Ruan Hao returned safely, and his parents reconciled. This is something worth celebrating for both the Ruan Family and Ruan Jiaojiao.

Ruan Hao took the opportunity to rest at home for a few days, and the family moved back to Xiahe Village on August 10th.

On the day of the return, apart from Ruan Jiaojiao’s family, four other branches of the Ruan Family joined, forming a grand entourage along with Meat’s family. It took a total of eight vehicles to barely seat everyone.

The Ruan Family has developed well over the years and has never forgotten the promise to support the village, so the road back to the village, which started as cobblestones, has now been paved with concrete. This is a first in the entire Yuansu City.

And the living standards of the villagers in Xiahe Village have improved along with the development of the Ruan Family because the Ruan Family has never stopped purchasing vegetables sent by the villagers over these years. As long as they meet the standards, they are purchased at market price.

In the countryside, everyone has their own land. As long as they are diligent, they usually have more vegetables than they can consume, whether sold fresh or dried, the Ruan Family buys them.

With a market, there is money, and naturally, people in Xiahe Village have become more diligent, so now the entire Xiahe Village is the best-developed in the city, and the county committee has publicly praised Xiahe Village, even awarding it the title of Advanced Village.

Knowing that the Ruan Family was coming back, Captain Wu Jianguo informed several village cadres early on, and many villagers spontaneously rushed to the village entrance to welcome them.

Ruan Jiaojiao thought they were just coming back to stay with the Ruanlin Family for a few days and never expected such a big scene. Before they even arrived home, she saw dozens of people blocking the entrance of her house waiting for them. As soon as the car stopped, fireworks were set off!

Ruan Jiaojiao was sitting in Ruan Hao’s car, along with Duan Xi, Yu Rou, and Ruan Chi.

Ruan Jiaojiao leaned against the car window, infected by the lively atmosphere, and smiled, saying to the people in the car, "I really do miss this place."

Ruan Chi, driving in the front, also smiled upon hearing this, and with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes, said, "Indeed, it’s been so many years since we last returned."

Yu Rou had once visited the most remote places, passing through small mountain villages on her way to Qin Yue’s school.

And Xiahe Village is absolutely her first real visit to the countryside. Listening to Ruan Jiaojiao, she curiously said, "Jiaojiao, did you really grow up here? Look at the house wall, its color is so strange."

Yu Rou was pointing at the Li Family next to the Ruan Family.

"That’s a mud-brick house," Ruan Jiaojiao explained.

"Can mud bricks really make a house? Won’t it collapse in the rain?" Yu Rou asked like a curious child.

"No, when I was little, before I was six, I lived in this kind of house. It’s a bit in the village, like those small courtyard houses in Beidu. I’ll show you around later." As Ruan Jiaojiao said this, the group had already gotten out of the car.

The sound of fireworks continued, and Ruan Jiaojiao was a little afraid that the fireworks might fall on her. She covered her ears and hugged Yu Rou as they walked, flanked by the three boys in the middle.

Up ahead, the Ruanlin Family had already been surrounded by a group of women around her age, and they were walking towards the house together. She glanced back concernedly midway, seeing Ruan Jiaojiao and Ruan Hao walking together, she felt relieved and went off excitedly to catch up with her old friends.

Ruan Jianguo and his brothers were similarly surrounded by a group of men.