1. In the second paragraph, from which three aspects did the author paint a new Qiu Jingtu in his hometown for us? Please summarize.

The answer (1) is hardworking, simple and healthy male and female farmers. (2) The lotus root is long and the color is fresh and tender as jade. (3) A pond with lotus roots and a winding river outside the city.

2. In the first paragraph, "I have never loved my hometown, and when I think about it, I think my hometown is very cute". Did I really "never love my hometown"? How to understand this sentence?

From the sentence itself, the author doesn't really love his hometown, but deliberately writes it to set off "My hometown is lovely". In addition, in a deeper sense, the nostalgia for my hometown in the past is not deep enough compared with the homesickness generated today.

3. In the third paragraph, the author conceived a plot in which a neighbor gave us lotus roots to eat. What does this do?

The answer is to conceive such a plot, and highlight the difference between the lotus root in a foreign land and the lotus root in my hometown by comparison (or contrast), so as to better convey my deep homesickness to readers.

The end of the article is quite distinctive, please enjoy it.

Answering "I think my hometown is lovely" is a direct lyric, which fully expresses the author's homesickness; Take care of "I suddenly miss my hometown" at the beginning of the article; At the same time, it deepened the theme of the article.