This National Day holiday, my mother is very happy, because her little brother, whom she has not seen for several years, is going back to her hometown to visit her family. The brother-in-law is in his early 50s this year, 18 or 9 years old was admitted to the university in the north, after graduation in the north to work, married the daughter-in-law of the north, had children, and naturally settled in the north. After half a lifetime of hard work, I have two or three apartments in that city, and my life is relatively rich. Relatively speaking, he has less contact with his relatives in his hometown, and when his grandmother is there, he can always come back once every one or two years, and after his grandmother dies, the interval between coming back is longer.
Hearing that the brother-in-law was coming back on National Day, her mother was very excited and arranged for Lao Cao to pick up the car early. Lao Cao and his brother-in-law have not seen each other for three or five years, and their impression of the brother-in-law is also somewhat vague, but I only remember that the brother-in-law is not tall, but he speaks his hometown dialect with a slight northern accent. This time, I came back and found that my brother-in-law also had a lot of white hair on his head. On the way home, Lao Cao and his brother-in-law chatted about home, the brother-in-law came back this time, in addition to visiting his relatives, there is also a plan to see if he can approve a homestead in his hometown, build a house, and come back to retire when he retires. I asked my brother-in-law, you have already settled in a big city, and the medical conditions in the city are much better than in your hometown. Why do you still think about coming back to the pension? My brother-in-law said that although I have been out for almost 30 years, I still often dream about the landscapes and rivers of my hometown, and now that I am about to retire, my relatives are getting older, and I really don't know which relative will be absent next time I come back. I only have one daughter, who is now going to college outside the home, and may go abroad in the future, and may not be with us. Your aunt and I sometimes feel lonely, just thinking that people must have a suite in their hometown when they are old, come back to the pension, plant some vegetables, feed a few chickens, raise a few fish, and then you can fish with your old brothers, and play cards is also very good.
It just so happened that Lao Cao was idle during this time, so he accompanied his brother-in-law to run east and west, choose an address, and run the batch construction process. Because the brother-in-law's hukou has long been moved out, in the process of approving the homestead, encountered some difficulties, under the dredging of the second uncle who was the secretary of the village, the homestead was still smoothly approved, and now it has begun to lay the foundation, and the brother-in-law's wish to return to his hometown for the elderly is about to be realized.
The tree is thousands of feet tall, and the fallen leaves return to the roots. No matter where you are, no matter how long you have been away from your hometown, and no matter how well you have developed outside, your hometown is always entangled in our dreams, and there is always a thought of going home in our minds.
It is said that their parents are not far away, but even if their parents are no longer there, how can those who are familiar with the mountains and waters of their hometown easily give up?
Thinking that Lao Cao is also nearly confused, wandering outside for more than ten years, he understands that his hometown is only a journey, and his hometown is the destination. Years of hard work, although there is no shortage of food and clothing, there is still a lack of belonging to the city, and what is tied to the heart is still the home in the depths of the memory, tired, tired, and the way back to think of is always to go home. Just go back, the hometown still has two white parents, and there are three acres of thin fields and one pond. With thin skills, you can raise your parents, you can care for your wife and children, it is enough!