You are my golden finger

After returning to the village, he went directly to the clan leader's house to inquire about buying land.

The clan leader told Lin Xijin that she had to go to the village head to buy land. As the clan leader was free, he accompanied Lin Xijin to find the village head.

The village head lived at the entrance of the village. His house was the same as the clan leader's, with five brick and tile houses in a row. The middle room was the living room, and the other four were bedrooms. The houses of the two families were the best in the village.

Arriving at the village head's house, Lin Xijin took out a large piece of wild boar meat and a bag of brown sugar under the cover of the backpack and put them on the table. As the saying goes, more gifts are less annoying, and the village head immediately became enthusiastic.

When I heard that Lin Xijin wanted to buy the wasteland at the foot of the mountain, I was a little surprised. I also advised: "Jin girl, that land has been barren and poor, and it is difficult to get a good harvest by growing crops. You might as well buy less and buy more fertile cultivated land."

Thanks to the village head's enthusiastic persuasion, she bought all 430 mu of land at the foot of the mountain. At two taels of silver per mu, she spent 860 taels of silver in one go. It seemed that she had to speed up her money-making business.

Soon the deed was written, the money was paid, and an extra five taels of silver was given to the village head as a transfer fee. She just had to wait for the village head to go to the government office to register, and the wasteland would belong to her.

Lin Xijin felt extremely accomplished, after all, he was the landlord.

In the evening, they skillfully slaughtered a large black carp and cooked a large pot of pickled fish. The group ate until they were full, then put down their chopsticks with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

As the night deepened, my brother and sister fell into a sweet dream. I asked Duoduo to be alert, and I went into the space to draw the house design. The time in the space flows slowly, and it was not yet midnight when all the designs were completed.

Everything was arranged properly and I fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Lin Xijin went to find Uncle Muxiong. Uncle Muxiong hadn't received any work during this period and was at home. Lin Xijin told him that she wanted to build a house and asked Uncle Muxiong if he knew any bricklayers.

Lin Muxiong was confused. It had only been two days since the house was repaired, and they were already building another one? Did the money just come from the wind?

He said to Lin Xijin sincerely: "Jin girl, building a house will cost a lot of money. Have you considered the cost?"

"Uncle Mu Xiong, I dug up two ginsengs yesterday and made a lot of money from selling them. You don't have to worry about me. But I will have to trouble you in the future. I need you to help me with the house building!"

"Well, I won't take any jobs outside anymore and will just help you build the house."

After the two of them had made all the arrangements, they went to the clan leader's house to find Jian'an, and asked Jian'an to drive the cart so they could go out to find a bricklayer.

The bricklayer, Master Lu, lived not far from the town. When the three of them arrived, Master Lu was about to go out. When he heard about their purpose, he led them into the hall.

He took out the blueprint he had drawn last night and asked Master Lu to see if he could do it. When Master Lu saw the sketch, his eyes lit up and he rubbed his hands and said, "Miss Lin, your house design is so exquisite. Okay, okay, I'll take your job."

Lin Xijin was also very happy. She didn't have to look for anyone else. It couldn't be more convenient.

Master Lu still had some finishing work to do on his current job, so the others agreed to visit the construction site at Shiziwo in three days.

On the way back, Lin Xijin talked to Uncle Jianan about the wooden furniture needed for the new house. He planned to continue drawing the blueprints tonight and let them make them all. He let them make them first, and they could move in directly after the new house was built.

In the evening, the village head brought the land deed to the house.

Lin Xijin packed a bag of tea to show her appreciation. This was a trivial thing for her, but in the eyes of the village head, this was something that only the nobles in the city could drink, and the gift from Jin girl was a huge favor. So the village head thanked her profusely, and Lin Xijin gained another believer.

The next day, it was the day for Shangguan Rui's follow-up visit. Lin Xijin was about to go out with her props backpack on her back. The two little ones looked at her eagerly, wanting to say something but stopping themselves.

Lin Xijin knew that the two little brats must want to go to town with her, so she teased them and said, "Do you have anything to say?"

The dark-minded Xihui pushed Xijia, and Xijia blushed and asked shyly: "Sister, can you take us to the town to play? Xihui and I have never been there before."

Lin Xijin thought about it and felt that there was not much else to do except helping Shangguan Rui with his follow-up visit, and there was nothing wrong with taking them with her, so she agreed.

After instructing Duoduo to guard the door, the three of them said goodbye to Qi Po and went to Zhangshutou to take a ox cart to the town.

At the restaurant, she gave Shangguan Rui a follow-up checkup and found that his condition was improving. Lin Xijin left a pottery jar of Sichuan Fritillary and Snow Pear Paste before leaving.

It must be said that Shangguan Rui was a generous man. He ordered the shopkeeper to pack two big red envelopes and a few packets of snacks for the two little ones before sending them out.

The three siblings strolled casually on the street and bought some small gadgets they liked.

By noon, everyone was feeling hungry and was preparing to go out for something to eat.

Suddenly, a shout came into my ears: "You little bastard, how dare you come to steal my things? I'll kick you to death!"

When I looked up, I saw a man with a thick face kicking a child on the ground in front of a steamed bun shop. He was yelling at him as he kicked him: "You little bastard, you've been hanging around here all day long, and today you dared to steal from me, you're looking for death!"

Lin Xijin saw the child being kicked, his frail body wrapped in ragged clothes, and he was desperately protecting a younger child underneath him. If the man continued to kick the child, the child might lose his life.

Xihui and Xijia turned pale when they saw this scene, and they tightly grasped their sister's hands. Perhaps the two little ones were reminded of the memory of being beaten and scolded by Jiang, and their little bodies were shivering, looking particularly pitiful.

Lin Xijin was moved by this and strode forward to pull the man away: "Stop! Are you going to kick him to death?"

The man glanced at her skinny face with disdain in his eyes: "Little girl, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business! These two little bastards stole my things, will you help them pay for it?"

Lin Xijin looked at the bun that fell to the ground and was covered in mud. She thought it was better to make less trouble than more, so she just compensated him a few cents. So she said generously: "I'll compensate you, how much is it!"

"Five taels." the man shouted arrogantly.

The crowd was talking. This man was extorting too much. He wanted to pay five taels of silver for a five-cent bun. It was obvious that he was trying to bully the girl.

"Five ounces is five ounces, but you kicked these two kids so many times, I'm going to seek justice for them." Before he finished speaking, he kicked the man on the calf. The man staggered and fell to the ground.

"How much do you want to pay now? Do you want more money?"

The man was obviously kicked hard, his face was pale, and sweat was pouring down his forehead. As the saying goes, a good man never suffers a loss in front of him, and this man obviously understands this principle.

"Girl! Girl! I know I was wrong. You don't have to pay for it! You don't have to pay for it!"

"We won't take advantage of you." Lin Xijin took out a handful of copper coins and threw them at the man's feet.

The man got up, nodded and replied, "Yes, yes, yes."

He picked up the copper coin on the ground and ran back to the store in shame.