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

Chapter 52 Buying a Bullock Cart

"Wait a minute, don't say anything yet, let me calm down." Su Chunsen stopped Su Yu, sat down silently, his expression conflicted.

Su Yu also knew that this was a big deal and required careful consideration, so she was not in a hurry to urge Su Chunsen to make a decision.

Upon learning that Su Yu had been completely freed from slavery, Su Changxi immediately went with them to the county town to register Su Yu's household registration. From this day forward, Su Yu was truly no longer related to the Bai family.

February arrived in the blink of an eye, and Su Tai's cabbage and two acres of rice planted in the Earth Time and Space yielded another bumper harvest, earning her 9600 coins.

At this time, the family was discussing matters related to spring plowing.

Su Chunlin also brought out all the farm tools he used for work, repairing and patching them up. He muttered that the hoe at home had a chipped edge and the shovel was dull, so it needed to be sharpened again.

Su Tai then realized that her family was so short of tools for working, and suggested to Su Chunlin, "Dad, why don't we buy an ox? First, it can help plow the fields, and second, we won't have to go to town to hire an oxcart when we go out, which would be very convenient."

"Buy cattle?" Su Chunlin's voice trembled with excitement.

The couple exchanged a glance, both excited and apprehensive. "This must cost a lot of money!"

Su Yu chimed in, "Uncle and Aunt, I also think buying a cow is a good idea. We still have eight acres of wasteland at home, which is hard to cultivate. Buying a cow will save a lot of effort. If you're short on money, I can help you out with some cash."

Madam Han quickly refused, "There's no need for you to spend money! Children don't need to worry about this. Your uncle and I can still afford a cow."

Since things have come to this point, we have no choice but to buy the cow.

The next day, the couple went to town and bought a cow for ten taels of silver. The seller also provided them with an oxcart.

Now that they had an oxcart, Han took a brood of chicks home to raise.

When Su Chunlin drove the oxcart into the village, the villagers who had heard the news all came to watch the spectacle, and everyone was extremely envious.

Seeing this, Su Changxi said loudly, "You should work hard on the land this year, and buy cattle after the autumn harvest when you have the money."

"Yes! We must also work hard to farm and save money to buy cattle!" Many villagers echoed, eager to go to the fields to work right now.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Su Tai entered the Wood Dimension Seed Shop and bought another 3,000 catties of wheat seeds. As a result, her virtual currency balance was reduced to less than 800.

Having bought the seeds, they inevitably needed Shen Yi as a shield again. Since Su Chunlin liked to show off, the father and daughter hit it off and drove the oxcart to Shen Family Village.

Shen Yi was very accommodating to Su Tai's every request. He immediately told Su Chunlin that he had acquired another batch of grain seeds and could exchange them for wheat without paying any money.

This is truly a wonderful thing for the villagers of Dongmen Village.

Su Chunlin immediately lost interest in showing off his oxcart and drove a large load of grain seeds back to the village to find Su Changxi.

In the following days, Su Chunlin was busy hauling wheat from both sides and couldn't take care of his own work.

Once all three thousand catties of seed grain were distributed, Shen Yi's family also stockpiled three thousand catties of grain.

Shen Yi personally went to Su Tai's door, looking quite helpless, "What do you plan to do with all that grain now?"

Su Tai chuckled awkwardly, "Brother Shen, could you please help me sell them? Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly. How about I give you ten percent of your hard-earned money?"

Shen Yi glanced at the girl in front of him, who was taking advantage of him, with amusement. "Would I take advantage of you? It's just that the price of grain has dropped this year. A pound of wheat costs forty wen in town. If you sell it to the grain shop in town, you'll inevitably be pressured to lower the price. I'm afraid you won't even be able to sell it for thirty-five wen a pound. If you're in a hurry, we can set the price between thirty-five and forty wen and sell it ourselves."

"Okay! Brother Shen, you can handle it as you see fit." Su Tai unconditionally trusted Shen Yi's decision. After Shen Yi left, she happily went to the main room.

Su Yu said to her, "Xiao Tai, I think your brother-in-law has a clear and honest look in his eyes, he's not a bad guy."

Su Tai chuckled, looking smug, "That's right, my taste is definitely not bad."

"Shameless!" Su Yu chuckled.

With the start of spring planting, everyone in the family got busy. Even Su Yu couldn't sit still; she was either delivering meals to the fields or helping with household chores.

The wounds on her face had healed, and after the scabs fell off, Han bought her a box of scar-removing ointment from Dr. Li's clinic in town.

A small box contains more than an ounce of medicine. Whether it's effective or not is unknown, but Han's thoughtfulness warmed Su Yu's heart.

With Han's help spreading her good reputation in the village, and the villagers knowing that Su Yu was injured while saving the eldest daughter of the Bai family, most people felt pity for her when they saw her, and very few people gossiped about her. Gradually, she also took off the veil on her face and showed herself openly.

After a month of busy spring plowing, several spring rains fell, saving everyone the trouble of watering the plants. The villagers all said this was a good omen.

Su Chunlin stood at the gate of his own yard, looking at the eight acres of reclaimed wasteland next to him, and began to imagine the autumn harvest.

At this moment, Shen Yi slowly walked over from a distance.

Su Chunlin's eyes lit up, and he quickly stepped forward to greet them, "Have you finished your farm work? Do you need Uncle to come and help you?"

Shen Yi shook his head, glanced at the neatly leveled ground, and asked, "What did you plant, Uncle?"

Su Chunlin chuckled and said, "We've just started clearing the land! I'm not sure if we'll have a good harvest, so I'll just listen to Xiaotai and plant half soybeans and half peanuts."

"That's good. Is Xiaotai home?" Shen Yi looked into the yard.

Su Chunlin immediately stepped aside to let him in, and shouted Su Tai out at the top of his lungs.

When no one was around, Shen Yi handed her the package in the wicker basket. "The wheat sold for 112.5 taels, and I exchanged it all for loose silver."

Su Tai grabbed a handful and tried to shove it into Shen Yi's hand, but Shen Yi dodged it. "We're getting married after the autumn harvest. My future isn't yours yet. Hurry up and put it away, don't let Uncle and Aunt see it."

Seeing Shen Yi's insistence, Su Tai had no choice but to accept the money and asked in a low voice, "Do you have enough money to build a house? If not, I have some. You said that what's yours is mine. I want to live comfortably."

Shen Yi smiled and nodded indulgently, "Don't worry, I earned more than a hundred taels from selling crops last year, which is more than enough to build two large courtyards. After the autumn harvest this year, I will have another sum of money from selling crops, and then I will definitely marry you in a grand and glorious way."

Upon hearing this, Su Tai blushed with embarrassment and quickly ran back to the backyard with her package.

Shen Yi smiled as he watched her retreating figure, then went outside and chatted with Su Chunlin for a while before returning home.

Two days later, Su Chunsen returned to the village.

This time, he set off from the county town overnight and arrived at Dongmen Village in the middle of the night without alerting anyone.

When Su Chunlin opened the door for him, he looked shocked. "Brother, why are you back at this hour? Did something happen again?"

Su Chunsen shook his head at him, first leading the horse to rest and feed it, before following Su Chunlin to the kitchen to speak quietly.

"I deliberately found an opportunity to sneak out to see you. Only Awang in the manor knows, so I haven't alerted anyone else. Don't go around telling everyone."