It seems that it has been raining for some time. Crows come and go in the distance, and a group of frost-resistant sparrows crouch on the ginkgo trees in the yard, chirping like a group of village aunts going to the market.
The Lantern Festival has passed, and the taste of the year has faded a lot. Some people who worked hard outside began to leave this small village quietly. How time flies! More than half a month ago, they came back happily. In a blink of an eye, a year passed, and their eyes were so sad and sad.
When a person leaves his hometown for a period of time, he will suddenly find a truth, that is, he can stay in this home for a few days all the year round. I saw the towering buildings and huge yards at home, which were the wealth accumulated by the young couple or even two generations for many years. In fact, what I get is my inner homesickness and a sense of belonging to my hometown.
Years ago, due to the need of epidemic prevention and control, a thorough statistics was made on migrant workers. Through the data, it is found that there are very few people who actually settle in other places. Even if some people buy a house in other places, it is only for their children to go to school, but their hukou is reluctant to move.
People born and raised here, even if they have more money, how can they suddenly become outsiders? Obviously, it is unacceptable for those who have a sense of concern and belonging. Thus, what is the true heart of those who have changed their nationality?
"If you have money, go home for the New Year." This is a common saying of local people. In fact, it is also a struggle and comfort for my wandering life. Some people still want to come back, but the house in their hometown collapsed because of disrepair. It is essential to worship ancestors and visit relatives and friends, and it is also a habit accumulated over the years, and it is also for the affection of blood thicker than water and the homesickness in memory.
A clear bird song interrupted my thoughts and brought people back to reality at once. Listen to the birdsong, it should be a magpie. I didn't expect it, like a sparrow, not to migrate long distances with the alternation of seasons like a migratory bird.
At this time, the rain outside the window gradually increased. I made a cup of tea in the continuous drizzle, only to see the tea slowly unfolding in boiling water, like blossoming buds. This is Maojian tea brought back from Liaocheng years ago. According to the tea seller, these teas were bought by the tea farmers themselves. For a tea-blind person like me, just drink it well. But I am very interested in their tea farmers' tea mountain. At least I think the income from farming in Chashan is much higher than ours, so maybe not so many people will leave their homes.
In the 1980s and 1990s, at that time, all the villagers planted their own mu of land in their hometown. Work at sunrise and rest at sunset, repeating a simple and quiet life. With the country stepping up its reform and opening up, 1990, some daring villagers planned to go out to make a living.
At that time, materials were scarce, and communication was basically based on letters and telegrams, which were only used in emergencies. Or the post office translates the information and sends it to the village department for family members to pick it up. The sudden change of society made people at that time see what challenges and opportunities were for the first time. After the first batch of migrant workers came back, they brought back many unheard-of and unseen things, which directly led to more people eager to move. Until now, it is generally believed that it is better to earn money outside than at home.
After 20 years of reform and opening up, the gap between the rich and the poor in China has gradually widened. In just a few years, that is, around 1998, there are basically no young people in rural areas. The massive loss of labor force once lagged behind the development of rural economy. At that time, few people were willing to farm, because not only did they have to pay taxes, but the prices of crops were generally low. At that time, the cash crop green onion was only 20 cents a catty, and 500 kilograms of green onion earned 10 yuan. A singer's Shang Yan once far exceeds the total income of the whole village in one year.
A large number of young people have flooded into cities, and the development of cities has sufficient motivation and consumption power. On the other hand, in rural areas, the first batch of left-behind children and the elderly appeared, the rural economic development stagnated, and the education and medical level began to lag behind.
Can you imagine? 1998, this country experienced a big flood. At the same time, Mr. Ma from Hangzhou and another Mr. Ma from Shenzhen are running for their own Internet companies. Correspondingly, most of the villagers in this village have not received a good education and can only engage in low-cost manual labor in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. A few skilled workers engaged in transportation were also enviable in that year.
That year's Spring Festival Evening, two female singers' "Meet 98" put them on the peak of their lives. The confusion of that generation of villagers continues.
In 2005, the country began to pay attention to the countryside and abolished the agricultural tax to fill the shortage of national agriculture. In the same year, the first batch of left-behind children began to live their own lives according to their parents' lifestyle. Most of them leave school early and work in various factories. At that time, the countryside was still relatively backward, but by the end of the year, there would always be young people in all kinds of strange clothes. Their exaggerated hairstyles and strange movements brought great visual impact to the left-behind children younger than them.
"Reading is useless" was the mainstream thought at that time. Different from those young people who wear strange clothes, there are also a group of people who come back in various luxury cars in suits. These people enjoy the "bonus" of those years' imperfect laws and boldly and cautiously engage in their own dangerous industries. In the gray area, the income in two or three years exceeds the efforts of a college student for more than ten years.
At that time, under the dual effects of rapid economic development and imperfect laws, people's values and world outlook began to distort. Even if someone is caught doing something illegal and put in prison, everyone thinks that this person is capable, and some people even take it as bragging capital and are proud of it.
Around 20 10, the first batch of "left-behind children" began to get married and have children. At this time, they are faced with rising house prices and bride price. At the same time, the country began to increase the construction of rural infrastructure. The villagers also began to rebuild their houses.
