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

Chapter 195 The Abandoned Child
Only then did Madam Niu realize what was happening, and she burst into tears again, scolding Mo Chunxiang several times before finally accepting reality.

On the Shen family's side.

Shen Yi kept his promise to the villagers, went into the mountains to set traps, and brought back a wild boar and several pheasants and rabbits. He then set up a feast at his doorstep and invited the villagers to have a good meal.

It was just the time for spring plowing, and everyone thought it was a good omen. They were even more satisfied with Shen Yi. Before, some people were wary of his identity as a ferryman, but now no one mentioned it anymore.

Su Chunlin's family helped entertain the villagers, and only after that did they discuss the arrangements for spring plowing.

After Su Tai found out, she asked Shen Yi to invite all her family members into the house to talk.

“Father and Mother, we have a lot of land. If we plant grain again this year, I’m afraid we won’t get a good price. Besides, we don’t have any connections, so it’s not easy to sell grain. Fortunately, Shen Yi can get some fruit seedlings. You can plant some fruit this year. We don’t have any here, so we’re sure we can make money.”

Su Chunlin's eyes lit up instantly. "Good girl, what kind of fruit are you talking about? The kind from the mountains?"

Han kicked him, "What nonsense are you talking about! Why would a girl tell us about wild fruits from the mountains?"

Su Tai loved watching the couple bicker, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up. "It's not a fruit from the mountains, but a kind of fruit called watermelon and strawberry. These two fruits can be harvested in places like Longxia Kingdom at the beginning of summer. Here it's a little later, but we can still sell them when it's hottest. The melons are big and sweet, juicy and delicious. They are definitely the first of their kind here."

We can ask the elders in the prefectural city later; if they want to do this business, they can also pick up goods from here to sell. Or we can have Shen Yi take some people to the prefectural city; they'll definitely earn more than growing grain.

However, strawberries are difficult to transport over long distances, so they're only suitable for sale in our Zhaohua County. But they can be used to make desserts or jams, which I imagine some restaurants and inns would like.

Su Chunlin and his three companions had no idea what that fruit looked like, and their eyes were full of anticipation.

"Good girl, just tell me how many to plant. I believe you. Even if we don't make any money, I'll accept it!" Madam Han clenched her fists fiercely.

Su Chunlin was very surprised, "Honey, when did you become so impulsive?"

Han rolled her eyes at him and said irritably, "Think about why our family can make money? It's all because of our son-in-law! Working with them will definitely lead to success. Even if it doesn't, it doesn't matter. We can afford to lose a little money."

The Su family has accumulated several thousand taels of wealth over the years. Even if the whole family doesn't work for more than ten years, they won't starve. Taking a risk for only one year is nothing.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law had said so, Su Chunlin gritted his teeth and slapped his thigh, "Alright! Then I'll listen to you and plant fruit trees."

As he spoke, he looked at his two sons and said, "We agreed before that you would each have half of the sixty acres of wasteland to cultivate, and you can decide what to plant."

Su Zhan and Su Ming looked at Su Tai together, "Sister, we'll plant it however you say."

Su Tai: "."

So, this married woman can still be the head of her own family? She really has to thank these two living ancestors.

She said helplessly, "If I had to decide, I would plant ten acres of grain, ten acres of watermelon, four acres of strawberries, and six acres of peanuts."

"Okay! That's how I'll arrange it." Su Ming decided without even thinking.

Su Zhan nodded in agreement.

Since her family had made the decision, Su Tai had to arrange the fruit seedlings for them immediately. The Mu Shi Kong Fruit Seedling Shop sells watermelon seedlings for one virtual coin each and strawberry seedlings for two virtual coins each. At least eight hundred watermelon seedlings and six thousand strawberry seedlings are needed for one acre of land.

I spent 32,000 virtual coins just to buy fruit seedlings for my maternal family.

There were also the fruit seedlings their family needed, and some other families who, hearing the news, wanted to join in planting fruit. Some were bold and wanted to take a gamble, so they bought a lot of seedlings, while others were more cautious and only planted one or two acres. Su Tai spent another 100,000 virtual coins to buy seedlings.

We have to wait for the boss to send us so many fruit seedlings.

Since everyone hasn't plowed the land yet, and it will be another ten days or so before the seeds are actually sown, there's no rush.

However, Su Chunlin and the others had to rush back.

After learning of the county government's verdict, Han felt much more at ease. Seeing that her daughter had no shortage of people to take care of her, she went back with Su Chunlin.

With the start of spring planting, even though Shen Yi was extremely busy, he dared not leave Su Tai and the child alone at home anymore, and he paid for anything that could be solved with money.

When the baby turned one month old, it was the busiest time of spring plowing. The couple did not hold a big celebration. They simply sent some bread and cakes to every household in the village as wedding cakes, and then decided on the baby's name.

However, the Xu family would take some time to come over after finishing their farm work in the evening. They would bring some red eggs to one family and a small piece of red cloth to another. The gifts weren't expensive, but they were all tokens of their goodwill.

Su Tai gladly accepted.

After a nice, relaxing hot shower, I was finally able to step out of my room.

The newly named little dumpling, Shen Congrong, seemed to sense her mother's joy and happily danced around in her cradle in the yard.

This made Su Tai laugh out loud.

Shen Yuezhang kept hovering around her younger brother, looking him over with curiosity. Sometimes she would say that her brother was too small, and other times she would ask Su Tai to play with her.

It brought a lot of laughter and joy to the quiet courtyard.

Shen Yi climbed the ladder and sat on the top of the wall installing the spiked balls, glancing down every now and then with a satisfied smile on his face.

Little did he know that a disheveled woman was holding a child and staring intently at him from a distance, her eyes filled with regret, resentment, and even more so, jealousy and hatred.

She glanced at the child in her arms, her face expressionless. "Blame it on being a girl and not being born at a good time. I really can't raise you, and I don't want to. If your father hadn't had that accident, you could still stay at home. Now I have no choice but to abandon you. It's all up to your fate. If you lose your life, don't come looking for me. It's all those two people from the Shen family who caused this. Go find them!"

After saying that, Mo Chunxiang put the child on the ground, turned around and left without looking back.

At that time, everyone in the village was in the fields, and no one noticed that a child had been abandoned in the village until the child cried loudly from hunger, which attracted the attention of the elderly people nearby.

"Oh my! Who is so heartless!" The old lady was shocked and staggered over to pick up the child.

Su Tai had just taken her child out to watch the villagers work when she heard Huang Xinghua and the others whispering about something.

She went up to ask out of curiosity.

Huang Xinghua immediately told them what had happened: "This morning, Shen the Cripple's mother found a baby girl near their house. She looks to be less than six months old, and everyone went over to see what was going on."

"Shen the Cripple?" Su Tai racked her brains but couldn't figure out which one it was.

Seeing her expression, Huang Xinghua kindly reminded her, "It's the house closest to yours."