This trip back home,
Nie Guangyi had a plan.
Take one look at the imitation goods and leave, then spend a whole day in Shanghai eating and drinking.
As a wanderer, as a foodie, this was the least he could do to pay homage to his hometown's delicacies.
"Hometown" meant different things to different people.
To many, a hometown is where one's "home" is—where the heart settles is my home.
Nie Guangyi, who left his hometown with many regrets, didn't feel like he still had a "home" in Shanghai.
A decade had passed, and to Nie Guangyi, his hometown was more about the "homely flavors."
It was about the dishes that had accompanied him since childhood, the flavours others might not think much of, but he could never forget.
Because his grandparents, Qiu Grandpa and Qiu Grandma, passed away one after another, Nie Guangyi had to adjust his plans, forgo the taste of his hometown, and stay in Changqiao Village until the funeral was over.
