RDD 10

Chapter 10

Still, they accepted us after Penelope cried a lot. The parents and daughter reconciled and burst into tears. It was a tear-jerking scene and I almost cried but my cheek was swollen at that time. 

Furthermore, they like Roman very much because he is cute, handsome, and smart. 

"My father decided to sell the land, they don't want to farm anymore. Mother and Father are getting old anyway and most of my siblings don't want to farm."

"Wait what?"

I was dumbfounded when I heard the news. 

"My siblings don't want to farm."

"No, before that."

"My father wants to sell the land."

That's right. Based on what I know, Penelope's family has 5 hectares of arable land. It was big land and their family used it to plant rice and rent the other portion. Despite having a huge piece of land, Penelope's parents still have it hard.

Penelope has 9 siblings and most of them were undergraduates. Back when she was young, it was hard for her parents to feed all of them. 

"Perhaps they want to retire. All of my sisters and brothers are adults now except the youngest son, my parents want to take life easy."

Indeed, farming was a tough job yet small profit. Our government is slowly killing the farmers and they obviously did it very well. That's why no one wants to be a farmer. They prefer working in factories or offices, at least they can earn more money and less tiring. 

'My grandfather was a farmer too before he sold his land and move to the capital. Then he worked as a construction worker until he became a foreman and started his own construction company.'

Everyone has to start something to achieve something. 

"Then," I swallowed hard. "If they want to sell half of their land. How much will it cost?"

I know that I sound like a greedy son-in-law but I can't help it. We're talking about big money here and I hope that my wife would receive at least a small amount. I'm not asking for much, just enough to see my wife have a sweet smile. 

"About it... They settled with 1.3 million for 2.5 hectares and they are going to sign the papers on December 23."

"Then..."

I stared at her and she nodded. 

"Hm, they want to give half of the amount to their children and I will get a portion of the money."

She smiled and kissed me on the cheek. I was still stunned when I heard what she said but the kiss woke me up. 

"Honey!"

"Uh-huh, don't celebrate yet. Let's celebrate with Mother and Father."

"T- that's right."

The transaction was still not finalized and they want all of the siblings to be there and received the money together. 

"If we want to get there before 24, you have to talk to your manager and get the bonus and 13-month. We need money to go back to the province."

I nodded. I have to give my resignation letter tomorrow. The HR will understand me, I guess. 

"Are you really sure you want to resign from your job? It's hard to find a nice job like yours."

She looked at me with worry. 

"You know, I'm fine with putting the money in the bank."

"Honey, you said that I have to level up my game. I want to start a business to give you a nice future. It sounds scary but I have a plan."

Now that there is a system helping me, I'm confident that I can make a profitable business. I want to prove myself. 

"I trust you."

Penelope, I love your smile.

"Hm."

I gave her a hug and kissed her neck. 

"Honey, you do understand that the children are still awake. You have to wait for a little bit."

Then, I licked my lips and whispered close to her ear. 

"Honey, I want to--"

"No, you will not drink any alcohol tonight. You promise me that you will never touch alcohol again."

"Yes. Then how about--"

"No smoking too. Don't you feel bad for the kids? They are inhaling the smoke whenever you lit a cigarette."

"... I understand, I'm sorry. I will do my best to stop."

"That's the spirit, or else I will not sleep with you tonight."

My embrace tightened when I heard what she said. 

"Looks like someone's afraid of sleeping alone."

She teasingly said and looked at me. 

"Wife..."

I brushed her hair and kissed her on the forehead. 

I was disappointed that I will never taste alcohol and cigarette again, but I have to be stronger for my family. Alcohol makes me dramatic to the point that I'm thinking of killing myself... Perhaps alcohol pushed me to unalive.

As for smoking, I never want any of my children to inhale it so I smoke far away from them. However, since I promised my wife to stay away from them, then I will stay away from them.

My willpower is stronger now. 

"Let's wait for the children to sleep, then we will start."

She escaped my embrace and left the room giggling. She could see from my reaction that I was excited. 

"I understand."

I was kinda thirsty right now. I want to eat my beautiful wife... Ahem, anyway, I followed Penelope and checked the two kids. 

"Mama, shleepy..."

"Sweetheart~ Do you want to sleep now?"

"En."

Sophia nodded and yawned. For a young child like her, it was easy to fall asleep. Sophia sleeps early and she doesn't cry in the middle of the night most of the time. 

Penelope took her to their room. Sophia was still sleeping in a baby crib and she loves her bed because she is surrounded by many squishy dolls. 

'Nice, my cute daughter wants to sleep.'

I'm excited because one of the kids wants to sleep and I can cuddle with Penelope much earlier... However, I glanced at Roman, looks like this kid wants to stay late since there's no school tomorrow. 

But still, Roman is a child and his endurance quickly diminished and he went to their room and fall asleep. 

Now...

"Fufu, why are you acting like that?"

"Wife, I miss you."

"Geez."

I stared at my wife and Penelope giggled, I followed her back to our room and our night started.