Farming and reading family

Gao E felt helpless, as if she had done something shameful.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, my husband is not such a stingy person." Gao E assured.

"I know my second brother is not a stingy person, but he is a scholar and cares most about etiquette." Yang persuaded.

"Okay, I won't tell you." Gao E compromised perfunctorily.

Only then did Yang realize that her second brother's wife didn't care. No wonder she had such a good relationship with her third brother's wife. When she got angry, she was even more irritable than her third brother's wife.

Ma Erliang thought about this problem seriously. In fact, the most important thing was that the conditions proposed by Gao E were too good, which made him a little unbelievable.

At this time, Chen Qing came over in a horse-drawn carriage. They went to Majiapo and looked for him. When they heard that Master Ma was setting up a stall at the market today, they came here again.

"The child's father?" Yang saw Chen Qing first.

Chen Qing turned around and saw Yang: "Why are you here?"

"We've finished shopping, let's take a break here." Yang said a little awkwardly.

Although she said she would not tell anyone about what Gao E did, she could not hide anything from her man.

Chen Qing turned around and helped Master An: "Slow down."

"Master An?" Ma Erliang looked at Master An in surprise as he got off the carriage.

Master An was also surprised to see Master Ma. He hadn't seen him for two years. How come he looked so old?

"You..." Master An was surprised.

"Your legs..." Master Ma was shocked.

The two men stopped at the same time, it seemed that a lot had happened to them.

Chen Qing took a stool from the carriage and gave it to Master An, helping him sit down.

Seeing how respectful Chen Qing was to Master An, Ma Erliang felt that they had a special relationship.

"Brother, this is Master Ma." Gao E introduced.

Chen Qing nodded: "Have you finished buying everything?"

Gao E looked at the chicken coop on the side, and she had finished buying.

"You guys go shopping for a while, and we two old brothers will chat for a while." Master An said this as if he had taken the responsibility of the matter.

Gao E didn't want to disturb them, so she parked the carriage here and left with her elder brother and sister-in-law.

The market was not big, just one street. Gao E and Yang had already walked around it once, so it felt a bit aimless to walk around again.

Yang really wanted to tell her husband about what happened at the Ma family, but if she did, she would end up talking about her second brother's wife beating someone up, so she felt awkward and didn't say anything.

Chen Qing noticed that his wife was feeling awkward, but he didn't ask because his second brother's wife was here.

Gao E looked around to see if she could find anything new, but found nothing.

The three of them walked around for a while, bought some food for lunch, and brought back some cakes for Master An and the others.

Master Ma was a little excited when he saw them again: "If I become a kiln owner, can you take care of my grandson?"

"Of course." Gao E nodded.

"Then I'll go back and pack my things." Master Ma said straightforwardly.

Master An told him about the situation in Batou Village and confirmed that the Chen family was honest and that they had supported the entire village through the winter...

"Eat something before you go back." Gao E handed over the cake.

Master Ma didn't have many things, and he only took a few of the roof beasts that he particularly liked, so the cart was not even full.

Chen Qing fixed Master Ma's cart behind their carriage, and the group slowly returned to Baotou Village.

It was already 9:00 PM when we arrived at Batou Village. Before we even reached the village, we saw people waiting there with torches.

"Is that Brother Chen?" Guo Gaoying called out.

"Oh." Chen Qing responded.

"You're finally back." Guo Gaoying trotted over. "If you don't come back, Uncle Zheng will bring the villagers to look for you."

Chen Qing smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry to have caused you so much worry."

"Why worry? As long as the person comes back safely, that's all that matters." Guo Gaoying walked to the front. "Uncle Zheng said you guys have hired a brothel owner. Is he willing to come?"

"We've invited the person." Chen Qing felt that this trip was worth it.

"Really?" Guo Gaoying was delighted. "Is what Uncle Zheng said true? We can make our own kiln and get bricks and tiles for free."

"The specific rules haven't been discussed yet." Chen Qing did not give a direct answer.

This matter was decided by his second brother and his wife, so he couldn't agree to it too casually.

"If you need people to work at my house, I'll go." Guo Gaoying immediately said, "It will be great when everyone in our village has a house."

They walked back while chatting, and on the way they saw a few people holding torches, who were there to pick them up.

Chen Qing knew that this was all because of his second brother's wife. In the past, no one would care if the Chen family didn't go home for a few days.

There was some food left for them at home, and Gao E asked the Ma family's grandparents and grandchildren to eat first, while she and her sister-in-law waited to make some more.

After the meal, Ma Erliang's eyes were filled with tears. He hadn't had a good meal for a long time.

Master An comforted him: "It will be better in the future."

Ma Erliang nodded with tears in his eyes.

He raised his sons but was forced into this state. He was not as nice to them as a stranger.

After dinner, Gao E asked someone to put the Ma family's grandparents and grandchildren to bed, and she discussed the matter of opening the kiln and firing the kiln with her eldest brother.

"Now that spring sowing is over, we only need to leave some women to take care of the daily work. The strong laborers in the village should shift their focus to opening and firing the kilns. After all, they need to learn from Master Ma for a while," Gao E analyzed.

Chen Qing nodded: "It's just... I don't know the attitude of those people."

"Why wouldn't you be reluctant to build a house for yourself?" Chen Jie said unhappily.

"It's true that everyone has different ideas." Gao E didn't deny it. "By the way, we need wood to build a house. The wood needs to dry in the shade for a while, and we need to start felling trees."

"The main reason is that the number of people in each household is different, and those with more strong laborers seem to be at a disadvantage." Chen Qing understands the villagers' thoughts better.

"We have all been through hardships together, and no one is trying to cheat or be cunning. Big brother, just talk to them nicely, they will understand." Gao E had little contact with the villagers, so she couldn't be too arbitrary.

After the family discussed it, they decided on two major directions: logging and kiln construction. They would first see what the villagers chose and then adjust the number of people.

After confirming this, we went back to sleep.

Gao E did not go to sleep immediately, but took the charcoal stick and drew on the paper.

"What is Second Sister-in-law drawing?" Lei was also a little unable to sleep.

Now that she is pregnant, she is not allowed to do any heavy housework. Instead, she feels like she has no place to put her energy and can't sleep well at night.

"House type." Gao E said with a smile.

"Layout?" Lei tilted his head and looked carefully. "House?"

"Well, now the number of people in each household in the village is different, so we build houses of two different sizes." Gao E didn't plan to build their houses on the original foundation.

"What if some families' big houses can't accommodate everyone?" Lei thought that some families really had too many people.

"Then we'll split up." Gao E said directly, "We'll split up anyway."

When Mrs. Lei heard about the family division, she felt a little depressed. She had wanted to divide the family the most before, but now her parents-in-law were not at home. She got along very well with her two sisters-in-law, so she didn't want to divide the family anymore.

"Can our family be a little special?" Lei asked cautiously.