Traveling through the new apocalyptic era

Chapter 219 219 Hometown and Old Friend
The only thing I miss about my hometown is my grandmother.

The grandparents who took care of her since she was a child have long since passed away, and her grandfather also passed away two years ago due to illness. Grandma is left alone in the family, but she is not lonely in her hometown.In addition to neighbors taking care of each other, the people living nearby are basically related to each other and will help take care of anything.

After Yin Ling got off the high-speed rail, she went directly to a nearby 4S store to pick up a 15 tram. She contacted her online in advance and the procedures had been completed long ago. It would be extremely inconvenient to go back to her hometown without a car. First, the number of urban and rural buses here is limited, and they do not pass by the door of the house, so it is very inconvenient to sit on it.

It is also because we are relatively backward and poor, rural buses are not popular in rural areas, and my grandma’s house is far away from the town. I used to ride a battery car or an electric tricycle to go to the market, but now my grandma is old and in poor health. I don’t want to go out anymore. There is a supermarket in the village anyway, which is quite convenient.

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when Yin Ling drove from the city to the county and then to the town and then turned back to her grandma's house.

When Yin Ling drove to the open space in front of her grandma's house, she discovered that the door to her home was closed. On the other hand, several elderly people sitting and chatting at the neighbor's door opposite were looking at her.

Yin Ling got out of the car and glanced again and again, then looked at an old man who had stood up with the eyes of a group of gossips.

This seems to be grandma.

The old man opposite didn't know whether he recognized Yin Ling or saw someone parking in front of her house. He stood up and walked towards her.

As he got closer, Yin Ling could see the old man more clearly. He had half-white hair, a slightly chubby figure, and his skin was not as yellow as he remembered, but rather warm white.There is still some discrepancy between my grandmother's appearance and my impression.

"Grandma!"

Yin Ling shouted, and then waved to the old man who was still walking this way.

The conditions of her grandma's family have always been good. When she was a child, her grandma and grandpa often visited her to buy food. However, because the transportation was extremely inconvenient at that time, battery cars were not yet popular. She mainly relied on the oil-burning three-bouncer to go out because the roads in the countryside were not good. , it’s very interesting to drive and people jump up and down in the car, so we don’t see each other often. In addition, my grandma has to take care of the children of three uncles and is busy, but she always brings food and drinks to Yin Ling every time. They were the people who were rarely nice to her in her childhood.

After walking in, the old man looked at Yin Ling in disbelief, "Are you Lingling?" There was some doubt in the surprise tone.

"We haven't seen each other for two years. Grandma doesn't even recognize me anymore?"

Yin Ling stepped forward and took her grandma's arm. She had indeed not been back for two years because of her parents.

"You're beautiful again, but you've lost a lot of weight. Why are you back now?" Then he turned around and greeted the old sisters chatting, "My grandson is here, I'm going back first!"

The voice is very loud and energetic. My mother inherited her grandma’s loud voice.

"Is this your eldest daughter's child? I haven't seen him for several years and I don't even recognize him."

They are all nearby neighbors, but Yin Ling doesn't know any of them because she doesn't often stay with her grandma. Basically, except for the relatives here, she doesn't even recognize the nearest neighbors across the door.

Hearing this, Yin Ling turned around and smiled at the speaker, "Yes, I haven't been here for two years. Everyone is well!"

"well!"

After receiving a response, a group of people started chatting again when they saw the grandfather and grandson holding hands and opening the gate and entering the yard.

They were just discussing that this was the boss's daughter. I don't know, but they were also asking if they were married or something. That was all they were doing day by day. "Why are you back now? What happened?"

As soon as her grandma said these words, Yin Ling knew that her family had hidden her accident from the elderly. She was too old to withstand the fright and anxiety.

"Our company had layoffs. I was laid off. I took the money and went home to rest."

The old man didn't understand or understand this kind of thing. He always thought that Yin Ling had joined a factory after graduation. Every year when he came home during the Chinese New Year, the old man would ask whether the factory was in charge of food or housing. When he heard Yin Ling say no They all shook their heads.

For the older generation who have never been outside in their lives, going out to work means entering a factory, and when entering the factory, food and housing are included.There is no concept of working in an office building, and I am very dissatisfied with the fact that Yin Ling's company does not provide food or housing.Yin Ling was also dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing she could do about it.

"Then you've come back to work? Don't leave when you come back. Just find a job in our county or city that includes food and accommodation. You, a girl, travel so far by yourself and never come back even once in a year, and you don't even have a phone call. If you don’t call me a few, I’ll be worried about you.”

Grandma talked a lot, and Yin Ling nodded her head, OK, it's not impossible to find a job in the county.Speaking of which, she had never worked in her hometown before, so she didn't know what it was like, but she felt curious and expectant for a while.

A few minutes later, the grandfather and grandson went out together again, and went around the vegetable field behind the house to start picking vegetables. They left some land behind their house to grow vegetables, and all other land was contracted out.In recent years, there has been a serious loss of rural labor force, and many crop fields have been abandoned. Finally, the government attracted investment and contracted them out, firstly to generate income and secondly to relieve some pressure on the empty-nesters left behind.

After all, many old people have been cultivating land for their whole lives, but it is uncomfortable to see the land lying bare even if they are not short of money. They insist on planting, but they can’t finish it. They get anxious and angry, and even quarrel with their children because of it. It is better to contract it out and plant it for viewing. It would be nice to plant trees, grow medicinal materials, and hire some locals to do the work during the harvest every year.

I picked green onions, leeks, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and bitter melons, which my grandpa liked to eat, and of course Yin Ling also liked them.

Bitter melon is very bitter, but it clears away heat, lowers internal heat and lowers blood pressure.

Life is hard too, but it only makes people more anxious and stressed.

Dinner was very simple and hearty, including stir-fried bitter gourd, stir-fried shredded pork with eggplant, scrambled eggs with leeks, and a portion of winter melon and pork ribs soup.Yin Ling bought the ribs from a town he was passing by.

Grandma is a good cook, and she loves to eat the most.

She basically took care of dinner.

I slept with my grandma at night. It wasn’t that we didn’t have a room, but they slept in the same room and turned on the air conditioner to save energy.

Lying in bed and chatting with my grandma, we talked about a lot of things, including several uncles, cousins, parents, and even my grandpa who had passed away.

This reminded Yin Ling of the time when she visited her grandma's house during the summer vacation. Because the house was too hot and there was no air conditioning and there was a power outage at night, her grandpa took her and her cousins ​​on an electric tricycle on the country roads and took them for a ride to cool off. A group of children chatted, and the old man drove the car with a smile on his face, carrying the children's beautiful childhood life.

Thinking about it this way, except for the absence of her parents' involvement, everything about her childhood was quite beautiful.

With this memory, Yin Ling fell into sleep.

(End of this chapter)