Every New Year, I always bring my family back to my hometown to celebrate the festive season. There are many people in the village who persuade me, saying that my grandmother passed away many years ago, and I have already lived well outside, so why should I go back to this hometown? It's better to sell it. In fact, I thought about the ** old house at one point many years ago. That year, life encountered a series of difficulties and I was in dire need of a large sum of money, which plunged me into despair.
Since the old house has been uninhabited for many years, it has attracted the interest of many villagers, who have expressed their willingness to buy it, and the bid is quite attractive. I even wavered and was ready to sell my old house. However, my Fa Xiaowan was repeatedly dissuaded, and he told me to think carefully, this is an old mansion that carries memories, and once **, I will also be cut off from this village. He quoted the ancient adage "Fallen leaves return to their roots" to remind me where I should return when I am old.
At that time, I thought about such a problem, but I was forced by the situation and urgently needed funds to solve the problem, so I had to list the old house as an option to sell. In the end, it was Wanli and a few other friends who helped me raise the funds I needed to get through the storm. Now, my hometown has been preserved, and looking back on the past, I feel a lot of emotion.
This old house used to be my grandmother's residence, but since she passed away, my family has settled in other places, and my uncle and second uncle have also left their hometown. As a result, the house became almost untouched.
The courtyard quickly fell into disuse as it was uninhabited. The house was built when my father was married, and it has not been renovated for many years, and it looks old and dilapidated. One summer, when I came back to run errands, I opened the door and was in a mess, overgrown with weeds, peeling walls, mottled wooden doors, and broken windows.
However, I didn't think about renovating because I didn't plan to come back to live in it myself. In the past few years, I have noticed a strange phenomenon.
Although most of the people in the village have gone out to work and rarely return to their hometowns, many people have been frantically building new houses in recent years. In particular, some families with two or three brothers simply do not have enough land to build a house, so they choose to buy their existing property.
Under normal circumstances, the house of an ordinary family will not be sold easily, but a house like mine may become someone else's choice.
My parents died prematurely, and I grew up with my grandmother. The two of us have been living in this old house and are dependent on each other. My eldest and second uncles took good care of me, encouraged me to get an education, and even supported me in high school and college. All the expenses for the four years of college were transferred to my account in installments by two uncles, which made me carefree. I will never forget this kindness.
In fact, the economic situation of the eldest and second uncles is not well-off. The uncle has three children, two of whom are sons; The second uncle's family is slightly better, with only one son, but he is divorced and lives alone with his children. His new house is a two-story building that he borrowed money to build just a few years ago.
Overall, our family had an ordinary life, barely making ends meet. I've always felt guilty about this because I not only dragged down my grandmother, but also added a burden to the family of my uncle and second uncle.
During my internship, I worked overtime and worked hard, hoping to make enough money so that my grandmother could live a good life and not let my uncle and second uncle worry about my affairs.
As the work unfolded, I rarely went back to my hometown. Fortunately, my grandmother has always been in good health, and as she said, the old man is in good health, so he will not cause trouble to the children, which is really a blessing.
When I go home at the end of every year for the Chinese New Year, the house is full of excitement, and the neighbors will also visit the door, and some people even praise me for this small house for so many years, and finally ushered in new changes.
I know that many people may not believe that I can go to college and that I am about to get married. After all, they may have already learned that I was about to buy a house out of town.
While buying a house in another place, it is likely that the old house in my hometown will not be renovated again. This actually becomes a real problem. Uncle once mentioned that since you have a job in the field and the object is also from the field, then don't go back to your hometown, after all, there are no parents in your hometown, and after a hundred years of grandma, this old house will be completely unattended. However, my grandmother didn't wait for me to get married, and she passed away.
After my grandmother died, my uncle and I rarely went back to our hometown. Everyone is under tremendous pressure to improve their lives by working hard to earn money. In the past, during the New Year's holidays or holidays, everyone always went back to their hometown to reunite with their grandmother. However, now that grandma is gone, there seems to be no reason to go home, and everyone chooses to live outside.
