At the train station, people were coming and going. There were people with big and small bags, and people were shouting and shouting. The atmosphere was noisy and uneasy. Lin Chen stood in the long line with his head lowered, waiting for his turn. Of course, there were a few ticket scalpers at the train station who "recommended" him. Lin Chen had heard about this a long time ago, so he subconsciously took precautions. As time passed, a young man stood in front of him with earphones in his ears. Perhaps he was playing with the music, he kept twisting his body. Lin Chen was disgusted, but there was nothing he could do. There was an old man standing behind him with a cigarette in his mouth, puffing out smoke. Lin Chen felt dizzy as he smelled the smoke. He kept looking forward anxiously to see the situation of the people in front of him, but the starting point of the long line seemed to be far away from him.
He waited quietly. The long line finally reached the end. It was almost his turn. He trembled as he spoke the name of his hometown. Everyone was excited when they returned home for the first time, and Lin Chen was no exception.
The ticket seller politely helped Lin Chen get the tickets. There were always some people who were friendly, Lin Chen thought.
Holding the ticket to go home, Lin Chen had mixed feelings. He kept looking at the ticket as if it was a ticket to heaven. Lin Chen didn't know what the future would be like, but he knew that he was going home to see his grandmother for the last time.
Lin Chen found a seat and sat down alone in the waiting room, waiting for the staff to inform him. As time passed, Lin Chen wished he could go back immediately.
Finally, the announcement to board the train sounded. Lin Chen picked up his luggage and walked to the train entrance, waiting for the ticket to be checked.
Everything was only a matter of time. At that moment, nothing could stop the advance of time.
Lin Chen ran through the underground tunnel with the others and ran towards the train station. He found his own carriage and sat in his seat. The train took Lin Chen to the place where his grandmother lived. Although everything happened as planned, there were always unexpected things. Some of them were known to us, and some were only known to the heavens. No matter what the way, they all happened in this world.
The place where Lin Chen got off the train was actually quite a distance away from his hometown. However, he was getting closer and closer. Lin Chen silently counted every station that the train passed by. There were people getting on and people getting off. Everyone had their own stories to live in this world, and everyone had their own reasons for taking this train.
Lin Chen sat near the window and stared blankly outside. Occasionally, he would look at the unusual movements in the corridor. Of course, he wasn't in the mood to look at anything. He wanted to die so that he could become a normal person. Everyone was curious.
One stop after another, the scenery seemed to be moving backward, unable to catch up with the wheels of progress. Everything was left behind, just like his mood. Everything was like a film, and every scene was moving backward with the film. Lin Chen thought, We are all passersby in this world, and everyone comes and goes in a hurry.
The train was very crowded, and the aisle was filled with people. There were many bags and bags, and the smell in the carriage was very bad. Lin Chen thought that they would arrive soon. He didn't know which station an old lady in shabby clothes came from, and he didn't know how long she had been standing there. When Lin Chen accidentally saw her, his heart ached. The old lady leaned against the back of the seat with difficulty, and her face was covered in sweat. The old lady looked around helplessly, and the look in her eyes was hopeless.
"Sit here!" Lin Chen called out.
"Little child, you can sit. I bought the standing ticket.”the old grandma said.
"It's okay. Sit here." Lin Chen insisted.
"I'll be there soon." The old lady was still unwilling. Lin Chen did not know why she was unwilling. She looked a little embarrassed. Was it because she had been standing for a long time and he was only letting her sit now that the old lady was unwilling? Lin Chen thought to himself.
Perhaps there were many things that we thought too much about, so we made things difficult for ourselves.
" I think you…" Lin Chen didn't know what to say.
" Little boy, don't move. Sit down. I'm a garbage collector. We're almost at the stop. I need to pick up some discarded water bottles and newspapers. It's not convenient to sit down…" The old lady said. She did not feel inferior because she was a garbage collector. Her words were filled with confidence. Lin Chen felt that she was a great person.
After feeling uneasy, Lin Chen sat down but kept staring at the old lady. She felt that all the old ladies in the world were kind and as great as her grandmother.
As expected, they arrived at the station very quickly. Lin Chen saw the old grandma carrying a huge bag and walking towards the place where the bottles were. The old grandma turned around and smiled at Lin Chen. Lin Chen felt very warm in his heart, but at the same time, he felt sad. He didn't have the ability to help this old lady. Similarly, there were many people living at the bottom of the social ladder in this world.
Lin Chen sighed and continued to look out the window, but his tears started to fall. He did not wipe them away and let them flow. Lin Chen felt very guilty. He did not play a good child and did not take good care of his grandmother. He thought that after he left, his grandmother must have had a hard time. Why didn't he think about it at that time?
The car finally stopped at the place where he was going to get off. Lin Chen stepped out of the train and got closer to home. It was unfamiliar yet familiar. He felt a little sad that things had remained the same and people had changed.
There was still some distance to go. If they walked, it would take more than three hours. However, if they waited for a bus, who knew when a bus would pass by. Lin Chen's hometown was in a remote mountainous area. There was usually a bus, but it would only leave when there were many people. If there were few people, there would be no bus to go.
Lin Chen looked around in confusion. In this season and this weather, there were bound to be few people in the remote mountainous area. There was no need to talk about the so-called bus. Lin Chen walked in the direction of his home.
In such a big city and such a big space, people would always be confused because they were so small. However, now that they were at the doorstep of their home, they were just as confused. It was more because they were missing their grandmother.
"Are you going to XX?" someone asked.
"Ah! Are you Little Zhou?" Lin Chen shouted," Why are you here?”It turned out to be a boy from the same village. At that time, they went to primary school together, but they never saw each other again. They heard from their grandmother that he had gone to work somewhere.
"Haha, Lin Chen!" Xiao Zhou was also a little surprised." It's really you. Why are you here? I thought you looked familiar just now, so I asked. It's really you!”Xiao Zhou said.
"I'm going home." Lin Chen said. Tears welled up in his eyes, but he held them back.
" Oh…" Xiao Zhou seemed to know something." How are you going back?" Why don't we go back together? I happen to be buying materials here. Why don't we take my four-wheeled cart back?”Xiao Zhou invited Lin Chen.
The so-called four-wheeled vehicle was the kind of tractor commonly used by farmers. Because it had four wheels, everyone called it that.
"Will it trouble you?" Lin Chen didn't know how to reply. He was afraid that it would be inconvenient and cause trouble for Xiao Zhou.
"What are you talking about? Let's go together!" Xiao Zhou said with certainty.
The two of them chatted a lot along the way. Most of them were about the outside world and interesting things. Xiao Zhou was polite and did not mention anything about her family, afraid that Lin Chen would be unhappy.
"By the way, I heard that you went to work? What do you think?" When Lin Chen asked about Zhou, everyone called him Zhou Qiang. Everyone in his hometown called him Zhou Qiang, so he was used to it. This way, it reflected the simple and honest feeling of closeness.
"Heh, I was just fooling around outside. Now that I'm home, I'm helping my parents. It's hard outside too. This time, I'm here to buy materials to build a house next spring.”Xiao Zhou was also expressing her feelings for the past few years, but she didn't know that her words made Lin Chen's heart ache.
After Xiao Zhou said that, he felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he immediately changed the topic." Let's talk about you? How was it? You've changed a lot." Xiao Zhou said apologetically.
"How have I changed? The outside world was never as good as home!”Lin Chen said.
"Hehe, everything has changed. You've grown up!”Xiao Zhou joked.
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