In the Spring Festival of 2024, I was lucky enough to buy a high-speed rail ticket to return to my hometown on the 26th of the lunar month. I don't want to receive a notice from the railway customer service center in the early morning of the same day, and the train will be suspended due to the rain, snow and freezing rain in Hubei. I almost broke down psychologically, and hurriedly snapped up tickets for the next few days online, but fortunately grabbed a transfer ticket for the next day, although there were no seats, but thankfully. The ride-hailing service took me to the Shanghai Railway Station in advance, and although it was 5 a.m., it was already crowded.
I first took the high-speed rail G9460 to Rugao, and then changed to G2682 to Funing, and made up for the no seat ticket on the train to Nanyang. I am so anxious to go home, and I want to know how much my hometown has changed. There are people on the bus who go to Changge, and they buy tickets to Shennongjia. In order to go home, the wanderers really showed their powers. It is said that there are too many short-term and long-term rides on a certain high-speed train, and it is impossible to move forward. It is said that all those who go north from Guangdong have been blocked in Hubei for two days. The difficulties of the Spring Festival migration are really inexplicably sad. I got off the train in Nanyang and got on the online car-hailing car that my nephew called. The driver said that he didn't dare to pick up people two days ago, and the ice and snow on the road were too dangerous. It seems that Seon lost his horse, and it was a blessing in disguise. I arrived at the county seat in 1 hour, had dinner at my sister's house, and my eldest cousin had to drive me back to my hometown. On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, it happened to be a market, and I went to the market with my father to buy vegetables. I went to visit my aunt as planned, and rode to my aunt's house, but my aunt was not at home and went to pick up my cousin. My cousin and his children are at home, and although they don't know me very well, they still pour me tea very sensibly and let me eat melon seeds. The eldest is in the sixth grade, the second is in the fourth grade, and they are all doing well in their studies, and the award certificate is posted on the wall. Both of them go to school in the second primary school in Wangji Town, usually eat and live in school, and have a car to pick them up on weekends. There were about 26 people in each class, and there were 3 classes at a time, which was much less than the 50 or 60 people in a class at that time. The local Xizhangzhuang Primary School is said to have only a few students in the first grade. At noon, the eldest aunt and cousin returned, and a pair of children rushed up to welcome the cousin. At this time, I suddenly recovered my child's heart, looked through my cousin's big bags and small bags, and looked for delicious snacks and fruits. There was a lot of laughter, and my cousin, who worked part-time, had a hard year, and this time was probably the happiest. On the way back, when I passed by the market, I turned the road and went to my alma mater to have a look. The alma mater has been renewed, and I was surprised to see the familiar Mr. Zhao's **. The classrooms of the past are hard to find, and only the memories are getting newer and fresher. How many social mainstays have come out of here? How many hopes and ideals are born from here? The roads around the school are illegible, and the old houses are crumbling. Towns are thriving, and the countryside is naturally decaying. came out just to meet a buddy of the same age.,Vaguely familiar.。 Say hello, and when I chatted, it was really the familiar Brother Peng, so I quickly added WeChat. I can't help but sigh that time flies too fast, and I have reached middle age in a blink of an eye.
