The tractor sputtered black smoke and drove away with a clang. Lin Yi was left alone on the empty dirt road. He wasn't far from home, but he had a lot of luggage. Looking at the large bags at his feet, he looked up at the sun above his head: There was no village in front of him and no shop behind him...
After a while, he picked up a wooden stick as thick as an adult's forearm from the roadside woods and used it as a shoulder pole. He tied the three large bags to the stick and staggered towards the fork in the road, humming to himself: "You carry the load, you lead the horse, welcome the alien god, send away the two evil spirits,..."
After walking for half an hour with the load on his back, he finally arrived home, only to find the door was locked and he didn't have the key.
Lin Yi: Where have all the people gone at this time of the day?
He threw three large sacks into the yard one by one over the wall. Seeing that there was no one around, he took a running start and climbed over the wall into the yard. Fortunately, the doors of several rooms inside were not locked.
However, there was a thin layer of dust on the table in the main hall. He gently stroked it with his fingertips: Judging from the thickness, it was probably because Ling Shuang had just left as soon as he and Yongqiang left?
Lin Yi was thirsty and hungry, and he didn't care about "solving the case". He hurried to the well to fetch water to wash his body, changed into clean clothes, and then went to the kitchen to boil water and cook. As a result, the rice jar and flour bag were empty, not even a grain of food could be found. No wonder the courtyard door was locked. If a thief came, he would cry.
Looking at the new watch on my wrist, it was already half past twelve. I had no choice but to go to my parents' house for a meal.
He took out the clothes, shoes and other food he had brought for the two elders, and counted out two hundred yuan in change from the sack, put them in an old cloth bag and put it on his shoulder. He threw the other things in the main room without caring about them. After a few moves, he climbed over the wall and ran into Xiao Wu from next door who went out to pee. When he saw Lin Yi jumping down from the wall, he widened his eyes and said, "Uncle Xianshui, you don't even go out the door when you go back to your own home?" The child gave him a thumbs up and said, "That's awesome!"
Lin Yi smiled at him and said, "Xiao Wu, you're peeing at the gate again. Aren't you afraid that the geese will peck you?"
"The big goose was bought by your Aunt Xiang. There is no big goose anymore." Xiao Wu was very happy. After the big goose was gone, he could finally continue to practice 'see who can pee the farthest'.
"Really? Why did your Aunt Xiang buy your goose? Do you know where your Aunt Xiang and the others are?" Lin Yi walked over, took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from the cloth bag and stuffed them into Xiaowu's coat pocket: "Have some candy."
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, he covered the small bag tightly with one hand, and unconsciously stretched out the index finger of the other hand and put it in his mouth, and said incoherently: "Thank you, Uncle Shui."
Lin Yi patted his head and said, "You're welcome." Then he took out another candy, peeled it, and put it into Xiao Wu's mouth: "Is it sweet?"
Xiao Wu: "Sweet!" Xiao Wu wrapped the candy tightly with his tongue for a few times before saying, "Uncle Xianshui, my Aunt Xiang was taken away by the police." Hiss, Xiao Wu wiped his saliva quickly and was about to continue speaking when he was interrupted.
Xiao Wu's mother came out of the yard and said, "What are you talking about, you little bastard? Is your butt itchy again?"
Xiao Wu turned around and smiled at his mother, then took out a handful of candies: "Mom, these are given to me by Uncle Shui, you can eat them."
Xiao Wu's mother immediately lost her composure. Her son was so sweet and filial, what else could she do? "Thank you, uncle?"
"Thank you, thank you, uncle. I just scared you. Aunt Xiang was not taken away by the police." The child smiled cunningly: "It was Brother Daliang who was taken away by the police."
Lin Yi was confused by what the child said. He looked at Xiao Wu's mother and said, "Sister-in-law, do you know where my Genxiang and the others are?"
"Hey, Xianshui, where have you been for the past half month? A lot has happened in your family recently." Xiao Wu's mother sighed, wanting to say something but stopping herself, with a hint of regret in her eyes. "I don't know the details, you should go to the nursing home and ask your parents."
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Lin Yi picked up the cloth bag and walked towards the Zhao family's old courtyard. He was confused and wondered: What could have happened? Why did they call the police?
Pushing open the door of the old courtyard, the Shiba Inu in the yard started barking. Lin Yi quickly closed the door again and shouted towards the courtyard: "Brother, brother, come out quickly."
Zhao Xianjin walked out of the house with a pipe in his hand and his cloth shoes tapping: "What are you shouting about? I'm coming."
"Brother, keep an eye on the dog! Don't let it break free and bite anyone." Lin Yi was still terrified. He wasn't afraid of poverty or hardship, ghosts or bad people, but he was afraid of dogs! It was strange. No matter what kind of dog it was, it would go berserk and chase and bite him.
"Nonsense! When has Da Huang ever bit anyone?" Even so, he still walked over to tighten the dog's collar before opening the door. "When are you coming back?"
Lin Yi: "I just got back, the door is locked, and there's no one at home. I came to see if you're here."
Zhao Xianjin sneered, "You bastard! Your family is so arrogant. How could you even visit me? I'm afraid you've forgotten your parents' last names!"
Lin Yi was stunned: "Brother, have I offended you?"
He quickly searched his original body's memory. In his memory, his original body's parents lived with the eldest son. He didn't have much contact with his eldest brother and second brother's families, but he was generally filial to his parents. During the holidays, he would either buy meat and clothes or give them some money. Although he was not as close to his eldest brother as when they were children, it was still acceptable, right?
Zhao Xianjin blushed at his blunt question. Oops, he lost control of his mouth in anger. He said awkwardly, "Just know I'm your elder brother. Come in." He then put his hands behind his back and started to walk back.
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