Chapter 41 Su Sheng asks for help
After saying this, the two brothers left the silver and left with 350 kilograms of grain seeds.
Su Chunlin took the 17.5 taels from selling the grain seeds and sent them to Shenjiazhuang to Shen Yi.
Chen Yi asked Su Chunlin to bring some toys to Su Tai, among which was hidden this silver.
After going around in circles, the money finally returned to Su Tai. Together with the copper coins she had before, she now had nearly twenty taels of money in her hand.
At the same time, the auspicious date chosen by Su Chunlin for moving to the new house was announced, but it unexpectedly coincided with Su Yan's wedding day. For this reason, Su Tai made a special trip to Su Changxi's house to apologize to Su Yan, and gave her a copper hairpin and a handkerchief to add to her makeup.
Su Yan is about to become a bride, and her whole body is filled with longing for marriage. Although she feels regretful, she also understands it.
The two sisters talked for a while, and then Su Tai said goodbye.
The day before the Su family moved into their new house, Shen Yi braved the wind and snow, carrying two large wicker baskets of things, which contained some food and daily necessities that could not be bought in Moshi Town.
Han was very surprised, “Chen Yi, where did you get these?”
Shen Yi smiled, and his attitude towards Han was very respectful, “This was bought in Dahe Town across from Daxun River. Dahe Town is more prosperous and lively than Moshi Town, so naturally there are more things.”
"Yes, yes! There must be more things in Dahe Town than in Moshi Town. I was worried that there would not be good tributes tonight. These snacks are just right!" Han smiled from ear to ear.
Su Tai took a closer look and discovered that the snack that Han was so fond of was actually a kind of steamed cake, which might have been mixed with other mixed noodles and dried fruits. It smelled particularly fragrant, but the workmanship was simple and unpretentious.
She thought about it, went back to the house, got out a bag of flour, secretly gave it to Shen Yi, and let Shen Yi take it out.
Su Tai took the flour and asked Su Changxi's family, who was preparing for the wedding, for some koji to ferment the flour.
Han knew what Su Tai was going to do as soon as she saw it, and she gasped in pain, "You spendthrift girl, you should just make coarse flour buns, but you used fine white flour. You really don't know how to manage the household at all!"
Su Tai turned around and asked, "Mom, have you ever eaten white flour buns since you were a child?"
Han was stunned by the question and shook her head subconsciously. She then embarrassedly explained, "You know the situation of your grandparents. They are very poor. I have brothers and sisters above me. How can we afford to eat white flour?"
As far as she could remember, she had never eaten anything made with white flour.
Thinking of this, he no longer complained about Su Tai wasting food. He just watched her carefully, afraid that she would waste the food.
It was already past noon while we were waiting for the dough to rise.
The days are short in winter, and there is heavy snow and wind outside. The family stays in the main room to talk, waiting silently for dark.
At this moment, there was a hurried knock on the door.
Su Chunlin and Shen Yi went out to check and found that it was Su Sheng outside the door.
"Uncle Chunlin, my sister has been bullied by the Sang family. Can you guys go over and help her out?" Su Sheng was very anxious and was sweating even in the middle of winter.
Upon hearing this, Su Chunlin grabbed his hat and rushed out without saying a word.
Shen Yi and Su Zhan are also going to follow.
Su Tai was worried about Su Yan, so she also stood up and said, "Mom, you and my younger brother stay at home, I'll go see Sister Yan."
Han nodded silently and watched them leave with a worried look on her face.
When the group followed the villagers to the Sang family in Fufeng Township, the entire Sang family was in a mess, and Su Yan's brothers even smashed their wine bowls.
"What? The village chief is so great! My father is also the village chief! How dare you show off to my cousin? Who do you think you are?" Su Yang roared at Sang Rong's mother, Zhou.
Zhou was so angry that she was shaking. She pointed at Su Yang and the others with shaking fingers, "They are really uneducated! How can a girl raised like this be good?"
"Old lady Zhou, who are you scolding? It was you who took the initiative to ask someone to come to my house to propose marriage, and you were the one who was eager to marry my sister. But now you are so disgusted with her. I don't understand!" Su Sheng stepped forward, suppressing his anger.
Su Chunlin looked at Sang Yong who was watching from the sidelines, and without saying a word, he stepped forward and grabbed him up, "What do you mean?"
Sang Yong pushed Su Chunlin away in dissatisfaction, flicked his collar, and casually glanced at the group of people who were sending off the bride, with a look of disdain on his face, "Su Changxi is after all the head of Dongmen Village, but he only gave such a small dowry for his daughter's marriage. Is he sending away beggars? Or does he think that our Sang family is not worthy of his daughter and is deliberately embarrassing us!"
"Dowry? What dowry?" Su Chunlin was stunned for a moment and looked at Su Sheng.
Su Sheng gnashed his teeth and clenched his fists in anger. "Your Sang family gave two taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and we gave my sister two taels of silver as a dowry, plus four quilts, a cabinet and a dressing table. What's the problem?"
"You don't even know what the problem is!" Sang Yong exclaimed with an exaggerated look, eyes wide open, "I told your father before what kind of dowry we wanted, but your father didn't care at all. It's not our fault!"
Su Chunlin ran to Su Sheng and asked in a low voice, "What dowry does he want?"
Su Sheng was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, "Grain seeds."
Su Chunlin suddenly realized what was going on. He jumped up, put his hands on his hips and pointed at Sang Yong, cursing, "Bullshit! Everyone, please judge for yourself. Whose daughter's dowry is so picky that the husband's family can't be so picky? Is there any such thing? Is there any such thing?"
The people of Sangjia Village were guilty and kept silent, while the people of Dongmen Village answered loudly, "It has never happened!"
Sang Yong's face suddenly became extremely ugly.
"I won't argue with you! Anyway, if the Su family can't come up with a dowry that satisfies our Sang family today, the bride will never be able to enter our house!"
"Heh! Sang Yong, you are the head of Fufeng Township after all. How can you be so arrogant and shameless? Don't blame us for being rude!" Su Chunlin was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick.
Sang Yong was not worried at all, because this was his territory.
Su Tai watched coldly, knowing that the other party had more people and more power and they would not be able to gain any advantage, so she whispered a few words in Su Zhan's ear. After Su Zhan left, she walked towards the ox cart where Su Yan was resting temporarily.
The girl who was as delicate as a flower yesterday, now looks like an eggplant hit by frost. She is completely wilted and seems to have lost her soul.
Su Tai saw her miserable appearance, and a ball of anger surged in her heart. She stepped forward and hugged Su Yan tightly, "We are all on your side, nothing will happen to you."
Su Yan's out-of-focus eyes slowly fell on Su Tai, tears gradually filled her eyes, and she threw herself into Su Tai's arms and burst into tears.
Su Tai held her and looked around, "Where's the groom?"
Su Yan cried and shook her head, "I didn't see him."
Su Tai became even angrier and said to Shen Yi, "Brother Shen, please help look for Sang Rong and bring him to me."
Shen Yi nodded slightly and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
After a while, a man in red clothes was dragged out from the backyard of the Sang family by Shen Yi, struggling all the way, "Let me go, let me go, bastard! Someone, help me!"
Zhou watched her son being restrained by Shen Yi, and she was so distressed that she wanted to rush over, "Son! My son! Someone, hurry up and save him!"
Shen Yi remained calm in the face of danger, and grabbed Sang Rong's throat with his backhand, his eyes cold, "Get out of here! Otherwise I will kill him!"
(End of this chapter)
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