1. There are more than a thousand people in the village, and all of them were infected last month (December 2022), but no one died from the virus, which is good.
2. Many people didn’t make much money. Either they were locked down in the village, or they were locked down when they went out. They are all waiting to make money next year.
3. For marriage, the three golds and betrothal gifts require about 200,000 yuan. It’s about the same for women who remarry, which is the result of more men than women.
4. Houses in the county town are prone to being unfinished. Young people are no longer keen on buying houses in the county town, but they must build new houses in the village to get married, which costs 400,000 to 500,000 yuan. (A two-and-a-half-story building, more than 400 square meters)
5. The woman’s side is more picky when choosing a husband’s family. Due to the reason of property inheritance, many women are only willing to marry the only son. If they inquire about how many brothers there are, they will refuse. Families with many boys are not an advantage.
6. The primary school was disbanded long ago, and the schools of several villages were merged and went to the neighboring village to attend. Most of the junior high school students go to the county town and live on campus.
7. The households with five guarantees and poor households received a shopping card of 300 yuan, and they bought things in the designated store. They said it was better than giving rice, noodles, and oil, because the physical objects were easily deducted.
8. Fireworks and firecrackers can be set off. They turned a blind eye. Last year, the rural areas were strictly prohibited.
9. Villagers are quite concerned about major events when chatting, and they still scold the US and Japan as usual, firmly believing that they are poisoning.
10. Several elderly people sighed that young people nowadays are too fond of enjoying themselves and are not as filial as before. It is better to raise a daughter than a son, and the burden on sons is too heavy.
11. New type of swingers. Some have bought houses in the county town, live in the county town at night, and return to the village during the day. Their social relationships are all in the village, and the village is still interesting.
12. Vegetables and fruits are really cheap, 20 cents for cabbage, 20 cents for carrots, 12 yuan for pork, 2 yuan for tangerines, and the cost of living is low.
13. Land is transferred to a few people, with an annual rent of 700 yuan, and fewer and fewer people are farming.
14. The elderly have no concept of retirement. They go to the farmland to help people weed and pick peppers, earning fifty or sixty yuan a day, which is enough to spend (except for seeing a doctor).
15. The biggest expense in rural areas is still seeing a doctor. If you have a headache or fever, you go to the clinic for intravenous infusion. Even if you are not sick, you will be infused for a few days, with the beautiful name of “maintaining your health”.
16. Young people used to like to gather together to play mahjong in winter, but it has decreased a lot in recent years. They like to play at home by themselves.
17. Going to college is no longer the only goal. Those with average grades drop out early and are not forced. Because they see that many graduates cannot find jobs or have low salaries, they no longer worship universities.
18. Relatives have a few graduates from ordinary universities in 2022. One company went bankrupt after working for two months and is unemployed at home; one is in a small company, working while taking the postgraduate entrance examination again, waiting for the results; one first found a job in the county town and will go to the provincial capital next year to see the opportunities.
19. The factories in the county town were closed for a period of time, and they are now recovering. They are rushing to recruit workers because there are too few ways to make money.
20. Several young people from the neighboring village walked back from Zhengzhou Foxconn in November, saying that capitalists are too black and will never go again.
21. There is a lot of farmland transfer in the village, with a transfer fee of 1,000 yuan/mu/year, and flowers and seedlings are planted. Before the real estate boom, there was more greening in the community, and the seedlings were easy to sell, and the land transfer fee was paid in time. Now it has not been paid for more than two years. The boss has no money, and the real estate downturn has affected too many areas.
22. The elderly get sick, take medicine for minor illnesses themselves, go to the village clinic if they can’t solve it, and then go to the county hospital if it doesn’t work. They can drag it out as long as they can. Taking medicine is the biggest daily expense, far exceeding eating. The self-sufficiency rate of grain and vegetables is high, and it doesn’t cost much money.
23. There is an 84-year-old man whose son is not filial and lives in his daughter’s home. A few days ago, he suddenly suffered a stroke and was rescued in the county hospital, and he didn’t even buy New Year’s goods. Others said that it was better to get a sudden illness and die, so that he wouldn’t suffer so much and wouldn’t have to spend so much money.
