With the vegetable garden planted, Bonnie's most important task was accomplished, and she could finally relax.
Bonnie isn't finished yet; she still has a house to repair.
The yard I bought before the Lunar New Year needs to be renovated; it's taking too long to earn money.
Sometimes I feel that Lin Baoni is a little money-grubber, calculating how much rent she can collect from her house each month.
Sometimes I feel that Lin Baoni doesn't care much about money. She has a lot of precious jewelry left by her mother-in-law, and she also has old items that she collects herself. They are all kept in a secret room in the courtyard house, but she doesn't seem to care about them.
Bonnie felt that although those things were precious, they couldn't be exchanged for cash or worn; they were just inanimate objects. They couldn't compare to the comfort and practicality of the cash she received every month.
Bonnie contacted the repairman who had fixed her house before; his eldest son and his family were still renting a place in her yard.
Last month, Hu Xiaohong brought her the rent. She's doing well now; her husband works to earn money, she grows some vegetables, and they can even save some money each month.
She told Bonnie that she wanted to make some steamed buns and mantou to sell, and asked if she could set up a shed next to Bonnie's rented house to make a temporary kitchen.
Bonnie agreed, it wouldn't affect her much, and for the past six months, she had taken good care of the house, collected the rent on time, and maintained the house regularly.
Bonnie explained her requirements: her newly purchased house had six main rooms and four side rooms that could be lived in.
Bonnie plans to open one door to the two main rooms, which together will be more than 40 square meters, enough for several family members to live in, so the rent will be relatively higher.
The four living rooms are slightly larger, with an area of a little over thirty square meters.
The two main rooms are rented out together, with a simple kitchen added. In the side room, both families share a room as a kitchen, which is quite spacious.
There aren't many parts that need major repairs this time, and Master Wang said it would be done in three days at most.
Bonnie entrusted the task to Master Wang, left her phone number, and told him to call her when it was fixed so she could come and check and pay the final installment.
Bonnie also went to the local street office, found the neighborhood committee members, and made a report that she had a house to rent out.
Because she had to go to work the next day, Bonnie posted the rental information she had written on the courtyard wall, along with the neighborhood committee's phone number and address.
Bonnie wouldn't let them work for nothing, so she gave them some of the seafood her father had sent, as well as some seaweed sent by her older brother Lin Yu—all rare items.
Bonnie also has a job and can't stay at the house all the time, so she explained the specific requirements and information.
The main house has two rooms, with a rent of ten yuan per month, and the side room has a rent of six yuan per month.
Rents rose again after the New Year because a large number of educated youth had returned to the city, and housing shortages were widespread, with everyone needing a place to live.
Bonnie plans to follow the model of the previous house and find someone to manage it, so that she can grow vegetables in the fields at both ends of the side rooms.
While Bonnie was busy tending to the vegetable garden and renting out the house in the courtyard, devastating news came from the Yang family: Yang the eldest had passed away.
As an old acquaintance, Gu Ye also attended the funeral. Upon returning, he told Bao Ni that Commander Yang looked much older; it seemed the grief of a parent outliving their child was truly heartbreaking.
Bonnie had no sympathy for Commander Yang.
As a man, he abandoned his wife after achieving success and failed to take good care of his daughter, preventing her from growing up.
For Cao Wenze and his sister, Commander Yang was not a good father.
However, he was a loving father to his three children born later.
In Commander Yang's eyes, his son was just over 30 years old, his life was just beginning to flourish, and he lost his life so tragically. How could he not be heartbroken, leaving behind a wife, children, and elderly parents? Especially Aunt Yang, who had already fainted from crying several times.
Bonnie wondered to herself, when Aunt Yang broke up someone else's family back then, did she ever think that she would end up like this? When Wenze's sister passed away, did she ever think that her son would end up like this?
Cao Wenze, who was far to the south, also learned about this. He sat by the sea at night, looking at the dark sky and the twinkling stars, wondering if any of the stars was his sister.
If she knew this from heaven, would she be happy that the bad guy got his comeuppance?
Maybe not. His sister is so kind and optimistic. Although she can't see and everything is dark in front of her, her heart is full of color.
Cao Wenze sat on the beach for a long time, his clothes getting wet, before going back.
"Where have you been? Your clothes are all wet."
Staff Officer Deng woke up when he heard the sound, turned on his flashlight, and saw Cao Wenze covered in sweat. He was very puzzled as to where he had gone.
“I sat by the sea. Before I left work that night, Gu Ye called to tell me that the eldest son of the Yang family had died. I was depressed, so I went to sit by the sea for a while.”
Cao Wenze didn't want his wife to worry, so he told the truth.
Staff Officer Deng never met Cao Wenze's sister, who was said to be a brave and optimistic girl who was only a teenager when she went there.
Staff Officer Deng felt it was a pity, but he didn't share Cao Wenze's feelings.
However, because she loved Cao Wenze, she also loved his sister, even though she was no longer alive.
"Retribution. All these years, he's lived a carefree and comfortable life. Has he ever thought that once, a girl lost her name because of their mistakes?"
"Wife, thank you for your companionship all these years."
Cao Wenze had nothing back then except a diploma. His wife was the daughter of a high-ranking military officer, and she herself was very outstanding.
His wife suffered a lot of grievances back then in order to marry him.
"No need to thank me. Facts have proven that I made the right choice. Now, everyone says I married a good man!"
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