Prose "Days in Lake City"

Lake City was once nicknamed "Phoenix". In recent years, perhaps because of the development of water resources, people began to give 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 in Lake City for many years, I seem to think that Lake City is more convincing and contemporary than Phoenix.

Anyone familiar with Yinchuan knows that there used to be many wetlands in Lake City, and there were 72 lotus lakes a long time ago. Unfortunately, in order to solve the problem of stomach, people later filled the lake into farmland and finally abandoned the extremely precious natural resources. Fortunately, in recent years, with the rapid development of urbanization in Yinchuan, the role of wetlands has been paid more and more attention. Through the government's dredging and restoration, the lake city once again presents the scene of "the city is in the lake and the lake is in the city". Detailed land survey data show that the wetland area of Hucheng is 47,000 hectares, accounting for about 19% of the land area of Hucheng, ranking third in the country and first in the northwest.

Like other cities in China, traffic congestion in Lake City has always been a mountain in front of people, which is why I have never chosen Lake City as my residence before. Living in the jungle of reinforced concrete, walking through the narrow and sultry place and running on the hard parking oil road always makes me feel like wandering outside. In my life, I had the 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 violate my previous vows again. In desperation, I traveled again. For the first time, I am not a corporate hero, but a migrant worker, living in Lake City as a wanderer.

Stroll the streets and feel the great changes in the lake city. Large and small asphalt roads connect the three districts that were originally separated from Lake City. The Aiyi River has strung together lake wetlands such as Qizilian Lake, Huayan Lake, West Lake, Yuehai Lake and Husha 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 this lake city with less than 10 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, exhibition center, administrative center, five-star hotel, etc. The landmark buildings in these cities have a visual aesthetic feeling because of the whitewashing of vegetation, lakes and blue sky. "The orchard under Helan Mountain was successful, but the time-honored brand in Jiangnan was blocked" no longer exists in name only. The former Lake City was not a lake city with "two buildings, one park, two monkeys and one policeman in charge at both ends".

Today, the lake city has been replaced by the spring scenery and green eyes. Celebrities, immortals, welcoming guests, gratifying, Xixia, great unity, people and other parks, such as Grand Plaza and Haibao, make Lake City look like a bride changing clothes and become beautiful and fashionable. For the first time, dozens of miles of street lamps came on, and customers in major shopping malls and shops were crowded with neon lights and countless tourists. How can the splendid and charming scenery not make people linger? The integration and infiltration of the Yellow River, Xixia and Islamic culture make 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 talk, an inexplicable sense of oppression gradually pervaded. Looking at my peers who are working hard in Lake City, I really want to make myself twenty years younger and wash sand in the business sea like them. This heartfelt impulse is sometimes especially obvious when the work is at a low ebb. Although I tried and hesitated, in the end, reason overcame impulse. This is because I am afraid of my instinct. After more than 30 years in the enterprise, I suddenly jumped into the ever-changing business sea in Wang Yang. I'm afraid I'll drown in an instant and be buried in the belly of a fish. This is a fact, not a feeling.

In the autumn and winter of this year, the enterprise retreat policy continued to be implemented, and I took advantage of the policy to leave my post early. Deep down, I am sorry for leaving my job and 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 was far more bumpy than I thought. In order to make a living, in order to continue the long-standing dream of going abroad; I got rid of the lazy and comfortable real life after leaving my job, and finally found a place to stay in Lake City. Got a position I didn't want to mention; Settle down in lake city like a dog. I realized my long-cherished wish. I don't know how long I can stay in Lake City. At least I don't want to retire now.

Children look forward to the magnificent and orderly city scenery every day, and the ubiquitous temptation of those cities keeps those wanderers who have no skills in this immigrant city. Watching them eat dry food and sleep on the floor, they still vaguely miss their dream hometown. Don't I look like them now?

Before I came to Lake City, I always thought this city was very 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 contacted changed my original paranoid view and cognition of this 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 this city, but most of them are strangers who poured into this city for dreams, beginnings and forgetfulness. These strangers, like me, are like a house without windows in a city without childhood and youth footprints. No matter how bright the indoor lights are, they can't warm their cold hearts.

Mixed in the sea of people and traffic, from time to time into the winter of the soul. 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, consider the original intention of coming to Lake City. After being integrated into the city and adapting to urban life, my dream is still inextricably linked with life in enterprises and factories, as if I had never left the enterprise; But the senses seem to have crossed the wall of their hometown bit by bit and gradually merged with this not so strange city.

Going to work, getting off work, resting, walking and shopping, it looks no different from the past, but it shows me a different side. In Lake City, there are many gifts and business opportunities that small towns don't have, and there are aspirations and pursuits that small local people yearn for. Bathed in the sunshine of the city, Xiaomi gradually had the idea of living in this city. Although I am still labeled as a migrant worker and live in a rented house, my way of thinking has changed more or less, which is probably related to living in this city.

Leisure days, or go sightseeing by bus, or go shopping on foot; Or standing at the gate of the community, expecting to see high-rise buildings rise from the ground; My mind is full of thoughts, and I can'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 of taking a small town bus across the village to go 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, staring at the distance, watching, watching, gradually, gradually, the street view in front of me is blurred, replaced by the town where I live and the factory where I work. Think like this. Suddenly, the horn of a car pulled my thoughts back. At present, there are still hazy tall buildings and traffic on the asphalt road.

Although I am "absent-minded and careless", I look like a man in Cao Cao with his heart in the Han Dynasty. If you go back to the factory where you live, you will see more and more old buildings, deserted community streets and worse connections. The former 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, in a fast-paced city, isn't everyone like this?

Sometimes, I think city people are really like a tree transplanted from a distance, cut off from the original lush branches, and then planted in a corner of the city, relying entirely on water to continue their lives, just like us strangers. Watching the clouds disperse, cars coming and going, listening to the morning bells and drums, birds singing and flowers singing. From the heart, the city scenery took away my love for Shanxiang's former residence, whether I admit it or not. In the ever-changing Lake City, I have accepted another new way of life and have long regarded Lake City as my hometown.