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

"Sister-in-law Tian".

When Liu Suyi saw Madam Tian and the pretty daughter-in-law beside her, she asked, "This is...?"

"This is my eldest daughter-in-law, Yang Jie, from Santian County. Last summer, something happened in her family, and she's been taking care of her mother ever since. You haven't met her yet."

With a smile, Ms. Tian introduced, "Xiao Jie, this is your Aunt Liu."

"I just came back from my parents' house, so I brought her here to meet everyone."

As she spoke, Ms. Tian explained, "They have a lot of coarse salt over there. Don't underestimate it just because it's coarse; it's excellent for curing meat and fish."

As she spoke, Ms. Tian stepped forward with a cloth bag and said, "Look, this coarse salt is excellent."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Liu Suyi expressed her gratitude. Regardless of whether the coarse salt was good or not, it was at least a token of their appreciation.

Cheng Qiqi took out a few candies and gave them directly to a little boy next to Yang Jie, asking, "How old is the child?"

"This is Aunt Cheng."

Tian said enthusiastically, "Qiqi, look, can't this coarse salt be used to make salted fish? If the salted fish is made well, can't we make money too?"

That's the real reason Tian came. Her eldest daughter-in-law brought back coarse salt; if it were used to pickle fish, it would definitely taste delicious.

If the food tastes good, then we can make money from it, right?

"Yes, salted fish, if prepared well, can be preserved for a long time."

Although Cheng Qiqi didn't think much of salted fish, seaweed was also very good, mainly because it was cheap.

Using coarse salt to mask it works very well.

"Hey, Sister Yang, what's this?"

Cheng Qiqi suddenly saw the little boy eating candy, playing with a dark, unrecognizable stone in his hand, but Cheng Qiqi recognized it at a glance.

"Zhuang Cheng'an, you brought this thing back to play with? Be careful it doesn't poison you."

When Yang Jie saw what her son had taken, she immediately snatched it away and threw it away, saying, "This kudzu root is poisonous; you can't eat it."

Cheng Qiqi walked over, picked it up, and looked at it from left to right. Isn't this cassava?

Cassava flour can be used to make desserts like taro balls, which taste delicious.

If you just cook it like this, you can make cassava soup, which tastes great too.

"Sister Yang, do you still have any kudzu root?"

Cheng Qiqi asked excitedly, just in time, because she felt the shop didn't have enough items.

In summer, even the sweet jujube water is gone. If it could be made into a sweet soup, wouldn't all the young ladies in the county love it?

"Yes, but this kudzu root is poisonous."

Yang Jie quickly explained, "There are a lot of them where we live. When people were poor, they would dig them up and cook them to eat. Who knew they would almost lose their lives?"

From now on, no one will eat this kudzu root anymore.

"I've heard from an old doctor that this is called cassava. Although it's poisonous, if you cook it properly, it's not only non-toxic, but it also tastes quite good."

Cheng Qiqi started blaming the dead old doctor again.

"Really? Then, isn't that like getting free money?"

Yang Jie was skeptical.

Tian said, "Xiao Jie, hurry up, take people back to harvest this cassava when it's light tomorrow."

The Tian family had reached the point of blindly trusting Cheng Qiqi; they believed that as long as they followed Cheng Qiqi, they could make money.

"Okay then."

Although Yang Jie was skeptical, she did whatever her mother-in-law told her to do.

For three consecutive days, Cheng Qiqi went to the shop in the county town. She watched as the shop became more and more beautiful each day, and it was already taking shape. The fish balls were ready to go on sale tomorrow!

"Sister-in-law, Aunt Tian and the others are doing very well. The other day, my mother bought some sesame seed cakes and meat buns, and today they pooled their money to buy meat to stew. And let me tell you, the meat stew with soybeans we had for lunch today was really delicious."

"Is this what they call reciprocity?"

Jin Xue'er had never thought of reciprocating before. Back in the Marquis's mansion, although she was a concubine's daughter, she was the only daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong's family, and many people flattered and fawned over her.

"right."

Cheng Qiqi smiled and nodded, looking at Jin Xueer's slightly immature face. She realized that Jin Xueer was different from Lin Huilan. She said, "When people get along, it's all reciprocal. If you're good to me, I'll be good to you too."

"If you're only thinking about taking advantage of others, then the relationship won't last."

Cheng Qiqi intentionally reminded her.

Jin Xueer seemed to be deep in thought.

That evening, when Cheng Qiqi returned home, Jin Sui'an greeted her: "Mom, look! My little rabbit has had baby rabbits!"

"Oh, how many kittens did they have?"

Cheng Qiqi glanced at them curiously, and when she saw the six little rabbits, she exclaimed happily, "Our An'an's little rabbits are so capable!"

"hey-hey."

Jin Suian was overjoyed and said, "Tangtang and I have named the little rabbits. One is called Big Rabbit, Two Rabbit... and Six Rabbit."

"..."

Cheng Qiqi was speechless upon hearing these six names and asked, "Can you tell them apart?"

"Of course you can."

Jin Suian nodded affirmatively, pointing to the little rabbit with a white spot on its foot, and said, "This is Er Tu."

"..."

Cheng Qiqi smiled and patted her daughter's head, saying, "Good girl." She had just called her a big rabbit, and now she's a second rabbit.

"Seven seven, seven seven, the cassava is here."

Tian arrived with Yang Jie, along with many cassava chunks.

There were nine cartloads of cassava chunks piled up like a small mountain, which looked like an unusually large amount.

"Sister-in-law, is this really edible?"

Yang Jie confirmed it again and again. When she went back to the village to collect cassava tubers, everyone laughed at her.

One coin for ten catties of cassava chunks.

But the villagers all laughed at her, saying she was crazy and wasting money.

Why would someone spend money to collect something that's toxic and unwanted?

"able."

Cheng Qiqi said, "Aunt Tian, ​​let's go to the sugar mill to make it. We need to peel the sugar and boil water."

She's incredibly skilled at boiling cassava; she loves taro balls and even went to learn how to make them.

Knowing that cassava is poisonous, she learned everything about how to detoxify it, just in case she poisoned herself to death for a bite to eat.

Upon hearing that there was work to be done at the sugar mill, Tian immediately went to find people.

Once the cassava arrived at the sugar mill, the people Tian had hired also arrived. Cheng Qiqi was in charge of directing the process, and several aunties scraped the cassava, boiled water, and finally ground it into powder, which was then put into a large barrel to settle.

"Aunt Tian, ​​everyone should rest. We can use it tomorrow after it settles into powder."

As Cheng Qiqi spoke, she took out the cooked cassava soup: "Everyone's tired tonight, why don't you try this cassava?"

There was plenty of cassava, and Cheng Qiqi cooked a whole pot. Everyone had a bowl, no problem.

The Tian family and others looked at the bright orange cassava and hesitated for a long time.

Yang Jie held the cassava in her hand, her heart pounding. Although she had never seen it with her own eyes, she was stunned by what her mother had told her. She had eaten the cassava and foamed at the mouth, almost dying.

"tasty."

Cheng Qiqi took a bite directly. It was a good thing there were no taro balls or coconut milk; otherwise, the tapioca soup would definitely taste even better!

Yang Jie stared at Cheng Qiqi's face, wondering: When did he start foaming at the mouth?