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

Chapter 405 Fishing begins again.
Ye quickly got up to prepare food for Zhou's mother, changing the subject.

The villagers who left stayed away for most of the day, and when they returned, many of them brought meat, eggs, and vegetables for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Madam Ye panicked, "We appreciate the kindness of all the aunties and ladies, but we can't possibly eat all this!"

"It's alright, it's alright! Take it back and cook it to your heart's content. Mr. Zhou and the children can just tell us what they want to eat. It's so cold, they need to eat well and build up their strength so they can be useful next year."

"Haha, that's right, that makes perfect sense!" Everyone laughed and agreed.

Unable to refuse their kind invitations, Madam Ye and Madam Zhou could only thank them one by one and pack their things away.

Granny Zhang kindly reminded them, "You guys! Don't be shy when you come to our village. Now every household has more houses, and many families have learned from Shen Yi to grow vegetables in greenhouses. We won't lack vegetables in winter, not to mention meat. A while ago, the herders on the ice plains sent tens of thousands of sheep to Dahe Town, and every household in the village has raised a few."

And the cattle and pigs are raised from the beginning to the end of the year. In a few days, when it gets colder, every household will slaughter pigs and sheep, so there won't be a shortage of meat. Oh, and by the way! When the river freezes, caravans will bring seafood to the Shen family. Then you'll see what a three- or four-hundred-pound fish looks like—it'll be a rare sight!

“Three or four hundred catties! Where would you find a fish that big?” Zhou’s mother retorted instinctively.

Granny Zhang got even more excited, "You really shouldn't disbelieve me, everyone in our village has seen it, and we'll need to find people to help us! If you can do it, you can go and earn money too, the pay is higher, you can get a hundred coins a day!"

Madam Ye immediately took notice. "Auntie, could you tell me what you do?"

"It involves sorting and packing the seafood, and maybe processing some shellfish. It's still work in a shed with a heater, but you have to go in and out frequently, so it's definitely not as comfortable as here. Anyway, I, an old woman, can't do that kind of work."

Zhou's mother immediately shook her head regretfully, "If even my eldest sister can't do it, then I certainly can't! Oh well! We're fine as we are now."

One should not be too greedy.

Granny Zhang wholeheartedly agreed.

After Zhou's mother and Ye returned home, they inevitably told Zhou Ran the news they had heard.

Zhou Ran believed it, but couldn't imagine it.

Two days later, an autumn rain suddenly arrived. The northwest wind blew all night. When the villagers woke up in the morning, they found that icicles had begun to hang from the eaves. Rainwater dripped down the icicles, making everything wet and cold.

Su Tai pushed open the door, glanced at the eaves, and knew it was time for her to get to work.

She put on her coat, walked across the eaves to the row of side rooms opposite, and knocked on the first door.

Shen Yuezhang hurriedly opened the door for her, then quickly closed it again. "Mother, is it snowing outside?"

"Not yet! Judging by the days, the seafood should arrive in the next couple of days. Your father is busy with things in the county town and can't come back. I have to take care of the family business. I'll leave my younger siblings to you for the next few days. I'm not worried about Cong Yu and Yue An, who are both good-for-nothings. It's just that I really can't let my guard down for even a second.

I was thinking of sending them to your maternal grandparents' house so that at least an elder could look after them. But I never expected that it would be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains, completely unleashing their wild nature. This time, I only have one request: every morning, you take them to the village school and hand them over to Mr. Chu and Mr. Zhou. It would be best to separate them.

"Please bring them back in the evening, but don't let them go into the kitchen, okay?"

Su Tai looked at her eldest daughter with great anticipation.

Shen Yuezhang met her pleading eyes, sighed inwardly, and nodded slightly, "Mother, don't worry, I definitely won't make any mistakes this time."

Su Tai reached out and tucked a stray hair behind Shen Yuezhang's ear. "I know you're mild-mannered and don't like to take care of your younger siblings. I'll give you a reward in the next couple of days."

"I know, Mother!" Shen Yuezhang said, both amused and exasperated, as she reiterated her promise.

Su Tai breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went to the last room to find her eldest son, using the same script.

Shen Congrong was very proactive, saying, "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of my younger siblings, and what happened before will definitely not happen again."

Su Tai immediately covered his mouth to stop him from making the oath.

Then she called the twins over. "I'll be working in Dahe Town for the next two weeks. You two stay in the village and don't go anywhere except the village school and home."

The twins exchanged a glance.

Shen Congyu asked timidly, "Can we go play with Sister Xiaoxi?"

"No." Su Tai refused without even thinking.

"What about Auntie's house?" Shen Yue'an asked, jumping up and down, trying to be charming and obsequious.

Su Tai remained unmoved.

The twins immediately wilted.

"Alright! We'll listen to Mother?"

Su Tai was satisfied, but still a little uneasy. She turned back to look at the two little ones, "You two won't just pretend to comply, will you?"

The twins shook their heads frantically.

"Mom, we're so tired of writing, we don't want to do it a third time!"

Su Tai then left with peace of mind.

The villa by the Daxun River had been uninhabited for almost a year. Before the snow, Su Tai asked some village women from Zhangjia Village to clean it up and also asked the villagers to make several thousand rattan baskets and large wooden trays.

The woodshed was also piled high with firewood, just waiting to be used to heat the stove and keep the room warm when we were working.

She went straight to the storeroom, took out all the wooden trays from the shelves, and filled the courtyard with them. The seafood that was caught could then be transported to the courtyard through a medium pipe.

It will freeze after a while, and it won't get dirty.

After doing all this, she immediately entered the portal and spent 200,000 virtual coins to rent a deep-sea fishing boat, along with the media pipelines and other tools, and sent it to the Water Space Port.

Once back on the second floor of the fishing boat, Su Tai was already adept at operating the equipment and could even precisely control the timing.

According to Su Zhan and his colleagues, the bluefin tuna sent to the capital last year was loved by many dignitaries. Xiao Xi's shop had a "sold out" sign, and many people came to inquire about it. Several other shops wanted to place orders.

Xiao Xi wasn't sure if the goods would be available, so she insisted on giving away the money she had already received, which pained her greatly.

With this in mind, Su Tai decisively set her target for sea fishing as bluefin tuna.

One advantage of fishing deep-sea fish is that the fishing boats have preliminary identification and classification functions, and they also perform preliminary bleeding and preservation treatments on the fish, so she doesn't need to worry about it.

After pressing the button.

Su Tai lay down on the sofa, covered herself with a thick blanket, and soon fell asleep.

When the first connection is established, the system emits an audio notification.

Su Tai immediately opened her eyes, looked around, and made her second choice.
That night, she did nothing but stare at the screen.

I left the water dimension just before it was almost time.

The courtyard of the villa has been taken over by bluefin tuna.

She hurriedly opened the courtyard gate, went back to the village and called Shen Zhuang and Shen Mu over, along with some of the more capable village women who were also able to do the work.

In addition, most of the villagers from Zhangjia Village also came.