I remember in the 80s, when I was in junior high school, the school required us to live on campus in order to minimize contact with people in society for us middle school students. Even though my home is only 10 minutes away from the school, I still chose to live as a resident student. This experience allowed me to experience a special way of life and taught me many valuable life lessons.
Enamel cup with umeboshi vegetables
At that time, the dormitory conditions of the school were very simple, with bunk beds, and more than 30 students lived in an old classroom, leaving only one passage between the two rows of beds. At that time, each student needed to bring their own pickles, plum vegetables and rice to the school cafeteria to steam rice, and the cafeteria did not provide meals, but only a few large steamers were used to steam hot dishes for teachers and students. At that time, every morning when I got up and washed, I would wash the rice, put it in a small aluminum lunch box, then add an appropriate amount of water, and then put the lunch box into the big steamer at school. After class at noon, we couldn't wait to run to the cafeteria to find our lunch boxes.
Open the lunch box, a steaming rice fragrance came to the nose, that is a special taste, make people feel warm and reassuring, the dish is their own home to bring pickles, plum vegetables and the like, of course, many students will also bring different, when eating, everyone is like brothers and sisters, together to share the dishes they brought, although the conditions were poor, but we did not feel any difference, or very happy and happy,.
A lunch box for steamed rice
Living on campus has also taught me to be independent and self-reliant. In school, we need to take care of ourselves, tidying up housekeeping, washing clothes, cleaning, etc., and even sewing clothes and buttons, these seemingly simple things have gradually cultivated my self-reliance and hands-on ability, and even more so my ability to live alone. Of course, I also learned how to get along with my classmates, how to work together and help each other in a team. We often share food together, solve problems in life together, and build strong friendships with each other.
After steaming the rice in the cafeteria, I went to find the lunch box by myself
Living on campus is simple, but it's full of fun and memories. In the evenings, we would chat, sing, and tell stories together in the dormitory. Sometimes, we would sneak out of school together, go to the neighborhood shop to buy some snacks, feel the taste of freedom, and of course, more often than not, spend two cents to watch a video, and my favorite thing to watch was a Hong Kong action movie. Sometimes in the summer, when it was too hot to sleep, we would take the mat to sleep under the big tree by the river in the school, and those nights, we shared our dreams and hearts together, and encouraged and supported each other.
Pickles brought by the school
Now, a long time has passed, but those boarding and school life with pickles, dried plum vegetables and steamed rice are still deeply engraved in my memory, and the lunch boxes used at that time are no longer there, but it has allowed me to experience the beauty of a simple life, and also taught me to be independent and self-disciplined. That experience became a precious treasure in my life, and I knew how to cherish and be grateful more in my later life.
Bikes to ride after school
I believe that everyone has a special experience growing up, which may be simple or hard, but it shapes our character and values. Let us cherish those years and be grateful for those people and things that have accompanied us to grow up. Because they are what make us who we are today.
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