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Village Chief Han then shouted, "Making wooden balls is no problem. We villagers can do it. We don't even need to pay the craftsmen in the state capital."

"Let's go to Dingzhou City and buy some wood. The villagers have tools to work with. Now that the houses have been repaired, the men in the village can do this."

"The big pieces of wood can be used to make the pellets, and the leftover scraps can be used to burn for heating. It's not a waste of money at all, and it also saves a lot of labor costs."

Village Chief Han then said with a smile, "A Miao, don't think your old man Liu is doing nothing now. He was a skilled carpenter when he was young."

"Look at these cabinets, tables, and stools in my house. He made them all for me."

Village Chief Han pointed to the cabinets, tables and chairs in the room and continued.

"I'll take this painting of yours to your uncle Liu in a moment. He'll know what to do as soon as he sees it!"

Seeing that the problem with the wooden ball was solved, Xu Miao picked up the paintbrush and started painting the house.

Seeing Xu Miao drawing seriously, Village Chief Han did not interrupt him. He knew that Xu Miao had some ideas about Hanjia Village, so he waited to hear what Xu Miao wanted to do.

Xu Miao drew a few houses and a courtyard on a piece of paper, pointing to the picture and explaining to the village head Han and his wife, "I want to build a few houses like this for our Hanjia Village."

"I want to move all the older villagers in our village to live in one courtyard."

Some time ago, people from other villages came to Hanjia Village to rob, targeting those residents who were the only one left at home.

Moreover, these people are old and live in scattered places, so Village Chief Han has to send people to take care of them. Gathering them in one compound will make it easier to take care of them.

This large courtyard is similar to a modern nursing home. When the elderly have nothing to do, they can chat together and take care of each other.

After talking about the big courtyard, Xu Miao talked to Village Chief Han about hiring a teacher for Hanjia Village.

"Uncle Han, can you find a teacher among those without a pass outside Dingzhou City who can come to Hanjia Village?"

Hanjia Village definitely cannot hire a teacher from Dingzhou City.

Hanjia Village is remote and has few people. Teachers in Dingzhou City would definitely not be interested in such a place.

However, some of the strangers outside Dingzhou City who do not have a pass should be willing to come in order to enter the city earlier.

"I can talk to General Liu about asking the teacher for advice. It shouldn't be a problem."

"We're not hiring you for nothing. We're going to pay you one or two taels of silver a month. Uncle Han, do you think that's okay?"

"Let's not sign the indenture contract with the master yet. Just let him teach the children in our village well."

When Aunt Han heard that Xu Miao wanted to pay the teacher one or two taels of silver a month as wages, she started yelling before Village Chief Han could say anything.

"Ah Miao, you said you would pay the teacher one tael of silver a month as wages. That would be twelve taels of silver a year. That's more than what a shopkeeper in the state capital would make."

The shopkeepers in the city are so tired, getting up earlier than the chickens and going to bed later than the dogs. This teacher does nothing but teach, and yet he earns so little money.

"Ten taels of silver is enough to marry a wife and bring her home to live with her."

"This gentleman is just a waste of money. Our Hanjia Village has lived well without such a gentleman in recent years!"

Aunt Han didn't think there was anything wrong with her being illiterate. As a farmer, it was enough for her to know how to grow crops. Reading and writing could not make a living.

When Village Chief Han saw his wife start to talk nonsense when she mentioned studying, he quickly frowned and scolded her, "What do you know? If all the children in our village could read and write, they would be candidates for the position of shopkeeper even if they went to Dingzhou City."

"If someone with great potential comes out and passes the imperial examination and comes back, it would be a blessing for our ancestors in Han Village."

"Don't be so ignorant and let your children down for the rest of their lives."

Aunt Han was so scolded by Village Chief Han that she dared not say a word. She pursed her lips and muttered softly, "You only know how to scold me. I want to see where you can get the silver. That's twelve taels of silver, enough for the whole family to eat for a year."

Aunt Han's heart ached when she thought of the money.

Seeing that Aunt Han was worried about the money, Xu Miao hurriedly took out the silver bills that Village Chief Han had placed on the kang and placed them in front of Aunt Han.

Aunt Han had seen the banknotes before, and this time when she saw Xu Miao take out a stack of banknotes, her eyes widened and she said in a trembling voice, "Hey, this, this, Miao, you want to give me money again!"

...No wonder his child's grandfather kept saying that he wanted to hire a teacher. It turned out that A Miao, the money-giving boy, was going to give out money again!

Xu Miao smiled quietly at Aunt Han and said, "Aunt Han, this is ten thousand taels of silver! It was sent by the Duke's Mansion in the capital, and given to our Han Village. Do you think we can hire this gentleman?"

Aunt Han nodded vigorously: "Please, please! Even for the children in our Hanjia Village, we can hire a teacher for each one!"

If you have ten thousand taels of silver, you will have more than enough money to hire not only one teacher, but even ten.

Village chief Han happily waited until Xu Miao and Aunt Han were happy enough before he continued to discuss with Xu Miao.

"A Miao, I want to recruit more outsiders who don't have a permit to live in the other village. Is that okay with you?"

"These residents are enough for our Hanjia Village, but I want to recruit more young and strong outsiders from other villages."

When Village Chief Han heard Xu Miao mention that they wanted to find teachers outside Dingzhou City, he thought of recruiting more outsiders.

Xu Miao knew what Village Chief Han was planning. If more people lived in other villages, Hanjia Village would be safer.

Xu Miao nodded quickly: "Uncle Han, I will discuss this matter with General Liu, and it should be done."

From those without travel permits outside Dingzhou City, some young and strong men were selected to enter the city and come to Hanjia Village. Hanjia Village provided ready-made accommodation, so even though Hanjia Village was in a remote location, people would still come.

Thinking that there were no ready-made houses in the outer villages, Xu Miao discussed with Village Chief Han the issue of repairing those uninhabited houses in the outer villages.

Aunt Han didn't care what Village Chief Han and Xu Miao discussed. Now that she had the money, she could do whatever they wanted.

Sitting on the kang, he counted the banknotes over and over again. After a long time, he still couldn't get it right. He felt that the banknotes were more than 10,000 taels. Could it be that Xu Miao and her child's grandfather didn't count them right?

Aunt Han had had enough of her money, so she sat on the kang and listened quietly to the discussion between Xu Miao and Village Chief Han.

I heard Xu Miao and Village Chief Han talking about repairing houses for other villages, building new houses for Hanjia Village, and making some thorny wooden balls.

He quickly interrupted, "At the rate you two are going, the money will be gone in a few days. You're such a spendthrift! This is money!"

"Keep it well and spend it slowly, bit by bit, and it will last for several years. At the rate you two are going, you won't even be able to use it in a year, and you'll have to spend all the money."

"Spendthrift, such a spendthrift!"

Although Xu Miao started giving out money since he arrived in Hanjia Village, he is also quite good at spending money.

Before Xu Miao arrived at Hanjia Village, he had never seen Village Chief Han have such a whimsical mindset. Now that he had money, he had finally come up with all the ideas he had been holding back for years.

It seems that the sky in their Hanjia Village is about to change drastically!