24. Children are in a state of free-range, but the number of children is also decreasing. Generally, there are two, and rarely three. If the first child is a son, some are unwilling to have a second child. If the second child is a daughter, everyone is happy. If there is another son, it will be too much pressure to build two houses and marry two daughters-in-law. They would rather have only one son; if the first child is a daughter, they must have a second child. They are very happy if it is a son, and they can accept it if it is a daughter, and the pressure is small.
25. The age of marriage is generally postponed. Twenty years ago, many people got married around the age of 20, and now it is postponed by 3-5 years. Some want to choose more, and some are not ready with the hardware and have to postpone.
26. There are about 30 bachelors in the village. If they are not married after the age of 30, they are basically useless in the eyes of matchmakers, and they are not competitive, destined to be single for a lifetime.
27. Not many children come out to play. Most of them play games on their mobile phones at home, and they are particularly obsessed with it, and their parents don’t care at all.
28. There are a lot of cars parked on the street. The car ownership rate in the village is about 60%, and most of them are worth 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. Occasionally, an Audi is seen. The county town is super congested these days, and both locals and outsiders drive to shop and can’t move.
29. The plan to work outside next year is still mainly based on introductions from acquaintances, and more people go to the Pearl River Delta and Xinjiang. This year, more than a dozen people are working on the high-altitude plateau of Hetian, Xinjiang, repairing roads. Although the altitude sickness is severe, they still have an income of seven or eight hundred yuan a day, which is still attractive, but due to the epidemic, they didn’t make much money.
30. About ten households build new houses every year. Although the existing houses were built only a few years ago, and the area is enough to live in, they can no longer meet the hardware requirements of the marriage market. In order to get their children married, they must tear down and rebuild. Build the most popular house type now, two and a half stories, a large living room, seven bedrooms, and a large balcony.
31. The amount of betrothal gifts is related to the number of brothers the man has. The only son has less, 150,000-200,000 yuan, and the two brothers have about 100,000 yuan more, because they will get half less of the property in the future, and everything has a price.
32. When they meet, they basically don’t ask how much they earn. Basically, everyone hasn’t made any money, and the topic is not mentioned.
33. This year, firecrackers and fireworks were allowed to be set off on the 30th and the first day of the Lunar New Year. The burning time and density increased a lot compared with previous years. From 6 pm to 12 pm, the fireworks almost never stopped. Whether they have money or not, they have to be happy.
34. All the streets and alleys in the village are hardened (only the main roads were hardened before). Tap water was available long ago, and gas can only be used in cans. No one cares about burning coal and firewood.
35. Several people bought movie tickets and went to the county town to watch movies on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year. The box office of the county town’s cinema during the Spring Festival can account for one-third or even half, and they rely on the Spring Festival to make money.
36. There are still many drinking parties, and it is rare to see people drunk. Originally, there were often people who were drunk and lying on the side of the road, and those who fought after drinking. Now, they are basically invisible.
37. There is a mushroom grower in the village. When the village was closed, the mushrooms could not be transported out, and he lost almost half of his income. He also accepted his fate and didn’t complain.
38. Regarding the virus, many people’s attitude is that they were afraid to death before, but they found that it was nothing more than a cold after being infected. They also said that they would start working after the New Year, and no one cared about the virus.
39. The market for New Year’s money is rising. Generally, the relationship is at least 200 yuan, and the close relationship is 600 yuan. 100 yuan is not presentable, and money is not worth much.
40. Sixty to seventy percent of the households have installed surveillance cameras, and there are cameras everywhere on the street. Theft is almost extinct, and technology changes behavior.
41. No one is paying attention to the Spring Festival Gala. Not only is there less discussion on the Internet, but there is also no discussion in reality. More than a dozen people came to the house in the morning and chatted for more than an hour, but no one mentioned any program of the Spring Festival Gala. Ten years ago, they would generally talk about which program was funny and which was more exciting the next day, but now it is really abandoned.
42. After the house is built, the decoration is also quite willing to spend money, and they decorate some things that are not needed, just to get praise from others. For example, some living rooms are full of solid wood furniture, and a set costs more than 100,000 yuan. The practicality is not high, and it is particularly stiff, but it is popular in rural areas, and they feel that they have face.
43. Short videos occupy a large amount of entertainment time. Even when chatting, they will swipe for a while and then brush, and they especially like to take some short videos and upload them, and they pay special attention to how many views they have.
