"G-going into business on the side?"
Kang Shi was a man of considerable experience.
But he had never met a lord who could say something so astonishing.
Shen Tang said, "What else can I do? We're so poor we can barely keep ourselves fed."
If she had another choice, she wouldn't do this either.
One job was exhausting enough.
Take on a side hustle, and she'd be worse off than working 24/7.
Kang Shi was stumped by Shen Tang's matter-of-fact reply.
He couldn't help but seriously reconsider one question—
Were they really so poor they couldn't put food on the table, to the point where their lord had to take on a side hustle? Or had Fugu's budget deficit frightened her into thinking that every territory they conquered in the future would have to go through the same reconstruction process as this one? Surely not?
Kang Shi mulled it over for a long while.
Then he tentatively asked, "What sort of side hustle does my lord have in mind?"
"Drawing picture books!"
As everyone knew, she was an artist.
Before she had crossed into this world and taken office as a lord, she had made her living supporting her family with her superb drawing skills. Her professional abilities were much stronger at that than at being a lord.
Her paintbrush was her bread and butter.
For a side hustle, picking up her brush again was unquestionably the best choice.
Kang Shi, however, misheard her.
"Storybooks? Could it be that fellow Gu Wangchao—"
Kang Shi thought Gu Chi had led Shen Tang astray.
He had discovered by chance that Gu Chi had this hobby, and at the time he'd thought the man was quite interesting. Now, though—Gu Wangchao, Gu Wangchao, you really are leading the young astray.
He declared, "That's not