Farming and reading family

Gao E peeled the chili seeds and dry-fried them, then added a lot of peanuts and sesame seeds. It was really fragrant.

But she would only add a little when cooking. After all, people nowadays have a light taste, and they would not be able to adapt if you put too much.

With the addition of pickled sour bamboo shoots, fresh mushrooms picked from the mountains, newly sprouted asparagus, and the fermented black beans made last year, the table is full of color, aroma and taste.

He Tangchun is a person with a strong taste for food. He used to like the spicy taste of dogwood, but now he feels very strange when he tastes the spicy taste of chili peppers.

"What kind of seasoning is this?" He Tangchun asked Chen Ke seriously.

Chen Ke was embarrassed: "This was made by my wife."

He Tangchun smiled: "Your wife's cooking skills are extraordinary."

Chen Ke was happy to see that Lord He liked him: "If Lord He likes this spicy taste, you can take some with you when you leave."

"Then I won't be polite." He Tangchun really liked it.

There wasn't much chili pepper to begin with, so Gao E only made a jar. He Tangchun took most of it away when he left, which made Lei wail.

She has recently taken a liking to eating spicy food, knowing that there is only so much of it at home.

"Okay, when we have a good harvest, you can eat as much as you want." Gao E said with a smile.

"How long will it take?" Lei complained.

"It doesn't take long, and you can eat it while it's still green."

"Really?" Lei was happy.

After finishing the cleaning, Chen Ke came back rubbing his hands excitedly.

"But is there any good news?" Gao E asked with a smile.

"Lord He asked me to go to He County to attend a banquet in five days." Chen Ke couldn't help but feel happy, thinking that he would no longer have to sit at the back.

"That's indeed a good thing. I'll go buy some cloth and ask my sister-in-law to make you a new set of clothes." Gao E suggested.

Chen Ke thought so too, but felt it was a little inappropriate: "I'll just wear the same outfit I wear to Beijing."

"In that kind of occasion, you should respect the clothes first and then the person. My husband was invited by Lord He himself, and we cannot embarrass Lord He." Gao E said seriously.

These words touched Chen Ke's heart: "My wife is really thoughtful."

Gao E didn't like this, but Chen Ke couldn't avoid it when he was outside.

The couple chatted for a while, and Chen Ke went to the cave to check on the literacy of the children in the village. Gao E finally had time to analyze the matter of He Tangchun's arrival.

From hunters to Zhiweilou, the Zhiweilou in Qinzhou City is involved in a wide range of affairs...

If He Tangchun only wanted to find out about the hunter's murder in He County, Zhiweilou would definitely not be involved. Could it be that he wanted to use the relationship between the hunter and Zhiweilou to investigate something?

And it is impossible for Zhiweilou to take out its anger on these people just because a few hunters found them, unless something happened that made Zhiweilou dare not touch others?

Gao E couldn't figure it out, as she had never been exposed to things at that level.

But I should be more cautious, especially when going to Qinzhou City.

Master Ma came back in the afternoon and was extremely excited. He thought that Hamagou was a perfect place for building kilns and firing them. The soil there was the best soil for making bricks and tiles, so it was even a bit of a waste.

Gao E was very happy to hear Master Ma's analysis. The next step was to select villagers to open the kiln and fire it.

And the kiln also needs charcoal fire. According to Master Ma, we can just open a charcoal kiln over there.

That's fine, but how many trees would have to be cut down?

Gao E was a little worried. Although the mountains in their area were all ownerless and they usually just cut firewood, if they really cut firewood on such a large scale, the government might intervene.

If I buy the mountain...

It's not impossible.

Cut down the existing natural forests and plant productive economic forests. This will provide more food varieties and help to provide relief in times of famine.

These are just plans, after all, the cycle is too long.

Early the next morning, Gao E and her sister-in-law went to He County to buy cloth for Chen Ke. They also went to the government office to see if there were any slopes or mountains for sale in the area of ​​Baotou Village. As long as there was land underneath, it would be fine.

Chen Kegang had just visited the two elders of the Chen family, so this time the two of them decided not to go and went straight to the shop to buy fabric.

Who knew that they didn't intend to go and see it, but they ran into Jiang and another woman arguing on the street.

The two men looked at each other and chose to hide in the carriage at the same time, parking it aside to watch the fun.

The one who had an argument with Jiang was Jiang, the proprietress of a pickle shop in the city. Her son Li Quan was also a scholar, but he had found a job in Qinzhou Prefecture early on and now lived in Qinzhou Prefecture. It was said that he had made a lot of money.

The cause of today's incident was that Jiang Shi met Jiang Shi and tried to get close to her, showing off that she also lived in the city. Jiang Shi looked at her with contempt and said that her son now lived in Qinzhou City.

Jiang suddenly felt a head shorter, thinking that Jiang's son had become an official. Who knew that he had found a job in Qinzhou City and no longer planned to take the imperial examination.

This made the Jiang family feel superior, and they began to play tricks on the Li family.

Jiang looked down on Jiang from the bottom of her heart. How could she tolerate Jiang's cunning and domineering behavior? She immediately mocked her as a poor ghost, and the two of them started arguing.

"My mother-in-law has never quarreled with anyone like this in the village before." Yang was very puzzled.

My mother-in-law is a bully at home, but before the flood she was always friendly to everyone in the village.

Not all.

Yang suddenly remembered that when her second brother passed the imperial examination, her mother-in-law looked down on her every day. Later, when her second brother failed to pass the imperial examination and the family's situation became much worse than before, her mother-in-law became friendly again.

Gao E didn't have much of an impression when she thought about it: "Maybe I just felt that life in the city was different from before."

As the two were talking, they heard Jiang shouting about how good the relationship between her son and the county magistrate was, and how he had sent people to look after them before. She wanted the county magistrate to punish Jiang later.

Jiang wouldn't fall for her tricks, and the county magistrate wouldn't punish anyone he wanted.

When Jiang heard this, she was unwilling and slapped Jiang in the face.

Jiang was no pushover either, and the two of them started fighting.

Yang subconsciously wanted to get out of the car to separate the two, but Gao E grabbed her.

"What is sister-in-law going to do?" Gao E looked at Yang.

"Mother..." Yang thought her mother was going to suffer.

Gao E didn't want to get involved: "If my sister-in-law goes there at this time, she might get scolded. Let's just pretend we don't know."

Yang was a little embarrassed. At this time, she would also think of them as a family.

"Drive the car and go to the back door of the county government office." Gao E instructed Luo Dagang.

Luo Dagang immediately drove to the back door of the county government office.

Gao E didn't say she was looking for Lord He, but said she was looking for County Magistrate Chang. The gatekeeper took the money and then went to report.

When Chang Zhinan heard that it was Mrs. Chen and knew it was Gao E, he thought Gao E had something important to tell him and immediately followed the gatekeeper over.

"Mrs. Chen, what's the matter with your sudden visit?" Chang Zhinan asked directly.

"I have something to ask your parents." Gao E said with a smile.

Chang Zhinan glanced at the doorman and said, "When Madam Chen comes next time, just bring her in directly."

The gatekeeper was frightened. He thought that the person who entered through the back door was not a big shot, but he didn't expect that County Lieutenant Chang cared so much about it.