Chapter 403 I Haven't Been Back for More Than 30 Years

Chapter 403: I haven't been back for more than 30 years

"Haitang, you're going back to your hometown in xiang province this new year, aren't you?" Li xiaoqin asked as she ate.

"Yes." Li Haitang nodded and explained, "I haven't been back to my hometown in years. All these years, I spent the new year with my father and aunt Fen in the provincial capital. Now that An' an Duoduo is five years old, he hasn't taken them to his hometown yet. This year, his father, second uncle and third uncle decided to go back to their hometown for the new year, so we decided to go back together."

"I haven't been back for more than 30 years." Li Xiaoqin suddenly said sadly. She almost forgot how she looked at her hometown. She had no face to go back to see her parents. Now that she could face all the people and things calmly, she actually wanted to go back and see them.

"Then let's go back this year."

Zheng Wentao listened to the melancholy in her voice and felt a little apologetic. He had never accompanied her back, nor had he gone to the place where her eldest daughter had grown up to take a look, and his heart was filled with guilt.

Li Xiaoqin did not expect him to make such a sudden decision. He was stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, his voice was a little excited, "Okay, let's go back to the new year this year. Minglong had been there once a few years ago, but Mingfeng had never been there before. I've heard from my parents that our hometown is doing well now. The transportation is very convenient. It's very convenient for us to go back home. Let's go back to our hometown for the new year."

"Sure, I have no problem with that." Zheng Mingfeng thought it was good to go and play.

"Then I'll call your grandparents and uncles when I get back. Your grandparents don't want to live in the city now. They just want to live in the countryside for the elderly. They can live in their hometown for the next six months." Li Xiaoqin was in a good mood and his heart flew back to the place where she was born and raised.

"Grandma, where are we going?" Duoduo from the next table asked again.

"This year, we will go to our hometown for the new year. Grandpa, grandma, uncle and aunt will go with you. We will make an appointment to go back together later."

"Really." Duoduo became happy and said, "Mom said it's a little far from home. It's a long ride."

"We'll take a plane to the provincial capital first, then drive back from the provincial capital. It's convenient now, so it's only three or four hours to drive back." Li Xiaoqin explained to her with a smile.

Duoduo frowned and was puzzled, "Then why did mom say that she had to change a lot of trains?"

Li Haitang smiled and said, "That was when mom went to school a long time ago. When my mother was admitted to college, she had to walk seven or eight miles of dirt road from home to the capital and catch the earliest bus to the county. At that time, there was no concrete road. It was full of potholed yellow mud roads. The road from town to county was broken. The road was full of potholes. I had to sit for nearly an hour."

"When we get to the county, we have to transfer to tan city. The road from the county to tan city is a little better, but it's quite far. It's also a crowded and dirty bus. The bus that can only take 20 or 30 people has to squeeze 50 or 60 people, and it takes three hours to get to the city."

"There are trains to the capital city in tan city, but there are very few trains and it is inconvenient for us to take the train to the provincial city. It takes another three or four hours to transfer to the provincial city in tan city. I've been rocking in the car all day, and I've been dizzy. I've come back to my senses, and I haven't been out of my province yet. That's really tiring."

"Hehe..." Everyone laughed and felt sad.

When I went to school in my hometown, I felt as if I had seen a ghost. Then when I thought that I would have to stagger all day to get to my hometown, I was completely out of shape, so I was a little bit of a holiday phobia back then." Li Haitang was in a good mood now, and it was interesting to recall the past.

Jiang Chuheng picked up some food for her and smiled, "The other kids are looking forward to the holidays. On the contrary, you're afraid of them."

"Yeah. Li Tao liked holidays the most. He looked forward to my return every day. Every day when I came home, he would be waiting for me in town in the hot sun and snow. He would take me to the county by car if he had time. He said that he liked to ride in a car, he liked to flip his butt, and he was curious about everything. No matter what he saw, he wanted to try it. Even watching a movie was his dream. The three floors of the county town looked like tall buildings to him. Now that I think about it, he really looked like a country bumpkin coming into the city."

Li Haitang had a bright smile, and the children of that era were all looking forward to going out to play. If they could go to the county, they would be so happy that they couldn't sleep for a few days. That was how Li Tao felt at that time.

"Uncle is so interesting." An' an grinned.

Jiang chuheng said with a smile in his eyes, "Now let him go to countless buses and go back to his hometown with his butt flipped. He will certainly roar so loud that the whole of Ping shan town can hear him."

"Now, he's reluctant to fly to the capital to play. The older he gets, the less interested he is in these things." Li Haitang could not figure out how his temper had changed so much. He was probably mature and steady, not interested in these things of eating, drinking and playing.

Not to mention Li Tao, even she had the same feeling. She didn't really want to run around anymore. She just wanted to live a quiet life at home with her husband and children.

The living conditions were good, the family was rich, the material life was different from more than ten years ago, but the spiritual aspect did not improve much. Living in this materialistic city, people also became more and more restless. Sometimes, they wanted to find a quiet and remote place to stop, so that their spirit and soul could rest and relax.

"Now that there are highways, we can drive from the provincial capital to the county directly, in just two or three hours. The road home to the county had been repaired long ago. The unimpeded concrete road was enough to drive home for half an hour, so it was very convenient now. The countryside is quite lively for the new year. People from the countryside come and go back and forth. There are dragon lanterns, lion dances, and all kinds of celebrations. It's very festive. It's no worse than the city."

Li Haitang was still looking forward to going back to her hometown for the new year. She spent most of her time in the capital for the new year and took her family to Port city for the new year. Every spring festival, she would go back to the provincial city to visit her relatives and friends, but she never went back to her hometown. In fact, she missed her relatives there.

"Let's go back as early as possible this year." Jiang Chuheng knew her well and was willing to stay with her in her hometown for a few more days.

"Okay."

The whole family chatted about the past while eating, and also looked forward to returning to their hometown for the reunion this year. The adults looked forward to it, and the children were in high spirits.