The middle-aged woman whom Sun Yuqi called Aunt Lin was stunned when she heard this. Then she looked at Sun Yuqi carefully. After a long while, she looked at Sun Yuqi with surprise.
"Oh, it's you, girl. You've been gone for over ten years! Back then, you went to the countryside, and then the country resumed the college entrance examination. I wondered if you would come back, but you never did. I even specifically told the people in the street office to tell me if you came back, but you haven't come back in all these years."
Sun Yuqi smiled and said, "Aunt Lin, I'm sorry. I was admitted to university in Northeast China and went to Beijing to attend university. Later, I got married. Now that the ten-year period is almost up, I came back to take a look."
While the two were talking, the thief tried several times to escape while Sun Yuqi was chatting, but he failed. Sun Yuqi's foot was always on his back. He wanted to get up, but that foot seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. Even if he used all his strength, he couldn't escape from Sun Yuqi's feet.
Not long after, a woman in her twenties led two police officers in and walked in through the crowd, pointing at the thief on the ground.
"Comrade Public Security, this is the thief, arrest him immediately!"
After saying that, he stopped talking and went straight to Aunt Lin.
"Mom, are you okay?"
Aunt Lin didn't say anything after her daughter-in-law brought the police. When she saw her daughter-in-law coming, she pulled Sun Yuqi and said.
"Yuqi, let's leave the thief's matter to the public security comrades. Let's go to Auntie's house today."
Sun Yuqi couldn't refuse any more at this point, so she agreed. She had originally planned to meet Aunt Lin tomorrow, but now that she had met her, she naturally had to go. However, this was somewhat inconsistent with her expectations. She didn't buy any gifts, so how could she visit empty-handed?
"Auntie Lin, how about this? I'll go to a place not far away. My things are there. I'll get them."
Aunt Lin didn't think much about it. She thought Sun Yuqi was talking about her own luggage, so she nodded and said, "Well, go ahead. I'll wait for you here."
Sun Yuqi then got away and walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative not far away. When she arrived at the cooperative, she used the ticket and money to buy some candy, two bottles of wine, and a pack of cigarettes. Then she took the things and went to Aunt Lin.
Aunt Lin and her daughter-in-law had already bought the vegetables they needed. When they saw Sun Yuqi coming back with something in her hands, they immediately frowned and said angrily, "What can I say to you, kid? You haven't been back for ten years, but you've become polite to me. I used to be good friends with your mother, but now you're being polite to me."
Sun Yuqi smiled and said, "Look at what you said, Auntie. If it weren't for you and the neighborhood office's help, I would have been panicked. I wouldn't have known what to do. It was you and the uncles and aunts who helped me. You also said that I hadn't been back for more than ten years, so I came back to see you. If I had come empty-handed, I would have been ashamed to death."
Hearing Sun Yuqi say this, Aunt Lin said helplessly, "Okay, Auntie won't say anything more. Let's go home. Your brother happens to be at home today. Let's make something delicious. I bought some meat today. Let's make dumplings."
Sun Yuqi carried her things and returned to Aunt Lin's house with Aunt Lin. It was Aunt Lin's son who opened the door. When he saw Sun Yuqi, he was stunned and asked Aunt Lin with some confusion.
"Mom, which sister is this? Which uncle's or aunt's, or which aunt's sister is this?"
Han Jianguo's words made Aunt Lin, Sun Yuqi and Han Jianguo's wife all laugh. Sun Yuqi put down what she was holding and looked at Han Jianguo.
"Brother Jianguo, have you forgotten about your sister?"
Hearing Sun Yuqi's words, Han Jianguo looked at Sun Yuqi again. After a while, he remembered and said with a smile, "It turned out to be the Yuqi sister who loved to cry when she was a child!"
With just one sentence, Sun Yuqi was suddenly embarrassed. Aunt Lin put the meat and vegetables she bought in the kitchen. When she came out, she heard Han Jianguo's words and was so angry that she slapped Han Jianguo on the back of the head.
"Nonsense, your sister Yuqi was crying at that time because you provoked her. You were naughty when you were a child and often bullied your sister Yuqi. Why do you still want to bully her now? I'll teach you a lesson."
As he said this, he pretended to hit Han Jianguo, and Han Jianguo quickly dodged.
"Mom, I'm already so old, I'm almost 30, and you still hit me? Look, my wife and sister are watching. Please at least give your son some face!"
Sun Yuqi was about to step forward to persuade Aunt Lin, but she heard Han Jianguo's wife laugh and say, "Mom, beat him hard. He doesn't remember his lesson. His sister is back, but he didn't even give up his seat and is still teasing her."
A few of them talked and laughed, and then sat down to chat. Sun Yuqi also knew that Han Jianguo was now working in the meat processing plant in the county. He was now a director after all. No matter how high or low his position was, he was still an official. His wife was named Liu Qingmei, and they also worked in the meat processing plant. However, today was Sunday, and the couple were both off.
Sun Yuqi also learned that Aunt Lin no longer works at the street office, but has gone to the Women's Federation. However, Aunt Lin also said that she is now 51 years old and will retire in the next one or two years.
After a while, Aunt Lin's husband came in with a boy of four or five years old. Aunt Lin's husband is probably in his fifties now and looks very energetic. The child is Han Jianguo's son, named Han Gexin. He looks chubby, but after seeing him, Sun Yuqi also thought that he was just like her own son, both of them were naughty and mischievous.
Sun Yuqi stayed at the Han family's house for a whole day, and only left the Han family in the afternoon. She also agreed with Aunt Lin that they would go to the street office together tomorrow to settle the rental procedures, and then Sun Yuqi would come to collect the house in July.
Early the next morning, Sun Yuqi left the guesthouse and came to the street office. When she arrived, Aunt Lin had already come and was waiting for her at the door. Sun Yuqi felt very embarrassed for a moment, making her elder wait for her like this, but she was a little upset and hurried over to apologize.
"I'm sorry Aunt Lin, I'm late."
Aunt Lin waved her hand.
"It's not late, I just came early. You know they all have to go to work. I'm semi-retired now and have much more free time than them, but I have to cook for them, so I left home a little early."
After saying this, the two of them entered the street office. In the past ten years, the staff of the street office were no longer the same group of people as before. Now some younger people were working here.
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