Traveling through the Great Northern Wilderness and marrying the most beautiful educated youth.

"You're lucky if someone follows you?"

Su Qingyun leaned the manure scoop against the bucket, her eyes flashing with an alarming light.

That's exactly what he was waiting for.

The housing shortage is the biggest obstacle to the Su family's marriage.

Su Qingyun didn't beat around the bush and directly played his trump card.

"Dad, I've made up my mind. If I marry Lin Wanqiu, we'll separate from the family and build our own house."

The courtyard fell silent instantly.

Su Guishan's eyes widened, and he almost dropped his pipe.

"What? A family split up?"

These days, if you separate from your parents while they're still alive, people will gossip about you behind your back.

If word gets out, people will laugh at the Su family for having no manners.

Liu Guifen stood at the kitchen door, her face pale.

Ma Jinfeng perked up her ears, completely forgetting about the potatoes in the pot.

Su Guishan, suppressing his anger, asked, "Third brother, do you even know what dividing the family property means?"

Su Qingyun nodded.

"Know."

"From now on, I'll keep the work points I earn myself."

"I'll build my own house; I'll figure it out myself."

"I will pay every penny that is due for my retirement."

Su Guishan's face darkened: "You make it sound so easy. Building a house doesn't require timber, adobe bricks, or manpower?"

Su Qingyun spoke in a steady tone.

"I'll find a way to get the timber on the mountain."

"I'll make the adobe bricks myself."

"I'll ask my second brother for help with manpower. Even if I earn fewer work points for a few days, it's better than spending my whole life crammed into one pot."

Ma Jinfeng finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"Third brother, what do you mean by that? Are you saying we're a burden to you?"

Su Qingyun didn't even look at her.

He only stared at Su Guishan.

"Dad, I just want to ask you one question."

"Does this mean that from now on, all the money my second brother and I work so hard to earn will be controlled by my sister-in-law?"

These words struck a chord with Su Guishan.

He wanted to argue.

But how Ma Jinfeng usually manages the grain store and how she controls the boss, is obvious to everyone.

Su Qingyun continued, "Today is my wedding day."

"What if my second brother wants to get married tomorrow?"

"We only have a dilapidated house, and our grain storage is being watched. Who can live comfortably like that?"

Ma Jinfeng's face flushed red: "Stop trying to sow discord!"

Su Qingyun said calmly, "Whether it's provocation or not, you can tell at the dinner table."

As they were talking, the aroma of pumpkin and potatoes wafted out of the kitchen.

Ma Jinfeng gritted her teeth and turned to serve the rice.

Dinner was served.

A pot of steamed potatoes, a large bowl of boiled pumpkin, and some thin porridge.

This meal was a treat the Su family only received during the Chinese New Year.

Su Qingshui wandered back from who-knows-where, and her eyes widened as soon as she entered the door.

"Wow, you ate something so hearty today?"

He grabbed a potato, grimacing from the heat, but still couldn't bear to put it down.

Liu Guifen quickly said, "Slow down, no one's going to take it from you."

The pumpkin is sweet and soft, and the potato noodles are fragrant.

The family focused on eating, and even Su Guishan's expression softened considerably.

But the harmony only lasted three seconds.

Just as Su Qingshui reached for the second piece of pumpkin with his chopsticks, Ma Jinfeng slapped his hand.

"Eat, eat, all you ever do is eat!"

"You only get one cornbread bun because you don't do enough work!"

Su Qing's hands turned red, and her face immediately darkened.

"I didn't do much work, and I didn't eat your family's food!"

Ma Jinfeng shrieked, "I have a share in this business, can't I even take responsibility for it?"

Su Qingshui slammed her chopsticks on the table.

"How much I pay should be up to Mom, why should you have the right to tell me!"

The smell of gunpowder suddenly filled the room.

Ma Jinfeng, hands on her hips, yelled, "You good-for-nothing, you're getting cocky now? You barely earn a few work points a day, and you expect to eat dry food!"

Su Qingshui also doesn't have a good temper.

"How much do you earn? You're always rummaging through the grain bins at home, more diligent than an accountant checking the books!"

Liu Guifen anxiously tried to persuade her.

Su Guishan's head was throbbing from the noise, and even the potatoes in his hand tasted bland.

He glanced at Su Qingyun.

What the third brother just said has been proven true.

If this family doesn't split up, they'll really be fighting every day from now on.

After the meal, the whole family sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Su Guishan tapped his pipe and spoke with a stern face.

"Stop arguing, I have something to say."

The room fell silent.

Ma Jinfeng was still fuming.

Su Guishan said, "The third brother is getting married to Lin Wanqiu from the educated youth area."

Ma Jinfeng jumped up immediately.

"What?"

"Dad, are you crazy?!"

"That Lin Wanqiu is so skinny, he can't lift a finger, what good would marrying him do?"

"If they eat and drink our food then, they'll go bankrupt!"

Su Qingshui gave a cold laugh.

