You are my golden finger

The shops in the town and the county were only renovated briefly and completed quickly. The veteran Xie Yonggui was sent to the town with four people, and Li Derong was sent to the county with five people to clean the shops, deliver supplies, and make preparations for opening. They only needed to wait for the goods from Kyoto to be shipped back before opening.

A few days later, the convoy to Kyoto returned safely. Lin Xijin asked them to unload the goods at the house in the county, and then transport them to the two shops after she made arrangements.

The four people who went to transport the goods received one or two taels of silver each. Lin Xijin also gave them an extra bag of candy and a bag of cake. This made the villagers of Shiziwo extremely envious, and they became more excited to learn kung fu.

It must be said that Ye Jinlin was truly a business genius. In just a few days, he had purchased six truckloads of goods, all of which were long-lasting food. In addition, four truckloads of rice and sorghum ensured that the convoy never left empty-handed.

Lin Xijin added some delicious and inconspicuous novel foods such as candies, fruits and melons, and ordered the breeding team to pick fruits and vegetables. The two stores opened at the same time.

In order to attract customers, the store adopted a promotional method of winning a prize if you bought one or two pieces of taro, which attracted a large number of customers. On the opening day, customers won prizes one after another and got their favorite gifts. After buying things and getting gifts, it was like picking up a silver ingot on the way back from shopping, which was a pleasant surprise.

The shop has a full range of food ingredients, and the food is one or two cents cheaper than other shops. Although the shop has adopted a plan to limit the purchase of 10 kilograms per day, it is not a problem for the idle aunties. The shop basically applies the business model of modern supermarkets, and most of them can be bought in one stop, so the shop has become a shopping paradise for aunties.

The best-selling ones are the watermelons grown in the valley. Both stores have cut watermelon slices for tasting and insert toothpicks for customers to taste. The watermelons are juicy, crisp and sweet, hitting the taste buds of customers and making them want more.

Although a pound of watermelon costs thirty coins, which can buy two pounds of pork, and each watermelon weighs about fifteen pounds, it is really not cheap to buy. But the weather is hot and there are many rich people. The watermelons shipped to the store are sold out before noon.

Because cantaloupe are small in size and smell fragrant, it doesn’t cost much to buy one or two, so many people will buy one or two, and they will be sold out in a short time.

In the afternoon, all the fresh vegetables and fruits were sold out, leaving only a small amount of grain and sugar cakes. The two shop owners had no choice but to send people to restock.

But within two days of the store opening, it attracted attention, especially the huge profits from watermelons.

After a little inquiry, I found out that only a small part of these watermelons were grown by the villagers of Shiziwo, and most of them were grown by Lin Xijin's family in the valley.

Some people are willing to take risks for money. Although the legend of the Tiger King and the Wolf King has spread throughout the nearby villages and towns, some people cleverly think that the Tiger King and the wolves go down the mountain to guard the stone den at night, so there will be no people, no tigers, and no wolves guarding the mountain, so it will be easy to pick melons and fruits.

A dark and windy night is a good time to steal.

A group of five people carrying baskets came into the valley from another entrance. They were busy picking watermelons and cantaloupes when a tiger roared and a group of wolves howled, and they pounced on the melon field.

The wolf king flew down the mountain and arrived at the back door of Lin Xijin's house, howling.

When Lin Xijin heard the wolf's cry, she knew something was wrong on the mountain. She quickly got up and called two secret guards and two guards, and followed the wolf king up the mountain.

When they got to the mountain, they found that the hands and feet of the five melon thieves were bitten by the tiger and the wolves, and they were bleeding. They had picked more than 20 melons, but the melon field was trampled into a mess by the melon thieves.

Because the tigers and wolves usually moved around the pond and rarely came to the melon field, a small part of the melon field had been destroyed by the time the melon thieves were discovered.

Lin Xijin ordered several secret guards to capture the melon thieves. The village patrol also rushed over after hearing the wolf howling. Together, they escorted the melon thieves and the stolen goods back to Zhangshutou.

Lin Xijin signaled everyone to go ahead, let the big tiger and the wolves have a good meal, reward them for their vigilance and bravery, and then rushed to the camphor tree.

When the clan leader and the village head heard the news, they also got up and rushed over.

"Jin'er, these people are the hooligans in the town. What do you think we should do with them? We'll listen to you," said the head of the village.

"Let's send him to the government tomorrow. If we make a big fuss about this, it can serve as a warning to the rest. I hope there won't be trouble like this again in the future."

"Please, head of the village! Please, girl! We know we are wrong, please forgive us!" The melon thieves hurriedly begged for mercy.

But these people were not from the same village as Wang Er Ma Gan, but a gangster from the next village who brought four gangsters from the town, often stealing and bullying people on the streets, causing harm to countless families. Everyone was determined to hand them over to the authorities, so how could they give them face?

The next morning, the head of the village and the clan leader had the melon thieves tied up and thrown into a carriage along with the stolen goods. Lin Xijin accompanied the two of them to the county government office.

County Magistrate Li Yuze had been instructed by Shangguan Rui to take good care of Lin Xijin. In addition, Lin Xijin was generous every time he did things, and gave a lot of tea, fruits, good wine, and medicine. Dealing with a few hooligans was just a matter of course, so he naturally gave the three of them enough face.

In the end, the gangsters were sentenced to pay 100 taels of silver and go to jail for one year. Lin Xijin not only left more than 20 melons as evidence to the county government, but also gave 20 carefully selected watermelons and cantaloupes.

The county magistrate was embarrassed to enjoy the profits alone, so in the end all the yamen runners benefited from it and they wished they could handle more cases for Shiziwo.

After this case, the legend that Shiziwo was protected by the mountain god and guarded by the tiger king and the wolf king became even more legendary. After this incident, no one dared to attack Shiziwo anymore, and Lin Xijin really achieved his purpose of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.