In the end, everyone agreed.

Shen Sanlin also said that he wanted to wait until after the New Year to discuss marriage, since there were too many things to do right now.

But Tian Guifen was unwilling. She said, "...What if something happens to your grandmother and grandfather? Wouldn't you be delayed for three years?"

The situation of the third child is different from that of the second child.

After all, Erming had been married before and had done those dirty things, so it's understandable that he didn't want to get married again.

Therefore, Tian Guifen felt it was normal to give Erming some time to adjust his mood.

But she dared not delay her third son any longer.

"...Alright then, Mother, you can help me choose a match."

Shen Sanlin was not enthusiastic about marriage.

He only mentioned it briefly, and when he was rejected, he didn't say anything more.

That's how it was settled.

For the next month or so, Shen Sanlin and Shen Yishan stayed at the foundation site, watching everyone work hard to build the house.

This month is enough time to brew the gout wine.

As soon as the gout-relieving wine helped, Shen Wanli couldn't wait to take a jar of the wine to his second brother.

Surprisingly, after drinking it, Shen Qianli actually felt much better.

Although there is still some pain, it is negligible compared to the previous pain.

So Shen Wanli immediately sent dozens of jars to Wanwu Winery. Manager Gao understood immediately, keeping some for himself and sending most of them to the capital.

Then he kept some for himself and sent some to some people in the city who had gout.

By the time the Lunar New Year arrived, the reputation of "Gout Wine" had already spread.

The second batch of gout-inducing wine has been brewing for over half a month, and it should be cured by the Lantern Festival.

"When the time comes, let Yushu and Erming take the gout wine and open a branch of the winery in Fenyang City!" Shen Wanli and Shen Qianli drank their wine, extremely happy.

The distillery is almost finished and looks quite impressive, which makes Shen Wanli even happier.

"Haha, look how happy you are. Are you happy because you made money, or because Sanlin's marriage is finally settled?"

Shen Qianli was teasing his younger brother.

The marriage arrangement for Shen Sanlin has finally been finalized.

Ever since Tian Guifen spread the word that she wanted to find a girl for Shen Sanlin, not only girls from the town, but even shrewd girls came to visit.

The shrewd young lady came because of An An's reputation.

Although Tian Guifen also thought it would be impressive for Sanlin to marry a shrewd girl, she was annoyed that the girl was after An'an.

They didn't want to use An'an's reputation for anything, and they were also worried that the girl might cause trouble in the future, so they simply found reasons to refuse.

Later, everyone understood Tian Guifen's meaning, and she directly drove away most of the girls in the town and the city.

After all, if it weren't for the blue eucalyptus, who would want to marry into a rural family?

However, no one expected that while Tian Guifen was overwhelmed with choices, Shen Sanlin would actually take a liking to a girl himself.

Coincidentally, it was someone I knew.

She is Fang Hui, the younger sister of Fang Ze, the head constable.

Fang Ze's parents died early, and he had no relatives except for his younger sister, Fang Hui.

Perhaps because of the hardships she endured growing up, Fang Hui is quite capable, sensible, and somewhat feisty and opinionated. Her appearance can only be described as pretty.

This type of girl is actually quite similar to Tian Guifen.

If it were a daughter, Tian Guifen would definitely be happy.

But the daughter-in-law can't help but worry about whether her son will suffer losses in the future.

When choosing a daughter-in-law, it is still hoped that she is a girl like Wang Xiuhe, the eldest son's wife, who is willing to endure hardship, swallow her anger, and put the overall situation first.

But Tian Guifen wasn't domineering. The girl had a good personality, and her son liked her, so she had no objections.

On the eve of the Lunar New Year, the two families formally exchanged gifts and arranged the marriage between the two, with the wedding to take place the following spring! After all, Shen Sanlin was not young anymore.

If Tian Guifen was somewhat dissatisfied at first, she was only happy after the decision was made.

Before the Lunar New Year, Fang Hui also came with Shen Sanlin once. Although her cooking wasn't very good, she was clean and efficient and definitely a good person to manage a household, which made Tian Guifen even more satisfied.

Shen Wanli was equally satisfied.

"Hehe, I'm so happy! I've been looking for a wife for Da Linzi for so long, and it's finally settled. And it's such a wonderful girl, how could I not be happy?"

Shen Wanli, drunk, poured out his heart to Shen Qianli.

"Now, I just hope that Yushu and Erming will have a smooth time in Fenyang City, and that Wutiao, Daqiao, and Xiaolou can study diligently."

In fact, Shen Wanli had even greater expectations for the latter.

Now that his family is not short of money, he hopes that two of his family members will become scholars.

"You're getting more and more demanding. Actually, the most important thing is for the children to be healthy," Shen Qianli said, looking at Shen Wanli with some envy.

Upon hearing this, even though Shen Wanli was drunk, he knew something was wrong, so he asked, "What's wrong? What happened at home?"

He's been busy with the distillery lately, only coming here every few days, and even then, it's just to see his father.

He hadn't been able to have a proper chat with his second brother, so he didn't know if anything bad had happened to Shen Qianli's family.

Little Zhou brought over a plate of fried peanuts, placed it down, and without treating Shen Wanli as an outsider, said directly, "Isn't it all because of that Xingshan boy? He's got his eye on a girl and won't marry anyone else..."

"Oh my, isn't this a good thing? Xingshan is sixteen now, right? It's good that they can settle down sooner. Second sister-in-law, judging from your expression... could there be something wrong with that girl?"

"The girl is very beautiful, with exquisitely bound feet. Her family runs a general store in town. I've heard she's also very capable. She's their only daughter, but they haven't said they'd take her in as a son-in-law. They just said that if she has two grandsons, one will take their surname, and the store will eventually go to her future husband..."

Little Zhou talked on and on, and her explanation was very comprehensive.

The more Shen Wanli listened, the more convinced he felt there was no problem.

Isn't everything fine?

"Where did things go wrong?"

"This girl's dowry is a bit high," Shen Qianli replied coldly.

Shen Wanli knew his second brother well and knew that if it were just a slightly higher dowry, he wouldn't be so upset.

Is this an exorbitant demand?

So Shen Wanli tentatively asked, "How much do you want?"

"The bride price is sixty-eight taels of silver, two acres of land, and three kinds of gold jewelry."

Little Zhou spoke with a dark expression.

In farming families, the bride price is at most a few taels of silver.

A bride price of sixty-eight taels of silver, plus two acres of land and gold jewelry, is far too little.

"...I'll drink this, it's too much. Sigh, there are plenty of good girls out there, let Xingshan take a look again."

Shen Wanli also disagreed.

No matter how good the girl is, if she demands such a high dowry, her family will likely find it difficult to get along with her.

The suffering of a thousand miles away is beyond words.

That's where the difficulty lies!