On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, I went to visit my cousin and third uncle again. My cousin's village used to be the richest in the neighborhood, but in the past two years, it has been affected by the illegal fund-raising of "old sheep", and many of the savings of many years have been swept away, which has hit me hard. There are also nearly 50 million yuan in the aunt's village that cannot be recovered, and the people want to cry without tears. The third uncle is in good health and has mild diabetes. I usually pay attention to maintenance, and my cousins also take good care of it, and my life is comfortable. Speaking of the condition of the old people in the village, there are many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, some of them die without money, and some of them worsen because of delays. Family doctors have not been effectively deployed in rural areas, and economic conditions are also an important factor restricting medical treatment for the elderly. On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, I went to the market again. The bazaar was crowded with people, and the water was impassable. All kinds of vegetables, meats and New Year's goods are like firecrackers and fireworks couplets, which are lined with streets. People's faces are filled with the taste of happiness, and they are no longer helpless and vain. I also saw the long-lost fried cold noodles, and the golden color seemed to be exactly the same as back then. went home and posted couplets with Brother Xu, and every family was jubilant. The New Year is still coming as promised. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, in the morning, the village went from house to house to pay New Year's greetings to the elders. There are fewer and fewer young people who pay New Year's greetings, and it is estimated that this custom will die out in 20 years with work. After the New Year's greetings, I took the time to visit Mr. Geng, who lived nearby. Mr. Geng pays great attention to health preservation, exercises every day, and plants more than ten acres of land. In the afternoon, I had tea and chatted with the three children. talked about the untimely death of a small man due to drinking, and said that a colleague drove to a neighboring county in a drunken confusion; Speaking of being streamlined by the superiors and starting his own business successfully. Although the streamlining was later canceled, he never wanted to enter the system again. Unanimous envy of the post-00s who live soberly, have taken out the high housing prices, the Civil Affairs Bureau, the obstetrics and gynecology, the kindergarten, and now the down jacket. They don't have a mortgage, they don't have a car loan, they don't have the next generation; They don't get together, don't gossip, don't compare, don't brand, don't go to relatives, don't visit doors. They also rectified the workplace, refused to work overtime, did not pick up the leader after work, did not look at the leader's WeChat, did not look at the work group, did not accept all unfair treatment, and refused to be a leek like our post-70s and post-80s. 
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, a cousin I hadn't seen for many years came over and was almost unrecognizable. Now I am working in Zhejiang, but because of depression, I missed a good marriage. The cousin talked about another cousin, who was young and had a mental problem and was hospitalized with five guarantees. My cousin was very good at studying back then, but unfortunately his family was not good, and no one paid for his own secondary school, and the public-funded secondary school recruited very few people and was always a little bit worse, so his life was delayed. At noon, my aunt's cousins, cousins, cousins, and cousins all came to visit my father, and three tables were set up. Although it is coarse tea, light rice and thin wine, everyone who gathers once a year is still very happy, and the atmosphere continues to set off a climax. Those who have made a fortune are low-key, and those who have not made a fortune will not admit defeat and fight again in the New Year. If the children are unmarried, they will take time to go on a blind date during the Spring Festival; Those whose children go to school are looking forward to making further progress. Everyone had a heated discussion about the "unmarried people" and "unmarried people" around them: the number of births in 2023 will be 9.02 million, which is only about half of the population born in 2016. **The number of births in China is expected to drop by 1 million every 10 years over the next 10 years. Although the second child was fully released in 2016 and the third child was released on May 31, 2021, everyone's fertility willingness is still insufficient. At present, the main factors hindering young people's willingness to marry and have children are as follows: First, the imbalance in the ratio of men and women during the family planning era has accumulated, and now there are more men than women of marriageable age, the bride price is high, and it is difficult to marry a wife. There are more and more singles in the countryside who have not been able to get married. Second, since the reform and opening up, everyone looks at money, and it is difficult for women to win the favor of women because of poor family conditions or honest men. The third is that women are now self-awakening, rebelling against the gender discrimination of the previous generation of men and women, and pursuing education and career development, with an attitude of preferring lack to abuse to the other half. Fourth, more and more young people are pursuing themselves and are unwilling to take on the responsibility of getting married, starting a family