As the years go by, the glory of the times is renewed day by day.
At the end of 1999, Su Qingyun and Ji Yue finally took a long vacation. They rushed back to Beijing, wanting to spend more time with their family. Wu Guixiang and Su Dalin were already in their eighties. Although they were still in good health, they rarely went out. At most, they would just walk around outside the alley.
At the end of this year, the two of them were clamoring to go back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year.
Su Aimin and Qin Ying tried to persuade them earnestly.
"Mom and Dad, you're both so old, how can you bear to take such a long train ride?"
"Yeah, let's just stay here. Can I call my eldest brother and second brother over? It'll be the same. Our family can be together."
"No, I must go back." Wu Guixiang was extremely stubborn. "I have to go back for the New Year."
"Yes." Su Dalin also echoed his wife's words.
The two were determined to go back. Su Aimin and Qin Ying looked at each other, feeling helpless.
"Yunyun, go and persuade your grandparents." If the two of them couldn't persuade them, then let Yunyun go. Mother listens to Yunyun the most.
Su Qingyun went and came back soon.
"How is it? Did your grandma and the others agree to stay in the capital?"
"I agree." Su Qingyun nodded.
"That's good." Su Aimin and Qin Ying breathed a sigh of relief.
"What I meant is that I promised my grandparents to go back for the New Year." Su Qingyun finished the second half of the sentence slowly.
"What?!"
The couple said in unison.
"Yunyun, I asked you to persuade your grandparents, not to support them." Su Aimin rarely complained to her daughter. "Your grandparents are so old. How can they handle such a long journey back home?"
Su Qingyun listened to her father before speaking: "Mom and Dad, do you know what I think about most when I'm working outside, besides work?"
"Then it must be going home." Su Aimin said without hesitation.
"Yes, go home." Su Qingyun nodded, "Grandpa and grandma, they also want to go home now."
"This is theirs..."
Su Aimin was silent halfway through his words.
He finally realized that in his parents' hearts, only Luoshui Village was their real home. Although this place was also their home, the meaning was different after all. They grew up there and wanted to return there.
For the elderly, returning to one's roots seems to have become an obsession. They are afraid that when the day of death comes, they will not have returned home to take a look. In that case, even if they leave, they will still have regrets.
Qin Ying also understood.
The couple was silent for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.
"Okay, let's go home. We'll go home for the New Year."
Su Qingyun smiled.
The family prepared to go home in a grand manner. In addition to them, there were many people returning to Luoshui Village this time. Even the Qin family was ready to go with them. Everyone spent a lively reunion year together.
Although there were a few elderly people, fortunately they were in good health and even though they had to sit in the car for such a long time, they still gritted their teeth and endured it.
When they arrived at Luoshui Village, Wu Guixiang and Su Dalin couldn't help but have tears in their eyes.
As they got older, they rarely came back here. Only those who loved the country and the party went to Beijing to visit them. This time, everyone came back.
Wu Guixiang and her friends did not take a car. They walked home step by step from the village entrance along the familiar road. Although they had not been back for a long time, they seemed to be very familiar with every tree and blade of grass by the road. They were still the same as when they left. Nothing had changed.
Luoshui Village is still the same Luoshui Village.
"Aunt, uncle, why are you back?" A familiar old voice sounded.
Wu Guixiang slowly turned her head and saw Qin Youfu, who was leaning on a cane.
"I'm so lucky." Wu Guixiang smiled. "It's been many years."
"Yes, auntie, you still look so strong."
"That's right. I'm not like you. You're so old, but you're already using a cane." Wu Guixiang laughed at him.
Qin Youfu smiled helplessly, "Aunt, I'm already over sixty and almost seventy, isn't that old?"
Wu Guixiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Compared to me, you're certainly not that big."
"That's right. In front of you, I will always be a junior." Qin Youfu also smiled.
The two of them smiled, as if recalling the past years, and felt a little emotional for a moment.
"Most of the young people in the village have gone out to work, and the rest are mostly elderly people and children. But the New Year is coming soon, and they will be back soon." As they walked, Qin Youfu introduced the situation in the village to them.
"Young people should go out and work harder."
"Yes." Qin Youfu nodded, then looked at Su Qingyun beside him, "Qingyun, you are still a celebrity in our village now."
Su Qingyun laughed in surprise, "What kind of celebrity am I?"
"Of course you're a celebrity," Qin Youfu said. "Over the years, your deeds have been passed down. The children in the village have grown up listening to your stories. Even now, your history is still talked about with relish. The adults teach the children to learn from you and become a person as promising as you."
After he said that, Su Qingyun felt a little embarrassed.
"That's going too far."
"But, but." Qin Youfu waved his hand and said, "The village is preparing to compile a family tree soon. It just so happens that you are back. Then we can write your names on it and pass it down from generation to generation in our Luoshui Village."
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