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Now that the landlord cannot be contacted, Jing Lin can only put the door key under the mat at the door before leaving.

When we arrived at the sentry box, we thanked the security guard. Jing Lin folded the mat and put it in the car, then put Lele on the mat, put the suitcase and the soup bucket facing each other, and opened the umbrella on it, and finally put the The removed quilt cover was placed on top of the umbrella, so that although it was still hot, Lele, who was lying in the car, would not be exposed to the direct sun.

After finishing these, Jing Lin started to ride the bike towards home.

The sun was very strong, and the white shirt on Jing Lin's body was soaked with sweat in a short while.It used to take nearly three hours to get to his home from the urban area, counting the transfer time and waiting time for the bus. Jing Lin felt that it would take him at least ten hours to get home by riding such a second-hand tricycle.

The road conditions on the way out of the city were slightly better. The cars that were not pushed home by the owners were all pushed in one direction and parked, leaving half of the road for pedestrians to cross.

A city without cars is very quiet. Apart from pedestrians on the road, there are people on bicycles.On the way, when Jing Lin got tired, he found a shady place to rest. He tried to feed Lele the porridge he put in the thermos, but Lele didn't want to eat it. As soon as he touched his tongue, he spit it out. It would be better to feed him water. Swallow it obediently.Another strange phenomenon is that Lele didn't sweat on such a hot day.

Not to mention the red bumps on the body, snoozing and not sweating, this is the second strange phenomenon on Lele's body.Jing Lin only prayed that these would not cause any harm to Lele's body.

Along the way, Jing Lin saw a lot of cars parked on the road, and there was no traffic police cleaning up the road nearby. Some car doors were not locked, and no one was guarding them, and some car owners were still frowning and stubbornly guarding the side.

It was already close to lunch time when Jing Lin set off from the community, and when he arrived at his hometown county, it was already dark for a long time. Fortunately, the moon was bright enough at night, so he didn't have to travel in the dark.The clothes on his body were already wet and dry, and he felt a sour smell of sweat exuding from his whole body.The few bottles of water he bought were drank to only one bottle left. Lele drank nearly three bottles during the period, but after pressing his lower abdomen, he didn't feel bloated, and he didn't want to pee.

When we arrived at the county seat, we were close to home. After another hour of riding, Jing Lin finally entered his own village and returned to his home.

The village was pitch black, and the sound of Jing Lin coming home only woke up the village dog, which kept barking for a while at night before stopping.

There is also no electricity at home, and he cleans it once a month when he comes back, with the doors and windows closed. Apart from the smell, it is quite clean.After riding for so long, Jing Lin felt that it was miraculous that he was still not tired and lay down. He carried Lele back to his bedroom, fed Lele some water, and then lit a candle to press water from the well in the yard. A bucket of water came up, just took a cold bath and went to bed.

Jing Lin was too tired yesterday, because he was thinking about Lele, he woke up in a daze once in the morning, pushed Lele and heard him call him, then fell asleep again, until he woke up from hunger.Now there is no mobile phone, no clock at home, and Jing Lin doesn't know what time it is.He washed his face with well water, took out a pack of biscuits that he hadn't eaten, ate a few mouthfuls, and drank a few more well water to feel better when he had something in his stomach.

The village where Jinglin lives is called Chashanling. There is no tea, but there are mountains.Except for one road leading to the village, the other three sides are mountains besides rice fields.The location of Jing Lin's house is a bit far from the center of the village, at the end of the village, the place closest to the mountain.When I was young, because my parents died in an accident, there were gossips in the village that the two sisters and younger brothers were hard-pressed. After hearing this, my grandfather built a house on another homestead when building a new house, and he was the only family around.

The current house is a small two-story building with a very ordinary rural architectural style on the outside, with square tofu blocks.The house is in the middle, and there are yards in the front and back. In the middle of the front yard is a cement aisle that can pass cars. On both sides are vegetable fields. In the back yard are the kitchen, firewood room, utility room and bathroom. There are several walnut trees planted beside it. The yards are all fenced in.

Jing Lin opened the iron gate of the fence, stood on the side of the road and looked around.

Although their village is surrounded by mountains, other places are very flat, and they can see far away at a glance.The concrete roads in the village are all paid for by every household, and there are paddy fields on both sides of the cement roads.Now July is the season for rice growth.Jing Lin saw several old men carrying pesticide sprayers on their backs spraying the rice with pesticides.

Those who are still farming in the village are the elderly or the wives, and the young and middle-aged are all working outside.Although there are subsidies for farming now, just by farming alone, you can't make much money a year.

When Grandpa Jing Lin was still alive, he was also farming. He also contracted two ponds in the village to raise fish and lotus root, which brought Jing Lin and his brother together.Later, my grandfather passed away, and the contract period for the pond was still 15 years. After discussing it with my sister, Jinglin transferred it to a family in the village who had a good relationship with their family. The land was also leased to his family for planting.The contract fee for the pond and the lease fee for the field are paid at the end of each year.

Now Jing Lin is penniless and has no rice at home, so he can only settle this year's expenses in advance.Moreover, he still needs to go to the old doctor in the village to ask about Lele's situation.

Jing Lin didn't know where the old doctor worked before, but as far as he could remember, the old doctor's family opened a small clinic in the village. Later, he was hired to be the director of the town health center, and he usually came back in the evening.

People in the village sprinkle pesticides either early in the morning or in the evening, and it doesn't look like morning at this time, so Jing Lin reckons it will be late afternoon, so it's no wonder he woke up from hunger.

After returning home, Jing Lin cleaned the kitchen, then boiled a pot of water with an earthen stove, poured a pack of children's milk powder into a bowl, chilled it with well water, and went upstairs, intending to feed it to Lele.However, as in the previous situation, Lele still didn't eat. She fed it into her mouth and closed her eyes before spitting it out. She only drank water.

Jing Lin had no choice but to eat the milk powder by himself in order not to waste it.Then he went out of the house, locked the door, and walked to his destination.

The person who contracted Jinglin’s pond lived in the center of the village. The head of the household was Zhao Chenghuai, his wife was Zhou Yu, and the couple had an only son named Zhao Zhiwen, who was as old as Jinglin.When he was a child, Zhao Zhiwen didn't listen to what the family said and didn't play with him like other children, and Zhao Chenghuai and his wife didn't stop him. Every time Jing Lin went to his house to play, he brought out some candy for him to eat.Therefore, Jing Lin and Zhao Zhiwen can be said to have a relatively good relationship.Later, when Jinglin went to university, Zhao Zhiwen was not expected to study, and went out to work after failing the college entrance examination.A few years ago, his family contracted the pond and came back to stay at home and help with the work.Although they don't stay in the same place, they will chat through the computer every few days. Before Jinglin came back every month, he would have dinner with Zhao Zhiwen and so on.