Farming and reading family

As long as it is related to making money, Lei is particularly active.

"There's no need to make it so troublesome. She's raising two children alone, and if she comes in contact too much, people will gossip about her." Gao E made an excuse to turn it down.

Lei was stunned and said cautiously, "A widow?"

"She has a miserable life. She was bought to bring good luck to someone, but in the end the whole family was wiped out, leaving behind only two children." Gao E sighed.

Mrs. Lei also sighed: "That's indeed not easy. Let's be nicer to her in the future."

After the two of them finished talking, they heard someone coming back outside. Gao E knew that it was Chen Ke and Chen Jie who had returned.

When they came back, they went straight to Gao E.

The matter of Lu Erniang must be clarified.

Gao E then told her about how she hired Lu Er Niang to grow mulberry trees and raise silkworms.

"Then why don't you tell your parents?" Chen Ke felt that this matter was indeed more important.

"What can I say?" Gao E said angrily. "With my mother's temper, she will definitely make me fire Lu Erniang. Where else in He County can I find someone who knows how to grow mulberry trees and raise silkworms?"

"Second sister-in-law is right." Chen Jie agreed. "It's easy to talk to my parents, but if Second Mother Lu leaves, it will really delay things."

Chen Ke thought that the imperial court would lift the ban on silkworms in three years. Raising silkworms in the first few years would be like picking up money. This was the best opportunity for their Chen family to take off.

Thinking of this, he nodded: "My lady is very thoughtful. It is better to keep this matter secret for now."

Gao E knew that silkworms were very important to Chen Ke, so he stood on her side: "I have no choice."

"It's just that our mother has too many things to do, and Mrs. Lu never even contacted her." Chen Jie was a little impatient.

Chen Ke glanced at Chen Jie and felt that it was not right to say that about his mother.

The matter just passed like that. When Chen Qing came back in the evening and knew what had happened, he approved of Gao E's approach. His mother's personality was indeed not suitable for knowing the truth.

Moreover, Chen Qing also wanted to learn mulberry planting and silkworm breeding from Lu Erniang.

Although the imperial court still has a ban, since He County is promoting mulberry planting, silkworm breeding will not be far away.

When the weather gets hot, things are hard to keep. Although the cave is cool, it is also very humid.

More people on the other side of the cave went to live in shacks below, and those who remained in the cave were the elderly and women.

That day, the first truckload of green tiles arrived at the village. Everyone in the village gathered around to look at them, stroking them and thinking they were better than the tiles used by the wealthy families.

This is not their illusion, it is really good.

Now that bricks, tiles, wood, river sand and lime are in place, we can start building the school.

The villagers thought that as long as the school was built, their houses could be built soon.

This is indeed the case. As long as these things are prepared and the strong laborers in the village work together, the work can be done very quickly.

Gao E looked at the account book sent by Master Ma, and was surprised that Master Ma's kiln accounts were also well done.

Although the villagers now do these things together and the division is not so clear, Master Ma has written them down one by one.

Gao E then remembered one thing: she had not yet given Lu Er Niang the monthly allowance.

I originally wanted to keep my own account book and record the monthly allowances of people like Lu Hao and Lu Er Niang, but the daily affairs were so messy that I forgot about it again.

Chen Hanyue came over and said, "Second Aunt, can you teach me how to keep accounts?"

Gao E glanced at Chen Hanyue and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to learn how to keep accounts?"

"I just feel that I need to figure out everything." Chen Hanyue was not very sure either.

Farmers are all family members and don’t have that much stuff, so they generally don’t keep accounts.

But Chen Hanyue knew that her grandfather was an accountant and had been an enviable accountant in the past.

"Okay, I'll buy you an account book later so you can keep track of your family's accounts." Gao E said with a smile.

"Okay." Chen Hanyue felt that her second aunt was so nice. She would reason with her and support what she wanted to do.

Her mother can't do that.

Her mother always said that she wanted them to live a good life and would protect them, but she never asked whether they were doing well or not. The so-called protection for them was just suffering for them and then hiding in the house crying.

At this time, Zheng Yan ran in from outside, sweating profusely.

"What's wrong?" Gao E said as she went to pour water for Zheng Yan.

Chen Zhengyan didn't even bother to drink the water: "That Master Guan wants to trick Jin Chao away."

Gao E frowned: "Drink some water slowly."

Although Chen Zhengyan was anxious, he calmed down when he saw his mother was so calm. He took the cup of water and took two sips.

It turned out that Master Guan had shown favor to Jin Chao when he came to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the school in Baotou Village last time. Jin Chao had always retreated behind Chen Ke to avoid Master Guan's care.

During the meal, Master Guan told Chen Ke several times that good talents should not be buried, but Chen Ke did not respond.

Who knew that Master Guan would come again, and took advantage of the fact that they were outside alone to find Jin Chao.

"What is the attitude of the Jin Dynasty?" Gao E didn't know about this yet.

She didn't attend the groundbreaking ceremony, and when she came back no one told her about it.

"Jin Chao was very polite, but Master Guan liked Jin Chao very much at first sight." Chen Zhengyan was very sure.

Gao E pressed Chen Zhengyan's shoulder and asked, "Do you feel bad that you are not as good at studying as Jin Chao?"

Chen Zhengyan lowered his head and thought about it. He was still a child. His father was a teacher. It would definitely be uncomfortable for him to not be as good at studying as others, but it was not that uncomfortable.

"First of all, we must respect Jin Chao's choice. Secondly, we should be happy for him that Jin Chao has a better place to go." Gao E said seriously.

Chen Zhengyan nodded.

"It's not just Jin Chao, but also your brothers and sisters. Everyone will have different strengths and achievements in the future. Think about it, you grew up in the same family, but later became so different. Will there be a gap?" Gao E looked at Chen Zhengyan seriously.

Chen Zhengyan didn’t think so much or so far ahead. People cannot define things they have not experienced.

But Gao E wanted him to realize this, because if Chen Zhengyan chose the same path as his elder brother, he might spend the rest of his life in Baotou Village.

"If you really can't think of anything, just remember it first." Gao E didn't force Chen Zhengyan. "Know more about things so that you won't be flustered and confused when you encounter them in the future."

Chen Zhengyan nodded: "Mom, I remember it."

Gao E smiled and said, "As long as Master Guan doesn't use force against the Jin Dynasty, we will respect the Jin Dynasty's choice."

In fact, Chen Kezhen is not a good gentleman, at least not at the moment.

Regardless of whether Jin Ruyi can come back or not, she wants Jin Chao to have a good future.

"Okay." Chen Zhengyan wrote it down carefully.

"You have to remember that virtue supports the family. You are the eldest brother. Maybe you are not as successful as your younger brothers, but you can provide a safety net for them." Gao E said slowly.

Chen Zhengyan took notes carefully and felt that he still needed to study more. Even if he couldn't pass the imperial examination like his father, he should at least know many important principles like his mother, so that he could be stable.

Gao E was already thinking about how she should convince Chen Ke if Jin Chao really agreed to leave with Master Guan.