Chapter 119: The Wind Rises

"Oh, Money Shopkeeper, these two are ...... Oh, get up, get up...... What is this for?"

Lin Jincai stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking at a man of the same age as himself and a little girl about the same age as Lin Xiaohan kneeling in front of him and calling him "master", helpless and incoherent. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

He stretched out his hand to help the man up, and wanted to help the little girl, but he felt that something was wrong and hurriedly retracted his hand, and Lin Xiaohan next to him hurriedly stepped forward and helped the girl up.

It turned out that Han Guining didn't join the excitement of the Lin family digging a pond because he went to other places to deal with business, but when he heard that the Lin family was going to plant lotus roots, he was busy flying pigeons and instructed the money shopkeeper to send lotus root seeds, and bought a subordinate who had planted lotus roots.

Lin Jincai shook his hand, and he was afraid to accept it. Just kidding, he is a farmer himself, how can he afford to use his subordinates.

The shopkeeper hurriedly explained: "My son-in-law is just worried that your family has never planted lotus roots, so he instructed me to find such an experienced person to help you." You think, the two young masters in the family have to go to school, and you have to farm the land alone, and you have to manage two ponds to grow lotus root and raise fish, where can you take care of it, you can no longer work Mrs. and Miss to go out in the wind and sun. In the past, there was no such condition, but now the Lin family has built Chunhui Yixue, and they do business with our son-in-law, and they are also famous among the neighbors near and far. In the future, the two young masters took the Xiucai exam and won the promotion, and the Lin family is a real scholarly family, and it is not an exaggeration to use a servant now. The money shopkeeper persuaded sincerely.

He also briefly introduced the situation of the father and daughter: The middle-aged man is Liu Pingan, who is thirty-six years old this Chinese New Year's Eve. The family has four acres of land, originally planted lotus roots, only because his daughter-in-law got sick, he sought medical advice and medicine savings were exhausted, so he had to sell the family's fields, and the daughter-in-law's illness was not cured in the end, and she died half a year ago. He left behind a daughter of fourteen years old, and a debt of ten taels of silver. In order to repay the debt, Liu Ping'an also sold the family house, and now the father and daughter have no way to make a living, so they have to sell themselves into slavery.

The world has pity on the weak. Hearing what happened to their family, Lin Jincai was immediately moved. He also remembered his wife's delicate but now roughening hands when she was newly married, her young but weathered face, and her wife was also pampered when she was in her mother's house, and never went to the ground...... After getting married, he was the number one inside and outside. and a daughter who is growing up as tender as shallots, and these two people were sent by Han Guining......

Lin Jincai's heart was moved, but he didn't dare to decide, so he habitually looked at his little daughter.

Lin Xiaohan looked at them carefully. The father and daughter kept their heads down, and the clothes on their bodies were old but cleanly washed, looking like they were honest and responsible. The little girl looked as thin as a bean sprout, and her hands were unconsciously twisted together due to nervousness. Lin Xiaohan couldn't help but think of the yellow and thin face he looked like when he first came to this world. Now the three siblings have grown taller, and their faces are much more ruddy.

I have to do a lot of housework every day, and I have to practice martial arts, so I don't have time to try anything else. Her spicy plan was just getting started, and finding a helper freed herself would give her more time to implement other plans. In this way, my mother doesn't have to be so tired. And it was the person sent by Han Guining, I can't be wrong, and I have never planted lotus root in my own family, Han Guining's move is really sleepy and sent a pillow. With such a delicate mind, Lin Xiaohan's heart is ironed.

Thinking like this, Xiao Han asked them a few questions, which were nothing more than what they usually do, although the two were a little restrained, but because they were familiar with each other, they answered quite smoothly.

Xiao Han nodded with satisfaction and accepted the deed of sale handed over by the money shopkeeper.

He also said: "You don't have to be afraid, our family is a Zhuang family, there are not so many rules, in the future, Uncle Liu will follow my father to work, and Sister Xiaolan will follow me and my mother." Our family is a kind person, and we will not easily beat and scold people, as long as you work honestly and are loyal to our family, we will not treat you badly, and maybe you may be able to repay your deed of sale. But the ugly words are ahead, if the performance is not good, or even endangers the interests of our family, then we will not be blamed. ”

Lin Xiaohan's words were a combination of grace and power, and the father and daughter of the Liu family, who had heard of her deeds for a long time, had mixed joys and sorrows, and knelt down and kowtowed again tremblingly, saying that they would definitely listen to the orders of the master's family and never dare to cheat and play tricks.

The money shopkeeper looked at it coldly on the side, and nodded secretly, this Lin Xiaohan really has a scheming.

The Chen family arranged for Liu Ping'an to live in the front yard, while Liu Xiaolan and Lin Xiaohan lived in the same room, and another bed was separated by a curtain.

Lin Jincai asked the money shopkeeper to stay for dinner, but the money shopkeeper repeatedly excused himself, saying that there was something else. Seeing this, Lin Xiaohan didn't force him to stay, so he went to the house and packed some snacks made by himself for him to take back.

That night, Lin Xiaohan and Chen took Liu Xiaolan to the kitchen to clean up a table of dishes, and when Lin Lixia and Lin Chunfen brothers came back, everyone had a meal happily, which was regarded as a catch for the father and daughter of the Liu family.

At this point, there were two more helpers at home, Lin Xiaohan breathed a sigh of relief, liberated himself from the busy housework, and began to spend more time practicing martial arts.

