After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 370 Offshore Operations
Su Tai nodded happily.

"Huh? A-Ming even brought a whole roasted lamb?" Shen Yi, who had just entered the kitchen, was immediately drawn to the large basin of roasted lamb.

Su Tai then came in and explained, "I guess my dad wanted to bribe us, because he was afraid we would punish the child too harshly."

"Father-in-law is really something," Shen Yi shook his head, sitting in a chair eating large mouthfuls of roasted mutton and drinking a bowl of hot soup, feeling completely comfortable.

“I went to check it out today, and I actually found a suitable place. It’s on the outskirts of Dahe Town, near the upstream area. There’s a dilapidated little courtyard. I heard that someone used to live there, but the family passed away, and the courtyard fell into disrepair. Now they’re getting someone to repair it, and it will be usable in a couple of days.”

Su Tai was overjoyed. "That's perfect. You can call more people to surround the courtyard with walls, and make sure the main gate faces the Daxun River so that people won't easily spot you when you come and go."

"I'll put the seafood in there later, and you can find some villagers nearby to help sort and pack it. We'll pay them, but we can't process this stuff until it snows."

Once it snows, the seafood can be picked out and frozen, and it will still be fresh when it is transported to the capital.

Not only will their family become wealthy, but the villagers who work for them will also accumulate some money.

Shen Yi calculated the days and realized he had plenty of time, so he simply asked Su Tai to bring some cement bricks over.

They called on the tenant farmers in the village to come and help build the house.

The tenant farmers were unaware of the Shen family's background, and their social circle was relatively closed. Even if something happened, it would be discussed internally and wouldn't spread to the public. With the reliable Fang Wei watching over them, they wouldn't voice their doubts.

The materials were delivered, and construction began in the yard according to Su Tai's requirements.

The original farmhouse courtyard was less than half an acre, but after the expansion, it has more than doubled in size, and now has a bright courtyard filled with shelves, all of which are used for air-drying and quick-freezing seafood.

In about five or six days, a simple brick courtyard was completed.

When the heavy snow came, Su Tai rushed to the villa before dark.

These past few days, Shen Yi has been looking after the child, while she uses her evenings to go sea fishing and brings the catch to the yard during the day, then has the villagers come to her house to do the work.

Upon entering the water dimension, Su Tai excitedly boarded the fully automatic fishing boat.

The ship is equipped with advanced touchscreens, allowing users to select the type of seafood they wish to catch.

Fishing boats automatically locate themselves and navigate to their destination to operate. This method can only increase the chances of catching the target seafood. In reality, no one can guarantee what will be caught.

This was Su Tai's first time experiencing this. Looking at the wide variety of seafood on the screen, she discovered that not all the buttons were usable. The buttons on the screen would change as the fishing boat passed through different sea areas.

One of the recommended modules is seafood.

She clicked in and took a look, and found that it contained seafood that was currently in the sea area, and the closer you were to the front, the higher the probability of catching it.

She decided to test the network cable first and then pressed the button on the shrimp.

The fishing boat changed direction at a speed visible to the naked eye and took about ten minutes to stop.

Sitting in the driver's seat, she could clearly feel the machine running, but she didn't know how it worked. In less than half an hour, the first net was hauled in.

Su Tai couldn't wait to run out and take a look, and saw that there was a pile of seafood on the fishing boat, like a small mountain.

Fortunately, she had laid out baskets in advance and used a shovel to flatten the mountain of prawns until each basket was evenly distributed before stopping.

Using the ship's crane, the seafood was first moved aside for a second netting operation. This time, the net yielded a large yellow croaker, along with some blue crabs and octopus.

The large yellow croaker is known as a "sea delicacy" because of its plump, juicy flesh, high protein content, and rich nutrition. Its golden color has always made it a symbol of wealth and good fortune.

This net probably yielded 5,000 jin (2,500 kg), we've really struck it rich!
After collecting the large yellow croakers in the net, she couldn't wait to start the third haul.

The items brought up this time were quite varied, half prawns and half pomfret, each weighing at least three or four pounds, all large catches.

Su Tai was busy for most of the day just dealing with these three networks.

Seeing that the baskets were already full, she decisively turned back.

After the fishing boats docked, a pre-rented crane was used to load the wicker baskets onto a truck and transport them to the newly built yard.

By the time she finished her work, it was already getting light.

When Shen Yi arrived, he was astonished by the yard full of wicker baskets. "How can there be so many? How did you manage to do that all by yourself?"

Su Tai stood with her hands on her hips, looking at her masterpiece with a smile in her eyes. "How about it? Aren't I amazing!"

"Of course your wife is amazing. Did you do all of this by yourself? Aren't you tired?" Shen Yi checked her over from head to toe and found that Su Tai was fine and there was nothing wrong with her.

Su Tai interrupted his thoughts, "Go out and find the village chief of a nearby village and have him select a few reliable men to help. All these fish and shrimp need to be put on winnowing baskets and frozen naturally before being packed into boxes. You should be able to get about five people over. They'll pay you 100 coins a day."

Shen Yi stopped in his tracks. "If that's the case, everyone will probably be scrambling to get here."

Su Tai didn't take it seriously. "Just say we'll take turns. We need five people today, but tomorrow we might need three, four, or even seven or eight. Who knows! In short, let's find five people to work first. If they do well, we'll let them come again next time. If they don't, we won't let them come. Also, let the village chief come and supervise. He'll pay him thirty coins a day. He won't have to do anything but keep an eye on those people to prevent them from stealing."

Shen Yi nodded, then asked with some concern, "Can these fish and shrimp really last that long?"

Su Tai nodded firmly, "Don't worry! I can't guarantee the quality of freshwater fish and shrimp, but the ones from the sea are definitely fine."

"Okay! I'll go find it now."

Shen Yi quickly left the courtyard and soon returned with a group of people.

The man at the head of the group greeted Su Tai warmly and said, "Madam, I am Zhang Laifu, the village head of Zhangjia Village. These are all men from our village. We heard from the town magistrate that you need us to do some work. We don't know what kind of work we need to do."

Su Tai led them to see the fish and shrimp, and the six of them were so surprised that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Village chief! The fish have become spirits! They've become spirits!"

They were all so frightened that their faces turned pale.

Zhang Youfu was also still shaken. "My wife, what are these?"

Su Tai explained, "These are seafood transported from Qiongzi. The fish and shrimp in the sea are naturally large, so there's nothing to be surprised about. You need to pick these things out and spread them out on winnowing baskets. After the fish and shrimp are frozen, pack them into boxes. Everything needs to be packed and stored today. Let's get to work."

The men looked at each other, but for the sake of the hundred coins, they gritted their teeth and started working.

Shen Yi explained the difference between the sea and the river to them, leaving the group of naive men completely bewildered.

"What? There are fish bigger than houses? What kind of fish are they? Can our Great Xun River hold them?" Zhang Youfu's mouth was agape in astonishment.