Chapter 195 The Abandoned Child
Only then did Mrs. Niu react and burst into tears again. She scolded Mo Chunxiang several times and had to accept the reality.
On the Shen family's side.
Shen Yi fulfilled his promise to the villagers and went into the mountains to set traps. He brought back a wild boar, several pheasants and rabbits. He set up a buffet at the doorstep and invited the villagers to come over for a good meal.
It was just about time for spring ploughing, and everyone thought it was a good omen. They were more and more satisfied with Shen Yi. Some people had previously been wary of his identity as a river crosser, but now no one mentioned it anymore.
Su Chunlin and his family helped to entertain the villagers, and only after that did they discuss the arrangements for spring plowing.
After Su Tai found out, she asked Chen Yi to call all her family members into the house to talk.
"Mom and Dad, we have a lot of land. I'm afraid we won't be able to sell the crops at a good price this year. Besides, we don't have any connections, so it's not easy to sell the crops. It just so happens that Shen Yi can get some fruit seedlings. This year, you can plant some fruits. We don't have them here, so we can definitely sell them for money."
Su Chunlin's eyes lit up instantly. "My dear girl, what kind of fruit are you talking about? The kind from the mountains?"
Han kicked him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about! Why would a girl tell us about those wild fruits in the mountains?"
Su Tai liked watching the couple bickering, and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously, "They are not mountain fruits, but a kind of fruit called watermelon and strawberry. These two kinds of fruits can be harvested at the beginning of summer in places like Longxia Country. It's a little later here, but we can still sell them in the hottest time. The melons are big and sweet, juicy and delicious, and they are definitely the best here.
At that time, we can ask the uncles in the prefectural city, if they want to do this business, they can also bring goods from here to sell. Or let Shen Yi take some people to the prefectural city, and they will definitely earn more than growing crops.
However, strawberries are not easy to transport over long distances, so they are only suitable for trading in Zhaohua County. But they can be used to make snacks or jams, and I’m sure some restaurants and inns would like them.”
Su Chunlin and the other three had no idea what the fruit looked like and their eyes were full of anticipation.
"My dear daughter, just tell me how much you want to earn. Dad believes you. Even if you really don't make any money, I will accept it!" Han clenched his fists fiercely.
Su Chunlin was very surprised, "Mother, when did you become so impulsive?"
Han rolled her eyes at him and said unhappily, "Think about why our family can make money? It's all because of our sons-in-law! If we follow them, we will definitely succeed. Even if we fail, it doesn't matter. At most, we will lose a little. Anyway, we can afford the gamble."
The Su family had accumulated several thousand taels of wealth in the past few years. Even if the whole family did not work for more than ten years, they would not starve to death. It was nothing to take risks for only one year.
Seeing his daughter-in-law said so, Su Chunlin gritted his teeth and slapped his thigh, "Okay! Then I'll listen to you and plant the fruits."
He looked at his two sons and said, "We agreed before that the sixty acres of wasteland will be opened up and you will each have half. You have the final say on what to plant."
Su Zhan and Su Ming looked at Su Tai at the same time, "Sister, we'll plant it the way you say."
Su Tai: “.”
It turns out that she, a married woman, can still be the head of her natal family. She should really thank these two living ancestors.
She was helpless and said, "If I had to decide, I would plant ten acres of grain, ten acres of watermelon, four acres of strawberry, and six acres of peanuts."
"Okay! I'll arrange it this way." Su Ming made the decision without even thinking about it.
Su Zhan also nodded.
Since her mother's family has made the decision, Su Tai has to help them arrange the fruit seedlings immediately. The watermelon seedlings sold in Mu Shikong Fruit Seedling Shop are sold for one virtual currency each, and the strawberry seedlings are sold for two virtual currencies each. One acre of land requires at least 800 watermelon seedlings and 6,000 strawberry seedlings.
I spent 32,000 virtual coins just to buy fruit seedlings for my mother's family.
There are also fruit seedlings that their family needs, as well as some families who have heard the news and want to join in growing fruit.
Some people are bold and want to take a chance, so they buy more fruit seedlings; others are more cautious and only plant one or two acres. Su Tai spent a total of 100,000 virtual coins to buy fruit seedlings.
So many fruit seedlings have to wait for the boss to transfer them.
It just so happens that we haven’t plowed the soil yet, and it will take another ten days before we can really plant the seeds, so there’s no rush.
But Su Chunlin and the others had to hurry back.
After Han learned of the county government's verdict, she felt much more at ease. Seeing that her daughter had someone to take care of her, she followed Su Chunlin back.
When spring ploughing began, even though Shen Yi was extremely busy, he dared not leave Su Tai and the children alone at home. He would do things that could be solved with money.
When the child was one month old, it was the busiest time for spring ploughing, so the couple did not hold a grand celebration. They just sent some bread and cakes to every household in the village as wedding cakes, and then decided on a name for the child.
However, the Xu family and their friends would take time to come over in the evening after finishing their farm work. They would give some red eggs to one family and a small piece of red cloth to another. The things were not expensive, but they were all thoughtful gestures.
Su Tai gladly accepted it.
After taking a nice hot bath, I can finally walk out of the room.
The little bun Shen Congrong, who had just been given a name, seemed to feel his mother's joy, and he danced with joy while lying in the cradle in the yard.
This made Su Tai laugh out loud.
Shen Yuezhang kept looking at her brother curiously, sometimes saying that her brother was too small, sometimes asking Su Tai to play with her, and so on.
It did add a lot of laughter to the quiet yard.
Shen Yi climbed the ladder and sat on the wall to install the iron spike ball. He looked down from time to time with a satisfied smile on his face.
However, he didn't know that not far away there was a disheveled-haired woman holding a child and staring at him intently. There was regret and unwillingness in her eyes, and more of jealousy and resentment.
She glanced at the child in her arms, expressionless, "If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being a girl and not being born at a good time. I really can't support you, and I don't want to support you. If your father hadn't been in trouble, you could still stay at home. Now I can only abandon you. Everything depends on your luck. If you lose your life, don't come to me. It's all the fault of those two people from the Shen family. Go find them!"
After saying this, Mo Chunxiang put the child on the ground, turned around and left without looking back.
At that time, everyone in the village was working in the fields, and no one noticed that a child was abandoned in the village until the child cried loudly from hunger and called the elderly nearby.
"Oh! Who is so wicked!" The old lady was so shocked that she staggered over and picked up the child.
Su Tai had just gone out with her child to watch the villagers working when she heard Huang Xinghua and the others whispering about something.
She walked forward curiously and asked.
Huang Xinghua immediately told what happened, "The mother of Shen Quezi from the village found a baby girl near their home this morning. She looks less than six months old. Everyone went over to see what was going on."
"Chen the Lame?" Su Tai racked her brains but couldn't figure out who it was.
Huang Xinghua looked at her and kindly reminded her, "It's the family closest to your home."
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