The distant home, the end of winter, must be the warm blossoms of spring, and everything in Vientiane is renewed

At the end of 2021, the new crown epidemic in Xi'an was noisy, and his work and life were affected in a mess, and he did not calm down to think and sort out some things. These days slowly calmed down, thought a lot, so I wrote it down for friends to see, for reference only, the bar essence does not like to spray.

In the first month of the previous year (2020), when the city was locked down at home, several friends discussed the epidemic situation and the future economic situation. At that time, in terms of life, I summed up and proposed that we individuals with families as units should create three "homes" for ourselves in the next ten years. Namely: "Home for Work and Life", "Home to Go Back", "Poetry and Distant Home".

First, the home of work and life.

We live in more than ten million medium and large cities, every day out of one reinforced concrete box, into one iron box, to another reinforced concrete box, day after day, year after year, like a hard-working little ant, constantly carrying, until the end of life, living in a small wooden box, placed behind the Nine Mountains, which has only twenty years of property rights. When I was alive, I was under all kinds of pressure every day, mortgages, car loans, property, water and electricity, tuition, taxes... Opening your eyes every day is spending money, and closing your eyes is still deducting money. ...... Earthquakes, plagues, floods, and droughts that were once only seen in textbooks have been presented in real life, and they have accompanied us all the time.

So, how do we urban grasshoppers live in this complicated and fragile city? My point is that the city only buys one apartment (except for flipping). Reduce some of your unnecessary costs as much as possible, live an asset-light life, and spend your money where you can bring the greatest benefits to your family. Then work hard to make money, and if you have the opportunity, you can slash one slash two slash three.

In our city, it's another thing to love or not to love, but love can't solve your own life problems, especially when the new crown hits again, ask yourself if you have enough money to lie flat for a month without a salary? Is there enough food to seal the door for a week, ten days, half a month or even a month? At the same time, is there a strong psychology that can appease his wife and children when he becomes a close contact? If you can, then congratulations, you have done a good job at work and family this year; if not, then reflect on how you will work in the coming year, and if you run your own family well.

Second, the hometown that can be returned.

It is said that we have been farmers for three generations, but most of us from the countryside once sold our abandoned old houses, abandoned our own farmland, and moved into urban buildings that were maintained by loans for only a few decades.

I have watched "Resident Evil", "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012", "Snow Country Train", "I Am Legend", "Doomsday Virus" and so on, and I thought this was a science fiction film and too far away from us. When the new crown virus knocked on our door, we found that the descriptions in these movies were weak in front of the new crown. People infected with the virus in the movie can be recognized by the naked eye, and the new crown cannot be seen or touched, and what passes you is not necessarily love, it is likely to be a virus. In this short few decades, our generation has experienced the collapse of the Soviet Union, experienced the 98 flood fight, the SARS virus, the 08 financial crisis, and also experienced the 08 Wenchuan earthquake, the 19 new crown virus, the 21 Zhengzhou flood... There are still unknown events in the future, perhaps natural disasters, perhaps wars, perhaps economic crises... We don't know, but we've been waiting for us "for a long time." Once all this becomes a fact, will our city still accommodate us wandering grasshoppers? Just like at the end of 2021, I and my family are closed at home, experiencing panic and overwhelmed in the early stages, and then slowly calming down my emotions, comforting my family, and then trying to provide a delicious meal for my family. At least no matter what happens in the next few days, before the epidemic worsens, my family will be emotionally stable, enjoy the food happily, and sleep soundly, which is my greatest responsibility.

Let's look at the migrant worker brothers who are wandering in the corners of the city, the students who are studying for graduate school, the relatives and friends who are isolated and closed, the friends and neighbors who pull away the isolation, the mothers and children who can't hug each other through protective clothing, and the couples... You can't move forward, you can't go back.

At this point, is it necessary to rethink it? Looking back? Should we clean up and take care of the house in our hometown and cultivate the farmland of our hometown? If nothing else, just to leave a back door for your own home, to leave a way back. When disaster becomes a reality, can there be a place of spiritual sustenance, a shelter of disaster, beyond despair. As for whether it can be used, at least the probability already exists. On the peaceful days, such a hometown can also provide us with a comfortable holiday nest, provide a reassuring wheat flour, and even search for pollution-free meat and vegetable eggs in the nearby villages and towns. If there is an old man in the hometown, congratulations, you are so happy, remember to go home more, more to accompany company.

Poetry and distant homes.

Poetry is meaning, far away is the situation.

Poetry and distant places usually exist in our dreams, in Weibo short articles and on Douyin Kuaishou. When it comes to poetry and far away places, it thinks of travel, and when it comes to travel, it thinks of money, and it is often politely rejected with a busy word. Adults need to relieve stress, children need to increase their knowledge, which is why we have to go out. So, you see, apart from being poor, except for being lazy, it seems that there really is no reason to stay at home.

Therefore, in our sufficient funds suitable, looking for a place where you and your family and the high-speed rail plane fly directly, buy a room with a good view, you can relax between your own work, your wife and children and parents can go to live for a month; secondly, there is a certain amount of savings and can not invest in real estate, you can book a hotel inn in your favorite place, or a small investment, or a few iron brothers joint venture, or direct consumption, or you can take your family to a small degree; and then take a step back, there is not much money, You can only work hard, set yourself a goal, at least every year to take your family to a favorite place for a small vacation.

For example, to the south, the closest medium-sized and large-scale city to Xi'an is Chengdu, with a high-speed rail of more than three hours. To the west of Chengdu is the picturesque western Sichuan holy land, to the east is the mountain city of Chongqing, and to the south is Kunming Lijiang. Chengdu is perfectly capable of being a home for poetry and far away.

For example, further south, kunming is full of spring, and the plane takes less than three hours. The sky is high and cloudy, the four seasons are like spring, and I yearn for her flowers, leisurely and relaxed. There are also Cangshan Erhai and Lishui Jade Dragon. Further south, is the cape of the end of the hainan island, the plane is less than three hours. There's no need to say anything more here.

Another example: to the holy city of Lhasa, thousands of miles to the west... To the northwest of The City of Wu... To the east, the seafood city of Weihai... To the southeast of the paradise of Suhang... The most expensive thing in the world is time, and the most overlooked is also time. Taking advantage of our youth and fighting for life, we are only thirty or forty years old, and the world has not played enough.

The Son once said: "Parents are here, not far away, and there will be a good way to travel." ”

In fact, I want to say: "Parents are here, but you can travel far, take them with you." ”

The above is my wish last year, my wish this year, and my wish for the future. At least for now, I can confidently guarantee that I can do a good job of the first article, and I am trying to go to the second article, and I am planning the third article of the third article. In the next ten years, one by one, it will be realized. What about you? My friends, do you have any wishes and plans? Let's share it, shall we?

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Grass workers see the world On the night of January 3, 2022 (the first day of the first lunar month) in Weiyang