You are my golden finger

As the shrill cries of pigs, chickens and ducks rang out one after another, the villagers of Shiziwo began to celebrate the Little New Year.

Lin Xijin had a large family and needed to give gifts for the New Year, so four large pigs were killed. One was given to Zhuangzi, and one leg was given to the county magistrate Li Yuze's family, the restaurant, and the owner of the drug store. Of course, there were also gifts such as fruits, wine, and tea.

The village sent gifts to the head of the village, the clan leader, several clan elders and the third mother-in-law's family. Each family gave about ten kilograms of food, plus two bags of tea and two small jars of wine. This is a generous New Year gift in the countryside.

It was the clan leader of Lin Guiqi's family who brought Xingcheng, Xiaowen, Xihui and Xijia to deliver the gift. In addition to ten pounds of meat, two bags of tea and two small jars of wine, they also gave Lin Guiqi ten taels of silver, two sets of clothes and two pairs of shoes.

"Lin Guiqi, your grandson and granddaughter are very filial, you must cherish their blessings! Keep a good control on your wife. If I hear her gossiping and scolding Jin'er outside again, I will cancel your family's dividend. Let Xihui stop giving you holiday and New Year gifts!" The clan leader seemed to be speaking loudly to Lin Guiqi, but actually to Jiang.

Over the past year, Jiang and her good son Lin Musheng did not want to cause trouble for Lin Xijin, but they were intimidated by the clan leader, the head of the village, and the elders, and dared not act rashly. But they cursed Lin Xijin behind her back, saying things like "a traitor", "a conscienceless person", "a cheap bitch", "an evil ghost", etc. In short, they cursed her with all kinds of ugly words.

Especially on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, when they invited the clan leaders to dinner, although they gave Lin Guiqi a festival gift, they didn't invite him to dinner. At night, Jiang secretly went to watch everyone barbecue, and she was so greedy that she drooled, but she was afraid of the power of the clan leaders and elders and didn't dare to go in. So the next day, she started to scold Mu Xiong's family, and Grandma He was so angry that she had a fight with her.

For a long time afterwards, Jiang kept cursing.

Lin Xijin knew this, someone had told her a long time ago, but she was unwilling to lower her status. Rather than arguing with this country bitch, it would be more realistic to earn more money.

Apart from being honest, cowardly and henpecked, Lin Guiqi doesn't have many problems. Whenever he has time, he will show up at Lin Xijin's farmland. Sometimes he will chop two loads of firewood and bring it home. There is really nothing to say about it, so Lin Xijin is willing to give him some respect.

Lin Guiqi smiled awkwardly but said nothing. Jiang heard the clan leader's warning and didn't dare to show up, fearing that he would not receive the New Year gift. Several people put down their things and turned to leave.

The family now has many people and abundant supplies, so they can cook whatever they want. The servants come from all over the place, and those who are good at cooking are assigned to the kitchen by the housekeeper. These people know that the master will give them generous rewards, so those who are assigned are very happy and do their best to work hard.

So the food on the table was a mixture of north and south, and the variety was changed at every meal. As long as everyone was satisfied with the food, Lin Xijin would ask Qiuyan to give them a reward.

After dinner on the eve of the Chinese New Year, loud gongs and drums sounded in the village, and the dragon and lion dance team gathered for training.

The dragon and lion team now does not have to worry about manpower anymore, because most of the young men in the village have martial arts skills and can go on the field after just a little practice of coordination.

However, the Big Head Buddha was played vividly by Xihui and Xiaowen.

Ye Jinlin, Chuntao and the caravan returned on the afternoon of the 28th day of the lunar year, bringing back generous New Year gifts from various families in Kyoto. Even the Imperial Concubine Yi in the palace asked Madam Wu to give her a box of jewelry. It was full of jewels and was obviously worth a lot of money.

Originally, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Xijin wanted Chuntao to stay. Later, when she saw that there was something wrong between Chuntao and Ye Jinlin, she asked Chuntao for her opinion. As expected, Chuntao was still willing to stay in Kyoto. Lin Xijin didn't care. As long as they were loyal, there was no harm in helping them achieve their goals!

