Chapter 7 Who can resist the temptation of a hundred cents?
In the middle of the night, various rustling noises were heard outside Lin Xi's door, and when you looked closely, you saw only black shadows.
Each shadow walked very cautiously, and with the help of moonlight, the group of people finally found the back door of the Lin family.
Just when a dark shadow was about to touch the door handle, suddenly, he seemed to feel the touch of another hand on his hand.
On a dark and windy night, I was touched suddenly...
"ah!!!!!"
Lin Xi was half asleep in the room when she was awakened by a scream. Xiao Yongyan also woke up immediately, blew up the fire stick and lit the oil lamp.
Since receiving the compensation from Jishidiang, they spent one or two taels of silver to buy a lot of daily necessities in the town, and now their house looks like a normal home.
Xiao Yongyan walked to the back door holding an oil lamp. When he opened the door, he saw a row of people standing there in a row.
…
Lin Xi's house was brightly lit. There were seven people in the house. There were not enough chairs, so everyone had to stand.
"Uncles, why are you visiting us in the middle of the night?" Lin Xi asked.
This group of people looked at each other, but no one spoke.
"Since no one is talking, they are not here to see us. Madam, let's just see them off." Xiao Yongyan said indifferently.
When they heard that Xiao Yongyan was going to chase them away, one of the men who looked more honest quickly stood up and said, "Brother, don't get me wrong, my name is Ma Shanfeng, and Aunt Wu is my sister."
After he introduced him like this, Lin Xi immediately understood that this Ma Shanfeng was probably the one introduced by Aunt Wu to work here.
"Yes, we are all together."
After Ma Shanfeng finished speaking, five men stood up one after another.
Lin Xi couldn't help but be amazed. The Ma family was so fertile that they had five brothers.
"I understand." Lin Xi looked at the people beside him again, "What are you doing here?"
The two people on the side hesitated, as if they didn't know how to start the conversation.
Ma Shanfu, the youngest of the Ma brothers, said, "What else can you do here? I'm afraid you're here to look for work."
The other two were a little embarrassed when their purpose was exposed. The thinner man said, "I heard that you were looking for someone to help you open up the wasteland, so I wanted to ask."
Lin Xi looked up at the moon outside the window and asked, "It's nothing, but why did you choose the middle of the night?"
"Aunt Wu has told me about the Ma family. As for you two..." Lin Xi was not sure whether they could be used.
Xiao Yongyan interrupted Lin Xi and said, "Since you are here, let's go together. We will start work early tomorrow morning. I have already checked the place."
There was anticipation in the eyes of several people.
Ma Shanfeng was the first to speak out, "Don't worry, we brothers are all good at work, and we can make a good farm for you in a few days."
The other two also gave brief self-introductions. They were brothers, the younger one was named Sun Shuping and the older one was named Sun Shuhua.
After sending a few people away, Lin Xi asked Xiao Yongyan, "The Ma brothers were introduced by Aunt Wu, but why did you keep the Sun brothers? We didn't even do a background check on them."
"Background check?" Xiao Yongyan found Lin Xi's statement very strange.
Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, then continued as if nothing had happened, "What if the two of them don't work hard and are not competent for this job?"
Xiao Yongyan smiled soothingly, "Sun Shuhua is the son-in-law of the village head. Building a good relationship with them will help us gain a foothold in the village."
Lin Xi didn't expect that Xiao Yongyan had already made connections in the village, and his eyes became even more admiring.
"This is just the beginning. I won't let you suffer anymore." Xiao Yongyan suddenly said solemnly.
I have to say, Xiao Yongyan looked unexpectedly handsome when he said this.
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The next day.
The villagers looked in surprise as the five brothers of the Ma family and the two brothers of the Sun family carried hoes to the back mountain to open up wasteland.
The Ma family and the Sun family should not be short of land, so why bother to open up wasteland in the back mountain? You have to know that the wasteland has no fertility and cannot grow good rice at all.
Finally, they learned from Ma Shanfeng's wife that they were helping two exiles to open up wasteland, and that their daily wage was 100 coins, including one meal.
This shocked the villagers, even though they could earn a hundred coins a day by finding manual labor in Fenghe Town.
But one hundred wen li, we have to deduct the lunch money and round-trip transportation.
Now these people work at their doorsteps, have lunch at noon, and can earn a hundred coins, which is a big profit.
Although no one said it, they were all envious in their hearts.
Thinking back to the beginning, they all privately rejected Lin Xi and the others, and only Aunt Wu was nice to them. There was no need to ask the Ma brothers, they must have been introduced by Aunt Wu, but how did the two from the Sun family get in?
After thinking about it, everyone remembered that Ma Shanfeng's wife, Wang Meihua, and Sun Shuping's wife were sisters, and the Sun family must have known about it through this relationship.
There aren't many families in this small mountain village. To be honest, everyone is related to each other, so it's not uncommon for them to support each other.
Lin Xi's home.
Now that the land reclamation work has been contracted out, the task of cooking at noon has been given to Wu Erniu, so she and Xiao Yongyan have some free time.
After deducting the one tael of silver used to buy furniture and the two taels of silver given to Aunt Wu, Lin Xi still had seventeen taels of silver in his hand.
However, looking at the dilapidated walls, Lin Xi felt that it was not safe to keep the money directly at home.
[Ding, host needs detected, do you want to spend 1 experience point to enable the backpack function? ]
Of course he had to open it. Lin Xi paid 1 experience point without hesitation.
[The backpack has been opened for the host. Currently, there is one slot, which can hold one type of items. ]
[Items can be any non-living things such as utensils and plants. ]
The backpack is a built-in function of the system and is inseparable from Lin Xi. There is simply no more suitable place to hide money than this.
After collecting the silver, Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
The next step is to think about ways to make money. After all, farming has a cycle. It will take at least several months for the crops to mature, be harvested, and then be sold for money.
During this period, she and Xiao Yongyan couldn't just sit there and live off their savings.
Lin Xi looked at the system interface and pondered, wondering if there was any way to make money quickly.
[Ding, host needs detected, do you want to spend 10 experience points to open the database function? ]
Database? What the hell is that? It costs 10 points.
Lin Xi was actually a little reluctant to give it up. After all, it was difficult to earn back 10 experience points.
But she changed her mind and thought that what the system gave must be good things and should be worth it.
"Open it."
After a burst of pleasant music, the database function was activated.
It turned out that the database was full of various recipes. There were all kinds of them, so dazzling and countless that Lin Xi was dazzled.
Although Lin Xi wanted to take them all, she didn’t have enough experience points and she didn’t have that many dishes on hand.
After much searching, Lin Xi finally found a project that suits her current situation - flower steamed buns.
After paying 3 experience points, Lin Xi obtained the method of making flower steamed buns.
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