Text: YiMei
From Kongqiao Township to Taixing City, more than forty miles, the asphalt road is straight and flat, and my brother drives a private car, half an hour away. I thought, if I become a car owner one day, wouldn't I be able to have lunch after work and go back to work in the city? It turns out that convenient transportation can really bring the space distance closer. Think about the old days, what was it like?
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Nostalgia Essay: Country Road
childhood.
When I was very young, I was most afraid that my aunt would take me to Taixing. I sat in the yellow rattan car chair on the big bar in front of my aunt's car and thought, I want to leave my grandmother and go so far away! So what if I think Grandma is gone? What if Grandma thinks of me? The more I think about it, the more aggrieved I am, and the more I think about it, the more lonely I am. "Wow--" I finally couldn't help but cry.
"Why did Xiao Yaoyao cry?" The aunt asked.
"I miss Grandma!"
"What if Mom and Dad want to shine?" Does YaoYao want to think of Mom and Dad? ”
"Think." I don't think it's right to say I don't want to. "But I miss Grandma the most!"
"Grandma said, let's go first, and when all the wild cats and wild dogs in the house have been driven away, Grandma will come, okay?"
"Don't coax people?"
"Don't coax people!"
I stopped crying, but still sobbed.
My aunt said we sang a song and we would be home in a moment. "The car is so beautiful, it's so beautiful..."
The car really came, but it wasn't a pretty little car, it was a big, bulky truck. It gasped for air, and the dust on the dirt road was lifted by it. My aunt stopped by the side of the road, covered my eyes with her hand and said, "Quick! Keep your eyes closed and don't let dust blow into your eyes. I closed my eyes tightly. The truck swung past us, and a gust of wind slammed on us, so choking! It took me a long time to open my eyes, the dust was gone, and through the green Metasequoia trees on the side of the road, I saw the sun in the west, fiery red, like a big leather ball. The aunt said that the sun was about to set, and we had to hurry up and refuel.
"Sister-in-law, I'll help you!" When I went to the bridge, I put two hands on my aunt's thighs, and which of my aunt's legs was facing down, I pressed which leg, and I thought my aunt must have felt less effort.
"Ouch! ouch! oh! Climb up! We little Yaoyao are really capable! When it came to Taixing, the aunt wanted to tell her parents and brother about this matter. ”
"Then let's hurry up and cheer up!" I said excitedly. I thought that when I came home in a few days, I would have to tell my grandmother about it.
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juvenile.
It's summer vacation. Mom said that this afternoon, when it was a little later, we would ride back to our hometown.
Go back to your hometown! What a happy thing to play as you please, to run wild through the village, and to play in grandma's arms unscrupulously. Grandma hurt us, there must be a saving for daily expenses waiting for us to go back to improve our lives. Thinking of this, my heart has flown back to my hometown.
"Don't you take the car?" My brother and I asked.
"Don't sit down, mother and son, come and go a lot of money, if you can save it, save some money."
At noon, my mother poured a large cup of boiling water and brewed a large pot of orange juice to quench my thirst on the road, in fact, there were soda sellers on the side of the road, but we never bought it.
It was more than five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was not so poisonous. Mom said we could go. My brother rode a car by himself, and I sat in the back of my mother's car, laughing and laughing all the way, and it didn't take long to get out of town. In the suburbs, the rice in the paddy fields was emerald green, and some farmers rolled up their trouser legs, walked down the field, arched their waists to pull out the barnyard grass, the sun shone on their rickets, and their bronzed faces dripping with beads of sweat cast long black shadows on the rice fields. Mom said, "You see, on such a hot day, the farmers can't rest at home, how hard the farmers are!" "The peasants' hard work was rewarded: the green beans in the soybean field bent the poles; the yellow flowers in the dense peanut fields were all gone, and presumably the soil must be fruitful; the gusts of wind made the cornfield rustle, revealing the strong and thick corn cobs. It's a good time to eat roasted corn, and I want my mom to ride a little faster, because I think my family's corn should also be ripe. Grandma should be waiting for me at home too.
Mom's car slowed down and didn't sway steadily from side to side.
"Mom, are you tired?" Stop and take a break. ”
Mom got out of the car, and my brother stopped. I handed the kettle over, and Mom grunted and drank several sips. As she wiped her sweat with a towel, I saw that the wrinkles on my mother's face were much deeper.
A motorbike drove past us. A man, a woman, and a child. It's time for a family! They had a smile on their faces. Mom sighed and said, "If your father is still alive, won't our family be like someone else's?" "My brother didn't look over his shoulder, looking at the sunset in the sky, the throat knot seemed to be squirming. After half a day, my brother said, "Mom, it's not early, hurry up." My brother's voice trembled.
Mom rubbed her reddish eyes and said, "No, let's go." ”
"Mom, don't ride next time, how tired!" I say.
"Oh well! Next time we will also take the car. ”
But I knew that next time, my mother would still take us home for a ride.
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adult.
After four months of maternity leave, it's time to go to work. I entrusted the child to my aunt and grandmother in my hometown, so that I was much more at ease. On every rest day, going home naturally became my only arrangement. Three days of running to the home at both ends, spending a lot of travel expenses on me, I can't help but start to feel pain, simply buy a battery car, it is convenient to come and go.
Riding on a newly purchased battery car and enjoying the scenery all the way is also a unique thing. The city is too noisy, and when you get to the suburbs, you suddenly have a feeling of returning to simplicity. With the passage of time, the hometown road home has long since ceased to be the same as it was then. The newly refurbished four-lane asphalt road is flat and wide, and between the motorway and the sidewalk are beautiful flower beds. Both sides of the road are no longer just boundless grain fields, colorful flowers are fragrant, and the fishing grounds decorated with the classical colors of the city are a good place for the people of the city to relax. There are no five-cent-a-cup tea stalls on the side of the road, replaced by fresh fruit freshly picked from the greenhouse, which is refreshing and makes people stay.
I parked my car on the side of the road and thought, buy a big watermelon, Grandma loves to eat, and the little one loves to eat. I remember the last time I was at home, when I was holding a piece of watermelon peel and nibbling on it, and my little face was full of watermelon seeds, I wanted to laugh. After a few days of not seeing, what new tricks will he play? After buying melons, I thought about it while driving, and I didn't realize that I had arrived at the door.
You see the little man in the walker in the yard, and before I could park it, he pounced on it. He was laughing, babbling, telling me he missed me? This is my little life! Grandma walked in on crutches, squinted, smiled, and said, "It's getting more and more likable, just like when you were a kid." ”
Like when I was a kid? When I was a child, was my parents who returned from a long journey as excited as he was, and when he grew up, would he not be able to give up the nostalgia that was entangled in his heart in his childhood like me?
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My elderly grandparents have passed away, and my children have returned to school with me, so the number of times they go home is naturally decreasing. However, my concern for my hometown has not changed, and I always want to go back to my hometown every once in a while and feel the atmosphere of my hometown that I am familiar with. Every time I embark on this return to the countryside, I can't suppress my inner feelings. I don't know how many times I have walked this road, and it carries many sad and happy memories in my growth process. With the passage of time, the road conditions are no longer what they used to be, but along the way, the feeling of solidity is as always. Like holding the hand of a gracious elder, I will not get lost, I know, I will reach my home...
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