【福利】我最想念家乡的…… What do you miss most in your hometown? | Chitchat
As Spring Festival approaches, it may be the time to prepare for the yearly return to your hometown.
Leaving home and studying or working in a few different cities for years, you perhaps have made efforts to leave your comfort zone. For years, you might stay for only a few weeks or so in your birthplace.
Every time you return, it tends to feel less familiar, as your hometown will never be the same as it was when you left.
When you are surrounded by people you grew up with, you might find you have drifted in opposite directions, despite a common history. Now, you don't share the same interests or goals.
For college students, you may be asked several questions like "What can you do when you graduate?" Sometimes a strange feeling of unfamiliarity overtakes you.
One communication engineering major was shocked when his relatives asked him to fix their phones.
For office workers, some of your family members might chatter about your marriage, your salary or your relationship.
If you are single, maybe they have already arranged a blind date before your return, though you are not willing to participate. But you understand 90 percent of the time, these are offerings of true kindness.
Old friends, family members and your childhood memories call you back to the place where you were born and where you spent your first years.
When you grow up, wherever you go, it will always hold a place in your heart. You had great fun with your playmates in such a peaceful place at a slow pace. Your "secret castles", an old tiger toy or even a candy box may pass idly by your mind.
Maybe your parents and elder family members are now getting ready for the reunion, buying necessities and preparing food you like.
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What do you miss most about your hometown?
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