The countryside today is different from what it used to be.

Many young people go out to work and don't even come back until a few days before the end of the year. Even if they do come back, after a busy year, they finally get to rest in their hometown and sleep in late.

There weren't many people outside Linzhuang at around 8 a.m.

Along the way, Lin Yun only saw some elderly people busy in the distance. He did not encounter any familiar faces along the way, and soon arrived at his doorstep.

The surrounding area is full of apartment buildings, but their house is still a regular bungalow.

"Today is Yun's birthday... Sigh... I wonder how he's doing out there..."

As soon as Lin Yun stepped outside the gate, he heard a woman sighing from inside the courtyard.

Upon hearing this, the moisture in Lin Yun's eyes immediately turned into tears that rolled down her cheeks.

A mother worries when her son travels a thousand miles; who can truly understand this saying?

"Mom, I'm home!"

Pushing open the gate, Lin Yun looked at the much older woman in the courtyard and could no longer hold back, calling out with a sob in his voice.

"Yun, you're back?"

Upon hearing this voice, the old woman dropped what she was holding, turned around, saw Lin Yun, and looked on in disbelief.

"Yun! You're finally back!"

The elderly woman hurried up, hugged Lin Yun tightly, and cried out.

She hadn't seen Lin Yun for five years; how could she not miss him?

More tears fell from Lin Yun's eyes.

At this moment, he could see many gray hairs on his mother's head.

His mother was fifty years old when he passed away.

My mother is now fifty-five years old.

My mother is getting old.

At this moment, Lin Yun felt a pang of regret.

I regret not coming back even once in these five years.

My mother, who is fifty-five years old, looks much older than her peers. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that she left home five years ago and has not returned even once.

"Splash—"

Not far away, a pile of things fell to the ground, accompanied by a series of chaotic sounds.

Lin Yun turned his head and saw an old figure hurriedly tidying up the vegetables scattered on the ground next to a cart, his hands trembling slightly.

Lin Yun's heart skipped a beat.

Although it was just a back view, and the figure looked older than he remembered, he recognized him at a glance as his father.

"dad!"

Lin Yun released his mother's embrace, walked quickly over, grabbed the hand of the elderly woman's back, and called out with a trembling voice.

At this moment, his feelings were very complicated.

I wonder if his father has forgiven him after five years.

However, as he felt his father's hands trembling more and more violently, and saw the "water droplets" falling on the back of his hands, he knew that he had been overthinking everything.

His father had long since forgiven him; all that remained was endless worry.

“Yun, don’t blame your dad. Although he hasn’t said anything, I know he’s wanted you to come back a long time ago. He doesn’t let us contact you or spend the money you sent, just so he can get you back sooner…” Lin’s mother said, wiping away her tears.

"Dad, I'm sorry, your son is unfilial. I didn't understand your good intentions back then..." Lin Yun said, his voice slightly choked.

"It's good that you're back..." The aged figure finally turned around, opened his mouth slightly, and finally sighed.

"Dad, let me help you pack the food!" Lin Yun said quickly.

He could tell that his father was loading vegetables onto a cart to the side. Because of his sudden appearance, his father panicked and caused a large amount of vegetables that he was tying up to fall off.

His family grows some vegetables, which are probably taken away to be sold. Before he went out to work, he often helped his father load vegetables onto the truck.

As he spoke, he kept picking up vegetables from the ground and loading them into the car. Although he could earn hundreds of millions a day, he didn't look down on these vegetables or tell his parents not to take them anymore.

These vegetables were all grown with great effort by his parents, and they have extraordinary significance. This has nothing to do with how much money he makes now.

This was his family's livelihood when he was young. He left for five years and now helps his father pack vegetables, a process he enjoys very much.

"Okay, okay..." Lin's father had already wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. His eyes were slightly red, and he kept nodding.

"Dad, where are these vegetables going? I'll help you carry them!" Soon, all the vegetables were packed, and Lin Yun looked up at his father and asked with a smile.

“These vegetables need to be taken to the county town, which is too far. Shenzhen is so far from home. You just got back, you must be very tired. I’ll have your mother make you a bed, you should go and rest!” Lin’s father shook his head and said.

