Early in the morning, Shen Cheng and Shen Yu'an went to deliver the goods. They had prepared all the braised meat they needed the night before, totaling two hundred catties.

Two hundred and sixty catties of konjac juice were also prepared.

It wasn't appropriate for the two of them to carry their loads to the town, so they borrowed a cart from the village and headed to the town early in the morning.

Since learning the importance of arithmetic, Shen Yu'an has been learning arithmetic and basic literacy from Shen Danru during his spare time from work.

On the way to deliver the goods, I was still thinking about the knowledge I had learned the day before.

Shen Cheng also started learning from the two children. Ru'er said that her father was not yet forty years old and was in his middle age, so it was not too late for him to learn now.

Why does he feel like he's getting old? His mind isn't as sharp as Yu'an's and Yu'yan's.

Fortunately, this daughter doesn't look down on her father for being stupid.

"Yu'an, please explain yesterday's lesson to your father again. I feel like I've forgotten it."

When Shen Yu'an saw that his father was even more foolish than him, he was secretly delighted.

With their father as a benchmark, the second sister would never think that her eldest brother was stupid.

"Yesterday, my second sister talked about the multiplication table, Dad, let me teach you..."

The two carried the multiplication table all the way without feeling tired, and soon arrived in town.

"Father, I think I see Tinglian. Wait for me here, I'll be right back."

Seeing his son beam with joy, Shen Cheng was happy for him.

My son has grown up and is of marriageable age.

If they work hard, their lives will get better and better.

Shen Cheng pulled the cart to the side of the road under a big tree. Now that the deliveries were finished and his son had gone to find his wife, he could finally lie down on the cart and rest for a while.

Shen Yu'an finally caught up with Chai Tinglian.

His heart was pounding. He carefully took out a hair flower from his handkerchief, wanting to put it on her head himself.

He bought this in town for one or two taels of silver last time, but he never had the chance to give it to Tinglian.

Chai Tinglian was somewhat impatient when she heard Shen Yu'an calling her.

Later, seeing Shen Yu'an carefully take out a handkerchief, they assumed it contained valuable jewelry, as she had been eyeing a jade hairpin for a long time.

A sense of anticipation suddenly welled up inside me.

Her eyes were fixed on Shen Yu'an's hand, her heart pounding wildly. Next to her were her village girlfriends, and she was going to show them off this time.

As the handkerchief was opened, a hair flower was revealed inside. The disappointment she felt caused her face to contort slightly.

Such a cheap thing is not worthy of her.

"Tinglian, what's this?"

When her girlfriends asked her a question, Chai Tinglian was so embarrassed she wanted to disappear into the ground.

She's wearing a gold hairpin in her hair.

How embarrassing.

Even if it wasn't gold, it should at least be silver. How could he give her a broken flower?

"Tinglian, let me put it on you."

Before Shen Yu'an could even touch Chai Tinglian's hair, she blocked him, snatched the hair ornament from Shen Yu'an's hand, threw it on the ground, and chased it away with her bound feet.

Shen Yu'an was stunned.

“Tinglian, you…”

“Shen Yu’an, I didn’t mind that your family was poor back then, and I didn’t even accept the betrothal money. How could you be so unreasonable?”

This left Shen Yu'an momentarily stunned.

He just wanted to give her something, thinking that this lotus flower would look beautiful on her, so why was she angry?

It was the first time he had seen her angry, and he was momentarily at a loss for what to do.

Seeing Shen Yu'an standing there dumbfounded, Chai Tinglian became even angrier and couldn't help but raise her hand and slap him: "You poor wretch, break off the engagement."

Five handprints immediately appeared on Shen Yu'an's face.

He didn't know when Chai Tinglian left.

She disliked him because he was poor.

She wants to break off the engagement.

He bought it for one or two taels of silver, but she said it was cheap and not good enough for her.

He picked up the hair accessory from the ground in a daze, as if his soul had been ripped away.

Seeing his son leave excitedly but return dejected, Shen Cheng felt a little worried.

"Yu'an, what's wrong? Did you see Tinglian?"

"Dad, stop asking. Let's go buy a donkey cart."

Seeing that his son didn't want to talk about it, Shen Cheng didn't dare to ask any further questions.

The moment the donkey cart entered the village, Shangqing Village erupted in excitement.

The donkey cart was loaded with slaughtered pork. Although it was covered with an oilcloth, you could vaguely tell that it was a very fat pig.

The cart was tied to the donkey cart, and it was completely full.

"Look, isn't that Shen Cheng driving the donkey cart?"

"They were also pulling a pig, which looked very fat."

"You know, Shen Cheng has only been away from the Shen family for a few days, and his life is getting better and better."

"I heard that when the daughter who was switched at birth came back, she brought a lot of money with her. Madam Chen was too short-sighted; she's suffered a huge loss now."

Shen Cheng greeted the villagers and drove the donkey cart straight into the house.

After reheating the food several times, Zhou quickly put it on the table when her husband and son returned.

Shen Cheng happily counted his money; he had earned more than seventeen taels of silver in just one day.

The thirty-two taels of silver used to buy the donkey cart were money earned before, which had all been saved with Zhou Shi, and was used to buy the donkey cart.

Shen Cheng was initially a little distressed, but seeing how much money they made in one day, he immediately felt more confident.

On the way back, I bought more than 300 catties of pork for more than four taels of silver. Because I bought a lot, the butcher Hu in town saw that I was a big customer and gave me a discount of fifteen coins per catty, which made me even more profitable.

In the end, a little over twelve taels of silver remained.

Shen Yu'an didn't say a word, ate a few mouthfuls of rice, and went out to work.

Shen Danru couldn't help but ask, "Father, what's wrong with my eldest brother?"

Shen Cheng was also completely baffled. He sighed and said, "Your older brother said he saw the Chai family's daughter in town and ran away. He came back like this."

"Is the Chai family's daughter the sister-in-law they're not yet betrothed to?"

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