I had just graduated a few years ago, my salary was limited, and it became a difficult task to get married. Although my subject did not ask for anything excessive, he just wanted to have a home that belonged to us and a warm place to live in the workplace. However, housing prices are high, and a down payment of hundreds of thousands is an unbearable burden for me.
At this time, the uncle was suddenly admitted to the hospital. According to his cousin Hui, he suddenly fell ill and could not wake up, so he was rushed to the ICU. At that time, I was not married, so I took my partner with me to visit my uncle in the hospital. We waited at the door of the ICU every day, praying that Uncle would**.
In the end, the uncle needed to undergo a costly operation, which required 150,000 yuan. It's not an astronomical amount, but it's a lot of money for us. We raised some of the money and borrowed a lot of money, but in the end we were still short of $30,000.
For these 30,000, I have been thinking and meditating for a long time. Eventually, I decided to ** my hometown. The idea was well in my mind after my grandmother died. My hometown is now empty, and every time I go back, the villagers will persuade me to stay outside and settle down, after all, the old house is dilapidated, and there is no second house in the village that is so dilapidated.
The neighbors were right, the house was not only dilapidated, but also extremely shabby, with mud often falling during meals. When it is windy and rainy, the house leaks rain, and the wind from all directions can easily pass through, making people unable to sleep at night.
I urgently need to buy a house outside to get married, but I've been strapped for money. Now that I'm running into my uncle's affairs, I think it's time to make a decision. The house, it's better to sell it, after all, I don't live there either, and there's no point in keeping it.
On that day, I returned to my hometown to deal with some affairs, and I had the heart to talk to a few old friends to discuss whether to transfer the real estate in my hometown.
When I returned to my hometown, I wandered through the courtyard, surveying the place, paying attention to every tree, every inch of land. Having spent decades here, this modest courtyard has witnessed the passing of my parents and grandmother, as well as memories of my childhood.
Truth be told, who would want to abandon their homeland unless they had to?
I sat in the doorway, gazing at every corner of the courtyard, and thought to myself, maybe take a closer look. If it is really sold, it will become a destination for others, and it will have nothing to do with me.
Suddenly, there was movement at the gate, and when I looked up, it was my hair.
Over the years, he has been working as a farmer at home and has a good business, so he has not gone out to work.
He stepped forward to greet him and asked directly, "How is the uncle?" ”
It seems that the people in the village have already learned about my uncle's admission to the ICU.
I spoke briefly with him and mentioned my plans.
Unexpectedly, Wanli was more excited than me: "Why are you selling the old house?" This is your hometown, do you really plan to never come back? ”
I know what it's like, but what is the difference between selling and not selling?
In fact, Wanli understands my difficulties and understands my feelings.
He advised me not to act rashly, or I would regret it when I was old. There is a courtyard in my hometown, which is the support of life, and if I am in trouble in living outside, I can still find hope for survival when I return to my hometown. But if the hometown is also lost, it will be truly homeless.
If you lose your roots, what's the use of flying high?
Although Wanli dissuaded me, I reluctantly said that I needed money now. This is not a lie, it is difficult to defeat a hero, it is not just words.
In the face of my insistence, Wanli took me to communicate with several other small families, and finally helped me raise some funds, of course, he also helped me out of his own pocket.
He said that every family has difficulties, just get through it. However, protecting oneself is the bottom line, and once shaken, it may be completely ruined.
When night fell, I had dinner with Wan Li and a few other Fa Xiao at his house. His wife fried a few delicious dishes, and we sat in the yard and chatted, and the topic covered many aspects.
I still feel envious of the life of Wanli, having children, having my own career, no need to go out to work hard, and no need to stay up late and work overtime. This kind of life is really enviable.
Once, I also said that after retirement, I should work at home like them and grow some vegetables. Now, however, I am running around to make a living. Hometown, I don't know when I can go back, and after I go back, can I still live?
The old house that I haven't lived in for many years has never been sold, especially after being busy with work, it is difficult to find time to return to my hometown. Only during the Chinese New Year, he hurried away with his family and eloquence, because the old house was long uninhabited, and even the bed and quilt no longer existed, so he had to go to the uncle's house every time.
