You are my golden finger

After collecting these grasshoppers in autumn, the air on the streets of Kyoto became much cleaner.

The children who were originally detained at home were also allowed to go out for a walk on the streets, but they were still followed by secret guards.

Yujia and Xinlan's "Jiaxin Toy Workshop" also has a store in Kyoto, right next to "Wulin Beauty".

The shop was one of the rewards given to Lin Xijin by the old emperor, and the name of the shop was "Lin's Jiaxin Dolls".

The shop is quite spacious, with two floors and a backyard. Lin Xijin used fences to make small compartments on the second floor, all covered with floors, and each room was decorated with a fairy tale theme and filled with corresponding toys.

The backyard was transformed into an outdoor activity area with a see-saw, a carousel, a rainbow bridge, a slide, a track car...all new and interesting toys that the children had never seen before.

The first floor is of course used to display and sell various toys.

Most of the toys produced during this period were inspired by the third volume of the new version of the fairy tale "Rulin Fairy Tales", especially the Barbie doll of "The Little Mermaid" and the building blocks for building castles, which immediately sparked a craze among the children of Kyoto's wealthy and powerful families.

The reason why this location was chosen is that when ladies go out for beauty treatments, they often bring their children with them. Children are playful by nature and often cannot stay in beauty salons. They will inevitably cry when they are impatient. Having a place for them to play can solve this problem.

Opening a store here really kills two birds with one stone. The children have a place to play and have fun; the ladies can get their beauty done with peace of mind and feel happy. To make up for the guilt of not spending time with their children, they always try their best to meet the children's requests for toys, which really boosts the sales of toys.

Some well-off families even moved the outdoor activity facilities and indoor theme activity rooms back home exactly as they were.

Some people wanted to imitate, but they were unable to produce the key components of the toys and could not keep up with the speed of innovation of "Jia Xin Dolls".

Lin Xijin sent Mujin to the medicine shop today and asked her to help Cheng Taiyi. Then she took Xijia, Xinlan and Anan to "Jiaxin Dolls".

The two little girls have now become wealthy ladies thanks to their toy workshop. Even An An follows them in painting every day, not to mention that sometimes An An's graffiti can really provide them with inspiration.

The two doted on An An. In addition to sharing the profits, they also gave An An rewards every time, which made An An even more excited. In addition to reading, she was designing toys, and she couldn't stop.

There was no conversation for a while. Several people toured the store from top to bottom, inside and out.

"Tell me, what conditions are needed to run a store successfully?" After visiting the store, Lin Xijin tested the children.

“Great location!”

“Toys should be beautiful, novel and fun.”

“Toys must be updated quickly to cater to the public’s tastes!”

……

Several children chattered and talked. They all hit the point, which comforted Lin Xijin's motherly heart.

After letting the kids play in the toy store, Lin Xijin went to "Wulin Cosmetics" to inspect it. Mrs. Wu happened to be in the store, so they went to the tea room to chat and drink tea.

"Jin'er, the palace banquet the night before yesterday was such a surprise. How come you are so talented? You really amazed everyone!" Madam Wu was probably so impressed by her that she even trembled when she held her hand.

"You're flattering me. It's just a trivial skill, not worth mentioning!"

"Oh, I'm still excited. Guanyin Bodhisattva really appeared. I am your good sister, please ask her to bless me too!" Mrs. Wu was very glad that she and Lin Xijin were in the same team.

"I can't control Guanyin Bodhisattva. Besides, isn't Guanyin Bodhisattva always blessing you? As long as you have good thoughts and do more good deeds, you will be blessed."

"Yes, I have been lucky ever since I met you! I will listen to you."

The two chatted half-jokingly and half-seriously. Finally, Madam Wu invited her to attend the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Grand Tutor, and Lin Xijin readily agreed.

Lin Xijin chatted with Mrs. Wu for a while, and the two of them walked around the store and checked out the business situation before saying goodbye and going to the toy store to look for some children.

"The little mermaid princess leaped into the sea. Her body gradually turned into foam and merged into the rough sea..." When I entered the store, I heard Xijia telling the story of the mermaid princess in a vivid and emotional voice. Xinlan and Anan were acting out the story with toys on the side, surrounded by a group of children.

"The mermaid princess is so kind, I want to buy it!"

"I want to buy it too!"

Soon, all the related toys in the display cabinet were sold out, and they had to be urgently restocked from the warehouse.

The third volume of "Fairy Tales of Scholars" in the same bookstore was also sold out.

It has to be said that these three children have learned a lot from Lin Xijin, and they are already good at business at a young age.

The few of them simply had lunch outside, picked up Mu Jin from Lin's Pharmacy, called Xingwen, and went straight to "Meishi Zhai" to find Shangguan Rui for free food and drinks.

Shangguan Rui saw Lin Xijin and circled around her like a fly. Lin Xijin knew that this guy must be curious and wanted to find out what happened at the palace banquet!

Sure enough, when the dishes were served, this guy started talking while the children were eating and drinking and their attention was distracted.

"Jin'er, can you tell me how you did what happened at the palace banquet?"

"I didn't do anything. Weren't you guys staring at me the whole time?" Lin Xijin said.

"Tsk! You didn't do it? Did Murong Xu do it?"

"I don't know. Go ask him." Lin Xijin was practicing Tai Chi.

The two of them went back and forth, and in the end Shangguan Rui didn't get any answers.

But when he returned home, he heard the housekeeper come to report that the rescued young man who lived in the guest house had disappeared, leaving only a peculiarly shaped token.

Lin Xijin didn't care. She was so busy that she had forgotten his existence. She took the token from the butler and felt it sinking in her hand. It was dark in texture, obviously made of black iron. She threw it into the space without asking about its origins.