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After finishing writing the letter, Manager Liu handed it to Lanxiang and instructed her, "When you arrive in Lin County, just tell them you're looking for the Geng family, the big silkworm farmer, and someone will give you directions."

"Thank you, Manager Liu! By the way, I also wanted to ask if your trading company buys these kinds of silkworm cocoons?"

"Oh, we don't buy silkworm cocoons, we only buy silk," Manager Liu said with a smile. "It takes several processes to turn silkworm cocoons into silk, and we don't have that technology, so we only buy ready-made silk."

Shen Man was somewhat disappointed by this answer, which meant that the silkworm cocoons they had could not be immediately converted into silver; they needed to be processed into silk.

"Okay, we understand, goodbye!" Lanxiang said, and turned to leave with Shen Man, but was stopped by Steward Liu.

“Wait, I suddenly remembered that the batch of jujube saplings you ordered should be delivered in the next few days. If you are going to Linxian, why don’t you hitch a ride with them and save yourself the trouble of searching around on your own?”

Lanxiang nodded, thanked Manager Liu again, and then took Shen Man's hand and walked downstairs.

When the mother and daughter passed by the market, they bought some meat, eggs and other food before returning to the town entrance.

When the two arrived at the town entrance, they found two horse-drawn carriages parked next to Changsheng's oxcart, and Changsheng was standing there talking to a middle-aged man.

Two other men, who looked like servants, were anxiously looking around.

Upon seeing Lanxiang and her daughter return, Changsheng immediately said to them, "Lanxiang, this man is from Linxian County. He said someone from our village ordered two thousand jujube saplings from him. Is that your family?"

Shen Man was overjoyed to hear this; she had never expected the saplings to be delivered so quickly.

She hurried over to confirm. Sure enough, these were the jujube saplings her family had ordered.

After both parties carefully checked and confirmed that everything was correct, they boarded the carriage and headed towards Xiaoyao Village.

Upon arriving home, Lanxiang immediately directed the two servants to unload the jujube saplings and place them in a corner of the yard.

"Thank you so much, you even delivered it to my home." Lanxiang sincerely expressed her gratitude to the middle-aged man and the servant.

"You're welcome!" the middle-aged man said with a smile and a wave. "However, these saplings must be planted as soon as possible, otherwise we cannot guarantee that they will all survive."

Shen Man originally wanted to tell them that she wanted to ride in their carriage to Lin County, but the person sent by the village to study had not yet been decided, and her own jujube seedlings needed to be planted immediately.

They certainly wouldn't wait for them there indefinitely, so the idea of ​​hitchhiking had to be abandoned.

Soon, the middle-aged man drove back with two servants.

Lanxiang and Shenman looked at the large pile of jujube seedlings and began to worry.

"Sigh, I didn't expect them to deliver the saplings so quickly. Only half of our wasteland was cleared last year, and the other half is still barren!" Lanxiang sighed.

"Mother, we can just dig a hole in the wasteland and plant the jujube trees there first. We can clear the wasteland when we have time next time. With so many jujube trees, how long will it take the two of us to plant them? Why don't we hire some people from the village to plant them?"

"Hiring someone will cost a lot of money!" Lanxiang touched her now-empty purse, feeling a pang of heartache.

"Mother, we spent twenty taels of silver to buy these jujube saplings. If they die before we plant them, wouldn't that be a waste of money?"

"What you said makes sense. Let's hire someone to do it then!" Lanxiang sighed and walked towards the door.

Not long after, she led more than a dozen villagers back home.

Each of them carried various tools, such as shovels, hoes, and buckets, and with the jujube saplings in hand, they headed towards the barren land of Lanxiang.

Upon arriving at the field, Shen Man first carefully observed the bees at the beehives to confirm that there were no abnormalities before directing the villagers to dig holes and plant trees.

The villagers had all heard about how much money Lanxiang's family had made from selling honey, and they were very envious.

But when I saw the swarms of bees flying around in front of me, I couldn't help but feel a sense of fear and thought that it was better not to make this money.

"Each sapling must be spaced six feet apart horizontally and vertically, and the planting pits must be at least two feet deep. The soil should cover about half of the sapling," Shen Man patiently explained the planting method to everyone.

The villagers nodded in agreement.

Everyone worked together, some digging soil, some straightening the saplings, and some watering them.

Although the sun was scorching and their clothes were soaked with sweat, no one complained and everyone was diligently completing their tasks.

After two days of hard work, all the jujube seedlings were finally planted.

Lanxiang worked alongside the villagers, panting heavily from exhaustion.

Her face was covered in sweat, but looking at the neat rows of jujube trees in front of her, she felt a great sense of accomplishment.

These jujube trees are not just saplings, but also their hopes and expectations for the future.

"When these jujube trees bear fruit, I will definitely treat everyone to some," Lanxiang said happily.

"They're so small, how long will it take for them to bear fruit?" The villagers looked at the tiny saplings and couldn't imagine what they would look like when they bore fruit.

“Jujube trees grow very quickly, in about three to five years!” Shen Man replied.

"Three to five years? That's a long wait!"

Back home, Lanxiang paid them their wages and exclaimed, "There's so much strength in numbers! If we had to do it ourselves, we don't know how long we would have had to keep going!"

"Yes, Mom, when we make a lot of money in the future, we won't have to do the work ourselves. We can just hire people to do it!"

"Then wouldn't we become landlords?" Lanxiang said with amusement.

"If others can be landlords, why can't we? Mother, I will work hard to earn lots of money so that you can also live a life of wealth. In the future, wherever we go, people will call you Madam!"

Lanxiang smiled and patted the child's head, her eyes full of love. "Good, Mother is waiting to enjoy your blessings."

She was also very happy. Her daughter had this ambition; even if she became a landlord in the future, it would be through hard work that she earned her wealth.

While looking forward to a bright future, the mother and daughter began to plan the next steps in their farming activities.

After the jujube tree was planted, there was nothing urgent to do at home, so Shen Man began to prepare for holding a village meeting.

The village meeting was scheduled for three days from now, and the location, naturally, was the open space in the center of the village.

Upon hearing that Shen Man was going to lead everyone to make money, everyone in the village, young and old, whoever was able to walk, came.

Even the village school suspended classes for a day to show how seriously they took the matter.

Considering Shen Man's short stature, the village head specially had a platform built in the open space so that Shen Man could stand on it to speak.