Zhao Tingzhang glanced at Xu Qingyun, then hesitated before looking at He Tiantian.
He walked up to He Tiantian and asked in a low voice, "Wanzi's mom, who's that in the car?"
He Tiantian then recounted everything that happened on the way.
“I feel sorry for him. He’s an old man, and he’s injured and has no children. Village head, our village is short of a teacher after the New Year…” He Tiantian quietly pointed behind her, “I think this one will do.”
Zhao, the pavilion chief, nodded happily, also finding it feasible.
He was worried about this just a couple of days ago. Now it's already October, and Zhao Yan will be going to the academy for some time to study before taking the exams next February.
He's gone, but what will happen to the children in this village who are still in school?
The school we've worked so hard to organize can't just fall apart like this.
Thinking of this, Zhao Tingzhang brought up the matter he had been pondering for the past few days.
“Mother Wanzi, I’m not afraid you’ll laugh at me. There are two hundred taels of silver in the village right now, and I want to use it to build a school…”
Upon hearing this, He Tiantian felt genuine support from the bottom of her heart.
“What’s so funny about this, Village Chief? If this school can be established, it will be a tremendous good thing. Every family in the village will be grateful to you.”
Zhao Tingzhang seemed greatly encouraged, and he nodded excitedly.
“Mama, with your words, I’ll have someone build this school right away. Let’s start with three mud-brick rooms.”
He Tiantian glanced at Mr. Xu sitting in the car and quickly told Zhao Dahai and Zhao Xiangbei to carry him to her house first.
Her house is empty now; there are still rooms for her to live in.
"Chief, since that's the case, why don't we build another room for the village teacher? Our village doesn't have a teacher, and Mr. Xu will need a place to rest when he teaches in the future."
Zhao Tingzhang nodded in agreement, “Wanzi’s mother, you are right. Actually, I’ve already chosen the location for the school, right over from Erhua’s mother’s house.”
There's a large open space near the end of the village.
For so many years, no one has bought that vacant lot to build a house. If you wanted to build four mud-brick houses, that location would be perfect.
Mud-brick houses are so comfortable to live in, warm in winter and cool in summer.
When He Tiantian returned home, Zhao Wanzi and Zhao Xiaolü seemed very excited.
He Tiantian took out all the things she had bought for her family. Everyone was happy to have new clothes to wear.
He Shitou hugged his new clothes, grinning like an idiot.
The clothes look so new that he's almost embarrassed to wear them.
After lunch, He Tiantian replenished all the ingredients in her room and put them in the refrigerator.
She quietly told Zhao Xiaolü about the refrigerator.
The child didn't ask many questions; he only knew that he could take things out of there to make food for Old Madam Song.
When He Tiantian came in, she seemed to see that the brick house next door was still uninhabited. It seemed that Old Madam Song hadn't moved in yet, so she didn't need to greet her this time.
He Tiantian bought some anti-inflammatory medicine and iodine at the mall and delivered them to Mr. Xu.
Mr. Xu temporarily arranged for him to share a room with He Chun and He Shitou.
"Shitou, go and get some water for Mr. Xu to clean his wounds. Then help him apply medicine to the wounds," He Tiantian ordered.
He Shitou responded and quickly went out.
Soon, they brought over a handkerchief and a basin of water. Mr. Xu's feet were still immobile, and he could only watch helplessly as He Shitou pressed his stinky feet into the basin of water.
"This...this..." Mr. Xu was speechless for a moment.
He Shitou thought the other person was being polite, so he said, "Sir, you don't need to be so polite with me. I'll wash it clean for you..."
Mr. Xu blushed with embarrassment. What he wanted to say was, "What a waste! Such a big basin of water is used to wash feet!"
He Chun stood on the threshold and coughed awkwardly, muttering somewhat irritably, "This bastard has never washed my feet like this before."
After taking good care of Mr. Xu, He Tiantian finally came out of the house.
Zhao Wanzi ran up to her and reported, "Mother, the little rabbits at home have had a lot more babies... If they keep having babies like this, we won't be able to find any grass for them to eat."
Although they have been eating rabbits, the number of rabbits is still increasing.
Her father had always been the one to kill the rabbits, and she had just seen that quite a few rabbit skins were already drying in the yard.
We need to find a way to get rid of some of these rabbits, otherwise the house will smell terrible everywhere. And these rabbit pelts could be used to make clothes or scarves, which would be quite nice.
The chickens at home are still laying eggs, and the daily egg consumption is sufficient, so she no longer needs to buy them from the mall.
There are also two sheep at home, which are enough to feed them.
Thinking of this, He Tiantian said, "Wanzi, go and pick out all the fatter rabbits and put them in a separate cage. Also, clean and pack up the dried rabbit skins. I'll take them with me when I go to the city in a few days."
These rabbits can all be sent to Butcher Zhang so he can slaughter them all. Then she can buy a freezer and freeze all the meat.
She planned to take the rabbit skins to Manager Guan's shop. She'd see if they could be made into scarves or other small trinkets; she figured she could make a little money anyway.
Zhao Wanzi felt that she had finally solved a big problem. The mountain was so dry that there was no extra grass to feed the rabbits.
The whole family got busy.
In the village, it seems like there's always work to be done.
In the evening, Tao brought Zhao Fengnian to He Tiantian's house.
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