After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 22 Making a Big Fortune

After discussing it with Su Tai, Shen Yi immediately gave Su Chunlin a clear reply.

Su Chunlin was so excited that he immediately said he wanted to go to Shen Family Village with Shen Yi right away.

Su Tai winked at Shen Yi, and Shen Yi immediately said, "Uncle, let's invite Xiao Tai too. My second aunt has always missed Xiao Tai, she'll be very happy to see her."

Han chimed in, "Then let's go. It'll be good for us to help carry some things."

And so the father and daughter left with Shen Yi.

Su Tai originally wanted to borrow a stroller from Su Chunlin, but Su Chunlin refused, worried about being watched on the way.

It was already dark when the group arrived at the Shen family's residence.

The cold wind howled outside, and Shen Yi quickly found the winter coat that his parents had left behind for Su Tai to use.

Fearing that Su Tai might mind, he further explained, "I aired out all these quilts before winter, so they are very clean."

Su Tai didn't take it seriously, and pointed to the corner of the room, saying, "Bring in some burlap sacks and wicker baskets."

Shen Yi did as she asked, but couldn't understand what Su Tai was going to do.

The next morning, Shen Yi got up before Su Chunlin and gently knocked on Su Tai's door. "How is it?"

Su Tai, still half asleep, pointed vaguely to the bags of grain and the pile of wild vegetables in the corner and whispered, "I packed three bags of twenty-jin wheat and four bags of ten-jin wheat. My father's wicker basket can hold one bag of twenty-jin wheat and some wild vegetables. You can keep thirty jin of grain and some wild vegetables, and help me sell the rest of the grain and wild vegetables, okay?"

"So much! Grain is valuable now, and you can't find such fresh wild vegetables outside. They can also fetch a good price. Why don't you leave the grain behind?" Shen Yi asked, raising an eyebrow.

Su Tai shook her head. "Sell them all! There are probably 800 catties of wild vegetables. You can decide how to sell them. You can sell them to wealthy families. We don't need to sell grain. Just sell them cheaply to families that are short of grain."

She has cleared out that acre of land in the Earth Time and Space and planted wheat on it one after another. It will be ready for harvest next March, so there is no shortage of food for the time being. However, the Time and Space Gate needs virtual currency everywhere, and it will not be able to function without income.

Of course, she could also sell these things to automated trading stations, but the prices offered by automated trading stations are not as high as outside. Since the family was short of money, she could earn whatever she could.

"If possible, Brother Shen, could you also help me buy some vegetables that mature quickly?" Su Tai said in a low voice, making her calculations.

There has been no snow since the beginning of winter this year, and it is unknown whether it will rain next year. If the drought continues next year, the two wells in the village will not be enough for the whole village to drink water and grow crops, so the water space must be upgraded.

However, she has less than 500 virtual coins, so she needs to save up that money first, and she will also need a lot of virtual coins to purchase the right to use the service later.

Shen Yi carefully noted down her words and began moving the things out.

When Su Chunlin woke up and stepped out of her room, she saw that the wicker basket she had brought was full of things. "These are wild vegetables? Where did they come from?"

Is he seeing a ghost in the dead of winter?
Shen Yi said in a serious tone, "I found it deep in the mountains. There isn't much. Uncle, take it back and have a taste. There are twenty catties of grain in here. I also put some in Little Tai's wicker basket. It's twenty coins per catty. You can give me five hundred coins."

"This is too cheap!" Su Chunlin couldn't believe his ears.

Su Tai quickly stepped forward and grabbed him, jokingly saying, "Dad! Don't talk nonsense. We'll just listen to whatever Brother Shen says. Look, it's getting late, we still have to hurry back!"

Su Chunlin didn't dare to press further, so he quickly took out five hundred coins from his pocket and gave them to Shen Yi, then slung his wicker basket over his shoulder and headed out.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Shen Yi stuffed five hundred coins into Su Tai's arms and sent them out of the village.

Just like last time, Shen Yi escorted him for more than half the journey before heading back.

After the father and daughter arrived home, Su Chunlin excitedly called Han Shi and the others over. Su Tai took the opportunity to carry the wicker basket into the house, then slipped into the time portal transfer station, took out a bag of twenty catties of grain and put it into the wicker basket, along with a lot of wild vegetables. Only after finishing tidying up did she carry the wicker basket out.

Upon seeing this, Su Chunlin immediately called out, "Xiao Tai, how much grain is in your wicker basket?"

Su Tai put down the wicker basket, and the contents inside made the couple quite unsettled.

Madam Han weighed the sack in her hand and said, "There must be twenty catties of grain in here! You've taken advantage of Shen Yi again!"

Su Chunlin was dumbfounded. He looked around, then his gaze fell on Su Tai. "Girl, you carried twenty catties of grain back without saying a word? When did you become so capable!"

Su Tai looked completely innocent. "Maybe it's because I'm wearing thick clothes in winter, and carrying things keeps me warm. I didn't feel it was heavy at all!"

Su Chunlin sighed and rubbed his forehead. "If I had known you also had twenty catties of grain, I definitely wouldn't have only given Shen Yi five hundred coins. Now look what happened, we've taken advantage of them!"

Although he had some ulterior motives, he still had a sense of shame. Now, he'll never be able to hold his head high in front of his son-in-law again.

"No! I have to go to Shenjiazhuang again!" Su Chunlin gritted his teeth and got up.

Su Tai quickly stopped him, "Father, it's so cold outside, don't make a fuss! I see that Brother Shen has some extra food. If you're really embarrassed, you can just give me more dowry when I get married, right?"

Han laughed and scolded, "Shameless!"

After Su Tai said that, Su Chunlin didn't insist anymore.

As December arrived, it finally snowed. Although it was just a light snowfall, it brought joy to the villagers, and shouts could be heard from time to time in the cold weather.

Worried about heavy snowfall later, Shen Yi visited the Su family again.

Su Chunlin and Han warmly welcomed them and brought out the rabbit meat they had previously marinated to cook.

While Shen Yi was talking to Su Chunlin, he naturally handed the wicker basket he had brought to Su Tai and said, "These are things for little Tai sister."

Su Tai understood immediately. Before her family could react, she grabbed the wicker basket, rushed into the house, and closed the door.

Su Ming almost followed him inside, banging on the door until Su Chunlin yelled at him, which silenced him.

Su Tai waited until there was no more noise outside before removing the straw from the wicker basket. She took out a burlap sack from inside, which contained some copper coins and loose silver. She didn't know how much loose silver there was, but there were 1,685 copper coins. In addition to the money, there were some silk flowers, ropes, clay figurines, and other trinkets. They were indeed small items, but they were well-made. At the bottom was a bag of vegetable seeds, divided into several packets. She didn't really recognize what they were.

She kept some of those trinkets, and took the rest, along with the loose silver, to the Time-Space Gate transfer station to sell them to the automated trading counter.

The silk flowers and similar items sold for a total of 80 coins, which was about what she had estimated. However, she hadn't expected the loose silver to be so valuable.

The automated trading counter offers 5 virtual coins per gram of silver. There are a total of 90.75 grams here, which amounts to 453.75 virtual coins.

With the addition of the 80 virtual coins she had just earned, her virtual coin balance had exceeded one thousand.

Su Tai was overjoyed and left before she could even figure out how to use the money.

When she appeared before everyone, Shen Yi keenly sensed her joy and inexplicably felt happy as well.

Just then, Mrs. Han finished cooking.

Su Tai quickly went over to help.

(End of this chapter)