In these past two years, with the aid of the Mo Family, the villagers would be called upon to help whenever there was a need, and the wages paid to them were higher than elsewhere. Many families' lives improved and, although they still couldn't quite compare with other villages, they weren't far behind, and things would only get better in the future.
As life in the village gradually improved, Yang Bao started to entertain other ideas, namely constructing a school to educate the idle children in reading and courtesy. Even if no one passed the imperial examinations in the short term, at least there was hope. Who knew when the ancestors' graves might bring fortune and someone might actually succeed?
