Days of home isolation

During the days of isolation at home, time seems to suddenly increase. Although I also work, I am restricted after all, and it is difficult to feel as nervous as before in the workplace. After handling the affairs of the workplace, the remaining time is completely my own.

I made a small plan for myself. I don’t go to bed late or get up late. I get up at 0:00, spend two hours in the morning dealing with trivial matters at work, and do a round of nucleic acid in the afternoon. The rest is Sleep, watch movies, read.

Today, I found a documentary "A Bite of China". I have watched this documentary intermittently before, but this time during the lockdown, I felt that this documentary was the most suitable.

Why?

Because what is missing needs to be filled. Being under lockdown at home, what we lack most is freedom of movement and freedom of food.

Although I had a hunch the day before the city was closed, my family had purchased a batch of supplies. However, after eating for a few days, I still found that it was far from enough. I only had these few dishes and snacks and fruits every day. I have already finished eating, and I am eager to miss other delicious food. Even if I can't eat it, I hope to feast my eyes on it.

The second reason is that I am pregnant and my blood sugar level in the sugar tolerance test is high, so I am giving up sugar and staple food. This is really a painful thing. Many people who are motivated to lose weight fail because of dieting, not to mention that I am still a pregnant woman. After quitting sugar, I really missed milk tea, juice, and the various fruits I had eaten before, such as mango, watermelon, pineapple, cantaloupe, etc. But I am a person who can still resist temptation, not to mention how far I am in my pregnancy. The most difficult thing was to give up staple foods, such as rice, noodles, and refined grains, and replace them with whole grains such as corn, millet, brown rice, and black rice.

People are really weird. I used to eat rice, noodles, steamed buns, etc. every day and never thought it tasted good. But after a few days of quitting, my taste buds started to crazily miss the foods I usually take for granted. , I felt my stomach growl when I smelled the aroma of rice. I couldn’t help but want to take another bite. At breakfast, I saw my family eating noodles, but I could only drink some whole grain porridge or eat corn. I feel that the food in my hands doesn’t taste good, only other people’s food is the most delicious. What I think of is the steaming steamed buns and noodles, and what I smell is the fragrance of the noodles and the smell of the steamed bun fillings.

Suddenly I understand why everyone says that the more something is missing, the more they show off, and the more something is missing, the more they miss something. I just stay at home like this, there is no shortage of food, but what I miss is the missing part of the food.

On the fifth day of the lockdown, the variety of food at home was significantly reduced, and we began to eat dried vegetables and pickled vegetables. During the lockdown period, vegetables began to become a luxury. Thinking about it, this is really a common dilemma for every city under lockdown. Fortunately, we have not been under lockdown for a long time. Our cities are mostly agricultural, so there is no shortage of supplies. , what is lacking is delivery personnel.

Whenever this happens, dedicated volunteers will step forward to help community owners buy vegetables, fruits, snacks and daily necessities. Therefore, despite the community lockdown, with the help of these people, we did not feel that there was a special shortage of supplies. We replenished some fresh vegetables, some daily necessities, and some fruit snacks through group purchases. It is really a blessing to be able to eat fresh vegetables and fruits at such a special moment. Everyone chats in the owner group and helps each other with anything they need.

During the days of lockdown at home, some heart-warming things happened. Many neighbors helped each other, which made people feel that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. However, there were also many people who showed selfishness and indifference at this time. , some did not wear masks, and when reminded by volunteers, they cursed because they had too many housekeepers; some insisted on leaving the community and were not allowed to go out, pointing at the security guards and yelling at them; others got together to chat when everyone was undergoing nucleic acid tests, and were The reminder was indifferent.

This is the helplessness in the world. Many things are clearly wrong, but they cannot be changed. There are no relevant legal provisions to sanction them. They can only be done based on everyone's moral concepts. We often say that we should follow our conscience, but what should we do if we meet someone who has no conscience and no morals? They completely refused to listen to accusations and advice, and were so thick-skinned that they were not afraid of other people's strange eyes.

When children see such a situation, they always ask: Why does this person do this? Why didn't he do that? We can only tell our children: What that person did is wrong, but we can only change ourselves and cannot change others. We need to ask ourselves to do the right thing, and the behavior of others can be persuaded, but cannot be changed.

During the days of isolation at home, ignoring the shadow of the epidemic, I felt that my life was very fulfilling.