You are my golden finger

"Miss Lin, I haven't seen you for a while. What do you need to buy today?" As soon as she arrived at the door of the pawnshop, the sharp-eyed manager Ma came up to her quickly.

Lin Xijin twitched her lips and complained in her heart, the dental clinic is not her home, how can she come here every day?

"Oh, I want to see if there are any suitable shops in town or county."

"Wait a minute, I'll introduce you."

Lin Xijin quickly picked out two shops in the town and the county that were suitable in terms of location and layout, and went to see them with Manager Ma. In the end, they each picked a shop that was relatively spacious and had a backyard where people could live and bought it.

The fruits and vegetables in the fields are gradually ripening, and duck eggs, salted eggs, and pickled ducks are for sale. In winter, more people in the village will grow greenhouse vegetables, and they also need a place to sell them. The low-end liquor in the winery can also be sold, and some bacon and sausages can be dried and sold. So Lin Xijin plans to open a store called "Lin's Food" in the town and the county.

After drawing the decoration drawings for the two shops, the butler was asked to take the two veterans to find someone to decorate the shops. Of course, this was also to test the two men. If there were no accidents, the two shops would be handed over to them in the future.

The convoy is ready to go to Kyoto to deliver supplies. Xingwen, Xingwu, Xingcheng, and Xiaowen are eager to follow the convoy to Kyoto, but they know they are too young to ask Lin Xijin for help, so they ask Xihui for help.

Xingwen and Xingwu were under 12, and Xingcheng and Xiaowen were under 10. Although the four of them had been learning to read and practice martial arts for the longest time and had a certain foundation, Lin Xijin was still worried about letting them go far away.

Lin Xijin immediately rejected their requests and told them to study hard and learn martial arts. If they were better than others, he would give them important tasks. They stopped struggling and started to study various skills.

In order to motivate the villagers to study, four strong boys aged 15 were selected to transport the goods to Kyoto. The boys were very happy and it also greatly stimulated the learning enthusiasm of the young people in the whole village.

The convoy set off for Kyoto. Lin Xijin sent a message to Ye Jinlin, asking him to transport some easy-to-preserve food from Kyoto on the return trip, such as fruits, candies, cakes, sorghum and rice. In short, they provided material preparations for opening shops and brewing wine. Of course, the purpose of doing so was just to cover up the truth.

Lin Xijin knew very well that she had come to this world with a heavy burden on her shoulders, and she had to stockpile large quantities of food and medicinal materials, as they might come in handy someday, so she had to be prepared.

As midsummer approaches, cicadas chirp at the top of their lungs on the branches, but the canopy of the big camphor tree provides a thick shade, making it a great place for villagers to cool off and relax.

Lin Xijin was under a tree instructing several women in the village to make salted duck eggs and preserved eggs.

Salted duck eggs are simpler to make, and many families can make them, but not everyone can make them salty, crunchy, fragrant and tender. Lin Xijin crushed pepper, cinnamon, star anise and other spices, added salt, white wine and yellow mud, mixed them, and then paste the duck eggs, and stored them in a vacated warehouse in the ancestral hall.

Preserved eggs are relatively troublesome to make. The yellow mud is replaced with wood ash, lime powder, salty flour, etc. The proportions must also be strictly controlled so that the preserved eggs are crystal clear and have a soft and glutinous core.

Because it involved the future destination of the duck eggs from Shiziwo, Lin Xijin did not give the recipe to the women in the village.

Ask the security guard at home to carry the raw materials to the top of the camphor tree, and ask Aunt Muxiong and Aunt Jianan to help weigh them. After weighing the ingredients, add water and stir evenly. Then put the egg batter into a large earthenware jar and seal it for storage. After thirty to forty days, it can be taken out for consumption or sale.

As the villagers' lives are gradually getting better, Lin Xijin does not want to provide excessive support and has already agreed with the head of the village and the clan leader that the cost of the materials for making salted duck eggs and preserved eggs must be recovered.

"Jin girl, you are so capable!"

"Jin'er, how come you know everything? What a brain you have! From now on, even a fairy won't be worthy of you!"

When the aunts heard this, they all laughed and agreed.

Just when everyone was talking and laughing and working enthusiastically, the clan leader and the village chief came over with gloomy faces, and everyone stopped laughing immediately.

"Jin'er, your uncle the head of the village and I have something to discuss with you!"

"Okay, just wait until I wash my hands."

Lin Xijin washed her hands and told everyone to put away the things after they were done. Then she led the clan leader and the village head back home.

"Jin'er, Wang Laowu, the duck farmer, came to report that there was a small problem at the duck farm. We just went over to take a look and found that some small holes had been pried out in the fence wall of the duck shed. It seemed that someone had stolen the duck eggs." said the head of the village.

"I think so too. I guess they used long hooks to hook the duck eggs out through these gaps." The patriarch agreed.

Lin Xijin knew that this phenomenon was inevitable. There were always some lazy people who loved to take advantage and do some sneaky things. With the arrival of the harvest season of Shiziwo, if this phenomenon was not curbed, it would bring losses to everyone.

After a moment's silence, he said, "Master, uncle, please don't worry. Don't make this public yet. We will send out trustworthy people to wait and make sure to catch the person who stole the duck eggs first and give a warning to the villagers."

"The village has more and more property, and the fruits are about to ripen. We need to set up a security patrol team to protect the safety of the village's property."

The three men agreed that Uncle Muxiong would lead Xihui, Xingwen, and Xiaowen, and Uncle Jianan would lead Xinfeng, Xingwu, and Xingcheng to form two shifts to stake out and capture people.

Of course, what Lin Xijin didn't tell them was that she would also send secret guards to investigate and arrest people, because catching them would enhance everyone's sense of being the protagonist and better gain the trust of the villagers.

The patrol team is composed of voluntary men between the ages of fifteen and forty-five in the village. They are divided into two shifts, the first half of the night and the second half of the night, with six people in each group. The village subsidizes them with five copper coins every night.

Lin Xijin also specifically told the two that after catching the person, they must hold a village meeting attended by all the villagers. At that time, she would invite some friends to attend the meeting. In addition to the patrol team, she would also give those petty thieves some deterrence so that no one would dare to have bad intentions again.

The greed of thieves will never let you down. That night, Uncle Mu Xiong, along with Xihui, Xingwen and Xiaowen, caught Wang Er Ma Gan, a bachelor in the village, who was stealing duck eggs at midnight.

Several people were escorting Wang Ermagan and carrying the stolen goods to Zhangshutou, and they met Uncle Jianan with Xinfeng, Xingwu, and Xingcheng, who were eager to take over. After everyone discussed it, they asked Xingcheng, Xingwen, and Xihui to go back and inform the clan leader, the village head, and Lin Xijin, while Uncle Jianan took Xinfeng and Xingwu to search Wang Ermagan's house to see if there were any more stolen goods.