Yun Qiao was a bit amused when he heard this: "So do you want to see the island? Or do you want to see your aunt?"
He Yi said without hesitation: "Of course I want to see the island."
What's so good about an aunt you've never met?
What if he has never seen an island?
Yun Qiao raised his hand and knocked He Yi on the head, saying, "You kid, there's nothing else on your mind except playing."
"But I've never seen an island." He Yi's eyes sparkled as he shook Yun Qiao's hand. "Mom, I want to go to an island. One of my classmates' grandmothers lives on an island. He told me that islands are so much fun, with long, sandy beaches and huge crabs crawling around on them. Mom, I want to see the ocean and catch crabs on the beach."
Yun Qiao didn't want to go to Changxing Island, so after a moment's thought, she said, "The island your aunt lives on isn't very good. It's very desolate, and there probably aren't any beaches or crabs. Wait a few days, and I'll find a way to take you to a more fun island."
"That's fine." He Yi nodded.
For He Yi, it is not important whether he goes to the island where his aunt lives, what is important is going to the island.
He wants to catch big crabs and pick up beautiful shells. When kindergarten starts, he will bring the shells he picked up from the beach to kindergarten and tell his classmates that he has also been to see the sea.
Don't underestimate the competitive spirit of kindergarten children.
When little kids start to make trouble, they are much more troublesome than older kids.
Yun Qiao brought the two children back to the Ye family and asked Li Baiqiu if there were any interesting islands near Shanghai.
Li Baiqiu looked at her in surprise: "Why are you asking this suddenly?"
"It's He Yi." Yun Qiao explained, "I took the two children to the sanatorium today. When I came back, my aunt talked to me and asked if I wanted to go to Changxing Island to meet He Ying. She said the scenery over there is beautiful and I could take the children there to have some fun."
"Aunt, you know that He Ying and I don't have a good relationship, and Tingjun is not close, so it's natural for us to avoid meeting alone if possible. I didn't want to go, but He Yi heard what I said, and he made a fuss about wanting to go to Changxing Island to play."
"Well, if he wants to go to an island and have something to show off to his classmates when kindergarten starts, he doesn't have to go to Changxing Island. So I agreed to find a more interesting island to take him to."
Li Baiqiu nodded and said with a smile: "Is that so? Then I do have a good place here."
"Where?" Yun Qiao asked.
"Zhoushan." Li Baiqiu said, "Your uncle has a good friend who's from Zhoushan. He lives in a village near the sea. More than ten years ago, I went to his house with your uncle. The scenery around there is really beautiful. If you don't want to go to Changxing Island, you can go to Zhoushan and stay in the village there for a few days. Let He Yi have fun at the beach."
"Zhoushan..." Yun Qiao hesitated. "Isn't it a bit far? Wouldn't it be a hassle to go back and forth?"
"Zhoushan isn't very close, but we're not in a rush. We can take a leisurely boat ride there, stay on the island for a few days, and then leisurely return when we've had enough fun. It won't be too much trouble." Li Baiqiu said, "Yun Qiao, in fact, as long as you go out, no matter how far or near, you can't avoid going through a lot."
"To go to Changxing Island, you also start from the city, take a bus to Wusong Wharf, wait for the boat, and then take the boat to the island. To go to Zhoushan, you also start from the city, take a bus to Wusong Wharf, wait for the boat, and then take the boat. The only difference is the time of the boat ride."
Yun Qiao was somewhat persuaded by Li Baiqiu, so she asked, "Aunt, is Zhoushan fun?"
"It's fun." Li Baiqiu said with a smile, "I went there with your uncle when I was young, and I still remember it."
Yun Qiao said, "Then let's go to Zhoushan together in a few days? We can bring Kang Ning and Yun Qing with us."
Li Baiqiu nodded: "Sure, since there's nothing interesting to do this summer, I can just take Kang Ning and Yun Qing out to relax."
Yun Qiao nodded: "Yes. Then let's go in a few days."
Li Baiqiu hummed and replied, "Okay. I'll go to the street office tomorrow and ask the clerk to issue some letters of introduction."
After finalizing the trip to Zhoushan, Yun Qiao felt relieved. He Yi was also very happy when he knew about it and even ate half a bowl of rice more at noon.
In the afternoon, Ye Yuanzhang finished the housing procedures for Ye Lin at the Housing Authority and returned home early.
When he got home, Li Baiqiu told him that she and Yun Qiao had decided to take the children to Zhoushan for a trip.
Ye Yuanzhang nodded when he heard this and said, "Let's go to Zhoushan. The scenery there is beautiful and it is definitely worth a visit."
"What date are you planning to leave?" Ye Yuanzhang asked, "So I can call Lao Zhang and have him send someone to pick you up at the dock."
Li Baiqiu said, "The day after tomorrow. Pack up tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow. That way we'll have more time."
Ye Yuanzhang nodded: "Then I'll have my students buy the boat tickets for you in advance, so you don't have to buy a suitable one at the last minute."
"Hey." Li Baiqiu warned, "Don't bother them for nothing. Since we've asked them to do something, we should be nice to them."
Ye Yuanzhang said, "You don't have to tell me, I know it too. In fact, these young people are just waiting for me to give them orders. The more I give them orders, the closer they become."
"knew."
The next day, Li Baiqiu went to the street office early to get a letter of introduction for going out, while Yun Qiao was busy packing up at home.
Ye Yuanzhang also successfully helped the students buy boat tickets, and based on the boat departure time, he contacted his friend Zhang Wenkui in Zhoushan by phone.
Zhang Wenkui and Ye Yuanzhang were college classmates and later taught together at Hucheng University. However, many things happened later and Zhang Wenkui resigned and returned to his hometown of Zhoushan, where he became a cadre in a state-owned factory.
He was a college student from the village with a poor background, so the ten years of upheaval did not affect him.
After Ye Yuanzhang was released, he went to Shanghai to try to rescue her, but ended up being almost investigated himself. When Ye Yuanzhang learned about it, he drove him back to Zhoushan and published a newspaper announcement in the name of Zhang Wenkui to break off all ties with him.
Ye Yuanzhang didn't want to implicate his friend. Although Zhang Wenkui wanted to help, he also respected Ye Yuanzhang's thoughts and cut off contact.
It was not until Ye Yuanzhang returned to the city more than ten years later that the two resumed contact.
Because Zhang Wenkui did not help Ye Yuanzhang in his affair more than ten years ago, when Ye Yuanzhang asked him to entertain his wife's niece when she visited Zhoushan, he agreed without hesitation.
"Yuan Zhang, let's not talk about those empty words between the two of us. It's not a bother at all. Just let them come over. I promise to arrange everything properly for them and make sure they don't waste their time."
On the day of departure, the family chartered a car and headed to Wusong Wharf to take the boat.
Finally, he got to see the island he had dreamed of. He Yi was extremely excited along the way. He was like a happy little bird, chattering and asking Yun Qiao questions non-stop.
The child's questions were so wild and imaginative that they almost stumped Yun Qiao.
Yun Qiao had actually never been to the island, and she didn't know what exactly was on the island, so it was difficult for her to answer He Yi's questions. She could only rack her brains and try her best to answer He Yi's questions based on the books she had read.
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