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

Chapter 309 Between Father and Son
"Wife, you've worked so hard all these years." Shen Yi held Su Tai's hand tenderly.

Su Tai nodded proudly, "It is quite hard, but I can accept it. The main reason is to wait for you to come back. When you come back, the burden on my shoulders will be much lighter."

Shen Yi nodded firmly, "From now on, if there's anything you don't want to do, just tell me, and I'll do it."

Su Tai smiled brightly and helped him take off his clothes. Seeing that Shen Yi had no wounds, she was even happier. "Good, good, good. He looks the same when he left as he does when he came back."

Shen Yi laughed and praised without reservation: "It's all thanks to my wife. The armor you gave us has saved us countless times. If it weren't for the armor, I wouldn't have been able to rise all the way to the rank of Junior Commander. Originally, the military camp wanted to recommend me for merit, which would be at least the rank of Senior Commander, but I didn't agree."

"Fighting and killing are nothing compared to the joy of staying with my wife and children! I don't have any grand ambitions, I just want to grow old peacefully with you like this!"

Su Tai's heart skipped a beat. While rubbing Shen Yi's back, she scolded him playfully, "Your mouth has become sweeter since you went out. You never used to say such mushy things."

"Hehe, I call this a heartfelt expression. Having been through life and death, I think being sentimental is useless. You should say what you really think, honey, don't you agree?" Shen Yi tilted his head back as far as he could so he could look Su Tai in the eye as he spoke.

Su Tai blushed at his words, "Yes, yes, you're right!"

Shen Yi was even happier. If the timing hadn't been wrong, he would have wanted to drag Su Tai into the water with him.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't asked you yet, where did that jade come from? That thing really helped me a lot!"

Shen Yi told Su Tai in detail how he used jade to curry favor with his superiors and how he used jade to help Su Chunlin and the others.

Su Tai laughed and said, "If I had known this thing was so useful, I would have gotten you more. I got this from that mysterious place where there is also top-quality mutton fat jade, so beautiful it's intoxicating. What I'm taking out now are just ordinary stuff, I didn't expect it to be so valuable."

But having too much of this stuff isn't good, and it's too conspicuous. I've only taken it out a few times, and now I don't dare take it out anymore.

Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief. "You're right. We have no connections and are easily targeted. From now on, let's stick to our small business. It'll be tough, but it'll be safe."

The couple chatted on and on for quite a while.

Seeing that Shen Yi's bathwater was all murky, Su Tai laughed speechlessly, "Haven't you taken a bath in all these years?"

Shen Yi nodded repeatedly. “The conditions in the military camp are not good. We definitely can’t wash in the winter. At most, we can wipe our face and neck. In the summer, we can run in the stream to rinse off. But we dare not expose our armor. We usually go once every ten days or half a month, and we always operate in the dark. I know I’m dirty, but it’s more important to stay alive. Nothing else matters.”

Su Tai felt distressed upon hearing this, so she quickly drained the water and prepared a new pool of clean, hot water for him.

They applied bath soap and shampoo to his face again, rinsing him three times in this manner. When Shen Yi went back into the bathtub, the water was still clean and clear.

After Shen Yi finished showering.

Su Tai helped him wash the dirty clothes and found that the armor was covered with scratches, almost all of them on the front, back and arms, and there were also several obvious knife marks on the hood, which was shocking.

She couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.

Fortunately, the person returned safely.

She carefully cleaned the nail polish, hung it to dry in the bathroom, and then repeatedly rubbed, pounded, and soaked the other dirty clothes with laundry soap, working until dark before she finished.

When the children saw her, they immediately cried out, "Mom, we want to eat! We're hungry!"

Shen Yuean called out in her childish voice, "Daddy wants to eat too, Daddy is hungry too."

Shen Yi picked Shen Yue'an up and kissed her hard. "Eat! My An'er says Daddy's hungry, so Daddy's hungry."

Su Tai laughed in exasperation.

This person just ate more than a dozen durian cakes and drank a whole bowl of papaya, white fungus, red date, and milk soup. How could they be hungry so quickly! But she didn't spoil the mood. She turned around and went to the kitchen, then ran through the fire-time dimension to get all the hot pot and steamed buns she had ordered.

When the food was served, men, women, and children, who all love meat, cheered.

He ate without making a sound.

Shen Yi hadn't eaten this kind of food in a long time, and he just couldn't stop eating it.

Su Tai thought there would be a lot of food left over, but it was all eaten up.

Shen Yi still looked like he hadn't had enough.

After dinner, the father and his five sons played in the side room where the charcoal stove was burning.

After spending half a day together, the twins had become familiar with Shen Yi, calling him "Dad" repeatedly and clinging to him, even putting Su Tai behind them.

Even when they were sleeping, they kept asking Shen Yi to sleep with them.

Shen Yi felt he had neglected his children too much over the years, so he readily agreed. The man and his four children slept in one bed, crammed together like dumplings in a pot.

Su Tai told them to sleep sideways before she could finally lie down comfortably.

Seeing that they were about to go to sleep, Su Tai also returned to her bedroom.

Half asleep and half awake, she noticed movement beside her. She opened her eyes abruptly and saw Shen Yi rushing towards her.

"What about the children? If you're going to die, what will happen to them?" Su Tai scolded.

Shen Yi said impatiently, "They're all fast asleep and won't wake up until dawn. Honey, I miss you, I want you."

A crazy night.

The next day, before dawn, Shen Yi got up and went to the workshop next door, full of energy.

Shen Ergou and Shen Tian have already started working.

Shen Yi immediately went in to help, saying, "Thank you for your hard work over the years."

Shen Ergou chuckled憨厚ly, "It's no trouble at all! Brother Shen, I was just saying that my older brother is coming back too, should I have him come and help out?"

Shen Yi paused, then smiled reassuringly at him, "If you're doing well, keep going. If you don't want to do it anymore, just tell me. Your older brother is a brother I've been through thick and thin with, and I'll definitely protect him. We'll discuss other ways to make money after the spring harvest. Don't worry."

"Okay, okay." Shen Ergou nodded repeatedly, assuring him, "Brother Shen, I will do my job well."

Shen Tian teased, "Second brother, that's what eldest brother told you too, why aren't you at ease?"

Shen Yin understood Shen Ergou's concerns and said many comforting words before asking about the workshop's operation over the past few years.

Shen Tian replied crisply, "When Mr. Tang's family lived in the backyard, Mr. Tang's wife helped Sister Su Tai take care of the children. Sister Su Tai would come over to lend a hand, but my second brother and I did most of the work. Occasionally, Sister Su Tai's parents and brothers would also come over to help."

After Mr. Tang and his family left the village, Sister Su Tai had to take care of the child by herself and stopped coming here. We did almost all the work, and Sister Su Tai would only bring the child over when she had free time.

"Thank you for your trouble!" Shen Yi felt heartbroken when he heard Shen Tian say this, even though he had imagined that his home would be in such a state.

How much do you earn per month now?