The Gregorian calendar has entered 2023, but for us, we pay more attention to traditional festivals and celebrate the Lunar New Year. There are still twenty days before the Spring Festival. As the Spring Festival approaches, I find that people around me are not looking forward to

The Gregorian calendar has entered 2023, but for us, we pay more attention to traditional festivals and celebrate the Lunar New Year.

There are still twenty days before the Spring Festival. As the Spring Festival approaches, I find that people around me are not looking forward to the Spring Festival so much, and they are not in a good mood. With a normal mind, they are even a little afraid of the arrival of the Spring Festival. What kind of thing is

that causes these phenomena? I contacted a few people and they had different ideas.

Character 1: My colleague. During dinner in the morning, he said to me: "The Chinese New Year is almost here, and I am not happy at all." I asked him: "Why?" He said: "In the past, when the twelfth lunar month entered the New Year, the streets were very lively, with people selling New Year's goods and firecrackers. Especially on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the firecrackers kept going off, and groups of New Year's greetings appeared on the streets, giving it a New Year flavor. Now, there are fewer people on the streets, and the cannons are not allowed to be set off. Due to the epidemic, there are far fewer people paying New Year's greetings. Anyway, I can't feel the New Year's flavor." It means that the flavor of the New Year is missing, and the celebration and liveliness of the New Year are missing.

Character 2: My neighbor. A daughter-in-law from out of town got married to her husband who worked outside. Later, they got married and moved to the local area. They have a son and a daughter. Her husband can drive and is diligent. She opened a small shop at home, and her life became well-off. Unexpectedly, three years after the epidemic, her husband contracted cancer. All her savings were spent, and her illness was not cured. Some time ago, she passed away. I went to her shop yesterday and saw her tearful. I thought: It will be very difficult for me to have a daughter-in-law from out of town with two underage children, coupled with the pain of losing a loved one. This Spring Festival will be very sad.

Character 3: An old classmate. My son is doing business abroad and has difficulty with liquidity. In order to help his son, I applied for multiple credit cards and borrowed loans from the Internet. At present, the credit cards have been basically used up and I still have to repay the loan every month, which is very difficult. My son is still waiting for the payment, and he can't get the full amount back in the New Year. To get the payment, he still has to pay for the goods, and he still has to pay back the loan and credit cards for the remaining money. He will definitely be stretched thin during the New Year. An old classmate told me on the phone: "In the past three years of the epidemic, my son has been in business. He has been in and out of business. There have been fewer customers, and he cannot get the full amount back if he sells goods on credit. In addition, he has been quarantined several times in the past three years. It has been very difficult to feed a family. This bank clearly knows that the three years of epidemic have made life difficult for everyone, and there is no preferential policy for repaying loans or borrowing. Give it a break. I really can’t think about how I will spend this year." Indeed, the debts are overwhelming and the pressure is too great. For people doing business abroad, the New Year is really difficult.

Character 4: The little restaurant owner. This person owns a restaurant and also operates a bathhouse. During the three years of the epidemic, dine-in was not allowed, business was deserted, and most of the losses were incurred. Fortunately, I opened the restaurant in my own house with no rent, otherwise it would have gone bankrupt long ago. To open a bathhouse, due to environmental reasons, it was not allowed to use a boiler instead of gas. It cost more than 100,000 yuan to add equipment and make renovations. In the past few years, the epidemic has come and gone. The life of the small boss will be even more difficult in 2022. The restaurant is closed and he follows others to work in other places. His salary will be calculated at the end of the year, and he still doesn’t know how much he can get back. Recently, I went to his place to take a bath, and I met the young boss with a sad face. I am afraid that life is not going to be easy as it is approaching the end of the year.

Let me tell you something about myself. After being exposed to the sun, I always feel listless and lack of energy. Although I don’t feel any pain, I don’t feel very comfortable either. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. I was doing some work at home yesterday, including cleaning the house. As soon as I started doing it, I felt exhausted and my arms were sore. I feel that people say that you should work for at least 20 to 30 days after the sun is over, which makes sense. Another one is that I just can’t be happy no matter what, and I always feel like crying. It’s not that I’m afraid of the epidemic, but I’m always worried and can’t get excited about the Chinese New Year.

What I said above is only based on contact with a few people and is not universally representative. After thinking about it, it is still the epidemic that is to blame. The Spring Festival is coming soon, and it’s hard to live with. After this year, we will be greeted by a warm spring, restoring the world to the past.

Friends who are unhappy, please feel better. Let us regroup and set sail again. I believe that we will be able to turn around in 2023. One year is worth three years, and we will have a good Spring Festival next year!