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

As Xiaolan spoke, she got up and walked quickly towards her home.

She had only taken a few steps when Sherlin, who had been squatting, quickly stood up.

"No need, Xiaolan, you go back and rest, I'll get it!"

As he spoke, he quickly ran towards his home.

He was a man and had some strength, so he ran faster than Xiaolan. Before Xiaolan could react, he had already run out.

Xiaolan shook her head helplessly, muttering to herself:

Why is Sherlin running so fast?

She hasn't told him where the things are in the side room yet.

Ji Yunshu and Xie Moyao exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly at the scene of the two interacting.

Xiao Lan and Xie Lin have been through thick and thin together. They occasionally bicker and tease each other, just like a pair of bickering lovers.

Sometimes when they look at them, they really feel like, "My son is growing up."

Especially Ji Yunshu, Xiao Lan has always been by her side, and she treats Xiao Lan like her own younger sister.

Seeing that they had arrived at this place of exile safely and were now living so well, she felt very gratified.

The thought that she had saved the entire Wang family and that their lives were getting better and better made Ji Yunshu very happy.

She enjoys being with everyone, living this mundane life, and hopes that this kind of life will continue for a long time, that everyone's lives will get better and better, and that they will all find their own goals in life.

When Xiaolan came to her senses, she saw Ji Yunshu's teasing expression. Her face turned red, and she felt a little embarrassed.

"Third sister-in-law, why are you looking at me like that?"

"I...I wanted to go back, but Sherin beat me to it. He didn't even say a word to me; he just ran back by himself. He was the one who wanted to go..."

Seeing that Xiaolan was embarrassed, Ji Yunshu stopped teasing her and continued, following her words:

"Yes, yes, yes, your third sister-in-law and your third brother both saw it. Xie Lin wanted to go himself; you didn't force him!"

Hearing Ji Yunshu's words, Xiaolan's face turned even redder, and she gave Ji Yunshu a coquettish look.

"Oh dear, Third Sister-in-law, I'm not talking to you anymore."

As Xiaolan spoke, she moved a few steps to the side and came to the large basin. Looking at the basin full of fish, she was very happy.

Remembering what Ji Yunshu had said before, she scooped some water from the river with her hands and poured it into the basin. In an instant, many bubbles appeared in the basin.

She remembered her third sister-in-law telling her that with these bubbles, there would be oxygen in the water, making it less likely for the fish to die.

Although the basin contained spiritual spring water that Ji Yunshu had put in, and the fish wouldn't easily die even without bubbles, she felt a little shy and embarrassed by what Ji Yunshu had said. She needed to find something to do to keep herself busy.

Ji Yunshu smiled, knowing that Xiaolan was embarrassed, so she didn't tease her anymore. She chatted with Xie Moyao for a few minutes, and the two of them observed the surrounding situation.

"How is it? Have you noticed anything unusual around here?" Ji Yunshu asked first.

Xie Moyao is highly skilled in martial arts and more vigilant than her. Perhaps he can discover things that she hasn't.

"No, I was just paying attention to my surroundings, including the villagers. Apart from a few unfamiliar faces, I didn't notice anything unusual."

And then there are the miners, hundreds or even thousands of them. We couldn't possibly know them all. There might have been people from the First Prince and the Second Prince mixed in there, keeping an eye on us.

We can't really tell who those people are, but we know there are eyes watching us, so we just need to be careful."

Ji Yunshu nodded subtly.

Just as Xie Moyao said, there were simply too many miners for them to take care of.

In short, there are more and more eyes watching Anjia Village, and it's really annoying that we're being watched for so long.

"Let them keep an eye on us. Anyway, we've found Wang Zheng now, and we won't be leaving Anjia Village anytime soon."

After a while, they got tired of watching and naturally withdrew their personnel.

When it came to not leaving Anjia Village, Ji Yunshu paused, as if there was something she had forgotten.

That was what I had discussed with Song Nan before: to go out of the city and find out about the coal mines.

I had already discussed it with Song Nan last time, and we agreed to go out in a few days. Now several days have passed, and I wonder if Song Nan is getting impatient.

It seems that this trip out of the city is still unavoidable.

Ji Yunshu didn't intend to avoid Xie Moyao and said:

"I seem to have forgotten that it's also unlikely that we won't leave Anjia Village."

I had discussed it with Song Nan before. He found out the locations and conditions of several coal mines, and we had already discussed it.

"In the next few days, take me out of town for a trip so we can check out the coal mines."

Xie Moyao frowned. Song Nan wanted to leave the city with Ji Yunshu?

He felt a tightness in his chest.

That Song Nan is like a persistent ghost. What is it that requires his wife to come with him?

If he wanted to investigate this matter, he and Ji Yunshu only needed to leave the city; whether Song Nan was there or not was irrelevant.

But considering that Ji Yunshu and Song Nan might have already discussed it, Xie Moyao sighed and said subtly,

"Why did you go out with Song Nan? He's a businessman, and he doesn't even have any self-defense skills."

"Going out to inspect coal mines is something you and I can handle on our own. Bringing him along would only be a burden."

As Xie Moyao spoke, his eyes kept darting around, as if he was carefully observing the surrounding situation.

Ji Yunshu didn't notice his odd behavior and went along with his words.

"It's not that I have to go with Song Nan. He found out the location of this coal mine. I told him I would go alone, and he said he could take me out of the city."

At the time, I wasn't sure if you could find Wang Zheng or if you had time to go with me, but I still agreed.

Now that I've already agreed to his proposal, it would be too unfair to dump him.

"If you're going, just come with us."

The locations of those coal mines were found out by Song Nan through connections. To simply ignore them like this is tantamount to using Song Nan as a pawn.

It's the kind of thing where they cross the river and then destroy the bridge.

She couldn't quite bring herself to do something like that.

With Song Nan on either side, nothing serious should happen.

Even if he were to be cornered, as Song Nan said, his status as the eldest son of the Song family would still intimidate those people.

A ready-made shield, might as well use it.

Xie Moyao nodded seriously, his expression calm.

"Alright, since he's the one who found out the location, we can call out to him when we go out."

He and Song Lan were not familiar with each other, and they did not know each other before.

But he had been to this place before, and he had heard of the Song family's reputation to some extent.

The Song family's businesses were spread extensively throughout Northwest China.

Moreover, each generation of the family head is very skilled at doing business.

The Song family's business expanded rapidly, even reaching the capital city.