You are my golden finger

In a blink of an eye, the pharmaceutical cosmetics workshop was completed. Lin Xijin asked Liang Derong and the housekeeper to hire a car to bring the equipment back from the county. There was no need to install the medicine bowls, mortars, pestles, grinding troughs, and medicine sieves. The installation of ancient distillation equipment did not require much technical content. They were all installed and cleaned in two days after they were brought back.

Another group of people were recruited from the village. Because carrying, pounding and grinding medicine are strenuous jobs, eight men were recruited this time, and the others were mostly young wives.

The staff brought back from Kyoto and the girls recruited previously were separated from the pharmacy, and together with the newly recruited staff, there were more than 40 people. Lin Xijin asked He Qiumei to be in charge of dividing the people into groups, selecting team leaders to guide the new ones with the experienced ones, forming a production line, and the pharmaceutical cosmetics were put into mass production.

The evening breeze blew through the treetops and crops, taking away the summer heat. After dinner, the family sat in the garden in front of the courtyard to enjoy the cool air and chat.

"Sister, I'm bitten by bugs!" An An came over with her little arms raised.

Lin Xijin looked at the red and swollen mosquito bites on An An's arms, took out some cooling oil to rub them on him, blew on them, and coaxed him, "Okay, An An, don't scratch them, it will be fine in a while."

Lin Xijin couldn't help but think that she lived at the foot of the mountain, where there were many mosquitoes. She usually burned wormwood to repel mosquitoes. She also took out mosquito coils and cooling oil for her family. But in summer, there are mosquitoes everywhere. These mosquito repellent artifacts should have a huge market. Now that the cosmeceuticals workshop is in use, it can make some mosquito repellent products such as mosquito repellent floral water, cooling oil, and mosquito coils.

Lin Xijin did what he said. The next day, he went to see the clan leader and said that he wanted to purchase medicinal herbs such as mugwort, mint, lavender, rosemary, etc. If there were fresh flowers such as osmanthus, rose, rose, jasmine, etc., he could buy them in large quantities, and the villagers could also plant them in the empty places in front of and behind their houses.

The clan leader knew that this was another source of income for the villagers. Things like mugwort and mint can be seen everywhere on the roadside and at the foot of the mountain, and there are also many kinds of flowers. The villagers can go out and take a walk to collect them, and it is easy to plant.

Then the gong sounded cheerfully again.

Now the villagers are overjoyed when they hear the sound of the gong, because it usually means good news.

As expected, the villagers were not disappointed. When they heard the news, they all went out with their backpacks and sickles to cut grass and pick flowers.

Soon, the daughter-in-law who married into Shiziwo spread the news back to the nearby villages, and people from other villages also came to sell medicinal herbs. Lin Xijin accepted all the herbs, as many as possible.

Some villagers were not short of money, and knowing that Lin Xijin used these things to make mosquito repellent products, they all wanted to exchange some for a try. Whether they wanted mosquito coils, cooling oil, or mosquito repellent floral water, Lin Xijin accepted them all. The villagers tried them and found the effect quite good.

Word spread quickly, and these products became known as mosquito repellents. The products were sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves of two stores in the town and the county.

When Ren'antang heard the news, Shopkeeper Gu stood guard in front of the processing workshop, and in order to attract customers, he wanted Lin Xijin to share some of the products even if it was not profitable. There was really no other way but to give up some of the products to Shopkeeper Gu. If they wanted to share some of the products and ship them to Kyoto, they had to put it off until later.

"Jin'er, Jin'er, hurry! You have to save my Sanleng!" Lin Xijin was busy checking the account books for this period when she heard an anxious cry coming from the door.

Lin Xijin hurried out the door and saw Aunt Zhang running towards her breathlessly, carrying her son Sanleng on her back.

"what happened?"

"I was bitten by a snake!"

"Qiuyan, hurry up and bring the medicine box!" After hearing the order, Qiuyan rushed back to the pharmacy to get the medicine box.

