Shen Xue had already packed everything and was waiting for Wang Lin to arrive.

Wang Lin stopped the car and saw Shen Xue standing in front of Xiao Bailing's office with several suitcases piled beside him.

"Why did you bring it down?" Wang Lin asked with a smile.

"I asked them to help lift it down." Shen Xueyan said with a smile, "It saves you coming and wasting time. We'll rush over for lunch and come back after dinner."

"Okay, you can get in the car and I'll put the luggage." Wang Lin opened the trunk and stuffed the luggage in. If it couldn't fit, he put it on the back seat.

They knew that there was a shortage of supplies in the countryside, so they bought a large amount of New Year supplies and sent them to the countryside.

Wang Lin drove out of the city, from the direction of Hongqiao Airport, and drove toward Suzhou along the direction of Kunshan.

It was also Shen Xue's first time driving back to her hometown in Suzhou and she couldn't figure out the route.

After entering the boundary of Suzhou, Wang Lin found out where the village was and drove one way to ask for directions.

"Have you rarely returned to your hometown before?" Wang Lin asked.

"I came back a few times when I was little," Shen Xu said. "After my parents passed away, I never came back."

"The relatives at home have no contact with each other?"

"They all know that I have no money, and there is no gain in coming to me." Shen Xue smiled and said, "Think about it, I am a woman who makes money and has a grandma to support. If I don't borrow money from them, they will burn incense.

They have to go to the city, and the round trip fare is dozens of dollars. When they get to my house, they have no meat to eat, no sweets to eat, and nothing to take back. Why are they looking for me?"

"Are there only interests between relatives? Your grandma is still alive! Don't they come to your grandma's birthday?"

"In my memory, only when my grandma turned sixty, relatives from the countryside came once, and they left after dinner and ignored me. The meal that time was in a state-owned restaurant.

Yes, my grandma and I have spent all our savings. They are still not satisfied, saying this is what city people eat? It’s not as good as the food in the countryside! I’m speechless and don’t know what to say.”

Wang Lin smiled and said, "I don't believe that life in the countryside is better than life in the city? At most, I feed a few chickens and a pig, but I have to wait until the Chinese New Year to kill them for food. They usually live on vegetables and rice."

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"How can their life be better than that in the city? No one's family is rich these days. They are just snobbish and bully me for not having a father and a mother! Since then, I haven't seen them again. I don't know what happened to my grandma.

If you think about it, you must go back to live in the countryside."

"The old lady grew up in the countryside, right? She has feelings for her hometown. This is a kind of nostalgia."

"When you talked about homesickness, it reminded me of Mr. Yu Guangzhong's little poem. Later, homesickness was like a short grave. I was outside and my mother was inside."

Wang Lin heard the sadness in her words, stretched out his hand, held her hand, and said warmly: "Shen Xue, you are very strong."

Shen Xuandao: "I have no choice but to be strong. I once thought that my life would be so lonely until the day I die. Until you appeared, I saw the courage and hope to live."

Wang Lin's heart felt like a needle pricking him, and it hurt a little.

Shen Xue regarded him as his whole life, but she didn't know that she was just a part of Wang Lin's life. Although it was a very important part, it was not the whole thing after all!

Wang Lin didn't know what Shen Xue would do if one day he knew the truth.

He didn't dare to think about it!

Several times, he wanted to muster up the courage to confess all this to her.

However, he was afraid of losing her.

This is the beautiful heart he gained after all his hard work and effort!

He held it in his hand for fear of it breaking, and held it in his mouth for fear of it melting!

What to do next?

It’s not that Wang Lin didn’t think about it, he also thought of ten thousand ways to solve it!

Gradually we came to a place familiar to Shen Xue.

She swept away the gloom on her face, looked at the scenery outside, and said with a smile: "Wang Lin, I have been here before, I remember, when I was a child, my parents took me here, that small pond! My dad

You took me to catch tadpoles there!"

"Is that coming soon?"

"Yeah! We'll be there soon."

The dirt road in the countryside is difficult to drive, so Wang Lin cannot drive fast.

Fortunately it never rained, otherwise the deep and shallow mud ruts would have caused his car to stall.

