Exiled to Lingnan, the Crown Prince's wife raises children, cultivates the land, and leads the

When Cheng Qiqi returned home, she had no idea what Tian was thinking. As soon as she got home, she busied herself with taking out the flower dew she had prepared earlier, intending to steam it a second time.

If you repeatedly distill the flower water, will you get a more concentrated flower water?

As soon as Cheng Qiqi got home, she started experimenting. She stared at the copper kettle without blinking, afraid that the jar of flower dew she had worked so hard to obtain would end up being nothing!

These past two days, Cheng Qiqi worked hard for half a day, and all she got were two jars of floral dew!

Cheng Qiqi only did it once, twice...

The fragrance of the steamed flower dew becomes increasingly richer over time.

"Mom, Grandpa and Uncle Beard are back!"

"So many succulents!"

Jin Sui'an's clear voice was filled with excitement. Wearing a straw hat, her little face flushed, she ran over and said, "What a big pig! And a big rabbit! And a pheasant! Mom, can I eat meat tonight?"

"I want to eat braised pork!"

Jin Sui'an looked at Cheng Qiqi with longing eyes. She loved her mother's braised pork the most!

"Little glutton, Mommy will make it for you later."

Cheng Qiqi pinched her daughter's cheek. Without even going outside, she could hear her father-in-law's happy words.

"Sister-in-law, Dad and my master hunted a litter of wild boars, about ten of them, weighing over a thousand catties!"

"We'll have meat to eat now!"

Jin Yanzhi excitedly carried half a pig back, put the meat down, and said, "Sister-in-law, I still have to go help out, so I'll be leaving now!"

After putting down the pork, Cheng Qiqi's eyes lit up as she looked at the half-husk of wild boar meat, which weighed at least fifty or sixty pounds.

"Mother, you watch the fire in the copper kettle for me while I go and prepare the wild boar meat."

Cheng Qiqi, seeing such good meat, naturally couldn't bear to waste it.

"Ai."

Liu Suyi responded and followed Cheng Qiqi to see how Cheng Qiqi took care of the fire. So she put down her sewing basket and began to watch the fire carefully.

Jin Sui'an became Cheng Qiqi's little shadow, his greedy little cat-like appearance making Cheng Qiqi's lips curve into a smile.

"Qiqi, let me help you."

These days, Wen has been leading the women in the village to make fish balls. Today, they heard that a big catch had been hunted, and the whole village, young and old, started sharing the pork!

The men distributed the pork, while the women took it home in advance to cook.

The Jin family, of course, also joined in the lively cooking of pork.

Besides the Wen family and the Jin family, the other two branches, He and Li, either brought their daughters-in-law or their daughters to help.

Even Lin Huilan and Jin Xueer came over to help out.

For a time, the Jin family's courtyard was bustling with activity.

Cheng Qiqi braised half a pig's head.

Pork ribs stewed with radish soup.

Wild boar meat has almost no pork belly; it's mostly meat with a thin layer of fat.

Cheng Qiqi thought that the Jin family usually didn't get enough meat, so today they had a lot of meat. She stewed a whole big pot of it. Afraid that it wouldn't taste good, she used all the star anise and cinnamon. The aroma of the meat filled the whole yard!

Cheng Qiqi prepared to marinate the pig's trotters, the remaining pork and pork ribs.

Spring planting is just around the corner, and when there's a shortage of fresh produce, we'll have to do a lot of hard work again, so we'll definitely need to stock up on some meat.

As evening fell, the men of the Jin family returned.

I could hear everyone's laughter from afar.

At this moment, Cheng Qiqi and the others realized that Heitu was really amazing!

The fact that we were able to hunt a litter of wild boars this time was all thanks to Heitu.

"Sister-in-law, my master is amazing!"

Jin Yanzhi was initially unwilling to acknowledge Heitu as his bodyguard and to become his master.

However, after being thoroughly defeated by Heitu for several days in a row, Jin Yanzhi had to admit that his father's words were true: He was no less than Mo Zhi!

Jin Yanzhi described it vividly.

Lin Huilan's eyes dimmed slightly. How could she have given birth to such a foolish son? She had tried several times to remind Jin Yanzhi to stay away from Cheng Qiqi, but Jin Yanzhi... didn't see his own mother as soon as he entered the house!

As for finding Cheng Qiqi?

Lin Huilan never dared to imagine that when they were exiled, they dared to strip them of their clothes.

For a single candied hawthorn, he even dared to grab her hair and force her to the ground...

If something else goes wrong, Lin Huilan really can't guarantee what will happen.

Let alone whether the Marquis of Zhongyong would drive her away, he might even be capable of making his younger brother marry his widowed sister-in-law.

After all, Cheng Qiqi has one money-making idea after another these days.

From selling pickled cabbage, sugar candy, white sugar water, oyster sauce, dried oyster sauce, and fish balls, to now, floral dew...

Every idea she has is profitable; you can tell by how increasingly enthusiastic the villagers are towards Cheng Qiqi.

Can……

Lin Huilan was deeply troubled by the thought of her son marrying a widowed sister-in-law whose husband had died.

She was absolutely unwilling, her gaze fixed on Cheng Qiqi with a complex expression.

"What does it taste like?"

Jin Mozhi interrupted Jin Yanzhi, his excited appearance in front of Cheng Qiqi resembling that of a peacock displaying its plumage.

"It smells so good!"

Jin Yanzhi sniffed instantly. His desire to show off was interrupted, and he was immediately attracted by the aroma of meat. Jin Yanzhi's eyes were fixed on Jin Sui'an, who was guarding the big pot of meat.

"An'an, is this meat your mother cooked? So much?"

Jin Yanzhi couldn't help but swallow hard as he looked at the pot full of meat.

That evening, the Jin family finally experienced the feeling of eating a treasure while enjoying meat.

"It smells so good."

Jin Yanzhi touched his round belly and subconsciously said, "If only..." He wished he could eat his sister-in-law's cooking every day!

"Dad, when are we going to work in the fields?"

Jin Yanzhi changed his tune; he used to not want to work, but now he's looking forward to it.

"tomorrow."

Marquis Zhongyong glanced at him. His laziest youngest son had actually taken the initiative to do chores?

Cheng Qiqi led everyone to divide the meat, marinate it, and hang it on the roof beam.

"Cheng Qiqi!"

A girl's clear voice rang out.

Cheng Qiqi, who had just received the flower dew that had been steamed four times, turned around and saw Song Zhenmei outside the courtyard with red eyes.

"Zhenmei? What's wrong? Who bullied you?"

Cheng Qiqi strode forward and only then noticed that Song Zhenmei's eyes were as red as walnuts from crying.

Initially, Song Zhenmei, a girl who was full of hostility towards her and wore her heart on her sleeve, was someone Cheng Qiqi actually grew to like quite a bit after spending more time with her.

"Cheng Qiqi".

Song Zhenmei pulled Cheng Qiqi to the road outside and looked at Cheng Qiqi with tears streaming down her face.

"What does this have to do with me?"

Cheng Qiqi guessed and made assumptions, while Song Zhenmei was the type who wore her heart on her sleeve.

"Today, my uncle went to the Leng family to find out what they were thinking. Leng Yu said... he's too young and doesn't want to get married."

Sobbing, Song Zhenmei said, "But last year he promised that we would get married when I was old enough, but now he's gone back on his word."

"I think..." Song Zhenmei looked at her, hesitant to speak.