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

"You're saying you made 860 coins from betel nuts today?"

When Marquis Zhongyong heard Cheng Qiqi's words, he was completely stunned!

Areca nuts that cost only three or five coins can actually sell for so much money.

Not to mention the Jin family, even Jin Lizhi and Jin Yanzhi, who were selling the items, were dumbfounded. How could such small items sell for so much money?

"yes."

Cheng Qiqi smiled so much her eyes narrowed and said, "Mother, Shenglan and Xiaoyun helped me wash the betel nuts, Lizhi and Yanzhi helped me sell the betel nuts, Heitu protected us when the yamen runners came, and Chongshan also invited Inspector Li. So, I plan to divide this money into eight portions."

"After deducting the cost of 160 coins, that leaves 700 coins!"

Cheng Qiqi said, "Three hundred coins go to Heitu and Chongshan. Of the remaining four hundred coins, each of us adults will receive ninety coins, and Xiaoyun will receive forty coins."

If it weren't for Heitu today, they would probably have lost all their money.

"I don't want money."

Hei Tu immediately declared, "My life belongs to the Crown Prince."

"I can't take that much money," Gao Shenglan, who was pregnant, immediately said.

Jin Yun's mother, Meng Jingyao, immediately shook her head and said, "I absolutely cannot accept it. Xiao Yun helps his aunt with some chores; how can he possibly take money?"

Jin Lizhi said embarrassedly, "Sister-in-law, then I don't need to give you ninety coins, thirty or fifty coins will do."

"Sister-in-law, can I exchange my money for meat?"

Jin Yanzhi's eyes were filled with nothing but a desire for flesh!

"I didn't expect you guys wouldn't even take the money?" Cheng Qiqi was surprised that everyone seemed so polite to her when she divided the money so fairly.

"Since you don't want money, then exchange it for cotton and meat."

Cheng Qiqi took out the cotton she had bought today and said, "Shenglan will get two jin of cotton, and Xiaoyun, being younger, will get one jin."

"Mother, the rest are all yours."

Cheng Qiqi gave the remaining two jin of cotton to Liu Suyi. At the same time, they got two jin of the three jin of meat, and the remaining one jin was divided into four and six: Gao Shenglan got six and Xiao Yun got four.

Jin Lizhi and Jin Yanzhi each received ninety coins as originally planned!

Heitu was also forced to hand over three hundred coins.

The Jin family, who hadn't received anything, stared longingly at Cheng Qiqi. Li wanted to speak, but was too embarrassed to open her mouth, so she quietly nudged Jin Qing.

Jin Qing stared at the meat, her eyes pleading, "Sister-in-law, can I help you with the chores tomorrow? Can I get a share of the meat too?"

"Can."

Cheng Qiqi nodded affirmatively and said, "Today is just a trial run. Once we're more proficient, everyone can participate and make money."

"Okay." Mrs. Li was relieved.

"Actually, this money wasn't easy to earn today."

Holding the heavy copper coins, Jin Lizhi couldn't help but recount what had happened to the yamen runners that day: "If it weren't for Heitu protecting us, and Chongshan bringing in Inspector Li, I'm afraid that after we handed over our money, we probably wouldn't have had much left."

"Heitu, you're so skilled, why don't you teach me?" Jin Yanzhi immediately stared intently at Heitu, remembering how Heitu had taken on seven opponents single-handedly during the day.

"Aren't you afraid of hardship?"

Hei Tu's words made Jin Yanzhi give up the idea. He shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, I, I'd rather learn how to do business from my sister-in-law."

"What? Is it that dangerous?" Meng Jingyao looked at her husband with concern.

"Well, maybe we shouldn't make this money." Gao Shenglan originally thought that earning two pounds of cotton by washing things would be good, but now it seems that this cotton is too hot to handle.

"If you are afraid, you don't have to earn it."

Cheng Qiqi spoke up, "We neither steal nor rob, so why can't we make money?"

"Qiqi is right. That Inspector Li you mentioned, should we give him some shares?"

Marquis Zhongyong's words made Cheng Qiqi's eyes light up. A former general was indeed different. She nodded and said, "I'm going to have Chongshan contact them to see if they can offer 30% of the shares. That way, it will be much safer to make money by setting up a stall in the future!"

"Can."

Marquis Zhongyong looked at Cheng Qiqi with admiration. She was not greedy and was even willing to give up 30% of her shares. She was a person with a long-term vision.

"That's enough about business. I have another business opportunity here, and I wonder if anyone is interested."

As Cheng Qiqi spoke, she directly took out small samples of the Twelve Flower Goddesses and handed them forward: "Can you embroider these flowers on a handkerchief?"

Looking at the pattern, Liu Suyi nodded and said, "It can be embroidered."

"Let me see."

Madam He stepped forward and shook her head repeatedly, saying, "No, this is too difficult. Jingyao, you can definitely do it."

"I can embroider," Meng Jingyao said. From childhood to adulthood, her needlework skills were the best.

Gao Shenglan didn't even look at it. She was good at martial arts, but not at embroidery needles.

"Me too, I can embroider!"

Lin Huilan said excitedly, finally finding something she could do: "Qiqi, I can embroider this too. If I do embroidery, will I not have to go to work?"

Cheng Qiqi did not answer. After everyone had seen Meng Jingyao from the first wife's family, Li Shi from the fourth wife's family, her mother-in-law Liu Suyi, and Lin Huilan, they were able to embroider.

Four people, which was within Cheng Qiqi's expectations. She said, "Embroidering a handkerchief like this costs thirteen coins."

"This is far too little money!"

As soon as Lin Huilan spoke, she noticed that everyone's eyes were on her.

Even the Marquis of Zhongyong looked at her, and she felt a chill run down her spine. She quickly explained, "Don't underestimate this small design. It uses many different stitches and colors. It would take an hour to embroider an ordinary handkerchief."

"But it will probably take more than two hours to embroider this handkerchief."

Lin Huilan explained some of the acupuncture techniques.

Cheng Qiqi didn't understand, but she did understand why Yue Niang said that. She said, "Ordinary handkerchiefs cost eight coins each, but these Twelve Flower Goddess handkerchiefs cost thirteen coins, which is already considered a high price."

"If you don't want to embroider..."

As soon as Cheng Qiqi finished speaking, Lin Huilan said repeatedly, "I want to embroider, I want to embroider."

"My lord."

When Lin Huilan looked at Marquis Zhongyong, her voice was soft and weak, giving people a sense of fragility.

The Marquis of Zhongyong glanced at her, and no matter how many times he had told her to change her address, she still hadn't.

"master."

Lin Huilan quickly changed her mind, saying, "Master, I'm embroidering handkerchiefs, can I skip work?"

Marquis Zhongyong did not answer, but instead looked at Cheng Qiqi and asked, "How many handkerchiefs are there in total?"

"The twelve flower goddesses are represented by twelve handkerchiefs. However, if you embroider them well, you'll definitely be able to get more embroidery work later."

From what Yue Niang said, Cheng Qiqi realized that the handkerchiefs of the Twelve Flower Goddesses seemed to be quite important to Cheng Qiqi.

"Mother, are three handkerchiefs enough for each of you?"

Cheng Qiqi said, "They said they would deliver the goods within seven days, but we have a lot of people. I think that if we deliver the goods sooner, we might be able to get more handkerchiefs to embroider sooner."

She worried that if they kept doing those hard and tiring jobs, all the women would eventually collapse, and what would happen then?

"Sister-in-law, can I... can I embroider?"

Jin Xue'er was about to cry. She really didn't want to pound rice anymore. When she lay in bed, her body didn't feel like her own.