The Temptation of Going Home

Without even realizing it, once I started school, I began leaving early and getting home late. In high school, I went home once a week; at university, once every six months. Then I started working, thinking that having money would mean I could go home more often, but it turned into once a year. Sometimes it’s a choice you make because you don’t have much of a choice.

        I haven’t been feeling great lately and have kept wanting to go home for a visit, so I bought a ticket home for Friday and set off. It’s quite a long way—even by high-speed train, it takes over five hours. Leave in the morning and you still won’t get there until the afternoon, though you can just about make it in time for a meal. The first thing I did after getting back was go eat the hot pot I’d been craving for ages and ages. It was seriously delicious, so much better than the hot pot at Yuncheng’s Beijing Liaison Office.

Now that I’m writing about it, I want it again. This greedy mouth of mine, hahaha. I’ll get my fill again when I go back for the National Day holiday.。

        How could a trip home be complete without big-plate chicken? Add some wide glass noodles and tofu skin, and it’s absolutely delicious.

Seriously, who could possibly resist this?

        When I went back to my hometown this time, I found a few new kittens and puppies. The puppies in particular were just adorable—tiny and so well-fed and round that from a distance they looked like little balls of pudge, hahaha.

One of the puppies had an underbite. I gave him a little food and noticed bits falling out of his mouth as he ate, hahaha. No idea whether that was because of the underbite.

Of course, there are kitten photos too. Look at those big, Carslan-ad eyes! Personally, I think they photograph really well.

        And finally, here’s a video of a peaceful little path to enjoy:

For the hot pot at Yuncheng’s Beijing Liaison Office, see this post:A Little Spring of Sweet Water in Beijing’s Food Desert