Lu Chenhao couldn't squat any longer. He wanted to ask for a rest like before, but Zhang Anan's expressionless face made him afraid to open his mouth.

In the end, he sat down on the ground. He was so scared that he looked at Zhang Anan blankly.

When Lu Chenlin saw this and was about to help him, Zhang Anan stopped him with her eyes.

I went forward and pulled him up, "Keep squatting. If you feel tired, take a break and then continue squatting. Don't think that you will be fine just by admitting your mistake. You must squat for a sufficient amount of time."

As soon as she finished speaking, the children immediately stretched their arms and legs, then squatted down again.

"Do you know why I'm punishing you?"

"Mom, we know we shouldn't get the clothes dirty. You worked so hard to wash them."

"Mom, but we want to help you with the work!"

"Yes, we can help."

Several children began to answer one after another, speaking warm words in their childish voices.

"I understand your good intentions, but have you ever thought about how you're going to hang the clothes on such a high clothesline? Have you ever thought about it?"

At this time, the children looked at each other, no one spoke, and they all shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know.

Their little heads hadn't really thought about this problem.

"Mom knows that you are all good children and want to help me with the work to make my life easier. I know all this, but the problem is that you have to do the work that you can do yourself!

"These tasks you're currently unable to perform are only hindering our efforts, understand? Didn't we agree to let you do the tasks we could do last time? Remember this next time! Don't do things rashly; think about whether you can do it first."

Zhang Anan patiently explained to them why they were punished. They clearly wanted to help with the work but were still punished in the end.

"Mom, we got it."

I don’t know whether the kids really knew or not, but they nodded in unison and said they knew.

Every time Zhang Anan saw this, it was very funny. His childish face was filled with a serious expression, which made people want to laugh.

Lu Ming did not interfere in the affairs between mother and son. After finishing his work, he went to prepare dinner.

An argument began between Lu's father and mother.

"Why are you being so unreasonable? Why are you blaming me for something that clearly didn't happen?"

"Hahaha, I'm unreasonable. It's all my fault. I'm the one who made this family become like this. It's all my fault. You have nothing to do with it at all. But have you ever thought about it? Will others believe these words if I say them out loud?"

"If it weren't for you, would our family be like this? I wouldn't be a laughing stock. It's fine if you don't care about me now, but in the end you blame me."

"Hahaha, Mr. Lu, you finally told the truth. Now it's all my fault.

Don't think I don't know what you did. I was pretending to be dumb and covering for you because I needed to rely on you.

This cold made me realize that your life is your own and only you will care about it, no one else will care. "

Father Lu took two steps back awkwardly.

"Aren't you okay? It's not a big deal, why are you fussing so much? Seriously, get out of my way so I can go in."

"Make your words clear first, then go in, I'm going to separate from you."

When Mother Lu said this, not only Father Lu was stunned, but even Zhou Hongying and her son were shocked.

"Mom, what is grandma talking about?"

Lu Yi pulled Zhou Hongying's sleeve and shook it.

"Shh, be quiet, don't talk, listen to what your grandparents say."

Zhou Hongying was very uneasy, but she pretended to be calm and comforted the children.

"What do you mean? You want to separate from me? Did I hear you correctly?"

Father Lu thought he had misheard, so he scratched his ears with his hands and asked back.

Mother Lu looked at his actions expressionlessly and replied calmly,

"You heard me right. I want to split the house with you. We'll each take half, and the old man's family and the children will stay with us."

Father Lu looked at her for a long time without saying anything. He walked around the yard a few times with his hands behind his back, then looked at Mother Lu and said,

"are you serious?"

Mother Lu did not reply, but nodded heavily.

Zhou Hongying originally wanted to persuade her, but then she thought of Lu's mother's temper and took back the step she had taken.

"Okay, you can split it if you want, but you have to give me half of the money."

"Yes, but we need the captain to write us a certificate before we can give it to you."

"You... are fine, you are fine." Father Lu didn't expect that she would still want to prove it. He pointed at her, turned around and started calling Lu Yi.

"Lu Yi, go call the captain and tell him we have something urgent to discuss with him."

At his mother's signal, Lu Yi ran out quickly.

Zhou Hongying quickly coaxed the two children to sleep.

"Mom, we haven't eaten yet! I'm hungry."

"Yeah, we haven't even had dinner yet, why are grandpa and grandma still trying to divide the family? Hasn't our family already been divided? Why is it still being divided? No wonder someone asked before if our family was still going to be divided!"

"Who asked you that, and how did he ask you that?"

"That's right, the uncles and grandpas in the team asked, and they said grandpa wanted a share!"

Only then did Zhou Hongying understand that this was exactly what Lu's father wanted. She also realized that she had been in this family for so many years but seemed to have never seen through him.

It seems as if what I saw before was an illusion, and what I see now is the real thing.

When I think back, the person who has been by my side for more than ten years was also very unfamiliar to me. It was as if I had never known him before. When I think back now, he seems like a complete stranger.

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