Chapter 37: Returning Home

At this moment, Lin Yu felt that his heart was almost jumping out of his throat, but when he looked at it again, he found that the exclamation mark was a reminder that he had obtained the new ability of the Grim Reaper, and there were no new tasks in the task list column.

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief, which at least showed that the probability of going to comfort his grandmother was much smaller, and he was worried too much just now. When browsing the game interface, Lin Yu found that because he was promoted to the Grim Reaper level LV2, he gained a new ability, and the name on the skill tree was called Prophet, but the game did not make any elaboration on the situation of this ability. In addition, the number on the LV2 level experience bar shows 500, which means that you need to accumulate 500 experience points to advance to the next level, and at the same time, because of the completion of the little wolf's task, Lin Yu received a reward of 1,000 comfort points.

Lin Yu directly exchanged all the thousand into RMB, in order to send the little wolf to the soul world, Lin Yu spent nearly a month, but at the same time, the reward of one thousand was also very generous, almost the same as the amount he earned from part-time food delivery.

With an extra income, it didn't make Lin Yu happy, he quickly called the counselor, Mr. Zhou, and said that he wanted to go home to visit his grandmother, and hoped to take a leave of absence for three days. Teacher Zhou understood Lin Yu's mood very well, and after asking his classmates to make up for it after returning from the course, he agreed to Lin Yu's request for leave.

On the phone, although her mother did not ask Lin Yu to go home immediately, she only told her that if there was a change in her condition, she would call Lin Yu in time. But Lin Yu was still very worried, he had to go home and see with his own eyes what his grandmother looked like now.

Lin Yu booked a train ticket online for the next morning, and he could actually take the high-speed train from Yangcheng to Lin Yu's hometown, which could be reached in about four hours. But Lin Yu considered that his grandmother was sick, and now was the time to use the money, so he chose to take the ordinary train, and he could save hundreds of yuan in medical expenses back and forth, so he just needed to be more patient on the train.

But the actual situation was not as Lin Yu wanted, Lin Yu felt that the ten-hour duration of the ordinary train was acceptable, but just halfway through, the train stopped without warning, and then there was endless waiting.

The conductor told passengers on the radio that the train needed to stop temporarily, and hoped that passengers would be quiet inside the carriage and not move around freely. There was a man who was a little fat sitting next to Lin Yu, and after listening to the radio, he complained irritably, "This broken car is going to be delayed again, and none of them are on time!"

Lin Yu could only sigh helplessly, this is the price of choosing to be an ordinary train, the ticket price is cheap but it has to take several times the time, and the delay without warning will never give a reasonable explanation to the passengers.

It was the time of the scorching heat, but the train was not air-conditioned, only a few small electric fans hung on the wall were spinning around, and the anxiety and restlessness in the waiting process made every passenger in the carriage have a tormented expression on their faces.

After waiting for about two hours, the train finally started again, and the speed of the general express was not high, but the speed of the train was much slower than usual, as if it was moving slowly in hesitation.

Just like that, the whole day passed, and Lin Yu found that the station where the train arrived was still far away from his hometown. Fortunately, Lin Yu brought enough dry food in his backpack, if he bought those expensive people's mineral water and instant noodles on the train, Lin Yu would definitely lose a lot.

The general slept on the dinner board for a night, and when the sky was bright, Lin Yu finally heard the radio that the county seat where his hometown was located had arrived.

Stepping off the train and breathing in the fresh air from his hometown, Lin Yu instantly felt a sense of relief. This is a very small railway station, with only one platform for trains on the left and right sides, which is completely incomparable to the large railway stations in first-tier cities like Yangcheng. But Lin Yu has a very real sense of belonging standing here, the simple and dilapidated platform and few pedestrians make Lin Yu feel a lot more intimate than the busy metropolis.

After coming out of the train station, it will take an hour's bus ride to reach the village where Lin Yu's parents and grandmother live. This bus only has two trips in the morning and afternoon, and if you miss it, you will have to wait for half a day, so Lin Yu rushed to the square where the bus stopped as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the bus in the morning had not yet left, and when Lin Yu walked up, he found that there were already three or five people sitting inside, but they were all some unfamiliar faces, presumably people from the next village, and Lin Yu showed a kind smile on his face when he walked over.

Those unfamiliar faces also returned with simple smiles, and a warm feeling rose in Lin Yu's heart, such a simple scene would never be encountered in a big city. If someone takes the bus in Yangcheng and smiles at the people in the bus as soon as they get on the bus, then most of the passengers in the bus will think that this person must be mentally ill.

The minibus was driving on the winding road, and Lin Yu looked out the window at the scenery outside the window, there was not a single traffic light, nor a high-rise building, but a large field and undulating hills.

This time is the season when the rice is about to ripen, and the golden ears of rice are mixed with the half-green and half-yellow rice leaves, and once the breeze blows, there will be waves of golden wheat. Lin Yu opened the car window, the breeze was blowing, and a fresh fragrance belonging to rice came into the tip of his nose, which made him feel relaxed and happy.

Occasionally, one or two farmers could be seen sitting on the ridges, either leisurely smoking their cigarettes or just staring blankly at the field in front of them, as if they had always had enough time with them, and they just wanted to enjoy the peace and quiet of the moment.

Seeing the scene outside the window, Lin Yu's restless heart gradually calmed down, and he felt that after just one day, he seemed to have traveled to another different world. Compared with the fast pace of the first-tier city of Yangcheng, his hometown undoubtedly seems too calm, it is like a paradise with no quarrel with the world, everything is very slow, even the footsteps of pedestrians on the road are slow.

Lin Yu didn't know what the reason for this feeling was, was it because there were no cars on the mountain path, or if there wasn't a construction site under construction everywhere, or just because there were no people here at all? Lin Yu only knew that his heart was gradually filled with a kind of indifference, as if he was in a hurry, occasionally stopping and looking up to find that the sky was so beautiful today.

The minibus stopped at the entrance of the village, Lin Yu dragged his suitcase to the road, everything in front of him was very familiar to him, it was full of his childhood memories, and he was finally going home to see his grandmother.