Dong Qing smiled and said, "Don't you know how to drive? You're twenty years old this year. My daughter should have a car. I'll hire a professional instructor for you to learn to drive in the evenings, and then I'll get you a driver's license."
Dong Yuhan smiled and said, "Thank you, Dad."
Dongqing said, "I'm being too polite with Dad."
From that day on, no matter how tight her study schedule was, Dongqing and his wife would make sure their eldest daughter practiced driving for at least two hours every night, and spend the rest of the time helping her with her studies.
In other words, learning to drive was a way for her to relax. The couple had really gone to great lengths for their daughter; they probably wouldn't treat their own daughter any better.
In fact, the relationship between adoptive fathers and daughters, whether good or bad, is earned through sincerity. If they get along well, it is no less than that of blood relatives.
What about biological children? Some biological children are just as unfilial. Some biological children are even less filial than adopted children. They think it's only right that their parents treat them well.
This year's International Workers' Day holiday, which used to be a one-day holiday, has been changed to a three-day holiday and combined with the two weekends before and after, to form a seven-day long holiday. This is the longest May Day holiday before 1999.
On the eve of May Day, the couple lay in bed one night, and Dongqing said, "Honey, how about we take the whole family to an island for a few days during the seven-day May Day holiday?"
Li Yuzhu said, "Of course! None of the four children have ever seen the sea. Book the plane tickets tomorrow; our family will spend the May Day holiday on the island."
Dongqing suddenly asked, "Wife, how long have we been together?"
Li Yuzhu didn't understand what her husband meant. She asked, "What do you mean by 'how long'? Can't you be more specific?"
Dongqing affectionately kissed his wife's forehead and said with a smile, "You're my wife, you wouldn't be that stupid, would you? Think about it yourself."
Li Yuzhu suddenly understood what her husband meant and laughed, saying, "You're so funny. It's been three weeks, hasn't it? I can give it to you anytime I want."
The couple is thirty-seven years old this year, long past the age of being inseparable. They are busy with work every day and have no time to think about their sex life.
Dongqing's bedroom light suddenly went out, and the shadow of the large locust tree swayed on the bedroom window under the moonlight.
The couple were immersed in a sweet darkness as the shadows of the trees swayed in the moonlight.
The next day, Dongqing called Fanglin and asked her to drive to the airport and book six plane tickets to the island.
Back then, buying train and plane tickets wasn't done under real names, so it was no problem for someone else to buy them for you; a simple phone call was all it took.
On April 30th at noon, Dong Qing and his wife took their four children by plane to the island.
The family walked out of the airport at around 10 a.m. Dongqing specifically called his third sister and told her not to bring anyone to pick them up, but to take a taxi directly to the beach.
Dong Qing and his wife took their four children to a restaurant for lunch first, and then called two taxis for the family to go to the beach.
At noon, two taxis stopped at the island's pier. The family got out of the two taxis and boarded the sister island branch's private yacht. The yacht was fast and would reach the island around 4 p.m.
This was the first time the four children had come to the beach, and it was also their first time riding a yacht.
The most refreshing thing is the eldest sister, Dong Yuhan, who started everything from the age of twenty.
At 20, I had my own stable new home; at 20, I started school; at 20, I got my first car; at 24, I flew in the blue sky on an airplane; at 20, I saw the sea at the beach; at 20, I rode a yacht.
Her fate changed completely when she turned 20; in the past few months, fate seemed to have overturned her previously miserable life.
Everything she has now is thanks to her adoptive parents. They changed her destiny. Everything changed the moment Li Yuzhu met him before the New Year. Her life during this period felt like a beautiful dream, and she was afraid that one day she would wake up from it.
Reality is reality; it's not like a dream. No matter how beautiful a dream is, there's always a time when you wake up. Her life took a big turn at the age of 20, and she needed a long time to adapt to this new life.
While Dong Yuhan was lost in thought, she suddenly heard her second sister, Dong Yurou, say, "Mom, I've heard about the ocean at school. The ocean is so big!"
Li Yuzhu laughed and said, "My silly girl, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg; the ocean is vast."
After hearing this, the four children looked bewildered and turned to look at the vast sea, as if exploring how big the unknown ocean really was, and whether it was as big as their mother had said.
Teenagers are very curious, and my son Dongyusheng asked, "Dad, how big is the sea?"
Dong Qing said, "The global ocean area is 360 million square kilometers, and China's ocean area is 4.7 million square kilometers."
The four children were stunned when they heard this. The youngest, Dong Yumeng, exclaimed, "Wow, it's so big!"
Even more surprised was the eldest daughter, Dong Yuhan. She had never seen such a big world before. She had never been to the county town before she was ten years old. At the end of last year, her husband took her to the city for a check-up, which was her first time in the city.
(Here's a true anecdote: In my hometown in the 1970s, there was an old lady who cried with excitement the first time she went to the county town. She said, "I never imagined the place was so big.")
It's not hard to imagine that rural old women in those days rarely went out. From birth until they got married at sixteen, they stayed at home to have children and farm. Every day, all they saw was the land and sky of their hometown. How could they know how big the outside world was?
Young people today wouldn't believe these stories, but they're all true. Some elderly women never even left their hometowns in their entire lives; it would be strange if they knew how vast the outside world was.
Yachts are much faster than cargo ships at sea, and we returned to Sisters Island Marina around 3 p.m.
Dong Sanmei personally drove to the dock to pick them up. Dong Yuhan, along with her two younger sisters and brother, disembarked from the yacht, saving the family the cost of two cars.
The roadsides on both islands are now lined with trees, all of which were purchased from the mainland. The landscaping companies on both islands have invested a significant amount of money in this project.
Perhaps due to the May Day holiday, there are significantly more vehicles on the island compared to last year. Cars and pedestrians can be seen occasionally on the island's roads. The deserted island of last year is now bustling with activity.
Looking into the distance, there is an endless sea, its surface rippling with layers of silver-red waves under the setting sun.
Wild geese fly freely over the island, as if beckoning the arrival of early summer.
The eldest sister, Dong Yuhan, said, "This place is really beautiful."
Dongqing said, "When the school here is built, I'll let you settle down and go to school on Sister Island."
The third child, Dong Yumeng, said, "Dad, are you serious? You have to keep your word!"
"Damn it, when has Dad ever gone back on his word? Of course it's true! When have I ever lied to you?"
This was the first time Dong Qing had ever sworn in front of his children. Li Yuzhu smiled and said, "Her dad, watch your manners."
After hearing his wife's words, Dongqing smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Dad shouldn't have used such foul language. I'm just so happy today."
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