"Aunt Su, I have been living in Stone Bridge Village all these years."
Su Wanyu smiled, then gently pulled her hand away and, linking her arm with Jiang Changhai’s, proudly introduced him to the family relatives.
"This is my man, Jiang Changhai. I met him in Stone Bridge Village. Over the years, he has been very good to me, and we even have a daughter."
"Aunt, big sister, hello," Jiang Changhai courteously greeted the two women.
"Ah, good, good, let’s go inside and talk, no need to stand at the doorway," Aunt Su said, sizing up Jiang Changhai. Noticing he was a handsome man who spoke eloquently, she immediately took a liking to him.
Several of them entered the house, which was also occupied by two other men and a few children.
"Big brother, brother-in-law," Su Wanyu greeted the two men in the room.
The two men were Big Uncle Su’s eldest son, Su Mingli, and Su Wanting’s husband, Wei Min.
When Su Wanyu was initially sent down to the countryside, her cousin had already married Wei Min, which was also why she knew him.
"Wanyu, you’re back, that’s truly wonderful! Over the years, we have been trying to locate those people who took you to the countryside, but unfortunately, they were later confined to a farm, and we couldn’t find anyone, nor did we know exactly where you had gone," Big Uncle Su said, somewhat excitedly.
Hearing this, Su Wanyu realized that her uncle had also tried to find her back then but had failed. The emotional distance she felt decreased somewhat.
"Big brother, I have been doing very well these years. You don’t need to worry. What happened in the past, let it remain in the past," Su Wanyu said indifferently.
Big Uncle Su’s family had always thought that Su Wanyu, being a delicate young girl sent to the countryside, must have had a harsh life, and they had always felt somewhat guilty.
But now, seeing that she was doing so well and the man she had married was not some crude country bumpkin, they felt much better and knew that she hadn’t suffered.
"If you don’t blame us, that’s great. Back then, we had no choice, those people were too aggressive. Even if we severed our relations, they still came to search our house several times. Wanyu, your uncle was also unable to protect himself," Big Uncle Su said with a look of guilt.
"Uncle, I understand, what happened then was the era’s fault. We were all victims. Now, I am living well, and we should all put those matters behind us," Su Wanyu said softly, comforting her uncle.
"Wanyu, you don’t know how it was. After you were taken away, your uncle couldn’t eat, he couldn’t sleep at night, always calling out your name. That month, your uncle grew so thin he was scarcely recognizable," Aunt Su said with a sigh, remembering the past events.
"Alright, mom and dad, Wanyu has said that what’s passed is passed; why keep bringing it up?" Su Wanting said with a smile, trying to lighten the somber mood in the room.
"Right, right, Wanting is right. Those days are gone. Seeing how well you are doing now reassures us. Wanyu, did you come back to Haicheng for work, or just to see the family and relatives?" Aunt Su asked with concern.
"Aunt Su, I came back because my workplace assigned me to Haicheng for a training exchange, and I wanted to visit the places I used to live," Su Wanyu honestly responded.
"They assigned you to come back? What kind of workplace are you at now? How are the conditions?" Big Uncle Su asked with concern.