On September 18, the old mother was going back to her hometown in Shangluo, Shaanxi. This time she lived in Beijing for a year and seven months. From the birth of her grandson Xiaoluka to the age of one year and five months, her old mother experienced it. It can be said that she personally experienced the growth of her grandson.

After leaving her hometown for a long time, she often thinks about her hometown and talks about this or that from her hometown from time to time. Moreover, the old father's three-year death anniversary is coming soon. According to custom, this is an important day, and it is also the mother's emotional separation and entrustment, so she also whispers from time to time and waits for this day.

Originally, we wanted to send her back; a friend from Xi'an happened to be back in Shaanxi to do business. My friend had lived in my house for three weeks, and was familiar with my old mother. He also went out twice. It would be great to ask her to do it for her.

Before going back, my old mother was busy dealing with the matter here and settled it.

First of all, she planted many vegetables, including pumpkin, green onion, coriander, loofah, cucumber, rapeseed, purslane, etc., which finally grew out, especially the pumpkin leaves, which grew all over the ground and extended to bamboo poles and branches. She collected all the pumpkins. This year's beef leg melons have 5 achievements, which are incomparable to the "yield" last year. My old mother was quite dissatisfied. She was about to leave Beijing, and the pumpkin vines were large and small; those that were ripe and those that were not ripe, were all clean. When I saw it, the vegetable field suddenly became much more refreshing.

Also, the old mother’s wish to make rice dumplings. It turned out that she only knows how to make flat oak leaf rice dumplings in Shangluo's hometown. The triangle rice dumplings in Lantian are not very skilled. The old mother, who is skilled in the family kitchen, cannot handle small rice dumplings, which makes her look less bold in making rice dumplings in the Dragon Boat Festival community. After the Dragon Boat Festival, the old mother specially learned to make rice dumplings from Beijing with the two old sisters. This skill cannot be lost and learned in vain. She made it herself, and two days before leaving, she was blocked by her family (worrying to be tired of the elderly), and strengthened it. She wrapped 17 rice dumplings with the remaining rice dumpling leaves, filling the refrigerator with the refrigerator.

Make dumplings. The old mother thinks that dumplings have meat and vegetables, and her daughter also likes them, so it is most convenient to cook dumplings. The scallions and leeks grown by themselves are all fragrant. My daughter, who is busy, rarely looks at "her vegetable field". Where can I eat onions when it is deserted? It would be a pity that the freshly cut leeks and shallots were not "arranged properly". So, the day before leaving, I still chopped onions and mixed the filling with the refrigerator while my family was blocking me and the refrigerator was full. I insisted on making dumplings and arranged the stomachs of five or six people.

Originally, at the train at around 8 o'clock in the evening, my mother was busy tidying up the barren "vegetable field" on the terrace for a whole morning. After lunch, she took a shower, took a nap and then made dumplings. She was busy until 6:02 pm. During this period, she kept arranging her family's time. Finally, I caught the subway, but I was notified on the way that the D43 train was stopped due to weather...

While staying in the subway station hall of Nanluoguxiang, my old mother was lying flat on the bench waiting for us to handle the ticketing due to a busy day. I finally got the train the next day, but this time I didn’t have a soft sleeper, so I could only take the high-speed train. The comfort level was greatly reduced, and the ticket price was more than 200 yuan higher than that of the sleeper. The old mother was eager to return home and wanted to store her suitcase at the subway station and come back the next day. Buying a ticket and returning to your own time and space is probably the best rest for the old mother. What is the 5-hour high-speed rail?

The next day, we were about to leave at 9:30. The old mother still had to cook and wanted to sharpen three knives in the kitchen. As long as she didn't leave, she would have endless work. She wanted to take over it, but she couldn't let it go.

My daughter-in-law Feifei applied for warm services for key passengers (hearing impaired ≕ wheelchair assistance) for her old mother. The station has special services and get on the bus in advance through the straight ladder passage. Finally, the old mother got into the car and she could go home safely. With a long whistle, the high-speed rail started running quickly. In the narrow seats, the old mother opened the book in her hand... Staying curious and being able to read quietly is the biggest gain of her mother's trip.

The first draft was on the day my mother left Beijing on September 19, 2025 (Friday)