To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Lei Sufang stayed at her second sister's house. Originally, she planned to stay in the capital for a few days and then go back, but Lin Qingping kept her there until Zhiyuan started school.

During this time, Lei Sufang learned a lot from Lin Qingping. After all, it was the capital city, and everything was different. Not to mention anything else, she saw that Sister Zhao and Gu Youlian had run a shop so successfully and even bought property in the capital. She thought it was amazing. She realized that women could do such a great thing!

At that time, most people did not have a strong sense of property ownership. Lei Sufang just felt that it was really not easy for two women, especially Gu Youlian, who came from the countryside and, in Gu Youlian's own words, had not received much education. They were able to establish themselves in the capital and earn a living on their own.

Gu Youlian is very content with her life now. Many of her ideas come from Lin Qingping's influence, so she also shared her thoughts with Lei Sufang.

Gu Youlian is a very open-minded person. After getting to know Lei Sufang, she felt that they got along very well, so she spoke frankly and emphasized that Lei Sufang should buy property.

Lin Qingping didn't say this on her own initiative, but seeing Gu Youlian's vivid description, Lin Qingping couldn't help but laugh.

Ironically, Lei Sufang was persuaded by Gu Youlian.

Lei Sufang had managed Political Commissar Chen's salary for many years and had accumulated a small amount of savings. The main problem was that she really had nowhere to spend the money! Moreover, Gu Lian was right. Even if she didn't come to live there, more and more people would come to the capital in the future, and these people would eventually need housing. Renting it out would also be a source of income.

After much deliberation, she decided that following Lin Qingping's lead wouldn't be a mistake, so she spent several days looking for a house and actually found one that she was satisfied with. It wasn't big, but she felt it was suitable for both living and renting, so she bought it.

So, after visiting the capital and buying a house, Lei Sufang happily returned home.

Lin Qingping and the others followed Zhiyuan to school to register when he started school. After watching him arrange everything in the dormitory properly, they stayed for two more days before heading south back to the island.

Then, time flew by.

Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhiyuan University is about to graduate.

Zhiyuan was very talented from a young age, and with his hard work, he excelled in both his grades and performance at the medical school, earning him a government-sponsored scholarship to study abroad.

That day, it wasn't yet time for a holiday.

After watering the flowers in front of her house, Lin Qingping was about to go to the backyard to pick some scallions for dinner when she saw a somewhat familiar figure walking towards her house in the distance.

The setting sun painted the earth a golden-red hue, which Lin Qingping found dazzling. She squinted as she looked, and the more she looked, the more she felt that the person resembled Zhiyuan. But how could that be? Zhiyuan should be at school!

However, the man drew closer and closer, until he reached the gate of the courtyard.

Lin Qingping was stunned: It really is Zhiyuan!

"Mom, it's me! Don't you recognize me?" Zhiyuan, wearing a white shirt and black pants, with his short hair neatly combed, stood at the fence gate and smiled at her.

For some reason, Lin Qingping's eyes welled up with tears. She laughed and scolded him at the same time, "This brat, why did you suddenly come back?"

"Mom, I miss home," Zhiyuan said softly.

Lin Qingping burst into tears.

"Mom, what's wrong? Did I scare you?" Zhiyuan panicked.

"No, no!" Lin Qingping quickly denied. "I... I'm happy! You kid, why didn't you tell us you were coming home? You could have called! There's a public phone at your school's newsstand, right? I didn't even prepare anything nice for you to come back so suddenly... Huh? Why did you come back so suddenly?"

He said he missed home, but Lin Qingping felt it wasn't that simple.