Life, a volunteer thing in Xi.

People often say that China will see Shenzhen in 20 years, China will see Shanghai in 100 years, China will see Beijing in 1000 years, and China will see Xi in 5000 years.

During the winter vacation of my sophomore year, I continued my "habit" of leaving home for a few days every holiday. Went to Xi 'an.

If people's memories are arranged in a community called "Good Memories", then the memory of the day of birth is in the 1 unit of Building 1. Xi' an's earliest memory seems to be in building 7, the first memory seems to be in building 12, and the first contact is also in building 15 ... Now the memory is in building 19 every day, which is almost full. In a trance, I have grown up and really dare not think about it. If I am in a trance, I should work, get married ... and go to high school after 00. In a trance, we all grew up.

I am a person who loves life and is willing to experience it. 20 16, by chance, I came to Xi' an, an ancient city, and got to know a new way of winter vacation life-volunteer travel. In this way, accidental people, their own accidental opportunities, gathered in No.67 Zhuba City, the Silk Road Changan Youth Space, next to the Angoulou.

Volunteer life for more than ten days is like Boccaccio's decameron. There are different stories and wonderful performances every day. Recently, those volunteers in the WeChat group kept posting about their current lives, and everyone missed each other's volunteer life. This blue sky, which I participated in the construction, seems to have left my handprint on every mural and every flower. In a trance, I suddenly feel that I have grown up, just like the blue sky, from blank to colorful, from monotonous and narrow to rich and open. Thank you for my blue sky, my volunteer trip, my children and the days when we grew up together.

Walking in scenic parks and shopping malls, I was called uncle around the age of 20. Really, I have grown up. I am no longer a child, but I am still a child.

In Xi, these days, I suddenly feel that I have grown up. I like to close myself up slowly and think a lot every day. Maybe this is growth. But I'm not 19 yet.

When I was a sophomore, I happened to see four local youth brigades recruiting holiday volunteers. I don't know whether it was a mistake or fate. I chose the dream Xi 'an between "there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below" and "Chang 'an has been an imperial city since ancient times". Three of the four volunteers in the college entrance examination are from Xi 'an's school, and they only went to Changchun three times away, instead of Xi 'an, which they dreamed of in those years.

Silk Road Chang 'an Youth Space is the destination of this volunteer trip, the beginning of volunteer life, and a gathering place for a group of young people with dreams, just as her name implies. The bustling ancient Chang 'an, blue cows, snow-white horses and luxurious cars set off the beautiful market, and there is a poetic feeling in it, which makes people think.

Youth space, groups of young people, or familiar or unfamiliar, or hometown, or far away. They can make a scene here and shine with youthful brilliance; You can vent here and release all kinds of pressure; You can drink coffee here and enjoy the fun of leisure; You can stay here for a while and hurry; You can also have a long talk here, the spark of collision thinking and so on. Here, young people present different ideas, stories, experiences and values, so that everyone can explore themselves, find more possibilities, find like-minded companions and find a sense of belonging.

Youth space is not a simple youth tour, it incorporates more elements: job-seeking apartment, lecture platform, book bar, pioneer park ... all elements related to the extraordinary heart of young people can be integrated into it. So it's called space.

The train from Yinchuan to Xi 'an takes 14 hours, which is neither long nor short.

The night in Yinchuan is later than that in the northeast, and it takes an hour to arrive. Gradually drifting away, urban buildings gradually disappeared and gradually entered the Loess Plateau. A quarter of the sun also set at the foot of the mountain, and the train passed one village after another, which suddenly reminded people of the poem "The desert is lonely and the long river sets the yen". Isn't this the landscape that happened in Ningxia Zhongwei? I don't know why, but I actually enjoyed the beautiful scenery this time.

When can I enjoy the sunset again?

After writing on the computer, I often don't know where to start. There are about 20 volunteers, including the aforementioned beauty in Northeast China, Zhi Henghe, who left as soon as I arrived, my roommate Shi, who became a couple because of the postgraduate entrance examination, and her male ticket, as well as photographer Ke Zi, chef Bailu, who looks like Naiman Yingying at first sight, and Zhuang Zihao, lovely plum and A Ling who arrived later. Living with us are Brother Gao Fei, Sister Xiao You, designer Xu and his team, cleaning aunt Yang, who are opposed by everyone and loved by everyone. Because of them, I got these ten wonderful days.

In the kitchen on the third floor, I secretly cook something delicious as a midnight snack every night, and all kinds of dark dishes; In room 4 18, there are always some wonderful stories about Xiao Qiang, forcing Xiao Qiang to give dollars and "angrily beat" the boss Xiao Qiang behind the door; I don't know who left those two cans of black beer bottles on the rooftop on the fourth floor.

Looking back on those days, we visited Jiandong Street, bought cooked food, drank Harbin beer and Xiao Qiang, untied the knot and chatted with designers in KTV. We are very happy together. Now I still remember taking a taxi in xi 'an. What kind of experience is that?

