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

Chapter 342 Visiting Shen Tian
Xiao Xi quickly ran to discuss it with Su Chuan.

"Brother, what's the price of this? How much do you want for it?"

The two arrived too quickly; she hadn't even sorted out the goods yet!
Su Chuan couldn't possibly remember such details, so he quickly pulled out the list to check. After searching for a while, he finally found it: "Here, a butterfly clip costs at least two taels of silver."

Xiao Xi felt confident and quickly went over to flatter them, saying, "Ladies, the butterfly silver clips aren't cheap; they cost five taels of silver each. How many would you like?"

"Only five taels? You're a really generous businessman! I'll take it all." The woman in yellow said happily.

Upon hearing this, the woman in blue objected, "Sister, at least leave me a few! I like them too! I think these blue butterflies suit me perfectly, how about I have a pair?"

The woman in yellow readily agreed.

Xiao Xi hurriedly went to pack the items, but before she was finished, the woman in yellow asked about the price of the silver hairpin from the beginning.

Xiao Xi had just glanced at it along the way and said without hesitation, "That silver hairpin is made by a master craftsman, with exquisite materials, including pearls and jade, and costs twenty taels of silver."

The woman in yellow sighed, "Shopkeeper, if you put this silver hairpin in a jewelry store, they wouldn't sell it for less than fifty people. You're likely to lose money doing business this way."

Xiao Xi slapped her thigh and said, "That's right! But as you two ladies have seen, my shop sells everything. I don't specialize in any one kind of business. I sell whatever I have on hand. As long as everyone is happy, that's all that matters. If you two ladies like my things, please come back often. I do have some interesting things here from time to time."

Just then, Su Sheng and his group brought in a box of candy and snacks, and as soon as they opened it...

The two young ladies were drawn to the exquisite candy wrappers. "What's this?" they asked.

With Xiao Xi's silver tongue explaining things, the two ladies bought some more candies and snacks.

After seeing off the two Gods of Wealth, Xiao Xi was overjoyed and quickly upgraded the quantity of goods to be listed.

The group worked until evening before finally putting the goods away.

Xiao Xi was about to close the shop when several young ladies came in together, specifically wanting to buy butterfly silver clips.

She couldn't change it, so she could only apologize politely and bring out other silver ornaments for them to choose from.

The ladies were quite disappointed that they couldn't buy the butterfly silver clip, but the other silver or gilded silver jewelry was also very exquisite and beautiful, which gave them some consolation.

Each person bought one or two items, and Xiao Xi politely saw them off at the door, easily pocketing several hundred taels of silver.

As soon as the gate closed, she quickly led Su Chuan and the others back to the west of the city.

Tang Cheng was overjoyed to see his uncles arrive and kept pestering Su Zhan to ask about his older brothers, sisters, and younger brothers and sisters.

Su Zhan led Tang Cheng to play.

Su Chuan then led Su Sheng and the others to tidy up the side rooms.

Ke Yunyun, heavily pregnant, wanted to help, but Su Chuan stopped her, saying, "You're feeling heavy right now, just rest over there. We'll take care of things here. Where's your brother-in-law? Hasn't he come back yet?"

Ke Yunyun nodded with a happy smile, "He worked very hard this year and was appreciated by his superiors. There happened to be a clerk in the yamen who was about to retire and return to his hometown. He wanted to take the vacancy. I couldn't help him, so I didn't ask any questions."

Su Chuan pondered for a moment and said, "My brother-in-law is ambitious, that's good."

Ke Yunyun thought so too.

As they were talking, Tang Yu walked home under the moonlight. He was obviously very happy to see Su Chuan and the others. He immediately went out and ordered a few jugs of wine, and then went to a restaurant to order a table full of dishes.

At the dinner table, Shen Dagou inquired about the Yong'an Marquis's residence.

