Chapter 117 - 116: Clarify
"You can’t compare us to those people, do they even deserve it?" Xiaoyun said, "I’ve been thinking, in a few years I’ll join the military, and afterwards, all the hard work will fall on Brother Aiguo and you, sister-in-law. How could I possibly take half with a clear conscience? Even thirty percent would make me blush with shame..."
Shitou looked at Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan, feeling both touched and amused. Other families would tear each other apart for a slice of profit, with parents and children, mothers and daughters, brothers and sisters turning into enemies; yet, in their case, it was the exact opposite. Each of them felt as if they were taking advantage of the other...
Maybe this was what it really felt like to be a family? He considered himself fortunate to have met people in his life who genuinely cared for him, not by blood but as if they were his own brother and sister-in-law.
Thinking this, he looked up at them with utmost sincerity, and spoke even more slowly, "Let’s not argue about this anymore, thirty percent is really enough for me. We have to divide it into four parts anyway, Uncle’s share would be just ten percent, so you both would only get thirty percent each."
"Your math is wrong. How can the effort I put in compare with yours? Aiguo and I should only count as one share," Xia Yuan said, shaking her head repeatedly.
"Who says sister-in-law’s efforts can’t compare with ours? I think sister-in-law is even more hardworking, taking care of our food and clothing, dealing with all those tedious chores, washing, cooking, allowing us to focus on our work so that there’s hot food waiting when we return," Shitou said, eyes wide as he looked at Xia Yuan, "Without sister-in-law taking care of everything, Brother Aiguo and I would be lost."
"What I do is just trivial, how can it compare with what you guys do?" Xia Yuan immediately felt embarrassed, but a wave of emotion surged in her heart. It dawned on her that the things she did behind the scenes were not taken for granted. Seeing Shitou with a more satisfied look, she became even less willing to let him be at a disadvantage, and said reproachfully, "Don’t try to use your clever tricks to change my mind, it’s not the same thing."
"How is it not the same thing? There’s no such rule that says the sister-in-law’s contribution doesn’t count as a full share! It wouldn’t make sense anywhere, and I don’t want to be called ungrateful later on. Sister-in-law, do you want me to be talked about like that?" Shitou immediately retorted.