How did a small town without young people survive the epidemic?

In the town where I grew up, young people were rarely seen. Even when purchasing at home pharmacies, Dad's statistical sales analysis is mainly based on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular drugs and common cold medicines.

As far as I can remember, the town closed the ballroom, skating rink, karaoke and game room one after another more than ten years ago. It seems like summer vacation in junior high school, and suddenly I feel that this town is so deserted. I also started to take the bus to the city on weekends, go shopping, go to bookstores, attend class reunions, then come to the high school in the city to study, and then come back once a month.

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The outbreak in January? It doesn't seem to have caused an uproar in the small town. Originally, there were few people on the street, so the distance of daily life naturally exceeded the safe distance, and all life continued on track. This is also the reason why many middle-aged and elderly people in the town relaxed their vigilance at the beginning of the epidemic.

If the epidemic occurred in non-Spring Festival or other holidays, I think this sense of indifference will be even stronger.

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In the past, since the twelfth lunar month, there should be rows of shops selling red Spring Festival couplets, firecrackers, lanterns and other new year's goods. Exaggerated words, the main road will be jammed, and the town will be "youthful" for several months.

Originally, the Spring Festival was the main stage for students to have a holiday and migrant workers to return home. However, students from small towns have moved to cities to seek better educational resources. Under the measures of various restrictions and city closures, migrant workers rarely come back. Back to the town are mainly young people who work and live in a city not far away (1 hour drive). They spent their childhood in the town (like me). During the Spring Festival, there will be many childhood friends in the town. They will have dinner together, play cards and amuse the next generation. Although the old people have a lot of burdens, they also enjoy this kind of family happiness.

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Until the first confirmed patient came back from Wuhan by car (he actually belongs to the category of middle-aged and elderly people).

The circle of friends began to have rumors and videos of various road closures scattered. Is this true or not? From the beginning, I tried my best not to let my parents go out, but they didn't agree. For them, they frantically stopped me from going to the supermarket, getting the courier and getting the milk. Things have changed dramatically.

The old people in the town are also surrounded by various information packages. They gradually put on masks and go to the river to wash clothes, which is far apart (although it would have been about 5 meters apart). The square dance gradually stopped, and the chess room and bathhouse closed one after another. They began to post various expert comments, government comments, forum posts and health posts in the family WeChat group every day, and young people will also blame and remind them in the group.

Fortunately, since most people in the town have fields to grow several kinds of vegetables, the daily supply of vegetables is naturally not a problem. I asked if I wanted to hoard food at home, and my mother threw me a picture directly.

This picture seems to say the word "rich" in capital letters. At the same time, dad's keen sense of smell, in the early stage of the epidemic, went to tun rice and other foods (afraid of the price increase later, the fact is that it did not rise! )

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Those young people who came back from the city stayed at home to bask in the sun and cook because the village was closed. When the weather was good, they went to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots and took their children to experience their childhood. This may be the longest holiday they spent in their hometown after leaving town to work hard in the city.

The sun made his face red, and he ate melon seeds and peanuts. The burning firewood in the stove cooked a crispy pot of crispy rice crust, braised pork and stewed chicken. The rice cake baked on the brazier was served with Chili sauce made by his parents. Old people prepared new year's goods at home years ago and became the main force of the food contest in the circle of friends.

Those young people who didn't go back still pay attention to the physical condition of their elders online every day. Although I often feel that technology makes the world more and more indifferent, whenever I see the videos and audio of my family, I often thank technology for linking us in this way.

Life will continue, the epidemic will be gradually controlled, and the day of returning to work will come quietly. A few young people who have returned to the town have also started to return. This small town without young people is slowly returning to a calm state. The epidemic has allowed everyone to spend more time together. Although we stare at the data map with trepidation every day, the blocked road has not sealed the yearning for home for young people in different places, nor has it sealed the love of generations living together at home.

Before leaving, the old people repeatedly told them to take precautions, but the young people said impatiently that they knew.

But this time, instead of directly raising dust, they will add a sentence at the back, just stay at home, don't go out casually, and pay attention to warmth and disinfection.