Zhou Chunmei didn't know why Su Chengguo had such a hobby. Although she was happy, she was too embarrassed.

Therefore, she would not agree to Su Chengguo's requests unless it was a special occasion.

"Uh...unless you promise me thirty times!"

Su Chengguo suppressed the laughter rising in her throat and made an outrageous demand.

After hearing this, Zhou Chunmei retorted with great embarrassment, "Thirty times is too many, twenty times at most."

"Cough cough—"

Su Chengguo coughed, then continued to speak in a pretentious manner: "No, at least twenty-eight times."

"No, that's still too many. Twenty-two times at most."

Zhou Chunmei gritted her teeth.

Su Chengguo was so happy he couldn't contain himself; even if a gun were pointed at him, he wouldn't be able to resist.

He was so happy that his body was shaking uncontrollably.

Why are you shaking? What's wrong with you?

Zhou Chunmei was startled when she saw Su Chengguo suddenly shaking as if she had an epileptic seizure and quickly asked her what was wrong.

But she soon realized something was wrong. Su Chengguo refused to lift her face, and even Zhou Chunmei, who was usually slow-witted, understood what was happening.

"Well, Su Chengguo, you dare to make fun of me!"

Zhou Chunmei angrily pinched Su Chengguo's back.

Su Chengguo writhed like a giant sow worm, pleading for mercy: "Chunmei, I was wrong, please have pity on me and let me go!"

She really messed herself up. Why can't she control her sharp tongue?

"You've gone too far! I thought you really wanted to separate from the family!"

After Zhou Chunmei pinched Su Chengguo hard a few times to vent her anger, she looked at Su Chengguo with accusatory eyes.

They say that concern leads to confusion, and she was just too anxious, so she didn't notice Su Chengguo's prank reaction.

Looking at it now, Su Chengguo is full of flaws.

"Chunmei, I'm serious, do you really not want to separate the family? Think about it again."

Su Chengguo put away her frivolous attitude and looked at Zhou Chunmei seriously as she asked.

Many people in the village couldn't stand having their brothers and in-laws living together, and many had unpleasant arguments over dividing the family property. Su Chengguo was afraid of this. He was used to living with his parents and brothers, but his wife was different.

So now that there's an opportunity to separate the family, Su Chengguo still hopes Zhou Chunmei will seriously consider it after all the fuss.

Seeing that he had become serious, Zhou Chunmei stopped playing around with Su Chengguo and said slowly, "The family will eventually have to separate, but I don't think it's time yet."

“Now our family lives together, it’s lively and harmonious, the children have each other’s company and look after each other. I don’t want to separate now. I’m thinking that when the children grow up and we are able to build our own new house, this family will naturally be divided into our own small families, but together we will still be one family.”

Zhou Chunmei looked at Su Chengguo and spoke each word with sincerity; these were her true thoughts.

No one stays together forever; children naturally have to separate as they grow up.

She just felt that now was not the time to separate the family.

"Okay, I'll talk to my parents about it later."

Su Chengguo smiled and nodded. He turned over and reached out to hug Zhou Chunmei, lowering his voice to ask, "Chunmei, you can't go back on your word about the twenty-second round."

Zhou Chunmei blushed instantly.

"If we don't split up, how about we use this money to buy a big ship first?"

Su Chengguo asked with a smile.

With a bigger boat, the equipment will naturally be better, and we'll make more money.

Zhou Chunmei nodded: "There's no rush for a house. We have enough space at home now. We'll make money by getting a bigger boat, and then build the house in a couple of years."

The couple smiled at each other, both feeling a sweet warmth in their hearts.

...

When Su Chenggong returned to the room, Li Xue was waiting for him.

The couple looked at each other and smiled. Su Chenggong spoke first and asked, "Xue, do you want to separate the family? If you want us to live on our own, then let's separate the family. The four of us can live separately. I will go to sea with Dad and my second brother. I will get paid for each contribution I make."

It would be a lie to say I hadn't considered the matter of dividing the family property.

Do you want to separate from the family?

Li Xue countered by asking Su Chenggong a question.

Su Chenggong looked at Li Xue frankly and shook his head: "To be honest, I don't want to separate the family. My second brother and A Luo have grown up together since they were little. We're used to living together and bickering. Not to mention our parents, I'm used to them too. But now I'm your husband, and I can't just think about myself."

“To me, you are more important. You are the one I want to spend my life with. So I want to hear your opinion. If you say we should separate and live separately, then we should separate.”

Su Chenggong looked at Li Xue and spoke frankly and sincerely.

For him, separating the family was not a big deal; things were still done the same way, except that his family cooked separately.

Li Xue smiled and shook her head: "I don't want to separate the family. Even if we really have to, we'll wait until Dad retires from the sea. We're doing very well now. My younger brother and sister-in-law get along well, Mom treats me very well, and A Luo is a reasonable person."

"When it's time to divide the family property, it will naturally happen."

Li Xue was speaking from the heart. If her in-laws were unreasonable and her sisters-in-law were difficult to get along with, she would naturally hope to separate the family property.

"Then let's not separate as a family? Let's stay united and live a good life together."

Su Chenggong smiled and said, then hesitated, "Xue, do you want to use this money to build a house or buy a boat?"

Li Xue thought about it carefully and said, "I want to buy a boat and build a house, but we have enough houses now, so let's buy a boat first. This way, it will be safer for you to go out to sea, and we will feel more at ease. We can build the house in two years."

In Li Xue's view, both things were indispensable. Building a house required money, and the boat was their family's source of income, so they should buy the boat first.

"Then let's buy a boat first, a big boat to make more money, and then build a big house."

Su Chenggong said with a smile, "Just thinking about the big house makes me feel energetic."

Li Xue nodded and began to pour medicinal wine onto Su Chenggong's body and massage it in.

Su Chenggong fell asleep shortly afterward.

An afternoon passed just like that.

At five o'clock, Liu Xiaohua began preparing dinner.

Li Xue and Zhou Chunmei assisted.

Su Luo was weaving a fishing net, while Su Tiantian lay in her cradle.

Su Tiantian kept making "ee-ya" sounds, and Su Luo only tried to amuse her after doing her work for a while.

"You really want to go out and have fun?"

Su Luo smiled gently and murmured to herself.

Su Tiantian gave her a bright smile and said in a sweet, childlike voice, "Ya~"

Of course I want to go out and have fun!

Being a human baby is so hard. You don't have the strength to move your hands and feet, and you can't eat meat. You can only lie there like this.

Although it was a bit dangerous for her brother to carry her out last time, she misses it very much.

"My sweet baby, when you grow up you can go out and play."

Su Luo smiled and rocked the cradle with her feet.

Su Tiantian yawned, feeling sleepy...

She wondered what kind of magical device this was, and why it made her feel so comfortable and sleepy just from shaking it.

When Su Tiantian woke up again, it was already dinnertime.

She kept swallowing, the meat smelled so good, it was so tempting.