There were quite a few people pulling up the seedlings, and in a short while they had pulled up a whole cart of rapeseed seedlings.

The village chief and his men were afraid that the rapeseed seedlings would be crushed, so they did not tie them up with ropes and stopped after the cart was full.

"September, is this enough?"

Lin Jiuyue didn’t know if it was enough.

"I don't know either. How about we take the rapeseed seedlings on the oxcart back first and then see after we finish planting them. If there aren't enough, we can just pull them out later."

The village chief nodded.

"That's fine. It would be a waste if we pulled out too many and couldn't plant them all."

The pulled rapeseed seedlings were transported directly to the village chief's field.

The village chief and his sons dug holes, and the idle women and children at home squatted on the ground to plant.

There is no need to apply fertilizer when planting rapeseed. You can apply fertilizer after a period of time after the rapeseed comes back to life.

However, during this dynasty, there was no chemical fertilizer available, and at most, only a little farmyard manure was used. And farmyard manure, at that time, was also very precious.

The village chief's family planted rapeseed. Lin Jiuyue did not leave, but joined them in planting.

Seeing that her young lady was planting in the field herself, Xiyue also went down to plant together.

The village chief's family only left two acres of land for growing rapeseed. With so many people working together, it took less than two days to plant the two acres of land.

"Miss Lin, why are these rapeseed plants wilting? Can they survive?"

"Uncle, don't worry. The rapeseed seedlings have just been planted and haven't recovered yet. It's normal for them to wilt. After a few days, they will recover and won't wilt anymore."

The village chief breathed a sigh of relief when he received Lin Jiuyue's affirmative answer.

Many people in the village were waiting to see him make a fool of himself. If the rapeseed didn't grow well, then not having a harvest from his two mu of land would be a small matter, but being laughed at by others would be a big deal!

"Phew, I was so scared! I thought the rapeseed would just wilt and die."

When Lin Jiuyue heard what the village chief said, she patiently explained it to him again, and the village chief felt relieved.

"By the way, Jiuyue girl, when are you going to plant your rapeseed? Those people have been asking for a few days."

The villagers had already planted wheat when Lin Jiuyue's family was raising seedlings. Now most of the villagers have nothing to do.

Some people have gone to the town to find odd jobs, but some people in the village are still idle and have nothing to do.

"Tomorrow, uncle, have them come early tomorrow morning. No one has ever grown rapeseed before, and no one knows how to plant it. Let's learn it first."

"Digging holes is physical work, so let the strong men do it, and leave the planting to the women."

"Digging is hard work, thirty coppers a day, planting twenty-eight coppers a day."

The village chief nodded as he listened.

Being able to make money during the slack season is a great thing for farmers in the countryside who rely on farming for their livelihood.

"Okay, I'll go look for someone later and see if anyone is free."

Lin Jiuyue nodded.

"Uncle, you can choose this person. Although our family needs people to work the land, we don't want just anyone. We don't want those who are sneaky and cunning..."

The village chief responded.

"Hey, uncle knows. I will definitely not find those people for you."

This is not the first time that the village chief has helped Lin Jiuyue find someone, and Lin Jiuyue is still very confident in the village chief's vision.

After leaving Lin Jiuyue's home, the village chief helped Lin Jiuyue find more than a dozen people in the village.

There are both men and women, all of whom are people with good reputations in the village.

The next day, Lin Jiuyue took the workers hired by the village chief to start planting rapeseed.

There were too many workers and someone was needed to manage them. Lin Jiuyue didn't have any extra people, so he had to call back Uncle Li who worked in the grain shop.

When Uncle Li was in the shop, he heard that Lin Jiuyue had taken his daughter to get treatment and that she had recovered. He was particularly grateful to Lin Jiuyue.

"Uncle Li, I'll leave the workers here to you."

"Miss, don't worry, I will definitely take care of it."

Uncle Li said with a smile.

Working in the town is work, and working in Shangbei Village is also work. Besides, he can often see his wife and daughter in Shangbei Village, so Uncle Li prefers to go back to Shangbei Village.

Lin Jiuyue nodded.

Twenty acres of land, nearly twenty workers, if everyone works hard, it will only take two days to plant all the crops.

The workers that the village chief found for Lin Jiuyue were all from Shangbei Village. Lin Jiuyue did not provide meals, but he would give each person an extra five copper coins a day as compensation for the lack of meals.

A man earns thirty-five copper coins a day, and a woman earns thirty-three copper coins a day.

This wage is not much different from that in town.

Lin Jiuyue stood at the edge of the field and looked around. Seeing that the workers were working well, she went home with peace of mind.

As expected, just as Lin Jiuyue had planned, it only took two days for the workers to plant rapeseed on all 20 mu of land.

"Have you heard? The Lin family bought twenty acres of land this year and planted all of it with something called rapeseed. What the hell is rapeseed? Why did Lin Jiuyue plant twenty acres of it?"

"Ah? Twenty acres of land planted with rapeseed? Isn't she worried that the rapeseed won't be sold and she won't even be able to pay the tax?"

"Hey, you're really overthinking this. Who are the Lin family? Can they be the same as us ordinary people? Do you really think Lin Jiuyue is that stupid? If she can't make money, can she plant rapeseed on all the land?"

"That's true. If Lin Jiuyue was really stupid, she wouldn't have that much money. Let's wait and see. If the Lin family makes a profit from growing rapeseed this time, we'll join them in growing rapeseed next year."

"Is it possible? Can they give us something that makes money for free?"

"Why not? Didn't the village chief's family plant two acres of rapeseed this year along with the Lin family? If the village chief's family can plant it, can't we do it too?"

"You also said that he is the village chief. We have no connection with the Lin family and have no ability to help them. We don't know whether they are willing to help or not."

Lin Jiuyue walked on the small path in the village and would hear things about her family from time to time.

As early as when she was planting rapeseed, Lin Jiuyue thought that her family would definitely be the subject of discussion among the villagers in the future. However, she did not expect that she would hear the villagers' discussions just by walking around casually.

"Shh, keep your voice down, Lin Jiuyue is coming."

When the villagers who were talking saw Lin Jiuyue coming, they immediately stopped the topic they were discussing.

"Miss Lin, are you out for a stroll?"

Lin Jiuyue nodded and said with a smile.

"My dear uncles and aunts, you are here too? What are you talking about? Let me hear it."

When the person who had just spoken heard Lin Jiuyue ask this, an awkward smile appeared on his face.