Obviously, Lu Jin is talking about that 'stubborn old man', Lin Xiaoman completely understands Lu Jin's feelings towards that man this time, it is really love and hate.

Having said this, Lin Xiaoman couldn't refuse, so he could only accept it with a sigh.

Fortunately, Lu Jin also arranged for people in the yamen to take care of these people, so Lin Xiaoman and Lin Daqiang didn't have to worry about it.

Before leaving, Qingshu also called Lin Xiaoman aside and advised, "Little shopkeeper, don't care about the people in these people, if anyone dares to make trouble, you just have to find an official to clean up." Only the person named Xu Qiuliang, if you can, please ask the little shopkeeper to take care of it. ”

Lin Xiaoman guessed that Xu Qiuliang should be the man Lu Jin cared about, and pretended to be surprised and asked, "Who is this person?" Why do adults take care of him? ”

Qingshu hesitated slightly, lowered his voice and said: "He is the mentor of my family, and my family is here to serve as the county commander this time, and it is also for him." I hope that the little shopkeeper will keep this matter secret. ”

Lin Xiaoman suddenly realized that this time it was Lu Jin who said that she would let her learn from Xu Qiuliang, and she also had to understand whether he was talking back.

"Brother Qingshu, don't worry, I will take care of Mr. Xu if I have the opportunity."

After Lu Jin and the others left, Lin Xiaoman told Lin Daqiang what Lu Jin said with content that had nothing to do with Xu Qiuliang.

But obviously, the sadness on his face that had just receded had increased again, and the frown on his brow could kill the flies.

After a day of repair, the house that can be lived in will be cleaned up for people to live in.

Early in the morning of the second day, the official sent out more than 100 young men and asked them to follow Lin Xiaoman to open up the wasteland, and at the same time brought three oxen pulling plows from the county seat.

Among the more than 100 people, there was Xu Qiuliang, Lin Xiaoman divided half of them out to pull weeds, and half followed the cattle to pick up stones from the ground.

When they encounter boulders and the oxen can't pull the plow, they have to dig the boulders out of the ground.

The farm tools were all brought by them from the county seat, and Lin Xiaoman led the people to the ground, so she didn't have to worry about the rest.

Lin Xiaoman paid special attention to Xu Qiuliang, although he had experienced the hardships of exile for several months, he was weak and unbeatable, and at first glance he was a weak scholar, and he fell several times without pulling out a few grasses, if it wasn't for the protection of the people next to him, his head would have been broken.

Lin Xiaoman was helpless, so he went home and dismantled the broken bedding he got when he separated the family, and tore it into strips to wrap these people's hands. After wrapping the strip of cloth and then pulling the weeds, it is really not so abrasive.

Xu Qiuliang nodded at Lin Xiaoman, and the person who was protecting him next to him thanked him again and again, "Thank you, thank you, thank you." ”

"No thanks, you are also clearing the wasteland for my family, you should be!" Lin Xiaoman waved his hand, no matter how he said it, he was also a teacher, and it was pitiful to fall into this step.

Those who remained in the West Village were led by craftsmen to repair the houses that had not collapsed seriously, and there were craftsmen there, men, women and children who went into battle together, and they did a decent job.

When Lin Xiaoman's family went to Liang, Lu Jin came to congratulate him with Qingshu, and also sent a not thin congratulatory gift, which made the envious eyes of Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin red.

After that, Lu Jin also let the craftsmen he brought in the city take over the work of painting mud on the inner and outer walls.

I have to say that the craftsmanship of these craftsmen is stronger than that of the village, obviously the exterior walls are all yellow mud, they have to paint the beauty, the house is also painted with white ash, even if there are no bright glass windows, the interior is much brighter.

Lin Xiaoman made an appointment with these people, and after a few days the wasteland was cleared, she would build a house by the river, and asked them to help.

