Farming and reading family

The reason Gao E suddenly gave up buying back the Gao family's property was because of Ghost Crying Mountain, so she mentioned Ghost Crying Mountain to Wu at this time to avoid Wu having any grudges.

If Wu really chose Ghost Crying Mountain, it would be her fate, and Gao E would not say anything.

Mrs. Wu thought about it seriously and said, "Let's buy the sloping land in Bashang Village. If there are good farmlands later, we can buy some more."

She planned to run the three shops she bought well in the future and live a stable life. These industries in the countryside were to keep a way out. In case the business really failed, she still had a piece of land.

"Okay, then you and my brother will go buy it as soon as possible. Do you have enough money?" Gao E knew that Wu had chosen the safe option.

"Enough." Wu only spent a little on Gao Chong's visit to the prison, and the rest was still there. "I'll go and finalize this matter tomorrow."

Gao E nodded and said, "I went to Qinzhou this time and bought a batch of cloth. You can try to open a cloth shop before the New Year."

Wu hesitated to speak. She had not planned to open a shop before the New Year, but her elder sister-in-law had bought all the fabrics, so she couldn't refuse.

"Some shops in the city have already opened, and people are willing to buy things before the New Year. You can try them first." Gao E saw that Wu didn't seem interested in this.

Mrs. Wu thought for a moment before speaking: "The yard at home needs to be cleaned up. We can't spend the New Year at my eldest sister's house. The shop also needs to be cleaned up for the opening. I'm afraid we won't be able to finish it before the New Year."

Gao E thought for a moment and said, "I know a carpenter in He County. I'll ask him for you later to see if he has time."

Wu's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"I see some people in the village have good skills. We can invite them to go with us and it should be done quickly." Gao E suggested.

"Thank you so much, big sister." Mrs. Wu was a little excited.

In fact, she is quite helpless now and feels that everything is difficult. It is not like before in Xixiahe, where everything is ready at home and it is easy to find people.

"What are you thanking me for? You two should take care of your health first. You will be busy when the time comes." Gao E reminded.

Mrs. Wu nodded.

At night, Chen Ke hesitated for a long time in Gao E's cave. Gao E sent Lei and the others away to see what Chen Ke wanted.

Chen Ke looked around and whispered, "I only have two hundred taels of silver here. I don't know how much I'll need to buy land tomorrow. I might need to lend your brother some later."

Gao E suddenly realized: "Okay, just tell me how much you want in advance."

Chen Ke felt relieved. In the past, if he had mentioned such things to Gao E, he would have been scolded. "Thank you, my lady."

Gao E smiled and said nothing, nor did she ask Chen Ke if he still needed to borrow money or where he would get the money to help her pay it back.

The next day, Chen Qing, Chen Ke and Gao Chong went to the county town together. Not long after, Lei came in from outside with a dark face.

Gao E was talking to Yang about finding a carpenter to make a sedan chair for Xiao Wu. When Xiao Wu grows taller, he can be put in the sedan chair.

In the past, children in the family would take turns using a sedan chair. If they really couldn't afford one, they could borrow one from someone else. Now, they can only ask a carpenter to make a new one.

"Second sister-in-law, you've been nice to those people in vain." Lei said angrily as she sat down.

"What's wrong?" Gao E looked at Lei's angry expression. "Did they say something bad about me?"

Lei raised his voice: "Those people are hiding their money tightly, and now they all want to buy more land."

Gao E paused for a moment. She also felt that as long as the villagers had silver at home, they should have taken it with them when they escaped, but she had never cared about it.

"Now it's the village collective. They bought the land, which means our village has more land, which is also a good thing." Gao E said with a smile.

Lei was stunned: "What about three years later?"

"Three years later...there will be things happening three years later." Gao E didn't care much.

She needs time and manpower now. Three years is enough for this land to recuperate. By then, even if she wants to disband the village collective, they may not want to do so.

Lei was upset for a while but then gave up. After all, what her second sister-in-law wanted to do must have made sense.

Chen Qing and his friends went to the city to buy land very smoothly. The Chen family also bought a sloping land, but it was the original sloping land of Baotou Village. After calculation, all the ownerless sloping land in the surrounding area had been bought by the Chen family.

A few days later, people from the government came to ask Gao E to measure the beach in front of Baotou Village. The people in Baotou Village thought that Gao E was in trouble and came out to support her. However, they found out that Gao E wanted to buy the newly-formed beach in front of the village.

"What's the point of buying that land?" Chen Fansheng was the first to object. "The ground is all gravel and sand underneath. Even if we level it, we can't grow crops."

"Yes." Zheng Fengan thought Gao E didn't know how to farm and was just trying to save money. "Even if we fill it with soil, it won't be saved if it seeps down below."

Chen Qing also frowned. He felt that his second brother and sister-in-law would not do anything unreasonable, but this matter was still a bit outrageous.

"I have money to burn." Jiang grumbled softly, then turned to look at Chen Ke, "You don't even care about your wife."

Chen Ke also wanted to say that no one wanted that piece of land at all, so it would be better to save some money.

But he didn't say anything. He knew that Gao E was using the Gao family's money and he had no right to interfere.

It is not entirely without benefits that Chen Ke read so rigidly, for example, he took some of the so-called gentleman's behaviors as his guiding principles.

Gao E felt somewhat relieved to see that Chen Ke didn't say anything, and she didn't care what others said.

"Are you going to measure it or not?" The yamen runner thought he was here to get his job done, but he didn't expect them to start arguing.

"Measure." Gao E said directly.

Seeing how determined Gao E was, everyone thought she was crazy.

Chen Qing pulled his wife aside and said a few words to her. Yang turned around and pulled Gao E aside.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" Gao E was surprised.

"Your eldest brother asked me to ask you if you have any other use for the land you bought." Yang said in a low voice.

Gao E didn't expect her elder brother to react so quickly: "It does have other uses."

Yang nodded: "That's fine, buy it now while the price is right."

Gao E looked at her sister-in-law with gratitude. Finally, there was someone in this family who supported her.

When Chen Qing saw Yang nodding at him, he knew the result: "Then go and measure it quickly, don't waste the time of the brothers." After saying that, he left with the yamen runners.

When Chen Fansheng saw that his eldest son was going to take the yamen runners there himself, he got so angry that he put his hands behind his back and went home.

The people in Batou Village thought Gao E was a capable person who arranged everything at home properly, but what she did was really unwise.

I really don't know why she bought that piece of land. Apart from growing grass and grazing cattle, it is really useless.

Chen Jie and Lei said nothing. They both followed their second sister-in-law firmly. What their second sister-in-law wanted to do must be right.

However, when the land was measured, it was actually more than 120 acres. The yamen runners erected boundary stakes, wrote down the conditions of the land, and asked Gao E to confirm it before taking it back to price it.

However, the atmosphere in the Chen family was very depressing. In the evening, Chen Fansheng simply called all his family members together to discuss the matter.