The workers' hearts tightened as they watched Muniang, their expressions tinged with nervousness. The mistress wouldn't expect them to work at this pace every day from now on, would she? That would be the death of them!
But Muniang simply said, "Let's call it a day for today. Get up early tomorrow morning—I've prepared the seeds. You'll plant them according to my requirements. You know how to work properly now, don't you?"
The workers nodded again and again: "We understand! Lady, rest assured, we definitely won't slack off!"
"I'm not a mistress who likes to be harsh. If you hadn't gone too far today, I wouldn't have gotten so angry. Just work diligently, and those who do well will have plenty of good things in store."
"Yes!"
After giving a few more instructions, Muniang left, leaving the exhausted workers to dejectedly head off for dinner and sleep. Today's lesson had indeed been effective.
