Chapter 19 Promise
She swore so solemnly that she almost swore to the sky.
Shen Yi inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes gentle, "Don't worry, I'm different from Xiong Kai, I swear that Shen Yi will never let Su Tai down in my life."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Suddenly, Su Chunlin heard two dry coughs outside.
Su Tai stood up and walked out embarrassedly, "I'm going home first."
Shen Yi hurriedly caught up, "I'll walk you part of the way."
This escort almost sent the three members of the Su family home. If Su Chunlin hadn't talked him into it, Shen Yi would probably have followed them into the village.
Han's eyes lit up when she saw the three people bringing back so many things. "Where did you get these?"
Su Chunlin handed all the rattan baskets to Han, panted and sat on the stone bench, drank a large bowl of water and then slowly said: "Those wild vegetables were picked by Shen Yi for us, and the others are the betrothal gifts from the Shen family to Xiao Tai."
Han paused, staring at Su Chunlin with wide eyes, "Have you arranged Xiaotai's marriage?"
Su Chunlin nodded comfortably, "Uncle Shen Yi and Aunt Shen Yi proposed to me, isn't this just right? Both children have been rejected, so no one needs to look down on the other. The children are also happy, and I can also repay the life-saving grace of the past. If this gets out, who wouldn't say that I, Su Chunlin, am a righteous man?"
Han didn't have time to argue with him and quickly took out those things.
There were two wicker baskets filled to the brim and covered with thatch. When one of them was opened, a bundle was revealed on top. Inside was a piece of plain linen, a copper hairpin, and one or two ounces of silver.
Han was completely upset when she saw the silver, "The Shen family gave too much!"
It would be fine if it was a good year, but now it is a disaster year where people can't even get enough food. To put it bluntly, there are refugees everywhere outside. A bag of grain can be exchanged for a wife. The Shen family is willing to give a few coins as a betrothal gift, which shows that they really value Su Tai.
Su Chunlin didn't expect there was silver, so he stepped forward and said seriously, "Shen Yi's uncle and aunt are not well off, and I don't know if this little bit of silver was given by his uncle and aunt or saved by Shen Yi himself?"
Han paused and said, "No matter who prepared it, they are willing to give it. Our family doesn't have much money, so let Xiaotai take this little silver with her when she gets married. When the Shen family asks about it, Xiaotai can stand up straight and speak for herself."
Su Chunlin nodded repeatedly.
The two men put the bundle into the house before continuing to search the wicker basket. Under the bundle were wild vegetables, and under the wild vegetables were two dried fish, estimated to weigh more than one kilogram.
Su Chunlin laughed, "Not bad, not bad. I said that the Shen family values our Xiaotai, unlike the Xiong family who have no vision!"
Salted fish is also meat. Nowadays, wild vegetables are treasures, not to mention salted fish. If you eat these two fish slowly, you can eat them until the New Year!
Han agreed with a smile.
In another wicker basket, there were also wild vegetables on the top, and underneath were actually two freshly dead rabbits, which were still quite heavy.
If the salted fish surprised the couple, the rabbit meat made them crazy. The two people who had not eaten any meat for three years were almost green-eyed at this moment.
Han swallowed hard and turned to look at Su Chunlin, "How do you deal with the child's father?"
Su Chunlin tried not to look at it and said through gritted teeth, "Make it into jerky."
"How about cutting some meat to make soup?"
"That's fine." Su Chunlin answered without any hesitation.
The couple looked at each other, both feeling a little embarrassed.
Su Zhan and Su Ming were overjoyed when they learned that they would have rabbit meat soup in the evening.
Su Tai was told about this as soon as she came out of the earth time and space. There was not enough water at home to catch the rabbits, and Su Chunlin had just returned from the village to fetch water and was about to use a knife.
Su Tai rushed over and begged, "Dad, can you peel the rabbit skin off for me?"
Su Chunlin frowned, "What do you want this for? We don't know how to tan leather."
Su Tai insisted.
Because the rabbits were a betrothal gift to Su Tai, Su Chunlin finally did as she wished and skinned the two rabbits for her.
Su Tai got the skin and went back to the house happily, and sold the item to the automatic trading cabinet immediately.
The wounds of the two wild rabbits were all on their heads, but their fur was intact. Although it was not nitrated, it was intact. The price given by the automatic trading cabinet was 50 coins per skin, and the two rabbit skins were sold for 100 coins. On this trip, she earned 150 coins by selling insects, wild vegetables, and rabbit skins. The remaining half acre of land in the Earth Time and Space was also planted with wild onions and wild leeks.
The villagers passing by saw Su Chunlin collecting wild rabbits and started to ask about it with envy.
Su Chunlin took the opportunity to tell everyone about Su Tai and Shen Yi's engagement.
The next day, Han went to the well to help, and a group of village women surrounded her and asked questions.
"Xiao Tai's mother, why didn't you tell me in advance that your Xiao Tai was getting engaged?"
"That's right! I originally wanted to wait until after the autumn harvest to go to your house to propose marriage. It just so happens that my nephew's wife just got married and died during childbirth, so he wants to marry another one!"
The person who spoke was the village widow, Ms. Sun.
When Han heard that Sun wanted to marry Su Tai to a widower, she immediately frowned and said, "My little Tai is a virgin and good-looking girl. She must marry an unmarried man! I don't like your nephew from your mother's family!"
Sun was unhappy. "What's wrong with my nephew? He's hardworking and good at farming! If my niece-in-law hadn't passed away, your Su Tai wouldn't have gotten the chance to marry him! After all, he was a fool before and was even rejected!"
"What did you say? Say it again!" Han was so angry that she clenched her fists and was ready to fight Sun.
Sun was a timid person. When she saw Han taking action, she immediately hid behind other people and shouted, "I didn't say anything wrong. Don't think I'm afraid of you just because I'm a widow!"
"Okay! I want to see how good you are."
Han rushed over regardless of anything and wrestled with Sun, and her howling could be heard from far away.
Huang came over and shouted angrily: "What are you looking at! Hurry up and separate them!"
The commotion here was so loud that even people from Ximen Village who came to buy water came over to watch the fun.
Sun's face was bruised and purple, and she was in so much pain that tears welled up in her eyes. She complained loudly, "You all come and judge for yourself. I wanted to be a matchmaker for her silly daughter with good intentions, but she said she didn't like my nephew. What's wrong with me speaking up for my nephew and saying a few words to her daughter? Besides, Su Tai was a fool before, and she was even rejected from the engagement. Did I lie?"
Huang's face darkened, "Sun, you know that Xiaotai's mother cannot bear to hear these words, but you have to poke her in the heart and ask for a beating?"
After talking about Sun, Huang looked at Han again, "You too, why can't you talk about it in a nice way? She is the matchmaker for Xiaotai, and you really don't want to refuse it."
Han's eyes widened with anger. "I clearly told her that my Xiaotai is engaged, but she still mentioned her widower nephew from her mother's family. Isn't this just to disgust me? Chen Yi can give our Xiaotai a betrothal gift of one tael, a piece of good material, and fish and rabbit meat. What betrothal gift can your widower nephew give?"
(End of this chapter)
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