When it came to eldest brother Su Qingsong, everyone in the room fell silent.

Mother Su’s eyes immediately turned red, and she sobbed quietly in front of the child.

The twins moved into Mother Su’s arms and hugged her together. The eyes of the two little things turned red. When the eldest brother Su Qingsong left for enlistment two years ago, both children remembered the incident and had an impression of his eldest brother.

“I miss my brother. If he doesn’t come back, I will almost forget about him.” Qing Xing leaned on Mother Su’s arms and said wilfully.

“Mom, I will be filial to you and Dad in the future, and I will be obedient.” Xiao Qingyang raised her head and said to Mother Su.

Mother Su rubbed the two children’s heads while shedding tears. It took a long time to wipe away her tears.

Father Su’s eyes turned red and he glanced at his wife worriedly. That was his eldest son. He had been sensible since he was a child. He was busy doing all the work in the fields. He didn’t know whether he would live or die. Qingsong’s mother couldn’t stop crying when she thought of him at night.

Then he heard his wife say to Su Qingyu: “Your father and I don’t want you to marry into the Lu family. You may become a widow in the future. If the Lu family doesn’t let you go home, how will you live alone in the future…”

After saying this, Mother Su shed tears again.

Pity her three children. The eldest son had no news and his life and death were unknown. The eldest daughter was also married into such a family by her mother-in-law. Now the second daughter had to marry someone about to go to war…

Why were her children so miserable?

While crying, Mother Su said: “Look at the kind of life Hua Bao’s mother in the village is living now. She used to be such a good person. After Hua Bao’s father died, she couldn’t support the child alone. Allowing Hua Bao to go astray, stealing a little from one neighbor and another, in the end, she resorted to stealing not just things but also stealing people…”

“Why are you telling your children that!” Father Su interrupted his wife.

Mother Su stopped talking.

Wiping away her tears, she said to her husband: “When I think about the life that Qingyu will have in the future, my heart feels like it’s being cut with a knife. Hua Bao’s mother still has a son, so she still has hope in life, and there will be someone to care for her in the future. But if something unexpected happens to Lü Bocheng… in the future, Qingyu will be left alone, and I worry about how she will survive…”

Mother Su sobbed, and Father Su sat on the edge of the bed with a sad look on his face after hearing the muffled voice.

Mother Su said directly: “Your father and I originally had high hopes for Dahuo’s child. He knows his roots, and being in the same village, he’s the only one in his family. Every year during conscription, they never drafted him. In the future, you’ll be close to your parents, and you can take care of each other. Look at your sister, in another town, her husband is just like your brother, no news from him, and I don’t know what kind of life she’s leading at her in-laws’…”

She wiped her tears and then said: “I didn’t agree with marrying your sister so far away at the beginning. But your grandma insisted on saying that his family gave her a lot of money, and now she sold you for fifty taels of silver…”

Su Qingyu glanced at Father Su and seeing that he didn’t object, she breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that her father and mother were overly loyal and filial.

Su Qingyu moved toward her mother, put her arm on her shoulder, and wiped her tears.

Then she said: “Mom, it’s okay. Even if the situation is not good in the future, your daughter will have the confidence to live her life. Besides, I met Lu Bocheng today, and it seems that he is not that bad. Most of the things that were spread in the past were spread randomly by others. He said that he only went to Hualou to drink and eat, and did nothing else. He cursed and swore, and your daughter felt that he was probably telling the truth. And although he couldn’t read, he liked boxing and kung fu since he was a child. He also has enough strength to fight, and I heard that he also learned some from the master of the escort agency, which is enough for him to save his life…”

Mother Su didn’t care: “How can you save your life by using tricks and embroidered legs?” ^[1]basically kung fu that is more decorative than combat-ready

“But it also has more chances to survive than others. And being a widow saves a lot of trouble than being an old aunt. I don’t have to pay taxes. Then I can live closer to my parents and raise the children by myself, which saves me a lot of worries. Even if I don’t have children, I will adopt one by then, and my life will be peaceful.”

