Journal

These two days, the temperature here has reached as high as 32 degrees Celsius, and you feel really hot. This high temperature makes me think of those old days without electric fans and air conditioners. It was about thirty years ago, living conditions were still poor no matter whether it was in urban areas or suburbs. For me, I grew up in the countryside. When summer comes, the only tool that we can fight against the summer's heat are plantain fans. But because it was in the countryside, we were able to hide under big tree shadows or sleep on threshing floors when night came. These are both good methods to fight the summer's heat. The terrible experience of suffering from summer's heat was when I first went to work. At that time, all the mosquito nets were made of cotton yarn, so it was thick and with poor air permeability, so you can imagine how horrible it is when you sleep in the mosquito net during the hottest summer night. Even though I think about it now, I am still scared. The most interesting thing is that, now, everywhere is equipped with air conditioners, but I don't want to use them unless it is extremely hot or cold, because I always think it would be much better to stay in a natural environment rather than stay in air conditioned rooms.