You are my golden finger

After parking the car at the door of the restaurant, Lin Xijin looked up at the restaurant's signboard and saw three big characters written on it: "Mei Mei Zhai".

The two walked into the building, found the shopkeeper, and explained their purpose. The shopkeeper said with a sad face: "You came at an unlucky time. Nowadays, the restaurant dares not accept so many prey. The business has been taken away by the new restaurant "Zuixiangju" in the town."

Uncle Jianan asked the shopkeeper what was going on. The shopkeeper explained that the other party introduced new dishes and used low prices to attract customers, so all the customers went to "Zuixiangju".

Seeing the shopkeeper's sad look, Lin Xijin said to him, "Shopkeeper, can you show me the menu of your restaurant?" The shopkeeper looked at her and thought that it was impossible for such a little girl to understand anything, so he handed the menu to her casually without any hope.

Lin Xijin took the menu and saw that they were all simple dishes, so she knew what to order. She thought that with her modern experience of traveling around the country to try all kinds of food and her strong hands-on skills, it would be easy for her to turn a restaurant around.

So he said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, maybe I have a way to save your restaurant. Can I borrow your kitchen and ingredients?"

Seeing how confident she was, the shopkeeper decided to give it a try and readily agreed.

Lin Xijin went to the ox cart, put on her backpack, asked Uncle Jianan to watch the ox cart and wait for her for a while, and then followed the shopkeeper to the kitchen.

She thought about the prey in her car, and saw that there was pork and mutton in the kitchen, so she decided to use these two ingredients to show her cooking skills. She first took out the pork chops and mutton chops, and added salt, sugar, cooking wine and other seasonings that could be found in the kitchen. Then she used the backpack cheat to take out pepper, star anise and other seasonings to marinate. After marinating, she stewed some mutton in clear water, and finally made some braised pork.

The meat was braised quickly. Then the silver frost charcoal was lit and placed on the grill to grill the pork chops and lamb chops.

Before it was finished baking, the aroma had already wafted out of the kitchen, attracting the shopkeeper and the hotel's chef, who stood by and drooled.

The pork chops and lamb chops were grilled, and the lamb for nourishing food was stewed. They were put on a tray and sent to the lobby by the waiter.

Lin Xijin asked the shopkeeper, the chef and Uncle Jianan to come and taste the dishes. Everyone was already salivating at the aroma, so they couldn't wait to eat. They stopped only when all the dishes were finished, feeling unsatisfied.

The shopkeeper put down his chopsticks and asked Lin Xijin impatiently, "Miss, can you sell your recipe?"

Lin Xijin said: "Shopkeeper, I don't sell recipes. I only cooperate with people who are destined to be with me."

The shopkeeper was also a shrewd man. After just one word, he knew that what Lin Xijin wanted was long-term cooperation, so he said to her: "Miss, why don't we buy your prey first, and you sell us some seasonings for grilled pork chops and lamb chops. I will contact you about other cooperation after I ask my master for instructions." Lin Xijin readily agreed.

The shopkeeper was also a straightforward man and paid Lin Xijin a total of thirty taels of silver.

After taking the silver, he watched the sun set, made an appointment with the shopkeeper to come again tomorrow, and hurried back to the village with Uncle Jian'an.

After returning to the village, Lin Xijin took out two taels of silver and gave it to Uncle Jianan to thank him for helping her pull in prey and introducing business to her.

Uncle Jianan refused to accept the money no matter what. Lin Xijin said, "Uncle, please accept it. You will have to trouble me a lot in the future. If you don't take the money, how can I dare to trouble you again next time?" Lin Jianan had no choice but to accept the money.

Lin Xijin hadn't returned home yet, but she could hear her younger brother and sister crying and Jiang's scolding from afar. Her heart tightened, and she ran home like a fly.

I ran to the door of my house and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Grandma He and Aunt Qi protecting my younger brothers and sisters.

When Jiang saw Lin Xijin coming back, she immediately pointed the straw at her and yelled, "You bitch, you bastard, you killed a pig and gave all of it to outsiders, but you didn't give a single bite to the family. You have fed your conscience to the dogs!"

Lin Xijin was already very angry when she heard Xihui and Xijia crying, and now she was even more furious when she heard Jiang cursing.

