The man didn't pay any attention, assuming that the other person also wanted to work.
Without stopping his work, he casually replied.
"Is this for Madam Lin? She bought this whole area. The pay is thirty-five coins a day. If you want to work here, you can ask Foreman Jiang if he needs any workers."
The man glanced at the group of women cooking as he spoke, a hint of smugness on his face.
"See that over there? Madam Lin specially found someone to cook. Our foreman said that working here means not only will we eat dry food every day, but we'll also have meat at noon."
"Even when I was building houses for those big shots in the county town, I never received this kind of treatment. This Mrs. Lin is truly a kind person."
As the man spoke, a suspicious trickle of water dripped from the corner of his mouth.
As he said this, someone next to him slapped him with a crutch.
“You know the employer is kind, but you don’t put in any effort at work and instead just chat here. If the employer sees this, he’ll fire you, and you’ll have nowhere to cry.”
The man then ignored him and went about his own work.
Those who had initially tried to talk to Lin Dashuan no longer dared to waste words with him and instead busied themselves with other tasks.
After confirming that the house was indeed built for Lin Jiujiu, Lin Dashuan's eyes darted around, and then he ran home like a gust of wind.
After breakfast, the old man of the Lin family was still smoking his pipe in the house, while the old lady was cursing people in the yard with her hands on her hips.
"I don't know where that lazybones of Lao Wu's family has gone. They don't feed the chickens or wash their clothes. When they come back, I'll skin them alive."
"This whole family is so lazy, and they still want their mother to pay for their son to get a wife? They can dream on."
The other daughters-in-law of the Lin family, who were in their own rooms, did not stick their heads out when they heard the old woman cursing.
Anyone with a brain wouldn't step forward at this moment, otherwise, they would be the ones doing all the work.
As long as they don't go out and get caught by the old woman, no matter how big the problem is for Lao Wu's family, they'll still have to come back and do all these chores.
As soon as Lin Dashuan entered the door, he heard his mother cursing.
In the past, he would have said a few sarcastic remarks and tried to sow discord among the fifth brother's family.
But at this moment, he had no such thoughts.
He grabbed his mother's shoulder and led her into the main room.
"Mother, something terrible has happened."
When Grandma Lin heard what he said, she glared at him in annoyance.
"Pah, your mother is perfectly fine."
Lin Dashuan knew he had said the wrong thing; as he got older, he was afraid of being criticized.
Lin Dashuan quickly slapped himself lightly.
"Mother, I didn't mean you were in trouble, I meant something terrible has happened to our family."
Old Man Lin tapped his pipe in dissatisfaction.
"At your age, you're about to be someone's master, yet you still speak so tactlessly. If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you making such a fuss?"
Seeing that his father was also there, Lin Dashuan didn't dare to beat around the bush and told him everything he had found out.
After hearing his words, Old Lady Lin's cloudy little eyes also gleamed.
"You mean that brat Lin Jiujiu not only bought land and fields, but also wants to build a big mansion?"
Lin Dashuan nodded hurriedly.
"I heard from the workers that the land for the house alone is twenty acres, and they were paid thirty-five coins a day. They were not only given dry food every meal, but also meat at noon."
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Lin slapped her thigh in frustration.
"Oh dear, that brat is such a spendthrift! She's buying fields and building houses, how much money is she going to squander on us?"
Old Man Lin didn't think there was anything wrong with what the old woman said. He tightened his grip on his pipe and frowned deeply.
Lin Dashuan knew from his mother's words that she thought the same thing as him.
He hurriedly chimed in, "That's right. Lao Wu usually only gets thirty coins a day when he works as a laborer in town, and he doesn't even get meals. But she raised the wages to thirty-five coins and even gives us meat. I took a look, and there are at least one or two hundred people there. The wages alone will be quite a lot in a day."
The more Old Lady Lin listened, the angrier she became. This was all her money, why should that brat spend it so extravagantly?
Old Man Lin was also secretly calculating in his heart that if what the boss said was true, then the workers' food, drink and processing fees alone would be more than ten taels a day.
A house can't be built in a day or two. If it takes ten days or half a month to build, it will cost several hundred taels of silver.
Old Man Lin couldn't sit still any longer; Lin Jiujiu had already been abandoned.
Even if she had money, she should have asked her family to keep it for her. How could she be so disregardful of her elders and spend money so extravagantly?
Old Man Lin was plotting how to get the money into his own hands.
Grandma Lin already had her own ideas.
"Boss, go and call the second, third, and fourth brothers. Let's go find that brat and get the money back."
Upon hearing this, Old Man Lin looked up at her but did not stop her.
Regardless of where Lin Jiujiu got the money, such a large sum of silver is not something a mere maid like her can afford. It would be most appropriate for him, as the master, to keep it safe.
Thinking this way, Old Man Lin didn't pay any attention to Old Woman Lin and let her go.
When the Lin brothers heard Lin Dashuan say that Lin Jiujiu had money and was buying land and building houses, their eyes lit up.
When Old Lady Lin was shouting that she was going to get the money back, no one thought there was anything wrong with it.
Grandma Lin not only called her sons together, but also several of her older grandchildren.
She had already made up her mind. If Lin Jiujiu dared to resist, she would simply send someone to search her. It was just a matter for the Lin family, and she didn't believe anyone would dare to interfere.
When the entire Lin family arrived in a grand procession, Lin Jiujiu was explaining her plans to Foreman Lin with blueprints in hand.
This drawing wasn't just a casual sketch; it contained several array formations.
Not only does it gather the earth's energy, which is helpful for cultivators, but it also contains several small illusion arrays and killing arrays, which can defend against external enemies.
However, this made the construction requirements for the house extremely strict.
Although Foreman Jiang was very experienced, there were still several points that Lin Jiujiu needed to explain carefully so that he could understand.
Just as Lin Jiujiu was explaining a courtyard to Foreman Jiang with the blueprints, Old Lady Lin and her entourage walked towards her menacingly.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin's father tried to stop them with his children, but they were easily pushed aside by Lin Dashuan and his brothers.
On their way here, they had already figured out how to get Lin Jiujiu to hand over the money.
Grandma Lin rushed up and raised her hand to scrape Lin Jiujiu's face.
He also cursed under his breath.
"Lin Jiujiu, you little slut, you've been divorced by your husband's family and you still won't behave yourself. You even dare to steal my money to buy land here."
Grandma Lin's preemptive move was undeniably brilliant, completely baffling the group of workers.
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