Seeing Su Qingyu reading the deed seriously, Lu Bocheng asked the question in his heart: “Are you literate?” She also read the agreement so seriously last time.

“I can’t read?”

Upon hearing this, Lu Bocheng hurriedly got up from his chair, came up to her, and stared at her face: “Of course, you can read, but with your family’s conditions, your step-grandmother can let you learn to read?”

Su Qingyu pushed him away: “You don’t have to care how I learned to read. I know no less than a scumbag like you.” After saying that, she gave him a look of disdain.

Lu Bocheng touched his nose, what kind of scum? Do you think he can’t understand? Didn’t it mean that he didn’t study hard and had no fame?

He had no talent for reading. But he also worked hard when he was a child. His father always praised his second brother for his good study. He was unwilling to give in and read day and night, just to gain some reputation.

But in the end, there was no fight.

Later, when his father looked at him like he couldn’t hold himself up against the wall, he gave up completely.

Illiteracy didn’t diminish anything. Being relegated to the sidelines in front of his cherished son was his reality. He had been the eldest son, the legitimate heir, in a prominent household. The family’s affairs should have revolved around him, not those of illegitimate offspring.

However, he regretted it when he learned that he was going to be drafted into the battlefield.

He regretted that he was angry with Lu Shengcai in the past and didn’t study hard to get a good name.

“In the future, if I have a son, you must let him study hard and get a good name.” Lu Bocheng said with some emotion.

Su Qingyi cast a glance at him and said, “Sons, sons, who know if you’ll be fortunate enough to have one. Even if you have a child, it’s not guaranteed to be a son.”

“It’s okay to be a daughter. Let her find a son-in-law with a good reputation in the future. From now on, my grandson won’t have to fight for his life on the battlefield.”

He was thinking about the long term.

Su Qingyu ignored him and turned over some deed papers in her hand…

“Xiahe Village? Your maternal ancestor’s?”

Lu Bocheng leaned over and took some deed papers from her hand, staring at them with a look of missing someone in his eyes.

“My grandfather gave them to me when he left, saying they were for me to keep. When I was a child, Wu Shi even encouraged my father to take them away. My father saw that I wouldn’t give them to him and didn’t force them. But I was still young at that time. Over the years, my father hired someone to rent the land in my grandfather’s house. My father also collected the rent money.”

“You never asked for it?”

“What do I need it for? I don’t want Wu Shi to gossip, saying I’m living off someone else’s earnings. I want her to know that what I’m living off is the silver my maternal family left me, not like those three she gave birth to, who are the real freeloaders.”

Tsk tsk, such a arrogant look. Wasn’t that right for a minor son to eat from his father? He also spent his own money to eat and drink, just to get angry with his stepmother.

“Then…”

“In the future, of course, we’ll manage it ourselves. I’m married now, with a wife and children to support. Besides, I won’t be eating at home anymore. With the bride I’ve married, does the Lu family still need to support her? Should she rely on her parent and her own dowry? Before getting married, I already told my father that you’ll be in charge of collecting the rent from now on.”

“Aren’t you afraid that Wu Shi will cause trouble?”

“Hmph, what’s she making a fuss about? For over ten years, I’ve had a surplus from the dozen or so acres of land my maternal family owns. If it weren’t for the fact that we can’t divide the property without separation, she would have bought land for the ones she gave birth to, looking at my dozen or so acres of land with envy. Even without owning land, she hasn’t missed out on lining her own pockets.” ^[1]T/N at this point he is the greenest ML I have seen in this genre

Su Qingnao saw his unhappy look and found it a little funny.

“Did you also get those ten taels of silver from your father?”

“They all got it, so why can’t I get it? If I don’t get it, my dad won’t take the initiative to give it to me. Even if I asked him for it, he would also ask questions, and to those others, when they asked, he was very generous. Hmph.”

“When I was young, I was naive and didn’t bother asking him for money to spend. But seeing those few constantly asking him for money to buy this or that, food or necessities, and then showing off in front of me, I felt resentful. My father, if I didn’t ask him, he thought I didn’t want anything. Those few were always asking for it, and even if I saved money for him, it didn’t make me look good. So why shouldn’t I ask for it?”

