Chapter 140: Pick up Han
"What nonsense are you talking about! This is made from the sugarcane I grew myself. Do you want to soak it in some brown sugar and try it?" Su Tai tempted like Grandma Wolf.
Chen Yi decisively took some and licked it with his tongue, nodding seriously, "Sweet! Very, very sweet! Sweeter than maltose!"
Su Tai smiled and narrowed her eyes. "It would be more delicious if we replaced the maltose in our Guokui with brown sugar. Do you believe it?"
"Believe it! My wife is like a fairy, I definitely believe it!" Shen Yi still looked amazed.
As they were talking, the couple heard a noise.
"Someone is coming!" Shen Yi turned and walked out.
Su Tai quickly closed the box, locked the warehouse door and followed him out.
Seeing that the visitors were Ke Dasong's family, Su Tai was a little surprised and quickly invited them in. "Uncle, cousin, what are you doing?"
Ke Dasong stared at the flat ground and said cheerfully, "Your father bought six sheep for you. We are going back and will bring them to you."
Su Tai was very grateful and immediately went to the kitchen to prepare food for them.
There is still some dough and fillings at home, so we can bake some pot cakes for them as dry food on the road.
Su Tai was busy in the kitchen, and Chen Yi kept her company in the main room, chatting with Ke Dasong and the others about the situation outside.
Ke Dasong saw the Shen family's exquisite and clean living, and his eyes were full of envy. "Your place is still better. Although there are many houses in the town on the ice field, they are small and short, not as comfortable as your place."
Shen Yi was puzzled, "Can't it be built bigger?"
Ke Zhengping shook his head, "It's snowy and cold on the ice field, so the house should be smaller and more solid to keep it warm. A house that's too big will be easily crushed by the snow and won't be warm enough, so it won't work.
This time we came here, we also wanted to ask our cousin's husband if he could buy us some more quilts and cotton-padded jackets. Those clothes are comfortable to wear at home, and we don't have to worry about waking up from the cold when we sleep."
Shen Yi agreed immediately and went to the warehouse to move out four 20-jin quilts. He ran another trip and brought back eight sets of cotton-padded jackets.
"See if these are enough. If not, I'll get more for you in a few days."
Everyone in the Ke family's eyes lit up when they saw the things.
Ke Dasong nodded hurriedly, "Enough! There are six people in our family, three quilts are enough. Take the remaining one back and keep it well. It will come in handy in the future. The same goes for cotton-padded jackets and trousers. Nothing is too much!"
Su Tai, who came in with a pot cake, heard this and said to Chen Yi, "There is still some thick cotton cloth in the storeroom. Let's prepare some for uncle and his family. It will be great for making clothes and diapers for babies in the future."
After she said this, the Ke Zhengliang brothers did not hesitate and asked Chen Yi for more.
Of course, money is indispensable.
Shen Yi couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it.
Originally, Shen Yi wanted to keep them for a while, but Ke Dasong was in a hurry to go back, so he had to give up.
Before leaving, Su Tai packed 20 kilograms of brown sugar for Ye Chunhua and her sister.
"Cousin, this is brown sugar, which is very good for women. If you are in confinement, you can use brown sugar to cook sweet soup to nourish your body. You can take it back and try it. If you want to, tell me again."
"Thank you, cousin!" Ye Chunhua and her sister thanked sincerely, tied the things carefully on the cart, and then left with the Ke family's three sons and father.
For the next eight days, Su Tai went to work at the Gate of Time and Space as soon as he opened his eyes. He spent three thousand virtual coins to rent a sugar-making machine to process all the sugarcane into brown sugar, totaling seven thousand five hundred kilograms.
She then rented a sugar-making machine again and processed 1,500 kilograms of brown sugar into 800 kilograms of white sugar.
So much brown sugar and white sugar is enough for them to consume until the next sugarcane harvest. At the end of the year, they can also give some of it as favors or do business, which is a lot of benefits.
After finishing this trip, Su Tai will settle the hiring fee of the gopher, and she won’t have to enter the earth time and space again for a short period of time.
But not having to enter the earthly space-time doesn't mean she can rest.
The family's more than 30 acres of land still need to be tended to after the autumn harvest. Huang Xinghua and his team have already burned all the wheat straw, hay and weeds in the fields. In order to ensure that the fields have enough fertility next year, they are now starting to fertilize the fields, which will save a lot of trouble next year.
There wasn't much sheep, chicken and cow dung saved at home, and there wasn't much left after sprinkling them on the grape fields, so she had to fish them out from the lake in the water space-time.
Now that her belly is bigger, she can't work as efficiently as before. She can only use media tools, and all the hard work has to be done by Shen Yi.
By the time all the fields were fertilized, it was already mid-October. Counting the days, it was almost time for Su Tai to give birth.
Shen Yi's eyelids have been twitching these past few days, and he always feels uneasy.
He couldn't sit still, so he asked Chenxiang to stay at home with Su Tai for half a day. He drove his donkey cart to Dongmen Village and invited Han over.
When Han came into the village, she happened to meet Xu and secretly complained to her, "Xiao Tai's due date is still ten days away, but Shen Yi can't wait and insisted that I come over to look after her earlier. This family still can't do without an elder."
Xu agreed with this. "That's not true! If we weren't too busy with farm work, I would definitely go over and keep an eye on the couple."
"What? Haven't you finished your farm work yet? It's going to snow in a few days, you better hurry up!" Han looked at the sky covered with dark clouds, thinking that the weather would change tonight. No wonder Shen Yi was so anxious.
Xu sighed repeatedly, "There's nothing we can do. The business is too big. There are only four of us, so we can't handle it all. We're not as willing to spend money as Ayi and the others, so we have to do everything ourselves, which is slow!"
The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before parting.
The donkey cart was getting closer and closer to the high courtyard wall. Han felt something was wrong and couldn't help but said, "Son-in-law, your house is different from the one I saw last time!"
Chen Yi smiled, his expression calm, "It is a little different. I am often away from home, and Xiao Tai is alone at home. I am worried about her, so I built a high wall and raised three dogs."
"Huh? That's not right! The land next to your house has been bought? And it's next to you!" Han's eyes widened when she saw the structure of the yard clearly.
Chen Yi sneered, "No, I bought it. Xiaotai likes quietness. It's very noisy when people come and go to make pot cakes at home. It will be even more chaotic when we have children. For their sake, I bought the land next door. My father-in-law and his family came to help me put up the beams before to deal with the house inside."
Han smacked her lips. "Your father-in-law did mention this. I thought you had expanded the yard, but I didn't expect you to build a bigger one. Tsk tsk tsk, you guys are really capable of doing things! Such a big house is enough for several generations to live in!"
Shen Yi smiled innocently and scratched his head, "Mother-in-law, you are joking. The yard can only accommodate one family. When the children grow up, we will have to buy more land and build a house."
Han's mind was pounding after hearing this and she didn't know what to say.
When she entered the yard and found the two doors of the Shen family, she was amazed again. When she saw the floor of the main hall clearly, she stopped talking completely.
People have enough time to spruce up their houses, so there's nothing to be surprised about if they build a big yard.
"Xiao Tai, where does mother live?" Han shifted her gaze from the house to Su Tai, and looked at her belly for a long time before asking about the main business.
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