In the past days, it was like walking through the fog of time, and a few days ago, I overheard several old grandfathers chatting at the gate of the community. They talked about the present day, and they were full of emotion, as if the rich and poor had become blurred.
Back in the day, despite living in poverty, the debts I owed were always paid off quickly. Despite being in poverty, life is full of hope and happiness.
Today, people are ostensibly rich, but in reality they are running for loans and livelihoods day in and day out, facing insurmountable poverty.
That day, several old grandfathers stood in the doorway talking about this topic. Their language is vivid and vivid, and I can't help but resonate with it. Their conversation paints a vivid picture of a past era of debt but hope.
Back to my parents' generation, when I first separated from my in-laws, although I was poor, my heart was full of energy. Every family is trying to improve their lives, building a new house, changing a new desk, buying a big color TV, and adding a new beam bicycle, and that time is sweeter than honey.
When the house was first built, every family was burdened with a certain amount of debt, and poverty was inevitable, but after a few years, these burdens could be easily paid off. At that time, poverty was common to everyone, no one would laugh at anyone, everyone helped each other when there was difficulty, and the predicament was only temporary.
When encountering some small troubles, the neighbors always lend a helping hand, and the problem is solved. Despite some difficulties, people at that time did not feel much pressure, there was no word "stress" at that time, everyone worked hard and life was getting better day by day.
However, the situation is really different now. Now, every day I wake up and face the difficulty of repaying the loan and supporting my family, it is like becoming a villain manipulated by clockwork, and I can't stop. If you don't work hard, you will find that life is unsustainable. Although it may seem like people are living in abundance, most families focus their financial resources on their children and barely make ends meet, fearing that an illness or disaster will befall them.
Coupled with the indifference of the current society, except for yourself and the people closest to you, others hardly care about your life or death. People who live in the same building don't know each other, don't say hello, and don't know each other's identities. Although there is a proverb that says "distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors", the reality is that they don't know anyone at the door, let alone other neighbors.
Poverty in the past was mainly reflected in material scarcity and poverty, but people's pressure was relatively small, and life was hard but full of happiness.
And today's poverty is not only reflected in the lack of money in the pocket and the debt, but also in the spiritual poverty, the huge pressure makes people unable to breathe, there is no family affection, there is no happiness, only anxiety, distress, boredom, loneliness, and endless mortgages and car loans, as well as worries about the future.
When I was a child, although I was short of material things, the friendship between my neighbors made people feel warm. Wherever you go, you can get a meal and you are guaranteed not to starve.
Nowadays, despite the abundance of materials and the development of logistics, people are becoming more and more distant and selfish. You may starve to death because of lack of food, and others will not know it. Is this an exaggeration? Only personal experience can truly understand.
My parents' generation said that in fact, in the past, they were really poor, and eating meat was a luxury, so making dumplings every year for the New Year became a great pleasure. Despite poverty, people are kind-hearted, and when they see their neighbors in trouble, everyone will empathize, and if a family is in trouble, they will get help from their neighbors, which is better than a person who bears it silently.
And now, what is the situation? Once you have money, others may not say it on the surface, but in their hearts they will definitely be jealous, and if something goes wrong in your family, they will sympathize on the surface, but they may secretly rejoice. Times have changed, people have become meaner and less kind than they used to be.
Obviously, they are all poor, but they were not anxious in the past, and they can have a good life by working hard. But now, he doesn't dare to say that he is not poor, as if he has been on the road of poverty, the key is that he has no head, he is struggling for his livelihood every day, and he can't see a little hope......