Chapter 10 How to Live

Speaking of 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 to Mother Su's arms and hugged her together. The eyes of the two little things turned red. When the eldest brother Su Qingsong passed away 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 Su's mother'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 Su's mother.

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

Su's father's eyes turned red and he glanced at Su's mother worriedly. That is his eldest son. He has been sensible since he was a child. He is busy doing all the work in the fields. He doesn't know whether he will live or die. Qingsong's mother couldn't stop crying when she thought of him at night.

Then I heard Su's mother say to Su Qingying: "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 has no news at all and his life and death are unknown. The eldest daughter was also married into such a family by her mother-in-law. Now the second daughter has to marry someone who is about to go to war...

Why is her child so miserable?

While crying, Su's mother said: "Look at what kind of life Hua Bao's mother in the village is living now. She was such a good person in the past. After Hua Bao's father died, she couldn't raise her children by herself. It was left to Hua Bao not to learn well. , the owner stole a little bit, and the west family stole a little bit, and in the end, she started stealing too, not only stealing things but also stealing people..."

"Why are you telling your child that?" Su's father interrupted Su's mother.

Mother Su stopped talking.

Wiping away her tears, she said to Su's father: "When I think about the life Qingying will have in the future, my heart feels like it's been cut with a knife. The Leopard Lady has a son, and she still has hope for living, and there will be people who throw pots in the future. But. If Lu Bocheng has an emergency... How will Qingying live alone in the future..."

Mother Su was sobbing, and Father Su sat on the edge of the bed with a sad look on his face after listening to the muffled sound.

Su's mother said to herself again: "Your father and I were originally optimistic about Dahu's child. We know the basics, and we are in the same village. He is the only one in his family. He can't be recruited every year. In the future, you Just by your parents' side, they can always take care of each other. Look at your sister. In another town, your brother-in-law has no news like your brother. I don't know what kind of life she will live in her husband's family..."

Wiping away his tears, he added: "I didn't agree with marrying your sister so far away at the beginning. But your grandma insisted on saying that his family gave him a lot of money, and now he has sold you for fifty taels of silver..."

Su Qingying glanced at Su's father and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he didn't retort. She was afraid that Su's father and mother would be foolishly loyal and foolishly filial.

Su Qingying moved towards Su's mother, put her arm on her shoulder, and wiped her tears.

Then he said: "Mom, it's okay. Even if the situation is not good in the future, my daughter will have the confidence to live her life. Besides, I met that 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. My daughter thought 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 take it seriously: "What kind of life can be saved by using embroidered fists and legs?"

"But I have 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 will live closer to my parents and raise the children by myself. It also saves me a lot of worries. Even if I don’t have children, I will adopt one and my life will be peaceful.”

Su's mother was so angry that she punched her: "What a good life it is to be a widow. Look at that mother-in-law, Leopard..."

Su Qingying interrupted her: "Mom, I am different from her. Besides, I have you and dad to look after me, and I have my brothers and sisters to take care of me. Xiao Qingyang, will you take care of your sister in the future?"

When Xiao Qingyang heard this, he immediately straightened up and said loudly: "Yes! I will raise my sister in the future!"

Su Qingying was very pleased, smiled and rubbed his face.

"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."

"I will support you too, I will support my sister too!" Xiao Qingxing also expressed her stance anxiously.

"Okay, you take care of me too." Su Qingying 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're moving 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 we would separate our families a long time ago. , your brother is getting married, and there is no house to live in. Your grandma is unwilling to separate the family, so she just wants your father to work in the fields. "

Father Su fell 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 are constant wars, and conscription is almost every year. Now the conscription is based on household registration. If the family is divided, a large family will 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 are not many families separated.

Just because of Zhengding, he didn't want to separate the family.

Su Qingying glanced at the silent father Su, and comforted mother Su: "It's okay, mother. Lu Bocheng said today that he will divide the family before he leaves. If he can't come back, he will let me go home."

"Really, did he really say that? How could his family agree to divide the family?" Father Su asked straight after hearing this.

Su Qingying nodded: "Yeah. It doesn't sound like he is unsure when he said that. Even if his family doesn't agree to divide the family, we will try to divide the property and live separately before he leaves."

"That's good, that's good." Father Su nodded. It seems that Lu Bocheng is still a sensible person.

Mother Su glared at him: "What's good about it? If something happens to this Lu in the future, what good family can Qingying find when she talks about marriage!"

Father Su fell silent after hearing this.

"It's okay, mother. At worst, I will live alone in the future and adopt another child. It will be quiet."

Su's mother looked distressed: "It's not as simple as you say."

"Mom, don't worry, I can live a good life. And you can get fifty taels of silver from grandma now?"

Speaking of fifty taels, Su's mother got angry: "Not a penny of that silver will fall on me and your father. Your father and I have no way to buy you some dowry."

Su's mother's eyes turned red again after she finished speaking. When the eldest daughter got married, she almost left naked. Now it's the turn of the second daughter. Even if there is fifty taels of betrothal silver, there is not much money to buy a dowry.

Su's father whispered to comfort: "Don't cry, didn't Dad say to give one tael of silver?"

"What can one tael of silver do! It's gone for a few sets of clothes. There's no money for a box of silver. I don't even have money to make a silver bracelet. As a father, you are worthy of your child!"

Su's mother hit Su's father several times and burst into tears again.

Su Qingying patted her comfortingly. She really didn't care about dowry. A capable person can earn a fortune even with rags, but an incompetent person can't keep a fortune.

She comforted her, "Mom, didn't Grandpa say to ask the carpenter in the village to make a few tools for me? I want to draw a few pictures for the carpenter to follow. I don't know if it's possible."

When Su's father heard this, he immediately said, "Your Grandpa Su is very capable. Tell Dad what you want to make, and Dad will make it for you."

When Su's mother heard the serious matter, she stopped crying, and the couple discussed what furniture to make. There was no paper and pen at home, so Su Qingying planned to go and see it with Su's father tomorrow.

As the night deepened, the family talked a few more words, and then Su's father and mother went to sleep next door.

Su Qingying was also ready to study her golden finger.