I Became a Stepmother and Was Exiled, Then Made My Fortune Gathering Seafood

[Transmigrate into a Book] [Exile] [Foraging by the Sea] [Farming] [Food] [System] [Strong Female Lead] [Everyday Life] [Building Wealth]

Lin Rantang only meant to go forage along the shore, but by a twist of fate, she transmigrated into a book as a widowed wife exiled to an island.

The original owner had made enemies of everyone with her awful behavior. She bullied her parents-in-law and abused her three adopted sons, before meeting a tragic end on the island.

Looking at the dilapidated little courtyard, the hungry children, and the endless sea, Lin Rantang immediately decided to return to her old trade: foraging along the shore and fishing!

The beach was full of treasure, and rare seafood was there for the taking. She opened a fish shop and cooked private banquet dishes. She made sugar and refined salt, turning their meals from taro porridge once a day into seafood feasts three times a day.

The System even unlocked a golden finger that let her explore the ocean depths. King crabs, tiger prawns, and sunken treasure: she took it all.

Their days grew prosperous, and the rifts between relatives gradually healed. The whole family worked together to build a better life. Goodness, did she become the richest person around without even meaning to?

Wait, she was perfectly happy being the richest person around. There was no need for her to become empress, was there?

Years later, someone asked Zhou Jinxuan why he had raised an army in revolt. The man fell silent for a moment, then answered helplessly,

"My wife's business kept growing, and she had already prepared the soldiers, provisions, and funds. If I didn't act, she was going to start a rebellion first."

If you asked Zhou Jinxuan what memory he cherished most, it wasn't his fame as a general or his reign as emperor. It was the time after he was exiled to the island and trapped in desperate circumstances, when Lin Rantang lived with him like an ordinary wife.