When those craftsmen saw that the county magistrate had come to congratulate them in person, how could they not agree? Besides, Lin Xiaoman's salary is also generous, and today's Shangliang wine is also very rich, three sheep were slaughtered alone, and the spicy and fragrant mutton was paired with big steamed buns, but they felt that it was worth it if they didn't pay them.

Before Lu Jin returned to the city, Lin Xiaoman handed over a jar of mutton left for him to Qingshu and asked them to take it back to the city to eat.

Qingshu was so happy that his eyebrows fluttered, "The little shopkeeper is really distressed, those people just toasted, and my family didn't have a good time today." ”

Lin Xiaoman wanted to say that she didn't feel sorry for Lu Jin, she was so busy greeting guests that she didn't notice Lu Jin at all.

But Qingshu was already holding the jar of mutton and jumping a few feet away, and she couldn't shout out what was in her heart, so she could only shake her head and think: How did the county magistrate's family choose the scholar for him, and it was too jumpy.

Lin Daqiang stared at the village for a few days, and when he saw that the officials were obedient and obedient, and he didn't see any chaos, he ran away from both ends of the city and the village with confidence.

The skewer shop opposite the hot pot restaurant also opened, using the Jiugongge big iron pot that Lin Xiaoman had played before, but it was really in short supply, Lin Daqiang went to the blacksmith shop to order two large pots, and the business was booming, just the bamboo skewers that could be used repeatedly, Lin Xiaoman bought them several times.

When Lu Jin returned to the county seat, he also brought a few people who knew how to make kangs, and led the officials of the county government to spend three days putting all the houses of the residents on the kang.

After the propaganda of the people in the county government, many people came to the county government to inquire about what the kang was.

When I heard that in addition to preparing the materials for a fire kang at home, I had to give another 300 Wen, and many people were not very reluctant.

But there are still a lot of people who are willing to go, and after hearing from the county government that they can go to the newly opened hot pot restaurant to discuss the time of pankang, there are more people in front of the hot pot restaurant in the past few days, in addition to those who come to eat hot pot, there are also some who come to invite people to go home to pankang.

Seeing the endless stream of people who came to ask for Pankang, Lin Daqiang calculated in his heart how much he could earn in this Hui clan.

He had agreed with the people who learned Pan Kang before, and the work would be taken over by the clan, and one Pan Kang would receive 300 Wen, the clan would receive 200 Wen, and the one who worked would leave 100 Wen.

One hundred wen a day, this was a good thing that I couldn't think of before, and those people in the clan naturally agreed.

And the 200 Wen left by the clan was not swallowed by Lin Daqiang himself, like those lonely old people and people without labor in the clan, they are all paid by the clan for a year, and with these people, they will not freeze to death and starve to death.

But the price of a kang with 300 Wenpan can only earn this year, and when more people learn to pan kang next year, the Lin clan will no longer have to think about making money from pankang.

Of course, at that time, most of the people who could make a pan kang were finished, and it was okay to make a little money, don't think about making a lot of money.

After half a busy month, the kang in the east of the village was completed, the houses in the west of the village were also repaired, and the people who went to the county town to make money also went in rotation for several rounds.

There was also news from Shen Guihua's side, she finally said that her man Lin Youfu was looking for a shop in the city, and after looking at a few shops in the past few days, she finally chose a restaurant not far from the hot pot restaurant opened by Lin Xiaoman.

The front of the store is not large, and there are only three tables in the house, but there are two rooms for people at the back.

Like the meat skewers that Lin Xiaoman taught her to grill before, she can eat them while walking, and renting such a shop is also thinking that the family can live there.

Lin Xiaoman and Lin Erhu got up early and went to the wholesale market over there, and as soon as they came out of the cabinet door, they received several prompts, including the daily chicken soup of Grandma Liu and her old partners, and more calls and message reminders from Aunt Qi, more than a dozen phone calls, more than a dozen messages, and Sister Xiaomeng's calls and messages.