44. They are gradually abandoning the tradition of eating big fish and meat, and some families have wrapped vegetarian dumplings for the New Year to avoid excessive intake of meat products.
45. This year, firecrackers are allowed, and every household can set them off. There is a tradition of not cleaning up on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year. When visiting, if you see whose yard is full of firecracker debris, you will say that this family has money and is willing to buy firecrackers. Competition and vanity are everywhere.
46. The unfinished buildings in the county towns of central and western China are unavoidable topics. The total population of the county is about 500,000, and the permanent population of the county town is about 200,000. It used to be mainly agriculture. In the past ten years, the development of medical supplies, leather factories, etc. has been rapid, and rural tourism has also developed in many areas. Similar to the development of county-level urbanization across the country, the county town began to develop real estate on a large scale around 2010, and high-rise residential areas of about 30 stories began to appear. A typical sign is that the county high school moved away, and the original campus was used to build commercial housing, with a sales unit price of about 2,000 yuan at that time. Develop a new district, dig an artificial lake of about 2,000 mu, which is almost a standard for county towns. The north lacks water, and what is lacking is what is supplemented. The greening around the lake is very beautiful, and many people drive to the lake for leisure and play on weekends, which is a good man-made attraction. Rely on selling the land around the lake to recover the basic investment. Lakeside houses are also a concept commonly used by developers, similar to building subways in big cities. Although the subway is losing money, the revenue from selling land around the subway is still good. In the past ten years, having a house in the county town is almost a standard for marrying a good wife, and the needs of the mother-in-law have promoted the rise of housing prices in the county town. A simple sampling survey, among the ten or so familiar families, four have houses in the county town. Coupled with the assistance of the demolition households in the new district construction around the county town, in ten years, the housing prices in the county town have doubled, with the highest price in the new district in the west being 6,000 to 7,000 yuan, and the old district also has 4,000 to 5,000 yuan. In the past three years, housing prices have generally fallen by about 2,000 yuan. The poor sales have led to the breaking of the capital chain of real estate companies, and a large area of unfinished buildings has appeared in the new district, which is still motionless. If it is a rigid demand house, it will have a great impact. A cousin of mine bought a house in the east of the county town, and it took 4 years to get the house. It is considered lucky, after all, he moved in, and many other communities haven’t even sealed the top, and it is far from being able to move in. Affected by the unfinished buildings, the enthusiasm for buying houses in the county town has faded, and they are keen on building houses on the homestead. A building costs about 500,000 yuan, and it is about 400 square meters, which is enough for seven or eight people to live in. Because they usually work outside, the actual utilization rate is very low, but they need face, so they must build it brightly. The village no longer approves new homesteads, and can only trade in the existing homesteads. If there are more sons in the family, and there is no homestead, they cannot build a house, and the supply and demand are out of balance. The price of the right to use the homestead has risen from 10,000 yuan 10 years ago to more than 30,000 yuan now, and you may not be able to buy it even if you pay, and many people are unwilling to sell. The hard work of a lifetime is all for one or two houses, and they are not willing to eat or wear. They hardly consider other life enjoyment. This is the portrayal of many rural people’s lives.
47. There is an uncle who is in average condition and has never married. He used to be one of the few bachelors in the village, which was very eye-catching. Now, there are more and more young people in the village who are unmarried at an older age (over 30 years old), and there are almost 20 bachelors, and there will be more in the foreseeable future. This uncle has two nephews. More than ten years ago, he ate at the eldest nephew’s house and went back to his own room after eating. I remember that the uncle was not welcomed at that time, because he only consumed and did not contribute (although he also worked during the busy farming season). In recent years, the uncle has applied for the minimum living allowance and the poor households, and he can receive 1,000 yuan per month, and his attitude has immediately improved. This money goes directly to the eldest nephew, and he can’t spend 1,000 yuan a month on food and drink, and he can still subsidize the family. There is another important reason that the eldest nephew has two sons, and there is only one homestead, and he can’t buy other homesteads. After the uncle dies in the future, he can build a house on the uncle’s homestead to marry a wife, and the homestead is now a hot commodity. To be respected, you must have value, which is especially prominent in rural areas.
