Seeing the photo of the father eating alone, netizens just want to go home immediately.

The image of a father eating rice alone in the late afternoon was shared on social networks - Photo: AN NHIEN

Most of the comments expressed emotion and homesickness, especially for those who work far from home. Many young people said they wanted to go home to their parents immediately after seeing the photos, and thought about their own parents' meals.

A simple and lonely meal

In the photos posted, a white-haired man is seen leaning against a wall watching TV, next to a tray of food with only a few dishes. The photo was taken on a late afternoon in May.

The room was also simple, with only a hammock and a mat. The light near the camera the girl was observing seemed insufficient to illuminate every corner of the room.

The Facebook post opens with the confession: "My soul is divided into two halves: half wants to wander, half wants to go home!"

"Every time I call, you say you've eaten, there's soup and fish, don't worry about me. But how would I know how simple my meals are when I'm not around?

I really want to run back to my parents, do anything, just enough to make ends meet. But I also want to work hard to make a living in a foreign land to send money back to my parents. I just hope that my speed of success will be faster than my parents' aging speed!", this post said.

A white-haired man ate alone and watched TV in an empty house - Photo: AN NHIEN

The image reminds many people of their parents' meals in the countryside - Photo: AN NHIEN

It hurts to see the image of your parents

Sharing under the article, many comments said that they sympathized with the thoughts and feelings of a child far from home. Many young people leave their hometowns to go to the bustling city to work, study, earn a living and send money back to their families, but their hearts still yearn for the sweet meals, lingering over the afternoon smoke.

"Looking at this makes me feel so sorry for my dad", "I think about it and feel sorry for my parents", "Looking at this scene makes me feel so sorry", "Similar to my situation, I feel so sorry for my mother", many young people left comments.

An account named Linh Nga confided: "I want to go back to my parents right now", or a user named Hong Diem recounted her own story: "That's why I gave up everything to go back to take care of my mother. Sometimes I feel sad, sometimes I regret my job, but I always feel that it is the right and necessary thing to do".

A girl named Bich Phuong shared: "Time is very merciless, so go back and live with your parents as soon as possible. You don't need to be too rich, just enough to eat and wear. There's a lot of work in the countryside these days", or Nguyen Bich Thuy also shared the same opinion: "Go back, my dear. Go home to be near your parents. Eat vegetables when you have vegetables. Eat porridge when you have porridge. Even if you're rich, seeing this scene is very sad. Be near your parents when you're old. There's not much time left".

However, many people also said that due to circumstances, they have to make a living far from home. Even though they really want to go home, they have no other choice.

"The common feeling of people living abroad is that sometimes they are tired and want to give up everything to go home," wrote a user named Mai Dinh Binh. "Sad, I hope my parents are always healthy. I wish I had more money so that life would be less difficult like now," Phuong Ngan confided.

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