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

Chapter 152 Hot Potato
Rumors about the Bai family in the county town had already spread far and wide, and they had heard quite a bit about it in the town. Shiliu felt very sorry for Cuilan's fate, and now that she saw the spirited Su Chuan, she was filled with mixed feelings.

Su Chuan nodded politely to her.

Shi Liu couldn't help but ask, "Su Chuan, have you heard about Cui Lan? She...she's in a pretty bad situation right now. Do you want to go see her?"

Su Chuan tilted his head, puzzled. "Miss Pomegranate, Cuilan and I have no relationship for a long time. Why would I go to see her?"

Shi Liu was taken aback, her face showing some embarrassment. She curtsied to Su Chuan and then fled in a panic.

Su Chunlin shook his head and muttered, "This girl is really clueless."

Su Chuan didn't react much, only saying, "She's not stupid, she just wanted to test my attitude. Cui Lan left Dongmen Village to seek refuge with her before, so they're probably still in contact."

Su Chuan actually guessed correctly, but that's another story.

Upon entering the Shen family's gate, Su Chuan found everything fascinating. After drinking a bowl of hot brown sugar ginger tea in the main room, he felt warm all over. He hurriedly looked at Shen Yi and explained his purpose, "Brother-in-law, please arrange whatever good things you have here for me. This twenty taels of silver is all yours!"

He slammed the twenty taels on the table with a smirk.

Su Chunlin's eyelids twitched, and he laughed and scolded, "Even if it's not your money, you can't be so wasteful! Twenty taels is enough to buy several pigs, you can't possibly use it all!"

Su Chuan chuckled twice, "Uncle, don't be so honest. Everything is expensive in the dead of winter. Brother-in-law, just sell things at high prices. If they're too cheap, people won't even look at them!"

Su Chunlin was stunned for a moment, not understanding, and muttered to himself, "What a sucker!"

Shen Yi, barely suppressing a laugh, said, "Alright, since you're so insistent, I'll definitely have to come up with something good. Just you wait."

After saying that, Shen Yi went back to the backyard to find Su Tai.

Su Tai immediately ran to the Water Dimension to set up a fishing spot and nets, and then rushed to the Wood Dimension vegetable store to buy a basket of corn, a basket of cabbage, a basket of green vegetables, and a basket of bright red tomatoes.

She only went to the Water Dimension to collect the net after the items were moved to the warehouse.

There are many big fish in the baited areas. You can catch several big fish weighing five or six pounds in one net, and if you are lucky, you can even catch grass carp weighing ten pounds.

At Su Chuan's request, she insisted on filling two large wooden buckets with live fish before she would stop.

Once everything is ready.

Shen Yi called Su Chunlin and Su Chuan over to help.

When Su Chuan saw the fresh vegetables, he was completely stunned. "This...this...this is not right! How can there be such beautiful green vegetables in the dead of winter? How did they do that?"

Shen Yi explained vaguely, "The vegetables we grow in greenhouses are not easy to care for, so it's not unreasonable to sell these baskets of vegetables for ten taels of silver. The remaining ten taels is for these two large buckets of fish. Take a look."

Su Chuan opened the lid and was immediately splashed with water. He felt that the bucket was filled with fish, and he couldn't even count how many there were.

“Brother-in-law, I’m truly convinced! Utterly and completely convinced! You wait, once I get these things back to the county town, Young Master Zhu might want to do business with you after he’s seen them.”

Shen Yi quickly and seriously stopped him, "Cousin, I sold the things to you because we are relatives. I don't do business outside! These greenhouse vegetables were originally made by me specifically for Xiao Tai. There's only a small amount, how can I keep selling them to others?"

"And these fish, there's no set number I can catch. I only go to catch them when others tell me in advance. If I catch them, I sell them; if not, I don't. We're all neighbors, so it's easy to talk to each other. But if that young master Zhu comes, I really can't handle him. You'll have to find a way to turn him away." Seeing that Shen Yi genuinely didn't want to deal with those rich and powerful people, Su Chuan nodded solemnly, "Okay! I'll definitely make things clear later and won't put you in a difficult position."

Satisfied with what he had received, Su Chuan left.

Su Chunlin doted on his granddaughter and stayed overnight, planning to bring some goods back to the village to sell the next day—killing two birds with one stone.

At the same time, Shiliu also brought the guokui (a type of flatbread) back to town.

She first went to Bai Shi to report back, and then secretly left the Ma family and entered a secluded courtyard.

Cuilan was lying on a bed made of a few planks of wood, barely clinging to life.

A hint of disdain flashed in Shi Liu's eyes, but she still put on a concerned look and stepped forward to ask, "Are you feeling any better today?"

Hearing the voice, Cuilan slowly opened her eyes, tears falling silently. "I feel much better. Thank you for helping me."

Shi Liu looked away awkwardly and said, "Don't thank me. This is all the young master's idea. He said that you have been with him for a while, and there is some affection between you. He doesn't want you to end up in a miserable state. He redeemed you from your servitude, and you will be free from now on."

However, these things cannot be known to the eldest young mistress, and you will no longer be allowed to return to the city.

Cuilan lay on the dilapidated wooden plank and wept bitterly, "I am all alone and helpless, the world is so vast, yet there is nowhere for me to find refuge!"

Shi Liu hurriedly advised, "Who said that? You are Su Chuan's wife, after all. I just saw him in Shenjiazhuang. It seems he went to run errands for Young Master Zhu. It's clear he has a lot of influence with Young Master Zhu."

"You have nowhere to go now, why not turn back and properly apologize to Su Chuan, and humbly beg for forgiveness! Su Chuan is easy to talk to, perhaps he'll soften his heart and accept you back, right?"

Cuilan paused for a moment, then slowly bit her lip.

Shi Liu continued to coax her, "Who else can you rely on besides Su Chuan? Nothing is more important than living! Listen to me, go to Dongmen Village and find Su Chuan's uncle's family. Stick to them and stay. We'll talk about the rest later."

Young Master Bai secretly sent someone to find her, without explaining anything, and asked her to secretly settle Cuilan without alerting Bai Rong.

She didn't have that kind of ability, so she could only think of ways to get rid of this hot potato as soon as possible, and the most suitable candidate was Su Chuan.

Cuilan was reluctant to ask him for help, since she had never given Su Chuan a second glance before and had been completely indifferent to him. Now, she couldn't bring herself to ask him for help.

However, Shi Liu is right about one thing: survival is the most important thing, and she has no better way out now.

After much struggle, Cuilan finally gave in and agreed.

Shi Liu also breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went out to hire a carriage to take Cui Lan to Dongmen Village.

All the way, Cuilan was thinking about how to talk to Su Chunlin and Han Shi, how to explain her situation, and at the same time, she had to find a way to get Su Chunlin to let her stay.

Of course, all of this was based on the premise that they were unaware of it. Cuilan did not believe that Su Chuan would return to the village in such a short time and make his embarrassing situation known to everyone.

Just as Cuilan was lost in thought, the carriage stopped.

"Young lady, is this the place?"