Prose on the Days in Lake City

Lake City used to be called "Phoenix". In recent years, perhaps because of the development of water resources, people began to call Yinchuan a new nickname: "Lake City on the Plug". Whether it is "Phoenix" or "Lake City", people have their own judgments and reasons. As I have been walking in the lake city for many years, I seem to think that "Lake City on the Plug" is more convincing and more contemporary than "Phoenix City".

Anyone familiar with Yinchuan knows that there used to be many wetlands in Lake City, and there was a saying that there were 72 lotus lakes a long time ago. Unfortunately, in order to solve the problem of stomach, people later filled lakes into farmland, and finally abandoned the natural resources that are extremely precious now. Fortunately, in recent years, with the rapid development of urbanization in Yinchuan, the function of wetlands has been paid more attention. Through dredging and restoration by the government, the lake city once again presents the scene of "the city is in the lake and the lake is in the city". According to the detailed data of land, there are 47, hectares of wetlands in Lake City, accounting for about 19% of the land area of Lake City, ranking third in the country and first in the northwest.

Like other cities in China, the phenomenon of traffic congestion in Lake City has always been a mountain in front of people, which is the only reason why I never chose Lake City as my residence before. Living in the reinforced concrete jungle, walking through the narrow and stuffy places and running on the hard parking oil road always gives me a sense of illusion and wandering outside my body. In my life, I have had a painful experience of wandering in another country, and I don't want to repeat it.

But contrary to expectations, the poor living conditions made me break my previous oath again. In desperation, I once again came out to travel. For the first time, I was not the hero of the enterprise, but the identity of a migrant worker, and I lived in the lake city as a wanderer.

Wandering in the streets, feeling the great changes in the lake city. The asphalt roads, large and small, connect the three districts that were originally separated from the lake city. The Aiyi River has strung together lake wetlands such as Qizilian Lake, Huayan Lake, West Lake, Yuehai Lake and Shahu Lake, turning the lake city into a lung leaf of the body of the lake city. The pattern of the city in the lake and the lake in the city makes the lake city with less than 1 thousand square kilometers have the charm of Jiangnan water town. The clear lake and blue sky weaken the visual discomfort caused by contiguous high-rise buildings. Such as financial center, convention and exhibition center, administrative center, five-star hotel, etc., the landmark buildings of these cities have a visual aesthetic feeling because of the whitewashing of vegetation, lake water and blue sky. "The orchard under Helan Mountain is a success, and the old name in the south of the Yangtze River is blocked" is no longer in name only. Once a lake city was not "a lake city with two buildings, a park with two monkeys and a police officer in charge of both ends".

Today, the Lake City has been replaced by the spring scenery all over the city and the green eyes. Parks such as celebrities, immortals, welcoming guests, happy hearts, Xixia, Great Unity, people and Haibao make the Lake City look like a bride changing clothes and become beautiful and fashionable. Dozens of miles of long street lights were first put on, and customers in major shopping malls and shops were crowded with neon lights and countless tourists. How can the glorious and charming scenery not make people linger? The integration and infiltration of the Yellow River, Xixia and Islamic cultures has made this city no longer a thousand cities. With its unique charm, it accommodates and attracts entrepreneurs from all corners of the country.

Over the years, I have been shuttling back and forth between my factory and Lake City. Whenever I meet the employees of the company in Lake City, I always feel excited. After a long heart-to-heart talk, a sense of inexplicably oppression gradually permeated. Looking at my peers working hard in Lake City, I really want to make myself twenty years younger immediately and wash sand in the business sea like them. This kind of impulse from the bottom of my heart is especially obvious sometimes when there is a trough in my work. Although tempted and hesitant, in the end, reason prevailed over impulse. The reason for this is that I am afraid of my instinct. After spending more than 3 years in the enterprise, I suddenly jumped into the ever-changing business sea of Wang Yang. I was worried that I would drown in an instant and be buried in the belly of a fish. This is a fact, not a sensation.

