"Um."

Su Luo nodded with a smile.

When I got home, I just washed up.

Su Chengguo recalled the children's unusual behavior and began to use torture to extract confessions after locking herself in the door.

"You naughty boys, I don't care if you're naughty, but you're not allowed to pester your aunt to come out and play with you anymore. Your aunt is still weak, and your little sister is still young. She needs to rest at home."

Su Chengguo looked stern, while Zhou Chunmei held a bamboo stick in her hand.

"Tell me, did you listen to what others said and deliberately act so disobediently? If you don't give me a straight answer today, I'll beat you until you're jumping on your knees!"

Zhou Chunmei felt there was more to the story. Recalling how her son had recently taken the child out secretly, she felt a headache coming on and knew she couldn't just let it go.

Children may be ignorant, but can adults be ignorant?

"We want to find a good father for our sister."

Su Xueguang lowered his head and spoke in a low voice.

Zhou Chunmei and Su Chengguo were taken aback.

The couple looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

Su Luo returned home, but the Yi family denied that they didn't want them; that's a fact.

They couldn't stop others from gossiping. The children played in the village every day and heard these comments from different people.

They don't understand the complexities of adulthood and only act according to their own ideas.

My sister doesn't have a father, so let's find her another one.

Suddenly all the anomalies were explained. Zhou Chunmei's nose tingled with emotion, and she hugged Su Xueguang, patted his head, and choked out, "You little rascals, you're still young, and there are many things you don't understand."

“Mom, we understand. That person isn’t good and doesn’t like Aunt and my sister. We’ll find someone better so no one will say anything mean. Our sister is the prettiest and most well-behaved. Everyone will like her. She smiled at that uncle today. The person she likes must be good.”

Su Xueguang said stubbornly.

“Son, this isn’t something that can be done just because one person is willing. The Zhao family wants to take your sister away, and they’re happy about it, but you’re not happy about it, are you? For something to be a good thing, both people need to be willing, do you understand?”

Su Chengguo explained patiently with a gentle expression.

Su Xueguang frowned, as if he understood, yet also as if he didn't.

"Both the aunt and the uncle need to be willing, right?"

Su Xuekuo looked at his parents, blinked, and asked.

Su Chengguo and Zhou Chunmei nodded.

"This is my aunt and sister's home. What outsiders say doesn't matter. What matters is that we take good care of our family."

Su Chengguo patted her two sons' heads and said seriously.

Both children nodded; they remembered.

"Let's pack up and go to sleep."

Having understood the situation, Su Chengguo felt only melancholy and patted her two sons' little shoulders.

...

June 18th, sunny weather, perfect for going out to sea.

After a few days of rest, the Su family father and son are setting sail again.

Su Luo also carried a bucket to go beachcombing.

"Auntie, let us help you carry the water buckets."

The little rascals, including Su Xuemin, stopped going out to play and followed behind Su Luo carrying water buckets.

"You lot, stop being naughty and don't cause trouble for your aunt, okay?"

Zhou Chunmei gave the children some instructions. After that day, the children stopped pestering Su Luo to watch the military exercises, but they seemed to have become more sensible.

When Su Luo was weaving fishing nets, they would play with Su Tiantian. They didn't go out to play much anymore; they spent most of their time at home, handing things to Su Luo and helping to wash diapers.

Liu Xiaohua was amazed; these children seemed to have grown up all of a sudden.

But kids are like that, they only go through phases. As long as they don't cause trouble or make a mess, just let them be.

Su Tiantian was overjoyed to be held in Su Luo's arms.

Beachcombing.

"A-Luo, just look around and go back early, okay?"

When they parted, Su Chengguo gave Su Luo some instructions.

Su Luo nodded: "Second Brother, don't worry, I just took some time to try my luck."

She understands her family's love and care, and she won't act rashly.

"You all take good care of your aunt and sister. Go home when the sun is high in the sky. Don't linger and play around, understand?"

Su Chengguo then gave several more instructions to the children.

"Don't worry, Dad, we know."

"Don't worry, Second Uncle."

The children all nodded loudly in agreement.

"Let's go."

Su Dahai smiled and said that he took his two sons out to sea and parted ways with Su Luo and the others.

This was Su Luo's first time going to the beach. When she arrived, there were many women digging, so Su Luo consciously walked away.

Su Tiantian felt comfortable as soon as she got close to the sea. She wished she could take a swim in the sea, but unfortunately that was impossible.

Before long, she sensed her friends in the sea greeting her.

[The little princess.]

Yu Qing sensed Su Tiantian's presence and began to call out to her.

[Hi Yuqing, my mom and I came to go beachcombing. Thank you for the gift you gave me last time.]

Su Tiantian made some cooing sounds, which sounded normal to Su Luo and the others, but to her friends in the sea, they sounded different.

[I'm glad the little princess is happy. There aren't many valuable things on the beach today; I could only bring some shells. But your family will have a good haul today. You haven't been out to sea for many days, and I've accumulated some good stuff thanks to the recent rough seas.]

As Yu Qing spoke with Su Tiantian, he explained that he was in charge of this sea area, and the Su family's ship wasn't very big, so he could only do his best.

The best things are in the sea; there's not much of value on the beach.

Thank you. When I grow up, I'll come back to play with you in the sea.

Su Tiantian thanked him gratefully. What Yu Qing considered worthless was very valuable to her.

This was the first friend she made in the mortal world, and she kept Yuqing in her heart.

【good.】

Goodbye, little princess.

Yu Qing was very happy. After greeting Su Tiantian, he chased after the Su family's fishing boat.

Su Luo originally wanted to dig for clams, but unexpectedly, after the waves rolled in, there were many conch shells on the beach.

"Auntie, there are so many!"

Su Xueguang and his children were all amazed when they saw it.

"Okay, hurry up and pick them up."

Su Luo was very excited and bent down to pick them up.

One conch weighs half a pound, and the bucket was full in no time.

Her commotion quickly attracted the attention of others.

Many women stopped digging and rushed over to pick up the fallen leaves.

"This is where we saw it first, you go somewhere else!"

Su Xuemin frowned and chased them away.

"Go away, go away! This stuff on the beach belongs to everyone. Whoever finds it first keeps it."

The fierce women spoke without any politeness, their eyes filled with envy and jealousy as they looked at Su Luo.

Everyone says the Su family has incredible luck, which makes people extremely envious.

The men of the Su family made a fortune by going out to sea and fishing. Su Luo, on the other hand, could find freebies while beachcombing. Many people surrounded Su Luo and dug around her. They followed Su Luo wherever she went, mainly because they were shameless.

The exposed seashells were quickly snatched up.

Su Luo had no choice but to look at the bucket and a half she had collected and say to the children, "Xuemin, let's go home."

With these people following her, she couldn't go beachcombing anymore, so she simply went home. Of the bucketful of large conch shells, she sold some and kept some for herself.