After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 122 Planting Grapes

At first glance, he couldn't figure out what was going on, but once he entered the main room, he was dumbfounded. He tried rubbing the floor with the sole of his shoe several times and found that the floor was incredibly flat and very solid. He had no idea how it was made.

Su Tai brought in tea and snacks and saw this scene. She couldn't help but laugh. "Brother-in-law, don't look. Shen Yi carefully laid the ground by grinding it with all sorts of stones and even used some clay that we don't have here. He put in a lot of effort!"

Su Sheng suddenly realized, straightened up, and chuckled awkwardly, "I'm so naive, little sister Tai, please excuse my ignorance."

"No, try my family's guokui (a type of flatbread), which is what Shen Yi sells on his boat. We also have spring tea, picked from the mountains. It's a bit bitter, so I brew it with spring water and add a little maltose."

She set out the food, and the elegant teacups once again amazed Su Sheng.

After tasting a piece of the guokui (a type of flatbread) and drinking a bowl of tea, Su Sheng felt so comfortable that he couldn't describe it and kept praising it.

Su Tai chatted with him for a while, and when the topic turned to the situation in the county town, Su Sheng couldn't help but bring up Cui Lan's miscarriage again.

After a brief moment of surprise, Su Tai quickly regained her composure. "Since my cousin says everything is fine, then everything must be fine. Brother-in-law, wait here, I'll go to the backyard to get the fabric for you to check."

A moment later, Su Tai brought out cotton cloths in purple, cyan, yellow, light pink, blue, black, brown, and gray.

"These are the only colors available right now. We also had bright red, but people don't usually wear bright red unless it's a special occasion, so I didn't get it. If my cousin likes it, her husband can let me know, and we can pick it up in a few days."

Su Sheng quickly waved his hand, "No need, no need, I'm already spoiled by all these colors. My father-in-law and his family can have simple things, just some white, blue and black fabrics will do. My cousin Yunyun wants more, your cousin said she likes purple and yellow."

Su Tai roughly guessed that Su Yu wanted to build a good relationship with Ke Yunyun, so she immediately picked out the yellow and purple fabrics, and also took out cyan, light pink and white fabrics.

"Brother-in-law, please take all of these with you and give them my regards. If you have time, it would be even better if you could have them come over and visit me."

Su Sheng's eyes widened at Su Tai's generosity. "Xiao Tai, aren't you going to discuss this with Shen Yi? I don't have enough money to cover all this material!"

He prepared two taels of silver.

Su Tai sneered, "Who asked you to pay? Your brother-in-law can give you whatever he has, and the rest is on me. You don't need to worry about Shen Yi; he listens to me."

Seeing this, Su Sheng didn't stand on ceremony with Su Tai anymore and quickly packed the materials and loaded them onto the oxcart.

Seeing that he was in a hurry to go back, Su Tai quickly packed him some flatbread and a pot of tea.

When Shen Yi returned in the evening, Su Tai came out to help and casually mentioned the matter, "My cousin-in-law came by and gave two taels of silver to buy materials. I accepted the silver and gave him some more as a token of our respect to my uncle and his family. By the way, how was business today?"

Shen Yi immediately took out his money bag and put it on the table. He drank a large bowl of water to calm his excitement. "This is the first time I've done business today. I thought not many people would be willing to buy, but before the boat even left, the people sitting on the boat were so tempted by the aroma of our guokui that they kept swallowing their saliva. Those with some money in their pockets bought one to share and try, and those without money also chipped in to buy one to share."

They probably thought our guokui (a type of flatbread) tasted good; they kept praising it after eating it, and they still wanted more. When the boat docked, some people couldn't resist spending a few coins to buy one or two more. I still had half a basket left to sell, so I carried it to town to try my luck. There was no market today, so there weren't many people on the street. Manager Li of Jixiang Inn was easy to talk to, so I greeted him and started selling it while squatting opposite the inn.

In less than 15 minutes, the remaining flatbreads were all bought up by passersby. By the time I returned to the riverbank, not everyone had gathered yet, and I had to wait another half an hour before the boat finally set sail.

Today is their first day of business. They prepared ten of each of the three flavors of thin-flour guokui and fifteen of each of the three flavors of coarse-flour guokui. They sold a total of 140 coins. Adding the 40 coins they earned from helping people cross the river, they made a total of 180 coins.

Su Tai was quite satisfied with the result. "After deducting the cost, I made about a hundred coins selling guokui today. I can prepare more tomorrow. I think we should double the quantity tomorrow and see how much is left. This way, it will be easier to adjust on the third day."

I also brewed some wild mountain tea with some maltose. You can take some to sell on the boat too. Two bowls for one coin. Sell it if you can, but if you can't, it's not a big loss.

"Okay!" Shen Yi readily agreed. After resting, he immediately prepared the ingredients needed for tomorrow, then took a hot shower in the bathroom, ate a delicious meal, and took Su Tai back to the room to sleep as soon as it got dark.

The next day, before dawn, he got up half an hour earlier than the day before to start work. When Su Tai woke up, it was still dark outside. She didn't panic when she found that Shen Yi was not by her side. Instead, she went to the Earth Dimension first.

The ten acres of water chestnuts were ready for harvest again, and 90,000 virtual coins arrived in her account, yet she remained completely unmoved.

He glanced at the distance to his upgrade goal, sighed helplessly, and turned to go to the seed and vegetable shop in the Wood Dimension to buy a batch of ingredients for making guokui (a type of flatbread), spending 500 virtual coins.

When she arrived at the kitchen, Shen Yi had already made half of the flatbread. She quickly helped him roll out the dough and said, "I plan to clear out the one acre of vegetable garden we have at home in the next couple of days and try planting some grapes."

People should be prepared for danger even in times of peace. Although their family is now richer than the villagers, their foundation is too weak. They should take advantage of good years to think of more ways to make money so that they won't starve to death even if they encounter bad years.

Shen Yi looked at her stomach and frowned slightly. "Don't rush, leave it for me to deal with when I get back."

Su Tai nodded, but she already had a plan in mind.

As soon as Shen Yi left, she immediately ran to the Mu Shi Kong Tree Nursery and asked the owner for a batch of grape seedlings, including Kyoho grapes, Xiahei seedless grapes, and Sunshine Rose grapes. The price was around 20 or 30 yuan per stalk. She asked for a total of 200 seedlings, and the owner gave her a discount, charging her 5,000 yuan.

After moving two hundred grape seedlings to the open vegetable garden, Su Tai went back to the house, brought out a small stool, and got to work with scissors and a shovel.

When she was tired, she would rest for a while; when she was hungry, she would eat a flatbread and drink a bowl of goat milk. She would stop and rest frequently, and by the time Shen Yi returned, she had planted twenty seedlings.

He excitedly dragged Shen Yi to see the fruits of his labor, "Look at this, I played, worked, and rested all day, and I only planted twenty. Give me another ten days and I'll be done."

Shen Yi looked at her expression, which was hard to describe. "Actually, you could have left it for me to do when I got back."

Su Tai shook her head and said seriously, "You're already so busy, and this job isn't urgent. Look, the seedlings are all in the pots, they won't die anytime soon. We won't be able to eat grapes this year, so there's no need to expect anything. Just let me take my time."

By the way, how's business today?