I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

After seeing Xu Wu off, Ye Ze returned home with a serious expression.

The war is about to start again. As the saying goes, food and fodder must be prepared before troops move. The treasury is empty and there is a shortage of food and fodder. Don’t we have to rely on the common people to make up for it?

The people have no food, so the grain merchants will take this opportunity to make a fortune.

Alas! In the end, only the lower-class people are the ones who suffer!

Ye Ze rubbed his eyebrows. He was not afraid of anything, but there were so many relatives and clansmen of the Ye family in the village. What should they do?

When the Ye family was in trouble, these Ye clan members would help if they could, and lend money if they could. He couldn't just sit there and ignore these people, right?

Unfortunately, the cheapest rice and flour in the mall were the rice and flour that people in Ye Ze's previous life often ate. If he took out the food directly, it would be too conspicuous, and it would be difficult for him to explain. He had to find a way to get the food back in an open and aboveboard way!

"Third brother, why did the bailiff come to our house?" After seeing Xu Wu leave, Boss Ye dared to step forward and ask Ye Ze.

Ye Ze smiled and said, "I invited them here. Big brother, have you packed the food?"

Speaking of food, Boss Ye started to worry. His family only had five acres of land, which was reclaimed three years ago. Although he didn't have to pay taxes in the first two years, the wasteland was barren. Even after three years of planting, the harvest was not optimistic. If an acre of top-quality land could produce 400 kilograms of corn, it would be a good year if his field could produce 300 kilograms.

We harvested more than 1,300 kilograms of corn today, and only half of it is left. There are eleven people in the family to feed. How can this amount of food be enough?

Thinking of this, Boss Ye's face turned bitter and he nodded, "That's all, Third Brother. You can watch them take it away later. I'll go around the mountain again."

Boss Ye was so focused on collecting more herbs and making more money that he even forgot to ask why Ye Ze invited the yamen runners to his house. He just picked up his backpack and went out.

The gate of the courtyard was open, and Ye Ze could not leave, so he found a small stool and sat in the courtyard waiting. It was not until the afternoon when the yamen runners came to weigh the grain, loaded it onto the carriage and took it away that Ye Ze returned to the main room.

Lin and Zhao Li were accompanying the old lady. The three of them looked unhappy, and the atmosphere in the main room was a bit depressing. When Boss Ye moved the food, they all followed him to the backyard. They knew that there was not much food left at home, and they couldn't help feeling worried.

"Mom, sister-in-law." Ye Ze greeted them as he entered the room, then walked straight to the seat next to Zhao Li and sat down. He smiled and pulled her little hand that was hanging by her side.

Zhao Li blushed, and hurriedly stood up and poured him a bowl of tea and placed it in front of him: "Have a drink."

"Yeah." Ye Ze smiled at her, picked up the bowl and took a sip.

Zhao Li lowered her hair and didn't dare to look Ye Ze in the eye, for fear that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law would notice something strange.

Seeing Ye Ze looking like nothing had happened, Old Lady Ye knew what was going on and asked, "Did you sell that thing?"

"Nothing can be hidden from my mother." Ye Ze smiled and took out the silver ingots he had prepared in advance and placed them on the table: "Good things are of course easy to sell. I'll keep these and spend them slowly. I'll use the rest for other purposes."

When five ten-liang silver ingots were laid out, Lin's eyes widened in shock. Oh my God, it was the first time she had seen so much silver. Just now she was worried about not being able to make ends meet, how come her third brother could produce so much silver in the blink of an eye?

Zhao Li breathed a sigh of relief. Now she didn't have to worry about it. Just now, when she saw her mother-in-law feeling sorry for the food, she was thinking, should she take out the purse given by Ye Ze and honor her mother-in-law first?

At the same time, he was also wondering, what on earth did he sell to get so much silver? From what Ye Ze said, he still had some silver in his hand that he kept for himself.

"It's good that you know the situation." Old Mrs. Ye put away the silver and felt much more at ease.

At this moment, Chen came back from outside in a hurry: "Mom, I heard that the grain tax is being collected again... There is not enough food at home, what should we do?"

Old Lady Ye's expression, which had just relaxed, suddenly drooped and she scolded loudly, "Why don't you go inside and say it?"

Chen, who had just walked to the door of the main room, said: "I, I am so anxious." Then she stepped into the main room.

"I haven't seen you for most of the day. Where have you been?" Old Mrs. Ye asked unhappily.

"Me? I just went out to talk to someone..." Chen's eyes were evasive and hesitant.

How could she dare to tell the truth? This morning, after she finished the work her mother-in-law asked her to do, she took the few herbs she had hidden last night and went back to her parents' home. She wanted her brothers from her mother's side to go up the mountain to pick herbs and make money, and asked them to pick them and sell them in town. She had kept all this a secret from her family.

Could she tell her mother-in-law about this? Of course not!

As soon as she saw Lin's guilty expression, Old Lady Ye knew that she had done something wrong, but after all, she was the mother of her two precious grandsons, so she had to give her some face.

Old Lady Ye glanced at her and snorted coldly: "Okay, it's getting late, you should go prepare dinner first."

"Yes, mother. I'll go right away."

Chen was still nervous, fearing that the old lady would not let her go. After hearing what Old Lady Ye said, Chen quickly agreed without waiting for Old Lady Ye to call her name, and swiftly hid in the kitchen.

Lin didn't react for a moment. When did the second brother's wife become so diligent? When had she ever felt so happy to work?

Zhao Li: "Sister-in-law, let's go over and help."

Lin: “Okay.”

"I'll go too," Ye Ze suddenly remembered that he had to teach Zhao Li how to cook, so he spoke hurriedly.

As for whether it would arouse suspicion, Ye Ze didn't care about the quality of his food. He explained to his mother, "I learned this in town. I don't know if it tastes so good. I want to try it."

Old Mrs. Ye couldn't do anything about her son and could only let him do what he wanted.

(???︿???), Zhao Li looked at him helplessly with her lips pursed. He really wanted to teach me how to cook? Would he make me sick from eating so much?

Ye Ze winked at her and said, "Let's go."

Zhao Li nodded blankly: "Oh."

In his previous life, Ye Ze was actually not very good at cooking. The best he cooked was edible.

However, this does not prevent him from liking food. He watches videos on how to cook whenever he has time. He remembers every step in detail, including when to add what seasoning, and his theoretical knowledge is quite rich.

But, as long as he starts cooking, the good ingredients will be messed up by him. At least they can still be eaten and will not be wasted.

He is the type who can learn something once he sees it but fails when he tries. However, this does not affect his enthusiasm to teach Zhao Li how to cook. Zhao Li often cooks at home and has a very good control of the heat. If Zhao Li can really cook the dishes that Ye Ze teaches, then won't Ye Ze be able to eat delicious food every day in the future?

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