After many years, the uncle passed away, and the eldest mother lived alone in the old house. The uncle's children have purchased real estate outside, and the old mansion is still a magnificent two-story small western-style building, which looks solemn and magnificent.
I had a plan, and in my spare time, I returned to my hometown and started tidying up the yard. The old houses were torn down, three new homes were rebuilt, yards were cleaned and cemented, and water pipes and toilets were repaired. At first glance, it was in stark contrast to the shattered scene before. From the broken wooden door and mottled copper locks to the new home now, with complete water and electricity, and a neat yard, there is a world of difference.
At this time, many neighbors came to talk to me. Some people speculated that I had made money and started renovating the house; There was speculation that I might be retiring and planning to return to my hometown to settle down; There are also people who say that I am building a house for children.
It doesn't matter what the village says, I'm just renovating the house for my own comfort, whatever they gossip.
Wan Li still lives in his hometown, and over the years he has not only cultivated the land, but also opened a supermarket in the south of the village, and the business is booming, attracting the surrounding residents to come to shop.
One night, I invited Wanli to my home for dinner. I thought about inviting him because not only did he not stop me, but he also helped solve many problems. Otherwise, this old mansion would have disappeared without a trace, and I would have to wander all the time.
Wan Li remembered that he didn't think much about it at that time, he just knew that we had grown up together, and we all had unique memories of this yard, this village, the river and the fields. We started here and will come back here in the future.
He said he didn't want to see me leave with a dilapidated home, only to come back to find it gone.
These words made me feel a lot of emotion, and I couldn't help but cry in my eyes for a while.
Ever since my parents passed away, I have been dependent on my grandmother. After my grandmother died, I was reluctant to return to my hometown for a long time, and I didn't want to participate in the festival, because others were reunited, but what about my family? Even the walls have fallen, the electricity has been cut off, there is not even water, and the place is deserted.
What am I coming back for?
Fortunately, I didn't have the old house ** back then, and now I will return here every festive season.
Maybe because of old age or the exhaustion of work, I often return to my hometown alone. Even if there is nothing special, just spending the night at home and setting off again the next morning, it is willing.
The strange thing is that sometimes the problems that plague my mind can become clear and clear after spending the night in my hometown, and my thinking can become transparent.
I don't really understand why, but it does make me feel a lot more relaxed.
Some people say that although the hometown is inconvenient and the economy is not developed, it can soothe people's hearts and let the impatient mood be slowly soothed, which may be the most beautiful place. February** Dynamic Incentive Program
A few years ago, I renovated my old house, and although I don't live in it often, as before, my aunt once blamed me for spending so much money to build a house at home, and whether I felt that it was not cost-effective. Watching it withstand the wind and sun, don't you think it's worth it?
Yes, it's not just me, it's a lot of people in the village. I have a house outside, and a new house has been built in my hometown, and I can't live in it for a few days all year round, but I still have to build it.
Perhaps, as Wan Li said, this is the hometown, the foundation of people who go out to work hard, and they cannot be easily abandoned.
Occasionally, I would go back to my hometown and talk in the yard with other children. I fell in love with the laid-back feeling for a while.
Once I was sick and couldn't **, so I followed my daughter-in-law back to my hometown. I would like to stay at home for a while, maybe it will be better.
The psychology of people is very strange, obviously the medical conditions in the big cities are better, but once they get sick, they will want to go back to their hometown. As soon as you return to your hometown, everything will feel better. I asked the other Fa Xiao, and they had similar feelings.
When I got home, I came to chat with me when I was free, and my aunt would personally send steamed steamed buns over, and leave after a simple chat.
Now for the Chinese New Year, I return to my hometown with my family, and my heart is always full of warmth when I see my former friends and neighbors. When I saw Wanli, I couldn't help but sigh that if it weren't for his advice at the beginning, maybe my old age would not have been so happy.
The old house is the root, and nothing can be sold.
A thousand-foot-tall tree, the fallen leaves eventually return to the roots. Wandering in all directions, they will eventually return to their homeland.