and having children. Fifth, society is getting more and more involved, and more and more overtime workers do not have the time and energy to fall in love, coupled with the fear of unknown risks after marriage and the fear of high housing prices and the cost of raising children. More and more people are choosing not to marry or have children. At the same time, in some areas, there are "wife runners", and the brides who have worked so hard to marry can't be kept, and the wives who are marrying in the Ming media do not say goodbye, leaving behind a fragmented family. Some of the "wife runners" are disgusted with the man's poor family conditions, some are the man's domestic violence, some are the husband and wife are not working together, and the relationship is gradually weakening after long-term separation, and some are unable to meet emotional needs, equality and respect, and happiness. The traditional marriage system and concept are increasingly challenged by the awakening of women's minds and modern lifestyles such as short**. There are more than a dozen divorced families in the village, and together with the decaying old houses, they deconstruct the joys and sorrows of the new countryside.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, I went to visit my second uncle. The second uncle is in good health and can still drink two taels of wine. There happened to be no guests, so I invited him to come home for dinner at noon. He took me home on a tricycle and drove a very technical car. Speaking of housework, he talked about three principles: first, delegate power to the next generation; the second is deafness, pretending to be deaf and blind who has nothing to do with himself; The third is to pack, empathize, and embrace the ideas of the next generation. I think this good attitude is also the reason why he is still in good health in his eighties. In the evening, I got together with more than a dozen junior high school classmates. I was very excited to see my old classmates I hadn't seen for many years. Everyone is no longer pulling, drinking as much as they can, and drinking what they can drink. Speaking of the love affair between teachers and students in the school back then, the girls are very happy now. A buddy also talked about the food stamp incident that year, and he was tricked and suffered. When riding after eating. Brother Peng warmly drove slowly behind me to light the way home. Although the gesture is insignificant, it is a heartwarming gesture from an old classmate. In the fourth year of junior high school, I went to visit my cousin and cousins, and ate plate noodles at noon. In the afternoon, I sat down with my high school classmates Genko and Shenjian in Baihe Park, and when it came to the county economy, everyone thought it was magical, wineries and cotton mills could not contribute to taxes, and there were no leading enterprises. It's a miracle that the finances are still running smoothly. The hotel and catering consumption business is quite good, and the underlying logic of the economy is estimated to be incomprehensible to the world's top experts. Speaking of**, everyone feels that they can't play anymore, and they don't know that the bottom is in**. The selection of grass-roots management cadres has gradually shifted from strong communication skills to economic acumen and economic strength, what does this mean, the three of them were silent for a while. Speaking of the lack of excitement in the Spring Festival Gala, first, everyone's aesthetics have improved, and second, the actors are afraid and can't let go. Speaking of Henan gifts, which are different from other provinces, the only one and two boxes are ridiculous. Netizens from other provinces jumped out and ridiculed: "I've seen those who have been deceived, but I haven't seen anyone who has been deceived together in the whole province" "Henan people are not only rich, but also energetic!" The three of them laughed. After chatting for a while, Excalibur continued to enjoy the warm spring sun with his little padded jacket, and Hanzi still had guests at night and thoughtfully sent me to the bus station. On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, my parents were reluctant to give up. It was the fifth day of the Lunar New Year that hit Valentine's Day, and the God of Wealth and the old moon met in a narrow way. Looking at the Internet is particularly lively: netizens have shouted: only seek glory and wealth, not too much truth! Young people all want to talk about a non-breakup relationship with the God of Wealth, and everyone wants to be the wife of the domineering God of Wealth. I don't know from which year, the slogan of "only engage in career, not love" was shouted by netizens, and they wanted to ask "which one to choose between love and money", and the answer was laughable: "If I hesitate for a second, it is my disrespect for money!" "Some people say that why they fall in love with their hometown is loneliness and lack of warmth; Some people say that the reason why they miss the old is that the pace is too fast now and they lose themselves. It has been said that you either travel or read, and there must always be one on the way, body and soul. Some people say that the hometown cannot accommodate the body, and the other country cannot accommodate the soul. Some people say that our pain comes from thinking too much, wanting to have no worries about food and clothing, and wanting more money to live closer to home. When I got home at 11 o'clock in the evening, the observation of returning home for the Spring Festival was over. I don't know if I'm observing others or myself. In a trance, the hometown seemed to be closer. [Author: Early Morning.] **Provided by the author. **10,000 Fans Incentive Plan