Chapter 225 The Lin family's life is getting better and better; they even hired long-term laborers.
Seeing Lin Ruoxi's worried expression, the bandits were afraid he would change his mind and not let them work there, so they quickly lowered their demands.
On the way back with Lin Luoxi, they all assumed that Lin Luoxi was from a wealthy family and that following her back would mean being subject to all sorts of rules and regulations, which they found painful to think about.
But now, seeing Lin Luoxi's family's circumstances, they felt strange but couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The countryside is great! The air is fresh, and there aren't so many rules. As long as you do your job well, your master certainly won't dislike you.
Now that they heard that Lin Luoxi was going to take them to find timber to build their living quarters, they all happily put down what they were doing and followed Lin Luoxi out.
"Dayou, your family's life is getting better and better. You've even hired farmhands..." Lin Li said with envy as she watched Lin Luoxi leave with about a hundred people.
The procession was just like when the county magistrate came to the village before; it was grand and impressive.
“Yes, not only did they hire farmhands, they hired so many, more than the landlords in the next county…” another aunt who was helping to wash vegetables chimed in.
"Oh dear, you're joking, aunties. Don't be fooled by the number of farmhands we employ; it costs a lot to pay them. We've also spent a considerable amount on land and building the house. I don't know what this girl was thinking..."
Upon hearing what the aunties were saying, Lin Dayou's mind quickly drifted to the topic of wages.
The other aunties who wanted to speak, upon hearing Lin Dayou's distressed words, smiled and shut their mouths.
Indeed, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Hiring so many long-term workers not only costs money for food and lodging, but also the monthly wages are a huge burden.
Lin Dayou's family has just started to get a little money and they're already getting cocky, hehehe... The others couldn't help but feel schadenfreude.
Even the landlords in the neighboring town, whose wealth was accumulated over generations and whose land holdings included hundreds of acres of fertile fields and thousands of acres of land, did not act like the Lin family.
Lin Dayou breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the redness in his aunts' eyes subside.
When my daughter comes back, I must have a good talk with her. She should keep a low profile and not attract attention.
Zhao Ximo, Tang Chuxia, Yang Keyi, and Yang Kexin were merely kidnapped by bandits and taken to the mountain. They were not naive girls who had never seen the world. Just by listening to what these aunties said and their expressions, they knew that they were jealous of their master's family.
I secretly memorized these people's faces; it's always good to be extra careful.
"Hehe... It seems that the Lin family has made too much noise and attracted envy." Xiao Jingchen, sitting under the osmanthus tree in Lin Jize's courtyard, couldn't help but laugh as he listened to the commotion coming from the Lin family next door.
"Master, you seem to have a lot of a homely atmosphere here." Old Li said with a twitch at the corner of his mouth when he saw the gossip on his master's face.
"Grandpa Li, have you noticed that you've only spent two days and two nights with Miss Lin, yet you've already mastered her skills?" His words were starting to become venomous.
"Really? I was just thinking that if Miss Lin had time, I was planning to go and discuss medical techniques with her." Old Man Li pretended to be clueless and avoided Xiao Jingchen's words.
“Grandpa Li, if you’re bored here, you can go find Miss Lin and ask her to help you with something. Maybe she’ll have some free time.”
The first time he saw Old Man Li pretending to be stupid, Xiao Jingchen also imitated Lin Luoxi and rolled his eyes elegantly to the sky.
"Really? Then this old servant will go right away." As if waiting for Xiao Jingchen to say this, Old Man Li's face immediately showed a look of surprise. Without waiting for Xiao Jingchen to answer again, he slipped out like a gust of wind.
"Ji Feng, do you think this old man is one of our old men, or is he Lin Luoxi's old man?"
"When the two of them first met, they were trampling on each other non-stop. How come here, Lin Luoxi is like his own granddaughter, missing him terribly after not seeing her for a while..." His tone was full of sourness.
"Ji Feng, did you hear what I said?" Xiao Jingchen complained to Ji Feng, but after waiting for a long time, he still didn't get a reply from Ji Feng.
Turning his head, he saw a tall, burly man standing beside him, his head craning out as he looked towards the Lin family's direction.
Not only Ji Feng, but also the four people beside him, Lei Ming, Shan Dian, and Feng Bao, all looked towards Lin Luo Xi's courtyard, as if there was a great beauty in the courtyard.
"You brats, what are you doing?" Xiao Jingchen stood up and kicked each of them.
"Master, are you hungry?" They had traveled early in the morning and had been busy all morning, and they hadn't eaten anything yet.
"Master, do you think Miss Luo Xi is managing all the work? Do you need our help?"
Mainly, Ji Feng was so attracted by the aroma of food wafting from the Lin family's house that his stomach was rumbling with hunger. He asked shamelessly.
"You know what, I'm actually a little hungry." After Ji Feng's reminder, Xiao Jingchen's stomach started rumbling in protest.
“Master, if we go over to help, won’t we get to eat?” Ji Feng knew that in the countryside, as long as you went to help, the master would definitely invite you to stay for a meal.
"This isn't right, I am..." Xiao Jingchen still couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Don't worry about it, Luo Xi will bring the food later." Lin Jize, who had heard Xiao Jingchen mention wanting to freeload, suppressed a laugh and spoke up.
"Oh, that's great." As a prince, he couldn't bring himself to freeload a meal.
The Lin family next door.
Lin Dayou, who was not busy in the kitchen, naturally overheard the conversation between the master and servants next door, since the two houses were only separated by a courtyard wall.
Hearing that the other person wanted to come and help just for a bite to eat really put Lin Dayou in a difficult position.
Everyone who moved into the neighboring courtyard had to carry a sword, and when it came time to actually help, he was even more reserved than the others.
But when he heard that the other person wanted to eat the food they cooked, he couldn't help but laugh and was thinking about sending some over for them to try.
Upon hearing Lin Jize's words, Lin Dayou instantly had a reason. He put the freshly cooked food in a newly bought bowl and asked Lin Wenqian to deliver it to the neighbor next door.
"Grandpa, Grandpa..." Lin Wenqian's voice came from outside the courtyard as soon as he finished speaking.
"Hurry up and open the door." Thinking that he was there to deliver food, Xiao Jingchen raised his foot and kicked Ji Feng in the shin.
"Okay..." Ji Feng wanted to protest against his master's unrefined behavior, but he didn't dare, since the master was his master.
"Brother, this is your food..." Lin Wenqian was a little scared when he saw that the person who appeared at the courtyard gate was not Lin Jize, but Ji Feng, an unfamiliar young man. In addition, he was carrying a sword.
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