Liang Shouzhen strongly agreed with He Yuhan's proposal. He had long had the idea of ​​rebuilding the school, as his four children were able to achieve their current success because they had all gone to school and received an education.
Only by going to school and acquiring education could one have the opportunity to work in the city and receive government-subsidized food rations.
After discussing it with several village officials, Liang Shouzhen unanimously agreed. This was because several of the village officials had children of school age. Once the school was established, their children could attend school and learn to read.
The whole village envied the Liang family's children for their success in education; some became soldiers, others became workers, making them far better off than those who toiled in the fields.
The village acted quickly, and within a few days, they had cleared out the old primary school. Because the village primary school had been closed for several years, almost all school-age children in the village had never attended school; children ranging from teenagers to six or seven years old had to start from first grade.
He Yuhan plans to start with one class, which will only require one classroom.
To keep the teachers and children warm, Liang Shou-zheng had a stove built in the classroom with two chimneys installed. When classes were in session, firewood was burned, which made the room much warmer.
While Han Yi was there, He Yuhan went back to the city with him. She made an excuse to take out the old textbooks that she had previously stored in her spatial storage, and then asked Han Yi to send her and the textbooks back to Laohewan Village.
When Han Yixian learned that He Yuhan would be substituting for the children again, he said worriedly, "You have to see patients every day and teach the children too. Can you manage? Won't that be very tiring?"
He Yuhan said, "My idea is to rebuild the school first and let the children learn something this winter. We'll definitely have teachers later. If you have time, you're welcome to substitute for the children. We can be teachers for the children together."
Han Yixian smiled helplessly, "I really can't do anything with you. You've included me in this too. I have no choice but to comply."
He Yuhan smiled and said, "You can teach the children when you come over on weekends. I'll cook delicious food for you at home."
Han Yixian said, "Then my weekends will be mostly taken up by a group of kids, and we'll have even less time to spend together in the future."
He Yuhan said, "It will be great when we have teachers later. Then we can be free."
Han Yixian said helplessly, "That's all we can do."
Soon many of the village's children went to school.
He Yuhan taught the children free of charge, didn't charge them tuition, and even provided them with textbooks for free. As a result, almost all the school-age children in the village attended school.
He Yuhan was quite satisfied with the villagers of Laohewan Village's emphasis on learning.
He Yuhan teaches children from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. every day. From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., she sees patients.
After the ground froze in winter, most of the work in the fields stopped. Seeing how busy her daughter was every day, Wang Yuqiao didn't let her cook, so He Yuhan basically ate at the Du family's house every day.
Although Han Yixian also provided the Du family with a truckload of coal, Du Lianqiao and his wife were reluctant to keep it burning continuously. Most of the time, the stove was kept sealed, and it was only opened at night to burn for a short while.
Seeing this, He Yuhan simply let her adoptive mother cook at her own home and let the Du family eat at her own home.
Since her home had heating and the stove burned brightly, He Yuhan let her adoptive parents stay at her home during the day and go back to their own home at night.
In this way, the Du family can keep the stove sealed during the day and turn it on again in the evening to heat the house for a while.
Since the three Du brothers all lived at He Yuhan's house, the stove was installed in the room where Du Lianqiao and his wife lived, and the kang (heated brick bed) in that room could be heated at night. This also saved a lot of firewood.
Du Haifeng and Du Haichao didn't go to school with the other children in the village; they had almost finished learning the elementary school curriculum and there was no need for them to continue. Du Haisheng, however, did go to school with the other children.
Although the weather was very cold after winter began, it hadn't snowed yet, and Han Yixian would come to see He Yuhan almost every weekend.
Du Lianqiao and his wife were very pleased to see how well the engaged couple was getting along; their daughter's hardships had finally come to an end.
Many people catch colds in winter due to the cold weather, especially children whose weak immune systems make them prone to colds and fevers.
Most of He Yuhan's patients are children. Adults usually choose to tough it out on their own, but children can't. Many children's colds and fevers easily develop into pneumonia, which becomes very difficult to treat.
In the past, many children in rural areas died young due to lack of medical care and medicine. Winter is also a season with increased infant mortality rates.
Medicines are in short supply these days. If He Yuhan hadn't had her own herbal remedies to fall back on, she would have run out of medicine long ago.
Therefore, He Yuhan educates everyone who comes to her clinic about disease prevention, hoping to help them reduce their chances of getting sick.
He Yuhan also knew that people nowadays often don't have enough to eat, and their bodies are already weak, so their ability to prevent disease is naturally very poor. There was nothing that could be done about it.
He Yuhan was so busy teaching children and treating patients that she had no time to go back to the city to visit her parents.
Fortunately, Han Yixian came every week, and she would ask him to bring some things to her parents.
The storage room in the back room of He Yuhan's house has been locked since winter began, and no one knows how much stuff is inside. Anyway, she always manages to take out food from the storage room.
He Yuhan usually puts some of the ingredients she needs for cooking in the kitchen beforehand, and no one would bother to find out how much stuff is in the pantry.
Every weekend, He Yuhan would prepare the things she wanted Han Yixian to take and put them in the kitchen or somewhere else in advance, so Han Yixian didn't know how much was in that locked storage room. Anyway, he always saw that He Yuhan had more food than she could finish.
The Du family all assumed that Han Yixian would bring food to He Yuhan every week, so the Du family never suspected anything because He Yuhan's family always had enough food.
In fact, Han Yixian was very curious about where He Yuhan's supplies came from, because he knew that He Yuhan had not left Laohewan Village for a long time. Could someone have sent her things in the middle of winter?
Although curious, Han Yixian knew he shouldn't pry into He Yuhan's secret. He believed that one day He Yuhan would tell him.
He Yuhan, who hadn't been home to visit her parents for over a month, suddenly received news that her father was seriously ill. This was like a bolt from the blue.
Han Yixian came to pick up He Yuhan and bring her back to the city after receiving the news, and only then did He Yuhan learn that her father was seriously ill.
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