The rims of his eyes were swollen and red just like his father’s. The round and ruddy face of yesteryear had already turned pale and grey, and it was etched with deep wrinkles. He was not at all the Runtu who lived in my memory. When he was taking his afternoon tea, he saw Runtu and a little boy who is the son of Runtu. After thirty-year, xun is going to meet Runtu. Runtu and Xun also went out to look for badgers, porcupines.
They went to collect shells-reds, blues, ghost-scarers. At the time of their teenage, He and Runtu went to catch the bird with a trick and also kill the zha. Xun remembers all his previous memories with Runtu when his mother told him to visit Runtu. Her mother told him don’t forget to see Runtu. So, he rested for someday there and visit all his relatives. His mother already sold household furniture but she had not yet collected the money from the buyer. She already had her baggage pretty much gathered together and ready to go. He told his mother to go with him where he works. Hong’er, whom he had never seen before, stood off at a distance observing him. She was happy after seeing him and gave him tea. His eight-year-old nephew Hong’er ran out from behind her. When he arrived at the home, his mother come out to greet him. His sole purpose is to sell his home in an auction and went back to where he is doing his job. Perhaps it’s just that his attitude and mood have changed. It’s probably not so depressing as he seems to feel at the moment either. Rationalizing the discrepancy between memory and that standing before him (realities), he tried to convince himself by saying, his home and village are alike. Green sky change into a vast and graying sky: they were drab, desolate, devoid of any semblance of life. But now, when Xun went back to his old hometown after twenty years, he saw everything was changed. In his childhood, his hometown was lovely and beautiful where the green sky lies above. In the story, Xun had memories of his childhood friends and his hometown. His prior conceptions and understandings of the world come into conflict with his realities. Upon arriving at his long-past home, his memories are forced to come to confront with the realities. The story describes how Xun feels while being away from home for many years. He told his memories, from youth to middle age that depicts the conflict between memories and realities in the story. ‘My Old Home’ is a story written by Lu Xun.
Second Sister Yang who ran the beancurd shop in kitty-corner
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