You are my golden finger

It was already evening when we left the village with these people.

As the sun sets, its afterglow dyes the sky red and spreads all over the earth, like a beautiful encounter between heaven and earth, bringing warmth to this world.

Lin Xijin bathed in the afterglow of the sunset, feeling calm.

But this calmness was broken in just a few moments.

The city gate is right in front of us. Under the slanting light of the setting sun, it stands tall and looks ancient and majestic.

The sound of galloping horses came from behind, and a small group of people rode over and galloped past.

Lin Xijin only had time to catch a glimpse of the back of the person riding the white horse in front, which was thin and tall.

This figure overlaps with the military green figure carrying a marching bag walking away in my memory, disappearing into the scattered light of the setting sun, leaving only a pile of dust and an empty city gate.

Lin Xijin was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand and patted her cheek. What was she thinking? She had clearly confirmed through eye contact that it was not him!

I forced myself to pull myself back to my thoughts and returned to my yard before the sunset shed its last rays of light.

"Sister, you are finally back!"

"Sister, An An misses you. Bring An An with you next time!"

Listening to these childish words, Lin Xijin completely came back to her senses.

The person is gone, and the soul is far away. It is useless to think too much, and it is even more futile to be sad about the passing of time. You should first cherish the person in front of you.

After letting Qiuyan and He Qiumei take the little girls downstairs to settle down, Lin Xijin went downstairs to wash up and get rid of the sticky feeling on her body. She then accompanied the children for dinner and taught them their homework for a while before they all went back to their rooms to rest.

The night was as dark as ink, and Lin Xijin had no desire to sleep. She simply sneaked into the space, drew a sketch of the shop decoration, and listed the supplies, medicinal materials, and refining procedures for the beauty business. After doing these things, she felt a little tired.

I took a hot bath, drank a cup of hot milk, and then went back to bed and fell into a sound sleep.

But Lin Xijin still dreamed: under the cherry tree, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, and the colorful petals were like flowers scattered by fairies, floating down. A boy in a moon-white robe, with a flute on his lips that looked like petals, played a melodious music.

After the song was over, he walked up to the girl who was standing in front of the library with a pile of books in her arms, smiling and saying, "Happy birthday!"

After opening his eyes and waking up, Lin Xijin was still a little confused for a moment, shaking his head and mocking.

People, no matter how much psychological preparation you do, no matter how calm you pretend to be on the surface, the beauty and pain deep in your heart will always emerge when you least expect it, making you collapse in an instant.

The morning light shone into the bedroom through the window lattice. From outside, the lively Jin An knocked on the door: "Sister, lazy bum, get up."

There was also the sound of claws scratching the door.

When I opened the door, Jin'an and Mimi were waiting there.

I took Jin'an to the lawn and everyone was already running.

After running, He Qiumei brought the eight girls from Zhuangzi over to greet them.

“Women should be self-reliant! When you come here, you should learn to read and do math, and you should also strengthen your body and have a certain degree of self-protection ability. Only by having an independent source of income and a strong body can you avoid becoming a man’s appendage and control your own destiny!” Lin Xijin finally encouraged the girls.

"Thank you for your guidance, master!" Several girls said in unison, led by He Qiumei.

Chuntao and Qiuyan finally took the order and taught everyone women's self-defense skills.

It is always the nanny who is responsible for teaching these little girls the rules, so Lin Xijin doesn't worry about it.

With Chuntao and Qiuyan, they set up a medicinal material grinding room next to the pharmacy. Since they were only staying here for a short time, Lin Xijin didn't want to make it too complicated, so he didn't plan to add equipment such as distillation and purification. So it was quite simple, just clean it up, and then move the medicine trough, medicine rod, fine sieve and other tools from the pharmacy.

In the afternoon, Shangguan Rui sent someone to deliver the medicinal herbs. Lin Xijin was teaching a few girls how to identify and process the herbs when the housekeeper came to report that the general's nanny had arrived with a group of girls.

Lin Xijin could only let Qiuyan watch from the side while she went to welcome the person in. The nanny sent the person in and left quickly. Soon, the account office that Lin Xijin asked for from Old Madam Shangguan was also delivered.

Two suites were set up in the third courtyard for these girls to stay and study. These girls were originally servants, and they knew the basic etiquette of dealing with people, but Lin Xijin wanted to remove their humble temperament and make them shine with politeness, humility, and confidence, so she had to retrain them. In addition, personal makeup, cleansing, massage, and makeup setting for customers were things these girls rarely touched, and they all needed time to teach.

However, Lin Xijin was not in a hurry. The shop renovation would take another ten days or half a month, which was enough time to teach these people. He could let Chuntao teach the simple things, and he could handle the complicated things himself.