Doctor Zhou waved his hand nonchalantly, pointing to a patch of lush, growing plants. "Those are licorice seedlings over there," he said to Li Yan. "How many do you want to plant? Just bring someone over to dig them up! These seedlings have been growing for nearly a year. If you manage them properly, you'll be able to harvest them in two years!"

"Doctor Zhou, I want to plant five acres of licorice. How much silver do you think it will cost? These are all grown with your hard work, I can't just take them for free!" Li Yan said solemnly.

Doctor Zhou: "Then give me five taels of silver!"

Li Yan then took out a five-liang silver ingot from her small bag and said, "I'll give you this money first. I'll finish planting the saplings sent by the Wang family tomorrow, and then I'll come back to dig the seedlings!"

"It's not too late to give it to you after you come and dig it out!" Doctor Zhou waved his hand to refuse.

Li Yan stuffed the silver and money into Zhou Xun's hand beside her and said, "It's getting dark, I'm leaving first!" After that, she ran away without giving Zhou Xun time to react.

Zhou Xun looked at his grandfather helplessly with the silver money in his hand: "Forget it, just take it. You are the one who usually takes care of these herbs!

When Zhao Da drove the donkey cart to stop in front of Li's house and waited for Li Yan to get off, Zhao Da unloaded the frame and Li Yan pulled the donkey to the backyard.

This big blue donkey ground more than 20 kilograms of beans in the second half of the night, and today it carried three people for a whole day, and it has reached its limit.

Li Yan took some beans from the warehouse and mixed them into the donkey's fodder. The big blue donkey got the delicious food, cried happily twice, and chewed the beans in its mouth with satisfaction!

Li Yan patted the big blue donkey's head and murmured, "Thank you for your hard work today!"

The big blue mule seemed to understand and responded with two "Aung, Aung!" sounds. It looked very well behaved.

After feeding the animals, Li Yan returned to the main hall. At this time, Li Erlang also rushed back from the county government office.

Although he was busy with the preparations for the establishment of the market in the county government office today, he was always thinking about his daughter. He was still worried about her going away. Now, seeing Yan'er standing in front of him safely, Li Erlang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Have you bought all the medicinal herbs and seedlings?" Li Erlang asked.

"Don't worry, Dad. Everything has been arranged! Because we bought so much, the owner of the saplings will arrange for someone to deliver them to your door tomorrow. I'll go find Grandpa after dinner and ask him to help find some more aunts. More than 20 acres of saplings will be delivered tomorrow, so it's best to plant them as soon as possible!"

At this time, Li Xiaomei came out of the kitchen carrying some dishes. Upon hearing this, she was surprised and said, "How much money did you spend on buying all this?"

"It should be less than twenty-eight taels!"

Li Xiaomei couldn't help but gasp. This... Including the money spent on buying the land, it cost more than thirty taels! This cost was really staggering.

If by any chance something happens to the medicinal materials, wouldn’t all the more than 30 taels of silver be wasted?

Then I looked at my brother and sister-in-law, who seemed to have gotten used to it and looked very calm, and didn't say anything.

Mrs. Lin handed the bowl of soup with chicken legs to her daughter. Seeing Yan'er running around these days, Mrs. Lin felt sorry for her daughter. Today, she specially stewed a chicken to nourish the child: "You've been tired all day, eat!"

Li Yan was indeed hungry at this time, so she picked up the bowl of soup in front of her and started eating!

The chicken soup was delicious, and the chicken legs were tender and tender. At this moment, Li Yan felt that this was the most delicious thing in the world!

Seeing her daughter eating with satisfaction, Mrs. Lin was also very happy in her heart!

Li Yan's stomach was full after the meal. She put down her bowl and chopsticks and said, "Dad, I'm going to find grandpa and tell him about finding someone to plant the seedlings tomorrow!" After that, she hurried to the next room.

Old Master Li, who was sitting under the eaves smoking a pipe, saw his granddaughter and asked hurriedly, "Did you buy any seedlings in Linzhen today?"

Li Yan found a small stool and sat down next to Grandpa. "Grandpa, I was just about to tell you about this! Please help me go to the village tomorrow morning to invite some more aunts over. The medicinal seedlings need to be delivered tomorrow, and I'm worried that these people now may not be able to handle it!"

Old Master Li took two puffs of his pipe and said, "Well, those families with little land are almost idle now. In the past two days, someone even asked if they wanted to hire anyone!"

At this time, Wu came out of the room and stuffed the silver money in her granddaughter's hand: "This is the silver money for five acres of wasteland, keep it!"

Mr. Li echoed, "Take it. Since it was planted for us, there's no reason to take it for nothing!"

Seeing her granddaughter accept the money, Mrs. Wu asked again, "We can help you find this person, but we have no experience in growing medicinal herbs. You must ask the person who delivered the seedlings carefully tomorrow!"

In fact, Li Yan had led the villagers to plant these medicinal herbs in her previous life, so she patted her chest with confidence and said, "Don't worry, grandma. I have selected drought-resistant seedlings that are easy to survive!"

Grandpa and grandma had worked hard all day, so Li Yan told them about hiring someone to plant the seedlings tomorrow and then went back!

Nothing happened that night. At dawn the next day, Li Yan also came down the mountain early.

Prepare to let the uncles, aunts and uncles in the village dig ditches and holes first, and then transplant the Wang family's saplings as soon as they arrive!

At this time, there were more than 20 aunts from the village on the ridge of the field at the foot of the mountain. When they heard that they would help the Li family grow medicinal herbs, they were all very excited!

These aunts only knew that the herbs sold in the city's pharmacies were very expensive. If they could learn how to grow these herbs, maybe they could try growing some at home in the future. They stood on the edge of the field, imagining this, and listened to Li Yan's explanation.

"We need to dig trenches on these five mu of land. Uncle Zhao, if you have livestock, use a plow to dig the trenches first. The trenches don't need to be too wide or too deep. Just plow the fields once with the livestock. When the medicinal seedlings arrive, we'll use them to plant Astragalus!"

Li Yan said this while gesturing to the three of them.

They were all experienced farmers, so after Li Yan said this, the three of them understood very well and pulled the animals to go to work.

Then Li Yan said to the remaining uncles, aunts and uncles, "Then please help dig holes. Each hole should be about three feet apart. The depth of the hole does not need to be too deep, just like planting trees!" Li Yan said as she guided the aunt to dig holes.

After Li Yan's explanation, everyone quickly got busy.

While everyone was digging, Li Yan called the two Guo brothers over and said, "Uncle Guo, take a few people with you to pick up some farmyard manure. Throw some into the dug hole and cover it with soil. When the medicinal seedlings come over, you can plant the seeds right away!"

The two brothers of the Guo family nodded repeatedly, turned around and called two young men to pick the fat ones!

Li Yan arranged the preparatory work, and the uncles and aunts began to dig ditches and pits in an orderly manner. With her grandfather looking after them, there was no need for her to stay in the fields.

There are so many uncles, aunts and uncles helping here today, and someone from the Wang family will come to deliver saplings later. It will take some time to prepare lunch, so Li Yan hurried home!