Farming and reading family

Gao E thought about it and realized that there really was such a way, but she had never thought of it before.

"That's fine." Gao E didn't want to buy security guards, but to buy some people with special skills.

Whether it is burning bricks and tiles, raising silkworms and reeling silk, or even cultivating pearls in the future, people are needed.

"Then you should take a good rest for a few days." Gao E stopped talking about this. "By the way, Peng Can used your bricks."

Luo Dagang was somewhat helpless: "It doesn't matter, it's useless."

Now that he had nine hundred taels in his arms, he didn't care about those broken bricks.

"Brother Luo, please go over first. My second sister-in-law and I have something to say." Zheng Xiaoshun smiled awkwardly.

Luo Dagang didn't care. He was going to find his sister. Although he was short on time this time in Beijing, he still brought some things for his sister.

"What do you want to say?" Gao E saw that Zheng Xiaoshun had a serious expression.

Zheng Xiaoshun sat on a bamboo chair, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees, and pressed his hands together against his forehead. "I...before, I had a thought about the fifteen hundred taels that my second sister-in-law entrusted to me."

Gao E paused for a moment. She didn't expect Zheng Xiaoshun to confess to her.

"If you don't tell me, I will never know in this life, and I will never believe you." Gao E said calmly.

"But I know." Zheng Xiaoshun sat up straight. "If I don't tell you, I may never be able to let it go in my life."

Gao E thought Zheng Xiaoshun had high moral standards for himself: "It's normal for people to have crooked thoughts. Good people are able to restrain these crooked thoughts."

Zheng Xiaoshun almost couldn't control himself. If it weren't for what Uncle Zheng said to him, he might have really gone astray.

"For many things, we should judge by deeds rather than by the heart. If we judge by the heart, there is no saint in the world." Gao E looked at Zheng Xiaoshun's conflicted expression.

Zheng Xiaoshun looked at his second sister-in-law seriously for the first time: "I almost ran away with her money, and she still comforted me?"

"Didn't you stay and confess this to me? Otherwise, how could you hear me comforting you?" Gao E said with a smile, "I believe that after you confessed this to me, this kind of thing will never happen again."

Zheng Xiaoshun laughed awkwardly: "I just went to the capital and found that 1,500 taels is not much."

Gao E laughed when she heard this: "You are quite arrogant."

"Really?" Zheng Xiaoshun said seriously, "Those young men in the capital spend a fortune on the women in the brothels. I heard that some snacks cost three or five taels a piece, and there are also women's jewelry. A hair crown is worth thousands of gold..."

He talked incessantly, and it seemed that his trip to the capital had broadened his horizons.

"I suddenly realized how short-sighted I was." Zheng Xiaoshun looked hurt. "Because of 1,500 taels, I almost sold out my integrity."

After listening to Zheng Xiaoshun, Gao E felt that this blow was quite big for him: "So... do you still like Luo Qing'er?"

Zheng Xiaoshun shuddered: "Of course..." He avoided his gaze.

Everyone knew that he liked Luo Qing'er, but he couldn't say it in front of Luo Dagang.

Gao E laughed and said, "Look, you went to the capital and saw many things you had never heard of before, and now you feel like a frog in a well, short-sighted."

"But you have certainly seen women in gorgeous clothes and with faces as beautiful as spring flowers in the capital, but you still like the one you loved before."

"Some things can be compared, but some things are incomparable. As long as you can stick to your original intention, every step forward, no matter how small, is forward." Gao E said seriously.

After hearing this, Zheng Xiaoshun was silent for a long time.

He was quite conceited in the village and always felt that he was better than others. If he had been from a poor family, he would have achieved something great.

This was a huge blow to him. He doubted his own character and realized his own humbleness. His previous arrogance seemed particularly ridiculous.

"You don't have to be so self-deprecating." Gao E observed Zheng Xiaoshun's dejected expression. "The capital is where the powerful and wealthy gather. Those who are granted titles and noble titles must have had ancestors who served the emperor well. Those who wear official robes must have been born with intelligence and come from wealthy families, despite having studied for ten years. Those who wear splendid clothes must have accumulated wealth through three generations of business."

Zheng Xiaoshun looked at Gao E: "Why do I feel that my second sister-in-law knows more than my second brother?"

"Don't forget that I am the daughter of a landlord." Gao E evaded the question.

Zheng Xiaoshun thought about it and said, "Then what does Second Sister-in-law think? Do people like us have to stay in a place like this for the rest of our lives?"

"It's not that places like this are bad, but that you feel you're not living well." Gao E thought for a moment, "If you're poor in a busy city, no one will care about you. If you're rich in the mountains, you'll have distant relatives."

"Yes." Zheng Xiaoshun agreed.

"Since you have gained more experience and now have money, you may become successful soon." Gao E was not joking.

"I..." Zheng Xiaoshun wondered what the little money he had was worth.

If it were in the past, nine hundred taels would be a huge sum of money for him, and he felt that he was even more arrogant than Chen Fancai's family.

But now, let alone compared with those people in the capital, even compared with my second sister-in-law, it’s nothing.

"I will follow my second sister-in-law from now on." Zheng Xiaoshun said seriously.

"Why are you following me?" Gao E didn't expect Zheng Xiaoshun to make such a decision. "If people knew about this, they would think you were useless."

"That's because they're ignorant." Zheng Xiaoshun disagreed. "Women in the capital don't have so many requirements. There are many who open businesses."

This is true. Some wealthy families do not teach their daughters to follow the three obediences and four virtues. They are smart and independent, and can live well even if they leave the family.

This reminded Gao E of Jin Ruyi. She had been away for quite some time and she wondered how she was doing.

After receiving 34,500 taels of silver at once, Gao E felt much more confident.

But Chen Ke still concealed the fact of his rebirth, and Gao E thought it was a good thing, so that she wouldn't have to keep it secret if she really knew about it.

The next day, Chen Ke had rested enough, so the couple packed up and took some food to go to the city to visit their parents.

Xiaowu stayed at home, after all, they didn't know what the situation was like in the city.

Luo Dagang drove the car and the three of them set off simply.

Gao E didn't want to go and see the two elders of the Chen family. That would make herself uncomfortable, and if there was any dispute at that time, everyone would feel uncomfortable.

"My husband, please go and see my parents first. I'll go and return the money to my brother. Because of this money, their shop has not been open yet." Gao E said in embarrassment.

Chen Ke also felt that it was inappropriate to hear Gao E say this: "Then... let's go to Gao's house first, pay the money back, go find my parents, have lunch together, and then go home."

Gao E said sympathetically, "My husband hasn't seen his parents for such a long time. They must miss him. We can't delay. I borrowed the money alone, so I can't involve my husband's favor in this."

Chen Ke felt relieved, thinking that his wife was thinking of him in every way: "Okay, then let Luo Dagang send you to Gao's house first, and then I will go to my parents."

"I'm going to my parents' place and I'll just pass by my brother's house. Just drop me off at the entrance of the alley." Gao E seemed unwilling to trouble Chen Ke.