Watching the elderly grandma, eating the meal made by my mother...the return date has come to go home for the New Year

　　Watch elderly grandma, eat meal made by mom, give son a blind date

　　The return date has come to go home for the Chinese New Year

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　　January 21 is the last day of the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar.

The return date has arrived, and the stations and airports around the country are full of people, and the markets are extremely lively. The wanderers have either returned home or are on their way home.

The preliminary research and judgment of the transportation department shows that the total passenger flow during the Spring Festival this year has increased by 99.5% compared with the same period last year, returning to 70.3% of the same period in 2019.

　　"Sell cheap, sell cheap" "Come and see, buy a little"... On January 18, in the market square of Luotongshan Town, Liuhe County, Tonghua City, Jilin Province, small stalls selling all kinds of New Year's goods lined up on both sides of the street , a full 1 km long.

On the street, there is constant hawking, and there is an endless stream of people who come to buy new year's goods.

　　"I like this kind of 'new year flavor'. After a few days back, I went to a few fairs, which was very interesting." Lu Ye, deputy secretary of the scientific research building project of Shenzhen University Xili Campus of China Construction Fifth Engineering Bureau, told the Worker's Daily with a smile Reporter, the New Year atmosphere in my hometown is strong and there are many projects, but my favorite project is going to the market to hold New Year's goods a year ago.

　　January 21 is the last day of the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar.

The return date has arrived, and the stations and airports around the country are full of people, and the markets are extremely lively. The wanderers have either returned home or are on their way home.

The preliminary research and judgment of the transportation department shows that the total passenger flow during the Spring Festival this year has increased by 99.5% compared with the same period last year, returning to 70.3% of the same period in 2019.

　　go home, see old grandma

　　On the afternoon of January 15, after coming out of the airport, he transferred to the bus terminal, and Lu Ye got on the bus bound for Liuhe County.

Looking at the street scene outside the car window, and listening to the strangers in the car shouting loudly, "The boss, Li's family is short", the corners of her mouth can't help but rise.

　　Lu Ye bluntly said that he did not dare to go back in the past two years. Even if he booked a ticket, he would reschedule due to changes in the travel measures between the two places.

And this year, don't worry anymore.

On the way home, Lu Ye felt that the procedure was obviously smoother, and it was not as crowded as the previous two years, and it was very heartwarming.

　　"Grandma is 94 years old. It can be said that I see her one less time. I want to go back to see her and talk to her." On the way home, looking at the all-too-familiar street and scene, Lu Ye's heart became extremely soft.

In her opinion, if there are relatives in the family, there is a concern and a miss.

　　"It gets dark after 4 o'clock in the afternoon in my hometown, and I didn't get home until after 7 o'clock in the evening. My parents couldn't sit still, and they were anxious to wait, so they took a taxi to the county bus station to pick me up and my children." Lu Ye said with a smile, at the end of each year, she decided to return home After the home date, it is not too early to tell the parents.

"Hygiene, buy food... how long you tell them the return date in advance, how long they have to prepare."

　　After working in Guangdong for 16 years, Lu Ye went home only about 10 times.

Due to busy work, the promise of "fighting to come back twice" made to my parents every year has never been fulfilled once.

　　"The New Year flavor in my hometown is already very strong, and every family has started to kill pigs and make New Year's goods." Lu Ye said that during the Spring Festival, a Yangko brigade of nearly 40 people composed of Yangko teams from various villages will go door-to-door to pay New Year's greetings and twist Yangko.

Everyone gathered in front of the yard, listening, watching, twisting, it was very interesting.

And when relatives visit, after dinner, listening to their chats, you can know what happened in the town this year, which is also very fun.

　　Blue sky, white snow and red lanterns are the theme colors of the Northeast Spring Festival.

While hanging the lanterns together, Lu Ye looked outside the house and said to his father, "When it snows heavily, our father and I will go out to play, just like when we were young."

　　go home, eat mom's cooking

　　At midnight on January 14, the night was getting dark, and every household gradually turned off the lights and went to sleep.

There were fewer and fewer vehicles on the road, and the night was quiet.

