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

Chapter 186 Solving a Troublesome Matter
Shen Yi immediately went to the warehouse and got some for them to see.

Liu Ming tasted the sugar and his eyes widened in surprise. "This is so sweet! And it doesn't taste bitter at all! It's amazing! Absolutely amazing! Master Shen, how much is this sugar?"

Shen Yi pondered and said, "White sugar is very scarce, extremely scarce. My wife usually only uses it for cooking. I can only offer some for sale. It's 20 coins per tael. Brown sugar is still the same price as before, 12 coins per tael. How much do you want?"

Before Manager Li could speak, Liu Ming asked, "Of course, the more the better. I wonder how many Master Shen can sell?"

"I see. I can only sell two hundred catties of white sugar and three thousand catties of brown sugar."

Shen Yi recited the numbers as if it were a daily routine, without any emotional fluctuation, which stunned both Manager Li and Liu Ming.

"Buy them! We want them all!" Liu Ming said hesitantly.

Manager Li realized what was happening and hurriedly pleaded, "Manager Liu, could you spare some for me?"

"Of course, of course!" Liu Ming smiled like a fox.

Shen Yi quickly brought out everything, plus a few loaves of bread. "These are pastries made by my wife. Manager Liu and Manager Li, please try them. If you like them, take some back with you."

Liu Ming was immediately captivated by the aroma of the bread, and without hesitation, he took the bread and was stunned after taking just one bite.

Without saying anything more, he immediately asked Shen Yi to buy a large basket of them.

He returned home with a full load on this trip.

After seeing the two of them off, Shen Yi quickly closed the courtyard gate and hurriedly returned to his bedroom in the backyard.

"Honey, guess how much money I just made?" Shen Yi asked excitedly.

Su Tai lay in the warm bed, playing with her daughter, and lazily looked over, asking in a cooperative tone, "How much?"

"Four hundred and thirty taels!"

Su Tai suddenly stood up. "Why are there so many? You're not just trying to rip them off because they come from a wealthy family, are you?!"

Shen Yi laughed, "How could I do such a thing! It's just that the other party wanted everything. I gave him both brown sugar and white sugar, so we don't need to try to sell our goods this year."

Previously, in order to vent his anger for Su Tai's uncle's family, he deliberately tripped up the eldest son of the Bai family in the county town and tricked him. He probably still holds a grudge.

They might have been preparing to arrest him this year. Now that he's sold all his brown sugar to the Qin family in the prefectural city, what can the Bai family do even if they've laid a trap? They'll probably only be able to trace it back to the prefect's family before they dare to investigate any further.

Once Su Tai understood the key point, she immediately smiled like a cat that had just stolen some cream and gave Shen Yi a big kiss, saying, "My husband is so thoughtful!"

Shen Yi's face instantly turned as red as a sunset.

At this moment, Shen Yuezhang suddenly grabbed his hand and climbed onto him, "Dad, I want one too, I want a kiss too!"

Shen Yi laughed heartily, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her hard. The brown sugar sale was completed ahead of schedule, saving the couple a lot of trouble. They then turned their attention to selling fireworks, seafood, bread, and cakes.

The fireworks business is mainly for the Xu and Han families to make money. Based on the situation in the previous two years, this year we should be able to get about 60,000 virtual coins worth of goods.

Once everything was ready, Shen Yi immediately had it transported to the Su family in Dongmen Village, and then sent several more cartloads to the Xu family's place. He then left the matter to them.

The main aquatic product is fish. This business wasn't something they wanted to do, but rather because in the dead of winter, only their family in the surrounding towns could supply a large quantity of live fish. As soon as it snowed, many people came to buy fish, and this situation became even more serious in the twelfth lunar month. Some people even came to block Shen Yi before dawn, just to be the first to buy fish.

This situation was extremely dangerous for the couple who were hiding a secret. In order to avoid this danger, Shen Yi had to break down the three adjacent courtyards so that he could enter and exit from several doors, thus concealing his identity as much as possible.

However, this method only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause. To prevent outsiders from blocking their door again, the couple had no choice but to agree to supply large quantities of live fish, even resorting to the lame excuse of having a fishpond at home.

I thought the villagers would investigate further, but to my surprise, no one suspected anything.

Su Tai once doubted their intelligence, so she took the opportunity when Shen Xiang and Shen Da Gou came over to work to ask them about her doubts.

Shen Xiang said, "Sister Su Tai, when Brother Shen was building that back courtyard, he hauled a lot of soil out. Everyone's saying you secretly built a fishpond there! Isn't that true?"

Su Tai smiled awkwardly and nodded emphatically, "Yes! That's about the same purpose, just described a little differently."

Shen Xiang smiled shyly and said, "No matter what it's for, Sister Su Tai and Brother Shen Yi are still the most capable. My parents praised you for being smart and capable, always thinking ahead, and told us to learn from you."

Su Tai chuckled awkwardly, unsure how to respond, and quickly changed the subject, "I heard your house is finished. Is Big Dog getting ready to get married?"

Shen Dagou blushed, lowered his head, and stammered.

Shen Xiang, on the other hand, nodded excitedly, “My parents are planning to do the same thing. They’ve been looking at potential partners lately. For example, when Brother Shen Liang got married to the Wei family girl from Liujiazhuang a while ago, my mother went to help. She took a liking to one of the Wei family sisters. I don’t know if it will work out.”

Su Tai was somewhat surprised, "You mean Wei Erya?"

Shen Xiang nodded frantically, "That's right, that's right, it was her. That day, some people from the Wei family came. My mother said that the second daughter of the Wei family stayed with the bride the whole time, busy with everything, doing things thoughtfully, and she also had a sweet tongue. She is a rare clever person."

However, the Wei family is much better off than ours, so I don't know if this deal will even work out.

Su Tai had a good impression of Wei Erya, especially after hearing about the Wei family from Xu Shi. She appreciated the girl's clear-headedness even more. Then she looked at Shen Dagou.

He wasn't very tall, but he wasn't short either. He was a bit thin, probably because the food at home wasn't good, but he was in pretty good health. Since he started working for them, I haven't heard of him getting sick or anything. He's always been diligent and hardworking.

Such a person is honest and reliable, and is good at managing a household.

Thinking of this, Su Tai chuckled, "Second Aunt is related to the Wei family by marriage. If your mother really likes the second daughter of the Wei family, she can ask Second Aunt to put in a good word for her. It's all up to you!"
As for the Wei family's situation, although Uncle Wei earns a decent living as a blacksmith, neither of his sons is cut out for it; they can only work as assistants and can't stand on their own. Your family is just a bit poor, but you've earned quite a bit selling grain these past two years, and with you two siblings being capable, things won't be too bad for you!

Shen Xiang's most admired woman was Su Tai. After hearing Su Tai's words, he immediately gained confidence. "Okay! Then I'll go back and tell my mother that my eldest brother has saved half of the money he earned in the past two years, which is about eighteen taels. It's not a small amount, but it's not as much as Aunt Xu's. I heard that she prepared a dowry of twenty taels for the eldest daughter of the Wei family."

(End of this chapter)