Chu Zhao made sandbags of different weights for each of their brothers and sisters, tied them to their legs, and ran two rounds from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain every day. Lin Xiaohan gritted his teeth hard every day, sweating profusely and running up and down the mountain.

The matter of planting lotus root was handed over to Liu Ping'an, and Lin Jincai saw that he was working in an orderly manner, so he relieved his heart.

Lin Jincai went to the market and bought 20 catties of fish fry and put them in the pond, there are three kinds of grass carp, silver carp and herring fish. At the same time, he also asked the spring equinox to tell the little baby who usually plays together, and let them fish for snails and snails from the river, and the Lin family bought them at a high price of ten cents a catty.

The baby in the village was so happy, I didn't expect that the humble snail could also be sold for money. In fact, they don't have any concept of ten cents, but they heard that they can buy a lot of delicious candy and snacks, so all the babies give up the games they love to play on weekdays, and they all go to touch snails.

For a time, whether it was the Qingshui River, the small ditches and streams in the fields and fields, they were all touched by the little baby, and this action also spread to the neighboring villages.

So in those days, every evening, there was a crisp and soft children's voice at the door of the Lin family's courtyard.

"Brother Equinox, Sister Xiaohan" kept calling, Lin Xiaohan agreed with a smile, weighed the money, carefully strung the copper coin with straw rope, put it in their pockets, and carefully told them not to drop it. also asked Liu Xiaolan to grab a handful of home-made popcorn for each baby who sent snails, which won the hearts of the little babies.

Xiao Liuxiang was the most excited, and ran around with it, Lin Xiaohan took a clay pot and raised a few snails, Xiao Liuxiang was novel and loved, and he had to lie there and watch the old man for a long time every day.

After more than ten days, there were fewer and fewer children who came to sell snails, and the number became smaller and smaller. Lin Xiaohan also breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that all the snails in the river and ditch would be touched in her own pond, which would destroy the ecological balance.

Some of the snails were taken back, some of them were put into the pond for breeding, and some of them were used to make snail soup.

Lin Xiaohan took Liu Xiaolan to Han Han's rice noodle shop to instruct the carefully selected cooks of the shopkeeper Qian on how to make rice noodles, snail soup, chili oil, and other braised vegetables.

The money shopkeeper bought the shop next to Han Han's rice noodle shop and opened a Han Han snail noodle shop. Lin Xiaohan looked at the familiar handwriting on the plaque, funny and moved, and his heart was full of tenderness. Han Guining wrote a letter saying: One day, we will let this Han Han rice noodle shop and Han Han snail noodle shop open all over the country, and at that time, no matter where you go, you can eat your favorite snail noodles.

This is really a lofty ambition, Lin Xiaohan is looking forward to it. But a few years later, she was really able to eat snail noodles all over the country, but she was no longer in the mood she was in at that time.

Before the snail noodles were launched, Lin Xiaohan begged his uncle Chen Hanzhong to make a beautiful poster and paste it in the store, the picture was a person snorting and eating snail noodles, with beads of sweat on his forehead, but with a satisfied look on his face, the picture was very vivid, the snail noodles floating with red pepper oil, embellished with green vegetable leaves and sour bamboo shoots, bean curd fungus, and peanuts made people look at the tongue, and couldn't help but want to taste it.

Uncle's painting is getting better and better, since he became the master of Chunhui Yixue, he has more time to study painting, Chinese painting and Western painting are gradually blended together, and the novel painting is gradually accepted.

Lin Xiaohan asked his brother and younger brother to draw dozens of simple advertisements at the same time, which said that the snail noodles will be half price for three days before they are launched, that is, three yuan for a small bowl and four yuan for a large bowl. The work of distributing advertisements was handed over to a few clever children in the village, so they had a few more coppers in their purses for private money. Before going to bed, I touched my bulging purse, and my dreams were rippling with joyful smiles.

Three days before the opening of Han Han's snail noodle shop, every day was full of customers, and the guys were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground. After three days, although there are not so many customers, the daily flow is still very stable.

This was expected by Lin Xiaohan, the local climate was humid, and the villagers were already very fond of spicy and sour, and the introduction of snail noodles greatly catered to their tastes.

The life of the Lin family is thriving, the previous Chunhui Yixue has earned enough reputation, and now not only built a blue brick house, but also dug a pond to grow lotus root and raise fish, and opened a rice noodle shop. The titles of Lin Jincai and Chen became "master, lady", and the titles of Lin Xiaohan's brothers and sisters became "Miss, eldest young master, and second young master". Even Xiao Ruka is called "Little Master".

The eyes of the people in the village looked at them delicately, some were envious, some were jealous, some were cynical behind their backs, and some were genuinely happy for them. So when the villagers saw Lin Jincai following Liu Ping'an or Chen and Lin Xiaohan out with Liu Xiaolan, although they greeted each other as usual, the expressions on their faces became unnatural, and their words seemed to be sarcastic.

Lin Jincai and the others felt faintly uncomfortable in their hearts.

Lin Xiaohan sighed secretly, and only told everyone to be the same as usual, neither to pretend to be arrogant or to smile at everyone in order to show his humility.

Lin Xiaohan doesn't want to cater to other people's psychology for anyone or what reason, and live according to other people's wishes. God gave her the opportunity to be reincarnated, and in this life she just wanted to live freely and easily.

It's a pity that the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, and the laughter and laughter of the Lin family stung the eyes of some people and deepened their bitter hatred. A storm is brewing. (To be continued.) )