Exile after Divorce? Empty the Scumbag Husband First!

Chapter 165 - 162: This Is My Younger Sister, Lisi

Ruan Mian let her have a taste.

She took a bite, and the juice burst out, crisp and perfectly sweet, filling her entire mouth.

"What is this sweet fruit called? I’ve never seen it before!"

Do they not have wild apples?

Ruan Mian saw a business opportunity and decided to take out the rest of the apples, even fetching more from her space.

"General, do you not have this kind of fruit here?"

Baal also took a bite and savored it: "There’s a wild fruit on the mountain that tastes similar, but it’s not as sweet and not as good-looking as this one."

"Also, this is my sister, Lisi."

Lisi? The name sounds familiar. It seems she also appeared in the original story... If Ruan Mian remembers correctly, Lisi was the one who replaced the real princess to marry into the Capital City, thus stopping the war between the two countries.

As for whether King Yan used her later on, Ruan Mian couldn’t recall.

She hadn’t finished the latter part of the book.

But she was sure that Lisi was a tragic figure in this story.

Yet, at this moment, she was completely different from the melancholy described in the book.

Now, she was full of youthful vitality, appearing lively and cheerful. After tasting the delicious apple, she eagerly asked where the apple came from.

Ruan Mian smiled slightly and told them truthfully.

"These are fruits we grew ourselves."

"If there’s a chance in the future, I can buy more from you!" Lisi took a crunchy bite.

Ruan Mian smiled, refraining from immediately revealing her thoughts.

Baal pointed to Lisi and said to Ruan Mian, "My sister can’t sit idle here, she can help you with tasks, Miss Ruan. If you’re too busy, feel free to ask her for help."

Lisi did not hesitate, patting her chest and saying, "Brother, just trust me!!"

However, after Baal left, Lisi made a funny face at him and couldn’t help but complain to Ruan Mian.

"My brother is always worried about me, not letting me do this or that, and being here is so boring! I really had to beg him just to come and help you!"

"Miss, I heard you could cure the plague of the small town, is that true? You’re truly amazing! Unlike me, who can’t do anything, just handling odd jobs, and I can’t go to the battlefield like my brother."

Hearing this, Ruan Mian became curious: "How did you end up following your brother to the military camp?"

Logically, as a young lady, she shouldn’t be brought to such a dangerous place.

Moreover, the small town was still suffering from a severe epidemic.

But since the conflict had ceased early, the marriage alliance might no longer be necessary.

Lisi told her, "My parents died years ago. I was bullied at my uncle’s house, they locked me up and beat me, so I ran away to find my brother, who pitied me and took me with him."

"Usually, I help cook at the camp, but the food isn’t good. They often beg me not to cook."

Her gaze at Ruan Mian was somewhat envious: "I haven’t studied or can’t read, can’t even cook well."

"I envy you, Miss, for having skills to heal and grow fruit. I wish I were like you. With the ability to be self-reliant, my brother wouldn’t have to worry about me all the time."

Unexpectedly, at such a young age, she already had these thoughts.

Thinking of this, Ruan Mian suddenly asked her, "Do you want to be self-reliant? To earn a living?"

Lisi nodded without hesitation: "Of course."

"But the hierarchy of servile occupations—artisan, peasant, scholar, merchant—looks down upon merchants. Are you willing?"

Lisi immediately retorted, "Aren’t merchants the ones who make the most money? How can you even live without money? Even if there’s a scholar at home, you have to afford his studies."

"Besides, I see no significant difference between merchants and others. They all earn money through their skills. There’s no distinction between high and low!"

Ruan Mian couldn’t help but smile. If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she might have thought this person was an outsider like her and her aunt in this world.

Such advanced thoughts, and with a mind of her own.

Seeing this, she decided to reveal her initial plan: "You’re right, it’s just a difference in profession, no distinction of high or low."

"Wanting to achieve your dreams may be simple, but not simple; saying it’s difficult, indeed, isn’t easy. But coincidentally, I come from a merchant family."

"If you’re willing, I can point you towards a path for making a living."

"Can you teach me to do business?"

Ruan Mian took out an apple and said, "I have many fruit saplings. Planting them isn’t hard. If you can carefully cultivate them, you can sell them not only in the small town but in other places too."

"As long as you grow the fruit as I instruct, you might be able to open a fruit shop in the small town. If you’re short of funds, I can invest with you and open that fruit shop together."

She could solve the town’s epidemic, and once the town returns to normalcy, people’s lives would return to normal.

Without a household registration, she could leverage Lisi’s registration to open a shop here.

Besides, her brother was a general guarding the border, so naturally, there were some connections behind.

Besides apples, she had many other fruit saplings in her space.

Like big pears, strawberries, cherries, mountain grapes, and others.

These fruits, once grown, could be made into special dried fruits and preserves.

Currently, there’s no market for selling these kinds of fruits, including the production of dried goods. If a path can be paved for the first time, it would surely sell everywhere.

Even if the Lanqiang people don’t care for it, the people in the Capital City enjoy eating it. By then, utilizing caravan or merchant teams to take the imported fruits to Da Jing, silver coins would naturally follow.

Lisi became highly interested, but after listening to Ruan Mian explain some basic planting processes, she suddenly seemed troubled.

"There’s plenty of wild mountains, but Miss, you mentioned needing loose soil. Those wild lands have never been cultivated, with the epidemic not fully cured yet, even if people are willing to help cultivate, I’m afraid there won’t be many."

"Exchanging for wages, the cost might not be small, right?"

"How about... I borrow some money with my brother?"

Ruan Mian smiled, "That can be easily handled, no need for silver coins."

She already had a plan.

After making a round of the disease area, they went to choose a piece of open and sunny hillside nearby.

The place had few old trees, but patches of barren grass and shrubs.

The next morning, Ruan Mian went to the lightest disease area.

The people there, after taking her medicine, were mostly recovered. Besides sunbathing daily, they were left in boredom.

So she told them, "A few days ago in the northern hillside, I dug up a thousand-year-old ginseng, which is top-quality medicine. If you’d like, you could try your luck digging there."