You are my golden finger

After receiving the report from the housekeeper that Shangguan Rui was visiting with guests, Lin Xijin hurried to the living room.

Shangguan Rui and his guests had already entered the hall, and the servants had served them tea and snacks.

After greeting Shangguan Rui and the shopkeeper, Lin Xijin turned around and saw the old lady looking at her with a kind smile on her face.

"Who is this?"

“That’s my grandmother!”

Lin Xijin hurriedly bowed and said, "Old Madam, you have come from afar, thank you for your hard work!"

Lin Xijin had already learned from the owner of Delicious House that Shangguan Rui was the legitimate son of the Duke of Anguo in Beijing, and had to return to his ancestral home to be raised due to illness. Unexpectedly, he returned to Kyoto today and brought his grandmother with him.

At first glance, the old lady was a person who had lived in wealth for a long time. Although she looked kind, she had a graceful and elegant demeanor. Although Lin Xijin could see that she had been troubled by illness for a long time, she had maintained herself well.

Perhaps it was because of the nourishment from the Snow Ginseng and Jade Dew Pills that Shangguan Rui brought back during this period, so he did not look tired from the long journey.

"Miss Lin, I am sorry to bother you! I never thought that Miss Lin is so capable at such a young age!"

Old Madam Shangguan looked at the pretty girl in front of her with fondness.

It's no wonder that after two or three months of being nourished by the spiritual spring water, Lin Xijin has grown taller, her skin has become fairer and more lustrous, and her appearance as a beauty has begun to take shape.

"Thank you for your compliment, old lady! Jin'er has only learned some minor skills!" Lin Xijin said modestly.

Madam Shangguan waved her hand, and the four maids around her, as well as the shopkeeper and two servants around Shangguan Rui, left. Soon, they filed in with gifts in their hands.

"Miss Lin, I don't know what you like, so I just prepared these gifts casually. I hope you like them!"

Lin Xijin took a look and saw quite a few boxes of cloth and gift boxes of various sizes. It seemed that they were carefully prepared.

I could only say politely, "You are too polite, old lady. I have received a lot of silver and gifts from Master Shangguan before. Today you have given me so many gifts again. I feel ashamed to accept them!"

"Miss Lin, you cured Rui'er's illness, which is a great favor to me! You also gave me the medicine that made me feel much better. I remember your kindness, and no amount of gifts can express my gratitude! I am sorry to bother you today, you must accept these gifts."

Lin Xijin no longer refused and let the gifts pile up on the table in the living room.

After brewing a round of tea by himself, Shangguan Rui and his grandson drank it to their satisfaction, and their fatigue disappeared. Lin Xijin decided to cook a meal for the two of them.

He told the children to take the two of them to visit his home, and then went to the kitchen to prepare.

Lin Xijin stewed a pot of pheasant and ginseng health-preserving soup, and another pot of bone soup as the soup base, preparing two mandarin duck hot pots. The cook cleaned the rest, and she used her extraordinary knife skills to slice the meat and prepare the sauce.

Everything was ready and two tables of food were quickly set.

Lin Xijin gathered everyone in the dining room, asked the children and the third grandmother to sit at one table, and herself and Shangguan Rui, his grandchildren, and the shopkeeper to sit at one table. She also asked the housekeeper to arrange for the Shangguan family's maids and servants to eat in the kitchen.

Shangguan Rui and the other two sat down dumbfounded, not knowing how to eat the raw dishes.

Lin Xijin helped everyone to get a bowl of health-preserving soup and said, "This is pheasant ginseng soup, it is nourishing and healthy. Everyone, drink a bowl first."

The pheasant ginseng soup stewed with spiritual spring water was extremely delicious. After a sip, several people no longer cared about talking and just focused on drinking the soup.

After watching everyone finish their bowl of soup, Lin Xijin said to Shangguan Rui and the shopkeeper, "It's getting colder today. If we cook other dishes and put them on the table, they will get cold easily and won't taste good. So I prepared a hot pot. The old lady can't eat spicy food, so she can have the mushroom soup. Young Master Shangguan and the shopkeeper can eat spicy food, so they can have the red chili oil here."

While introducing the dish, he added the prepared red oil chili hotpot base into the bone soup, and the fragrance instantly filled the entire restaurant.

Lin Xijin helped everyone prepare a dish of sauce, and poured a glass of wine for Shangguan Rui and the shopkeeper, making the fragrance in the living room even stronger.

Lin Xijin used a serving chopstick to help the old lady blanch some mutton slices, put them in her sauce dish, and motioned for her to try a bite.

Old Madam Shangguan picked up the thin, transparent slice of meat, took a bite, and her eyes lit up instantly. She just said "Delicious!" and started eating.

Shangguan Rui had never seen his grandmother, who always ate elegantly, eat like this. Without caring to say anything, he followed Lin Xijin's example and picked up the lamb slices and dipped them in the red oil pan.

Dip it in the sauce and put it in your mouth, and a spicy taste will rush straight to your taste buds, nose and throat. But Shangguan Rui is worthy of being a restaurant owner. He does not drink water immediately to relieve the spiciness like many people do, but savors the taste of the mutton slices carefully. Not to mention, after the spicy taste, a fresh, fragrant and sweet taste rises on the tip of the tongue, which makes people linger.

Shangguan Rui picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and the aroma of the wine became stronger.

Then it got out of control, and they kept eating one thing after another without even having time to talk.

The same is true for the shopkeeper.

While taking care of Old Madam Shangguan, Lin Xijin ate slowly, a smile of success rising in her heart.

As expected, after eating and drinking, and when the sweet tea was served, Shangguan Rui explained the purpose of his visit.

