Farming and reading family

Since his rebirth, he has never spoken to Gao E in such a firm tone, which shows that there is no room for negotiation on this matter.

"Why?" Gao E looked at Chen Ke suspiciously.

Chen Ke dodged Gao E's gaze and said, "I don't think he's a good person."

"My husband, you can't be so arbitrary. Luo Dagang looks a bit fierce. He has always been well-behaved when we work with him. It can be seen that he is a rule-abiding person."

Chen Ke currently cannot find any fault with Luo Dagang.

"Besides, he brought his sister with him. A person with ties to another person won't do anything out of the ordinary," Gao E continued.

She wanted to see what Luo Dagang had done that made Chen Ke so disgusted with him.

Chen Ke was speechless: "My family is not well off, and we can't rashly keep so many people."

"I didn't stay here rashly." Gao E felt that Chen Ke was going to cheat. "We have had a business relationship with him before. It's rare to find someone who can share our interests. Besides, he brought a lot of things with him."

Chen Ke's eyes fell on the sack: "This thing must have come from an illegal source. It will bring trouble to us."

"According to my sister-in-law, the people in He County are already living in dire straits. I'm afraid it won't be long before there will be killing and looting. How will the court respond then?" Gao E asked.

Chen Ke was stunned for a moment: "Not really?"

In his previous life, he only heard that after the flood, there was indeed a mob causing trouble in He County, but it was quickly suppressed and did not even reach the capital, so it should not be that serious.

"Why would they leave He County and seek refuge in the countryside?" Gao E asked.

Chen Ke didn't say anything again.

Although he came from a farming family, he had been studying and learning in his previous life and was not interested in anything else.

Several people were waiting outside, wondering if Luo Dagang would stay.

Chen Qing, Chen Jie and Peng Can were familiar with each other, and they didn't know Luo Dagang. They just saw that Luo Dagang's sister was so weak and frail, and they thought that such a woman must have a hard time in the outside world.

"Your brother doesn't want Brother Luo to stay, right?" Peng Can asked Chen Jie in a low voice.

Chen Jie thought: "Are you familiar with him?"

"Brother Luo is a man of loyalty." Peng Can and Luo Dagang are not that familiar with each other, but he admires Luo Dagang very much.

"Then I don't know." Chen Jie was embarrassed.

As for Chen Fansheng and Jiang, they naturally didn't want too many people in their house, because they all needed to eat.

Jiang stretched her neck and looked for a long time. Seeing that the second son had not come out of the cave yet, she wanted to go over anxiously, but was stopped by Lei.

"What are you doing?" Jiang tried to shake off Lei's hand.

"What is mother going to do?" Lei laughed. "Second brother separated from the family a long time ago, and this time he was forced to live upstairs. If people knew that I wanted to be my son's family after separating from the family, it would not be good if it got out."

Jiang's face turned pale when she heard Lei's words: "Even if the family is divided, he is still my son."

"That being said, my second brother and second sister-in-law serve you with delicious food and drinks. Who can find fault with them?"

Jiang knew this was the truth, but she was still angry.

Chen Ke was speechless after what Gao E said, but he still didn't want to say anything. He just stood there with his head down and didn't move.

Gao E felt that Chen Ke's stubbornness was a bit speechless: "Why don't we both take a step back?"

Chen Ke looked up at Gao E.

"Luo Dagang can't live in our house, but his sister can. Let Luo Dagang find a way to get around our yard himself." Gao E suggested.

Chen Ke thought about it and nodded: "That's fine."

After Chen Ke left, Gao E called Wu and Luo Dagang in.

Mrs. Wu felt a little uncomfortable. After all, from now on they were living under someone else's roof, and if the master didn't like them, life would be very difficult.

"My husband and I have discussed this and your sister can live in the yard, but you can only find a way to get around the yard yourself." Gao E looked at Luo Dagang.

Luo Dagang was a little surprised. In fact, he had already prepared to leave when he was outside.

Gao E looked at Wu and said, "Lend him your carriage for tonight."

"Okay." Mrs. Wu felt that Luo Dagang was a very honest person.

"Thank you." Luo Dagang said in a muffled voice.

At any rate, his sister could be settled.

After discussing this, Gao E asked Lei to take them there.

Before, it was Yang who lived with Gao E. Now that Wu came, she and Yang are here to accompany Gao E.

The remaining men and women lived separately in two cave dwellings.

After dinner, while Yang and the others were cleaning up outside, Wu sat cross-legged on her elder sister-in-law's bed with her small package, peeling off the package layer by layer.

"What is it?" Gao E saw how precious Wu had wrapped it.

Finally, Mrs. Wu took out a neatly wrapped oil-paper bag and said, "This is six thousand taels of silver."

Gao E was stunned: "Keep this thing for yourself."

"Listen to me, sister. This is your home. You know better than me where to hide it, which is safer." Mrs. Wu said in a low voice.

"This is six thousand taels, do you trust me so much?" Gao E wanted to laugh.

"I have discussed it carefully with the head of the household. If it weren't for elder sister, we wouldn't even be alive. What's there to believe? Besides, these are just material possessions. If elder sister really likes them, we will give them to her." Mrs. Wu said generously.

This made Gao E look at Wu with a higher regard, no matter what the reason was for her to say such a thing.

"I might actually need to use some." Gao E said directly.

"Just use it directly, big sister." Mrs. Wu looked indifferent.

This was almost all the savings of the Gao family. All the land and houses in the countryside were sold, as well as the grain transported to the city.

Mrs. Wu felt that her eldest sister should know approximately how much the Gao family’s assets were, so it would be better to tell her directly instead of hiding it.

"I borrowed it." Gao E said with a smile, "Just don't charge me interest."

They had told Chen Ke before that they wanted to buy some land. If someone really wanted to sell it, they only had 200 taels of silver and couldn't buy much.

Moreover, Gao E planned to let the other party make an offer, so that no one would blame anyone else.

"What are you talking about, big sister?" Wu pretended to be angry, glanced outside, and then spoke softly as she approached big sister. "If big sister wants to buy something, just buy it in your own name under the name of dowry."

Gao E looked at Wu.

In fact, Wu has never liked Chen Ke very much, but now that she lives in Chen's house, it is not easy for her to conflict with Chen Ke.

"People look honest when they are poor, but when their lives get better, they will inevitably become more active," Mrs. Wu reminded.

Gao E had never thought about this before, but after what Wu said, she really wanted to think about this issue carefully.

The Chen brothers are all good people, but Chen Ke is sometimes unstable.

Besides, he is a scholar, and it is a good thing for a scholar to be elegant. When his life gets better in the future, it is normal for him to have other ideas.

As long as Chen Ke doesn't touch her bottom line, she won't do anything to Chen Ke, but before that, she must have the ability.

She nodded seriously: "I will think about this carefully."

Mrs. Wu was relieved to see her elder sister-in-law agreed, but she felt sad when she thought that her elder sister-in-law had given so much dowry to her brother-in-law without even getting a response.