In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao died saving a drowning child during a seaside team-building activity.
In 1964, Lin Baoni saved a drowning soldier but died from exhaustion in the sea.
Ji...
Back on the island, Bonnie felt like a fish out of water, completely relaxed and comfortable, with every pore opening up!
Gu Ye has taken such a long leave and has a lot of work to do. Bao Ni also needs to go to the seaweed farm to take a look and go into the water to inspect it.
When Bonnie woke up in the morning, she rubbed her aching lower back and concluded to herself: Men shouldn't stay sedentary for too long, otherwise it's the women who suffer...
After washing up and eating the food Gu Yewen had prepared, Bao Ni washed the dishes and went out. It's so good that the child isn't home; now she's just hoping Xuan Yu comes so someone can take care of the child.
"Sister Baoni, you're here." Han Weidong and the others had just gotten up; they were quite tired from traveling these past few days.
"Have you got a meal yet?"
"We haven't eaten it yet, it's just been made." Han Weidong and the others' cooking skills were just so-so, they only cared about getting it cooked, not about the taste.
"Okay, you guys eat quickly. We need to go to the farm later to check on the diving suits and make sure they're properly checked. I'll go find my dad and ask him about the situation. We've been gone for so long, I can't rest easy without seeing him."
"I understand." Han Weidong watched Bao Ni walk away, thinking how impatient she was.
"Clang... Crash... Mom and Dad, stop arguing... Waaah..."
Just as Bonnie reached the front door, a commotion erupted from Brother Lin's house—children crying and adults shouting.
Bonnie didn't want to meddle in other people's family affairs, so she pushed open the door and went towards Lin's father and the others.
"Auntie, could you please try to talk to my parents and tell them to stop arguing?" Da Bao's eyes lit up when he saw Bao Ni.
“Dabao, your parents are adults. Their affairs are not your business as a child, nor is it something I, as their younger sister, can advise on.” Bao Ni refused Dabao’s request; she didn’t want to get involved.
"Look at this, this is the differential treatment in your Lin family. The same brothers and sisters, but you, as the eldest brother, are nothing in their eyes."
Sister-in-law Lin shouted in a sharp and sarcastic voice, deliberately speaking to Bao Ni.
“Look, your mother is quite unhappy with me. I’d better stay away, otherwise, I might lose my temper and make you even more upset.” Bonnie’s voice was also quite loud, and the people in the room fell silent.
"Coward!" Bonnie stepped into the house, ignoring them.
"Mom, you're here. My uncle's family is arguing. I heard things being smashed." Liu Jiu said mysteriously to her mother. She had never seen anyone smash their own family's things before. What a waste, it's all money.
Grandma kept muttering to herself, "They were clearly throwing things, but Madam said they were all money. I don't understand."
"Grandma, where are my dad and mom? They're arguing every other day, it's affecting your lives. Why don't you let them move out?"
Bonnie really didn't understand how they could so presumptuously assume that it was wrong for others not to help them, as if they owed them something. They were dreaming.
"Linbo's wife seems to be pregnant. Your mother should go check on her. Your father just went out; I don't know where he went." Grandma was also upset. They argued every day; how could she live like this?
"Lin Yu, come out here for a moment." Bao Ni's father's voice rang out from the courtyard.
"You two stay inside, I'm going out to take a look." Bonnie told the two curious children to stay put and went out.
"Dad, what do you want?" Brother Lin's hair was messy, and his clothes were wrinkled, giving off a very dejected vibe.
"I've bought the empty houses on the west side of the brigade. You can tidy them up yourselves and move in tomorrow."
"Moving? Why are you moving?" Lin Yu was surprised; he hadn't planned to move.
"Why do you say that? You two are arguing every other day, which is affecting our daily lives." Lin's father didn't want to waste words with him. He had already said it a hundred and eighty times, but he was still unmoved.
"We're not moving, so why should we move?" Sister-in-law Lin came out of the house, expressing her strong dissatisfaction.
"This house is mine, so if I tell you to move out, then get the hell out of here. You insolent idiots. It's the New Year, and I'm too embarrassed to say anything to you, but you're taking advantage of me. Who are you trying to talk to? Who owes you anything? You've made a mess of your own lives, so who are you expecting to clean up your mess?"
"You're still envious and jealous of Lin Hui and Lin Bo? You're just unlucky, you didn't have the good times, so accept your fate. Get out of here right now, and stay far away from us. Don't even think about smashing things, I'd set the house on fire without batting an eye. Lin Yu, I won't repeat myself."
Bao Ni's pent-up anger exploded, and she unleashed a torrent of abuse on Brother Lin and his wife.
Seeing their mother get angry, Lin Yu and her husband became dejected. Lin's father was quiet, and they could still argue back a bit, but when Lin's mother got angry, she could scold you until you questioned your existence.
Bonnie looked at the two of them and mentally gave her mother a thumbs up. "Mom is awesome! Lin Yu deserves it!"
"Dad, has anything been going on at the seaweed farm lately? I'm going to go down into the water later to check it out."
"It's nothing serious. A few of the seaweed cages were a little loose, but they've all been tightened. The seedling ropes weren't damaged," Bonnie's dad told Bonnie about the seaweed farm.
"Is there a typhoon?" Bonnie thought that the cage wouldn't have loosened if it weren't for the typhoon.
"Yeah, I shaved it once, but it wasn't too bad."
The father and son talked for a long time about the seaweed farm. Bao Ni saw that it was almost time, and Han Weidong and the others should have finished eating, so she decided to go over.
"Mom, I'm going to the beach. I'm taking my lunch with me; Gu Ye won't be back for lunch." Bonnie called out and left, prompting her mother to curse, "They're all such troublemakers!"
"Grandma, does my mom owe you money?" Sanqi asked curiously.
"Oh dear, you're a little debt collector too!"
Bao Ni's mother patted Sanqi's bottom. How could such a small person have such a big curiosity?
Sanqi covered his bottom and ran away. How could you pat his bottom? He's a boy, and Grandma is a girl.
"Sister Bonnie, everything's been checked, no problems." Just as Bonnie arrived, Han Weidong and the others came out with their diving equipment.
"Let's go and inspect our territory."
Bonnie waved her hand, and the group carried their equipment and headed towards the beach.
Rowing a small boat across the vast ocean feels amazing. Who cares if they argue, or what we'll eat for lunch? Nothing matters in the face of the boundless sea; the ocean embraces everything.
I first took a walk around the kelp farm. Rows of square kelp cages sat quietly on the sea surface, which gave me a great sense of accomplishment.
"Han Weidong, next year, let's expand this battlefield by one or two times. In the future, let's plant kelp in this entire sea area and create a kelp kingdom." Bonnie stood at the bow of the ship, exuding a domineering and commanding aura.
"We believe in Sister Bonnie, we can definitely do it!"
Han Weidong and the others echoed each other, a surge of pride welling up within them.
"Sigh, let's get in the water. You don't become fat overnight." Bonnie felt she was being a bit too high-profile.
Having diving equipment is great; I don't have to go back and forth to breathe anymore.
The seaweed on the rope was growing well, lush and green, swaying back and forth with the seawater, carrying a mysterious aura.
I inspected it and removed the bad ones so as not to affect the other good seaweed.
It took them more than two hours to inspect all the seaweed. They then rowed away with the spoiled seaweed, which needed to be thrown into the cesspool for composting and could not be left in this area of the sea.
The sea surface shimmered like blue cotton satin!