Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

Ji Yunshu smiled, glanced outside, and then patiently began to explain.

"Eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I asked you to weave fishing nets so that we can prepare for any eventuality."

Today, Aunt Wang and I caught quite a few fish with our fishing nets and also fenced off our fishpond.

The others haven't realized it yet. Once they do, they'll definitely want to do what we did and build a fishpond around their ice cave.

But they had been living in exile for years and didn't have much money. Even if they wanted to build fishponds like us, they didn't have any fishing nets. Luckily, we learned how to weave fishing nets.

Since we're just sitting at home with nothing to do, we can weave some fishing nets and leave them there. I'm sure it won't be long before someone comes to ask us for them.

I am no saint either.

Moreover, giving things away too often for free can easily breed ungrateful children.

Aside from those who skipped work, most of the others had saved up some silver. If they really came to ask us for fishing nets, we would sell them the fishing nets we had woven.

This way, they can fence off their own fishponds, and we can make money too, preventing those people from profiting.

If someone takes advantage of you for too long, others will easily call you a sucker and you'll also raise an ungrateful person. This saying applies to both modern and ancient times.

When Ji Yunshu said this, Li Shi and Chen Shi's eyes lit up. What Ji Yunshu said made sense!

They had just learned the technique of weaving fishing nets, and Ji Yunshu's space also had this kind of hemp rope. They could weave some fishing nets and put them away. When the villagers wanted fishing nets, they could sell the woven nets to them!

In this way, they've made money, and those people might even thank them!

Before Li and Chen could speak, Ji Yunshu continued,

"I gave the money from selling fish to my second sister-in-law before, because I wanted to entrust these matters to you, my second sister-in-law and my eldest sister-in-law."

I'm not home often, and even when I am, I have my own things to do, so I can only entrust these matters to the two of you.

"If those people come to buy fishing nets in the future, the price will be decided by you two, Second Sister-in-law and Eldest Sister-in-law."

Even a small mosquito is still meat; they must slowly grow rich and expand their business empire.

Hearing Ji Yunshu's words, Chen and Li were filled with excitement.

Especially Chen Shi, she remembered that Ji Yunshu had said before that he wanted to plant an orchard when he arrived at the place of exile, and now, in their current Anjia Village, which is surrounded by barren mountains and wastelands, it is really possible that an orchard can be built in the future.

"Alright, alright, Yunshu, don't worry. Leave these things to us, we'll handle them perfectly."

"You all go inside first. My sister-in-law and I are weaving fishing nets outside. We'll discuss the selling price later."

"Yes, yes, Yunshu, you can go without worry. My second sister-in-law and I are here. You can leave the little dumpling in the space to play for a while longer."

Last time I saw a round ball on the table in that space. Little Tuanzi loved playing with it, but I didn't bring it out to avoid being seen. This time, take him in and throw him that ball to play with for a while.

Ji Yunshu nodded and didn't say anything more. After confirming that there was no one else in the courtyard, she moved her mind and took Xie Moyao and Xiao Tuanzi into the space.

Once the two of them left, only the old princess and two others remained in the main room.

Chen immediately picked up some coarse cloth and hemp rope from the corner and began to examine them with Li.

She was present when she helped Aunt Wang weave fishing nets before, and she learned how to weave them herself. Now she can teach Li Shi.

The old princess sat to the side and subconsciously moved her stool over to join Chen and Li in the discussion.

She had heard most of what was said while they were by the river.

Since Xiao Tuanzi wasn't around, she was bored, so she and Chen Shi decided to study together how to weave fishing nets quickly and well.

The old princess couldn't help but sigh inwardly, realizing that their family's life was truly getting better and better.

Outside the house,

On the river not far away, after Ji Yunshu and Aunt Wang's group left, only the rest of the people remained in the same spot.

Looking at the two fishponds belonging to Ji Yunshu and Aunt Wang, which didn't need anyone to guard them and yet had a constant stream of fish swimming into them, everyone couldn't help but feel envious.

"Sigh, look at how other people's brains are structured! We're all human, how come they can think of things that we can't!"

"Yes, look! The fish keep swimming into their nets, and none of them are here!"

I just watched as three or four fish swam into their net!

"That Ji Yunshu is really something! Where did she get that fishing net from!"

"Didn't you see? When we came here just now, they were by the river, weaving fishing nets with Aunt Wang."

The fishing net at Aunt Wang's house was made by them and then immediately put on the net; I saw it with my own eyes.

So, their fishing nets must have been woven by themselves!

"Sigh, I'm so envious. How are they so skillful? I wish I had that fishing net. I caught four fish today, but I can't possibly eat them all! If I leave them here, they'll escape. What am I going to do?"

"I heard that tomorrow morning, that official Er Mao is going to help Ji Yunshu and the others sell their fish. Why don't we ask him to help us sell our fish too? I heard it can fetch a lot of silver!"

"Yes, yes, yes, they can sell it, and so can we. We can eat some ourselves and sell the rest for silver. That's a great idea!"

Everyone was talking at once.

Upon hearing that they could sell the fish for money, everyone perked up instantly, calculating how much they could make by eating some themselves and selling the rest.

Just as they were talking enthusiastically, Tie Tou and a group of miners sat quietly to the side, fishing and listening to their conversation. Tie Tou couldn't help but pour cold water on their enthusiasm.

"Alright, what's wrong with your brains?"

Those officials helped Lady Ji sell live fish, while your fish are all dead. If you leave them until tomorrow morning, they will be stale. Do you still expect the officials to help you sell them?

Do you think the officials will agree? They even refuse to sell live fish, let alone your dead fish!

After Tie Tou finished speaking, one of the villagers muttered a few more words in the crowd.

"That makes some sense. I heard today that the big official's house was robbed and he's penniless now. If we ask him to help us sell our fish, we probably won't make much money and will just be giving our fish away for nothing."

Rather than letting those officials benefit, it's better to keep it for ourselves. At least when there's nothing else to eat, it'll fill our stomachs and prevent us from starving!

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.