Ling Shuang sat in the bed of a large truck, waving goodbye to the father and son below. At her feet was a pile of luggage that had not been unpacked since they moved to the haunted house.

The truck slowly drove out of the country road and gradually disappeared from Zhou Mingming's sight.

"Let's go too!" Lin Yi said and patted the sleeping bag and tent on the rear rack of the bicycle. Well, they were tied quite tightly.

The family split up into two groups and decided to return to their hometown in S Province. Ling Shuang checked her luggage through a logistics company, and then she took the train alone.

Lin Yi and Zhou Mingming rode back together for a thousand miles.

Their vehicle was just an ordinary bicycle and their luggage was also very simple. The journey of more than 1,600 kilometers would take them about one or two months to get home.

Due to insufficient funds, they not only had to sleep in the open air along the way, but might also have to survive in the wilderness. Moreover, before leaving, Ling Shuang assigned Zhou Mingming a task, requiring him to master all the mathematics, Chinese, English, and physics for the first and second year of junior high school before arriving at his hometown in S Province. Lin Yi was responsible for tutoring and supervision.

The three of them agreed that after they met up, they would contact the local middle school to get Zhou Mingming a chance to take an exam. If he could pass the second-year junior high school exam, he would be allowed to return to school.

Otherwise, no problem, just go home and farm.

Lin Yi told him that their Zhou family still had three or two acres of mountain land, which had been abandoned for many years, and he would pass it on to him when the time came!

Ming, a poor student who always ranks last in his class, said he was under a lot of pressure.

On the first day, they rode more than 60 kilometers and then set up tents in the yard of a police station in the neighboring county to spend the night. Their safety was assured, and the next morning, enthusiastic police officers shared with them a simple breakfast from the station’s canteen.

However, the policeman told him that they might have got the direction wrong and were riding the wrong way...

Lin Yi said that he was just accompanying him and would not express any opinions. It was entirely up to him to decide whether to go or stop during the journey!

Zhou Mingming had no idea what to do, so he went to the post office to buy some maps, took out a pen and paper, and roughly planned the route.

That day, they turned back another 60 kilometers and replenished their water and food in a familiar place.

On the third day, their speed finally increased, and they rode about 80 kilometers that day. However, at sunset, they had not found a suitable place to stay, so they could only set up camp in the boundless wilderness and eat the leftovers from the day before.

At night, Zhou Mingming's legs, from the excessive exercise he'd done in recent days, had accumulated lactic acid, causing him to be unable to sleep. He groaned for half the night, but Lin Yi acted as if he didn't hear him and even began to snore softly.

On the fourth day, the speed slowed down again. After riding only 50 kilometers, Zhou Mingming asked to stop and rest.

On the fifth day, he recovered a little, but Lin Yi's tire burst. The two of them pushed the car for more than two or three hours before they found a place to repair it in a town.

When the mechanic was repairing their tire, Zhou Mingming squatted beside them and watched intently. Before leaving, he bought a small file and some glue films from the mechanic.

On the sixth day, around noon, a light rain began to fall, the temperature plummeted, and visibility became very poor, delaying them again. They only covered a little over 40 kilometers that day. It was also from this day that the junior high school tutoring class for father and son began.

Zhou Mingming's original intention was to learn, but his concentration was too poor and he was often distracted. Lin Yi's teaching was basically half the result with twice the effort, which was not ideal.

From the seventh day to the eighth day to the fifteenth day, the cycling was very smooth. The weather was fine and the road conditions were good. Zhou Mingming's body also adapted to this intensity of exercise.

Although his old car made a lot of noise, he was in a very calm mood. Lin Yi also taught him to meditate for half an hour every morning and evening.

At first, he felt like there were needles under his buttocks and couldn't sit still or calm his mind, but in the past two days he has been able to get into the state. It feels like after meditation, all the fatigue has been swept away, and even his concentration has improved.

By the end of mid-April, the scenery on the road had clearly entered spring, and the flowers, plants and trees were all alive. Cycling was no longer a test that I was forced to accept, but had become a kind of enjoyment.

The focus of the journey also changed from looking forward to getting home quickly to tasting local snacks, visiting mountains, rivers, and historical sites.

This planned 45-day trip took nearly two months due to stops and starts.

By the time they returned to their hometown in S Province and reunited with Ling Shuang at the end of May, the tomatoes and cucumbers that Ling Shuang had planted in the yard of the old house were ready to be harvested.

After two months of intensive exercise, Zhou Mingming has become noticeably taller, thinner, darker, and rougher, and his overall temperament has become much more stable.

He not only learned how to meditate, mend tires, repair bicycles, do laundry, plan routes, and manage his time, but he also learned how to process simple ingredients and knew which wild vegetables and mushrooms were edible.

During the nearly sixty days, they only spent five nights in a dormitories in a small hotel, and the rest of the time they lived in tents and sleeping bags.

He also learned to swim, dive, and catch fish with his bare hands in waist-deep stream water.

Under Lin Yi's guidance, he finished all the courses for the first year of junior high school, but only mastered half of the courses for the second year. He would most likely fail the graduation examination for the second year of junior high school, so he told Ling Shuang directly not to contact the school for the time being. He wanted to study on his own at home. He felt that his father was quite capable, so he planned to take the high school entrance examination directly after studying on his own for a year.

The house in their hometown was a little dilapidated because it had been uninhabited for many years, but when the two of them came back, Ling Shuang had already hired someone to renovate and renovate it. Moreover, Zhou Mingming felt that this was where his father was born and grew up, which inexplicably gave him a sense of familiarity.

Besides, the villagers are all kind and welcoming, and the village is backed by mountains and faces water, which makes it even more unique in scenery.

The three members of the Zhou family settled down in this small mountain village. Ling Shuang and his wife also cleared out a room in their home and opened a small clinic. They all had medical qualifications.

Although one of them had been on duty in the morgue for many years and the other was just a head nurse in the obstetrics department in the hospital before, the villagers didn't know that. They just thought that they were great doctors because they had been working in large hospitals in big cities for more than ten years, and they had a blind trust in them!

Anyone with a minor pain or illness would come to the Zhou family to ask them for prescription medicine. Ling Shuang and Lin Yi had many lifetimes of medical experience. When patients came, their medicine was effective immediately, and their reputation gradually spread. Many patients from nearby towns and villages also came to the clinic. The business of the small clinic was enough to cover the family's expenses, and there was even a small surplus.

In their spare time, the three of them would grow vegetables together and pick and prepare some herbs.

Zhou Mingming's learning state is also getting better and better. The most important thing is that he can sit still now!

(This unit should be coming to an end tomorrow)