Life in Lanzhou

~It starts to snow in November, and by the end of December it rarely gets above zero. It is usually minus 56 degrees to minus ten degrees, and even colder is minus 20 degrees. The holidays usually begin before the Chinese New Year, so sometimes you don’t get to see the coldest weather. The room is not cold, there is heating, and the winter in Lanzhou is relatively dry, not as cold as in the south, so even if it's minus ten degrees Celsius, it won't be too cold as long as you don't wander around outside. A sweater and a down jacket are enough. Thermal underwear is not very practical because it is hot inside and cold outside. If you wear a thick coat when you go out, you have to take it off when you get back. If the inside is too thick, you will easily get hot and sweat when you get back home. It is easy for you to catch a cold when you are cold or hot. I am also from the south. I have been studying in Lanzhou for two years. It is actually not as cold as I imagined. The wind is biting in winter, so just go out less often. Remember to wear a hat, scarf and gloves when going out. To sum up, the thicker the coat, the colder it is. Okay, just use it appropriately~~

The biggest feature of Lanzhou dialect is to add the sound "Sa" at the end, for example: "Get up, go to class to pee." The answer is: "I'm so sleepy, no Go and pee." He advised: "Oh, why don't you go to pee? The teacher said if you don't go, you will be hanged!" It's similar to this, although it's just a few sentences, but that's the situation.

Lanzhou dialect is not pleasant to listen to, and Lanzhou people seem to know this reason. In fact, people in Lanzhou speak less and less Lanzhou dialect, as if they are deliberately avoiding it. This is very different from Shanghai. Shanghainese people always seem to want to speak Shanghainese first and use Shanghainese to show their local identity. Even if they are poor, as long as they are authentic Shanghainese, it is more important than anything else. .

If we look at Lanzhou’s population composition, it should not actually be a closed city or a backward city. Why? Because there was a wave of immigrants here in the 1950s and 1960s. They were a group of young people encouraged by the country to come here to fight for the construction of communism. They came from all over the world, and many of them have never returned home since then. Take root here, like seeds floating away from a dandelion, taking root wherever you go. Therefore, there will be many creative gestations. According to one theory, mixed-race children are better. In a sense, this kind of gestation for ideals should also be similar to mixed-race children. I don’t know whether these mixed-race children later left, leaving behind a group of crooked melons and cracked dates, or whether they just followed the locals and let nature take its course. I think the former is more likely, because until now, this situation is still happening, who will develop here if they have special skills. In my opinion, most of the people who develop here are those who are content with a small amount of money, and I also belong to this type of person. If these people were not here, Lanzhou would probably be even more miserable.

To give a simple example, if Lanzhou is a living mother, then this individual talent is like her child. Even if she wants to keep her child by her side, she still needs to consider the child’s safety. In the future, the son will also be allowed to develop in a better place. Unlike real children, real children will still think about honoring their parents in the future when they leave. As for whether they will do so in the future, it is unknown. But the children in Lanzhou left without a trace of nostalgia. When they left, they even cursed: "This wretched place almost delayed my delivery!" The mother may cry, but Lanzhou will not cry. Lanzhou is still Lanzhou is still the city where the Yellow River passes through!

I feel pain for Lanzhou, and today I say this on behalf of Lanzhou. I hope Lanzhou’s mother can treat me well! I, a foreign child, will spend the best and most challenging glorious years of my life in your arms. As for the future, I really don’t know whether the child will leave.

However, I really want to do something for this city, something big that can make others pay attention to this city!

Please accept it as the best answer in time, thank you!