Growing more attached to my hometown, returning to the place where I work, I feel empty inside.
Long-term absence from my hometown has gradually made it difficult to integrate into the mainstream community in the village. For example, I have no role in ancestral worship ceremonies.
Childhood friends and peers are all doing well. Fortune-tellers and pet sellers have made big money.
More and more people are no longer living in the village. When they have something to do, they come back and leave the same day. They own houses in the county town.
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Reflections on the 2026 Spring Festival
Growing more attached to my hometown, returning to the place where I work, I feel empty inside.
Long-term absence from my hometown has gradually made it difficult to integrate into the mainstream community in the village. For example, I have no role in ancestral worship ceremonies.
Childhood friends and peers are all doing well. Fortune-tellers and pet sellers have made big money.
More and more people are no longer living in the village. When they have something to do, they come back and leave the same day. They own houses in the county town.