Mortal ravings-22.6.5-The warm and cold life

Holy matters:

I have nothing to do today, and I accidentally chose a documentary to watch, which is about the last Bangbang Army in the mountain city of Chongqing. The protagonist and director of the documentary is named He Ku. He is a regiment-level cadre who has been transferred from the army. For some reason, he wanted to make a documentary about Bangbang. Bangbanger is a common name for the labor group in Chongqing area who contributes to moving goods along the street. Because each laborer carries a wooden or bamboo stick and a pair of sturdy ropes, this set of equipment has also become the unique identity of this huge labor group. Symbol, Bangbang's name comes from this.

The film was filmed in 2014. In order to gain an in-depth understanding of the Bang Bang group, the director He Ku found a senior Bang Bang master Lao Huang to take him into the industry. The two agreed that the income of the first month He Ku would go to Lao Huang, and the second one would go to Lao Huang. After a month, the two teamed up to work together and get equal pay for equal work. Why did the old Huang Gang find another place to stay in his residence—a partition room that can only accommodate one bed—the rent is 120 yuan per month. This is also a concentrated base for Bangbangs - a dilapidated urban village called Zili Lane, 300 meters away from the Jiefangbei. In the dark, cramped, and messy living environment, the Bangbangs live without complaints. Because the rent is cheap, in order to save money, there is no way to have any extravagant expectations on the living conditions.

On the first day of work, the reality gave He Ku a solid dismount. Although he was born in the army and is a cadre, from the perspective of stature, He Ku has no trace of pampering, and his sturdy physique is not cumbersome at all. But on the first day of work, several hundred kilograms of goods, and a 4-kilometer journey back and forth, still made He Ku's shoulders aching. After the first day of work, he basically did not dare to twist his neck greatly. In this way, why bother to accompany Mr. Huang, wandering the streets and alleys of Chongqing looking for work, and telling the different lives of the great friends around him while doing it.

With the development of the times and the improvement of modern logistics systems, technologies and tools, the Bangbang army that once witnessed and carried Chongqing's prosperity for half a century has gradually declined, business has become less and less, and income is not as good as before. Why bother to say that every Bang Bang has its own life story and its own reasons for having to be Bang Bang. Living in such an environment, rushing for three meals a day, no matter how ambitious you are, you will be drowned in the hard work of earning a meal. In the end, any dreams and ambitions will drop to the ground with each and every day. A drop of sweat disappeared without a trace.

What impressed me the most was He Ku's Bangbang neighbor, an uncle named Lao Gan, who said a word: Here (being Bangbang) you will never starve to death no matter what. Although what he said was so casual and open-minded, I felt a different kind of sadness when I heard it. The same people, people living in different classes, not only may never meet, but also have different expectations and ideas about life. do not. Some people have no worries about food and clothing but are extremely bored. They always want to have some fun and excitement. Although three meals a day are not exquisite, they are rich. And some people have to grit their teeth and make up their minds to be able to eat a decent dinner. The only entertainment may be to huddle in a rental room and watch old second-hand movies over and over again.

Fate always likes to make jokes with people, but these sticks who work hard to live are becoming more and more miserable, and may eventually be forgotten and abandoned by the world. I know that different groups have different thinking habits, and the so-called way of thinking determines the way out. Although Bangbang is hard, some people will say that it is because they do not know how to be flexible, have no thinking ability, and are trapped in the environment, so misery is also inevitable. But I always feel that although we understand the truth, sometimes we can't simply jump out of the moral commanding heights or God's perspective to draw conclusions and make judgments for them. Because it is actually miserable, it will be reduced to the lowest level to survive by selling physical strength. The tragic environment further solidified their thinking and formed a reverse cycle. And sometimes, what we see may also be blinded by the biased perspective of the survivors, because anyone with an active mind in Bangbang may have long since left the group and become prosperous in other corners. Therefore, we can't be angry and call on them to change, because those who are trapped by the environment have long been unable to change.

Halfway through the documentary, I stopped watching it, because across the screen, I could feel their struggle and powerlessness, and my heart was quite heavy. So when my thoughts were taken away from the documentary, and after walking to the window to take a deep breath, I felt a little relieved, and at the same time re-examined my current life and state. I have no intention of going there to escape, but I just suddenly feel that I have something to do every day, I can still earn a living, have a few small hobbies, have three or two close friends, and have a harmonious and warm family. , worthy of being treated with care. I think when I encounter any unhappiness and hypocrisy in the future, I think about the back of Bang Bang's efforts, and I will think, it's okay, there is a way, everything is not so bad, isn't it?

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