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

"I'm not going."

As soon as Cheng Qiqi finished speaking, Jin Xue'er was shocked. She stepped forward, grabbed Cheng Qiqi's hand, and said anxiously, "Sister-in-law, how can you not go to the shop?"

"What will we do if you don't go to the shop?"

The thought of her sister-in-law not being in the shop and having to go sell the shop's items filled Jin Xue'er with anxiety.

"Qiqi, what will we do if you don't go to the shop?"

Song Zhenmei strode forward and ran over. She had originally arranged to go to the shop with them to sell things, but as soon as she arrived at the Jin family's courtyard, she heard this sentence.

"Qiqi, you don't need to delay your business just because I'm here."

Chu Zheng immediately spoke up, saying, "I have a lot of things to do today, so I'm afraid I won't have much time to chat with you."

As an exiled prisoner, Cheng Qiqi has managed to blend in with the villagers and is now even leading them in business, making life comfortable for the Jin family. This is Cheng Qiqi's skill!

She knew Cheng Qiqi's predicament and knew she wouldn't let Cheng Qiqi accompany her just because she was coming.

"Sister Zhengzheng, you've misunderstood."

Cheng Qiqi explained with a smile, "I'm an exiled prisoner. It's definitely not good for me to be working in the shop every day in public. What if someone with ulterior motives finds out..."

"Cannot be detected."

Song Zhenmei quickly replied, "Now everyone in the village knows, and no matter who asks you, they won't say that you were exiled criminals."

The Jin family, led by Cheng Qiqi, are the ones who help their village make money!

"No."

Cheng Qiqi shook her head and said, "I never planned to work in the shop every day. Zhenmei, Sister Zhuang, and Xue'er, I've seen you all doing a great job in the shop these past few days."

"Today I'm going to pick creeping fig fruit, also known as 'grass jelly fruit,' and I'm also going to pick grass jelly. I want to try making something even more delicious than taro balls, so that our shop's business will get better and better in the future."

Compared to going to the county to work and sell things every day, Cheng Qiqi felt that she was more suited to staying at home and experimenting with new dishes, so that her daughter wouldn't have to wait all day, anxiously looking towards the village entrance for her.

"Can fig fruit be made into delicious dishes?"

Song Zhenmei looked completely bewildered.

Zhuang Sanmei said, "Mung bean powder, you mean? It's green and tastes good, but... can you even sell this?"

"What is 'grass jelly'?"

Song Zhenmei pressed for more information.

Jin Xue'er was completely bewildered. What were all these things? She didn't think she had ever eaten them in Kyoto.

"Whether it will work or not, I don't know yet. I'll find out after I make it."

Cheng Qiqi said, "So, I'll try it at home today. You guys go to the shop and do it the way we usually do!"

"Sister Zhuang, Zhenmei, Xue'er, the three of you are the most suitable for the current job. Sister Zhuang sells taro balls and fish balls, and she is quick and accurate at collecting money."

"Zhenmei, Xue'er, you two went from not knowing how to sell perfume and mosquito repellent at the beginning to being able to talk a good game about them now. So, you two are really capable."

Cheng Qiqi encouraged all three of them and then sent them to work!

Zhuang Lizheng and Granny Leng had just returned from picking a bunch of creeping fig fruits and asked, "Qiqi, look, isn't this it, the jelly fruit?"

"Yes, that's it!"

When Cheng Qiqi saw the jelly fruit, she broke it open and found that it was indeed full of fruit seeds and pectin!

"I'm making jelly at home today. Everyone can come over and try it tonight. If it's good, we'll pick a few people to help make it together."

After Cheng Qiqi finished speaking, Zhuang Lizheng and Granny Leng were stunned for a moment, then said, "Third Sister, then you two go to the shop yourselves."

Zhuang Li was thinking long-term. As soon as Cheng Qiqi started making delicious food, he knew that the shop couldn't only offer fish balls and taro balls.

The more the better, so that the shop's business will be even better in the future.

"Yes, Zhenmei, you two should hurry to the shop, don't be late."

Old Lady Leng's gaze fell on Song Zhenmei, her grandson Leng Yu's future daughter-in-law. Apart from being a little young and impulsive, she was not very cunning, but she was quite good-looking.

If they were in a shop, it would be good if they could change their habit of saying whatever comes to mind and offending people.

"Okay, Granny Leng."

Song Zhenmei subconsciously straightened up. Ever since she had a frank talk with Leng Yu last time, Song Zhenmei had been a little awkward and embarrassed in front of the Leng family.

Hearing the old woman's words, he turned and ran away.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I definitely won't let you down."

Jin Xue'er turned to look at Cheng Qiqi and quickly followed. They couldn't be idle on their way to the county. They had to practice their sales pitch. The perfumes and floral perfumes in the shop had to sell well.

When Lin Huilan saw that Jin Xueer hadn't even greeted her and left after talking to Cheng Qiqi, her face fell. Did her daughter still see her as her own mother?

And a son.

Lin Huilan's gaze fell on Jin Yanzhi, who had just returned from chopping wood.

"Sister-in-law, are you making something new again? Just tell me what you need me to do."

Jin Yanzhi stared at the fruit seeds that Cheng Qiqi had dug out, his eyes sparkling at the thought that his sister-in-law was going to cook something delicious again.

Jin Yanzhi felt that he had lost weight during the time they had been eating separately.

"you?"

Cheng Qiqi carefully scooped out the seeds from the jelly fruit that Zhuang Lizheng had brought, placing them in a basin. Listening to Jin Yanzhi's words, she noticed that making jelly was quite a strenuous task.

"Don't you have to go to work?"

Cheng Qiqi carefully hollowed out the seeds from the jelly fruit. Since starting their sugar business, their treatment in the village had improved, and they were much more free to assign tasks at the training ground!

For example, the men like Zhongyong Hou and Jin Yanzhi worked just like the other villagers, and when they were busy farming, they no longer needed to pay the 100-coin fee for the delay.

The women, Wen Shi, and Jin Xue'er worked in shops in the county, which could also be considered as working at the training ground.

The women of the sugar mill, including He Shi and Jin Qingren, as well as Grandma Jin, were all doing their jobs by taking care of the flowers and mushrooms at home and checking on her mushroom and shiitake mushroom trees from time to time.

Liu Suyi's four-person embroidery team, along with Gao Shenglan who was in confinement after childbirth, also made up for their daily work by having several male members of the Marquis of Zhongyong work twice as hard.

As a result, the villagers' meals improved significantly, because Zhongyonghou and others would occasionally lead everyone into the mountains to hunt. Wild boar and other wild animals would be shared among the whole village, and each family would get a bowl of meat.

"I'll get to work, but that won't stop me from helping my sister-in-law with her work."

Jin Yanzhi said, "My dad and I have been working as firewood handlers lately, making mothballs. It's no easier than making oyster sauce!"

"However, it's still faster than transporting camphor wood before!"

Jin Yanzhi thought back to when he first started transporting camphor wood, and it felt like it was harder than death.

"Yanzhi, your father is getting ready to go to work, aren't you going?"

Lin Huilan appeared like a ghost, blocking Jin Yanzhi's path, and shoved a rock-like cake into his hand, saying, "Get back to work!"