"Dreams around the border city moon, the heart flies to the homeland building." —— Li Bai, "Taiyuan Early Autumn"
Feelings for hometown may not be able to be described in words, but if you really want to express it in a way, it may be the miss of hometown cuisine. Even if it is far away, when I look back on my hometown, I still have strong feelings.
There are many compatriots who study abroad, and they can deeply feel such feelings. When you return to your hometown, you go straight to your destination, and when you eat the taste of your heart, you will feel the feeling of coming home. And it's a feeling that can't be described in words.
After years of wandering outside, Bai Xianyong finally returned to that homeland. After getting off the plane, I arrived at the restaurant and asked the waiter if there was any rice noodles. When he received a positive reply, he immediately rejoiced.
He often travels abroad on business, and when he goes to other parts of the country, he will order a portion of rice noodles. It's just a pity that the rice noodles in those places can't satisfy him, and they always taste worse than the rice noodles in his hometown. But this time he was finally able to taste this delicacy, and the happiness in his heart was born.
This meal is two large bowls, and after many years, that bowl of rice noodles carries too many misses. And this rice noodle also symbolizes Bai Xianyong's love for his hometown, and he hopes that the culture of his hometown can develop.
When he was about to leave his hometown, he ate two more bowls of rice noodles. This time he had vented his decades of addiction enough, but how could he satisfy these bowls. He still didn't give up this taste in his heart, and when he left, he missed it endlessly.
Bai Xianyong also made a wish when he left, hoping that the motherland could prosper and develop. He stepped on a plane to the United States again and left his hometown. Although he is in the United States, his heart still belongs to China.
Many years ago, Bai Xianyong had to leave the mainland with his family, but the victory of the three major battles put the Kuomintang in an embarrassing situation, and many Kuomintang executives had long given up the struggle. They began to find another way out, and many people chose to leave.
Bai Xianyong's father, Bai Chongxi, asked the family to leave the mainland and live in Taipei temporarily. Here, Bai Xianyong was admitted to the best middle school in Taipei with his outstanding achievements. He has been very hard-working and ambitious during his time at the school.
He always had the desire to build the Three Gorges Project, so he was admitted to the Department of Water Conservancy Engineering when he finally chose his major. But what he did not expect was that he suddenly felt the charm of literature at this time, so he was impressed by this charm.
At this time, he wanted to change majors. After several twists and turns, he finally went to the Department of Foreign Languages of National Taiwan University and began his literary path. Later, it turned out that he also had a great talent in literature.
At the age of 21, he published his first novel", "Golden Grandma", which officially opened his creative path. Later, he and his friends founded the Magazine of Modern Literature, through which he published a number of excellent works.
"Lonely Seventeen" and "Garden Dreams" are the works he has published on this platform. Since then, his creative journey has been smooth. During this period, the greatest misfortune he suffered was the death of his mother.
This incident hit him so hard that he felt that the sky had fallen. But all this came so suddenly, after he experienced life and death, he really realized the importance of literature to him.
It was at this time that he created a transformational work, "The Death of Chicago". Later, he studied and created in the Writers' Studio of the University of Iowa in the United States, and for the convenience of his work, he chose to settle in the United States.
Who would have thought that such an excellent him was actually the least valued child when he was a child. When he was very young, his physical fitness was not as good as that of several other siblings, and he was always frail and sickly.
When he was six years old, he had tuberculosis, which at the time was terminally ill. Therefore, it is not easy for him to survive the virus. Coupled with the fact that there are more brothers and sisters in their family, he is not the biggest nor the smallest, and he is always ignored.
Because of his illness, he was left alone in a house on the hill and could not go to school. So, as if he had been abandoned by the family, he was alone over there. No one cared about him, no one greeted him.
Therefore, his childhood was not very happy. This loneliness can be felt in his works, so it is this environment that has created him. His quietness and introversion also allowed him to calm down and study well.
Therefore, since he was a child, he has always been the most focused one, and he has always studied very hard. As long as he has seen something, he can do it unforgettable. He had carefully read "Dream of the Red Chamber", and it was still very young.
He may not have friends, but he makes friends with books. He can immerse himself in his own world and swim in the ocean of knowledge. There he can escape the reality of bone feelings and temporarily forget the pain. Therefore, his father attached great importance to his education.
Due to the influence of the environment at that time, war broke out everywhere, and he had to follow his father to move around to avoid the war. Despite moving, fathers will do whatever it takes to get their children to school at the best local schools.
But in Bai Xianyong's recollection, it is still difficult to avoid the impact of the war on his life. Regular moving also allowed him to adapt to all this, so he could quickly adapt to the new environment and immediately devote himself to a new state to study well.
The war is indeed relentless, and it has left countless families torn apart and forced to flee for their lives. Such a big family must be like this, let alone ordinary people. Therefore, this kind of life is not what everyone expects to happen.
Bai Xianyong grew up in such an environment, and with the support of his family, he was the best one. Although he was not valued as a child, he still lived out his life. In the subsequent development, he often continued to inherit and develop the traditional culture of Kunqu in his hometown.
Never underestimate anyone, and it is not necessarily who really laughs to the end. The child who was not valued since childhood finally became the most glorious one. In the end, the quality of life had nothing to do with his evaluation of himself.
Even in a foreign country, in Bai Xianyong's heart, he still loves his country and sincerely hopes that the motherland and hometown can develop well. However, all this will certainly happen in the future as scheduled.