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It was Friday, and in the morning, Sang's monther called to say that this week she would be at home. Sang Yu thought about it; she hadn’t visited in three weeks, so it was time to go see her family. She readily agreed.
After work, Sang Yu took a taxi home. Previously, because Sang Yu and her sister Sang Xia were attending school, the family lived in a three-bedroom apartment in the city center. Since both Sang's father and Sang's monther were teachers, they had converted one of the rooms into a study during the renovation. This meant that the two sisters had to share a room, making it a bit cramped for the four of them.
Sang's father and Sang's monther had always wanted to move to a bigger place, but since their current apartment was in a good school district and both children needed to attend school there, they had been putting it off.
It wasn’t until the year before last, after Sang Xia finished her college entrance exams, that Sang's father and Sang's monther immediately went to transfer ownership of the house the day after the exams. You might wonder why they didn’t wait until after submitting college applications or receiving admission letters before selling the house—what if Sang Xia didn’t do well and had to repeat a year?
No, they were quite confident in Sang Xia’s abilities. Sang's father had put the house on the market two months before the exams, knowing that school district properties sold quickly. Within just a few days of listing it, inquiries started coming in, and soon enough, the house was sold.
The Sang family found it surprising how easy it was to sell their home. It was mainly because their neighborhood was near a reputable school, making properties in that area highly sought after.
Regardless, once the house was sold, they couldn’t move immediately since Sang Xia hadn’t taken her exams yet. Therefore, Sang's father negotiated with the buyer to wait until after the exams before finalizing the deal.
Meanwhile, Sang's father had already put down a deposit on a villa he had his eye on—a villa! He and Sang's monther had actually started looking at this villa over a year ago. Although it was somewhat remote and located in the suburbs, the surrounding environment was nice. It was also much closer to their workplaces than their previous home.
Once the property transfer was complete and they received their payment, Sang's father promptly purchased the villa. The house was mostly renovated; it just needed some finishing touches. So three months later, the family moved in while Sang's father and Sang's monther temporarily stayed in dormitories at their school.
The villa had three floors with an area of about 430 square meters. The first floor included a living room, kitchen, dining room, bathroom, and an extra guest room.
The second floor featured four bedrooms: on the left side of the stairs were Sang's father and Sang's monther's bedroom along with their study; their bedroom had an en-suite bathroom. On the right side were rooms for Sang Yu and her sister Sang Xia, plus a shared bathroom for them.
The third floor contained a storage room and an open terrace that Sang's monther decorated into a cozy little garden with a wooden pavilion where they could enjoy tea while taking in the scenery. In summer, they could even have barbecues up there—what a delightful experience!
As for the front yard? It was turned into a vegetable garden by Sang's father. Coming from a rural background, he had an innate love for farming and insisted on planting vegetables in front of their home. Consequently, he cultivated about ten different varieties of vegetables there.
Having this vegetable patch made it much easier for the family to access fresh produce—picking vegetables straight from their garden meant they enjoyed truly organic and pesticide-free food. Even Sang's monther, who initially opposed this idea strongly, began to appreciate this decision.
Sang's monther Chen Shu was more of an artistic person; she wanted to create a garden in front of their home because of Sang's father ’s insistence that he handle that area while she took care of the rooftop garden.
After purchasing this villa, however, there wasn’t much money left for Sang's father and Sang's monther aside from what they set aside as dowry for Sang Yu. They wouldn’t touch that money.
As for Sang Xia’s dowry? She was still young and just starting university; their salaries were decent enough that saving for her future could start now without any rush.
So even though they currently had no savings left at home, everyone was incredibly happy—especially Sang's father and Sang's monther. After all, it would be very unlikely for them to move again; this house would be their retirement home—surrounded by beautiful scenery where they could grow vegetables and enjoy life without having to climb stairs. Their joy was evident in every word they spoke.
Sang Yu now lives near the city, in an area to the west that is not far from where her family used to live. However, it is quite far from their current villa. Each time they drive home, it takes about an hour.
She finishes work at five o'clock, and by the time she gets home, it is already around six-thirty. In winter, the days are short, and by six-thirty, it is already very dark outside.
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