Zhao Fengnian had "successfully" rescued Fan Meijiao, but before considering the storms that gesture might stir within the Zhao Family, Mo Yan instructed two birds to keep an eye on them. Then she temporarily set aside the matter and busied herself with other things.
Early in the morning on the sixth day of July, a long string of firecrackers sounded in the sky above Liu Yang Village. It was registration day for the newly built schoolhouse, a grand occasion not only for Liu Yang Village but also for the several surrounding villages. The villagers who were willing to send their children to study at the school put aside their fieldwork and arrived early in the morning to register their children.
By now, a long queue had formed at the school's registration desk.
The two newly hired teachers were too busy to handle everything, so they asked Mo Yan, who was literate, to help out.
