Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Mysterious Number
The road is in the middle of a field, and in addition to most of the rice, there are small patches of green vegetables. Next to each paddy field is a small ditch, which is not formed naturally, but is dug up by farmers along the ridges to irrigate the fields.
The water in these ditches is always crystal clear, and occasionally small fish and shrimp can be seen swimming freely in them. When he was a child, Lin Yu's grandmother once told him that the water flowing in the ditch at the foot of the mountain came from the spring at the bottom of the mountain, so if you look up the ditch, you will definitely be able to find a source, and this source is the place where the spring water flows out.
Driven by curiosity, the young Lin Yu tried to find the source of the mountain spring once, and he walked along a ditch at the foot of the mountain for a long time, until there was no road in front of him, and the ditch happened to be connected to the gap of a rock at the bottom of the mountain, Lin Yu laughed happily.
He found that what his grandmother had told him was true, that there was always a steady stream of clear water flowing out of the crack in the rock, and after a short period of convergence, it flowed down the ditch dug by the farmer to the rice fields of every house.
At that time, Lin Yu put his hands under the mountain spring, and the feeling of being too cold made him can't help but snort, and then he picked up the mountain spring water and put it to his mouth to taste it, and sure enough, as his grandmother said, the mountain spring that just flowed out was particularly sweet, which was a gift from nature to the villagers.
Lin Yu couldn't help but recall the days of his childhood, although he was not like children in big cities, he could go to the amusement park from time to time, and there were all kinds of exquisite toys, but Lin Yu also had his own happiness. He will fish and catch shrimp in the stream with his friends, and will also go to the mountains to look for all kinds of unknown wild fruits, and he has never been in an electric car, but he can ride on the back of a big buffalo and play without scruples.
Undoubtedly, this small village brought a lot of happiness to Lin Yu's childhood, and what is even more commendable is that more than ten years later, the scenery here is still exactly the same as when he was a child, as if time has stood still in it.
"Xiaoyu, why are you back?" a voice pulled Lin Yu back from his memory, he turned his head to see that there was a figure carrying a hoe standing on the ridge in front of him, it was Uncle Sun, Lin Yu's neighbor.
"Uncle Sun, I'll come back to see grandma," Lin Yu had a natural smile on his face.
Uncle Sun nodded in his direction, and said with a little regret, "It's good to have a young junior in the family, even if you are sick, too..."
Uncle Sun didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Lin Yu knew very well what he regretted, since the five-year-old Lingling fell ill and died, Uncle Sun had never had other children, so until now they are still living alone as a couple. Uncle Sun must have seen that he came back from college to visit his grandmother, and thought that even if he was old and sick in the future, there would be no one to take care of him, Lin Yu flashed such a sentence in his heart. In fact, he wanted to say that he had seen Lingling just two months ago, and she was still as innocent and cute as she had been, even though it was a face conjured up by death.
Lin Yu suddenly regretted that he hadn't become a god of death earlier, if there was this opportunity, he hoped to be able to comfort the souls of Lingling and Uncle Sun, maybe Uncle Sun would be able to put Lingling down by now.
Lin Yu, who was standing in place, didn't know what to say, but soon Uncle Sun urged again, "Hurry up and go home, your grandmother is thinking about you every day." ”
Hearing this, Lin Yu's heart sank, since Uncle Sun said so, then he must have gone to see his grandmother, and only if his grandmother's condition is very serious, she will always worry about going back.
"Uncle Sun, then I'll go first," Lin Yu didn't dare to delay any longer, and walked quickly in the direction of his house with his suitcase.
Lin Yu's house is built on the mountain, there is a farmland in front of it, and across the farmland is the only road in the village, Lin Yu turned a corner and saw the hillside where his house was located in the distance. At this time, it was almost noon, and there was not a single villager in sight, Lin Yu muttered to himself in his heart, I don't know if my parents have come back from farm work?
The wooden door of the hall was pushed open by Lin Yu, making a squeaky sound, and Lin Yu shouted inside, "Dad, Mom, I'm back!"
A figure quickly rushed out of the kitchen, it was Lin Yu's mother who was making lunch, Yan Lizhen, "Son, you, why did you go home?" There was obvious joy in the mother's tone, but also a look of worry that could not be concealed.
"I can't rest assured, I want to come back to see grandma," Lin Yu said truthfully, "Where is grandma now?"
Yan Lizhen sighed, "Grandma is lying in the room, since she is back, let's go talk to her." ”
Lin Yu and his mother came to his grandmother's room together, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard his grandmother's faint voice, "Xiaoyu, are you back?"
Seeing his grandmother struggling to sit up from the bed, Lin Yu hurriedly ran over to support his grandmother, and in just a few months, Lin Yu found that his grandmother had really lost a lot of weight, and her face was a little pale, and she was not angry.
"Grandma, you, what's uncomfortable?" Lin Yu asked very distressedly.
"How can the old man be sick," Grandma immediately showed a kind smile on her face when she saw her grandson, and it seemed that even the pain had been alleviated a lot, "Grandma is old, she has to go to another place, and when I am conscious, I will be content to see you." ”
Lin Yu suddenly felt a little sad, although he did not receive a new mission of death, but seeing that his grandmother's current state was indeed much worse than usual, he clearly remembered that when he left home to report to the university this semester, his grandmother's body was still very strong, and it was no problem to go to the mountains alone to pick up some firewood, but now he didn't even have the strength to sit up.
"Grandma, no, you will definitely live a long life," Lin Yu said with a shake of his head.
Grandma smiled indifferently, although her face was full of wrinkles, it brought Lin Yu an incomparable sense of intimacy, grandma patted the back of Lin Yu's hand, and said comfortingly, "I've lived long enough in this life, grandma has nothing to regret, maybe the old man is still waiting under Jiuquan..."
Just as grandma was talking to herself, the moment Lin Yu found that the back of his hand was in contact with his grandmother, he saw a number suspended above his grandmother's head, 4391!
Lin Yu's eyes froze instantly, and the Arabic numeral appeared on the top of his grandmother's head like some kind of futuristic technology, Lin Yu even blinked his eyes desperately, thinking that he was dazzled for a while, but when he opened his eyes again, the four numbers 4391 were still floating there in a big way.