In the evening, Xingwen and Xingwu came home excitedly. The two boys distributed the gifts, not even leaving out Qi Po. The two did not like to study, so Lin Xijin, under their nagging, first let them follow the caravan twice, and then let them stay in Kyoto with Ye Jinlin for the last two months at the end of the year, planning to make arrangements if they were available.

Finally, the guys dragged Ye Jinlin to the Dragon and Lions team for training.

Lin Xijin could only hire child laborers and asked Xijia and Xinlan to help check the account books.

Lin Xijin was very satisfied with the results of the check. Not counting the grain production, the wine shop, pharmacy, cosmetics workshop and several shops made a net profit of 136,000 taels of silver, which was an astonishing income. Of course, half of the credit was due to the space cheating artifact.

"Sister, are we so rich?" Xijia couldn't believe it.

"Sister, if we exchange all the banknotes for silver, can it fill up a whole room?" Xin Lan asked curiously.

"Here, here are ten taels of silver. Can you calculate it?" Lin Xijin took out a ten-tael silver ingot and said jokingly.

The two silly girls actually measured the volume of the silver ingot and concluded that it was not possible. So they decided to work hard to make money like their sister when they grew up and try to fill all the empty rooms in the house with silver.

Lin Xijin laughed in surprise after hearing this, and sighed deeply at the cuteness of the human cubs.

This year, every household in the village had money in their pockets and food in their warehouses. More than 20 households had newly built brick and tile houses, all designed according to the drawings given by Lin Xijin.

Among them, the houses of the clan leader, the village head, and Uncle Muxiong were the most beautifully built.

Others who have not built houses have also renovated them and are preparing to build new houses next year.

Perhaps influenced by the brainwashing of the clan leader, most people were grateful for Lin Xijin's kindness and sent New Year gifts to her family. You had a chicken, she had a basket of eggs, and that one had a bag of glutinous rice cakes. Naturally, they received more and more exquisite gifts in return than what they had sent.

Early in the morning of New Year's Eve, the sound of gongs and drums rang out, and the dragon and lion dance team danced, and the clan leader led the men in the clan to hold a ceremony to worship the ancestors in the ancestral hall. The clan leader lit the first incense stick, and the second incense stick must be lit by Xihui. Then the clan elders lit incense sticks in order of age, and finally the heads of each household lit incense sticks one by one.

After the sacrifice in the ancestral hall was completed, Xihui ran back to his home and led a group of children to worship the ancestral tablets in an orderly manner. After breakfast, he ran to the camphor tree to dance the lion or join in the fun.

The main dish of the New Year's Eve dinner is still hot pot. After all, the weather is cold, and eating hot pot will create a prosperous and lively atmosphere. Other dishes are also placed on the vegetable rack and warmed with hot water. If you want to eat, you can take the dish yourself, and everyone eats very satisfied.

When everyone had almost finished eating, Lin Xijin distributed red envelopes to everyone. Because everyone had performed well over the past year, servants were given ten taels of silver, and those with outstanding performance were given fifteen taels. Supervisors, children, seven aunts, nannies, and Qiuyan were given twenty taels. After all the red envelopes were distributed, more than a thousand taels of silver were distributed.

Everyone was very happy to receive the red envelopes, and now the red envelopes are almost as much as their wages. In this way, starting a family and supporting a family will not be a problem at all.

The last program was of course the setting off of fireworks, which were produced by Lin Xijin's space. First, the boys set off various large fireworks tubes: Gatling guns, colorful lotuses, sunflowers, shining red stars, and peace and prosperity... The various dazzling fireworks were dazzling and attracted a group of children to watch the fun.

Finally, the girls were given sparklers to play with, and the children who came to watch the fun were also given two. But to prevent accidents, they were not allowed to take them away, and they were asked to form a circle and set off the sparklers together.

The children laughed and screamed, bringing the festive atmosphere to a climax.

An An, held by Ye Jinlin, also lit two fireworks. The little guy was extremely excited. After setting them off, he ran to Lin Xijin and reported to her, "Sister, the fireworks are beautiful!"

Lin Xijin picked him up, and the little guy hugged her neck affectionately, smiling happily as he watched everyone set off the fireworks.