The annual Spring Festival holiday has started again, and some people are happy and some are sad. Some people have made money and rushed home happily; some people have lost their money and go home with scars full of scars; some people have become officials and take this opportunity to go home to show off; some people have bought a box of instant noodles and are watching the direction of their hometown alone, although there are tears in their eyes, but when they call home, they are full of warmth: Don't worry, this year's work is busy, and you need to rush the construction period, so I can't accompany you for the New Year this year.
The tree is 1,000 feet high, and the fallen leaves return to the roots.
In recent days, Liu Qiangdong has gone home for the New Year, which is rare in many other business tycoons. In fact, to put it bluntly, those bigwigs have not experienced rural life, have not experienced the hardships of life, and have not enjoyed the enthusiasm of the countryside and the warmth of their neighbors. I have loved reading since I was a child, and when my mother asked me to help with the housework, I always said yes, but my body never moved, and my eyes always stayed on the book. At that time, I also saw the phrase "the tree is a thousand feet high, and the fallen leaves return to the roots", but at that time, I didn't understand the meaning of this, and I always didn't think so. Especially as a person from a rural area, I am more eager to see the outside world one day, and I hope that I can grow wings and fly out and go out far from my hometown to make a career.
After graduating from high school, because my family was too poor to afford the high tuition fees for college, I threw away my books, put on a military uniform, and went to the northwest of the motherland to become a member of the army. At first, I thought it was a novelty, after all, it was the first time I was away from home and my relatives, but after a while, as I lived in the barracks day after day, I began to miss the hometown that appeared in my dreams many times 4,000 kilometers away. At that time, I was young, and I was not afraid of physical exhaustion, but in the dead of night, I missed more and more the poverty, but full of joy of my hometown, and it was only then that I began to gradually understand the profound meaning of the phrase "the tree is a thousand feet high, and the fallen leaves return to the roots". Every time at the end of the year, I feel very envious when I watch other comrades-in-arms pack their luggage, but despite this, I can only hold back my tears and tell my mother: In two years, I will go home to visit you when my son is successful.
The mother on the other end of the phone always smiled and said that she told me about Zhang's family, Li Jiaxiao, but I could clearly hear his voice trembling, and I was clearly controlling myself not to cry. Finally, he gave the phone to his father, who only said a short sentence: Do a good job! and hung up. Then, I found a corner where no one was there and cried for a long time, and I could also feel that my mother must have been hiding in the house and crying.
Finally, before the Spring Festival one year, I was able to go home, and a month in advance, I told my mother the news! After hearing the news, my mother was also very excited. With this excitement, I stepped on the train back to my hometown, where I had been longing for what it would look like. But when I actually got home, I found that everything had changed. In recent years, with the continuous development of the economy and society, the muddy road in front of the door has also become a spacious cement avenue, and now the village also has access to running water, Internet and natural gas. What is even more surprising is that my mother and father have aged in the long river of years, and I hugged them while crying and laughing.
In the few days of the Chinese New Year, many relatives did not see it, some of them could not come back from working abroad, and some of them married far away. Even many of the children and boys in the village couldn't recognize me when they saw me, and they used to run to the neighbor's house to play, but now the embarrassing thing is that many of the neighbors' houses are closed. By the time the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner came, a large table full of delicious food, but I didn't have the appetite I had when I was a child, and I couldn't eat it after a few simple meals. I always remember that in our parents' generation, that is, the generation of the post-60s and post-70s, they used to spend the Spring Festival seriously, and they usually visited each other to increase their emotions, but with the aging of these old people and the development of the times, many people are reluctant to go out, whether it is the elderly, young people or children, it seems that they like to hide at home to play with their mobile phones and watch TV.
The number of young people in the village is gradually decreasing
Back when I was a child, every time I celebrated the Chinese New Year, everyone would take their toys and some delicious food to show off to their playmates and share them with them. When the sun is warm, a group of old men and old ladies at the head of the village gather and chat. When I think about it now, it is both warm and safe, with children playing and adults chatting on the other. And now when I go back to my hometown again, it seems that everything has changed, there are very few young people, and many children have followed their parents to the city for the New Year. The bright concrete avenues of the whole village were empty, and every now and then a car sped by.
