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

"I heard these things aren't worth much, why did you bring so many back?"

When Lin Huilan saw the mountain of oysters, she initially thought they were valuable and was overjoyed. She even thought the fishy smell of the oysters smelled like the aroma of copper coins!

But when I asked, I found out that all these oysters cost only one cent per pound...

Lin Huilan instantly felt that these things were both fishy and smelly!

It's not even as good as fish; at least if you pickle it with coarse salt, you can sell it for a good price.

"Sir, I see everyone else is picking up fish."

Lin Huilan offered to tell her what she had inquired about: "Buy cheap coarse salt to pickle fish; fish that cost one or two coins can be sold for ten or more!"

"Isn't this basket full of fish?"

Marquis Zhongyong glanced at the baskets beside him. The baskets were filled with fish of all sizes, most of which were fish he had never seen before. But since the fish were all similar, they should taste pretty good, right?

"Alright, hurry up and pick out all the oyster meat."

After giving his instructions, Marquis Zhongyong led Jin Yanzhi and the others up the mountain to gather firewood.

Before it got dark, we continued working.

"If Aunt Lin doesn't want to do it, she doesn't have to."

Cheng Qiqi said this on purpose.

"I'll do it! Who said I'm not going to do it?"

Lin Huilan gritted her teeth, sat down, and began picking out the oyster meat.

Opening the shell to extract the meat is time-consuming, laborious, and requires a lot of effort.

Lin Huilan hadn't picked out many before she started worrying about her hands: "Will my hands still be able to embroider in the future?"

"..."

Careless.

Cheng Qiqi immediately said, "Mother, you'd better not move. If you hurt your hands, you won't be able to embroider anymore."

Eight screens, five fans, and the embroidery work they would do to earn money – all of this depended on their own two hands.

Cheng Qiqi: "..."

Careless.

"Aunt Lin, you must take good care of your hands. If you can't embroider anymore, don't blame me!"

Cheng Qiqi immediately took the oyster from Lin Huilan's hand. She absolutely couldn't let Lin Huilan touch it again, otherwise, what if that petty Lin Huilan blamed her?

"Qiqi, don't worry, when your father comes back, let them do it."

Liu Suyi comforted her, then looked at the many fish and asked, "Qiqi, what should we do with these fish?"

"Then we'll have mixed fish soup and oyster omelet for dinner."

Cheng Qiqi thought of the oyster omelet she had seen online before. A little bit of oyster meat, a little bit of sweet potato starch, plus bean sprouts and chicken soup, it tasted so good!

So Cheng Qiqi decided to start making this that night.

"Qiqi, shall we have dinner together tonight?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Huilan immediately said, "Since we're all picking seafood together today, of course we'll be..." together.

Lin Huilan has been cooking for so long, but the food is still terrible.

Not to mention her son, even Lin Huilan herself didn't want to eat it.

"That won't work."

Cheng Qiqi refused decisively, shaking her head and saying, "Aunt Lin, there are fewer of you than we are. This is not fair to you."

After saying that, Cheng Qiqi picked out about ten fish and went into the kitchen.

She prepared to make a mixed fish soup. She quickly cleaned the fish, fried them until golden brown on both sides, and then boiled them in boiling water. Before long, the milky fish soup was ready.

For the oyster omelet, Cheng Qiqi secretly took out some sweet potato starch from her spatial storage. She figured she could just say it was something she had saved up before.

I absolutely have to have this oyster omelet today.

After entering the sugar shop, there were many more eggs at home. Cheng Qiqi even put two more eggs in and fried a whole basin of oyster omelets.

"An'an, try it! How does it taste?"

Cheng Qiqi broke off a piece for her daughter to try.

"tasty."

Jin Sui'an said very politely, her eyes crinkling with laughter, and gave her a thumbs up: "Everything Mom cooks is delicious!"

"Our An'an's lips are as sweet as honey!"

Cheng Qiqi pinched her daughter's cheek; her daughter was truly giving her a lot of emotional value.

"That's because Mom's cooking is really, really delicious!"

Jin Sui'an answered earnestly, his big, round eyes filled with sincerity as he looked at Cheng Qiqi.

"Give me a kiss!"

Cheng Qiqi couldn't help but kiss her daughter's soft, fragrant face, saying, "Our An'an will drink fish soup later, so she can grow tall and strong~"

"An'an, grow tall and strong to protect Mommy."

Jin Suian opened his arms, hugged Cheng Qiqi, and kissed her on the cheek. His crisp words made Cheng Qiqi even happier.

"Then Mother will be waiting."

Cheng Qiqi hugged her daughter before bringing dinner to the table, earning another round of praise from the Jin family...

Madam Jin: "The fish soup is so delicious, it's even better than the Zuixianlou restaurant in Kyoto."

Marquis Zhongyong buried himself in his work, letting his actions speak for themselves.

Liu Suyi said, "Qiqi, what kind of powder is in this oyster omelet? It doesn't taste like flour."

"It's sweet potato starch, something I saved up but haven't eaten yet."

Cheng Qiqi had a lot to say, wanting to explain why sweet potato starch was useless during her exile, but who knew...

Liu Suyi didn't ask any questions, she just kept praising how delicious it was.

……

Next door, Jin Yanzhi was eating a mixed fish soup. He had just taken a sip when he almost spat it out: "Little sister, why is your fish soup so fishy? It has no aroma at all."

"And this oyster omelet? It's all black, is it really edible?"

Jin Yanzhi's brows were so furrowed they could trap a mosquito; the disdain in his eyes was utterly obvious.

"Yeah, young lady, what you cooked is awful! Such delicious fish and oysters, and we're just wasting them!"

Jin Xueer also said it with disdain.

Lin Huilan looked at her two children. She was already feeling frustrated because of the Marquis of Zhongyong's matter. At this moment, she put down her chopsticks and said, "Eat it or don't, it's up to you."

Lin Huilan lowered her head and drank the fish soup, suppressing the fishy taste in her throat. This was always a meat dish!

Night fell, and the moonlight, like flowing water, spilled into the courtyard.

In the Jin family's courtyard, the men of the Jin family, having nothing else to do, were all shucking oysters.

After learning that Cheng Qiqi wanted oysters, they started picking oysters after collecting the miscellaneous fish today.

Finally, the yard was piled high with oysters, and opening them was no easy task.

"I'm planning to render oil from oysters, but I don't know if it will be successful."

Seeing how much the Jin family trusted her, Cheng Qiqi offered a special explanation.

"Qiqi, whether it works or not, let's give it a try. Anyway, these things don't cost much, just a little work."

When Marquis Zhongyong spoke up, Jin Yanzhi was the first to chime in, "That's right, sister-in-law, we're family, it's only right that we do these chores."

"Sister-in-law, my stepmother knows she was wrong. We were too petty before. My stepmother apologizes to you. Can we eat together again from now on?"

Jin Yanzhi simply couldn't stand it anymore; he couldn't eat the food Lin Huilan had cooked.

"Dad, we know we were wrong, and we will definitely change in the future."

Jin Yanzhi straightened up and spoke earnestly.

Lin Huilan: "..." When did she say she was going to admit her mistake?