The Princess of Northern Land

Chapter 197 - 197 197 Wishful Thinking (5)_1

?Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Wishful Thinking (5)_1 Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Wishful Thinking (5)_1 “You’re too cunning, you little thing!” Master Hui Zhen gave her another glare, “You waited until today to tell me such good news. If it wasn’t for me bringing you people, were you not going to tell me at all?”

“That’s correct, the method I taught you to make the greenhouse in the monastery, you cannot divulge to outsiders. I still count on making money from the greenhouses.” Lin Ziyin was not afraid of him, answering with a bright smile.

“The ordained ones live with emptiness, the monastery will never divulge.” Master Hui Zhen guaranteed, taking a big bite of the roast chicken.

Indeed, two days later, the folks of Jue Ming from the monastery showed up at Lin Family’s place in layman’s clothes. They told Lin Ziyin that even the monastery had asked for a favor from Prince’s Tomb and obtained some oilcloth. They would come to learn in a couple of days.

Lin Ziyin arranged for them in a courtyard, feeling very excited. Now that there are four martial arts masters in the house, their safety is much more assured.

From then on, whenever Master Hui Zhen came to the Lin family, he received even more benefits.

“Ziyin, folks of the village asked me to inquire if you’re thinking of renting out your black lands?” The villagers asked Lin Changshu to enquire, but to their disappointment, Changshu seldom went out, so they had no chance to meet him. Therefore, after a group discussion, they directly summoned Lou Zheng.

Lou Zheng had also been pondering about the Lin family’s lands. In his view, the Lins had so much land that they would not be able to manage on their own. He was also willing to help gather information on behalf of the villagers. After all, as a village officer, it was his responsibility to hope for a better life for all the inhabitants of the village.

“I have plans for those lands, and I don’t intend to rent them out.” To his surprise, Lin Ziyin directly rejected his kind gesture.

“Can your family manage all that land?” Lou Zheng asked in surprise.

“Yes, we can.” Lin Ziyin responded with a smile, “I have my plans.”

“Alright, as long as you’ve got plans. I was just trying to help out the villagers.” Lou Zheng responded somewhat bitterly. Alas, the villagers were bound to be disappointed.

“By the way, after the beans have been harvested, I will need people to help in the fields. The wages will be calculated as before. I wonder if anyone is willing to help.” As he was about to leave, Lin Ziyin gave him a glimmer of hope.

“Great, I’ll inform everyone right now.” Lou Zheng, cheering up, immediately left.

Once they heard the news from Lou Zheng, the villagers were indeed disappointed. However, on hearing that the Lin family would still need manpower for farming, they cheered up again. That was fine too. After all, with so much land in their own village, relying solely on the Lin family for cultivation wouldn’t work. They would definitely have wages in the future.

In order to work for the Lin family for a few more days, all the villagers harvested their crops with all their might after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Meanwhile, Lin Ziyin was also not idle. She had already begun to have people apply oilcloth to the finished firewalls, with the bamboo frames in the field being hard to find items from the Northern Land.

Hei Yi and Hei Er dared not slack a bit and came to help, accumulating experience. The monastery also needed to learn the technique, so some of the martial monks came over to lend a hand.

With enough hands, the speed of the project picked up immediately.

“Zige, are you going to the fields to help again?” After a while, as everyone was almost done with their fields, seeing Lin Zige going towards the black land with a maid, they all greeted her with a smile.

Lin Zige responded with a smile as well.

She understood that things had changed. In the eyes of all the villagers, the Lin family had become an enticing piece of cake. But since they were all from the same village, Lin Zige never put on airs before everybody. Whenever someone initiated a friendly gesture, she was always eager to reciprocate.