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But now, with more and more outsiders moving into Xiushui Village, Village Head Du also knew that if he kept suppressing it, he would miss the opportunity and hand over a good chance to others.

Originally, he had planned to start preparing after the New Year.

But unexpectedly, Lin Xiao came to look for him at this time.

Hearing Village Head Du's words, Lin Xiao knew that he might already have this idea in mind, so he began to discuss it with Village Head Du item by item.

"Village Head, given the daily flow of people coming to our village at present, I think we can completely start opening some restaurants and inns now. Although the restaurants certainly can't compare to the taste of Lingxian Eatery, they will still be a place for other tourists to satisfy their hunger and stay warm."

"Like Second Uncle Hu in our village, his cooking skills are very good, and he is also a nice person. We can ask him if he's willing. If he is, our sect can fund the construction of a restaurant and then hire him to cook."

I heard that Second Uncle Hu had a master chef among his ancestors. Although the inheritance seemed to have been broken later, the men in his family have always been the ones cooking. Whenever it's mealtime, the smell coming from his house is always the most fragrant.

Hearing that Lin Xiao and his sect were actually willing to provide the funds, Village Head Du was a bit surprised, but he didn't say much. Instead, he nodded happily and said, "With you guys taking charge, that's great. I think this will work. I'll go talk to Hu Xiao'er tomorrow."

If the Lingxian Sect stepped forward to manage it, the villagers wouldn't dare to have any messy opinions. Nowadays in Xiushui Village, the Lingxian Sect was sometimes even more effective than him, the village head.

Many times when facing huge resistance, he still needed to unite with the clan elders and use various combinations of soft and hard tactics.

But now with the Lingxian Sect here, there was absolutely no need to do anything, and the villagers would naturally feel awe.

Although after the ancestor worship ceremony earlier, they felt as if Lin Xiao and his people hadn't changed much, the natural difference of immortals was right there. Even if they didn't say it out loud, everyone had some level of reverence in their hearts.

Because everyone knew that these immortals on the mountain, no matter what they looked like on the outside, essentially already possessed the ability to kill them with a simple wave of their sleeves.

This could be felt from the scorched and blackened forest on the North Mountain after bandits attacked Xiushui Village back then.

Although the villagers were asleep on the Path of Asking the Heart at the time, they were not stupid when they woke up.

The burned forest on the North Mountain visibly recovered not long after. A few days later, a large number of new shoots sprouted from the scorched earth in the middle of winter.

Many green branches also sprouted from the remaining wooden stumps that had been burned by the fire.

All these strange occurrences allowed the villagers to truly feel that they were now living next door to an immortal sect.

Therefore, Village Head Du could completely foresee that as long as he told the villagers this was what the Lingxian Sect wanted to do, they would definitely not dare to have any rebellious thoughts and would even raise both hands in approval.

Thus, Lin Xiao also brought up the issue regarding inns, as well as some matters concerning trading firms.

He discussed all the projects he initially planned to open with the village head one by one, including approximately how much manpower was needed, the required land, and the selection of suitable candidates from various families.

After the preliminary finalization, the village head would step forward to communicate with the villagers they favored for key positions.

Then the two of them took Dou'er out together to look at a few places suitable for opening shops.

With Lin Xiao using spiritual energy to take Village Head Du along, Village Head Du only felt as if he had floated out and floated back.

After the two of them conducted an on-site inspection of the addresses and found no problems, Lin Xiao settled on the locations with the village head and directly gave him the money to process the land deeds.

Although Xiushui Village was very popular in the surrounding towns and villages nowadays, land prices were set by the imperial court, and residential land was not expensive. Buying these plots of land wouldn't cost more than a few taels of silver, and Lin Xiao had more than enough money on him.

After returning home, Village Head Du began to write down his purchasing scope, preparing to go to the county town first thing tomorrow morning to get the land deeds processed.

After discussing these matters, Lin Xiao returned to the mountain and had Liu Yunan record all of these things down.

On the other side.

Over at the Lingxiao Escort Agency in Songyang County.

The people at the escort agency were somewhat surprised to see Qin Jianghe return with two women.

Only after hearing him introduce the two as his mother and aunt did they realize what was going on, but they were still a bit puzzled, not knowing what their boss meant by bringing the two aunts here.

However, on second thought, their boss was a village man. Perhaps he was just being filial, and since his fellow villagers were seeking refuge, he brought them over to help out in the backyard.

Only Gu Yuxiao and her two older male cousins, Fang Mancang and Fang Manliang, knew that these two aunts, just like Jianghe, were from their Lingxian Sect!

Although they had joined the Lingxian Sect long ago, they had never properly returned to the sect. After the three of them hosted a welcome dinner for Mother Qin and Tietou's Mother, they constantly hovered around the two, asking about all kinds of things in the sect.

It couldn't be helped; Qin Jianghe was usually busy with work and didn't have much time to chat with them.

Moreover, Qin Jianghe usually stayed in Songyang County just like them and rarely returned to the sect, so he didn't have much to talk about either.

What they didn't know was that basically every time Liu Yunan used a Location Sound Transmission Talisman to contact Qin Jianghe, he would wish he could use up the entire duration of an incense stick, telling Qin Jianghe every single detail of what had happened in the sect recently.

So even though Qin Jianghe wasn't physically at the sect, he knew a great deal about its affairs. While he might not know them like the back of his hand, he was still pretty close to it. It wasn't much different from him actually being there.

He was simply too busy and didn't have the habit of chatting with people, which was why he didn't tell the three of them.

As soon as Mother Qin saw Gu Yuxiao, even though she was dressed as a man, she could tell at a glance that she was a girl.

Looking at Gu Yuxiao's lively and bright facial features, she immediately liked her from the bottom of her heart.

The same went for Tietou's Mother.

Seeing her curiosity about the sect, the two kindly held her hands and sat down, slowly telling her every little detail they could remember about the sect.

The two young men on the side, Fang Mancang and Fang Manliang, benefited from Gu Yuxiao's presence and finally got to hear some interesting stories about their Lingxian Sect.

During the chat, Mother Qin also figured out Gu Yuxiao's background.

Hearing them recount how Gu Yuxiao's father had entrusted his daughter to her son's care back then, Mother Qin sighed at the hardships of the world while feeling even more affection and pity for Gu Yuxiao in her heart.

Meanwhile, Qin Jianghe went to the kitchen, took out the food Jiang Youfu had brought back for him from his storage bag, and heated it on the stove.

The people still chatting in the main hall smelled the aroma, and their stomachs instantly started rumbling.

Even the escorts on duty at the front, upon smelling this fragrance, almost couldn't resist breaking the escort agency's rules and rushing into the backyard.