"Are these vegetables going to be taken to the county town?" Lin Yun asked, surprised.

Although their village is near the county seat, it's still more than ten miles to the actual county seat. How long would it take to pull a cart by hand? And how tiring would it be to carry so many vegetables?

"Don't we have an electric tricycle at home? Why don't we use it to pull such a long distance? Is the tricycle broken?" Lin Yun asked, frowning.

Five years ago, when he left, his family already had an electric tricycle. They made a living by growing and selling vegetables. With so many vegetable fields and so many vegetables to transport every day, they couldn't do without a tricycle. Even if the old one broke down, they would definitely buy a new one.

Nowadays in rural areas, almost every household has a tricycle. Firstly, most young people have gone out to work, leaving mostly older people at home, some even taking care of their grandchildren. Driving a tricycle is safer. Secondly, it's more convenient to haul things.

“Now tricycles are not allowed in the county town. As long as a tricycle appears in the county town, it will be arrested. Our tricycle was arrested. We thought that it would be okay if we left the vegetables at three or four in the morning, but alas…” Lin’s mother sighed.

"They'll arrest anyone who shows up in the county town on a tricycle?" Lin Yun found it unbelievable.

Due to the structure of the permanent population, tricycles are the mainstream mode of transportation in Xianyuan County. Even taxis are not used in Xianyuan County. Instead, people take public tricycles, mainly because they are cheap. Wages in Xianyuan County are very low, so how many people can afford to take a taxi?

When people from the countryside come to the city, there are no buses, no taxis, and they don't have the money to buy cars, so tricycles are the most convenient means of transportation.

Many industries also need tricycles.

How could it be possible to ban them all?

“Any tricycle, including those used for delivering water or packages, that was found operating in the county town was arrested…” Lin’s father said in a deep voice.

"Hehe..." Lin Yun laughed in exasperation.

Water delivery drivers and package delivery tricycle drivers have also been arrested?

This reminded him of a previous ban on motorcycles and electric vehicles in Shenzhen, during which a large number of tricycles used for delivering water and packages were arrested, and the incident caused quite a stir at the time.

However, how many people live in Shenzhen? Tens of millions!

What kind of people are the permanent residents of Shenzhen? Most of them have some money, their salaries are generally not low, and at the very least, they don't care much about public transportation costs!

Shenzhen has a very well-developed public transportation system!

What about Xianyuan County?

Does the permanent population reach 500,000? That includes the number of people scattered throughout various towns and villages!

Many of them are elderly people and children left behind in rural areas!

Many people don't have a salary! And those who do have a salary earn very little!

If he wasn't mistaken when he passed through the county town, he only saw one taxi and not a single bus. Perhaps it was too early, or perhaps he simply didn't see one... But this also shows that the public transportation in Xianyuan County is extremely poor!

Under such circumstances, why ban all three-wheeled vehicles?

In other words, how long has Shenzhen been developing? It's one of the most developed cities in the country! And only now are restrictions being imposed!

He was speechless that even a small, third- or eighth-tier city like Xianyuan County was doing this!

“There was really no other way. During the period when tricycles were not allowed to enter the city, our vegetables from several acres of land rotted in the ground. Your father pulled a cart to sell the vegetables, but he was not allowed to sell them in the usual places, and he had no customers. Gangzi found customers for your father, but time was tight. Your father went into the city at three or four in the morning, but he was still caught... They dumped all the vegetables on the roadside…” At this moment, Lin’s mother rubbed her eyes and said.

Lin Yun's face was grim.

At that moment, his mother's tone was filled with deep grievance.

He could imagine how aggrieved his father must have felt when he encountered this situation.

All the vegetables I painstakingly planted on several acres of land have rotted in the ground!

I entered the city at three or four in the morning, and my car was seized... The vegetables were dumped on the roadside!

In a small county like Xianyuan County, a tricycle is an important asset for an ordinary family!

Those vegetables are their family's livelihood!

How desperate must it be to have important family property taken away... to have one's livelihood destroyed?