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Although she was unhappy with my coming back alone, my mother still carefully prepared a table of delicious food at noon.

After the meal, I strolled leisurely in the village alone. In recent years, with the improvement of living standards, every household has built a small Western-style building and purchased a private car.

As I walked, I greeted the villagers on the roadside and breathed the rural air that I had been familiar with since childhood. The depression in my heart gradually dissipated. In the evening, when I set out on my way home, I unexpectedly met my junior high school classmate Lara.