The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 493 School Planning
Shi Liu smiled and said, "Then let Zutang aunt take the puppy back for Zhuo Ge'er to play with! Bring the kitten to Taohua so that the brother and sister won't fight over it."

Mrs. Fan said hurriedly, "How can that be possible? These toys are made to be sold, and the workshop hasn't even started yet. How can we give them away to them to play with first?"

Shi Liu pointed to Baozhu, who was lying in a corner holding a tiger and a rabbit, Shou'er who was holding a pony, and Xiang'er who was holding a duck, and showed it to Fan, and said with a smile, "It's made for the children to play with. If the children don't like playing with them, then our new workshop won't be able to continue. You can take it back, aunt. I'll only make these first. When the workshop opens later, I'll give one to each of my nephews and nieces."

Fan knew that Shi Liu was always generous, treated his family members very well, and loved the younger generations, so she thanked him with a smile, thinking that when the workshop started operating, she would buy a few more to help the workshop do good business.

"This is the kind of toy that the workshop makes. These puppets were made by my second sister-in-law. They are all the most basic little puppets. This is the kind that the workshop will focus on when it opens. We should make more of them. Second sister-in-law, bring the pattern here, and Aunt Zu can take it back and try making it first."

Fan nodded in agreement, took the several drawings that Huang Chunni brought, and went back first.

After Fan left, Bai Cui, who had gotten the pomegranate first, went back to the attic to get the box and brought it back.

Shi Liu opened the box and handed the stack of drawings she had drawn last night to Huang Chunni, "Sister-in-law, take a look at these for the next two days."

Huang Chunni took it and looked at it. Her eyes lit up more and more. Even Song leaned over to take a look and couldn't help but said to Shi Liu shyly, "Shi Liu, this one is bigger than the previous ones. Will it be big when it's made? And the one with the flower hat... is it a goose? Can you give one to me when the time comes?"

Shi Liu chuckled and looked at Huang Chunni and said, "Then can you please make this goose first and give it to mother?"

There was nothing wrong with Huang Chunni. She was eager to make more things for everyone at home. She nodded immediately and said, "Okay."

Shi Liu looked at Old Yuan, who was also secretly looking at the pictures, and asked, "Which one does Grandma like?"

"Ah?" Old Yuan came back to her senses and waved her hands, "I'm old..." Then she felt something was wrong and said, "No, no."

Song blushed. She was already a grandmother, but the goose was so beautiful, wearing a flowered hat. When she thought about it, she seemed to be able to imagine a fat, cute white goose, as big as her, soft and fluffy, in her arms. How comfortable it would be...

But she was really embarrassed at her age. Fortunately, her daughter looked normal. She regretted what she said, but she felt relieved.

Only at this moment, seeing her mother-in-law waving her hands, did she blush again and feel embarrassed.

Shi Liu said to herself, "I think this big bear is good. When grandma takes a nap on the soft couch, she can lean on this big bear to support her waist and back. It's very comfortable. Second sister-in-law, let's make this big bear for grandma and one for grandpa."

Huang Chunni quickly agreed.

Old Yuan looked at the bright colors and couldn't help but say, "Your grandfather and I are old, it's not appropriate to use such bright colors..."

Shi Liu suppressed her laughter. "Why is it inappropriate? Who said that people of age cannot use bright colors? Besides, this doll is in the room, who can see it?"

Old Mrs. Yuan looked at her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law embarrassedly.

Song wished her mother-in-law could have this with her, so that she wouldn't be so embarrassed, so she kept agreeing with Shi Liu: "That's right, Shi Liu is right, I think this bear suits me very well!"

Huang Chunni also nodded.

The heat on Old Yuan's face gradually faded away, and when she looked at the picture again, she actually felt a little excited.

……

People are busy at the foot of Nanshan Mountain. Looking around, most of the people there are old men.

Chief Li, Li Yishan, Old Man Li and others were wielding hoes to weed the grass roots, while Tiedan and other children were picking up stones from the ground one by one and piling them up beside them, just like playing a game, having a lot of fun and not feeling tired at all. At this rate, it would take less than two days to clean up this large area of ​​land.