In the autumn and winter of this year, the enterprise retreat policy continued to be implemented, and I took the opportunity of the policy to leave my post early. Deep down, I am sorry for leaving my post, and I am uneasy about starting to look for a job to make a living. Although I made the worst plans before applying for a job, the process of applying for a job is far more bumpy than expected. In order to make a living, in order to continue the long-cherished dream of going abroad; I got rid of the lazy and comfortable real life after leaving my post, and finally found a place to stay in Lake City. Got a position that I don't want to mention; Settle down in lake city like a dog. I have fulfilled my long-cherished wish. I wonder how long I can stay in Lake City in the future. At least I don't want to support my old age now.

Every day, children look forward to the magnificent and orderly city scenery, and those ubiquitous city temptations make those unskilled wanderers stay in this immigrant city. Looking at them eating dry food and sleeping on the floor, they still vaguely have nostalgia for their hometown in their dreams. Am I not like them at this time?

Before I came to Lake City, I always thought that the city was cold, noisy and utilitarian. However, in the process of applying for a job and renting a house, the things I met and the people I came into contact with are changing my original paranoid view and cognition of the city bit by bit. At the same time, after enjoying all kinds of scenery and seeing enough people in a hurry. There are not many aborigines who found the city, but most of them are strangers who poured into the city for dreams, beginnings and forgetfulness. These strangers, like me, are in a city without childhood and youth footprints, just like a house without windows. No matter how bright the indoor lights are, they can't warm their cold hearts.

mixed in the sea of people and cars, I fell into the cold winter of my mind from time to time. Tired of walking, I lay on the green floor and rested on the park stone chair in the breeze; Or slow down the pace of walking, and think about it, and consider the original intention of coming to Lake City. After integrating into the city and adapting to urban life, the dream is still inextricably linked with the enterprise and the life in the factory, as if it had never left the enterprise; But the senses seem to have crossed the fence in their old home bit by bit and are gradually merging with this not-so-strange city.

going to work, getting off work, having a rest, walking and shopping seems to be no different from the previous laws, but it makes me see a different side from the past. In the lake city, there are many gifts and business opportunities that small towns can't have, and there are aspirations and pursuits that small local people are eager for. After bathing in the sunshine of the city, Gu Zi gradually had the idea of living in this city. Although I am still labeled as a migrant worker and living in a rented house that is not too simple, my way of thinking has changed more or less, which is probably related to living in this city.

On leisure days, you can go sightseeing by bus or go shopping on foot; Or stand at the door of the community and look forward to seeing the tall buildings rising from the ground; My mind was full of thoughts, and I couldn't help thinking of the small town not far from the factory. Thinking about the tranquility of the town, but also thinking about the pleasant town. Thinking about the scene of taking a small town bus through the village to work in the factory, I can't help but compare the small town with the lake city. I think this should be the normal state of people entering the city in the wave of urbanization.

sometimes, when staring at the distance, watching, watching, gradually, gradually, the street view in front of us is blurred, replaced by the small town where we live and the factory where we work. Thinking like this. Suddenly, the horn of a car pulled my thoughts back at this time. At present, there are still hazy high-rise buildings and traffic on the asphalt road.

Although I'm distracted and careless, I look like a person who is in Cao Ying's heart and in Han Dynasty. If you go back to the factory where you live, you will see the increasingly old buildings, the deserted community streets, and the increasingly poor connections. In the past, the aluminum city was so declining and withered, but deep down, there was no desire to stay here for a long time. Although the long-awaited lake city is indifferent and fiercely competitive, most of them live a robot-like life with work as the core. For these, isn't everyone like this in a fast-paced city?

Sometimes, it is thought that city people are really like a tree transplanted from a distance, which was cut off from the original lush branches and then planted in a corner of the city, just like us strangers. Watching the clouds disperse, cars coming and going, listening to the morning bell and the dusk drum, birds singing and flowers singing. From the heart, the city scenery has taken away my love for the former residence of Shanxiang, whether I admit it or not. In the ever-changing lake city, I have accepted another new way of life and have long recognized the lake city as my hometown.