Reborn in 78, I made my fortune by working in the mountains, supporting three families on my own.

Zhao Lei called out twice before he suddenly snapped out of his daze, grabbed Zhao Lei's arm with such force that Zhao Lei felt a slight pain, and asked urgently, "What did you say her name is? How old is she?"

My wife, Su Wanqing, is twenty-five years old this year.

Su Minggui murmured, "Twenty-five, the age matches... but how come she's in Qingfeng Town?"

He then pressed further, "Zhao Lei, is your father-in-law named Su Mingtang? Is Su Wanqing's birthday the eighth day of the eleventh lunar month?"

Zhao Lei frowned, unable to recall his father-in-law Su Mingtang's name.

When the two got married, the Su family strongly opposed it. He only visited the Su family in Yunchang County once, and then cut off all contact. He usually only called his father-in-law and never inquired about his full name.

However, Su Wanqing's birthday is indeed the eighth day of the eleventh lunar month.

"I can't remember my father-in-law's full name, and we haven't been in touch for many years, but Wanqing's birthday is indeed the eighth day of the eleventh lunar month. Brother Su, how do you know this?"

Su Minggui's expression changed, and his tone became serious: "Don't call me 'Big Brother' yet, you might have to call me 'Uncle' instead."

Zhao Lei's mind went blank for a moment, and he instantly realized that the person in front of him was most likely a close relative of Su Wanqing.

The other party just asked about Su Mingtang, who is most likely Su Wanqing's father's brother.

However, nothing has been confirmed yet, and we still need to wait for Su Wanqing herself to confirm.

Before Zhao Lei could reply, Su Minggui muttered to himself, "Didn't my older brother say that Wanqing was sent to the countryside as an educated youth in the north? How come she's staying in Qingfeng Town?" He grabbed Zhao Lei and pulled him outside without another word. "Don't delay, take me to see Su Wanqing now!"

Unable to resist the other party's eagerness, Zhao Lei could only hop on his old-fashioned bicycle and rush Su Minggui to the brigade's collective clinic.

A dozen minutes later, the two arrived at the clinic entrance, where a few villagers were still queuing up to see a doctor and get medicine.

Before the car had even come to a complete stop, Su Minggui jumped out and rushed into the house.

Zhao Lei hurriedly locked the car and followed them inside. The two of them rushed into the clinic one after the other, startling Su Wanqing, who was seeing patients, and the old Chinese medicine doctor Li Qingsong.

When Su Minggui's gaze fell on Su Wanqing's face, the two of them froze on the spot.

Su Minggui's eyes widened in disbelief: "Wanqing? Is it really you? What are you doing here?"

Zhao Lei stood aside, his mind filled with doubt.

Judging from this, Su Minggui was indeed Su Wanqing's elder, but he had never heard Su Wanqing mention this uncle before.

The other party has come to Qingfeng Town many times to collect medicinal herbs. If they knew that their niece was here, they should have visited her long ago.

After a moment of stunned silence, Su Wanqing finally came to her senses: "Uncle?"

Su Minggui couldn't hold back any longer. He rushed forward, grabbed Su Wanqing's hand, and his eyes reddened.

"Wanqing! What are you doing here? Didn't your father say you went to the countryside as an educated youth? So many years have passed, and you haven't replied to a single letter your uncle wrote to you! What exactly happened?"

Su Minggui was filled with doubt and heartache.

The Su family is a long-established family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, with generations of ancestors practicing medicine.

By the time it came to the generation of the four brothers, the eldest brother, Su Mingtang, took over the family's traditional Chinese medicine shop, the second brother worked in a company, and the third brother went to the army.

He was the youngest in the family and was pampered by his older brothers when he was young, living a carefree and easy life.

He was heartbroken in his youth and is now 43 years old. He has never married and has no children.

Therefore, among his brothers, he doted on his eldest brother Su Mingtang's youngest daughter, Su Wanqing, the most.

When he was young, he was still a teenager, and he would take Su Wanqing, who was like a little baby, everywhere to play every day. The two of them had the deepest relationship.

Later, Su Wanqing refused to study traditional Chinese medicine and insisted on studying Western medicine. Her father, Su Mingtang, scolded her severely, but he secretly protected her.

Later, Su Minggui went out to find his old flame and stayed away for more than a year. When he returned, he heard from his elder brother that Wanqing had gone to the countryside as an educated youth in the north.

More than three years passed in the blink of an eye, and he never saw his niece again.

Su Minggui truly cares and feels genuinely sorry for him.

Following the address given to him by his elder brother, he wrote a letter to Su Wanqing every few months, but after three years, he didn't receive a single reply.

He was extremely anxious and repeatedly asked his elder brother, Su Mingtang, about the situation. Each time, Su Mingtang brushed him off with the excuse that "Wanqing is busy with work and lives in a remote place, so she doesn't have time to reply."

This matter has always been a thorn in Su Minggui's side.

He knew in his heart that no matter how many educated youth went to the countryside, they would still have the opportunity to reply to letters.

But to his utter surprise, he unexpectedly ran into his niece, whom he had been searching for for three years, right under his nose in Qingfeng Town today.

Su Wanqing was also surprised and astonished.

All the news she'd heard over the years was from her father: her uncle had gone out to find an old flame and hadn't returned for years, with no word from him.

In addition, after she married Zhao Lei, her life became a mess, and she was too busy making a living to have any extra energy to look for someone.

She never dreamed that she would suddenly meet her uncle, whom she had lost contact with for many years, under such circumstances.

The old Chinese medicine doctor Li Qingsong standing next to him immediately understood that Wanqing's family members had come.

He immediately took the patient from Su Wanqing's arms, letting the uncle and nephew catch up.

The group walked out of the clinic and stood in a corner outside.

Su Wanqing's eyes reddened and filled with tears as she looked at Su Minggui: "Uncle, what brings you here? How did you know I was here?"

Just moments ago, Su Minggui was a shrewd and mercenary herbal medicine dealer, reeking of money. Now, he had completely lost his businessman demeanor, his face filled with genuine emotion.

His weathered eyes looked at his grown-up niece with heartache.

He looked Su Wanqing up and down, then sighed, "Wanqing, what happened? How come you got married? I didn't know anything about it!"

He looked at Su Wanqing carefully.

I noticed that Su Wanqing had shed the naivety of a young girl and gained a more mature charm as a married woman.

Her complexion was rosy and her figure was well-proportioned, so she didn't seem to have suffered too much, which made me feel a little better.

Immediately afterwards, the uncle and nephew began to check the accounts.

I didn't realize this was wrong until I saw the pair, and I was shocked.

All the news they've heard over the years has been false!

All the shady dealings were orchestrated by Su Wanqing's father, Su Mingtang.

On one hand, she lied to her younger brother, Su Minggui, saying that her daughter had gone to the countryside in the north; on the other hand, she lied to her daughter, Su Wanqing, saying that her brother had run away for many years and had not been heard from since.

By keeping things from both sides, in this era of information isolation, they managed to keep a close uncle and nephew separated for three years, living so close yet never seeing each other.

Su Minggui grew angrier the more he thought about it, and sighed repeatedly.

He comes to Qingfeng Town two or three times a month to collect medicinal herbs. Who would have thought that his niece, whom he misses day and night, has been living in this town all along!

It's truly a case of the blind being right under your nose!