"Birds love the old forest, pond fish think of the past." When people get old, they can't help but have the feeling of "returning to the roots of fallen leaves", and returning to their hometown to see it has become a choice.
Maybe the hometown is already human, but there is still a "healing" power. As long as we step into the path of our hometown, it is like a baby returning to the arms of its mother, and the restless heart will inexplicably calm down.
Just like the fisherman of "Peach Blossom Origin", he came to a paradise of "strange traffic, chickens and dogs smelling each other, yellow hair hanging down, and enjoying himself", and the disturbances of the outside world are automatically "shielded", where the soul is placed and free.
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When people are old, they go back to their hometown to see it because their parents are here and their hometown is there.
The writer Jia Pingwa once wrote: "What is the hometown? The hometown exists in the presence of parents, the parents are gone, and that hometown is only a hometown in name, meaning, and word. ”
No matter how far away from their hometown, no matter how long they have been away from their hometown, many people must find a time and rush back because their parents are still in their hometown.
The cold and warm safety of parents is the worry that the wanderers who are far away from their hometown can never let go. What the hometown looks like, the memory has gradually blurred, but through the parents' phone calls and text messages, the current appearance of the hometown has been depicted and outlined little by little, and it seems to be so clear and so accessible.
In Mr. Lu Xun's "Hometown", "I" returned to my hometown twenty years later, and my hometown has changed greatly. But the old house has been dilapidated, several houses have been moved, the house is about to change owners, the mother has to move, "I" is back to deal with this big thing.
The text reads: When I came to my house, my mother had already come out, and then abolished her eight-year-old nephew Hong'er.
This scene is an extremely familiar picture of how many people who are working outside are extremely familiar. As long as the figure of the parents comes into view, no matter how long they leave, all the memories of their hometown and the connection with their hometown travel through time and space in an instant, quickly connecting the "past" and "present".
A thousand words poured out of the heart, for a time, there were too many words to say, it seemed that only by talking about it in a hurry could we release all emotions and place the heart that had been wandering for a long time.
Those old furniture, the table that carries childhood memories of home-cooked meals, the strange and familiar dialect of vernacular, when we appear with our parents, we seem to be back to our childhood, so thick that we can't open the affection, wrap us warmly, just stay quietly, it is a kind of happiness that has been missing for a long time.
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When people are old, they go back to their hometown to see it because there are childhood friends there.
In Mr. Lu Xun's "Hometown", there is a childhood playmate that he will never forget, that is, the leap soil.
In childhood, the leaping earth is a vibrant light in "my" life, and it is thanks to the guidance of the leaping earth that "I" know that there are many new things in the world: there are five-colored shells on the seashore, watermelons have dangerous experiences, and bamboo plaques can be used to catch birds and finches on snowy days...
An important reason why people are obsessed with their hometown is that in a short childhood, we once met a fun playmate, a person who led us to "see the world".
This innocent "friendship" seems to have never faded in the years, just as "I" learned from my mother that the leap earth was going to meet "me".
"And the leaping earth, whenever he comes to my house, he always asks about you, and he always wants to see you once." I have informed him of the approximate date of your return home, and he may be coming. ”
The leap earth has finally arrived. It was just his "lord" that made "I" seem to give a cold gag, and "I" knew that there was already a sad thick barrier between us.
Still, "I" asked about the condition of the leaping earth, and the leaping earth also brought me a gift.
This scene tells us that in the long river of years, those who accompany us through a journey and then disperse, although it is difficult to have any intersection, but the beauty of the past will always be frozen in the memory.
Even if you can only "say each other's words", you are still expressing your tenderness and nostalgia for this feeling in your own way.
In "Hometown", Mr. Lu Xun described the aquatic friendship between his nephew Hong'er and the children of Yan Tu. And sighed:
I thought: I have been isolated from the earth to this point, but our descendants are still angry, isn't Hong'er missing aquatic life? I want them to stop being like me and be separated from each other again.
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People are old, go back to your hometown to see it.
A writer once wrote: "When we are old, let's go back to our hometown in the countryside." ”
Back to my hometown, take a look at the familiar scenery, in a familiar and somewhat unfamiliar environment, look back at the road I have traveled, the thousand knots in my heart, little by little, are unraveled.
Go back to your hometown to see, even if you don't like people, just like the "tofu Xishi" in "Hometown": so harsh and mean, so worldly, but "I" did not have much hatred.
Those neighbors, some take care of each other, and some tear down the stage behind their backs, but no matter what kind of people, our lives have left a lot of indelible memories because of their participation. The old man said goodbye, smiled and hated, and the relief of "no longer calculating" was to loosen the shackles of a heavy life.
Go back to your hometown to take a look, for relatives, although it is only "socializing", maybe there is not much to say, but as long as you meet, everything is in silence.
In this life, there is a chance to walk through a life journey together, whether it is love or hate, it is worthy of gratitude, grateful for those loves, warmed us, grateful for those hates, let us continue to spur ourselves, stubborn growth.
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Conclusion:
People are old, go back to your hometown and take a look. Don't carry a lot of expectations, don't carry a lot of loss, just be a passerby, take in all the scenery, comb through all the things, is a summary of life, but also a hope for the future.
With good memories of our hometown, continue to walk every step of the rest of our lives, perhaps, this is the best answer we give to our hometown.
Author: Like the wind is light as a cloud.
Your happiness, my blessings.
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