Farming and reading family

Gao E looked at Chen Ke's reaction and thought to herself, shouldn't a reborn person be mature and steady, and be confident in everything he does? From this point of view, Chen Ke did not seem like a reborn person.

How could she know that a nerd like Chen Ke had lived a humble life and had few resources after his rebirth. He just knew some opportunities better than others, and his mentality had not changed much.

"Indeed." Gao E nodded. "You can catch more and let Kui'er and the others fight crickets for fun."

Chen Ke's thoughts turned when he heard his wife say this: "I heard that wealthy families also play cricket fighting for fun. In order to win, they don't hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy crickets."

Gao E lowered her eyes slightly. Could this be what Chen Ke was planning?

"You are a scholar, but you are not as good as the children in the village at catching crickets. If you really want to play with them, go back and buy some candies and ask the third child to ask the children in the village to help you catch them," Gao E reminded.

Chen Ke thought about it and realized that he was not good at these things, but he saw that the children in the village were very skilled at catching them. "Then I will talk to the third child later."

Gao E saw that he really wanted to catch a lot, so she didn't ask. It was just some candy after all. "Oh, by the way, now that the wall is up, we should buy some belongings."

"Well, my lady, see what you need to buy."

"The third brother and his friends caught a lot of fish in one night. We need to buy a few large basins to pickle the fish, and a few large jars to store things..." Gao E listed them one by one.

Chen Ke nodded repeatedly.

Chen Jie and his wife came to drive the carriage around 11:00 a.m. and said there was no need to leave the door open for them, as they would be back around dawn.

Gao E wondered if the couple wanted to catch all the fish in the river?

The original owner never went to the fields and didn't know much about the environment around Baotou Village. He only knew that there was a big river under the dam in the distance. The water would rise every summer, and people would go fishing at that time.

Gao E didn't sleep very well at night. She woke up several times. Her big stomach made it difficult for her to sleep. She heard some noise outside in a daze.

Chen Jie and his wife came back in a horse-drawn carriage with two baskets full of fish and one basket of shrimp.

The two men excitedly moved the fish and shrimp down, then went back to sleep yawning.

Chen Qing and his wife came after breakfast. When Yang saw so many fish, she cleaned them up with Chen Hanyue.

Gao E was preparing to pickle and smoke the fish. Yang felt sorry for Gao E when she saw her adding so much salt at once.

In fact, there are many ways to cook dried fish. As long as the conditions are right, Gao E wants to try them all so that she can change her taste.

After lunch, Chen Jie and his wife came, bringing their two children with them.

Chen Jie went straight to his eldest brother and said, "Brother, let's go up the mountain and dig traps to catch wild boars."

Chen Qing looked at him suspiciously: "The villagers dug so many traps, but they didn't catch many wild boars."

"Second sister-in-law said she could catch him."

Chen Qing naturally didn't believe it. How could his second brother and sister-in-law catch wild boars when they didn't even go to the fields? "I think you're just trying to be lazy."

"I'm really not trying to be lazy," Chen Jie explained. "I fished all night yesterday. If I hadn't caught a wild boar, I wouldn't have dug the trap."

Chen Qing knew that the couple had gone fishing that night: "I have to quickly make the bamboo door, and then I'll build a stable for your second brother."

"We'll just wait once the trap is dug. It's not too late to do anything while we're waiting," Chen Jie said. "Brother, think about it. A wild boar can fetch at least one or two taels of silver. If we can catch two, we'll have enough money for the New Year."

Chen Qing hesitated.

"What's there to think about? There's no loss even if we can't catch him." Chen Jie urged.

"Is it true that your second sister-in-law said that he can be caught?" Chen Qing confirmed again.

"Really." Chen Jie promised.

Chen Qing thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go back and get the head."

"I'll go talk to my second sister-in-law." Chen Jie turned and ran.

Gao E knew that Chen Jie was going to find a place to dig a trap, so she reminded him of the location to choose, and Chen Jie agreed to all of them.

As for the ponds that his second sister-in-law mentioned, Chen Jie knew several of them, and he had already decided where to dig.

There are two types of traps in the village. One type is dug by the villagers. When something is caught, it will be divided according to the number of people involved at that time.

One way is to dig it yourself, and whatever you catch belongs to you.

Both types must be marked, one to prevent people from falling in, and the other to make it easier to identify when they arrive.

Lei came to help, and they started to smoke the fish. The smoking time of big fish was longer, so they probably had to get up at night to watch the fire.

"Wait until it cools down a bit, then you can dry it directly in the sun." Gao E watched Lei stir-frying the dried shrimps.

Lei wiped his sweat from the heat and said, "This pot is a little small."

"Do you have any pots for sale?" Gao E thought that the Lei family was a blacksmith.

"I'll get some for my second sister-in-law." Lei agreed immediately.

"Okay, the largest size. Calculate how much it costs." Gao E originally planned to buy a big iron pot.

Lei agreed with a chuckle. She didn't intend to make money from her second sister-in-law, but a big iron pot would cost a lot of money, and her father couldn't afford it.

Gao E also plans to buy a griddle, a steamer and other items.

When Chen Qing and his friends came back, it was already dark, so they had dinner upstairs.

Today Chen Jie will take the bus directly down, so he won’t have to come back up again.

After Gao E finished soaking her feet, her waist was so sore that she couldn't stand up straight.

It seems that she still underestimated the burden of a pregnant woman in her advanced stages of pregnancy. The original owner used to have two maids to serve her, and she didn't have to worry about household affairs. She had never suffered such hardship.

"Mom, let me wash your feet." The second son moved a low stool and sat beside the foot basin.

Gao E looked at her sensible son and said, "Mom is fine."

Chen Gaozhong still clumsily pressed his mother gently: "Wash it and it will stop hurting."

Gao E didn't know what to say.

After soaking her feet, she leaned on the bed, feeling sore all over. It seemed that she needed to reduce the intensity of her activity.

But now Lei was going to catch fish as if she had been injected with chicken blood. It was she who suggested this matter, and she couldn't back down at this time.

And there was no food stored at home, so she felt a little panicked.

Chen Ke went to check on the smoked fish fire and came back: "You go to sleep first, I'll watch over the smoked fish."

Gao E didn't force herself to stay awake and went to bed early.

Maybe I was too tired, I actually slept a little better at night, but I always felt like I was soaking in water, like I was having a nightmare.

When she woke up, there were more fish in the yard than yesterday. If she measured the amount of fish, the salt would soon be insufficient, so she had to go buy more salt.

No wonder ordinary people don’t do these things, they really can’t bear to spend salt.

So Chen Jie and his wife went fishing at night. Yang came in the morning to process, marinate and smoke the fish. In the afternoon, Lei came to help, and Chen Jie and his eldest brother went to dig traps.

Two days later, the villagers found out that Chen Jie caught a lot of fish at night.

The villagers knew that they could catch fish, but they were unwilling to take the risk at night. When they heard that Chen Jie used a car to pull the fish, many of them were tempted and planned to go fishing at night as well.

"Hey, Third Brother, do you want to eat all the food by yourself?" Chen Bao mocked Chen Jie when he saw him carrying a stick coming down from the old village.

Chen Jie hated his cousin: "Everyone in the village knows there are fish in Wangba River. It's just a matter of whether we can catch them."