Chapter 166: Instant Fame (2)_1
"Alright, let’s go now." Lin Changshu, suppressing his laugh, gave the order. The enormous stone Yu Shaohui was just playing with, weighing almost four hundred jin, was kicked aside by that youngster as if it was a toy, and the iron-willed man across was so scared his face turned pale, surely he won’t dare trouble us anymore.
With this, the number of people clearing the wild lands for the Lin Family had reached over a hundred. Even though they lived farther from Shili Village, the majority chose to bring their families along for the land reclamation because they were recruited at the market place.
"Wild bird eggs." As the land clearing progressed, many families frequently encountered duck eggs, chicken eggs, and bird eggs in the grasses. Some even caught fish and shrimps from among the reeds.
Those who found good things were too embarrassed to hide them. Initially, they would turn them over to Lin Ziyin, but Lin Ziyin was not the type to be ruthless. She decided, "All small fish less than a palm-sized must be thrown back into the river. As for the rest, whoever finds them, keeps them."
"Thank you, Miss Lin."
"Thank you, Ziyin."
"Thank you, boss."
Instantly, words of gratitude could be heard everywhere.
To the country folks, Heihe was a foreboding land of desolation. If their child was being noisy, parents would often threaten them by saying that the monster in the Heihe would take them away if they continued to cry. This would frighten the children into stopping their noise.
Many of the outsiders, if not for their livelihoods and the higher wages offered by the Lin Family, would rather die than come here alone. Thankfully, there were many people working on the land. After a few days fraught with anxiety and fear, everyone slowly adapted to the work of land reclamation. It turned out that Heihe was not so terrifying - they just needed to follow Lin Ziyin’s advice to first build a dam and then carefully avoid the muddy areas, slowly turning the land over from all sides.