"What's your rush?"

"Weren't you planning to bring your sister in?"

Ma Jinfeng's expression changed.

"Su Qingshui, shut up!"

Su Qingshui scoffed: "Who in the whole village doesn't know what you're up to?"

Ma Jinfeng lunged at him, ready to tear him apart.

Su Qingshui also stood up, and the two of them shoved each other.

The straw mat on the kang (a heated brick bed) was kicked and made a loud noise.

Liu Guifen was so frightened that she quickly hid behind her.

Su Qingyun didn't move.

He waited for Su Guishan to see things clearly for himself.

Ma Jinfeng was still cursing: "The third son married a sickly man, the whole family is doomed!"

Su Qingyun finally spoke.

"I don't need to do any work in late autumn."

The room fell silent.

His voice wasn't loud, but it drowned out the noise.

"As for the family losing money..."

"I'm preparing to separate from the family and live independently."

Upon hearing this, Ma Jinfeng was completely dumbfounded.

Su Qingshui was also stunned.

Split up?

Is the Su family really going to dismantle this pot of rice?

The next second, Ma Jinfeng started yelling at the top of her lungs.

"No!"

"Why should we divide the family property? The third son is a strong laborer; you can't just divide it up like that!"

"He's gone, and the family's work points have decreased significantly. What will happen to our food?"

Su Qingshui immediately retorted, "Didn't you just say he'd lose money getting married? Why are you now reluctant to give up his work points?"

Ma Jinfeng choked and turned pale.

She raised her hand and pushed Su Qingshui.

"What's it to you!"

Su Qingshui also got angry and blocked it with her backhand.

The two bumped into each other again.

The bowls on the table rattled loudly.

Su Guishan's forehead veins throbbed.

Finally, he stood up abruptly.

boom!

He slammed the tobacco pipe onto the table.

"Alright! I'm not dead yet!"

The shout was so loud it was frightening. Ma Jinfeng and Su Qingshui were so frightened that they immediately stopped and neither dared to move again.

Su Guishan's face was dark as he scanned each person's face.

"I approve of the third son marrying Lin Wanqiu."

Ma Jinfeng's lips moved.

Su Guishan glared at him.

"Shut up!"

He took a deep breath, as if exhaling a breath he had been holding in for years.

"Separation of the family is also permitted."

"How much should be paid for elderly care? We'll write it down clearly in front of the brigade leaders later."

"No one should try to take advantage of the situation, and no one should try to renege on their debt."

The room was deathly quiet.

Su Qingyun felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

It became.

Only by taking this step can he truly take control of his and Lin Wanqiu's lives.

Su Guishan delivered the final blow.

"It's settled then. The third brother will go to the brigade tomorrow to get a letter of introduction."

Early the next morning.

Su Qingyun washed her face, changed into a reasonably clean jacket, and headed straight for the village office.

The mud walls of the brigade headquarters are mottled, and a wooden sign for Xiangyang Village Brigade hangs at the entrance.

Inside the house, village Party secretary Su Xiaowen was wearing reading glasses and looking at documents.

He was the third grandfather of the Su family, and his words carried more weight in the village than those of the village head.

Approving homestead land, issuing certificates, and allocating resources all had to go through him.

Su Qingyun entered the room and greeted everyone respectfully.

"Third Grandfather".

Su Xiaowen looked up at him.

"Qingyun, what's up?"

"I want to get a marriage introduction letter."

Su Xiaowen stopped writing.

"With whom?"

"The educated youth settlement, Lin Wanqiu."

Su Xiaowen immediately frowned.

"Did you know that she was just listed as a typical example of backwardness by the village committee?"

Su Qingyun nodded.

"Know."

"Then why are you still going to marry her?"

Su Xiaowen lowered his voice: "This is not a good matter. Her family's class background is problematic, and there are people in the village keeping an eye on them."

Su Qingyun stood ramrod straight.

"Third Grandfather, my father has agreed."

"I've thought it through."

"I'm going to marry her, and I'll live my own life."

Su Xiaowen stared at him for a long time.

"They've split up?"

"Preparation points."

Su Xiaowen's face darkened further: "You brat, you're getting bolder and bolder."

Su Qingyun didn't explain much.

"I didn't steal or rob; I got married according to the rules."

"If even this can't be done, who in the village will dare to live a peaceful life in the future?"

Su Xiaowen remained silent.

The words may be crude, but they make sense.

Besides, Su Qingyun is a junior member of the same clan, and he has been working diligently lately.

If things get out of hand, it will chill the hearts of the Su family.

He sighed and opened the drawer.

Logically speaking, given Lin Wanqiu's background, the village would have blocked her from entering.

Getting married isn't that easy.

But what can you do when Su Qingyun is a relative of Su Xiaowen?

Ultimately, we need to take care of them.

Su Xiaowen quickly wrote a letter of introduction and stamped it with the official seal of Xiangyang Village Brigade.