After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

There must be a school first, and the county will send people down to verify it before giving the wife a bride price of twenty taels.

Only after the school recruits students can we get the subsequent 80 taels of tuition subsidy.

The twenty-tael subsidy given by the county government can only be obtained if there are twenty students in the school.

In total, it will take at least half a year to get all the 120 taels of silver subsidies from the time the school is built.

Moreover, this one hundred and twenty taels is a one-time subsidy. Whether and how long the school's expenses will last in the future still requires the efforts of the villagers themselves.

But for the current one hundred and twenty taels, it is not a problem to hire a wife, including his food and accommodation, for five or six years.

For the people in the village, the school is at their doorstep, and the money saved on transportation can be used on pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Tuition is free for two years, so they can still afford to study.

As for after the two-year free period, let’s talk about it later. Qin Yao firmly believes that life will not always be so hard.

Those watermelon fields in the village that have not been washed away by heavy rains will always play their due role.

Qin Yao told the elders about the subsidy. After everyone listened, the excited smiles faded away and they all sighed.

The patriarch asked: Then we have to spend money to build a school ourselves? Our ancestors have never built a school for so many years. How should we build this school? How much money will it cost?

Other clan elders said: No matter what, we need two rooms. It is a place where the children study and go to school. It can't be too dark. The earth walls are definitely not good. The windows are so small that no light can be seen and candles are needed.

If you don't need earthen walls, you can only build them of wood or bricks, which is so expensive that the patriarch's heart ache.

Qin Yao reminded: There are still forty taels of silver in the village.

But for the old people, it is one thing to have money, but it is another thing to spend it.

My flesh hurts!

Qin Yao was glad that she was now the village chief and had absolute decision-making power. She ignored the pained faces of the clan elders and said:

It's built with bricks and tiles. It's sturdy, durable, windproof and rainproof, so you don't have to repair it year after year. It's done in one step!

Ask every household in the village to contribute their own hands. We can save a lot on labor costs. We can build three rooms with bricks and tiles, roof beams, tables, chairs and benches, two for students and one for the wife to live in. It is estimated that ten Two pieces of silver is enough.

Seeing the clan elders gasping for air when they heard the ten taels of silver, Qin Yao stood up and enlarged her moves, speaking righteously and sternly:

An ancient saying goes, no matter how hard it is, you can't hurt your children, and no matter how poor you are, you can't give up on education!

The patriarch blinked his old eyes and asked boldly: Mother Yao, who is this ancient person?

Qin Yao opened her eyes and said nonsense, The sage Confucius.

A group of illiterate elders suddenly stood in awe.

Only the patriarch, who had gone to school for two years as a child, frowned slightly. Poor old man, he was very old. At this time, he was still trying to recall whether Confucius had ever said this sentence in his childhood books.

No one raised any objections, Qin Yao took it as if they agreed, yawned, waved, and dismissed the meeting.

Afterwards, the patriarch came to the old village chief's house and told him that Qin Yao decided to spend ten taels of silver to build his own school today.

Seeing that the old village chief showed a pained expression, the patriarch immediately patted him on the shoulder and educated him:

The sage said that no matter how hard it is, we must not suffer for our children, and no matter how poor we are, we must not suffer from education. The children's education is the top priority. Old man, please open your eyes wider. We must take a long-term view.

The old village chief blew his beard and stared. He finally understood. He had learned something new and came to show off to him.

Humming: I don't know about the ink in your belly? It's what the saint said. How many words do you remember about the saint's words?

However, thinking of Qin Yao's decision, the old village chief smiled happily, Young people have to be courageous. If we old men are worried about the little money, we will delay the children's life-long events.

Although the patriarch's heart ached, his body nodded honestly.

Qin Yao wrote an application for the free school subsidy overnight and followed the children's school carriage to Jinshi Town early the next morning to find Li Zheng.

It is not only about the subsidy, but also about the replacement of the old and new village chiefs in Liujia Village.

Seeing Qin Yao coming with the village chief's bronze medal, the enthusiastic smile on Li Zheng's face froze for a moment, and he looked Qin Yao up and down in shock.

He was stunned for five seconds, then smiled in surprise and invited her to come in and sit down.

As he walked, he looked back at the bronze medal on Qin Yao's waist, The time I went to your village to learn how to plant rice, he said he was quitting. I thought it was a joke, but I didn't expect it to be so fast.

Moreover, the new village chief is someone he had never thought of.

Qin Yao smiled and said, Li Zheng, I don't have much experience as a junior. I need more guidance from seniors like you in the future.

Li Zheng nodded, looked at the jar of wine, a bag of tea, and two bags of snacks handed over by Qin Yao, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly, This is natural.

It's just that I have never seen a woman become a village chief before. You really surprised me. Li Zheng said half seriously and half jokingly.

Qin Yao smiled again and went straight to the topic without explaining. She took out the post she had written and asked if Li Zheng was qualified and could it be sent to the county government.

Li Zheng motioned for Qin Yao to sit down, then he pulled up a chair and came to the door, reading the post through the sunlight.

In the past, the old village chief would write no matter what kind of post he had. If something happened, he would come over and talk to him. Everything that needed to be reported was written by Li Zheng himself.

As soon as Qin Yao handed over this post, Li Zheng took another look at her.

Suddenly I feel that it doesn't matter if a woman becomes the village chief. As long as she has the ability, it doesn't matter whether she is a man or a woman.

What's more, today's new village chief of Liujia Village is indeed much better than those in other villages who can't read big characters.

Looking at this post again, there aren't that many verbose sentences, they are all concise and clear in plain language. Although the handwriting is not beautiful, it is neat and legible.

She first explained why she wrote this post, and then talked about the construction of a school in Liujiacun.

It is clearly written where the school will be built, how much land the school will occupy, how much it will cost, how it will be put into use in the future, etc.

At the end, it once again expressed that this school is of great significance to the entire Liujia Village, and about the strong future of the entire Sheng Kingdom, which raised the spirit of the entire post to a higher level.

After reading it, Li Zheng was both surprised and happy.

Surprisingly, I didn't expect Qin Yao to be such a good writer.

Fortunately, you can copy this post format and use it in the future, so you no longer have to worry about writing posts!

Qin Yao secretly observed Li Zheng's micro-expressions. She saw all his reactions. She raised the corner of her mouth and asked tentatively:

What do you think, Li Zheng?

Li Zheng only replied with one word: Okay! (End of this chapter)