Farming and reading family

Now that the place to live has been cleaned up, it’s time to start preparing the things you need.

The original owner had already given birth to four children and was not an elderly mother. Why did she die after giving birth to the fifth child? There must have been an accident.

Now she just wants to avoid this accident as much as possible.

"Second Aunt, these clothes are so beautiful." Chen Hanyue looked at the clothes enviously.

"Take a look at which one you like and I'll ask someone to alter it into your clothes." Gao E said with a smile.

Chen Hanyue immediately shook her head: "That won't work. We farmers can't wear such material. It will hurt our hands."

Gao E looked at Chen Hanyue's hands, not knowing how to comfort her for a moment: "It's okay, I'll change these anyway, but the winners can't wear such patterns."

Chen Hanyue was a little unsure: "Who will Second Aunt hire? My mother is really good at cooking, better than anyone in the city. She can make any style as long as she sees it."

Gao E thought about it and realized that it was true, but the original owner looked down on Yang and didn't interact with her much. Look at the clothes of her eldest sister-in-law's children, even the patches on them look very nice.

"Then let your mother come and supervise the revisions." Gao E laughed.

Chen Hanyue glanced at her second aunt uncertainly. She knew that her second aunt looked down on people, but after getting along with her for the past two days, she found that she was very easy to talk to.

Chen Ke came back at noon and didn't catch any crickets. Fortunately, his clothes were not torn. He carried a bag of acorns, so he didn't come back empty-handed.

"Why did Second Uncle pick these up?" Chen Hanyue wilted at the sight. "You can't eat them."

Chen Ke laughed dryly. He just felt embarrassed to come back empty-handed. After all, catching crickets was a waste of time.

Gao E also looked over: "Acorn? Why can't we eat it?"

"My mother said that this is only eaten in years of famine. It tastes bitter and astringent." Chen Hanyue took a bite.

Gao E laughed and said, "That's not the right way to make it. It's delicious if you make it into acorn jelly."

Chen Hanyue's eyes widened: "Really?"

"What did I lie to you about?"

"Then let's pick up more. There are plenty on the mountain." Chen Hanyue was eager to try.

"Row."

After lunch, Chen Ke had an excuse to go out again, but Gao E saw him secretly take a few cricket cages. It was obvious that catching crickets was the key and picking acorns was just a by-product.

She suddenly realized that Chen Ke's catching crickets might not be just for fun because he was too enthusiastic about it.

It seems I have to find a way to figure out what's going on.

Not long after Chen Ke left with the child, Lei came running over like a victorious rooster.

"Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law..." She shouted excitedly as she entered the door.

Gao E looked at Lei Shi, knowing that not only was the trip to the Song family successful, but Lei Shi was also very satisfied: "Slow down."

"Second sister-in-law is at a loss for not going to the Song family today. Didn't you see the face of Zhu, who was so arrogant and domineering in our house yesterday? She turned red and then green, and then green and then black. She was so depressed that she couldn't say a word." Lei sat down on a low stool.

"I did as my second sister-in-law said and went there with great fanfare. When Mrs. Zhu saw so many people and started to fight, I stood at her door and recounted the whole story of the marriage between the two families."

"You don't know, when Mrs. Zhu saw so many people around, she put on a smile and wanted us to go into their house. Mother almost went in, but I pulled her back." Mrs. Lei said seriously.

"The Song family doesn't have a very good reputation in Bashang Village, but they're just trying to maintain a good relationship. We're all from the same village, so after a while, everyone knows each other..."

Lei talked incessantly about what happened today. In the end, the engagement was cancelled, and the Chen family regained their face. Even the head of Bashang Village said that the Song family was not honest.

Chen Yuning heard it clearly in the cave, and sighed with a wry smile, thinking that the matter was over at this point.

Gao E knew that Chen Yuning must have heard it clearly, but since it was her business, it was better for her to know it clearly.

"Then let's start fishing tonight?" Lei suddenly changed the subject.

She had been thinking about this matter all the time, thinking that her second sister-in-law would not have forgotten about it after being busy for two days.

"Okay." Gao E nodded. "You should find time to take a nap this afternoon, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to stay up late."

"That's nothing." Lei was unwilling.

It’s a pity that it’s not worth selling it for, otherwise she would be more interested.

In the afternoon, Chen Qing and his wife also came up. Chen Qing was still thinking about making a bamboo door for their house first. Yang came to see her daughter.

A few people cleaned up the yard thoroughly again, and the bricks and mud left over from the previous wall construction were piled neatly aside.

Gao E saw the horse lowering its head to eat the hay on the ground, and thought that she had to build a stable, otherwise when it rained or snowed, the horse would have to live in the cave.

But this matter is not so urgent, you can prepare everything first and take your time.

The pond in the yard was also thoroughly cleaned, making it more convenient to put the caught fish back into it.

"Second sister-in-law." Chen Jie squeezed closer to his second sister-in-law and asked, "When are we going to catch the wild boar?"

Although he had the idea of ​​catching fish, Chen Jie was still thinking about catching wild boars. After all, wild boars could be directly exchanged for money.

"Just as I told you before, find the pond and dig a trap, and then the wild boar will appear naturally." Gao E promised.

"Really?" Chen Jie was skeptical.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Gao E didn't guarantee it either.

Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

Even if we can't catch him, there's no loss. It's just a matter of digging a trap.

Chen Jie is a trap-digging expert in Batou Village. Even a blind bear cannot escape the trap he digs.

Before Chen Qing and his friends left, Chen Ke came back with his three children, carrying a bag of acorns.

Seeing how hard the father and his two sons were carrying the bag, Chen Jie hurried over to take it, thinking that even his second brother could collect mountain products. When he opened it, he saw that it was a bag of acorns.

"We can still survive in this year, why did my second brother pick this up?" Chen Jie wondered if his second brother had become stupid from studying too much.

"Your sister-in-law said it's edible." Chen Ke was a little embarrassed.

Chen Jie turned his head and looked at his second sister-in-law: "Is this thing edible?"

"You can eat it after processing it." Gao E saw that Chen Ke had picked up so many.

"There are as many of these things as you want on the mountain." Chen Jie joked.

After hearing what Chen Jie said, Gao E thought this business was worth doing: "Then I'll pick up more and bring them back."

Chen Jie only thought that his second sister-in-law was a daughter of a landlord and had no idea what this thing was.

Chen Qing meant to let Yu Ning and the others go home, as it was not a good idea to stay here forever.

Gao E asked the sisters to stay, saying that there was indeed a conflict between the two of them decocting medicine at home, and it would be more convenient to live here.

Chen Qing thought that he would have to come up and clean the yard for his second brother in the next two days, so he let the sisters stay here first.

After dinner, Gao E used a chestnut peeling tool to peel acorns. Chen Ke was amazed and took one to learn how to peel them.

"Didn't you catch any crickets today?" Gao E asked suddenly.

Chen Ke seemed startled, and said with a guilty conscience, "I wanted to catch one for the high school, but it's a pity that the bug doesn't come out during the day."