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

Chapter 153 Drive away
Cuilan snapped out of her reverie, lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside. Although it was late at night when she first came here, she still remembered the courtyard wall of Su Chunlin's house.

"This is the right place."

She carefully stepped down from the carriage and, with a nervous heart, knocked on the courtyard gate.

"Who is it?" Han's voice came from inside the house. A moment later, she was at the courtyard gate. When she saw Cuilan, her eyes widened instantly, and the words "dislike" were practically etched on her forehead. "What are you doing here? What are you doing here?"

Upon hearing this, Cuilan's expression changed slightly. Considering her current predicament, she had no choice but to lower her head and speak in a gentle voice, "Auntie, I came back specifically to apologize to you."

"Stop, stop." Before Cuilan could finish speaking, Madam Han interrupted, "Miss Cuilan, we can't afford your apology. Besides, you have nothing to do with the Su family anymore, so this is pointless."

Cuilan was on the verge of tears. "Auntie, I know I was ignorant and rude to you before, but I was pregnant at the time and couldn't control my temper. I know I was wrong, please forgive me!"

Madam Han frowned, feeling the biting cold outside. She had no desire to waste any more time arguing with Cuilan. "Don't you understand what I'm saying? You have nothing to do with Su Chuan anymore, and you have absolutely no connection with our family. We'll accept your apology, so please leave!"

Cuilan hadn't expected Han to be so resolute. Her feigned tears turned into genuine sobs. "Auntie, I've been kicked out by the eldest young mistress of the Bai family. I have nowhere to go. Please, have mercy on me and take me in for a while, for the sake of my marriage with Su Chuan!"

Without a second thought, Madam Han shook her head. “Miss Cuilan, if you were really Su Chuan’s wife, I would definitely let you in without a word. But I know perfectly well how you and Su Chuan came back together.”

Su Chuan has already suffered enough by marrying you; he hasn't done anything wrong to you! On the contrary, it's you bastards who have wronged him. How dare you even show your face here?
Besides, ever since Su Chuan's family started following Young Master Zhu, you and Su Chuan have had nothing to do with each other. Now that Su Chuan has a wife and son, what are you doing here? Don't you feel awkward?"

Cui Lan's face instantly turned deathly pale. "What...what did you say? How could Su Chuan..."

Han scoffed, "What do you mean 'how could that be'? Oh? So the Bai family is allowed to be high and mighty and use people, but people aren't allowed to think about themselves? Why should they? My brother-in-law's family hasn't done anything to betray their master. It's just that the Bai family doesn't treat them like human beings. There's nothing more to say!"

"And you're the same. You call yourself Su Chuan's wife, yet you're carrying another man's illegitimate child. What right do you have to question Su Chuan? Get out!"

After venting his anger, Han slammed the courtyard gate shut.

Cuilan was pulled back to her senses by the loud noise, gritted her teeth in anger, and turned to stagger away.

Shiliu, who was serving Bai Shi, was only happy for half a day when she heard that Cuilan had come to her door. She was so frightened that she turned pale and hurriedly went out to deal with her.

"Didn't I tell you to go to Dongmen Village? Why are you back again? My master doesn't know about your affairs. If my master finds out, I'll be punished too. You can't stay here any longer."

Cuilan was so cold her teeth chattered, and it took her a long time to recover. Tears streamed down her face. "Su Chuan is a scoundrel! He's already married and has a son! Waaah!"

Shi Liu's expression changed drastically. She had considered all sorts of possibilities and had thought of ways to deal with Cui Lan. The only thing she hadn't expected was that Su Chuan had gotten married and had a child. If that was the case, all her plans would fall apart.

She looked at the sobbing Cuilan with a headache, not knowing what to do.

Having failed to outmaneuver the two, Su Chuan did not return to Yong'an Lane in the county town until dawn the following day.

Su Chunsen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his son return safely. "The end of the year is chaotic, and I was worried that something might have happened on the way. I haven't been sleeping well these past two days."

Su Chuan felt a surge of warmth in his heart and quickly said, "Father, this isn't my first time traveling far from home. I know what I'm doing. Yesterday, I walked until dark and took a nap in an inn for more than an hour. I only followed a caravan that was setting off. It's very safe."

"Don't say anything more, let's move all these things to the storeroom. We'll make something nice for my cousin today." Seeing his son's barely concealed excitement, Su Chunsen knew they had made a good haul this time, so he didn't dare delay.

Once everything was inside the kitchen, everyone in the entire courtyard was alerted.

Everyone gathered in the kitchen, commenting on the vegetables and fish.

Xiao Xi stared at the vegetables for a long time but still couldn't tell what kind they were. Her eyes were full of admiration for Su Chuan. "Brother Su is really amazing. He can find such beautiful vegetables even in the dead of winter! Our girl is so lucky!"

Ke Yunyun nodded in agreement, "Not only the dishes, but even the fish looks incredibly fresh and lively. I've never seen such a big fish on the ice field. It must be delicious."

Wan immediately picked up a strainer and said, "Wait a minute, I'll kill one and make soup for you."

Su Chuan found some ginger. "My cousin said this removes the fishy smell. Mom, try putting some ginger in your soup."

Everyone was so engrossed in discussing what to eat that they didn't even notice Zhu Yixuan arriving unnoticed.

By the time Ke Yunyun came to her senses, Zhu Yixuan had already looked at everything and was very satisfied with what Su Chuan had done. "These are what you got from Shenjiazhuang?"

Su Chuan quickly nodded, "These are greenhouse vegetables, which are not easy to care for. My cousin's husband said he didn't grow many and originally didn't plan to sell them. But my uncle stepped in, and with my cousin speaking up for us, we managed to get these back."

Zhu Yixuan nodded thoughtfully, "It does look quite good. Let's get some to try first."

As he spoke, he put his arm around Ke Yunyun and led her back into the house.

The Wan family quickly got to work.

Taking the opportunity, Su Chuan lowered his voice and said, "Father, Mother, Ying'er has given birth. It's a big, healthy boy. I've seen him."

"Really!" Wan was so happy she almost dropped the knife in her hand.

Although Su Chunsen didn't say anything, you could tell how excited he was by the trembling hands he was picking vegetables.

When Wan was in a good mood, she worked with extra energy and soon prepared three dishes and a soup.

A pot of boiled corn, a plate of tomatoes with brown sugar, a plate of mixed greens, and a pot of crucian carp soup.

Zhu Yixuan had been eating meat all winter and was quite tired of it. Seeing these colorful, bland dishes, he suddenly had an appetite and took a bite of corn first.

He didn't know until he tasted it, and his eyes lit up. Pointing at the corn, he excitedly asked, "What kind of vegetable is this?"

Su Chuan was surprised, and honestly replied, "My cousin said it's corn, which can be used to make soup, and it's especially sweet."

"That's good! Does your cousin have any more?" Zhu Yixuan pressed.

Su Chuan looked troubled. "Young master, I really don't know. After all, these are greenhouse vegetables. My cousin-in-law said that they can't be grown in large quantities, and even if they could, there probably wouldn't be many."