The children didn't care about their father's foul language; he was their biological father, so they could curse him however they wanted.
The four children were overjoyed to hear this. Having grown up in the north, they had never seen such beautiful scenery before, and they all longed to have their own home here.
Especially Dong Yuhan, she felt like she was dreaming. She never dreamed that her life would change so much after meeting her mother before the new year. She said, "Dad, Mom, am I dreaming?"
Li Yuzhu smiled and said, "My silly daughter, of course you're not dreaming. Once the school is ready, the four of you can come and settle down on the island. Our island will only have primary and junior high schools in the future. When you go to high school, you can take a yacht to the mainland to study, and you can come back to the island every Sunday."
Dong Sanmei said, "The only drawback is that the offshore hydroelectric power station is not yet installed, so it cannot provide power to a large area during the May Day holiday. We can only rely on large generating units to maintain power for a small area on the island and for factories."
Dong Qing asked, "When will the hydroelectric power station be put into use?"
Dong Sanmei said, "The first phase of the project is scheduled to start trial operation in June, and the second phase will be next year."
Dong Qing said, "It's still early, let's drive to the beach and sit for a while, so the kids can see the beautiful sunset over the sea."
Dong Sanmei said "okay" and at the three-way intersection ahead, she turned the steering wheel and drove along the road leading to the cross-island highway.
The sea-crossing highway is the only passage to another island.
During their conversation, the two cars arrived at the seaside and parked. After Dong Sanmei parked her car, she got out with her brother's family.
Li Yuzhu was taking a walk on the beach with her four children, while Dongqing and her third sister got out of the car and walked along the seaside.
The siblings walked for a long time before sitting down on the beach. He asked, "Third sister, how are things going between you and Yufeng?"
Dong Sanmei said, "Yu Feng is indeed a very good person. Every weekend, he would drive me to the mainland school to pick up my child and bring him back to the island. On Mondays, he would drive my child to school. He is very attentive to me and my son. We officially started dating a month ago."
Dongqing was overjoyed to hear this. His third sister had been divorced for a year and had finally found her love. As her younger brother, he had no reason to be unhappy.
Dongqing asked, "Where's my nephew? He should be on the island during the holidays, right?"
"The child went back to the island last night for the holiday. Yufeng took him out to sea on a yacht this morning. Before he went out, he told me that he wanted me to go back to his hometown with him tomorrow to ask my stepmother to give him back his share of the inheritance. Do you think Third Sister will go back with him?"
Dong Qing said, "You're his girlfriend now, so of course you should go back with him."
Dong Sanmei said, "Okay, Third Sister will listen to you this time and go back with him tomorrow."
Dong Yuhan and her younger sister were both wearing dresses today. After taking off their shoes, they said, "Mom, take your shoes off, let's go walk on the waves."
Li Yuzhu smiled and said, "Mom, I won't join in the fun. You take your younger siblings to the beach to play. I'll sit on the sand and rest for a while."
Dong Yuhan said okay, took her two younger sisters' hands, and ran towards the beach with her younger brother.
Watching her children's departing figures, Li Yuzhu murmured to herself, "Childhood was the best."
Childhood is like a beautiful dream in life; it becomes a lifelong memory, something to yearn for and cherish. However, childhood is fleeting, like sand slipping through your fingers—it comes and goes in a hurry…
Li Yuzhu's childhood has long since ended. She will never be able to touch the beautiful times of her childhood. Her childhood memories are like the elusive setting sun on the horizon, a fragmented and incomplete sunset that has become a lifelong memory with the passage of time.
Li Yuzhu is now middle-aged, and she has suffered hardships and tribulations in her life. Through all these years of ups and downs, she and her husband have finally built their own world.
When a person achieves success in their career, they also grow older day by day. She is like a flower that is about to wither, trying to hold on to her youth.
But no one can hold onto youth forever. People have feelings, but time is merciless. Youth will drift further and further away from us.
Now, faint crow's feet are visible on her face; these are the marks left by time, and these marks will gradually deepen with age.
At this moment, her husband and third sister, carrying shoes in their hands, walked towards her, their feet treading on the waves.
Dong Sanmei said, "Sister-in-law, aren't you uncomfortable wearing shoes all day? Take them off and walk on the waves. It feels very comfortable to walk on the waves."
Li Yuzhu said okay, took off her shoes and socks, stood up and walked towards the sea.
She walked to her third sister and husband, and then walked along the beach, stepping on the waves.
The waves sometimes submerged their feet, and sometimes they left, but under the impact of the waves, no footprints were left behind.
Looking into the distance, the four children were already walking back.
Dongqing said, "Third Sister, Yuzhu has brought some children to play here. Why don't you take me to see the hot springs?"
Dong Sanmei agreed, leaving a car for Li Yuzhu. She said, "Sister-in-law, you're familiar with both islands. Drive the children back before dark."
Li Yuzhu said, "Okay, don't worry about us, you guys go ahead with your work."
Dong Sanmei told her younger brother and sister-in-law that she would see them that evening, and then she and her brother went to the beach to put on their shoes. The two siblings then turned and walked towards the car.
The siblings walked to the car and got in. Dong Sanmei started the car and drove back.
Dong Sanmei made several turns on the island highway and parked on the mountain road twenty minutes later.
It's about a kilometer from here to the foot of the mountain, but the road is very difficult to walk. The siblings got out of the car and walked down to the foot of the mountain.
Dongqing followed her third sister to the foot of the mountain, where there was a large natural lake.
The siblings walked to the lake and looked down at the foot of the mountain across the lake. The water in the lake was drawn into the lake by a large mountain spring at the foot of the mountain. There was a stream at the outlet of the lake, and the lake water flowed along the stream to another lake.
The lake was about ten meters away from the foot of the mountain. Dongqing followed her third sister down the lake to the foot of the mountain.
I squatted down at the hot spring and touched the water; the water temperature was indeed not high.
The water flows out from a hole. The hole is not big; it is round and about 60cm in diameter. The water flows out through the hole.
There is a crack in the rock above the cave entrance. In winter, you can see faint steam, but now that it is early summer, it is difficult to see any steam.
No wonder this hot spring wasn't discovered last year; the hot spring water itself isn't very hot, and it cools down quickly when it flows into the lake.
Dong Qing placed his hand on the crack in the rock above the mountain spring and felt air being drawn in. He guessed that it must be a natural cave inside, otherwise there would be no ventilation.
Dongqing said, "Third Sister, drive back and get some explosives. I have a feeling it's hollow inside; we need to blow it open to check."
After hearing this, Dong Sanmei put her hand into the crevice in the rock and indeed felt a noticeable draft. She then said "okay" and turned to walk towards the car by the roadside.
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