Time flew by, the temperature gradually rose, the traces of snow disappeared, and the earth donned a fresh green attire. Outside the city, the mountains were filled with people digging for wild vegetables.
The houses for the private orphanage were completed, and the children lived daily according to a schedule. The number of orphans in the village had already exceeded four hundred.
Everything was progressing positively. Those who were waiting to see a failure witnessed instead how the private orphanage flourished.
In the capital, a major event—the Graduate selection—yielded fifty talents. Only five were assigned to the Ministry of Commerce, ten were allocated to other ministries, and the remaining thirty-five were all placed on the list for frontier expeditions.
