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

Su Tai was completely relieved after hearing his analysis. "I've been fishing for three days now. Do you think this is enough?"

"That's enough! I'm not sure if we can sell them or at what price. We already have quite a lot of stock. Let's test the waters this year and see how things go next year."

Shen Yi also had his own sense of proportion. He believed that making money slowly and steadily was better than getting rich overnight, at least it wouldn't attract attention.

Since that was the case, Su Tai didn't plan to continue making trouble. After handing over the goods in the villa to Shen Yi, she took a lot of fresh seafood home.

Hearing the sound of the wooden stake, Shen Yuezhang put down his work and went out to open the door.

She called her younger siblings out to help Su Tai carry things.

"Mother! Have you been busy preparing these things for the past three days?"

Su Tai nodded, first taking the seafood into the kitchen, then took a breath and said, "I need to go to your maternal grandparents' house. Do you want to come along?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Mom, we can help!" the twins exclaimed in unison.

Shen Yuezhang scolded, "You clearly just want to cause trouble at your maternal grandfather's house, but you're making it sound so noble."

Shen Yue'an retorted, "It's not like my older sister doesn't want to go!"

"Alright, go on!" Su Tai stopped the children from arguing.

This time, she brought back more than two hundred blue crabs of different sizes, a large basket of small octopuses, some squid, ten frozen mackerel, a basket of large yellow croaker, a basket of pomfret, some eels, and two cages of prawns.

These eels were caught sporadically, and there weren't many of them. She planned to save them for her children and for visiting relatives.

"Come here and help me fill the baskets." Su Tai made the most of the free labor available.

The mother and her three children worked until noon to finally load the seafood they wanted to take away onto the carriage.

The twins were still traumatized by what happened last time, and they were very careful when getting on the bus, afraid of startling the horse again. Su Tai teased them for a while.

Shen Congrong came to their rescue and got out of the carriage. "Mother, let me drive for you!"

"You? Are you sure you can do it?" Su Tai asked doubtfully.

Shen Congrong didn't argue. She took the reins and drove the carriage skillfully, even knowing to turn around beforehand when she encountered a bend.

Su Tai followed for a while, then nodded repeatedly, "Not bad, who did you learn from?"

Shen Congrong smiled confidently, "Mother, have you forgotten that our family delivers guokui (a type of flatbread) every day? Although many people come to pick up the goods, we also run around a lot. My two uncles taught me, as well as some uncles and elders in the village. Not only me, even my eldest sister knows how to do it."

"Yuezhang Capital?" Su Tai really didn't know.

Shen Yuezhang, inside the carriage, lifted the curtain, covered her mouth, and laughed, "Mother, we know a lot of things, you just don't know it. Yu'er and An'an were not convinced because we can all drive carriages, and they wanted to compete with us, which is why they startled the horse."

Su Tai suddenly realized what was going on and couldn't help but glare at the twins in the carriage, "Let's see if you dare to cause trouble again next time!"

"I won't do it again, I won't do it again!" the twins cried, feeling utterly wronged.

That time I almost lost my life, and I was punished by my parents for several days. I never want to drive a horse-drawn carriage again in my life!
As they were talking, the carriage entered Dongmen Village.

In the dead of winter, it gets dark quickly; by the time it's already late afternoon, it's already pitch black.

Su Chunlin was overjoyed to see his daughter, grandson, and granddaughter return. He quickly came out to greet the children. When he saw Su Tai carrying a wicker basket, he couldn't help but complain, "You're here, what did you bring this time? Huh? What's this? It looks like a real fish. Did Shen Yi make it for the children?"

The twins burst into laughter, amused. Shen Congrong couldn't help but chuckle as well. "Grandfather, this is seafood transported from the sea near Qiongzi. Real fish and shrimp, it's edible!"

Su Tai rolled her eyes, lifted the lid of the crab to show Su Chunlin, "It's alive! Touch it and see."

Su Chunlin poked the giant blue crab, and when it moved slightly, his eyes widened. "My God! Such a big fish, shrimp, and crab! It's like a knife cutting its butt! This is an eye-opener! Wait a minute!"

Su Chunlin ran outside quickly.

Su Tai knew without even thinking what he was doing.

Once all the seafood has been moved to the main room.

The villagers from the surrounding area all rushed over to see what was going on.

A group of people surrounded the seafood, marveling at its beauty.

"My goodness! I've lived most of my life and never seen such big fish before, and there are so many of them! Did we disturb the water god's nest?"

"What nonsense! It's clearly a blessing from the water god and divine protection! Otherwise, how could we have caught so many big fish!"

"What does the sea look like? How can there be such a big fish?"

"It should be a bit bigger than the Daxun River!"

"Bigger? I think it's more than twice the size! You can't find fish this big in our Daxun River!"

The villagers got together and their stories became increasingly outrageous.

Su Tai had no choice but to explain to everyone, "This sea is as big as the sky. You can see how big the sky is, and the sea is about that big."

"Hiss! I never even dared to imagine it! No wonder it can hold so many big fish!" Su Changxi stared wide-eyed, trying hard to picture the sea in his mind, but he couldn't picture it at all.

Su Yu pondered for a moment and said, "The book says that the sea can hold all rivers, so it must be as big as the sky! If the sea is that big, it's not surprising that there are big fish in it!"

Su Tai wholeheartedly agreed, "My cousin is so knowledgeable! A simple explanation makes it clear to everyone. The fish you see are just shrimp in the sea, not big at all. The real big fish are bigger than our whole yard, and there are quite a few of them!"

The villagers were stunned.

In the past, they would have said Su Tai was bragging, but with so many big fish in front of them, they dared not doubt what Su Tai said. Their brains were limited, and they didn't dare to think about it carefully.

Su Changfu asked curiously, "Xiao Tai, I heard that Qiongzi is very far away and the road is difficult. How did you manage to get so much seafood?"

Su Tai slapped her thigh, "Uncle has hit the nail on the head! Qiongzi is in the north of the wasteland. To get there, we have to cross the wasteland. It's really difficult in the dead of winter. But if we go through other seasons, the seafood will spoil before it even reaches us! We have no choice but to take the risk!"

"Well, this is the first year, and we don't know how it will go. We're just trying it out. If it makes money, we'll keep going next year. If it doesn't, we'll stop. After all, it takes a month or two to transport all this seafood, and the costs are extremely high, and the risks are really significant."

Although the group had never heard of the sea, or even Qiongzi, they knew about the ice plains and how harsh the environment there was. They couldn't even imagine having to cross the entire ice plains just to get seafood.

Su Changfu couldn't help but sigh, "Everyone says that it's easy for businessmen to make money, but making money also comes with great risks. It's really unrealistic to want to live a peaceful life and make a lot of money at the same time."

How much is your seafood?

Su Tai didn't expect Su Changfu to think so fast; she almost couldn't keep up with him.

"Uncle, since you asked, I'll tell you. But I must state beforehand that seafood is really expensive. If you want to try some, my mother will cook a table for you later, just to give you a taste. I'm also planning to have my cousin send some to the capital to try. I really don't expect to sell any here." (End of Chapter)