"When are you coming back? It's time to start looking at tickets. Back in mid-January, my wife would ask me this question every time she called me, but the answer she got was "I don't know yet."
In February, my wife repeatedly asked me on the phone when I would return, even though I knew when I would return. At first, I didn't understand what it meant, but then I figured it out, and I couldn't rest assured.
In the blink of an eye, it was time to go home. I carried a backpack with a computer, books, newspapers and other items, a heavy shopping bag in both hands, and a suitcase full of gifts for my family – the most gifts I've brought home for the New Year in more than four years.
The eighteenth year of the Spring Festival journey began, but I didn't expect it to almost become "embarrassed".
It was raining. At 7 o'clock, I went to the north square of Fuzhou Station, trotted all the way through the square in the rain, and squeezed into the entrance of the first floor with countless passengers.
It was bustling and bustling, and there were almost no empty seats in the waiting hall. Everyone passed by, hurried to their respective ticket gates, and hurried to a place called home.
After walking all the way, I finally stepped into the warm carriage. When I looked up, the luggage rack was full. Faced with a suitcase and two bags of things that had nowhere to put in front of me, I didn't have time to be distressed, and a thought flashed through my mind: "Where's my backpack?" ”
After a split second of reflection, I deduced that the backpack was probably forgotten during the security check.
At this time, it was 7:14, less than 10 minutes before the departure time, and it was more than 1 kilometer from my car to the security checkpoint, and I had to go up the ** step ...... many timesI didn't have time to think about it, so I put the three pieces of luggage that I had brought on the train platform, entrusted the train safety officer to help watch it, and then ran away.
Run one or two hundred meters to the stairs leading to the ticket gate, climb dozens of steps to the ticket gate on the second floor in one breath, pass through the waiting hall aisle in **, and trot down the escalator to the entrance ...... the first floorThankfully, I found the backpack at the security checkpoint.
At 7:19, with the luggage of "reunion", I stepped into the carriage, and it didn't take long for the train to close and start. Looking at the complete luggage piled up next to me, my heart was full of gratitude and joy along the way.
At around 2:30 p.m., the train arrived. When I saw my wife who came to pick me up, I couldn't stop laughing.
When I got home, the first thing I did was unpack my luggage and take out the gifts I had brought with me one by one. The moment the gift that has traveled thousands of miles is presented in front of my family, I feel that no matter how tiring the journey is, it is worth it.
In previous years, I always brought some New Year's goods purchased from the supermarket, but this time, I brought back not only food, but also daily necessities and cultural and creative products.
In addition to a bag of chocolates, I also brought peanut butter noodles from Shaxian County, snacks produced by a time-honored Chinese company in Quanzhou, and sweet potato powder made by my father from his own sweet potatoes. In terms of use, in addition to clothes, I also brought tea oil essential oil and tea oil hand cream from Fuzhou. The wife took them one by one, smiling like a flower.
Fujian is rich in mountains and rivers, and is rich in products, which are the specialties of my hometown. "I took out a copy of "Fujian You May Not Know" from my backpack and told my daughter that this is one of the "Fujian Wisdom" series to be published in 2023. In order to increase her understanding of her hometown in Fujian, I also brought her the "Fujian Overview" published in the same year. My daughter took the two new books, carefully placed them on the shelves, and continued to stare expectantly at a red bag I had brought up. Opening the red gift box in the bag, she couldn't help but applaud with "wow" three times in a row.
My daughter is a dragon, and I specially bought her a calendar for the Year of the Dragon, which has a ** style dragon image. Of course, the gift that surprised her the most was the "Fu Ruilong" ornament in the red gift box. "Fu Ruilong" is the IP image of the "Fu" cultural zodiac in the Year of the Dragon organized and designed by the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, implying a safe and smooth new year, happiness and health, and continuous good luck.
Blessing is like the East China Sea, and blessing is long. Holding the festive and lovely "Fu Ruilong", the daughter read a line of words on it. I leaned over and talked to her about the multiple artistic conceptions of the word "Fu" on ......"Fu Ruilong".Reuniting with my family after a long absence, I was as happy as a child, and I was relaxed.
As a friend said, "Going home is like going back to square one, letting go of the tiredness of the past year, and accumulating energy to start again." ”
Reunion is the best gift. (Lin Qingzhi).