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

Chapter 147 The Reasons
"Hey? Well done, Shen Yi! You're getting more and more slippery! This way, we can find a source for the brown sugar used in our guokui (a type of flatbread). I won't interfere since you've thought things through. But we can only sell a maximum of two thousand jin (1,000 kg). We'll have to keep the rest for our own business." Su Tai reminded him.

Shen Yi nodded in agreement.

When he arrived in Moshi Town in his donkey cart, he successfully met Ma Xingteng at a teahouse.

As soon as Ma Xingteng entered, he apologized to Shen Yi, "Brother Shen, I'm so sorry, I've made you suffer!"

As soon as Shiliu returned from the county town, she told them the whole story. Her wife had originally hoped that Shiliu would get along well with Cuilan, thinking that she might need Cuilan's help someday. But Cuilan not only failed to gain status through her son, but also lost the child and broke ties with Su Chuan's family.

He could no longer bring up the fact that Shiliu and Cuilan were good sisters in an attempt to get closer to them.

What made things even more awkward for him was that Shen Yi's connection with the Bai family had also been severed. If the Bai family came to him again about the guokui incident, he would be helpless and it would be very likely that his business would be ruined, which would be a loss for him.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the door, he bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Shen Yi waved his hand dismissively, "Young Master Ma, there's no need for this. The Bai family is the Bai family, and you are you. I've seen their ways firsthand this time. I'm sorry to have troubled you!"
I came to see you today only to ask you about something: our family's guokui (a type of flatbread) uses brown sugar as filling, which I'm sure Mr. Ma knows.

"I know, I know! That day, my brother-in-law ate a bite of a sweet guokui (a type of flatbread) and kept asking me about it. How would I know? I knew nothing! He wouldn't give up and even demanded that I give him the cook, but I still couldn't. In the end, he left in a huff." Ma Xingteng shrugged helplessly.

Shen Yi suddenly realized, "So it turns out that Young Master Bai really doesn't like my family's guokui. I guess he's eyeing the brown sugar inside."

"Brown sugar? Although it's expensive, it's not like you can't buy it. Why is he staring at it?" Ma Xingteng couldn't figure it out for a moment.

Shen Yi reminded him, "I heard that he got a batch of brown sugar from the Zhu family and plans to sell it at the end of the year. He probably came to Moshi Town for this reason. The Ma family is a wealthy family in Moshi Town. He thinks you should know everything, but you can't answer any of your questions. In his opinion, you are deliberately hiding something. Nine times out of ten, you are also in the brown sugar business. How can he be happy?"

Ma Xingteng's eyes widened suddenly. "Injustice! This is such a huge injustice! How could I possibly have the ability to do business in brown sugar? But then again, putting brown sugar in your guokui is really extravagant!"

Shen Yi sighed helplessly a few times, "I had no choice. I put maltose in it before. Tell me, which one smells better?"

"Isn't that obvious? It has to be brown sugar!" Ma Xingteng said matter-of-factly.

Shen Yi smiled and said, "That's settled then! You also think that adding brown sugar makes it more fragrant. I'm in this business for the long term, so I have to use the best-tasting brown sugar, right? But the price of brown sugar is what it is. If there's a cheaper option, I'll definitely choose the cheaper one. That's why I heard about it and came to you."

Ma Xingteng finally understood, but shook his head regretfully, "My brother-in-law is arrogant and looks down on me. He hasn't mentioned me at all. If I hadn't talked to you today, I wouldn't have known about this. Besides, that guy won't do anything without a profit. It's absolutely impossible for you to buy cheap brown sugar from him. Don't even dream about it!"

"Which shops in our town still sell brown sugar?" Shen Yi asked, revealing his purpose for the day.

Ma Xingteng was caught off guard and immediately named several rooms.

Shen Yi remembered them all.

After parting ways with Ma Xingteng, he went to Dahe Town and Makou Town and Dayao Town, which are some distance from Shenjiazhuang.

Su Tai saw him running around outside every day, but she didn't ask him any questions. She just made him some good food to nourish his body every day.

Whenever she has free time, she goes to visit the portal to time and space. Now she has harvested another batch of water chestnuts and has a surplus of virtual currency. She even spends money at will to upgrade the water portal.

The current Water Spacetime is at level four, and it will take 10,000 virtual coins to upgrade to level five.

This amount of money was nothing to her, but she wasn't sure what the upgraded Water Space would be like.

After much deliberation, she finally gritted her teeth and chose to upgrade the Water Time-Space.

After making her choice, seeing that her virtual currency had visibly decreased by 10,000, she immediately turned and rushed towards the Water Dimension Gate. Opening the gate, she was greeted by a lake twice its size, its surface shimmering, with occasional fish leaping out of the water, and the sounds of many small insects filling the air.

The lake has a natural dock, and all the tools she had placed on the lakeside before are still there. The whole lake looks like it has changed, yet it also looks like it hasn't changed.

Su Tai breathed a sigh of relief, but was also a little disappointed.

I only found out about the upgrade after checking back at the transfer station.

The water space-time that has been upgraded to level five not only has a larger lake area, but also a greater number of aquatic creatures. Crabs that she couldn't catch before have appeared, and there are quite a few of them.

Besides crabs, there were also cute little creatures like crayfish, turtles, soft-shelled turtles, loaches, and eels.

To her even greater surprise, the lake was teeming with bass, snakehead, and other fish that she had been longing for. Her boiled fish and sauerkraut fish were finally within reach!
The rules for catching fish remain unchanged: one virtual coin per fish.

However, if you want to release the entire lake, it costs 100,000 virtual coins at once, which is exorbitantly expensive.

She couldn't help but feel relieved that the drought was over, otherwise she really couldn't afford to suffer.

After reviewing the usage rules, the next step is to upgrade the specifications.

It takes 200,000 virtual coins to go from level 5 to level 6.

Su Tai stared in shock, rubbing her eyes several times to make sure she wasn't mistaken. Then she screamed, "Why is it this price? That's outrageous! They can't raise prices just because I have money now!"

She was met with silence.

Su Tai pouted in frustration, but channeled her grief and anger into motivation, and cast several fishing nets through the water before finally getting out.

I thought the baby would be crying by now that she'd been inside, but the little one was still fast asleep. The only sound in the quiet courtyard was the soft patter of snow falling outside, which was definitely a good way to fall asleep.

Su Tai lay down next to the child and soon fell asleep as well.

When she woke up again, the baby was crying because he was hungry.

She only went back into the water to check her harvest after changing the baby's diaper, feeding the baby, and putting the baby to sleep.

Previously, she only caught a few fish with each net cast, a mediocre harvest. This time, however, it was like she had stirred up a fish nest. There were several big fish in one net, including the bass, grass carp, and snakehead that she wanted.

She quickly transferred her harvest to the water tank in the kitchen.

I couldn't stop drooling as I stared at those fish.

I might as well make a trip to the Wood Dimension and buy all the spices and ingredients, such as chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, for making boiled fish.

With a swift stroke, he killed a large black fish.

However, she didn't have the skills to fillet fish, so she had to go to the transfer station to buy a medium for filleting fish.

After working on it for most of the day, her boiled fish was finally ready.

Shen Yi has arrived home.