to dusk, the days flowed slowly, and by noon on January 8, the outer periphery of Beilun District was unsealed, and the group could finally go home. The moment I learned the news, everyone's heart was still a little unwilling.
Camping enthusiast Zhong Yibiao: I didn't make lunch that day, I ordered a takeaway, and then I dismantled the tent, and then the takeaway arrived and I ate on the ground, because there was no place to eat, I ate a takeaway on the mat, and then I dismantled the tent to collect the garbage, the garbage was collected, and then I took some souvenir photos, and then everyone waved and almost left. A little reluctant, indeed a little reluctant at that time.
Camping enthusiast Xu Xiao: I have a lot of comments on me, including colleagues and friends, they all say so, your life is my dream, everyone likes this, and really yearns for this life.
Anchor comments: Face it optimistically
Instead of counting the days in anxiety and complaining and waiting for the unsealing, such a slow life with friends and companions is the best choice. No hot water, no change of clothes, and in the end it was just a simple meal. But like that classic question, in the face of half a glass of water, will you complain that there is only half a cup left, or are you glad that there is still half a cup? The answer of these little friends is to face it optimistically and enjoy itself.
The epidemic is not over, in the past two years, each of our lives has been more or less affected, in the fight against the virus, how to maintain a good attitude is a problem that everyone needs to consider. Let's hope that our lives will return to the pre-pandemic state as soon as possible, and until then, stay optimistic, focus on the present, and let life move in the direction we aspire to!
Source: CCTV News Client
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