The adoration in the eyes of the four siblings almost melted Qin Yao.
She deliberately put on a stern face and urged, "Hurry up and go to bed. Are you going to school tomorrow?"
Dalang, Erlang and Sanlang immediately responded with a "hmm" and quickened their washing speed.
Si Niang stared at Qin Yao with a pair of big eyes and smiled foolishly, muttering, "My mother is the village chief? My mother is the village chief, my mother is the village chief~"
Qin Yao pinched her little face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Yes, your mother is the village chief! So go to bed quickly!"
He picked up his daughter who was acting like a fangirl and threw her onto her own little bed. He blew out the light, closed the door, and urged her again: "Go to sleep quickly, and no one is allowed to talk."
Hearing the children's room become quiet, Qin Yao walked into her bedroom and lay down freely on the soft big bed.
The small copper seal hanging around her waist poked her. Qin Yao took it off and placed it on the bedside. She touched the small thing with her fingers twice, covered herself with the thin quilt and fell asleep peacefully.
Qin Yao slept soundly that night, and when she opened her eyes, it was already dawn.
The bright, flickering firelight from last night was still flashing before her eyes. She hurriedly got up and looked towards the head of the bed. A bronze seal was lying there quietly.
Qin Yao smiled, took off the seal and tied it around her waist, got dressed and washed up, took the thin meat pancakes prepared by Li, and ate while walking towards the village.
She said yesterday that the school would be built today, so it would definitely not be delayed until tomorrow.
The villagers she met along the way no longer called her Qin Manager, but called her Village Chief.
Qin Yao raised her hand to greet him, looking at the clear water and blue sky, and the lush green fields, she felt that the thin meat pancake in her hand was extremely delicious.
As she walked past the village well, a group of playful children saw her. They wanted to approach her but were a little scared, so they lagged far behind her. Soon, a long tail followed Qin Yao.
Xiao Lai Fu was among them, and the other children were ready to push him out for questioning.
Because Qin Yao was walking around in the village, she was neither going to the stationery factory nor did she look like she was going to talk to the clan leader or the old village chief.
She looked at the top of the hill for a while, then went to look at the abandoned earthen house. The children followed her and ran all over the hill several times, confused as to what she was doing.
There have been a lot more children in the village in the past two years. There are four or five children of the same generation as Damao. This year, good news came from every family. There are three more crying babies in the village.
There are many young people getting married. Four of them are marrying off, and three of them are marrying new brides. Wedding banquets can be held from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. It can be seen that everyone's life is getting better and better.
There were also many people from outside the factory. Only two-fifths of the workers in the stationery factory were from Liujia Village, and the rest were from other nearby villages as a result of the subsequent expansion of recruitment.
Qin Yao stood on an abandoned hillside covered with weeds, looking at the small village at the foot of the mountain which was becoming increasingly popular. She suddenly felt that if a school was built in this village, Liujia Village would definitely have a new look.
"Right here!"
Qin Yao stepped on the ground beneath her feet. The first school in Liujia Village was built on this abandoned hillside.
This location is facing east, on the same parallel line as her yard, except that there is a large piece of farmland in between.
Her yard is in the village, and this hillside is at the entrance of the village, closer to Carpenter Liu's house.
To get to the top of the mountain, you need to cross the bridge below Carpenter Liu's house and go around his house before you can arrive.
The entire Liujia Village can be seen across the river, and the view is very bright.
The most important thing is that this land is relatively flat. With a little renovation, a large square can be shoveled out. In addition to the main body of the school, the extra flat land can also be set up as a playground for children to play, focusing on the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetics.
But the road here is very narrow now. If we want to make it more convenient for the children, we need to widen the road.
"What do you think about building a school here?" Qin Yao suddenly turned around and asked with a smile to the group of children in the bushes behind her.
The children, who thought they were hiding well, now discovered that they had been exposed. They jumped out from the bushes, chattering and looking around the slope.
Liu Daniu nodded pretentiously and said, "Not bad, not bad."
The other children started laughing and winked at Xiao Lai Fu, asking him to go and talk to Qin Yao.
Xiao Lai Fu didn't understand why the children in the village were so afraid of Qin Yao. Seeing that they were unwilling to go forward with him, he had to go to Qin Yao alone.
"Ma'am, you have just been walking around the village, are you choosing places for everyone in the school?"
Qin Yao nodded: "That's right."
"Will there be a school in our village in the future?" a child behind asked bravely.
Qin Yao thought they were quite funny, but she was afraid that she would not be able to resist her curiosity, so she continued to keep a cool face and hummed.
"Once the site is chosen and the whole village agrees, we will go to the village head to report it, and then go to the city to apply for the imperial subsidy. When we come back, we can start construction."
Another child asked: "Why is it so troublesome, village chief? Can we still go to school this year?"
Qin Yao calculated in her mind and said uncertainly: "If it's fast, we should be able to catch up in September."
Xiao Laifu asked anxiously: "What if it's slow?"
"Then it will have to be early spring next year." Qin Yao replied.
When the children heard this, they immediately lowered their heads and sighed, saying that it would take a long time.
But after sighing, he said excitedly: "Then we will all come to dig the soil and help build the school!"
Qin Yao laughed cheerfully, "Okay, everyone should make some contribution to their hometown, and those who are active will be awarded medals."
"What is a medal?" Little Lai Fu's eyes lit up.
Qin Yao said: "I will ask the blacksmith of Xiahe Village to make a round seal with the name and the title of outstanding villager printed on it. Only the most active and outstanding helpers can get it."
After hearing this description, the children all exclaimed, and they couldn’t be more excited.
Some people are impatient and run down the mountain immediately to tell their parents.
Not long after, when Qin Yao returned to the village, everyone in the village already knew that she had chosen the site for the school.
In the evening, when Qin Yao summoned the village elders to the ancestral hall to discuss matters, before she opened her mouth, the clan leader spoke first:
"The piece of land you mentioned is good, Yao Niang, let's do as you wish!"
As he said this, he thought of his grandson who was already sharpening his hoe at home, and said with a smile:
"The children in the village are all anxious. Tomorrow you go to the county government office to apply for the imperial subsidy for our village. We will select some workers for you in the village, and we will start the work as soon as you come back!"
The other elders echoed: "Yes, yes, you should go into the city quickly."
Qin Yao wanted to fly into the city right now, but there was still the issue of funding that had not been discussed.
She had asked Song Zhang before. The total amount of subsidies from the court and the county was 120 taels of silver, but it was not all available immediately after applying.
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