Village Chief Liu picked up two loads of stones and went out. When he saw Shi Liu coming, he immediately smiled and said, "Shi Liu is back! I was just talking to Uncle Yi Hai. This land can be cleaned up soon. We have nothing to do in winter anyway, and we are not afraid of the cold. Let's tamp the ground and start construction on a good day. We can build the school as soon as possible and start school in the first month of next year.

I have already asked someone to order sand, stone, bricks and tiles. Do you have any idea about how to build this school? Think about it. And as for Master Chen, please send a letter to contact him and see if he is free to come."

Pomegranate nodded and said, "Okay!"

The two of them started looking at the land, and the three members of the Li clan also came over to talk.

Shi Liu stepped on the ground and roughly planned the layout. This area would be used as a classroom, that area would be used as a canteen, this area would be used as a place for the teacher to live and rest during class, and there would be an open space at the back to build a small martial arts training ground for martial arts classes...

Several people listened to her and followed her around, offering suggestions from time to time.

After all this work, the construction of the new school had taken shape.

Chief Li pondered, "To build it all, plus the tables, chairs, and benches, it would cost about twenty strings of silver. If we split the cost among more than a hundred households, each household would only contribute a little over a hundred coins, which is not much."

Village Chief Liu also nodded. It wasn't much, and everyone could take it out. "The main thing is to invite the master. That's a big expense. What rules should we come up with for inviting the master?"

Patriarch Li looked at the pomegranate.

Shi Liu thought for a moment and said, "Since this school was built with money from every household in the village, it doesn't have to be calculated like going to Fan's School.

I've inquired about it, and some good teachers in the city get three taels of silver a month, while others get two taels. Since we've invited them to come all the way to our Xiahe Village, we naturally have to treat the teachers well, so we'll pay them three taels of silver a month. Moreover, since I'm the one who invited the teacher, I'll be responsible for his monthly salary and his food, clothing and other expenses. This can also be considered my contribution to our village school. Grandpa, clan leader, and uncle, the head of the village, please don't frown and don't refuse. It's settled!

In this way, the children can come to school directly, but if they want to eat lunch in the cafeteria, they have to bring ten kilograms of food to the school every month and pay one hundred and fifty coins for food. This is the same as Fan’s School.

If in the future there are children from other villages coming to our village school, they will naturally have to pay tuition fees in addition to the board expenses, just like in Fan’s school. The tuition fees collected will be used for future repairs to the school or the addition of facilities.

As for the cooking work in the workshop, Uncle Village Chief will find two people. As for the school's accounts, we don't have many people in the village right now, so I'll have to trouble you to take care of it first."

With five taels of silver saved in annual tuition, the villagers only invested more than one hundred coins in building the school, which was still very cost-effective. The tuition saved every year could also be used to buy more pens, ink, paper, and inkstones for the children.

People from other villages had to pay five taels of silver as annual tuition just like those who went to Fan’s school, which also did not break the rules.

Clan leader Li and village leader Liu were all filled with admiration after hearing this; they were able to settle the account clearly.

To hire a teacher, the monthly salary and food, clothing and other expenses for a year will be at least 40 taels of silver. If you spread it out evenly, that is, if you count every family, it will be more than 200 coins per family. To hire two teachers, that will cost five cents of silver. What about three teachers?
This not only saved five taels of silver for annual tuition, but also saved the money for hiring a teacher. The villagers should thank Shi Liu for this.

Chief Li and Village Chief Liu decided to hold a meeting in the evening. They had to talk about Shi Pomegranate's good deed and let everyone be grateful to Shi Pomegranate. Although everyone in the village, young and old, was grateful to Shi Pomegranate, the more grateful they were to Shi Pomegranate, the more motivated everyone would be to work in the workshop, right?

If you don’t know how to repay the pomegranate’s kindness, then just work hard for it!

As for the matter of managing the school's accounts, Village Chief Liu could only nod in agreement.

This is really true. In their village, except for the old men and women, everyone who can work has a job. Either he has to take care of the fields at home, or he works in a workshop, or he becomes a hired courier. In short, no one has a spare time!

But even though they were busy, it was all because their village was thriving! Everyone envied this and wished they could be busy like this.