With the cold blizzard and freezing rain, a township in my hometown of Shaanxi Province became colder and colder. After the Lantern Festival, more and more houses have been piled up with snow in front of their doors, turning into "empty houses" that no one cares about. These old houses, which used to be the testimony of my childhood, are now even more lonely in the silence after the snow, and have become a symbol of the "empty nest".
When I think back to this row of old houses, I can't help but feel sad about the situation of six of them. The change in his hometown seems to have made the "empty nester" an irreversible fate. In these six families, either because their children are working hard outside the home, or because they are old and have no one to take care of them, the old people have left their homeland and gone to the city to find a new home.
First of all, my hometown, my grandparents' old house has long been deserted, and they moved to the city since they were born, accompanying their two sons. Grandma Wang's house has also been deserted for a long time, and the old people have gone to Shanghai and have never lived there since. The second mother's house and Grandma Zhang's house have also become uninhabited empty shells, and family members are working hard or settling in the city. Even large families with four generations are only reunited during the Chinese New Year, and at other times the elderly live with their children. This phenomenon of "empty nesting" has become an increasingly common phenomenon throughout the countryside.
There are various reasons for the emergence of the phenomenon of "empty nesters" in rural areas. The struggle and life of the children in the big city became the main motivation for them to leave their homeland. The pressure of survival and the financial burden of the big city make it difficult for them to take care of their parents in their hometown, so they have to stay in the countryside in order to take care of each other and survive. For the elderly themselves, the birth of a child and the death of an old wife have also become the reason for migration, and they need to go to the city to find better medical care and better companionship.
However, this phenomenon is not only present in my hometown, but is becoming more and more pronounced across the country. The transformation of the countryside and the absorption of the city have become the driving force of this phenomenon. The "empty nest" swept by Blizzard may be just a microcosm, and similar situations are spread across the country. Leaving the land where they had lived for decades and moving to the cities to earn a living, this is undoubtedly an inevitable consequence of the changes in the countryside. The prosperity and development of the city has attracted more and more elderly people, who have to leave their homeland and go to the city in order to live and take care of them.
In this phenomenon, not only the fate of individuals changes, but also reflects the development and changes of rural and urban areas. The countryside became more and more depressed, and the old houses became more and more empty; The fringes of cities are becoming more prosperous, absorbing a growing number of middle-aged and elderly people. Such differences in development between regions have forced us to think about how to find a more balanced and inclusive way of development.
**10,000 Fans Incentive Plan When we see these "empty nesters", we should not only pay attention to their individual fate, but also think about the deep problems reflected in this phenomenon from a broader perspective. The changes in the countryside and the migration of the elderly group have forced us to think about how to promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas, so that the elderly can get better care and life in their homeland; At the same time, it is also necessary to seek more support and care from the policy and social levels, so that "empty nesters" no longer become synonymous with loneliness and helplessness.