Lin Shanyue finished distributing the buns to everyone, and they eagerly stuffed a few into their mouths while they were still hot. After all, these were steaming meat buns, which would cost at least one coin each in town. Lin Shanyue had brought three or four hundred of them, so everyone received more than a dozen. If they couldn't finish them all at once, they could take the rest home for their wives and children.
Once everyone had their fill, the actual work began. Li Sheng was very efficient; Lin Shanyue had bought a total of twenty acres of land. He assigned one person to about an acre, and two for the slightly frailer workers. Even with the limited amount of seeds, they could finish sowing in a single day. Lin Shanyue wasn't just hiring people for the sowing, but for the subsequent care as well, which was why she had been very generous with the wages from the start; naturally, she wanted the Sichuan Pepper to grow well.
Lin Shanyue was not at all skilled in plowing and sowing, and since it was something she wasn't good at, she never interfered, choosing instead to watch quietly from the side. But there wasn't much to see in farming, so she spent the day playing with Xiaobao, taking advantage of the fine weather. Xiaobao was curious about everything in the fields; he wanted to touch every little tadpole and grasshopper he saw. Even a foxtail grass by the side of the road could keep him happy for a long time.
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