In Jianshan Village, Datian Township, Wugang City, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, a couple in their 60s stood by the roadside, holding their hands together for warmth, and looking at the direction of vehicles.

　　"I'm going home, I want to eat my mother's food." Xia Yinhua, who got off the bus and sat for nearly six hours, looked at his parents and said.

Xia Yinhua, who was born in 1996, booked a high-speed rail ticket early, took three days off, and took two trains back home.

"I want to eat the rice cooked by my mother, I want to eat pork blood balls, bacon, and duck in blood sauce."

　　Recalling the New Year alone in Shenzhen, Guangdong the year before last, Xia Yinhua bluntly said that although he had other things to do and could go to his colleagues’ house to visit and have dinner, but his family was not by his side, so the “New Year flavor” was missing and “my heart was empty”.

　　Despite his young age, Xia Yinhua has a lot of experiences during the Spring Festival.

He still remembers that when he was a child, he went to Guangzhou every winter vacation to find his parents who went out to work, and stayed together for more than half a month.

"At that time, it was not easy to buy tickets, and it would be nice to be able to buy tickets without seats. We prepared a small bench, and it was uncomfortable to sit on it for a day and a night." Xia Yinhua said with emotion, with the diversification of transportation methods, the Spring Festival travel has become "unbelievable." No matter how hard it is, it's easier to go home.

　　"There are obviously more people returning home, but it is not crowded." This is Xia Yinhua's biggest feeling in this year's Spring Festival travel. "Before returning home, I participated in trade union activities to help workers return home, and I feel very proud." In March, the labor union of Foxconn Shenzhen Park launched group train ticket ordering for employees returning to their hometowns during the Spring Festival travel season.

　　The reporter learned that in order to solve the problem of difficulty in buying tickets for returning workers, from 2007 to now, the Foxconn labor union has purchased Spring Festival group train tickets for employees for 16 consecutive years to help employees return home smoothly.

Since 2016, the Foxconn labor union has taken care of the employees' families, allowing employees to help their families order train group tickets, so that employees and their families can return to their hometowns and have a good year.

　　Go home and give your son a blind date

　　There are "homesick wanderers" who return home early to see their relatives, and there are also "strugglers" who postpone their return in order to make more money.

"Going back too early is too busy. If you go back one day later, you can earn an extra day." Wang Guoqiang (pseudonym) is a taxi driver who booked a high-speed rail ticket back to Zhoukou, Henan Province on January 19.

In his view, staying in Shenzhen for one more day can earn one more day of money.

And returning to my hometown too early, I have to pay 160 yuan a day for the "idle" car rent, which is too bad.

　　"Go home and go on a blind date for my son." Returning to his hometown this year, Wang Guoqiang has a mission in mind—to make a blind date for his 20-year-old son.

The young people in my hometown got married early, and the son who was working in Shenzhen also reached the marriageable age, and he and his mother went back early to meet the blind date.

Wang Guoqiang believes that if the two parties feel suitable after meeting, they need to discuss engagement matters, and being a father must be present, which is respect and attention.

　　Every time he went home, Wang Guoqiang would feel that "the changes have been too great" - the tile-roofed houses were pulled down, and buildings were built one after another; the muddy path was replaced by a flat road, and the return time was short.

　　"I have lived in Guangdong for 20 years, and I am not used to the winter in my hometown. When I go back, my hands, feet and ears will all suffer from frostbite." Wang Guoqiang has worked hard in Shenzhen for 8 years, and Wang Guoqiang spends the Spring Festival at home every year.

Every Spring Festival, the taxi company offers a 7-day rent-free period, and the starting price is doubled. He takes this opportunity to attract more customers and earn more money.

Every year when harvesting wheat at home, Wang Guoqiang would go back to help his parents with farm work.

　　On January 17, when the return date was approaching, Wang Guoqiang rushed to the wholesale market after get off work and bought mangoes, lychees, Chaoshan beef balls, fresh seafood, white pomfret, etc., and planned to store them in the refrigerator for two days and take them home for his parents to try.

　　Liu Youting