Bamboo Doesn't Fall 2026-10-06 09:28 Jiangsu
Qilian County, a small county with a population of 50,000, suddenly welcomed 100,000 tourists. The pool is so small, and suddenly so much water came in, it couldn't hold. So all the hotels were full, and what to do with the tourists who had no place to stay?
Local county leaders suddenly had an idea: the dormitories of Qilian County National Middle School, okay, that's it, after all, the students had already gone home for the National Day holiday. It can be used directly, without even a greeting.
Moreover, the toiletries were ready, the bedding was ready, and even the underpants were ready.
Let me say a word out of topic, for such a short holiday, we didn't even have a change of clothes back then, in fact, we didn't take even a computer or food, leaving them in the cabinets and on the tables.
Of course, the tourists didn't use the students' personal items, and the staff reminded the tourists one by one, 'don't touch the students' things'. It is said that the tourists' quality was all very high, and there has been no discovery of damage or loss of the students' dormitory items so far.
This 'it is said' is very subtle, because it's only the fifth and sixth days of the holiday, the students haven't returned to school yet, but they have already confirmed that their things have not been used or lost.
Those who have only stayed in hotels may not know, but those who have stayed in hostels must be clear, sometimes, some things, when needed, are not something you can just not use. The things for washing face, applying face cream, bathing, and washing clothes, you just squeeze and wipe, and the FBI can't find out.
Now, the culture and tourism bureau and Qilian County have been praised by tourists as a delicacy, and gratitude and praise all flow to 'the tourists were properly accommodated' and 'the director personally made the bed'... However, the 'silent ones' in the warm narrative seem to have disappeared. The students' private space was mobilized, but the students themselves were absent.
Some people say, the children nowadays are really sensitive, what a trivial matter, what's there to quarrel about.
But I say, even if it's past, even if it's twenty years ago, this is not a matter of being sensitive. Moreover, no matter who you are, when you come back from vacation and find your bed has been slept in by someone else, there's a stranger's hair on your pillow, and something unknown stuck on your soap, it's not comfortable, is it? Then they would say: the guests' quality is really high, and they even folded the quilt when they left.
Am I supposed to be moved?
No matter what, I will not agree with this 'innovative move'. 'The freedom of each person is bounded by the freedom of others,' this is a very famous saying by Stuart Mill. But the fact now is that the boundary of the students' dormitory was easily erased by the two words 'emergency'.
Emergency? On this point, Teacher Xiang said it very well, why didn't Qilian County Party School use to accommodate tourists in an emergency? Why not use the 5709 square meter Qilian County Tianjing Grand Theater, which has all the supporting facilities ready? Instead, they chose a middle school dormitory?
I can't think of any reasonable explanation, except for one point: the first two require 'discussion' with people. The last one doesn't need it at all. They didn't even mobilize the dormitory, but directly mobilized the right of the middle school students to say no. Who made the students vulnerable? Next time, they will bully them again.
But, just one more word: the temperature of a city cannot be judged only by how it treats the distant guests, but also by how it treats the hosts who haven't had a chance to speak yet.