“In the early years, when I got money, I went out drinking with friends, spending it here and there, and didn’t save much. I only had a dozen taels in my hand.”

“Was that all you gave me that day? Didn’t you keep some for yourself?” Su Qingyu asked him.

“Am I that kind of person? I gave it all to you.”

Su Qingyao smiled and said, “What if I run out of money?”

Lu Bocheng appeared indifferent. “Once it’s spent, it’s spent. If I give it to you, it’s yours. If you run out of money in the future, ask Lu Shengcai. It’s unreasonable for me to risk my life and leave my wife to fend for herself.”

Su Qingyu looked at him deeply, and her heart moved slightly.

After a long time, she said: “From now on, I will manage your grandfather’s farm well and find some way to earn some money. How does it look like if a daughter-in-law asks your father for money?”

Lu Bocheng remained indifferent. “That’s what he should do. If he were sensible, he would instruct Wu Shi to provide for your household every month. Like in wealthy households, they allocate monthly funds to us instead of us having to ask. But Wu Shi is stingy; even if Lu Shengcai instructs her, she might not be willing to spend on you.”

After saying that, Su Qingyu didn’t say anything, and asked her again: “What do you want to do? Open a shop like my father?”

“I haven’t thought about it.”

Lu Bocheng glanced at her. “Running a shop is hard work. You have to manage the store, handle inventory, deal with difficult customers, and endure harassment. Marrying into the Lu family, you’re expected to work and earn money. What am I then? Even Lu Shengcai can’t justify it. You should manage the rent from my maternal family’s land wisely, saving for expenses. Even if we have children in the future, it will be enough. Besides, Lu Shengcai won’t let you go hungry.”

Su Qingyu rolled her eyes at him, and it was not her character to reach out and ask people for money.

The in-laws weren’t her own parents, so asking the father-in-law for money to spend would be really inappropriate. She couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Then she said: “You don’t have to think too much about me, I will figure it out myself. You should think about how to survive on the battlefield. Being a widow has a bad reputation.”

Lu Bocheng fell silent after hearing this. Didn’t he want to live? He wanted to live.

As soon as he lay on the bed, he couldn’t close his eyes just thinking about how he would look like a bloody mess with his body and head missing on the battlefield.

Su Qingyu put away the deed paper and saw that he was still silent. She thought for a while and said, “I got a military book before…”

“Military book? Really?” Lu Bocheng’s eyes lit up.

Su Qingyu avoided his shining eyes: “It should be true. I will go back to my parents’ house tomorrow to look for it.”

“Okay, you go back and look for it! Although I am not good at reading, I can still read military books. My master has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he also told me some stories. I love listening to military books and strategies the most.”

Hmm… As for military books, she could write one silently, but even if she went back tomorrow, there would be no ready-made ones.

Well…

forget it, she didn’t want to think about it anymore. She could talk about it when she went back tomorrow. It was better to sleep now.

“Oh, are you asleep? You haven’t told me how you learned to read or how you got hold of military books,” Lu Bocheng prattled on to Su Qingyi, who had already climbed into bed.

Seeing that she had put down the curtain, he thought for a moment, it didn’t matter what the military book was, he could get it when he returned to Yue’s house tomorrow. The most important thing now was to give birth to a son.

Didn’t the lady want a son? Well, he would definitely work hard later. The wife must have felt that she would be too lonely after he left, so she wanted a child by her side.

Well, having a son was more important.

After Lu Bocheng figured it out, he forgot about the military strategy and hurriedly went to bed to give birth to his son.

Su Qingyao cooperated with his movements, but her mind was confused. Why did she feel that she and Lu Bocheng felt like an old married couple? We had only known each other for a short time, we had barely met each other a few times, and we had only been married for two days.

Damn it.

Forget it, men were not important, a person was too lonely in this era, just eating and waiting to die, without any sense of expectation. It was better to just have a son and have fun.

Daughter? That was fine too!!