"Mom, you can't hold yourself up like this, it will take several hours. The conditions there can't be compared with New York. If you really get to the capital, if you don't have a good rest and you don't adapt again, this body will...

"

"What are you talking about? The capital is my home. No matter how nice New York is, I'm living under someone else's roof. I've never heard of people who go home feeling uncomfortable..."

"Mom, I didn't mean that. I just think the journey is too far. I hope you can sleep for a while. I'm afraid your body won't be able to bear it..."

"I'm not even 70 or 80 yet. It's really a waste of worry."

"Yes, mom, you are still young. What I know is that you are sixty years old. If outsiders don't know, you are only fifty years old at most. But having said that, my son is also very filial. If you just turn a blind eye

Seeing you enduring like this makes me feel uneasy..."

"Okay, okay, I know you feel sorry for Mom, but the problem is, I can't sleep even if I want to. Think about it, I haven't been back since the 31st year of the Republic of China. How many years have passed in the blink of an eye.

.I heard that even the city walls in Beijing are gone, and I don’t know what has become of the alleys and streets that I am familiar with now. Who lives in the places where I lived now? I like to visit Beihai, Jingshan, and Longfu

Are the temple, Dashilan, Zhongshan Park, and Dong'an Market still there? When I think of these and the past events, my heart feels like a knife, and my heart is in a state of confusion..."

"I understand how you feel. Don't worry, we can find all the places you mentioned as long as they don't have long legs. Then I will accompany you to have a good look. We can stay for a few more days. If you are willing, we can move around the capital.

Let’s go over all the delicious and fun things you told me about, and let me and my mother experience them together this time. This will save me from just listening to you eagerly every time and relying solely on my own imagination..."

"Okay, okay, but I have to say first, those food and entertainment activities are very lively. Firstly, I don't know if they are still there, and secondly, you will definitely not be used to it. It will not be as good as you imagined. Don't be disappointed. Don't blame Mom and Dad when the time comes.

I lured you here from afar..."

"Look what you said, no, because as long as I can remember, I can always hear adults reminiscing about the customs and customs of my hometown, and the past events of the previous generation. Those words passed through my grandfather, uncle, and mother.

The story is almost all imprinted in my mind. It is not much different from what you told me. I still remember my grandpa wanting bean paste, my uncle wanting canned mutton, and my mother wanting quince in sugar water. But the one that left the deepest impression in my memory is

In a word, it's still what you said, 'The capital has a kind and honest human touch.' As long as this remains unchanged, it will be worth my while to accompany you."

"It should not change. In China, which is so big, only Beijing is a cultural city, so it is much more humane and warmer than the one in Shili Foreign Market. Maybe my hometown is a little poorer, but there is a lot of humanity. Speaking of which, it is still warm.

It’s not that I’m always homesick, it’s that I feel awkward no matter where I go after leaving the capital..."

"Mom, then you should take better care of yourself. You are finally back. Shouldn't you look your best? If you have dark circles under your eyes, how can you meet those old friends? When the time comes, you will cry again,

It’s even more shameful. I’m afraid you will regret it later. Do I make sense?”

"You're reasonable, okay, okay, I'll just listen to you. Please help me get a glass of cherry brandy. I need to calm my nerves. I'll try to squint for a while."

The middle-aged man quickly followed the instructions, stretched out his hand to greet a blond and blue-eyed flight attendant, and lowered his head to give some instructions.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally gave a few more instructions.

"Mom, what my son wants to say is that I am thinking about everything you have been thinking about for you. Even if I try my best, I will let you visit your hometown again and explore for you those old friends you want to see. But after all, it is so far away

After so many years, things have changed and people have changed. It is inevitable that there is a big gap between reality and imagination. I am not worried about anything else but whether you are adequately prepared..."

"You are so verbose. How can a majestic man be more trivial than a woman? Mom is no longer a child. She has experienced the hardships of fleeing and fleeing in extraordinary times, and the helplessness of traveling to a foreign country alone. What has she not seen until today?

?Don’t worry, no matter what the situation is, I will accept it calmly and take it calmly..."

"Okay, okay, son, don't talk too much. You can have a glass of wine and rest later..."

In this way, the conversation between mother and son ended again, and they returned to peace.

However, even though this is said, how can it be so easy to do?

In fact, she was leaning on the large sofa seat. Even though she did feel hazy and sleepy after drinking, her heart was not stable.

Nearly forty years of expectations and forty years of crazy dreams.

The closer I get to my hometown, the more memories from the past surge up from the bottom of my heart, and I can't suppress them even if I want to.

I'm back home. After more than 40 years of going in a big circle, I'm finally back.

This is not a dream, everything in front of you can prove it.

For some reason, she remembered the song "Butterfly Loves Flowers" written by Prince Gong Sun Puru after he left his hometown because he missed the capital.

The sea is vast and the sky is far away, and clouds thousands of miles away from the Central Plains in the north are blocked. Outside the clouds, there is a line of sailing mountains, and the wild geese in Hengyang are nowhere to be seen.

There is endless spring in the sky with orchestral music, dragons are born in the mighty land of China, and there are thousands of willows in sorrow, and the world is still full of ice.

When I taste it at this time, I feel nostalgic for each sentence, especially the sentence "Going north to the Central Plains, blocked by thousands of miles of clouds", which adds to the sadness.

She is an old phoenix returning to her nest!
Chapter completed!