You are my golden finger

Chapter 171: The trouble caused by medical treatment to other families (3)

With the pressure from An Yi and Doctor Deng, the owner of the clinic did not dare to hide the truth and finally confessed that in order to make huge profits, the clinic would often buy inferior or spoiled medicinal materials and sell them to poor people.

If they can eat well, the clinic is fine, but if they can't eat well, the people can only think that they are unlucky. The people have little influence and dare not cause trouble to the clinic.

"Who gave you the courage to bully the weak?" An Yi became furious and shouted loudly.

"I'll confess. It was the mayor and the yamen head who told me to do this." The shopkeeper wanted to conceal it at first, but after being beaten with more than ten sticks, he couldn't bear it anymore and finally confessed that it was the mayor and the yamen head who were behind it.

The mayor and the head of the yamen colluded with the shopkeeper. They used their power to slander and spread rumors to suppress other pharmacies, making it impossible for them to continue operating. In the end, only Li's Medical Hall was left in the town.

With no access to medical treatment, common people could only go to Li’s Medical Clinic to seek medical treatment and buy medicine, which also increased their appetite.

This is true not only for medical clinics but also for other shops.

"Catch these two people for me!" He secretly ordered the arrest of the mayor and the yamen head.

Soon, Jingzhao Yin, who had received a message from Murong Xu, arrived with his bailiffs and took over the case.

Under the pressure of Jingzhao Yin, the mayor and the yamen head had to confess that they used their positions to suppress those merchants without backgrounds by fabricating rumors and slandering them. Then they cooperated with some shops, colluded with officials and businessmen, and monopolized the town.

Li’s Medical Clinic was one of them. Under the operation of a few people, it became the only medical clinic in the town in order to make huge profits.

The Jingzhao Yin finally ordered Li's Clinic to compensate Huang Jianhua with 100 taels of silver. The property of Li's Clinic and all the shops that colluded with the mayor and the yamen were confiscated and put into the national treasury. The owner of Li's Clinic, the mayor and the yamen were exiled to the northern border for life.

Huang Jianhua received the compensation silver that she might have spent her entire life to earn, and kowtowed to Jingzhao Yin, An Yi, and Doctor Deng on the spot. She then hurried back to the Jingdu Medical College, wanting to kowtow to her son's lifesaver as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, when he hurried back to the medical school, Lin Xijin had already left. This matter was insignificant in her life, like a small wave on the sea, and she did not need to accept his gratitude.

But this incident was extremely precious to Huang Jianhua, who lived at the bottom of society. It not only saved his son's life, but also saved the happiness of a family.

Since then, Lin Xijin has gained another supporter. Later, Huang Jianhua and his wife went to the Charity Bureau to volunteer whenever they were free. After hearing Xingwen's report, Lin Xijin felt that the two were kind-hearted, so she asked Xingwen to arrange a job for them at the Charity Bureau. The two were grateful and worked extra hard.

The moon is getting fuller, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. Lin Xijin has to ask about the gifts and returns for each family during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although the housekeeper and the nanny will do their best to handle these matters, Lin Xijin has to do it herself to give some people gifts that are not available to me, and are of good quality and low price.

At the end of July, Lin Xijin had started to open a mooncake workshop in the former Lin Mansion and baked a large number of mooncakes for gifts and sales, but the supply still could not meet the demand.

"Jin'er, the restaurant is full of customers clamoring to order mooncakes every day, why don't you give them another thousand boxes!" Shangguan Rui refused to leave the house.

"Oh, Jin'er, I really have no choice. Those ladies are sitting in the store and won't leave, pestering me to buy mooncakes. Please be kind and ask the workshop to speed up and bake more mooncakes." Mrs. Wu also had a headache.

People in the palace, several close friends, and a group of familiar young ladies all sent people directly to the house, asking for dozens or even hundreds of boxes of mooncakes.

The crude equipment in the workshop was far from enough to bake the food quickly, so Lin Xijin had no choice but to do it herself and barely get by.

"Jin'er, just ignore them. Why work so hard?" Murong Xu felt distressed when he saw Lin Xijin busy. But he knew he couldn't persuade her, so he had to be a free worker and help out.

After Lin Xijin took Xinlan, Xijia and Anan to attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, she also brought Murongxu and Princess Yue and returned to the Princess's Mansion to continue the barbecue dinner at home.

Xihui, Ye Jinlin and the others had prepared everything and were only waiting for them to come home to start. Sure enough, when they saw them coming back, the boys who were drinking tea and playing chess started to get busy, and soon the smell of barbecued skewers filled the entire courtyard.

The moon shines like silver, and the bright moonlight spreads far and wide. The moon carries my thoughts! Tonight, someone is destined to share the joy of reunion, and someone is destined to drink the melancholy of separation.

The villagers of Shiziwo held a barbecue dinner at Zhangshutou tonight. Before the festival, Lin Xijin asked the transport team to bring back a rich gift for the village. It happened that a group of men came back from their leave, so there was enough manpower. So the clan leader and the village head decided to hold a moon-viewing barbecue dinner for the whole village.

"Alas, it's the same wine, it's so uncomfortable to drink like this!" The clan leader and the village head clinked glasses.

"Yeah, there are quite a few people here tonight, but I still feel so empty inside." The village head agreed.

"Uncle clan leader and uncle village head, I see that you two miss Jin'er and your eldest grandson. Don't be sad. When Jin'er gets married in a while, won't you two go to Beijing as her family members? I see that Xingcheng and Xiaowen are now officials of the Ministry of Works, and they will probably stay in Kyoto in the future. You just wait to become city dwellers." Dashun comforted the two old men.

"Thanks for your good wishes. I hope these boys can have a bright future. Naturally, the family will go to Jin'er's wedding, otherwise it will be unfair to her. It's hard to leave my hometown. I still like Shiziwo, where I live comfortably. It would be nice to go to Kyoto occasionally to see the world." The clan leader was deeply moved.

"Dashun, you are the best. Xingyuan is in charge of the county. He is close to home and can come back often." said the head of the village.

"Hey, maybe Jin'er will transfer him to another place someday. Uncle and uncle, don't worry. In two years, Xingcheng and Xiaowen will grow up and start their own families. Your two families will have to buy properties in Kyoto, and then you will become Kyoto residents!" Dashun laughed and was truly happy for the two families.

"It's not that easy. I heard from Jian'an and Muxiong that land in Kyoto is very expensive and it would cost several thousand taels to buy a small courtyard." The head of the village was a little worried.

"It's okay. Just follow Jin'er and you'll be able to save enough money in two years." The clan leader was full of confidence.

A few of them were chatting casually. Perhaps with expectations and hopes, the sadness of separation was diluted a lot.

"Young people do not know the taste of sorrow", but the young people in Kyoto had a great time. The final result of the Landlord game was that everyone's face was covered with paper strips, and they drank so much that their stomachs were full. It was past the hour of the first hour before they dispersed.