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With the continuous development of society, the pace of everyone's life is becoming faster and faster, from the former courtyard house to the current building, the sophistication of people has become more and more light.
Nowadays, people in the city yearn for rural life, and those old people in the countryside really don't like to live in the city because they feel uncomfortable.
Xiao Li felt that those old people in the village were too pedantic, what they wanted in the city, and it was convenient to do anything, why didn't he go, until he went to his cousin's house in the city, and after seeing his cousin's family's attitude towards him, he knew why.
Who would have thought that a few years later, when Xiao Li also bought a house in the city, he really understood why his cousin did that to him back then, Xiao Li questioned his cousin at the beginning, then understood his cousin, and now he has become a cousin!
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Xiao Li is a young man born in the countryside, and the culture he received since he was a child is to study hard and go to big cities to see, but Xiao Li is not the material for learning at all.
No matter how forced his parents were, he just couldn't learn, and in the end, Xiao Li's parents let it go, and the child's life depends on his personal creation.
After Xiao Li saw that his parents didn't care, he didn't want to study even more, but Xiao Li is a sensible child, no matter how much he doesn't want to study, Xiao Li has never let go of the work at home.
But Xiao Li's cousin lived a completely different life from him, and his cousin studied very well and became one of the few people in the village who was admitted to university.
However, what Xiao Li has been unable to understand is that since his cousin went to college in other places, his cousin has rarely contacted his family, and he has not even seen each other during the New Year's holidays.
The adults around said that his cousin had seen the outside world and had long looked down on the people in the village, and he was probably afraid that the poor relatives in the village would pester him.
But in Xiao Li's impression, his cousin is not that kind of person, and he always feels that his cousin should have something unspeakable, and he didn't deliberately not come back.
Who would have thought that reality gave Xiao Li a slap in the face, making him understand the sinister nature of this society.
As time passed, Xiao Li and his cousin both got married and had children, but one married a girl from the same village and the other married a girl from the city.
When Xiao Li held a banquet, he specially called his cousin, hoping that he could come to participate, but his cousin used busy work as an excuse. Only red envelopes were given, and people did not come.
When it came to his cousin's banquet, the people here didn't even notify him, and Xiao Li still learned from the mouths of other people in the village, and the children of outsiders knew more news than Xiao Li.
After that, Xiao Li rarely contacted his cousin, but Xiao Li's father would often nag in Xiao Li's ear, saying that everything was pro, so that Xiao Li should not be so uneasy to follow the group, and contact them more.
But Xiao Li is also very distressed, is he not in contact, that is because people don't want to have any contact here, so they can't lick their faces and stick to other people's cold butts.
Xiao Li often lamented that he was incompetent, otherwise his cousin would not look down on him so much, in fact, this also put pressure on Xiao Li on the side, but what really changed Xiao Li was to visit his cousin's house.
I remember that Xiao Li's father was not feeling well at that time, and the medical facilities in this small place in the countryside were relatively backward, so the doctor suggested that Xiao Li take his father to the city for a check-up.
Early the next morning, Xiao Li took his father to his cousin's city, at first he didn't want to ask his cousin for help, but the medical level of the city where his cousin was located was one of the best in the country, so Xiao Li went.
Xiao Li and his father arrived at the place and soon finished the inspection, but they still had to wait for the results, and the two of them needed to stay here for one night before they could leave, Xiao Li thought, come here, go to see his cousin.
So Xiao Li and his father bought some fruit and went to visit his cousin's house, and at the beginning of the call, the cousin was a little hesitant on the phone and didn't want Xiao Li to go, Xiao Li said that it was inconvenient.
I don't know what my cousin thought of again, so I asked Xiao Li to play with his father, and Xiao Li didn't think much about it at that time, so he took his father over.
It was this visit that made Xiao Li, who longed for the city, feel that after living in the city for a long time, people have become much colder.
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Xiao Li just arrived at his cousin's house, and after ringing the doorbell, his cousin opened the door, and directly gave two pairs of slippers, let him change his shoes at the door and then go in, and then put the shoes at the door.
However, when Xiao Li and his father went in, they found that only the shoes of the two people were placed at the door, and the shoes of the cousin's family were all placed in the house.
Xiao Li felt a little uncomfortable in an instant, feeling that his cousin disliked them, but he was afraid that he would think too much, so he still handed over the fruit in his hand and began to greet his cousin.
Later, my cousin chatted with Xiao Li and Xiao Li's father, but even Xiao Li's father felt the feeling of estrangement.
It didn't take long for the atmosphere to be embarrassing, Xiao Li and his father didn't know what to talk about, and the cousin looked at the mobile phone and answered very perfunctory, and the two fathers and sons were sitting on pins and needles at the cousin's house.
