Farming and reading family

No one wants to be denied all the time, not even the seemingly nonchalant Chen Jie.

He wondered if he was really that bad, and tried hard to do better, but everything seemed in vain.

"If you want to be recognized by others, you have to use other people's standards to hold yourself to the same standards," Gao E said with a smile.

Chen Jie glanced at his second sister-in-law and felt that her smile seemed to be self-deprecating.

Gao E just thought about when she was very young and she also wanted to be recognized by others.

Maybe she was born rebellious. Even if she wanted to be recognized by others, she could not change herself. Instead, she tried to prove herself. Now I think it is unnecessary.

Compared this way, she and Chen Jie are a bit similar.

"Why?" Chen Jie said unconvinced.

"Yes, why? So you don't have to worry about it anymore." Gao E said calmly.

Sometimes Chen Jie didn't quite understand what his second sister-in-law said: "Am I really a loser?"

Gao E didn't expect Chen Jie to still be entangled in this: "Do you know Chen Xiangyue, the richest man in He County?"

"Everyone in Hexian knows this." Chen Jie sneered.

"Is he down-to-earth?"

Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. He's so rich, he shouldn't need to be down-to-earth."

"Is he good at studying?"

"He's definitely not that good. If he was good at studying, he would have become an official. His family is so rich." Chen Jie was very sure.

"He may not be down-to-earth and not good at studying, but no one says he has no future." Gao E came to a conclusion.

Chen Jie was a little confused, but it seemed to be the case.

"So when you are weak, others will find thousands of reasons to blame you, and when you become strong, they will find thousands of reasons to whitewash you." Gao E said with a self-deprecating look on her face.

Chen Jie was stunned for a long time, and he was still in a daze until Gao E left.

Lei also heard their conversation. Seeing that Chen Jie remained silent, she thought it would be best if he could come to his senses.

In the afternoon, the rain stopped and Chen Jie took a few older children with him and carried bamboo baskets to pick up longhorn beetles.

At this time, the longhorn beetle's stomach is full of seeds, which are very fragrant when fried.

Chen Hanyue also went to pick ground vegetables, which she could only eat after it had just rained.

Many people from the village also came out to pick up the trash. They would greet each other when they met, and some would even say a few words of flattery.

In addition to these, the children also picked up some snails in the stream.

There were more last year because Gao E kept asking for them, and almost all the big ones in the creek were picked up.

The children are happier thinking about the rich dishes tonight.

But Chen Qing and Chen Ke, who returned from He County, were not happy: their father had someone else outside, but he didn't admit it.

After the old couple of the Chen family went to He County, they no longer had servants, so their life was naturally not as comfortable as before. Especially since Jiang was always nagging about Chen Rongxiu, which made Chen Fansheng very annoyed, so Chen Fansheng often went out to drink and sat for most of the day.

In this way, I met a widow named Lu Erniang.

Lu Erniang was a famous pretty widow in He County. She made a living by running a small tavern. On weekdays, she would buy wine from the tavern and mix half of it with water, which would make the men drink it with relish.

Naturally, there were women who went to make trouble, but Lu Er Niang didn't care. She used her sharp tongue to make those women return empty-handed.

Fortunately, Lu Er Niang was just showing off her charm and didn't do anything out of line. Over time, those women had no choice but to turn a blind eye.

But Jiang was unwilling to do so. Once, she went to Lu Erniang's house to make trouble and was beaten by Chen Fansheng, and the feud was thus formed.

Gao E felt a headache after listening to Chen Ke's story. These old couple really couldn't rest as long as they could breathe.

"Then what are you going to do?" Gao E really didn't want to ask about this matter.

Chen Ke didn't know either. What used to be a conflict between his parents and others had now become a conflict between his parents themselves. As a child, he really didn't know what to do.

"Dad told us not to worry about it." Chen Ke said in a low voice.

"It's really hard for children to handle this matter." Gao E felt the same way.

Chen Ke sighed helplessly when he heard Gao E say this. In fact, he thought Gao E could find a way, after all, they were both women.

It turned out that Gao E was overthinking it, and Jiang came back the next day.

This time, Jiang came back very low-key and greeted others gently, which surprised the villagers. They subconsciously thought that Jiang might have encountered something.

Only Lei was at home with a few young children. Her face darkened when she saw Jiang come back.

Jiang smiled apologetically: "Where are your eldest and second sisters-in-law?"

"Everyone is busy in the fields. It's only thanks to my mother that I have to rest at home." Lei mocked.

"It's been more than a month..." Jiang said cautiously.

Lei took a deep breath. It had indeed been over a month, but when she saw her mother-in-law, she wanted to get angry: "It's only been over a month, and every time mother talks about it, it's like it was over 20 years ago."

Jiang Shi could only laugh awkwardly at Lei Shi's words and pulled a chair to sit next to Lei Shi. "I was wrong about what happened before, but I wasn't doing this for your own good."

Lei rolled her eyes and thought to herself, maybe her mother-in-law has something to ask of her, so why is she pretending to be a good person?

Only Chen Ke and Gao E told about what happened yesterday, and no one else in the family knew about it yet.

"Don't do that!" Mrs. Lei said firmly. "As long as you live comfortably in He County, we, your daughters-in-law, will be satisfied."

Jiang laughed even more awkwardly and began to chat with Lei about how much the third brother liked Lei in the past.

Lei was confused by what she heard and thought her mother-in-law was extremely abnormal.

Gao E took Luo Dagang and Zheng Xiaoshun to the beach.

Two clam ponds have been dug, but after digging holes in such a beach, the sand underneath will flow and needs to be dealt with.

After digging the sand, there are still a lot of stones. Those that can be used should be kept here for future use.

Fortunately, if we dig a little deeper, there will be soil underneath, so we can use it after growing it for a while.

This beach is quite large, and we'll need to plant trees and fence it off, and also build some factories...

Every time I think about this, I feel like there is a lack of people.

She had previously discussed with He Tangchun how to increase the population of He County, but he hadn't taken any action so far. He was too stupid.

As soon as she entered the house, she saw Lei stand up and rush over, pushing her out.

"Slow down." Gao E quickly stepped back. She also saw her mother-in-law.

Lei didn't care that her mother-in-law was watching her. She pushed her second sister-in-law out of the yard and looked back cautiously.

"What's wrong?" Gao E was puzzled.

"I think our mother is very abnormal." Lei's face was solemn.

"Why is it abnormal?" Gao E was suspicious.

"It's just... he spoke so nicely that I felt he had bad intentions." Lei said with certainty.

This made Gao E feel that Lei had a masochistic tendency: "There are still problems with speaking well."

"Isn't there a saying that when things are out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on?" Lei said, looking as if she saw through everything. "Second sister-in-law, you were right to listen to me. Something big must have happened to my parents."

Gao E looked at Lei and laughed.

"What is Second Sister-in-law laughing at?" Lei was puzzled.

"I'm laughing at you getting smarter." Gao E had no intention of going in. "What did mother say?"