Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 374: Chapter 374: They All Have to Pay Her Fee

The villagers knew that Chiang Songhai and the others had gone up to Bai Gu Mountain and killed a wild pig, and indeed, there were quite a few green with envy.

However, after the commotion Wan Niu and his companions caused this time, even those who were envious got scared away. There might be plenty of valuable things on Bai Gu Mountain, but it was also genuinely dangerous!

If they truly encountered that big snake, they’d be scared to death.

Moreover, even if they did encounter a wild pig, they’d barely have time to escape for their lives, let alone catch one. Unless a large group of people went up the mountain together. But if that many people went up and found something, they would have to share equally, and there wouldn’t be much left for each person, which seemed like a bad deal.

Now they even heard about ghost sightings.

The villagers were all talking about it, but they unanimously beat a retreat.

At the same time, some people felt that Chiang Laoer and his group really had nerves of steel; the money they made was earned by risking their lives at any moment, not something ordinary people could do.

When Chiang Xiao found out about the villagers’ thoughts, she couldn’t help but feel that they were better off just farming, toiling from sunrise to sunset, and not to bother thinking about earning risky money.

Only now she didn’t know what Song Tianyang wanted with her.

Song Tianyang took Chiang Xiao to his office, gave her a once-over, and said, ”Chiang Xiao, the mountains are dangerous. I wanted to tell you that if you can avoid going, you better not. If your family is really struggling, tell me. I’ll take care of your tuition fees from now on, but you have to focus all your attention on your studies.”

Chiang Xiao was stunned for a moment.

He would pay for her tuition?

”Teacher Song...”

Song Tianyang waved his hand and continued, ”I’ve also heard about Wan Niu and the others going up the mountain. Whether what they said is exaggerated or not, Bai Gu Mountain is dangerous, and it’s full of venomous snakes and fierce animals; that’s a fact, right? Wan Niu was all bruised when he came down yesterday, and I saw it with my own eyes. Wan Niu was bitten by a venomous snake, and because of the late treatment, I heard that his leg couldn’t be saved after being taken to the town hospital.”

What?

Chiang Xiao was taken aback.

She really didn’t know about this.

Wan Niu was bitten by a venomous snake yesterday?

It definitely wasn’t that big snake, which she had seen with her own eyes, had not bitten them yet.

So he ran into some other luckless venomous snake while tumbling down the mountain?

”His leg couldn’t be saved?”

Song Tianyang nodded, ”It was fortunate that Doctor Huang from the village clinic provided timely treatment, and the venom didn’t spread to the heart; otherwise, his life would have been in danger. But that leg is really useless now; it has to be amputated.”

The reason Song Tianyang was so well-informed was because he had just happened to be at the clinic yesterday getting some tonic medicine for his mother when Wan Niu and his companions were carried in. He ended up lending a hand and accompanied them to the town hospital. He was also troubled until late at night before returning to the village.

Wan Niu was crying his eyes out in the hospital, and his pitiful state had been weighing on Song Tianyang’s mind all night. This was an exceptionally good student, and he didn’t want anything to happen to her.

During fifth and sixth grade, when Song Tianyang was Chiang Xiao’s homeroom teacher, she had consistently ranked first in her grade. Over the past month, he felt that her performance had improved even more! Therefore, she really was a promising student who needed to be well cared for, to attend a good university, and leave the poverty-stricken mountains behind.

Chiang Xiao had never imagined Wan Niu would end up in such a plight.

But if you asked her if she regretted it, Chiang Xiao would give a big roll of the eyes.

She wouldn’t shoulder the blame for this at all.

Going up to Bai Gu Mountain, even if she hadn’t led out that big snake, it was still very possible to encounter snakes. She had run into them numerous times already.

”So, the mountain is really very dangerous. If you’re really having financial difficulties, I’ll take care of your tuition,” Song Tianyang said.