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

Chapter 69 The Ye Family’s Decision

Recalling the madness of last night, Su Tai blushed and hurriedly grabbed her clothes to put them on haphazardly before sitting down in front of the dressing table.

She hadn't yet unpacked the dowry she brought yesterday, and now she finally had time to put things away one by one, starting with her dowry jewelry.

Han prepared a silver hairpin, a pair of silver bracelets, and a silver necklace for her. She bought herself a jade hairpin, pearl flowers, and silk flowers, as well as the hairpin that Su Yu had given her before. It seems that she has quite a lot, but she feels that something is missing.

Just as she was deep in thought, a dressing case suddenly appeared beside her.

Su Tai looked up in surprise, meeting Shen Yi's deep and gentle eyes. "Prepared for me?"

Shen Yi smiled and nodded, "Originally, I wanted to send it to your house along with the betrothal gifts, but then my second aunt said that everything was complete, and adding this dowry would make it incomplete, so I secretly kept it to give you a surprise."

Su Tai was genuinely delighted and quickly opened the box.

The entire dressing case is made of the finest ebony, carved with lifelike flowers, birds, insects and fish, and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, making it very exquisite.

The first layer is movable, and there are three smaller layers inside. The top layer contains rouge and face powder, the middle layer contains lip rouge, and the bottom layer contains an exquisite wooden comb.

The second tier was divided into two small compartments. On the left were a pair of silver bracelets and a pair of jade bracelets, and on the right were a pair of pearl earrings and a pair of silver earrings.

Su Tai's eyes widened instantly. "I just remembered, my mother didn't prepare earrings for me!"

No wonder she always felt something was missing.

Shen Yi's smile deepened as he took the pearl earrings and helped her put them on.

Su Tai opened the last layer, which contained hairpins and hair ornaments.

This dressing case should contain two sets of headdresses.

"These must have cost a lot of money!" She hugged the things carefully, looking up at Shen Yi with pleading eyes, her gaze truly endearing.

Shen Yi stroked her hair and said gently, "Not much. The dressing case was custom-made by a master craftsman. It cost six taels of silver, and the two sets of headdresses together cost twelve taels, for a total of twenty taels."

Su Tai couldn't help but gasp, her hands tightening inexplicably as she held the dressing case. "Have you struck it rich?"

Shen Yi laughed and helped her fix her hair while explaining, "Didn't you ask me to buy more land? This year I put a lot of effort into tending to it, and I sold the land and earned more than 500 taels. All of this was given to me by you, so it's only right that I use it on you."

Su Tai counted on her fingers and said, "The betrothal gift you gave me was two hundred taels. After adding the dowry and household items, there's not much left, is there?"

“There are still over four hundred taels.” Shen Yi opened the cabinet and took out a bag of silver from a hidden compartment. “This is all my possessions. I’m entrusting it to you for safekeeping from now on.”

Seeing that he was not holding back at all, Su Tai was truly moved. She immediately took out the silver she had brought with her, saying, "My parents gave me two hundred taels as dowry, and I have saved more than three hundred taels myself. Together, we have more than you. In this way, our combined savings will be exactly one thousand taels!"

They were shocked when they calculated it.

Just then, there was a knocking sound at the door. "Shen Yi, open the door!"

“It’s my second aunt,” Shen Yi said.

Su Tai quickly gathered all the money together.

Shen Yi helped her open her cabinet, and then cleverly opened the hidden compartment for her. "From now on, all our family's money will be kept here. Think about it carefully later and hide it separately. Don't put it all in one place. I'll go out and open the door for my second aunt first."

Su Tai nodded.

As soon as Shen Yi left, she immediately took out two hundred taels of loose silver from her bag and put it into the hidden compartment. She kept the rest at the Time-Space Gate transfer station. It would never get lost no matter where she put it.

After doing all that, she checked her appearance again to make sure everything was alright before opening the door and going out.

Madam Xu was talking to Shen Yi in the main room when Su Tai entered, her face glowing like a peach blossom. She instantly smiled so broadly that her eyes disappeared from her teeth, "Seeing that you are all doing well, I feel at ease!"

Su Tai quickly poured Xu a glass of water.

Xu drank it down readily before starting to arrange the sacrificial ceremony for Su Tai.

After finishing her business, Xu hurriedly went back home.

Seeing her leave in such a hurry, Su Tai was a little puzzled, "Isn't the autumn harvest over? What else is Second Aunt busy with?"

Shen Yi chuckled and said, "This year, my second aunt followed me in farming and had a good harvest and made money. With money in hand, she naturally wanted to learn from me and buy land to build a house. These past few days, my second uncle and cousin have been using my fishing boat to dredge stones."

"This is great news!"

The Xu family are all good people who are protective of their own, and they treat her well. They are also Shen Yi's only relative in Shenjiazhuang. Su Tai is naturally happy to see them doing well.

Since Shen Yi didn't have a fishing boat, he stayed home with Su Tai, and the two enjoyed a blissful newlywed life.

Meanwhile, Han, who had married off her daughter in Dongmen Village, was now completely idle and immediately took Su Nizi to the old house.

When Ye Chunhua and her four siblings saw the two women from the Han family, they immediately guessed their purpose.

"Auntie, please come inside." Ye Chunhua calmly led them into the house and said, "I agree to what you said before, Auntie. I am willing to marry. If you don't mind, my sister can also marry into the Ke family with me."

"Oh! This is a great joy for us, how could we possibly complain!" Madam Han beamed from ear to ear.

I thought we'd have to find another daughter-in-law for the Ke family, but now someone is willing to marry into the family on their own initiative—it's like a pie falling from the sky.

Xia Hua, who was standing to the side, said, "However, we have a request."

"Tell me, tell me," Su Nizi said, her voice trembling with excitement.

The two sisters glanced at their three younger brothers with reluctance.

Ye Chunhua moved her lips and said, "Auntie knows that the five of us siblings depend on each other for survival. Originally, only I was willing to marry far away to the Ice Plains, but my sister was worried that I would be alone in such a far place and no one would take care of me, so she thought of marrying with me. As a result, only my brother and his two brothers were left in the village."

After my sister and I get married, Ye An should also be getting married, but we're afraid we won't be able to help him, so we can only ask our aunt for help.

Madam Han breathed a sigh of relief, and her whole body relaxed. "I thought it was something serious. If you really marry into the Ke family, we will be real relatives. I am the elder of Ye An and his two brothers. I will definitely help with this."

However, it would be best to wait until next year's autumn harvest to discuss it further. After the harvest, everyone will be more relaxed, and the three brothers can save some money, making them more attractive to potential buyers.

Ye Chunhua nodded gratefully, "Auntie, you've thought this through. I have no objections."

After saying that, she looked at her three younger brothers and earnestly instructed them: "You should all find wives and live good lives in the village. If you encounter any problems that you can't make up your minds about, go to your uncle and aunt. We'll be together, so you don't need to worry about us."

Su Nizi hurriedly said, "From now on, the child's father will bring the flock of sheep out once a year. If your sister wants to come out, she can too. There will be no problem meeting her."

(End of this chapter)