Tang Yu was somewhat surprised. "Brother Shen, you want to see Marquis Yong'an?" Shen Dagou's brows furrowed with worry. "My sister came to the capital with Marquis Yong'an for medical treatment, and I want to go see her."

He briefly explained the relationship between Marquis Yong'an and Shen Yi.

Tang Yu and Ke Yunyun were both shocked.

“I didn’t expect you to have connections with the Marquis of Yong’an’s mansion! That makes things easier. I’ll ask for leave from the county government tomorrow and take you there to find out more about the situation.”

They were unaware that Shen Tian had come to the capital. If they had known, they would have visited her long ago, since Shen Tian was practically his student.

The next day, Xiao Xi went to open the shop as usual. Early in the morning, many young ladies and noblewomen came to look at the jewelry.

It seems those two ladies really did give her a good promotion yesterday.

While Xiao Xi was busy, Tang Yu also brought Shen Dagou to the Yong'an Marquis's residence.

Seeing the two solemn guards outside the door, Shen Dagou hesitated before stepping forward and bowing, saying, "Brother, could you please inform them that Shen Tian's elder brother from Shen Family Village requests an audience with Marquis Yong'an?"

The two soldiers exchanged a glance, and one of them went into the mansion to report.

Soon someone came out and led the two inside.

The butler led them to the backyard, where Shen Dagou immediately spotted Shen Tian sitting with her face veiled and beamed with joy, exclaiming, "Second Sister!"

Tang Yu grabbed him and stepped forward to bow, "Greetings, Lord Marquis."

Liu Laosan glanced at the man opposite him and chuckled, "Get up, all of you! Big Dog, long time no see!"

"Uncle Liu! You still remember me!" Liu Laosan said with a simple smile, "Uncle Liu, this is Mr. Tang. He taught in our village and also gave my younger brother and sister their first education. He heard that my sister was injured and came to the capital, so he came with me."

As he spoke, he looked at Shen Tian with concern, "Second Sister, how are you?"

Shen Tian quickly got up and walked to Shen Dagou, curtsied, and said, "Big brother, Mr. Tang."

Shen Dagou stiffened, and Tang Yu also felt somewhat uncomfortable.

"You've learned all the proper etiquette since you arrived in the capital! How's your health?" Tang Yu asked her with concern.

Shen Tian lowered her head and obediently replied, "Uncle Liu asked the imperial physicians in the palace to examine me. I had acupuncture done several times and took medicine for several days. I can walk around now."

"That's good, that's good!" Tang Yu and Shen Dagou both breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Dagou hesitated and looked at Liu Laosan, "Uncle Liu, did the doctor say when my sister will recover? I want to take her home."

The man opposite Liu Laosan hadn't reacted much at first, but upon hearing this, he subconsciously looked at Shen Tian and then quickly turned his gaze back to Liu Laosan. "Doctor Xu said that Miss Shen's condition will require at least six months of recuperation to be considered stable."

"Half a year?" Shen Dagou's expression changed slightly. He took a deep breath again and looked at the man in brocade robes with suspicion.

Liu Laosan did not introduce the man's identity, but pondered and said, "Doctor Xu did say such a thing. Big Dog, I know you really want to take your sister back, but her condition has only improved slightly. It would be best to wait until she is fully recovered before going back. What do you think?"

Shen Dagou nodded, "We definitely need to get better before we go back."

As he spoke, he looked at Shen Tian and said, "Since you can't go back, I'll stay and spend the New Year with you."

Shen Tian's expression was slightly surprised, and a strange warmth flowed through her heart. "Big brother, I know you care about me, but there are still my sister-in-law and nephew at home. You haven't been back all year. It's a rare opportunity to have a proper reunion with them during the New Year. I can't let them down."

"I'm doing very well staying with Uncle Liu. I have someone to take care of me, and I have my girlfriends to talk to, so I won't be lonely. Big brother, you can go back without worry, and you can also put our parents, grandmother, and second brother at ease."