Many people came back for a period of time and worked in the construction and decoration industry in rural areas. These people have promoted the development of local catering, dance halls and other service and entertainment industries.
At that time, it was the first time since 1990, and the countryside where so many people were farming at home was particularly lively and prosperous. It is called "rural real estate economy" here.
People's hearts became impetuous in a subtle way, and the ideological trend of "reading is useless" reached its peak at that time. Anyone who says he is a college student will definitely get a contemptuous look and a teasing tone.
The wine table is full of words such as project, bid section, capital, debt and so on. At that time, people always boasted that it was an honor to know a boss or an important person in society.
Honesty has become synonymous with waste and incompetence; How many mistresses and mistresses have become the capital to show off; Famous bags, watches and luxury cars have become the targets of chasing each other. Speculation has become a huge business opportunity in people's eyes
At that time, people always thought they would always get rich!
20 15, since the arrival of the media era. This is due to two Mr. Ma Yun, who started to work for their Internet companies in the 1990s. The rapid development of the national economy has brought an extremely active capital market and promoted the popularization of the Internet in China.
Networks have also been laid in rural areas, and villagers have begun to use smart phones. Everything is quietly changing. I remember that I was still writing letters to report peace, and I still feel like yesterday.
However, the development of capital and human nature is the same and both are profitable.
Do you feel that a lot of new terms and occupations have suddenly appeared around you? Wechat business, marketing, finance, Internet of Things, insurance, futures and other things that come out of nowhere are full of life.
Matching it are all kinds of short videos of marketing numbers, all kinds of poisonous chicken soup and all kinds of live shows and other new things. Money worship and hedonism spread in society, and with the development of information technology, people in small villages are not immune.
These are the results of various capital operations. In their eyes, these villagers who are bent on getting rich are just rows of leeks to be cut.
Great changes in society will only make people who don't realize it drift with the flow.
In 20 18, the state decided to carry out the special rectification action of "cracking down on evils", and a rectification to prevent the solidification of social strata began vigorously.
People are used to evaluating what will happen in the future with experience and feelings. I always thought it was a gust of wind, but it turned out to be wrong
At that time, those so-called all-powerful figures were all put in prison. At this time, people woke up, and those glorious days are gone forever. You have fulfilled that sentence, and you will pay it back sooner or later.
While cracking down on illegal and criminal activities, the state is also improving relevant laws and regulations, so that those who exploit legal loopholes have no way to go, and those who grab gray income such as natural resources, illegal trusts, online loans, and pig-killing plates have broken their back roads.
The country's economic development needs the contribution and role of capital, but it must not be allowed to mess around.
The African swine fever that occurred in the same year caused the pork price to soar, and all kinds of capital began to flood into the pig breeding business and supply system. Some villagers who engaged in pig retail in other places many years ago earned their first bucket of gold in this wave. When other villagers saw it, they followed suit and started such a business.
But the market is characterized by instability, fierce competition and more cruelty. Last year, an epidemic in COVID-19 gave them a disaster. All vegetable markets in China are listed as key targets for epidemic prevention and control. People go to the vegetable market at an all-time low frequency, and many people turn to other jobs because of livelihood problems.
However, another capital market is booming, that is, short video and live broadcast. Various online celebrity factories and media swarmed out like bumblebees. There are still some brain holes in all kinds of vulgar scenes and spoof videos on the Internet for a time. What is mindless is to show your arms and thighs and twist your figure that you think is beautiful. Either become an expert or spiritual mentor in a certain field, or start gossiping and slandering celebrities and rubbing your eyes. By hook or by crook, there is no lower limit.
In fact, it's not that times have changed, but that there are always so many people doing things. They are typical representatives of money worship and speculation. Cognitive, they are obviously different from the general public. And this kind of people, capital will not treat them as their own, but more as a tool to make money. Once they are worthless, they will be thrown away as garbage!
Twenty years have passed, and at the beginning of the new year, a big epidemic has made the fast-developing society press the pause button. This gives us enough time to think calmly about the future development. This is also the longest time for villagers who go out to work in small villages to stay in their hometown. The epidemic, like the crisp birdsong, pulled everyone's thoughts back from the impulse of indulging in money. Let people know clearly that there are more important things besides money.
The noise brought by the "rural real estate economy" ten years ago has long since disappeared. Nowadays, in the country's vigorous construction in the past ten years, the countryside has been completely lifted out of poverty. What everyone talks about after dinner is no longer what projects or tenders are, but how to live a healthier life. I came back at the end of the year, and I have never heard of anyone who has earned much money outside for two or three years. People became more low-key and friendly, and everything was calm again.
From 1990 to 2000, these 30 years seem like a dream. It took two generations of young people to witness several major changes in society. It's really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi!
The future life is full of expectations, worth fighting for, and society will become more just. With the continuous improvement of national laws and the gradual slowdown of economic development, we will enter a very stable period. Those so-called outlets and opportunities are just some routines for capital operation.
Opportunities are often reserved for those who are prepared, not only for their thoughts, but also for their abilities and actions. No, Jin Gangzuan doesn't make porcelain.
The rain gradually stopped, and the crows in the distance quietly stopped. The village is still the same village, just a different look; The villagers are still those villagers, just in different moods.