She grabbed Jiang's clothes and threw them down: "Get lost, who are you and your family? We have already signed the severance agreement, so don't show up in front of us again."

Jiang took advantage of the situation and sat down on the ground, throwing a tantrum and loudly scolding the three siblings, saying that they had no conscience and that the bitch Lin Xijin was possessed by an evil spirit.

When the neighbors heard Jiang's scolding, they all came to watch the fun. No one knew who went to inform the clan leader, but he soon came with a few clan elders.

Seeing Jiang's disobedient look, the clan leader was extremely angry and shouted at Jiang, "Jiang, your two families have already written a letter of severance. Jin's sister and brother have no relationship with your family anymore. Her things can be given to whoever they want. It has nothing to do with you. If you make trouble again, the clan will divorce you on behalf of Lin Guiqi and drive you out of the village."

The elders and neighbors nearby also blamed Jiang.

Seeing that no one agreed with her and fearing that she would be divorced, Jiang had no choice but to get up and walk away dejectedly, cursing as she walked.

The elders of the clan comforted the siblings with a few words and then dispersed with the neighbors. Grandma He comforted them with a few words and also went back.

Lin Xijin and her brother took Qipo home with them, and hurriedly cooked. They put the wild boar's head, pig's feet, pig's intestines, etc. that they had prepared at noon into the pot and stewed them. Then they talked to Qipo, Xihui and Xijia about what happened at home.

It turned out that not long after Lin Xijin left in the afternoon, Jiang learned from the villagers that she had set traps to catch three wild boars, and killed one and distributed it to the clan leader, elders, and even Grandma He's family.

So Jiang ran to Grandma He's house and saw Grandma He preparing wild boar meat, filling a small wooden basin. Jiang was so jealous that she started to fight with Grandma He, saying that it was her granddaughter's wild boar meat, and she hadn't eaten it yet, so why should Grandma He eat it? Grandma He and her mother-in-law beat Jiang out with a stick.

Jiang was not convinced, so she ran to the house to make a scene and wanted to get some pork. Grandma He was worried about her child, so she ran over too. So Qi Po and Grandma He brought Xihui and Xijia to stop Jiang, and the scene that happened when she just returned home happened.

Lin Xijin was very thankful that Grandma Qi and Grandma He helped her, so her younger brothers and sisters were not beaten, and the things in the house were not destroyed. She was even more thankful that she killed a wild boar this morning and shared it with everyone, and the tribesmen helped her when she had problems at home.

Although there is an old saying that one should support the truth rather than relatives, as long as there is material and emotional support, the truth will become louder and the back can be straighter!

Lin Xijin thought for a moment, and said to Grandma Qi sincerely, "Grandma Qi, thank you. Jin'er is still young and doesn't understand many things. Hui'er and Jiajia also need someone to take care of them. How about this? You can stay with us three siblings in the future. When we eat, you can eat. We will take care of you in the future. Now you can stay in the temple at night. During the day, you can come and eat three meals with us. When the new house is built, you can move in and live with us."

When Grandma Qi heard her words, she burst into tears. She wiped her tears and said, "Jin girl, what virtue do I have as an old woman to let you three siblings take care of me in my old age? It's my duty to take care of Hui'er and Jiajia. You don't have to be polite to me."

Lin Xijin saw that Qi Po was also very happy, and immediately made the decision: "Qi Po, it's settled, we will be a family from now on."

Xihui and Xijia also took one of each and held Qipo's hands and shook them.

The aroma of the braised meat soon filled the air. Lin Xijin scooped out some of each and filled a large pot. The rest of the meat was simmered in the pot after the fire was turned off. Lin Xijin also fried a plate of wild vegetables, and the four of them started eating.

The food was so delicious and everyone was hungry that they ate until they were full without realizing it.

Grandma Qi went back home after dinner. The three siblings washed up and lay on the bed and were told a bedtime story as usual. The two younger ones were frightened and tired, and fell asleep quickly.

Lin Xijin's consciousness sneaked into the space, and she collected all kinds of things and processed all kinds of seasonings. She believed that the owner of the restaurant would definitely look for her to cooperate tomorrow.