The sister-in-law poured a glass of water for the two of them, and went into the kitchen to work, Xiao Li thought that it was noon to let him eat at home, who would have thought that at half past eleven, the cousin said that there was no cooking at home, so he could only take Xiao Li and them to the surrounding restaurant.
Xiao Li said that he didn't want his cousin to break the bank, so he said that he would lead his father away, but his cousin didn't say it again, nor did he say that he would drive Xiao Li to them, but after letting Xiao Li slow down on the road, he closed the door.
Xiao Li's father felt that his cousin didn't want to entertain them, and he didn't welcome them to his house as guests, and his dislike for them was directly expressed on his face.
Later, when Xiao Li was waiting for the results, Xiao Li's father took Xiao Li to a few distant relatives who were developing in the city, without exception, they were very cold to Xiao Li's visits, and some of them were very enthusiastic, but they could clearly feel perfunctory and disgusted, although they were happy on the surface, but they were actually very disgusted in their hearts.
Since then, Xiao Li's family has never visited anyone in the city, and Xiao Li has vowed to buy a house in the city, and let his relatives in the countryside come over when the time comes, he will definitely not be like those people.
However, Xiao Li obviously overestimated himself, and after returning to the village, Xiao Li directly chose to work in other provinces, and through his seven or eight years of hard work, he successfully bought a small house in the city.
It was also from this that Xiao Li understood his cousin, and even became a cousin later.
At the beginning, after Xiao Li bought a house, he called the people in the village to come over to play, which was out of control, no matter what the people in the village were doing in the city, as long as they entered the city, they would definitely come back to Xiao Li's house.
At that time, Xiao Li had just bought a house, and the strength to show off was there, and they were very happy to come to Xiao Li, sometimes it was too late to let people live in their house directly.
But slowly Xiao Li found that he was physically and mentally exhausted, and every time this group of people left, he and his daughter-in-law had to clean up for half a day, and sometimes the villagers couldn't deal with the live chickens, ducks and geese.
The most outrageous thing is that sometimes Xiao Li has to drive them back after a tiring day for their safety, and then come back by himself.
Another aspect is that it is too expensive to entertain people, Xiao Li's house was bought with a loan, and every month's mortgage alone presses him and his wife to breathe, and they have to entertain people from their hometown.
Every time you come, you have to make a lot of vegetables, which is different from in the countryside, they are all ready-made ingredients, chickens and ducks are raised by themselves, vegetables are grown by their own families, and even some even green onions and coriander This kind of seasoning only needs to go to the back of the house to pick it up.
But everything in the city needs to be bought, and everything is expensive, Xiao Li will be a little unbearable for a long time, plus in case there are more people and the family can't sit down, he has to go out to the restaurant.
In an instant, Xiao Li understood why his cousin was like that, and gradually Xiao Li began to become the same as his cousin, he didn't like his life to be disturbed, and he didn't like people from his hometown to visit his home.
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Especially some old family members still take their children, making Xiao Li's house full of oil stains, and turning things in the house at will, which makes Xiao Li head and two big, and his wife feels that her territory has been violated, and she doesn't like to receive people from her hometown.
It was also at this time that Xiao Li realized that his cousin and those relatives who were developing in big cities were not really affectionate, but caused by the living environment and various factors.
Where you live, you have to adapt to the rules, the countryside has the rural lifestyle, the city has the urban lifestyle, if you forcibly bring one way of life to another living environment, then you will eventually be ostracized, and the people around you will think that you have a problem.
Xiao Li feels that after living in the city for a long time, he has become accustomed to being quiet, and every household in the city is living their lives behind closed doors, and there are few scenes of visiting the door.
Every time I get off work or have a vacation, I want to rest quietly at home, and with the arrival of visitors, my peaceful life will be disrupted, and I have to bother to entertain them.
Xiao Li didn't say anything at this time, but he was disgusted and disgusted in his heart, exactly the same as his cousin at the beginning.
The kind of hustle and bustle in the countryside cannot be learned in the city, and every household in the countryside rarely closes the door except for sleeping during the day, and almost all of them get together to chat when they go out.
Whether it is a happy event or a funeral, the whole village will help, and it is the kind that does not want anything in return, which is a kind of neighborly feeling that can only be experienced in the countryside.
But in the city, some people have lived for two or three years, and they don't even know what their neighbors look like, and they want to experience a moment of peace after coming home from work every day, so people who slowly come out of the countryside to work hard will be homogenized by the urban living environment, which is why, now urban people like to run to the mountains and experience rural life.
The clear river, the sound of birds in the ears at any time, the pure natural vegetables and fruits, and even the dew can be collected every morning in some places, such a comfortable life, living a few days is simply very comfortable!
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