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

Chapter 204 Shen Yi Keeps His Promise

It's unlikely that Xu will be able to make a fortune from fireworks and firecrackers again. Fortunately, they made a lot of money selling fruit this year, so they gave up on the idea of ​​trying anything new.

The Han family did the same, and even made a special trip for Su Chunlin to explain the situation to Su Tai in detail.

Since none of them were doing this business, Su Tai was saved a lot of trouble.

Aside from going to the water once a day to empty the fishing nets, the rest of the time is spent with the two children, cooking, and even stealing moments to come up with some different dishes. Life is quite fulfilling and happy.

The day before Shen Dagou's wedding, Shen Yi specially called Shen Dagou's family over and pointed to a room full of things, telling them to move them away. "There are two large baskets of fish, half a pig, a basket of eggs, and two large buckets of goat milk. Take them all away; they will be needed for tomorrow's banquet."

Shen Mu was startled and repeatedly refused, "No, no, my wife and children are paid for their work here. Thanks to you two these past two years, our family's life has finally improved. We are so grateful to you, how can we accept anything from you!"

"Exactly! If we had known you were preparing so much stuff for Big Dog, we wouldn't have come no matter what." Huang Xinghua refused earnestly.

Shen Dagou meant the same thing: "Brother Shen, you've already helped me a lot, I can't take advantage of you anymore."

Shen Yi pretended to be angry and said, "No matter what, you have indeed helped me a lot. Let's keep things separate. This is what I told you before. People should keep their word. You have to bring these things back to me today. Also, the big red envelope I told you about before was not just talk."

Although your family made money this year, I'm talking about something else entirely, and we can't lump them together.

After saying that, Shen Yi took out a purse from his pocket and stuffed it into Shen Dagou's arms without saying a word.

Shen Dagou was so frightened that his face turned pale. He struggled frantically, trying to escape, "Brother Shen Yi, you mustn't, you mustn't!"

Seeing Shen Yi holding onto Shen Dagou tightly, and Shen Mu and Huang Xinghua wanting to go over and help, Su Tai couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Alright, stop struggling. We're all from the same village, related by blood, so it's only right that we help each other. This is Dagou's wedding, a once-in-a-lifetime event, and we, as relatives, should show our support."

Furthermore, Shen Yi is essentially the owner of Big Dog's business. It's only natural for an owner to give red envelopes to their employees; who would refuse a celebratory gift? That would be keeping money out!

"Uh..." Shen Mu's family was at a loss for what to do. They couldn't just keep their wealth out, could they? But the purse was bulging, and it was obvious that it contained a lot of silver. They didn't feel at ease holding it.

Shen Xiang's eyes darted around, and she stepped forward with a grin, saying, "Big brother, since Brother Shen Yi and Sister Su Tai have both said so, why don't you just accept it? We'll work even harder to repay Brother Shen Yi and Sister Su Tai, okay?"

Su Tai nodded in satisfaction, "Xiang-mei is so sensible."

So Shen Mu's family had no choice but to move all those things away as Shen Yi had instructed.

One trip isn't enough; you need to make at least two or three trips.

After everything was brought home, Granny Chen couldn't help but give Shen Mu and his wife a good scolding, "Have you two become addicted to taking advantage of others?"

Seeing that Granny Chen was angry, Shen Xiang quickly stepped forward to explain, "Grandma, it's not like that."

After she finished explaining, Granny Chen finally understood what had happened. She also realized that her son and daughter-in-law were the dumbest of them all, and they were no match for the eloquent Su Tai. All she could do was tell them to work hard for Shen Yi.

At this moment, Shen Dagou took out the purse that Shen Yi had given him and poured out the money inside in front of the whole family.

Huang Xinghua counted carefully and couldn't help but gasp. "My goodness, there are ten taels of silver here! You only need ten taels of betrothal gifts to marry the Wei family girl, and Shen Yi has made up for it all for you!" To be fair, Shen Yi's actions were no different from those of a blood brother.

Shen Dagou's eyes immediately welled up with tears, and his heart felt warm.

Grandma Chen sighed, then said to her other grandchildren, "This money was given to your eldest brother by Shen Yi. It has nothing to do with our family, and you can't covet it, understand?"

"Okay, Grandma," the children said in unison.

Granny Chen finally smiled and said earnestly, "Shen Yi and his wife are our family's benefactors, and even more so, Big Dog's benefactors. We must know how to be grateful, and only then will we prosper more and more, understand?"

Shen Mu and Huang Xinghua nodded repeatedly, keeping Chen Pozi's words in mind.

With these things provided by Shen Yi, things suddenly became much simpler.

The next day, Shen Dagou set off to Liujiazhuang to pick up his bride, and invited the Wei family to the wedding banquet along the way.

Wei Gang and Zeng Shi also wanted to see their daughter's future living environment and how the Shen family would arrange the wedding banquet, so they agreed.

Liu Jinhua and Wei Laoqi will definitely be going too.

Only Chen, from the eldest son's side, was causing trouble.

It is said that people's patience is limited, and Wei Yi is no exception. He had long been impatient with Chen Shi's temper over these inexplicable things. Seeing Chen Shi sitting on the bed without moving, he decisively said, "If you're not going, then stay home and keep an eye on things. I'm going with my parents and second brother. You can arrange what you want to eat yourself."

Seeing Wei Yi's resolute attitude, Chen didn't dare to make a fuss anymore and quickly put on her shoes, saying, "Wait for me."

After the group left, Chen started grumbling again, finding fault with everything. One minute she was complaining that the oxcart was cold, and the next she was grumbling that the Shen family didn't know how to choose their time.

Wei Gang and Zeng Shi both looked displeased. Liu Jinhua, unable to bear it any longer, shouted, "Chen Shi! If you can't speak properly, then shut up. Nobody wants to hear your complaints. If you upset me again, I'll throw you down the stairs and walk home myself!"

Chen's eyes reddened from the scolding, and no matter how unwilling she was, she dared not say anything more that would offend others.

After the family arrived at Shen Mu's house, Huang Xinghua immediately invited Liu Jinhua, Zeng Shi, and Chen Shi to Wei Erya and her husband's small courtyard.

Madam Zeng was quite surprised, "This courtyard is newly built?"

Huang Xinghua couldn't stop smiling. "Yes! It was built especially for Da Gou and his wife. They originally planned to have four new rooms, but then they gritted their teeth and saved up some money to make a small courtyard. They earned some more money in the summer, so they simply built four more rooms behind the small courtyard and opened them up. Don't be fooled by the small size of this courtyard; there are quite a few rooms. No matter how many children they have in the future, they will have plenty of room to live in."

As she spoke, Huang Xinghua led them on a tour.

Madam Zeng was overjoyed. "Excellent, excellent! My dear in-law, this house is truly beautifully built. I love it. If my daughter Erya ever does anything wrong, feel free to teach her."

Because of Huang Xinghua's dedication to her daughter and son-in-law, she wasn't worried at all that her daughter would be neglected by her in-laws.

Liu Jinhua nodded with satisfaction, "Thank you for your trouble, my dear in-laws."