Aunt Zhang put Sanleng on the ground and saw that the lower half of his right arm had turned black and blue, and his lips were also turning blue, which showed that the snake was very poisonous.

Lin Xijin tore his clothes, luckily the poison had not spread to the upper arm yet. Lin Xijin quickly used Sanleng's clothes to tie him up to prevent the poison from spreading.

Qiuyan quickly took out the medicine box, and Lin Xijin hurriedly took out an antidote pill and a small bottle of spiritual spring water and fed them to Sanleng to drink. Then he used a tourniquet to tightly tie up the upper half of Sanlengzi's arm, and then used a vacuum pump to suck out the snake venom, and stopped only when the blood was no longer black.

After untying the tourniquet and the tattered clothes, Lin Xijin washed Sanleng's wound, disinfected and bandaged it. After asking Aunt Zhang to carry Sanleng to the ward, change him into a hospital gown, and inject him with anti-snake venom serum, Lin Xijin finally wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"Jin'er, will Sanleng be in trouble?" Aunt Zhang asked nervously.

"It's okay, he will wake up soon. How did Sanleng get bitten?"

"It's just because he was naughty. He climbed up a tree to dig out a bird's nest. There was a snake in the nest, so he got bitten." Aunt Zhang looked helpless.

"Alas, there are many snakes in this season, and we are at the foot of the mountain, so we have to be careful in everything we do."

"That's right. When I go up the mountain to cut grass or pick herbs, I always bring a stick with me. I beat the grass first before I feel at ease."

"Aunt Zhang, your idea is great. Go back and remind everyone to pay more attention to safety. You can also carry some realgar with you, which can also help repel insects and snakes."

Aunt Zhang quickly agreed.

Not long after, Sanleng woke up, and Aunt Zhang was relieved. Lin Xijin asked her to go back first, leaving Sanleng to observe for a while, and go back in the afternoon if there was nothing else.

In the evening, Sanleng was indeed fine, but to be on the safe side, Lin Xijin still fed him a detoxification pill and a small bottle of spiritual spring water, and gave him a set of Xihui's half-worn clothes for him to change into.

Aunt Zhang came and wanted to give money to Lin Xijin. Lin Xijin thought that Aunt Zhang couldn't afford it at the price of the medicine, so it would be better not to charge her, so she didn't take Aunt Zhang's money.

Aunt Zhang pushed Sanleng down to his knees and said, "Sanleng, your life was saved by your sister Jin. You must repay your sister Jin by working like a slave in the future."

"Aunt Zhang, it's just a small favor. We are just fellow villagers, so don't worry too much."

Aunt Zhang went back with many thanks.

The summer heat has faded away, the autumn wind blows through the treetops, and the entire village of Shiziwo is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus.

When planting trees at the beginning of the year, trees as tall as an adult were selected along the roadside. With the irrigation of spiritual spring water, these osmanthus trees were full of golden flowers at the end of July. Many villagers like osmanthus trees and inevitably plant one or two in front of and behind their houses. As a result, Shiziwo has become a world of osmanthus fragrance.

There are also several osmanthus trees planted in Lin Xijin's yard. Now, she is directing the people in the planting and breeding team to pick osmanthus flowers.

Spread a specially sewn wide oilcloth around the roots of the osmanthus tree, then have strong men climb up the tree and shake the branches of the tree. Wait for the osmanthus flowers to fall onto the cloth, and then pick out the dead branches and leaves. It is quick and easy.

Many villagers picked osmanthus flowers from their own courtyards and sold them to Lin Xijin. The village head and clan leader beside the village road took the lead and asked the men in the village to shake them down and give them to Lin Xijin. But Lin Xijin insisted on getting the money back, so after deducting the wages paid to the men, it was also considered part of the village's collective income.

Lin Xijin planned to use some of the osmanthus flowers to make tea and some to make mooncake fillings.

August 15th is coming, this is Lin Xijin's first Mid-Autumn Festival in this world. The first is usually more memorable. Lin Xijin doesn't know how other families celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, but she plans to grandly launch mooncakes that symbolize reunion at home.