Occasionally, a few farmers passed by on the road, and they all looked curiously at this small car with a Shencheng license plate.

Not to mention small cars, even trucks are a rarity even for country people!

Wang Lin smiled and said: "I've been here once, so I'll remember the route next time. In fact, the scenery in the countryside is very beautiful! It's still winter! Wouldn't it be even more picturesque in spring?"

"It's very beautiful. When I came here it was spring. There were unknown little flowers blooming everywhere. There was also a pear forest. When the pear blossoms bloomed, it was all white. When the pear blossoms fell, it was like a rain of flowers.

.This scenery left an indelible impression on me. The only profound memory I have of my hometown is the pear blossom rain.”

"Hearing your description, I think it's so beautiful! Shen Xue, let's come to the countryside to see pear blossoms in spring!"

"You still want to come?"

"I feel so itchy to hear what you say."

"You've never been to the countryside?"

"No."

"That's no wonder, you are curious about the countryside." Shen Xue pursed her lips and smiled.

"There is no road ahead." Wang Lin looked around, "How far is it?"

The main road has been cut off in front, leaving only two small dirt roads extending into the distance.

"It shouldn't be far, let's walk there."

"good."

The two got out of the car.

Wang Lin opened the trunk and took out his luggage.

Shen Xue took Wang Lin to the hometown in her memory.

After walking for a while, a middle-aged woman came towards me, carrying a basket. She stared at Shen Xue curiously for a long time, and then shouted uncertainly: "Are you Xiaoxue?"

"Yes, I am Shen Xue." Shen Xue vaguely remembered this person's face, but couldn't pronounce his name.

"I am the sixth aunt of your cousin's family! I saw you when you came back to the village when you were a child, and you look very much like your mother! I recognized you as soon as I saw you."

"Hello, Aunt Six! Whose house does my grandma live in? The second uncle's or the third uncle's house?" Shen Xue asked.

"Your grandma lives in her own house. It's the old house in your house. Do you remember it? Come on, walk over here, do you see it?"

"I remember. Thank you, Aunt Six."

Aunt Six smiled and walked away.

Shen Xue was stunned.

"What's wrong?" Wang Lin asked.

"Wang Lin, my old house still has a thatched roof and adobe bricks, and it is in disrepair. How can my grandma live alone?" Shen Xue's eyes were sore.

"Didn't you tell me before that she lives at your uncle's house?"

"That's what my grandma said in the letter!" Shen Xue shook her head, "I don't know what happened."

Wang Lin said: "Don't think about it. Let's go there first. If that doesn't work, we should take grandma back to the city to live?"

"Yes!" Shen Xue nodded, quickened her pace, and walked towards the old house in her memory.

At the bottom of a hillside, there is a single farmhouse, several small earthen houses, covered with thick thatch.

This was the first time Wang Lin saw such housing, and then he understood why Sun Xiaodie was unwilling to return to the countryside after entering the city.

Even if you just sleep in a dormitory with only one bed in the city, it is much better than in the countryside.

In front of the door is a large earthen flat. There are several trees planted in the flat. The ones with fallen leaves are jujube trees, and the ones with evergreen leaves are orange trees.

In the miscellaneous room next to it, there was a faint smoke rising from the kitchen.

A few chickens are looking for food on the lawn, and they are not afraid of strangers.

When Shen Xue saw her familiar hometown, a strong sense of nostalgia surged from the bottom of her heart.

She shouted happily: "Grandma!"

In the miscellaneous room, Grandma Shen came out, rubbed her presbyopic eyes, and said with a smile: "Xiaoxue! You are back!"

Shen Xue ran over, threw away her luggage, and hugged her grandma: "Grandma! I miss you!"

"I miss you too!" Grandma Shen smiled and looked at Wang Lin, "Comrade Wang Lin! You are here too!"

"Hello grandma!" Wang Lin said with a smile, "Let's see you."

"Okay, Shen Xue told me in the letter that you and Shen Xue are dating now, right?" Grandma Shen said with a cheerful smile.

"Yes." Wang Lin responded bravely.
To be continued...