48. This year, the restrictions on fireworks and firecrackers were lifted. The time was relatively rushed, and the firecracker manufacturers felt that the market was not clear, and they did not dare to produce too much. The shops also did not dare to stock up too much, and it was not easy to buy them. Gatling was usually forty or fifty, and the highest price in the county town was 180, and you may not be able to buy it. The market is interfered with, and the manufacturers are hesitant, which can easily lead to high prices and shortages. Isn’t it familiar? The antipyretic medicine and P medicine a while ago are similar. After being suffocated for three years, this year is finally normal, and most of the people who work outside have returned to the village, so there are many people and it is lively. Whether they have made money or not, they have to buy some fireworks and firecrackers to be happy and have a good start. On New Year’s Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year, fireworks were set off all over the village. When we were setting them off, the village secretary came and said to set off more and let them go. It’s funny. The village secretary went around to check whose house set off firecrackers on the first day of the Lunar New Year last year and shouted to prohibit the burning. When the above changes its tone, the attitude below immediately turns around. Many things are like this.
49. There is a temple at the west end of the village, standing on the highest mound in the village. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, before dawn, many people climbed up to burn incense. The elderly, as long as their legs and feet are agile, use flashlights, and even are supported by others, they also have to go up to pray for the safety and wealth of the family. Some will drive to a larger temple about five kilometers away from the village to burn incense, with full sincerity. Some people, especially those who do business, will ask someone to tell their fortune and see how their fortune is this year, and how to avoid the unfavorable ones, and spend money to buy peace of mind.
50. There is a couple who gave birth to two daughters and are not reconciled. They must have a son. Due to physical reasons, they have had ectopic pregnancies, and both daughters were delivered by cesarean section. But they are very determined and have run to many places. Through various means, they finally gave birth to a son in the third pregnancy. Of course, it was still a cesarean section, and the whole family was very happy, and the woman also felt that she had completed the task. Having to have, and preferably only one son, is the ultimate belief of many small families.
51. Although our village has no deaths after the opening up, some neighboring villages still have concentrated deaths, and seven people died in one village in two days. Now, all cremations are required, which has led to the queuing in the funeral home in the previous period. The price of the coffin shop owner is working day and night, and even the price of the mourning band has doubled, from 1,000 to 2,000, and you may not be able to book it. What is confusing is that the dead have to be cremated, and after the ashes come back, they are still put in the coffin and go through the process of burial, without saving any land. I don’t know what the purpose of cremation is. There are many elderly people who have suffered a lot in their lifetime, and their greatest wish before they die is to be buried, and they are more resistant to cremation. Since it does not save land, why bother to have cremation and increase the burden of expenditure? It is better to follow the people’s will and restore burial.
52. There is an old saying that “the poor are of a higher generation”. In a village, most of them have the same surname, and they pay great attention to seniority. If a family’s economic conditions are not good, and they get married later, compared with those who get married earlier, three generations later, those who get married later will have one generation less. Therefore, the higher the seniority of a person in the village among his peers, the more it shows that his family’s conditions are not good (this is not absolute). In elementary school, in a class, according to seniority, a classmate can call another classmate “grandfather”. Of course, they generally don’t call it, and they joke about seniority, leaving many memories in the elementary school years. Now, there are more women than men, and women have a wide range of choices, and it will be more difficult for men to marry a wife, and the economic conditions are more demanding and complex, resulting in more young bachelors. Decades later, the bachelors are old, and a group of young people and children call them grandfather in person, which is actually quite embarrassing. Back in the village, there are agricultural society characteristics everywhere, which is very different from the city, and different concepts are constantly impacting, carrying forward or backward.
53. In recent years, smartphones and WIFI have become popular in rural areas. Short videos are very popular in rural areas because of their visual and auditory expression, and those who don’t know how to read can also play. When visiting other people’s homes, they first connect to WIFI, and after chatting for a while, they start to brush short videos, and the whole room is full of ups and downs. Not only do they brush, but they also like to take pictures, such as eating, drinking tea, roasting fire, setting off fireworks, etc., and they all take pictures. They also ask the crowd actors to pose well, choose a good angle, and add special effects and sound effects to post them, and they want you to like and comment on them in person, and they care about the number of views. Taking videos, posting videos, and brushing videos have occupied most of the leisure time. The change of habits has a great impact on the only card room in the village. Five or six years ago, every Spring Festival, the card room was full of people. There were many people playing cards, and even more people watching. It was full of smoke and the sound of talking. The table fee, tea fee, and the sale of snacks, drinks, and cigarettes were all good income. Now, there are only two or three tables in the card room, and you can’t see anyone at night. The boss is going to close the business because he can’t make money. This is a proof of the impact of online on the real economy, just because the mobile phone is so fun.