Recall the days of Huaqingchi, delicious saute spicy chicken, enthusiastic tour guide aunt, heavy cultural history, refreshing hot spring water, the remains of the An Incident, endless steps of Lishan Mountain, endless beacon towers in Lintong County, and eighteen curved downhill roads.

Looking back on those nights, Xiao Qiang said a lot by accident, which completely broke everyone's heart. Under the comfort of designer Xu He, the volunteers enlightened each other, or complained or complained, went on strike collectively, went to Sajinqiao to eat steamed buns, and cooked beautifully. 10 More than 0 people crowded on the sightseeing bus in Huizhuba City and crossed the streets of the ancient city. It was noisy and windy. That feeling is experienced.

Think back to a brother in Xi 'an, walking around the streets, telling the history of Xi 'an, the story of the mosque, returning to the square, the story of every street, drinking hawthorn porridge for the first time, eating authentic food, walking through the university lane and walking to the Chenghuang Temple. There are also spicy little three bullfrogs, the young people's bar in Nanxiang, the south gate under the spotlight, and the comfort of the park around the city ...

Think about the music fountain under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda that night, the beating notes, just like the surging youth heart.

Our daytime work, sometimes boring and sometimes interesting, reflects the shadow that we want to grow up; Laughter in the kitchen and room at ordinary times expresses the simplest feelings of college students: we don't want to be ordinary, we just want to be excellent; The music fountain at night is cheerful and carries the dreams pursued by college students; Hit Xiao Qiang from time to time, knowing that he meant no harm, but sometimes he mishandled it ... In short, there are always endless stories when we are together.

On that day, when I left, I went to the rooftop for the last time to see the words "Wu Wen Sheng Di" in the Drum Tower, to see the wall paintings of Silk Road culture in the corridor, to see the dusty building dust on the ground, and to see those rooms that were soft and naked. The light in the kitchen is still on. Maybe some people are still having dinner. They ate 60 jiaozi before getting on the bus. The last supper was really delicious. When they first arrived in Lanzhou, they ate noodles and got on and off. It's just that the people who sent it are far apart now, and no one meets.

The volunteer's biggest regret is that his mobile phone finally broke down. A document in the mobile phone records the life of volunteers in the form of keywords. Now it is impossible to retrieve the document and write down the whole process in detail. The original plan was to start from bits and pieces, enlarge every detail and write a long story. It's been two weeks since the beginning of school, but I don't know where to start, and I haven't been able to write it. This is the only way. I also blame myself for not doing my homework in Xi 'an in advance. Those history, culture and stories can only be recorded on the mobile phone in a hurry, but not in the mind.

There are many such conversations, because everyone's holidays are similar, either muddling along, studying and charging, or working to earn a little money and traveling around. In this most carefree college time, as long as you play well and have fun. I hope so too. But after all, we have to enter the society, because we have grown up, children but not children.

I think during my volunteer life in Xi 'an, I learned a lot from volunteer friends and businessmen who came to talk about coffee shop contracting. What I can get is by no means a small achievement of earning some money by working in front of me, nor is it the satisfaction of reading all kinds of books in the library. Because this kind of life experience can often bring profound thinking and a lot of growth. This is probably the true meaning of practice, but I completed my social practice in Xi 'an by way of volunteer travel, which is different from the common social practice on campus. I think social practice in the true sense.

What do you study in college? I still have the same answer: cultivate thinking and learn to live. Because I firmly believe that the quality of thinking determines the quality of life. I just don't have much in my mind now, so I can't explain this sentence in depth.

I don't want to think of college as simple as that. If I learn the means of survival and find a job, it will become meaningless to go to college. Anyone who has never been to college can do this, and even a small number of them do it better than those who have been trained. I don't want to think of college as that simple. This is what a qualified college student should do. The cost of supporting a college student is really high. You should be honest with your parents, people who care about yourself, and more importantly, yourself.

So I am cultivating my thinking in various ways, whether it is reading a lot, chatting with the post-80s generation, paying attention to various topics in various ways, watching open classes, taking freshmen to participate in various competitions, taking two apprentices, listening to online sharing sessions in various WeChat groups and so on. And keep writing and refining your own thinking. I also experience life in various ways, dare to try things I have never seen before, play hard on my way home from school, chat with passers-by at Shanhaiguan about the history of the Great Wall War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and carefully observe the beautiful scenery of Changchun and so on.

The quality of thinking determines the quality of life. Now that you are in college, you should learn something profound like ordinary college students. So what? High cost investment, I am reluctant to get some dry goods.

This volunteer, forgive me for not completing a month as required, but only doing it for ten days; Forgive me for not writing those stories completely; Forgive me for not discovering the beauty of Xi 'an better; Forgive me for being lazy and not working during my volunteer period.

I am willing to bring hand-painted food maps and hand-painted maps of ancient cities, my family, people I like and more friends who like to discover the beauty of life. Re-explore Xi, the city of dreams.

Xi 'an is waiting for me, and I will go there again to find those memories, to find those noisy memories in the best years, and to find a more beautiful you.