The incident of Chun Yu falling into the water scared Yunniang's family so much that they were busy all day and suddenly remembered that they had not yet thanked the child's lifesaver.

So the next day, Liu the peddler and his wife Yunniang waited until Yin Le got off work in the afternoon and came home, then brought gifts to thank him in person.

An old hen, a bag of brown sugar, and half a basket of eggs were all used to nourish Yin Le's body.

Yunniang's mother-in-law said that the river water was dirty and cold, and she didn't know if the girl was frozen.

It would be troublesome if women lose qi and blood, and they must replenish it, otherwise they will feel guilty.

Yin Le didn't have much interaction with manager Qiao Yun usually, except when everyone went to the cafeteria to eat, and since they were both women, they would just listen to some gossip in their spare time.

After the Chunyu incident, Yunniang would come over from time to time to take care of him, which made Yin Le flattered.

She hurriedly said it was nothing and that she had already taken the thank-you gift, so they were even.

Yunniang knew that she liked to be alone and quiet, so she no longer showed her concern for her so blatantly.

But in her heart, this matter could not be cleared up.

If it weren't for Yin Le's unhesitating jump, she couldn't even imagine what the outcome would be.

She only had one son, and if he couldn't survive, she would never be able to survive either.

In Yunniang's view, Yin Le saved not only her son Chunyu's life, but also the lives of their entire family!

At Qin Yao's house, Liu the peddler also sent two bags of brown sugar to thank Awang for his timely action in rescuing Chunyu from the gates of hell.

Awang said you’re welcome and hid away with the two bags of brown sugar.

He was not used to dealing with these things and always felt that getting too involved would bring trouble to others.

Qin Yao received Liu the peddler, invited him into the house to sit down and drink a cup of tea and eat some snacks, and also asked about the recovery of the spring rain.

"I'm fine now. I was just a little scared the first night I woke up, and he kept calling me all night. But the next morning I was full of energy again."

Liu the peddler spoke with a smile, but he couldn't stop feeling scared in his heart.

Some said angrily: "These little kids in the village, every year they say you can't go down to the river, and every year something happens, but no one really listens."

"It would be great if there was a place to detain them. Otherwise, after what happened, my heart is pounding from time to time. His mother is the same. In the past two days, whenever she hears the sound of water while doing something, she gets a chill."

Qin Yao felt that Yunniang had a psychological trauma and suggested that Liu the peddler ask Chunyu's grandmother to find a fortune teller to help her resolve the problem.

There is no psychologist here to help with counseling. If you want to remove the shadow, the most effective way is to ask a fortune teller to perform a ritual.

Liu the peddler had not paid much attention to his wife's auditory hallucinations, but after hearing what Qin Yao said, he felt that the situation might be more serious than he thought, so he quickly agreed.

"I'll go back and ask his grandmother." Liu the peddler was preoccupied with something and couldn't sit still for a moment. He declined Qin Yao's polite invitation to stay for dinner and stood up to leave.

Before leaving, he suddenly asked Qin Yao: "Sister-in-law, the village has finalized the list, and they are going to gather all the villagers in the ancestral hall to vote for the candidates in the next two days. Did you know?"

Qin Yao asked curiously: "What list?"

"You don't know!" Liu the peddler was a little surprised, but he quickly explained: "It's the list of candidates for the village's election of a new village chief."

Liu the peddler chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm, "Someone even wrote my third brother's name on it."

Seeing Qin Yao's surprised expression after hearing this, Liu the peddler guessed:

"I guess the villagers just randomly reported it to make up the number. If we had known it would be like this, we would have reported your name as well. What a pity."

Liu the peddler suddenly stopped, bowed to Qin Yao apologetically, and said goodbye.

Qin Yao knew what he felt sorry for, needless to say.

It's a pity that she is a woman. From generation to generation in Liujia Village until today, no woman has ever been on the candidate list.

Of course, there is no such precedent not only in Liujia Village, but also in the entire Kaiyang County, and even in the entire Zijing Prefecture.

Looking at Liu the peddler's receding back, Qin Yao remembered the complicated look the village chief had given her when she met him before.

Now she finally understood, and I guess he wanted to say to her: It's a pity that you are not a man.

Qin Yao shrugged and didn't care.

However, the fact that the children in the village always went into the river without telling their parents sounded a warning to her.

The children neither go to school nor work in the fields. They are just left to roam freely in the mountains and fields. No matter how careful they are, something bad can happen.

The school in this village must be built as soon as possible.

There is also a propaganda campaign strictly prohibiting going into the river during the rainy season. This must be deeply rooted in the hearts of all villagers, young and old, so that everyone will take it seriously and form a mutual supervision.

This way, when she is not at home, she doesn't have to worry about whether the four brothers and sisters of Dalang will secretly go down to the river to play in the water and get into an accident.

If you want to achieve the purpose of publicity, school is the best medium.

However, what made Qin Yao feel a little relieved was that the four children in her family were much more sensible and considerate than those disobedient naughty kids in the village.

At least so far, the four siblings have not secretly violated any of her instructions.

Qin Yao was thinking about building a school, and she started to use her abacus to calculate how much collective funds the clan leader had.

After the New Year, the batch of wolf skins was taken to sell by Liu the peddler. She had already gotten information about the amount and sold it for twenty-four taels and three cents of silver, in both small and large amounts.

In addition, there was wolf meat sold before New Year's Eve. Because it was sold to various villages, it was sold at a low price of twelve cents per catty, which earned nine taels and six cents of silver.

From the beginning of the year to now, when May is approaching, the village has not held any major collective events, which means that not a penny of the money has been spent.

Adding the rent paid by her stationery factory, there would be about forty taels of public funds!

Forty taels of silver is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

If the village encounters a famine, all the money can be used to buy food and distributed to all villagers. Each person can get dozens of kilograms, which is enough to get through the famine.

To build a school, the village provides the labor, which is almost free. Only two or three taels of money are needed for building materials and two or three taels of money for carpentry of tables and chairs.

The most important thing is the enlightenment books that are hard to buy with money.

This is also the reason why Song Zhang has been encouraging villages and towns to build new schools, but no village has dared to take this step so far.

Studying is difficult not because there are no schools, but because knowledge is monopolized. There are no books and no teachers.

But books are not a problem now. I have the enlarged version of the manuscript from Qin Yao's home in my hand, so I'm safe!

As for the teacher, the county magistrate will help arrange one. So the time is ripe to build a school.

However, just as Qin Yao was excitedly preparing to take the school construction plan to discuss with the clan leader, the bell at the entrance of the ancestral hall rang.

It is not about paying taxes or performing corvee labor, but about convening all villagers to elect the next village chief.