"No one's home this time," Xia Xiao said, "Haven't my parents come back yet?"
Now that her grandparents' grandchildren had grown up—and also because of their age—the elders yearned even more to return to the production team. They always felt that was where their roots were, and they had to preserve it, like leaves returning to their roots.
Their children were all living away and doing quite well for themselves, yet their minds were always on the production team, feeling that if they did not return, it would be hard for their children and grandchildren to come back later.
"Not yet, we all came back for the New Year today," Gao Jiaxing said.
Xia Xiao acknowledged with an "Oh". To her, it didn't matter where they celebrated the New Year since it was all about family reunion; wherever the elders were, they would follow.