Mother Su beat her angrily: “Being a widow is not a good life, look at Hua Bao’s mother…”

Su Qingnao interrupted her: “Mom, I’ll follow you, she is different. And I have you and Dad watching over me, and I have brothers and sisters taking care of me. Xiao Qingyang, will you take care of your sister in the future?”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingyang immediately straightened up and said loudly: “Yes. ! I will raise my sister in the future!”

Su Qingyu was very pleased and rubbed his face with a smile.

“Well, when the time comes, my sister will build a house next to you in our village, and we will wait for Xiao Qingyang to raise her sister.”

“I also raise, I also raise my sister!”Xiao Qingxing also said anxiously.

“Okay, you can take care of me too.” Su Qingyu smiled and held her in her arms.

Mother Su still couldn’t let go after listening to her children’s words.

“How can you be so relaxed under the hands of his stepmother? And you have moved to live with your parents! I can’t say whether I can let you go home in the future. Look at your grandma, your father and I have said that we would separate our families a few years ago. , your brother is getting old and wants to get married, and there is no house for him to live in. Your grandmother is unwilling to separate the family because she just wants your father to work in the fields.”

Father Su was silent after hearing this. He was conflicted about the separation of the family.

Their whole family felt uncomfortable living under the stepmother’s hands. Who wouldn’t be happy to live a quiet life apart?

But these days, there were constant wars, and conscription was almost every year. Now the conscription was based on household accounts. If the family was divided, a large family would have to send out several soldiers at once. His father and his brothers would not agree to the separation of the family. In their village and around here, there were not many families separated.

Because of the conscription matter, he didn’t want to divide the family either.

Su Qingyu glanced at Father Su who was silent and comforted Mother Su and said, “It’s okay, Mother. Lu Bocheng said today that he would separate the family before he left. If he can’t come back, he will let me go home.”

“Really.” Yes, did he really say that? How could his family agree to the separation?” Father Su straightened up and asked.

Su Qingyu nodded: “Yeah. It doesn’t sound like he’s unsure about what he said. Even if his family doesn’t agree to the separation, he will try to divide the property before he leaves.”

“That’s good, that’s good.” Father Su nodded. It seems that Lu Bocheng was quite a sensible person.

Mother Su glared at him: “What’s good? If something happens to this person named Lu in the future, what kind of good family can Qingqyu marry?”

Father Su fell silent after hearing this.

“It’s okay, Mom. I’ll live alone in the future. I’ll be able to raise another child and be quiet.”

Mother Su looked sad: “It’s not as simple as you said.”

“Mom, don’t worry, I can make my life better and have a good life. And can you get back fifty taels of silver from grandma now?”

When she mentioned fifty taels, Mother Su became angry: “Not a penny of that silver will fall on your father and me. There is nothing I can do to buy you some dowry.”

After saying this, Mother Su’s eyes turned red again. When the eldest daughter got married, she left almost naked. Now it was the second daughter’s turn. Even though she had fifty taels of betrothal silver, she didn’t have much money to buy a dowry.

Father Su comforted him in a low voice: “Don’t cry. Didn’t Dad say you should give me one tael of silver?”

“What can you do with one tael of silver? It’s all you need to make a few clothes. I don’t have any silver to give as dowry. I also wanted to buy a silver bracelet for her. You don’t have any money, you are a father, are you worthy of your child!”

Mother Su said, beating Father Su several times and shedding tears again.

Su Qingyu patted her comfortingly. She really didn’t care about dowry or anything like that. Those who were capable could earn millions of dollars in rags, but those who were incompetent couldn’t keep millions of dollars in wealth.

She comforted her and said, “Mom, didn’t I ask the carpenter in the village to do some things for me? I want to draw some pictures and let the carpenter do it. I don’t know if that’s possible.”

When Father Su heard this, he immediately said, “Your Uncle Su is very capable. If you want to build anything, just tell Dad and he will do it for you.”

Mother Su stopped crying when she heard about the business, and the couple discussed some more furniture. There was no pen or paper at home, so Su Qingyu planned to go take a look with Father Su tomorrow.

As the night got darker, the family members exchanged a few words before her father and mother went to sleep next door.

Su Qingyu was also going to study her golden finger.

(End of chapter)