54. Although young people now have more freedom to fall in love and have a wider range of choices. But in rural areas, blind dates are still an important way to find a partner and get married. If they are a little older (over 22 years old), the probability of successful marriage is still quite high. Generally, the peak period for blind dates is from the 20th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month, and some can meet several people a day. It’s a bit like a roadshow, the more the better, and choose the one with the strongest investment ability. The contact time is short, and emotional factors are definitely not the first priority. Other things that can be seen and touched will be ranked by weight, and those with high comprehensive scores will easily hit it off. As far as I know, it takes only about ten days from knowing each other to getting married, and they will go to work together after the New Year, and they will cultivate their feelings later. If the man is really useless, there are also divorces. After the divorce, the woman is still popular, and it will be more troublesome for the man to remarry, unless the economic conditions are particularly good. Having a house built within five years, a car, and a house in the county are definitely hard currency in the blind date market, and they are full of confidence when they meet. The only son is very popular, and he doesn’t need to divide the family property, which increases the points. If the parents have a pension, even if it is only a thousand or two thousand yuan a month, it is also very popular. Of course, there are not many families in rural areas with pensions, and there are only about ten households in our village, some of whom are teachers, and some of whom were engaged in railway engineering when they were young. Appearance is generally okay, and it is definitely not the first priority in the weight of blind date factors.
一辈子的辛劳，都是为了一两套房子，不舍得吃不舍得穿吗，其他生活享受几乎没有考虑，是很多农村人一生写照。
47、有个大伯，自身条件一般，一直没有娶媳妇，原来是村里为数不多的光棍，很扎眼。
现在村里大龄(30岁以上)未娶的年轻人越来越多，差不多有 20多个光棍，在看得见的将来，还会更多。
这位大伯有两个侄子，十多年前在大侄子家吃饭，吃完回自己屋里。
当时我记得大伯并不受待见，因为他光消费，没贡献(尽管也在农忙时干活)。
这几年，大伯申请上低保和困难户，每个月可以领 1000 块钱，态度立马好转。这钱直接归了大侄子，每个月吃喝花不了 1000，剩下的还能。补贴家用。
还有个重要原因，大侄子有两个儿子，只有一处宅基地，买不到别的宅基地。将来大伯百年以后，可以在大伯的宅基地上盖房娶媳妇，宅基地现在是香饽饽。
想受尊重，得有价值，在农村尤为突出。
