Farming and reading family

Although the imperial court would give scholars some money and food every month, it was just a drop in the bucket for scholars and could only keep Chen Ke alive.

As for buying pens, ink, paper, inkstone, books, collections, and consulting a teacher, these are all huge expenses.

Before, Gao E supported the family with her own dowry. Now, Gao E’s dowry has been used up, and the whole family still needs Chen Ke to support them. It is impossible for them to continue their studies relying solely on Chen Ke.

"And you, if we really split up, when the second son becomes successful, you will be separated by a layer." Chen Fansheng looked at the first and third wives.

Chen Qing didn't mind taking advantage of his second brother, after all, it was related to his daughter's life and death.

Chen Jie was very conflicted. If his second brother succeeded, there would really be a gap between them.

"Dad, we brothers will always be brothers." Chen Ke saluted.

Chen Qing and Chen Jie looked at Chen Ke in surprise. They didn't expect him to be so righteous.

"Do you support your eldest brother's division of the family business?" Chen Fansheng's tone was cold.

The atmosphere in the main room suddenly froze again.

"It seems I'd better die." Jiang said and ran out. "When I die, this family will be at peace."

"Mom——" Chen Qing hurriedly went to pull her.

Gao E watched the mother and son fighting and knew that the family would not be separated today.

"Mom, mom, I'm fine now. I won't split up the family, I won't split up the family..." Chen Qing knelt on the ground and begged.

Jiang also burst into tears: "That's my granddaughter who grew up under my care. How could I bear to beat her to death? If she really dies this time, you don't have to divide the family property. I will pay for her life..."

The mother and son both started crying, one complaining about herself and the other comforting her.

Yang on the side shed tears, but said nothing more.

Lei didn't show any disdain, he just didn't care much.

After a while, the mother and son finally calmed down.

"Alright, we're not afraid of outsiders hearing and laughing at us." Chen Fansheng ended the matter. "Go up and get the child. Who's still awake at this hour?"

In this way, the three brothers left the main room.

Chen Jie followed his second brother upstairs to pick up the child, Jiang Shi pulled Yang Shi aside to talk, and Chen Qing went to clean up things in the yard.

"Second brother, do you really not mind eldest brother's division of the family property?" Chen Jie asked suddenly when they were almost at the cave.

Chen Ke was silent for a while. "It would be a lie to say I don't care at all, but I hope everyone at home can live a better life."

This sentence made Chen Jie feel ashamed. He had always wanted to split the family because he was afraid of being dragged down by his second brother.

In fact, Chen Ke had never thought about it this way before. His family always asked him to study and take the imperial examinations, and he was only focused on this matter. After his rebirth, he thought about the fact that he had never had a high school diploma and the humiliation he had suffered in his life, and there was still a sense of resentment in his heart.

But after spending the past two days with Gao E and seeing how magnanimous she was, and knowing that even when she contradicted her parents, it was for their own good, he gradually came to terms with it.

"Don't worry." Chen Ke patted Chen Jie on the back. "Your second brother is a scholar after all. Even if he goes out to find something to do, he can still make a lot of money and won't be a burden to you."

"That's not what I meant..." Chen Jie was embarrassed. "If my second brother gets into high school, I'll also benefit from it."

As the two brothers were talking, they arrived at the cave.

After they left, a group of children played happily together.

"Yu Ning and Han Yue won't go down for now." Gao E said directly.

"Okay." Chen Jie thought so too.

Then he took away his two children and his eldest brother's two children.

Chen Hanyue kept her eyes on her second uncle and second aunt, hoping to find an opportunity to talk to her second aunt alone.

"What's wrong?" Gao E looked at Han Yue's reserved look.

"Why didn't my father come?" Chen Hanyue felt that her parents must have compromised.

Gao E wanted to laugh when she heard Chen Hanyue ask this: "Why do you want your father to come?"

"So what if my sister was beaten like this?" Chen Hanyue was not convinced.

Gao E didn't know how to talk about this matter, so she gave a brief account of what happened in the Chen family.

"I knew it..." Chen Hanyue was indignant.

Gao E thought about it seriously and said, "Han Yue, fighting for fairness requires ability. Tell me what will happen if you leave the Chen family now."

This question stumped Chen Hanyue. She thought about it seriously for a long time but did not answer.

Although the Chen family was poor, they were good citizens with houses and land. If she left the Chen family, without their protection, she would probably be targeted and sold by human traffickers when she arrived in He County.

She knew that some traffickers were very aggressive. Even if the person was not homeless, they would use methods such as coaxing and deceiving them, or even robbing them.

And those people never came back, which is definitely not a good thing.

After all, if someone is living well outside, who wouldn’t want to come back to see their family and repair their ancestral graves?

Gao E saw that Chen Hanyue had been silent. "You have to understand that arrogance is only useful to yourself. When you have arrogance, you will want something. When you want something, you will want to fight. People fight for their dignity. Don't use this arrogance on others and make everything a mess."

Chen Hanyue didn't quite understand, but she thought it made sense: "Did Second Aunt take her anger out on herself?"

She remembered that her second aunt always forced her second uncle to take the imperial examination, and her second uncle would be scolded if he did anything else. But now it seems that is no longer the case.

Gao E touched Chen Hanyue and said, "What a smart girl."

Not knowing how the Chen family was doing, Gao E comforted Chen Hanyue to go over and rest, and no words were spoken that night.

The next day, Chen Qing and his friends arrived before Gao E and his friends had finished their meal.

"Brother, has sister-in-law eaten?" Gao E greeted hurriedly.

"Let's eat..." Yang wanted to say that she had already eaten.

"No!" Lei said immediately.

This made Yang feel a little embarrassed.

"If you haven't eaten, you haven't eaten. It's not like we're at someone else's house, why are you being so polite?" Gao E said with a smile, "Third sister-in-law, come and help me cook some more."

"Okay." Lei became excited.

The food at my second sister-in-law's house is oily and delicious even with wild vegetables.

While helping her second sister-in-law cook, Mrs. Lei made faces and motioned her to come over.

Gao E stood quietly beside Lei, listening to what she had to say.

Lei secretly glanced at her eldest brother and his wife, and when she saw they were far away, she whispered, "Last night when you left, Dad and my eldest brother and his wife talked for a long time. I don't know what they talked about."

"What can I say? There are only so many things in the house." Gao E said indifferently.

Lei had some resentment in her heart, but when she heard her second sister-in-law say this, she thought about it and realized that no matter how much she said, it was probably just to coax her, and the Chen family didn't have anything to offer.

"That's true, but my second sister-in-law asked Yu Ning to stay here. What if mother is unhappy?" Lei was worried.

Gao E hadn't thought about this before: "What can I do to my mother if she's unhappy?"

Lei couldn't answer at all. It seemed that this was the truth. The mother-in-law never dared to provoke the second sister-in-law.

After everyone had cooked and eaten, they saw their mother-in-law coming.

This was the first time that Gao E's mother-in-law came to their house after they moved in.

"Mom..." everyone shouted.

Jiang was a little embarrassed: "Hey, let me see Yu Ning."