Daily Essay 005: My Years in Wuhan

I spoke to my second sister on the phone this morning and learned about the situation at home. This is also the first time I contacted my family after the outbreak.

Maybe it's telepathy I always worry about whether my family is normal, and my family is thinking about us. My second sister sent a wechat early in the morning to ask about my situation.

According to the second sister, in the middle and late of 1 month, she and her elder sister's family went to Wuhan to play and went to many places. There were many people at that time, but fortunately, the whole family was fine and not infected.

COVID-19 epidemic is the largest, most influential and most contagious disaster in the history of China. Until today, the whole territory of Hubei is still under wartime control, and all cities and villages are not allowed to go out until the epidemic situation is lifted.

? No one knows whether the ban will be lifted at the end of March, April or May, but we can only protect ourselves.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for the day when spring blossoms after the epidemic.

My impression of Wuhan is both familiar and unfamiliar. I am familiar with it, because Wuhan is the capital of my hometown, where I spent four wonderful college years.

After graduating from college, I also stayed in Wuhan several times, and many good friends and classmates still live there.

? Strangeness is because I don't know much about the history and culture of this city, perhaps because I had a very bad impression on the social security, urban governance and government efficiency of this city during my college years, which kept me away from him from beginning to end.

? I remember the first time I went to Wuhan was in the summer of 199 1. I was going to take a train from Wuhan to Changzhi, Shanxi alone. This is my first time to Wuhan, the first time to take a train and the first time to go out of the city. At that time, I didn't even go to counties and cities several times.

I was worried at the time. I don't know what the train conductor is like, and I don't know how to buy a ticket. So I arrived in Wuhan one day in advance and found my cousin who graduated from college and stayed in Wuhan to teach. My cousin teaches in a vocational secondary school in Wuchang, and my brother-in-law is studying mathematics. At that time, she also taught at the university. They bought me a train ticket and put me on the train the next day.

That night my cousin prepared a sumptuous dinner, and they lived in a humble place. I lived in the classroom of the school at night and made some desks. It was very hot, and the electric fan on my head rang all night. Almost thirty years have passed, and I can still remember the scene clearly.

? I am timid, honest and honest by nature. At that time, the national security was very chaotic, and bandits and road bullies were everywhere. I went to other places alone, and only I knew the bitterness and bitterness. I am very grateful to my cousin's family for their help, which made my life take the most important step.

The second time I went to Wuhan was after I was admitted to Wuhan University of Technology. My great uncle accompanied me to the university.

At that time, the family was very happy. My sister gave me a suitcase to carry my luggage. It was summer, and I only had two sets of clothes on me, but that suitcase followed me for four years.

During my four years in college, I spent all my time walking around the school except gathering with high school classmates from several neighboring universities. Funnily enough, until today, I haven't been to the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, and I haven't been to other scenic spots except East Lake at the university classmate 10 party.

? During my college years, I would go home every winter and summer vacation. Every time I go home, I take a bus at Xinhua Road coach station in Hankou. The road through Zhongshan Park makes me sad, because I am blackmailed by bad people every year when I pass by.

? Once when passing by Zhongshan Park, a middle-aged man deliberately dropped a white village shirt on his bike, saying that I knocked it down and asked me to accompany him.

Another time, a middle-aged woman said that my figure was similar to his brother's. Her brother is out of town, and she wants to make a dress for him. She wants my help to measure me. I didn't expect to pay after measuring, saying that the clothes were made for me. When this happened, I knew I had been cheated and ran away. Fortunately, I run fast, and it is difficult for them to catch up, even though I have encountered many similar blackmails.

? At that time, I thought, I won't stay in this city after graduating from college.

? I should thank the city Wuhan, where I met my son's mother. We went to college together. She is a very kind person and very popular with everyone. It is also a coincidence that we walk together.

? Once I invited her to a small restaurant next to the school, and she paid the bill. I was so ashamed.

? We are both extremely inferior people, and we have no ability to refuse. In our time, people were still very conservative. Generally, you will start looking for a job six months before graduation. At that time, it was a half-match and half-open mode. If you don't find a job before graduation, your file will be transferred back to your household registration.

At that time, there were many classmates who had a good impression on her, and my conditions were not very good. She chose to work in Shanghai with me, perhaps because I gave her an opportunity to settle down and work in Shanghai.

I felt insecure since I was a child, and my family barely supported me to finish college. After graduation, I can only support myself.

I have been doing market research and looking for a job since my senior year.

? I am very grateful to a cousin of mine, who gave me some advice on finding a job, so that I can develop in Shanghai today.

My cousin is a genius. He is a bully. His family conditions are more difficult than mine, but his academic performance is very good. At that time, I studied in high school for two years and was admitted to Wuhan Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Originally, his college entrance examination results could be read in Peking University, and I heard that he was replaced.

I wrote two letters to my cousin during my four years in college:

The first one is about how to spend four years in college. He told me that in addition to learning English well, we should also learn a second language (Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and other small languages). ); In addition, we should learn professional courses well and do other courses well. It's a pity that I didn't do what he asked.

The second letter was that the university was about to graduate, and I asked him how to find a job. He suggested that Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang be my first choice, and I did the right thing this time.

At that time, I also had the opportunity to go to Beijing, Xiamen and so on, but I still insisted on staying in Shanghai.

? After two years in college, teacher Li, the class teacher, was very kind to me and made me monitor for two years. This experience is very helpful for me to find a job, and then it is graduation season. We have dinner with each other, say goodbye to each other and wish each other well.

? I have been avoiding and trying to forget this city, but I have never forgotten it, and I am more and more worried. This kind of missing is increasing day by day!