48、今年放开烟花爆竹限制。时间比较仓促，鞭炮厂家感觉市场不明朗，不敢多生产。商店也不敢多进货，很不容易买到，加特林平常四五十，县城最高卖到180，还不一定买到。
市场受干扰，厂家犹豫不决，很容易高价和缺货，是不是很熟悉，前段时间的退烧药，p药类似。
憋屈了三年，今年终于正常，加上很多外地工作的大部分回村，人多，热闹。无论是有没有挣到钱，也要多少买点烟花爆竹，图个开心和好彩头。
除夕和初一晚上，村里面烟花遍地放，我们正放的时候，村支书来了，说多放点，随便放。挺好笑，村支书去年初一可是带人到处查看谁家放了鞭炮，大声吆喝禁止燃放。
上面口风一变，下面态度立马大转弯，很多事都是如此。
49、村西头有座庙，矗立在本村最高的土岗上，初一早上，天不亮，很多人爬上去上香。
年纪大的，只要腿脚利索，打手电，甚至被人搀扶，也要上去，祈求一家平安发大财。
有些会开车去离村五公里左右更大规模的寺庙上香，诚意满满。
有一部分人，尤其是做生意的，会找人算卦，看看一年财运如何，不如意的如何规避，花钱买个心安。
50、有对夫妻，生了两个女儿，不甘心，一定要生儿子，由于身体原因，出现过宫外孕，两个女儿都是剖腹产。
但他们决心很大，跑了很多地方，通过各种手段，终于在第三胎生了儿子，当然还是剖腹产，全家很开心，女方也觉得完成了任务。
必须有，最好只有一个儿子，是很多小家庭的终极信仰。
51、虽然我们村在放开以后没有死亡病例，但隔壁一些村还是出现集中去世现象，一个村两天死亡七人。
现在要求全部火葬，导致前段时间殡仪馆玩排队，棺材店老板起早贪黑忙活，连哀乐队的价格都翻了一番，1000 涨到2000，还不一定订到。
让人困惑的是，死人要去火葬，骨灰回来后，依然放进棺材，按土葬的流程走完，没有节约任何土地，不知道火葬目的为了啥。
有很多老人，活着时吃了很多苦，生前最大的愿望就是土葬，比较抵触火葬。既然不节约土地，何必多出火葬，增加支出负担，不如遂民意，恢复土葬。
52、有句古语叫“穷大辈”，一个村子里，大多一个姓，很讲究论资排辈。
如果一个家庭经济条件不好，结婚比较晚，与结婚早的相比，三代人后，结婚晚的会少一辈。
所以说一个人在村里同龄人当中辈份越高，越说明他家条件不好(这个并不绝对)。
上小学，一个班级里，按辈份，有同学可以喊另一同学“爷爷”。当然一般不喊，拿辈份开玩笑，为小学时光里留下很多回忆。
现在女少男多的厉害，女方选择面广，男方娶媳妇会更困难，经济条件要求更高更复杂，结果出现更多的年轻光棍。
几十年后，光棍老了，一群年轻人小孩当面喊爷爷，其实挺尴尬的。
回到村里，处处是农业社会特征，与城市大相径庭，不同理念在不断冲击，裹挟着前进或后退。
53、这几年智能手机和 WIFI 在农村普及，短视频因其视觉化和听觉化表达充分，不认字也能玩，在农村很流行。
到别的家里串门，都是先连上 WIFI，等闲聊一会后，开始刷短视频，一屋子人此起彼伏。
不只是刷，还喜欢拍，吃饭的、喝茶的、烤火的、放烟花的等等，都拍下来。还要求群众演员摆好姿势，选个好角度，配上特效音效发出来，当面要你去点赞评论，很在意播放量。
拍视频、发视频、刷视频已经占据大部分休闲时刻。
习惯的改变，对村里唯一的牌场冲击很大。
五六年前，每到春节，牌场人满为患。打牌的多，围观的更多，满是烟味和说话声，桌位费、茶水费、兼卖小吃饮料和烟，收入不错。
现在牌场也就两三桌，到晚上看不到人，挣不了钱，老板准备关门歇业。
这算是线上对实体经济冲击的一个佐证，只因手机太好玩。
54、虽然现在年轻人自由恋爱的多了，选择面也更广。但在农村，相亲依然是找对象结婚的重要途径。
如果年龄稍大点(22岁以上)，成功结婚的概率还挺高。一般腊月二十到正月十五是相亲高峰期，有的一天能见好几个。有点像路演，多多益善，选中投资能力最强者。
接触时间短，感情因素绝对不是第一位，其他看得见摸得着东西会按权重排序，综合得分高的，双方很容易一拍即合。
我了解到的，从认识到结婚，也就十来天，年后一起去打工，感情在后面培养，培养不出来也凑合过。如果男的实在不争气，也有离婚的。离婚后，女方依然吃香，男方再娶会比较麻烦，除非经济条件特别好。
家里有五年内盖的房，有车，县里有房，绝对是相亲市场上的硬通货，属于见面底气十足的那种。
独生子很受欢迎，不用分割家产，加大分。
如果父母有退休金，即使一个月一两千块，也极受欢迎。当然，农村里有退休金的家庭并不多，我们村里也就十来户，有的是老师，有的是年轻时在铁路上搞工程。
外表一般化就行，绝对不是相亲因子权重第一位。
If there is no new house at home and there are many brothers, it will be a disadvantage in the blind date market. It is likely that they will have to continue until next year’s Spring Festival, which also forces the man to hurry up and improve the hardware that meets the requirements.
Rural blind dates are a market with clearly marked prices, open and transparent, and much more efficient than Fei Cheng Wu Rao!
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