Chapter 17 Passionate Xu
Su Chunlin thought about it and decided to take Su Tai and Su Zhan with him. Su Ming was still young, so it would be just right for him to stay at home and help Han.
It's not even noon yet, so if we hurry we can reach Shenjiazhuang before dark.
The father and his two sons each carried a large rattan basket.
Han was worried that it would be unsafe for Su Tai, a girl, to go out, so she smeared some black ash from the stove on her face and made her wear the most tattered clothes in the house.
After this makeover, he looked just like a beggar.
Su Tai originally thought that Han was making a fuss out of nothing, but after leaving Qingsha Township and seeing some people on the street looking at her with ill intent, she finally understood Han's good intentions.
The three of them walked all the way, and when they entered Shenjiazhuang, Su Tai felt like her legs were about to break.
Passing by the door of Xu's house, Xu looked curiously, and saw Su Tai and the other two walking towards Shen Yi's house, so she hurriedly chased after them, "Where are you from?"
Su Chunlin turned around, looked at Xu carefully for a long time, and asked uncertainly: "Are you Chen Yi's aunt?"
"You are." Xu's eyes widened, her face full of surprise.
Su Chunlin hurriedly introduced himself.
When Xu saw Su Tai's eyes light up, she hurriedly stepped forward to greet them warmly and personally took them into Shen Yi's house.
"Ayi!"
Xu called out, and Shen Yi immediately came out of the house. When he saw the three people from the Su family, he was stunned for a moment, and then he walked forward and greeted them, "Uncle Chunlin, Sister Xiaotai, Brother Azhan, come in and sit down."
"Hey hey hey" Su Chunlin put down the wicker basket and was the first to enter the house. He found that there was a small door leading to the back of the house, and he was very curious.
Su Tai had already walked towards the small door. Seeing the vegetable patch outside, she exclaimed, "Brother Shen, your vegetables are growing so well!"
"That's right! I haven't seen such a good vegetable field for a long time!" Su Chunlin looked envious.
Shen Yi stepped forward and explained, "These are the vegetable plots I opened myself. I don't take care of them on weekdays. My second aunt's vegetable plot is really good. It's a good opportunity for you to come. I will cook vegetable soup for you later."
Seeing that Chen Yi and Su Tai were getting along well, Xu's eyebrows and eyes almost bent with smiles, and said warmly: "Yes, yes, yes, a guest is a guest. I will also send two dishes over later."
Su Tai politely declined, "We've eaten on the way, so there's no need to bother Brother Shen and Auntie."
"That won't do!" Xu insisted on going back to pick vegetables. She ran faster than a rabbit and no one could stop her.
Su Chunlin cast his gaze towards the nearby mountains and said to Chen Yi, "The autumn harvest is coming soon. Our village has almost no harvest. How is the situation here?"
Shen Yi's stern face showed a hint of solemnity. "Although our village is not completely without harvest, the situation is not good. Just two days ago, the Daxun River completely dried up. Fortunately, we dug two wells in advance, so we don't have to worry about water, and we can barely irrigate the crops. Is this why Uncle came here?"
Su Chunlin nodded, somewhat relieved to hear the news, "I originally wanted to go into the mountains to find some wild vegetables."
Shen Yi's face changed drastically, "No! There is no food in the mountains outside Dongmen Village. The wild vegetables in the deep mountains have been picked almost all, and there are wild beasts roaming around. It is very dangerous."
Su Chunlin looked at Su Tai in surprise, "You said the same thing to Xiao Tai! Xiao Tai insisted that I look for you by the Daxun River, or go to the Canglan River. I couldn't persuade her, so I had to come to look for you."
Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay! There aren't many wild vegetables in our mountains, but they won't be dug up completely. We'll find some tomorrow morning."
Shen Yi looked towards the mountain, hesitated for a while before saying: "I'll take you up the mountain to have a look."
"Then thank you for your help!"
Su Chunlin was so happy that he didn't notice Shen Yi's struggle, but Su Tai did.
While Shen Yi was going to the vegetable garden behind, she followed him, "Is it inconvenient for Brother Shen to go into the mountains? Or is it inconvenient to bring outsiders into the mountains?"
Shen Yi shook his head without even thinking about it, “There are several mountains near Shenjiazhuang, and the villagers only go to those few most often. Let’s go farther away, so it won’t be a problem.”
"Oh." Su Tai didn't ask any more questions. When she turned around, she whispered, "I haven't forgotten that you borrowed my food. I will return it to you in two months."
The half acre of wheat she planted in the Earth Time and Space was growing well. If nothing went wrong, it would be a good harvest. Even if she could only get half of it, it would still be a lot for her.
When Xu came over, she happened to see this scene. She laughed so hard that her face almost broke. She took out two of her treasured eggs and ran into the kitchen to cook for everyone.
When the vegetable soup was served, Su Chunlin saw the egg drops floating on it and was horrified, "His Second Aunt, you are wasting money!"
They came empty-handed but were treated so generously that they were too embarrassed to eat.
But Xu didn't care, and went over to call Shen Yi's second uncle Shen Zhuang to sit with him.
Now Su Chunlin had to eat it even if he didn't want to.
At the dinner table, Xu talked about the Mo family's breaking off of Chen Yi's engagement, and shed a few tears. "Our Chen Yi has a miserable life! He lost his parents early, and now he is being bullied by that ungrateful ungrateful bastard. My sister-in-law entrusted Chen Yi to me before she died, but I didn't take good care of him. I won't even have the face to see my sister-in-law after I die! Woo woo woo."
Chen Zhuang was an honest, taciturn man of few words. Seeing Xu like this, he also sighed.
Su Chunlin hurried to comfort her, "Don't be sad, Aunt Shen Yi. I've already gone to the Mo family to speak up for Shen Yi, but the girl from the Mo family refuses to marry. I can't do anything about it. But I think that girl has been spoiled by Old Mo Tian and is not worthy of Shen Yi. It's better not to marry her. I'll find a better one for Shen Yi later."
"I think your daughter is pretty good." Mrs. Xu said, and only realized something was wrong after she finished speaking, and hurriedly explained, "I mean your daughter is well-raised, fair-skinned, gentle, and lively in her eyes. You can tell at first glance that she is a good girl."
"That's right!" Su Chunlin was very proud, and changed the subject, saying, "This girl's marriage was full of twists and turns. Originally, our family arranged a marriage with the Xiong family, but the Xiong family said that my daughter was a fool and broke off the engagement. His second uncle and second aunt, do you think my daughter looks like a fool?"
"Nonsense! This girl is smart and pretty. Whose fool would look like this? The Xiong family is so ungrateful!" Xu cursed loudly, but she was very happy in her heart. Her eyes swept between Shen Yi and Su Tai, and she felt more and more that this marriage had hope.
After dinner.
Xu secretly pulled Shen Yi aside and asked in a low voice: “What do you think of this girl from the Su family?”
Shen Yi immediately understood Xu's plan, and thinking of his time with Su Tai, his heartbeat accelerated unconsciously, and his lips pursed tightly.
It was dark at night, and Xu couldn't see Shen Yi's expression clearly, so she urged him, "I saw that the Su family raised the child very well, and Miss Su is pretty and gentle, much better than the Mo family girl.
Although Miss Su's engagement was broken off, gold shines everywhere, and she will definitely have no trouble finding a husband. If you don't hurry up, you will miss out on your chance."
(End of this chapter)
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