Golden autumn October.

Chen An'an was sitting on the bumpy old rural bus. He looked out the window and remained motionless, like a statue that had been petrified for a long time.

He had a black backpack on his back and a suitcase in his right arm.

The shoulder straps on both sides of the backpack near the shoulders have long been worn, revealing white strips of cloth.

The zippers on both sides of the suitcase were already rusty.

For Chen Ping An, who came from the countryside, this was nothing, as long as he could use it.

Now all he could think about was the system that was a blessing in disguise.

Last week, he helped a patient with cervical spondylosis perform neck massage. The doctor asked him to do a cervical spine bone adjustment for the patient after the massage.

Because the patient did not have a photo, Chen Anping was not willing to help the patient adjust his cervical spine.

But the doctor warned him that he had already charged for cervical spine bone correction and had to help the patient with bone correction no matter what.

So, he bit the bullet and gently pulled the patient's neck.

As a result, the patient's neck was broken, and he was later transferred to the city hospital for cervical spine surgery. It seemed that he could no longer move his hands and feet.

In the end, Chen Ping'an was fired from the hospital and his practicing certificate was revoked, but the doctor was safe and sound.

Chen An'an opened the properties panel in his mind, looked at the simple numbers one by one, and sighed:

Name: Chen Anping

Age: 24 years old

Strength:1.2

Agility:1

Spirit:1

Constitution:0.8

Unused attribute points: 0.01

Suddenly, an old woman behind Chen Anping, who was holding the seat in front of her with both hands, looked at Chen Anping up and down, and patted Chen Anping on the shoulder.

Chen An'an turned around and looked at this strange old lady.

The old lady spoke in native dialect: "Young man, where are you from and why are you here?"

This is a rural bus. It only goes there for people going to town and for students on weekends. Moreover, there are not many passengers taking this bus, and most of them are known to the old ladies.

"My hometown is in Aobei."

The old lady said "Oh", "You must have been living outside. No wonder I don't know you."

The two chatted without saying a word for dozens of minutes. Chen Anping actually didn't really want to chat, but he couldn't bear the old lady taking the initiative.

Five or six minutes passed after the old lady got off the bus, and the bus arrived at the terminal - Aobei Village.

Aobei Village, as its name suggests, is a village where people work on their backs. The residents who live here may have to face the loess and turn their backs to the sky throughout their lives.

However, now every village has access to roads, water and electricity. Even in Aobei Village, which is located in a deep mountain ravine, the quality of life has been greatly improved.

After Chen Ping An and the driver asked for the bus schedule, they got off the bus.

He especially remembered that he had not returned to his hometown for eight years.

Eight years is neither long nor short, but the Aobei Village that now meets Chen An'an's eyes has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The most eye-catching thing is the high-rise bungalows here.

In his memory, there used to be mud-tile houses here, and the slightly better ones were one- to two-story firebrick bungalows. Even the cement mortar on the outside walls of the houses was not applied.

Chen An'an calmed down a little and thought about the old house left to him by his grandfather. He didn't want it to be renovated into a new house, as long as it could still be inhabited.

With the memory in his mind, Chen Ping'an walked on the roadside that was once a gravel road and headed towards the small mountain village.

"I remember that the water in these two ponds used to be very dirty and smelly, and there was mud on both sides of the ponds!"

As soon as he entered Aobei Village, he saw two large ponds next to each other in the village.

Nowadays, although the water in the two large ponds is not very clean, the bottles, cans, slippers, sanitary napkins and other garbage floating on the water are no longer visible.

At least now, we can see clearly the turbid mud at the bottom of the water.

Chen Ping'an walked on the cement road beside the pond, put down the suitcase in his hand, placed his two hands on a stone lion on the white marble guardrail beside the pond, and looked at a place.

Over there is the house left to me by my deceased grandfather.

Because the second uncle built a three-story house by the pond, which resembled a bunker during the Anti-Japanese War, blocking his view, Chen Anping did not see clearly what his house looks like today.

At this time, an aunt carrying two dustpans passed by him.

The aunt thought Chen An'an was a foreigner, so she didn't say hello.

Chen Ping'an withdrew his gaze, grabbed the handle of the suitcase, and continued walking along the pond with the suitcase.

Walking to the other end of the pond, Chen Anping saw that the place where his second uncle's house used to be was now a one-story bungalow with no cement mortar on the exterior walls and no tiles.

In my impression, the second uncle's house used to be a mud-tile house. At least, it is much better now than it was eight years ago. Although, compared with the surrounding four- or five-story bungalows that look like villas, it is still a bit inferior.

He also saw that his grandfather's house, which was a bungalow apart from his second uncle's house, was still the mud-tiled house it once was.

He suddenly realized that there was an extra basketball court at the door of his grandfather's house!

It seems that the yard in front of grandpa’s house is occupied by the basketball court!

Chen Ping'an did not rush to his grandfather's house, but stopped outside the gate of his second uncle's yard. Two rusty small iron doors that did not look strong were closed together, and an iron lock was fixed in the middle, indicating that this was

No one was home at Uncle Shi's house.

He stood at the door, put the suitcase in his hand on the edge of the door wall, and began to wait for his second uncle and the others to come back.

It's not that he wants to live in his second uncle's house, but that he doesn't live here all year round, and the key to his grandfather's house is held by his second uncle's family.

"Hey boy!"

At this moment, the fat aunt next door to the second uncle's house stopped Chen An'an.

After all, when a boy with a backpack and a suitcase appears at someone else's door, it has to make people think that a member of the family may have returned.

But here comes the problem, it seems that there is no such person in their family?

"Auntie." Chen Anping greeted politely.

The aunt was stunned, obviously she didn't expect Chen An'an to be so polite.

"Why are you standing here? You are?"

"I'm in front of my second uncle's house."

"Second uncle?" The aunt began to mutter. Suddenly, it dawned on her, "You are the Chen An who was raised by your grandfather..."

"Chen An'an."

"Yes! Why are you back?"

"Come back and stay for a few days."

The aunt said "Oh" and continued: "Your second uncle and the others have gone out to do farm work. They will be back later. Why don't you come and sit at my house."

"Thank you." Chen Anping declined politely.

"How about I call them for you and ask them to come back?"

Chen An'an hesitated and waved his hand to refuse: "No, thank you."
Chapter completed!