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

Chapter 247 School Test
Su Tai listened with tears welling up in her eyes. "He has always been a responsible and loyal person. I was afraid that he could take care of others but not himself. Please pass on a message to him for me, saying that everything is fine at home. I also gave birth to twins for him. Please make sure he returns safely and reunites with his family."

"Don't worry, Madam Shen, I will definitely deliver it," Liu Jianzhang assured, patting his chest.

Su Tai hurriedly presented the silver, "Sir, is this enough?"

Liu Jianzhang opened the money bag, somewhat astonished, "Too much! According to the rules, fifty taels is enough for Madam Shen's items. If it weren't for the rules, I wouldn't even want to take your money."

Su Tai stubbornly pushed the silver over, "This is more for Lord Liu's hard work. It's not easy for you to make this trip, and I can't let you work for nothing. I wouldn't feel at ease if I did. Lord Liu, don't underestimate me just because I'm a woman. I can still run my family business. It's not difficult for me to come up with some silver. You don't need to be so polite with me."

Also, I don't know if this thing can be sent to the military camp.

Sutai opened a small box.

Liu Jianzhang leaned closer for a careful look. "This is... jade?"

Su Tai nodded. "It's jade. My relatives brought it back from the Ice Plains. They say jade can bring peace and safety. I was wondering if I could send it over. If so, I would appreciate it if you could help me take this box with me."

Liu Jianzhang readily agreed.

Then Su Tai opened the things she had given to Su Chunlin and showed them to him.

Liu Jianzhang was exceptionally easy to talk to this time and accepted everything.

Su Tai gave him a sum of silver as usual.

After she left, Liu Jianzhang immediately locked the box and personally loaded it into the car.

Seeing how cautious he was, the head constable escorted him asked a few more questions, "Did you get a lot of money?"

Liu Jianzhang chuckled and said, "Boss, that's Shen Baichang's wife. I can't be careless. But she is indeed generous. This time she sent two boxes of things to Shen Baichang and his father-in-law. In addition to the hundred taels, she also gave me twenty taels of silver as a reward for my hard work."

He cleverly took out ten taels of silver and gave it to the big man.

The burly man's expression softened slightly. "Since she's Shen Baichang's wife, we should indeed pay more attention to her."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the carriage behind him.

Liu Jianzhang breathed a sigh of relief. Su Tai had given him an additional sixty taels, but he had only asked for twenty taels. He could secretly save the remaining fifty taels. With this money, he had to handle Su Tai's matter properly.

After returning from the county government office, Su Tai first went to her parents' home to tell Han Shi and her brothers what had happened.

They were completely relieved after learning that Su Tai had found a reliable person.

Before Su Tai left, Madam Han stopped her and packed a slaughtered sheep into her bag. "I know you don't lack these things over there, and you can even eat them whenever you want, but this is what your mother prepared for you and the children, so don't be shy with me."

Su Zhan and Su Ming nodded repeatedly, "We put a lot of effort into cleaning it up. I don't know what happened this year, even the well water froze. It almost froze solid, which would have been a real problem if it had."

"Well water frozen? Are you kidding me? Isn't well water always warm?" Su Tai asked in surprise.

Seeing that she didn't believe him, Su Ming took her to see for himself. "Look, there's frost all around the well. The old folks in the village said that well water isn't immune to freezing, it's just that it's not really cold enough. If it gets cold enough, the well water will freeze, but it shouldn't be too thick. It's easy for us, but it would be difficult if the well water froze over there. Since your brother-in-law isn't here, you'd have to handle it."

If the ice can't be broken through, even getting water will become a problem.

Su Tai patted Su Ming's head with relief, "Our family's guokui needs water every day, Er Gou and the others will figure out a way, you don't need to worry about it. But will this sudden drop in temperature affect next year's weather?"

Su Ming shook his head, his expression becoming more serious. "The old folks in the village are worried too. They say misfortunes never come singly. If there's war and then a natural disaster, we really don't know what to do. Sister, how much food have you saved? Is it enough?"

Su Tai couldn't help but twitch her lips as she thought of the full amount of grain in her cellar. "Don't worry, we don't lack anything, just grain. But there's something I need to tell you in advance: if it's too cold this year, I won't be coming back on the second day of the Lunar New Year."

It's terrifying to think about her taking four kids out alone.

Su Ming expressed his understanding, saying, "Eldest sister, you don't need to come. We can come and see you."

After returning home, Su Tai continued to live a quiet life with the courtyard gate closed.

The two children still went to school next door every day. After learning from Tang Yu for a few months, they became much more well-behaved than before.

Su Tai was grateful for Tang Yu's efforts, as he even took care of all three of his meals a day, preparing them on her side and having Xiao Xi deliver them to him.

Knowing that her cooking skills were not up to par, Xiao Xi did not try to show off, but instead took the initiative to take care of Su Tai's twins.

Ke Yunyun is in poor health and needs to stay in a warm place even in the dead of winter; she won't easily go into the yard.

This makes it convenient for Su Tai to do some small things.

So she went to great lengths to buy food from the Fire Dimension. Today it was mutton hot pot, tomorrow it was beef hot pot, and there were also fried chicken hamburgers, all kinds of fish hot pot, and occasionally she would even make them a highly nutritious Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

It has completely spoiled the tastes of a group of people.

Ke Yunyun also noticed that she had gained weight and looked much healthier than before.

Tang Yu was also captivated by Su Tai's culinary skills, and looked forward to mealtimes every day. In order to eat delicious food, he became more and more attentive to the group of children.

The day before the new year.

Tang Yu organized a test for the children. "Our school will be closed tomorrow. We will continue studying after the fifteenth. Today, the teacher will test everyone's lessons. Those who do well will be rewarded."

The children's eyes lit up.

They all nodded.

The test was actually a dictation test, in which Tang Yu tested everyone on the characters she had taught throughout the year.

Upon hearing this, Su Tai called Shen Ergou and Shen Tian in for a dictation test, and then sat down herself in a proper manner.

A group of little kids turned to look at her.

Su Tai remained calm and composed, saying, "Auntie and Yue Zhang studied and learned to read together. Today, we're taking the test together. If you do better than Auntie, I'll give each of you a New Year's gift. If you don't do as well as Auntie, I'll have a good talk with your parents later."

The children were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and some even frantically flipped through books to catch up on their knowledge.

Tang Yu found it amusing but said nothing.

They learned 600 characters this year, and have learned all the commonly used characters. Next year they will start learning other characters.

Six hundred words is a lot; it would take a whole day to transcribe them all.

When Xu went to talk to Su Tai, she was surprised to find Su Tai studying with the children. She found it interesting and, upon learning that Tang Yu was going to give the children an exam, she immediately spread the news. Many villagers came to watch the excitement, while others waited quietly for the results, wanting to see what the children had learned in a year.