"Miss Lin, I brought my grandmother here to see you for treatment. Last time I went back to Beijing, I brought the Snow Ginseng and Jade Dew Pills you gave me back to my grandmother. My grandmother is old and has various old age diseases. She is suffering a lot."

"When I saw Rui'er's health improved, I used it immediately, just like a drowning person finding a life-saving straw. As he ate the medicine, his health improved. I thought about curing the disease completely, so I didn't care about the fatigue of the journey and followed Rui'er here." The old lady continued.

This was beyond Lin Xijin's expectations.

Lin Xijin then took the old lady's pulse. Although her condition was not serious, it was a bit tricky. The elderly had some signs of organ failure, and it would take time to regulate through acupuncture and medication.

"Madam, your illness has eased now. With treatment, you can recover to a level close to that of a normal person. As long as you control your diet and rest, you will have no problem living a healthy life in the future. It just takes a long time. The combination of medication and acupuncture treatment will take about forty days."

"Miss Lin, as long as the cure is good, it doesn't matter if it takes a little longer. I just wonder if I can stay at your place so Rui'er doesn't have to pick him up and drop him off every day."

"Madam, it's no problem for you to stay here. But the conditions in the countryside are simple. I don't know if you can get used to the food and accommodation!"

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine!" The old lady emphasized repeatedly, as if she was afraid that she would not be allowed to live there.

Seeing that things had come to this, Lin Xijin had no choice but to ask the nanny to take Chuntao and Qiuyan to the guest house.

The maids and servants of the Shangguan family were busy bringing out various utensils, which showed that Shangguan Rui had planned it in advance.

The guest house was also fully stocked with daily necessities, and Chuntao soon came to report that the house had been packed. Lin Xijin personally took Madam Shangguan downstairs to rest.

Shangguan Rui and the shopkeeper also accompanied him.

After settling Madam Shangguan down, they returned to the living room.

"Miss Lin, I'll trouble you to take care of my grandmother from now on." Shangguan Rui said with a smile as if his evil plan had succeeded.

Lin Xijin glanced at him and pretended to be angry and said nothing.

Shangguan Rui also knew that Lin Xijin didn't really mind, so he chuckled and said, "Miss Lin, I have a way to make a fortune, are you interested?"

Lin Xijin pretended not to understand.

"Oh, tell me, what is the way to make a fortune?"

"Bring the hot pot and wine you had for lunch to the table and open the shop!"

Seeing that the two had completely fallen into the trap, Lin Xijin pretended to be hesitant and said, "Open a store? I don't have so much manpower and resources. What about you two?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Shangguan Rui said anxiously.

So several people discussed the relevant matters.

Finally, it was planned that Lin Xijin would provide hot pot base, barbecue ingredients, wine and winter greenhouse vegetables according to the fixed prices, and Shangguan Rui would be responsible for the store, ingredients and management.

Shangguan Rui originally said that the profits would be split 50-50, but Lin Xijin thought that he was a hands-off manager and was not greedy, so he only took 30% of the profits.

Shangguan Rui also said that he wanted to open a hot pot restaurant in Beijing and asked Lin Xijin if he could send people to grow greenhouse vegetables there.

Lin Xijin thought this was a business opportunity, but she didn't have a farm in Beijing.

When Shangguan Rui heard Lin Xijin's concerns, he immediately stood up and walked to the table where the gift boxes were placed. He opened one of the exquisite sandalwood boxes, put it on the coffee table, took out several deeds from it and handed them to Lin Xijin.

Lin Xijin opened it and was shocked!

There were actually four deeds. One was for a house with three courtyards, one was for a farm with 300 mu of land, and the other two were for shops.

Although Lin Xijin wanted it very much, he thought that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way, so he handed it back to Shangguan Rui.

"These gifts are too valuable. I can't accept them!"

"No, you have to accept it. Aren't my life and grandma's life more valuable than this? There will be many things that depend on you in the future!"

Shangguan Rui told Lin Xijin that these houses, shops and farms had been vacated and were now just waiting for her to take over. As long as she sent people, they could be arranged to be taken over immediately.

It seems that Shangguan Rui and his grandmother had planned this in advance! They used money and property to "bind" him to become their "family doctor"! However, Lin Xijin didn't feel disgusted by the way they treated him.

Unable to refuse, Lin Xijin stopped being polite and accepted it frankly.

Lin Xijin saw the house and land deeds that Shangguan Rui gave her, and thought that she was not short of money now, so she should buy a property for herself. She could buy farmland and houses in towns and counties by herself, but it might not be easy to buy the back mountain and the valley with ponds.

So I asked Shangguan Rui to help me find out, and buy it if it could be bought.

Shangguan Rui readily agreed.

After all matters were settled, Shangguan Rui and his companions left with their servants in two carriages, leaving behind one carriage, its driver, and four maids for the old lady to serve.

Lin Xijin counted the gifts sent by the old lady. In addition to the house deeds, land deeds, various cloths, precious medicinal materials, cakes and fruits that Shangguan Rui had shown her, there was also a silver note of 10,000 taels. It had to be said that Lin Xijin had received another windfall.

Rich people give more gifts! During dinner, several children received red envelopes with different names.

At the request of Shangguan Rui's grandmother, Lin Xijin and the four children all changed their names to "Grandma Feng".

From then on, the curtain was raised on Mrs. Shangguan’s rural life.

After dinner, a group of people went for a walk in the martial arts field. The little ones left after listening to the stories, still unsatisfied, and each of them washed up and rested.

Lin Xijin went to help old lady Shangguan with acupuncture again, and let her take the medicine and sleep before returning to her room to practice and rest. She wanted to grow up in the shortest time possible and restore her strongest martial arts value in her previous life.