Zhu Guihua's heart skipped a beat when she saw Sheng Anning and Zhou Shixun coming back together. When the tractor stopped, she didn't dare to look at them at all. She trotted to the side of the tractor and looked at Zhou Erni: "How is it? Did the evil spirit fall off?"

Zhou Erni looked at Zhu Guihua, and thought about the hardships she had endured, tears started to fall from her eyes: "Mom..."

Zhu Guihua was afraid that she would cry and talk nonsense, so she quickly called out to Zhou Changyun: "Hurry up and take your sister back. Oh, I'll see if you keep eating nonsense in the future. You almost died of poisoning."

While shouting loudly, he directed his son to bring Zhou Erni into the house.

She spoke so loudly on purpose so that the neighbors next door would hear her, to prevent them from gossiping behind her back and delaying Zhou Erni's future search for a husband.

After everyone entered the house, Zhou Shixun put the bag back into the house and took Sheng An Ning directly to Zhou Mancang's house.

Seeing Zhou Shixun's serious face, Sheng Anning felt that he was going to talk to his family about the division of the family property, and waited excitedly to watch the fun.

After Zhu Guihua settled Zhou Erni down, she called Chen Qiaolan to cook some brown sugar water and bring it to her, then hurried into the house to complain to Zhou Shixun.

She concluded that Sheng An Ning would say something nonsense in front of Zhou Shixun, so she started crying when she entered the room: "Second brother, it's my fault that I didn't know what I said to offend An Ning and make her angry. I'm here to apologize to her."

As she spoke, she wiped away tears: "You said we are all family. If we make such a mess, the neighbors will laugh at us. In our village, you are the most promising one. Our family is proud of you, so I can't wait to see you get married."

"I am just an ignorant country boy who doesn't know how to speak. An Ning, if I have offended you, don't bother about it."

Sheng An Ning looked at Zhu Guihua with some admiration. With such a great ability to confuse right and wrong, if she had a weakness, wouldn't she be bullied to death?

She turned her head to look at Zhou Shixun to see how he would solve the problem. If he tried to smooth things over, she would find another opportunity to beat Zhu Guihua up.

Zhou Shixun said nothing. After Zhu Guihua finished crying, Zhou Shixun looked at Zhou Mancang and said, "I came back this time just to divide the family."

"What?!"

Zhu Guihua didn't have time to cry anymore. She stood up straight and looked at Zhou Shixun.

Zhou Mancang stopped leaning on the quilt and sat up straight, looking at Zhou Shixun: "Second brother, what did you say?"

Zhou Shixun looked at Zhou Mancang calmly: "Marriage and separation were what you agreed to when I left. Over the years, I have sent all my allowances and wages back to support the family, which can be regarded as fulfilling the promise I made back then."

Zhou Changyun and Zhou Changlin also came in and stood at the door listening.

Zhu Guihua was a little anxious: "We can't just split up the family. Look at how many families in the village have split up. We can't let people point fingers at us and laugh at us."

Zhou Mancang frowned and asked, "Why did you suddenly have this idea? Was it your wife's idea?"

Sheng An Ning was suddenly caught in the crossfire and glared at Zhou Mancang. It seemed that this honest man was not honest.

But with Zhou Shixun around, she didn't need to say anything, otherwise she might not be able to control herself and beat up the old man.

Zhou Shixun's face turned cold instantly: "It has nothing to do with her. It was my idea to separate the family. I don't want anything from the family. I will give you five dollars a month for your retirement."

When Zhu Guihua heard that it was five yuan, she felt it was much less than before. In the past, Zhou Shixun would send her a whole month's salary every time, and they would get another hundred or two hundred more by sending a telegram for money.

So during those years when the harvest was poor and every family was in financial difficulty, they did not suffer at all.

We can also eat white flour dumplings stuffed with meat during festivals.

Life has always been the best in the village. Who wouldn’t be envious?

Therefore, Zhu Guihua definitely couldn't agree: "I don't agree to split up the family. Look at your eldest brother and Changyun. They have been married for many years and have children, but they didn't say they would split up the family. You can't just ignore your family now that you're strong enough. Besides, the quota for military service was Changyun's. If he hadn't given it to you, would you be where you are today?"

Zhou Changyun stood back feeling somewhat guilty. It was because he could not bear the hardship of being a soldier that he let Zhou Shixun go.

Knowing that he could do so well in the army and eventually get a job in the city, he was determined to go no matter what.

Moreover, Zhou Mancang bought this spot by spending two bottles of wine and five kilograms of pork.

Zhou Shixun just looked at Zhou Changyun meaningfully, and took out a palm-sized, somewhat old notebook from his pocket: "On it, there is the amount and details of the money I sent home each time, and there is also evidence that Zhou Changyun used my name to ask for benefits from the armed forces."

Seeing that Zhou Shixun actually had the account book, Zhou Mancang sat up straighter: "What do you mean? What do you mean by that?"

Seeing that Zhou Shixun was determined to split up the family, Zhu Guihua also became angry: "Okay, second brother, you are still keeping a score. I didn't realize that you still have such a small mind. We gave birth to you and raised you, and in the end you are calculating against us like this? Do you still have a conscience? No wonder the villagers say you are Chen Shimei!"

Crying and wailing.

The moment Zhou Shixun took out the small account book, Sheng An Ning was surprised. She didn't expect Zhou Shixun to have such a little idea.

Think about all the food and drinks Zhou Shixun has eaten and drunk recently. Does he also have a little account book?

Wait until the day of divorce and then take it out to settle accounts with her?

Thinking about it, the look in his eyes when he looked at Zhou Shixun again became strange.

Zhou Shixun remained unmoved and was determined to split the family business.

Zhu Guihua cried for a long time but to no avail. She sat on the kang and began to cry silently, but in her mind she was thinking about how to make Zhou Shixun change his mind.

Seeing Zhou Shixun's firm attitude, Zhou Mancang softened his tone and said, "Second Brother, if you have any ideas, you can tell us. It's okay if we must split up. Let's wait until the team is done with these two days and ask the branch secretary and the others to come over, okay?"

Sheng Anning thought Zhou Shixun would not agree, but she didn't expect him to nod in agreement.

Zhou Mancang's move is obviously a delaying tactic.

With a strong attitude of watching the show, Sheng An Ning carefully savored the relationships and personalities of these people.

Seeing Zhou Shixun nod, Zhou Mancang quickly called out to Zhu Guihua, "Go quickly and get the chicken we killed yesterday. Stew it for the children to eat at noon."

Zhu Guihua wished she could feed the chicken to the dog instead of giving it to Zhou Shixun, but she had no choice but to listen to Zhou Mancang and went to the kitchen to cook with an unhappy face.

Zhou Shixun stood up: "No need, we won't eat at home at noon."

Zhou Mancang wanted to say something, but Zhou Shixun had already taken Sheng Anning out. He was so angry that he slammed the table and couldn't curse.

He covered his chest and coughed violently.

Sheng An Ning followed Zhou Shixun out of the door and saw people peeking over here. It was obvious that they had heard the noise and wanted to come over to watch the fun, but were afraid of being discovered.

When he saw Zhou Shixun coming out, he greeted him enthusiastically: "Changsuo is back."

Sheng An Ning couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.