You are my golden finger

After everyone had breakfast, Uncle Mu Xiong and the others went to work separately. Lin Xijin and Murong Xu decided to change their makeup and disguise themselves as civilians to check out the current living conditions of the disaster victims.

Walking to the new streets of Yixiu, people are already coming and going. Although there is no greenery and it lacks vitality, the houses are well-built and the streets are wide and clean. Many people have started small businesses and some shops have started selling goods.

Lin Xijin has opened two shops in the three new towns for disaster victims - "Lin's Food Materials" and "Lin's Medicines". All the goods are transported from Qingyuan and Kyoto by the Shiziwo Transport Team.

The shop is run by the teenagers adopted by the family. These teenagers are thirteen or fourteen years old. They have gained experience with Ye Jinlin, Xingwu and Xingyuan and can basically handle the business on their own. The business is not big now, so it should be no problem to let them run the business.

Lin Xijin planned to start all the businesses including beauty, bookstore, and dolls after the New Year. After Xingwu got married, he was sent to manage the business of the ten new towns for disaster victims in Jiuchang County. The young couple was newly married, so it was a good time for them to spend some time together.

"Auntie, how much is this pound of vegetables? You are selling vegetables here, do you live here?" While Lin Xijin was daydreaming, she came to a vegetable stall on the side of the road, stopped and asked.

"These vegetables are cheap, only two cents per pound. My house is behind here. I grow some vegetables and sell them if I can't finish them at home." The old lady was a talkative person and answered readily.

"Auntie, your family is quite wealthy and you have bought a house. It's really enviable!" Lin Xijin is also a master at using flattery.

"Speaking of this, I have to thank the emperor and the court. My family can survive and live a good life today, all thanks to the Crown Prince and the princess who brought people to provide disaster relief, porridge and medicine, so we can survive. After the disaster, they gave each of us victims 20 taels of resettlement money and 50 kilograms of food. My house was bought with the resettlement money." Once the old lady started talking, she couldn't stop.

"Auntie, you've used all your money to buy a house. How are you going to live in the future?"

"Oh, girl, don't be afraid. The prince and the princess have made arrangements for us. Each of us has been given three acres of paddy field. Now all the able-bodied laborers have jobs, clearing silt, building dams, repairing bridges and roads. You can earn money every day. As long as you work hard, it's easier to make money than in the past." The old lady was quite optimistic.

"Auntie, can all the disaster victims buy houses?"

"Most of them can. If you can't buy a house right now, you can just keep the money and pay it back slowly later. There's no interest. Some disaster victims haven't bought a house yet because some new urban areas haven't been built yet. They want to go back to where they lived before."

"Auntie, I also want to buy a house, but I don't know where to buy it?" Lin Xijin pretended not to know.

"Girl, you can first go and see which house you like. Once you have found one, you can go to the disaster relief site at the gate of Jiuchang City to register to buy it." The old lady advised enthusiastically.

Lin Xijin and Murong Xu thanked the old lady and walked around the new city again. Seeing that there were already many disaster victims living in the new city, and none of them looked distressed, they finally put their minds at ease.

The two of them took a carriage to the disaster relief site at the gate of Jiuchang Prefecture. The city gate no longer provided unified porridge and medicine, but the medical relief center was still preserved and was staffed by the local doctors selected by Lin Xijin.

Some of the victims have already moved away, and some have moved into construction sites, so those who remain basically live in tents as family units, which is relatively spacious.

Lin Xijin and Murong Xu arrived at the disaster relief site. Perhaps because of their great makeup skills, no one could recognize them.

A disaster victim nearby was asking the staff at the resettlement site: "Young man, I want to ask, when will the eighth disaster relief district, Yichun New Town, be completed?"

"It will be done soon. We have already started digging the foundation. It should be completed in March or April next spring. So, are you planning to buy a house there?"

"Yes, I have already decided on a house. Our ancestral grave is over there, and it will be more convenient to worship our ancestors after buying a house."

"Uncle, has your family received the resettlement allowance? Is it enough to buy a house?" Lin Xijin asked.

"There are five people in my family, and we received 80 taels of resettlement allowance, which was enough to buy a small house. But my son was too ambitious and said that now that he has a job, he wants to buy a bigger one, so we are still short of more than 10 taels. However, now there are three people in the family working, and they earn nearly 3 taels of money every month. We will be able to save enough by the end of the year," said the victim proudly.

"Uncle, congratulations! You will be able to move into your new house in a few months." Lin Xijin congratulated sincerely.

"Everyone thanks the emperor, the prince and Princess Lin!" Lin Xijin didn't know how to respond to the victim's words.

After a tour, they were relieved to see that the disaster victims had enough food and clothing and were living and working in peace and contentment.

In the evening, An Yi and his companions arrived. However, Murong Xu asked them to rest for a night and did not make any arrangements.

Jiuchang County is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and the weather is much warmer than in Kyoto. Although it is almost November, you only need to wear a thin jacket.

Braving the slight chill, the group, accompanied by General Wu, came to the river channel dredging and flood control dam construction site. Due to the large number of recruits, General Wu still had 5,000 soldiers under his command who did not withdraw, and the construction site stretched for several miles. Digging silt, reinforcing river embankments, and building flood control embankments with cement slurry... The scene was very lively.

"Hey young man, how long have you been at the construction site? Is it hard work? Do you want to go back to the barracks?" Lin Xijin asked a soldier who was mixing cement slurry.

"In reply to your question, Princess, I have been in Jiuchang County since the end of April and have been working here ever since. It would be a lie to say that it is not hard, but I don't want to go back to the barracks. We eat well here and earn a lot. We get double salaries, and the brothers in the barracks are so envious of us. Our general said that he will give us home leave during the New Year, and then we can go home." The soldier replied happily.

"Boy, I think you want to go home and get married!" An older centurion next to him teased.

The soldier blushed and retorted: "Aren't you planning to buy a gift to comfort your sister-in-law?"

Everyone present burst into laughter. The two soldiers' faces turned red from the laughter. They wished they could dig a hole and bury themselves.

"Well done, there is a country only when there is a family. People who love their families are believed to be people with great love. The same goes for fellow villagers. If you work hard, the court will not treat you unfairly." Lin Xijin used her brainwashing skills again to give chicken soup to the people present.

"Thank you, Princess!" Everyone answered in unison. The scene was indescribably warm.