Fearless young people can bravely face life and the unknown without overthinking.
The seaweed seedlings have been planted, so there shouldn't be any problems for now. The weeds on the wasteland have been cleared again. Looking at the seedlings swaying in the wind, I feel that hope lies ahead.
Busy Bonnie can finally take a break; it's already June, and half the year has passed.
"Mom, get up."
Sanqi pinched Bonnie's nose with one small hand and patted Bonnie's face with the other.
"Sanqi, let Mom sleep for a while, I'm so sleepy!"
Because Bonnie had been busy with seaweed farming, she was exhausted every day and wanted nothing more than to collapse into bed and sleep. Gu Ye didn't want to make her do anything physically demanding. Finally, things were coming to an end, and of course she was excited! The result was that Bonnie was incredibly sleepy…
"The sun's already high in the sky!"
"Get up and go find your wife."
"Mom, I'm hungry."
"Bonnie, wake up!"
...
Bonnie really wanted to shut Sanqi up. Frustrated, she scratched her hair and sat up.
"Mom, you've been bitten by a mosquito."
"What?"
"I got bitten by a mosquito."
Sanqi pointed to Bonnie's chest area, and Bonnie belatedly realized that she was only wearing a small floral cotton vest, the kind that grandma wears. The neckline was a bit low, revealing the marks on her chest.
"Ugh, what a huge mosquito! It kept me up all night, and I couldn't get up this morning. Sanqi, Mom needs to change my clothes, can you go out first?"
Bonnie cursed Gu Ye in her heart. It was so embarrassing! What kind of mess was this? Now she was wide awake and had to go back to Sanqi Xiao Nao ...
"I can't sleep anymore."
Sanqi reluctantly walked out, muttering to himself. His parents had said that men shouldn't watch women change clothes, but he was a man, just like his father, while his mother and sister were women.
After Sanqi left, Bonnie quickly changed her clothes, buttoning them up tightly and making sure she remembered every single one, afraid that someone would ask her if she had been bitten by mosquitoes again.
Bonnie quickly cleaned up the mess, took apart the mattress to wash it, and had to hurry, otherwise Sanqi would start nagging her again.
"Mom, did you wet the bed?"
"No, why would an adult wet the bed?"
Sanqi didn't say anything, but pointed to the bed sheet in Bonnie's hand.
"It's not that you wet the bed, it's that you need to wash. Do you remember how to be hygienic?"
"Aww..."
"Looking for a wife, I'm hungry."
Bonnie was also hungry, so she soaked the pieces of the quilt she had taken apart in the laundry tub and took Sanqi back to her parents' home.
"Madam, I'm hungry."
Sanqi let go of her mother's hand and ran into the yard.
"Sanqi, did Mom not cook for you?"
"Yes, I'm hungry."
Grandma Lin hurried to the kitchen to prepare food for Sanqi.
"Grandma, I haven't eaten yet, I'm hungry too."
"Baoni was afraid that her grandma would leave her behind, so she quickly called out."
The old lady thought Bonnie was too tired to cook these days, so she quickly started a fire and cooked.
"Grandma, has my mother written yet? When will she be back? It's been more than half a year since she left."
"No news yet, but he should be back soon. Your second brother's child should be able to go to daycare by now. Didn't you say you'd come back once he could go to daycare?"
While helping Grandma operate the bellows, Bonnie chatted idly, while Sanqi sat at the door, munching on a peach shortbread.
Bonnie's mother, who was being talked about by Bonnie and the others, was on the ship returning to the island.
"Aunt Lin, you just got back?"
"Yeah, I just got back. Did Zhu's wife go to the city?"
The speaker was a young wife from the same group. She was related to Bao Ni's family beyond the fifth degree of kinship, and her husband's family also had the surname Lin.
"My sister-in-law is getting married, and my mother-in-law asked me to buy some things for the wedding. Auntie, Beijing is great, isn't it? Did you go see the flag-raising ceremony? Did you see the leaders? And that thing... Oh, and the Great Wall, did you go?"
Dazhu's wife had only ever been to the city, and she thought Beijing was a magical place. Aunt Lin, who could go to Beijing, was no ordinary person either. She really wanted to hear Aunt Lin tell her what Beijing was like.
"I went to the Great Wall. It's so big and so long. I didn't even reach the end. I also watched the flag-raising ceremony, and I even cried. The big leaders don't have time to see us idle folks; they're too busy!"
Bao Ni's mother also got into the mood and chatted with Da Zhu's wife all the way. With someone supporting her, Bao Ni's mother spoke with great passion and forgot about the matter of settling scores with her eldest son when she got home.
When she received the letter from Bonnie's father and learned the cause and effect of the matter, she wanted to come back immediately and give her eldest son and his wife a good beating. If her daughter-in-law hadn't been pregnant yet, she would have already come back. What kind of people are they? Ungrateful, they've lived such a long life for nothing, utterly worthless.
Bao Ni's mother and Da Zhu's wife talked all the way on the boat until their throats were dry. Finally, they had nothing more to say, and the boat docked.
"Aunt Lin, what you said is really good. I'll come and chat with you again when I have time."
"Okay, Dazhu's wife, come visit your auntie's house when you have time. We're quite compatible, mother and daughter. We haven't talked much before, but now that we know each other, come visit often."
Bao Ni's mother and Da Zhu's wives parted ways reluctantly, each going their own way.
"Oh, Mother, why didn't you write to let me know you were coming back beforehand? I could have picked you up at the dock."
"Why would I accept it? It's not like I can't find my way home, and I didn't bring much stuff. Your second brother wouldn't let me take it, saying he would send it back. I took so much stuff, and your second brother gave me a lecture."
Bao Ni's mother had been talking all the way, her throat was parched, so she ran into the kitchen, gulped down a whole tub of water, and finally felt a little better.
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