Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 391 - 388: Building a Workshop by the Sea
"Wanwan, you’ve returned." The Clan Leader of the Lin Clan happily greeted Lin Wanwan, "Are you looking for me? Come, sit at my place for a while."
"Good! I’m indeed looking for you, Uncle Clan Leader!" Lin Wanwan replied cheerfully, and followed the Lin Clan Leader back to his house.
Upon arriving at the main hall and explaining the matter, the Clan Leader stroked his beard and asked, "So you’re saying we need to relocate a few households nearby again? Does it definitely have to be built within the clan grounds? Will the women working at the workshop turn into craftsmen?"
Lin Wanwan reassured him, "No, Uncle Clan Leader, don’t worry. I already asked Xiao Mingfu. Under my name as the Village Lady of Le’an, I’ll set up a workshop for self-production and self-sale, focusing on weaving and powder cakes, so it won’t be related to craftsmen or merchants!"
The Clan Leader thought for a moment and agreed to Lin Wanwan’s proposal.
Regarding the relocation matters this time, the Clan Leader said he would handle it himself, since the clan also has a share once the workshop is built. Lin Wanwan naturally agreed and sent Sun Chuyao to assist the Clan Leader.
The inhabitants of Lin Family Manor, having gone through one relocation by Lin Wanwan before, weren’t resistant at all to the idea of moving. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
Isn’t it just changing places to live? What’s the big deal, especially when demolishing their own worn-out houses to build new ones with blue bricks and tiles!
The last batch of families living behind Lin Wanwan’s house, who had been relocated, have made quite a fortune from the relocation, resulting in several engagements, with the quality of new spouses improving significantly, making each family exceedingly happy.
Originally, Lin Family Manor, located by the sea and within the ten-mile radius of Wanghai Town, was considered a remote and poor countryside area.
Any family with aspiration would certainly want to relocate to the town, rather than living further away, by the seaside on the mountains.
If the bride’s family resides in a well-positioned village, they certainly wouldn’t consider marrying to a place by the sea.
Great Tang isn’t like the modern world, where seaside homes are quite popular.
In the current Great Tang, living by the sea is basically tightly bound with "poverty and savagery."
But with the appearance of the Village Lady of Le’an from Lin Family Manor, this situation was reversed, and the changes developed around the residence of Lin Wanwan were astonishing.
First, connections were established with the County Government and County Magistrate, then with the noble family from Xiaoxi Town in Mao County.
The appearance of schools, Divine Doctor, high-yield crops, and white-feather chickens all contributed to Lin Family Manor being cloaked in a legendary paradise aura.
The maidens from rich villages outside were no longer opposed to marrying into Lin Family Manor.
Thanks to Lin Wanwan’s high standards for hygiene, the previous foul environment where chickens, ducks, and geese were freely ranging and poultry droppings were everywhere has become a thing of the past.
Only the wild beaches concentrating on keeping Kang Beier ducks and white-feather chickens still need to fulfill the role of natural purification. In other places, not to mention poultry droppings, even fleas are hard to find.
The power of the snacks distributed after classes in the school is immense; for the kids to be able to bring home a piece of snack, hygiene issues must never hold them back.
Thus, the serene houses, resonating with sounds of birds and dogs, create an energetic and clean village, leaving every matchmaker stepping into the area amazed and naturally attracted.
The world seeks nothing more than clothing, food, shelter, and transportation, with medicine available for the sick and schools for children, it becomes a paradise tucked away from the world.
Lin Family Manor has not only Divine Doctor Lin Wanwan stationed but also a school with strong educational resources (though still incomparable to the Gate Valve’s private school, it exceeds those in town), attracting people to flock in.
Just think, marrying into Lin Family Manor means becoming relatives with the Village Lady of Le’an, becoming part of the family, and having the Village Lady personally diagnose illnesses—what a privilege!
The key point is Lin Wanwan charges her clan members the same fee as the village doctor in town, but with much cheaper medicine costs. For those who can’t afford medicine, Lin Wanwan even subsidizes by herself.
For daughters married outside from Lin Family Manor, Lin Wanwan would also offer assistance in emergencies, like pulling Lin Juhua back from the gates of hell during a difficult childbirth.
As for other outsiders, there’s no chance they’ll be able to seek medical help here.
Not to mention coming up to Lin Wanwan’s doorstep for treatment, they can’t even make it through Lin Family Manor’s village paths before being stopped by the clan members.
No matter if they are on the verge of death, Lin Family Manor people won’t relent. If ill, they should go to town for the village doctor, what do they come looking for our Village Lady?
The Clan Leader noticed that Lin Wanwan was excessively soft-hearted, not bearing the arrogance of a noble lady. She is a simple young maiden with a penchant for compassion and empathy.
If the clan doesn’t hold people off for her, she’d be beseeched daily.
There are countless poor and pitiable people in the world, even the court can’t manage them all, what’s there for our Wanwan to manage?
But to avoid displeasing Lin Wanwan, the clan members tacitly never brought this up; after all, everyone knows without saying.
These things, Lin Wanwan actually understood too.
Lin Wanwan isn’t stupid; with clan members looking out for her by warding off trouble, there’s nothing for her to be unhappy about.
She provides various subsidies and care for the clan, so they can unhesitatingly stand in front of her, shielding her.
She didn’t understand why the Clan Leader had the illusion of her being such a benevolent person; in fact, she wasn’t that great.
The Lin Clan relatives connected by blood, she would manage; outsiders not so much.
Perhaps the Clan Leader just views one’s own children forever as the most pure and kind-hearted?
A while ago County Government’s Doctor Chen even came to Lin Family Manor for a brief stay, offering free consultations for all the elderly of the manor.
By this age, having labored most of their life, they inevitably have some ailments. A few acupuncture sessions eased many of them.
Lin Family Manor folks naturally didn’t know Chen Liang was personally teaching Lin Wanwan acupuncture; they just thought Lin Wanwan invited a famed doctor to treat the clan, all deeply grateful.
Lin Wanwan has been in Great Tang for a year now; at this point, even starting a rebellion, the clan members would follow her.
Because Lin Wanwan’s destiny is tightly linked with the family’s well-being, she has long been a figure of utmost importance within the clan.
To speak frankly, if the Clan Leader died, the Lin Clan would immediately find someone to take over; but if anything happened to Lin Wanwan, Lin Family Manor’s future would be grim.
People who have experienced light cannot bear living in darkness again.
Historically, it’s easy to go from simple to luxurious, but hard to return to simplicity from luxury.
The relocation and land clearance went very smoothly, with a total of eleven households receiving compensation.
To speed up the workshop progress, these eleven households vacated their yards on the same day, directly moving into the homes of their closely related kin.
Lin Wanwan provided rental subsidies, which they partly paid to their host kin; family ties are clear in financial matters, everyone benefited and was happy.
For the workshop design and construction, Lin Wanwan once again sought the collaboration of Wang Dulei, emphasizing speed and safety.
As long as the reward was adequate, Wang Dulei wouldn’t let Lin Wanwan have any reason for dissatisfaction; the workshop’s construction progressed remarkably fast, completely showcasing the infrastructure prowess of Huaxia people.
