You are my golden finger

"Miss Lin, I'm sorry for disturbing you by coming to my house today."

General Wu, the woman's husband, Wu Beichen, came to Shiziwo under the guidance of the shopkeeper.

"Welcome to my humble home. My family is building a house, so I'm sorry to bother the general and the shopkeeper." Several people exchanged some polite words.

General Wu waved his hand and ordered the driver to take out the gifts from the carriage. It must be said that General Wu was a generous man as he filled the living room with gifts.

Lin Xijin made tea to entertain them. The two of them tasted it. Although they had drunk countless teas, they still praised the tea.

"Miss Lin, I have a request that you may ask, I wonder if you can help me?" After two rounds of tea, General Wu spoke.

"General, please tell me. If I can help you, I will do my best."

"My wife and I rushed back from the border this time because we received news that my grandmother was seriously ill. My father was stationed at the border and could not leave. So I brought my wife back to visit her. I was very careful along the way, fearing that something might happen to her. Unexpectedly, we encountered robbers on the road, and the horses were frightened, so something happened to her! Fortunately, we met Miss Lin, otherwise her life would be in danger."

General Wu said this while clasping his fists towards Lin Xijin to express his gratitude!

"I'm sorry to bother you today. In addition to expressing my gratitude, I also want to ask Miss Lin for medicine. I want to ask if you have any medicine to treat heart disease?"

Heart disease? Isn't it just heart disease? Although I don't know the specific symptoms, heart disease in the elderly is similar, and the main thing is maintenance.

After asking about the patient's condition in detail, Lin Xijin had an idea. She turned around and went into the room pretending to get medicine, but in fact she took out two bottles of Heart Protecting Pills from the space and gave them to General Wu.

"I only have two bottles of Heart Protection Pills. Since the medicinal materials are hard to come by and I don't have a suitable alchemy furnace, I can't give you more. These two bottles of medicine can only temporarily relieve the condition. You need to take her pulse for treatment. Take it back and give it to your grandmother first. Come back for more if it works!"

Then he explained in detail how to take the medicine, and the general listened carefully and agreed to everything.

Because he had given two bottles of Heart Protecting Pills, Lin Xijin did not prepare any other gifts. He just gave two bags of tea to the general and the shopkeeper as a return gift.

The two were very satisfied, happier than receiving gold, silver and jewelry. When the general said goodbye, he left a jade plaque, telling Lin Xijin that she could go to Kyoto to find the general's mansion anytime if she needed anything.

Lin Xijin counted the gifts, which included daily fruits and snacks, precious medicinal materials, gold beads and jade ornaments, and a small mahogany box.

Lin Xijin opened the box curiously.

Wow! A thick stack of 100-liang silver notes!

Out of her genuine love for the banknotes, Lin Xijin immediately took them out and counted them. Wow! There were a total of 10,000 taels.

Lin Xijin couldn't help but laugh loudly in her heart: "Hahaha, I'm rich! I'm rich! I don't have to cheat anymore, and I can spend money freely! From now on, my name will be - Renwohua!"

But on the surface, Lin Xijin suppressed the joy in her heart. We are here to save the world, so we need to stay calm.

Just then, the clan leader came to tell her that the wasteland had been completely dug up. The two of them went to take a look together, and Lin Xijin was very satisfied.

"Chief, everyone has worked hard for a while. I have prepared the wages. Let's pay them."

So the patriarch called everyone together to distribute their wages.

A portion of the money will also be distributed first to the laborers who built the houses.

When the villagers heard that they had wages to be collected, they gathered around happily. The clan leader distributed wages to each household according to the registered list.

In order to speed up the progress, they later recruited all the strong laborers to open up the wasteland. Some families with several people working there could earn about 200 taels of silver. Even the third wife earned more than 500 wen.

These are things they could not earn in a year in the past.

The villagers received their wages and their faces were full of smiles. Daya and Erhu also said to Sanpo happily: "Grandma, we have money now, can we buy some meat?"

"Okay, let's buy some meat!" Grandma San was so happy that she wiped her tears.

Lin Xijin called the three half-grown boys from the clan leader's family and Uncle Mu Xiong's family, and gave each of them a big red envelope with two silver melon seeds in it, which were worth more than three hundred coins.

The young boys were so happy when they received the red envelope that they immediately made an appointment to go to the town to buy candy the next day.

Finally, he handed two taels of silver to the clan leader and Uncle Mu Xiong. When the two were about to refuse, Lin Xijin said to them sincerely, "Please keep it first. I will trouble you with many things later."

Only then did the two of them accept the silver.

Lin Xijin immediately said to the villagers: "Grandpas, uncles, and aunts, you have all worked hard during this period. Xijin and my brother and sister have been taken care of by you since we were young, and we are very grateful. We also want to give back in the future. There will be work for everyone to do later. If you are not afraid of hard work, everyone can come and do it, and we will calculate the wages for everyone."

"Now, in addition to the workers who are continuing to build the house, there is another thing that everyone who wants to do can participate, which is to cut grass and burn the turf dug out from the wasteland to use as base fertilizer for planting herbs next year. The dry firewood is charged by kilogram, ten cents for a hundred kilograms."

"Next year, I will plant medicinal herbs, sorghum, and corn on this land. The medicinal herbs will be used to make medicine, the sorghum will be used to make wine, and the corn will be used to raise livestock. Jin'er promised everyone that when we make money, we will set up a clan school, and all the children in the village can go to school for free. When the children can read and count, they can do more things. We also need to repair the road from our village to the town, so that everyone can buy a carriage when they have money, and it will be convenient to travel."

Although it seemed like she was just making empty promises, Lin Xijin's words still stirred up everyone's emotions thoroughly, and they felt as if they had heard the words "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers all born with different species?"

"Well done, Jin girl (Jin'er)!" Everyone expressed their gratitude.

Several aunts with well-developed tear glands immediately joined the third grandmother in wiping tears.

When they heard that the house was finished and Lin Xijin was going to treat everyone to a drink, they were even happier. After talking for a while, they reluctantly dispersed and prepared to go home to sharpen their knives and cut grass.

Lin Xijin left the clan leader to discuss the purchase of firewood for burning turf. The three young boys received the red envelope, and their enthusiasm was completely aroused. They stepped forward and volunteered, "Sister Jin, we can continue to help."

"Okay, as long as you are not afraid of hard work, continue to come and help."

Lin Xijin also wanted to train a group of helpers. As long as these boys were carefully trained, they would be able to stand on their own in just three to five years, so she agreed to their request.

The children got a satisfactory answer and ran to play with Xihui and the others.

"Jin girl, we only accept firewood as thick as a finger. Don't accept big roots. Big roots are heavy and produce less ash. We need to hire a few people to help with the burning. Muwang, Muchang and Daniu are honest and hardworking. How about hiring them?"

"Uncle, I'm leaving this to you. It's all up to you. Just keep track of the amount and I'll pay you when the time comes!"

"Okay, okay, I'll help you keep an eye on it!" the clan leader responded.

Lin Xijin handed the matter over to the clan leader and became a hands-off manager again.