We Were Once in Love in Those Years

Time never returns, and memories stir restlessly.

This is a typical rural family in northern Hunan.

Through scenes from the life of Jiang Caiyun's family over the ten years from 1998 to 2008, the novel reflects the sweeping changes in the countryside in the new era, as well as the inner conflicts of rural people.

Behind every story of someone leaving their home behind lies an extraordinary experience. Natural disasters and human calamities have saddled many people with heavy burdens, leaving them to crawl through life like snails.

Pain and joy together: that is the usual state of life.

Jiang Caiyun wonders: if time could turn back, she would choose to stay in the summer of her senior year of high school. She would definitely tell Lin Zijian, "I love you. I always have."

(This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.)