In recent years, almost all the young people in the village have gone out, some have gone out to work, some have bought houses in the city and settled down, some have gone to school, and some have already worked and stayed in other places. Under these circumstances, the number of young people in the village has dropped sharply, and the lively and humane scene of the past has gradually faded. It is estimated that once the holiday of the New Year is over, there will only be some old people and children left in the village, and the number of times everyone meets is getting less and less.
In fact, we can't blame young people for this situation, after all, it is no longer the era of farming when I was a child, and the era of farming at home to support my family is gone. In the past, you could be self-sufficient in all kinds of vegetables, eggs, poultry and livestock in front of and behind the house, but now you need to spend money to buy each of them, and you need to spend a lot of money every day to stay at home. In addition, each of them is either burdened with a mortgage and car loan, or they have to consider the education of their children, the problem of schooling, and the pension of their parents, and only by earning enough money can all these problems be solved. If they stay at home as before, who will pay their expenses, who will pay their car loans and housing loans, and who will be responsible for the education of their children and the care of the elderly? This is also a major problem that every young person is facing today.
The phenomenon of affinity and disconnection is very common
I remember when I was a child, just after the first day of the Lunar New Year, my uncle, uncle, and aunt's family took turns to pay New Year's greetings. Every time I go to a relative's house, I play crazy with some cousins, cousins, cousins, and cousins, and I usually go home late every day. And now there are almost no scenes in this memory, and when I go to my relatives, I go through the motions, buy something, and after a few simple chats, I hurry to the next house, and even the relatives who used to go a little farther away are no longer moving.
Perhaps for some young people, this phenomenon is just a formality and has little practical significance. It is precisely because of this concept that many family relationships are fading. I remember when I was a child, no matter how far away it was, as long as I could get a little bit of relatives, they were very enthusiastic and emotional, but now many young people are reluctant to leave, so that there are a lot of family breaks. In the eyes of many young people, this form of visiting relatives is tiring and meaningless, and it is better to stay at home and play with your mobile phone, watch a movie and take a break.
It can be said that it is precisely because of the fact that everyone is living well now, and the material is greatly rich, so these things do not have the same feeling as before, there are few things for the New Year before, and a lot of delicious and delicious drinks can only be enjoyed during the New Year, so everyone cherishes each other, and you send me to each other, I give it to you, we complement each other, not only to enhance the feelings, but also to enjoy the joy brought by family affection, as well as a sense of happiness and gain. And now in fact, all things are available in every family, and they don't seem so precious, because of this, many families don't look forward to the New Year as much as before.
In that era, the older generation lacked material life, and it was good to be able to eat and dress warmly, and only during the New Year would they improve their lives and have new clothes to wear. This sense of ritual for the New Year is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, so the older generation has special expectations for the New Year. But the growth environment of our generation of young people is different, in recent years, with the continuous development of the economy and society, the social materials are greatly rich, modern young people in the process of growing up, material resources are no longer tight, usually eating, drinking and playing are not lacking, it can be said that the New Year is not much different from usual, and it is no different.
In the past, I looked forward to wearing new clothes, eating delicious snacks, eating meat, setting off firecrackers, and watching the Spring Festival Gala during the Chinese New Year. However, with the development of modern society and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, new clothes can be bought at any time, snacks can be eaten at any time, and chicken, duck and fish have become commonplace. Fireworks and firecrackers are now banned in many places, and even the Spring Festival Gala has lost the meaning of the year, becoming a certain capital stage, a star-making movement, and a platform for some businesses to advertise. It can be said that it is what was previously only available during the Spring Festival, whether physical or psychological, that can now be obtained in daily life. It is precisely because of this that a large number of young people are becoming less and less attached to the Spring Festival, and they are becoming more and more reluctant to visit relatives and friends.
In today's fast-paced society, young people are under too much pressure from work and life, and they are more willing to take a break to relieve fatigue than to prepare carefully for the New Year. Some young people don't even want to go back to home, go out to travel directly, with the decrease in the number of meetings, young people pay more attention to their own enjoyment, all kinds of circumstances lead to the New Year's flavor is getting weaker and weaker, therefore, we say that the previous lack is the New Year's goods, and now the lack is the New Year's flavor.