Farming and reading family

The court praised him highly for his control of the flood in He County, especially for his prescription, but did not mention Chen Ke at all.

He once suspected that the Tao family had done something to take credit for him, but then he thought it was impossible. The Tao family would not interfere in such a small matter, especially at this time.

He wrote very clearly in the memorial that the prescription was clearly from Chen Kexian, a scholar from He County. This result would make people feel that he was stealing the credit from Chen Kexian.

He also told Gao E about this matter. What would Gao E think if she knew such a result?

Seeing He Tangchun's worried look, Tao Meiyun said, "Just tell the truth. Gao E is not such a stingy person."

When He Tangchun heard his wife say this, he suddenly realized that this was clearly Chen Ke's business, but he was still thinking about how to explain it to Gao E.

"What's wrong?" Tao Meiyu looked at He Tangchun's puzzled expression.

"This matter..." He Tangchun was a little embarrassed. "Please ask Madam to talk to Gao privately. It's better not to let Chen Xiucai know. It's common for the imperial court to not send back memorials to the local areas."

Tao Meiyu nodded.

When the crops are about to mature, they look different every day. It rained a little on the day Gao E returned to Batou Village. The sweet smell of soil mixed with crops filled the air. Gao E breathed deeply and her mood became cheerful.

The fields after the rain are full of vitality, and people feel younger.

The leather and iron ingots were placed with Jin Ruyi, and the remaining things could be brought back by hiring a carriage, so the people from the escort agency were asked to go back first.

It was only when she arrived at the village that Gao E learned that Lei had given birth.

To the Lei family, taking half a person's life is as easy as laying an egg; it's so casual.

"My second brother named her Qiuyi. What do you think of her, my second sister-in-law?" Mrs. Lei was quite satisfied.

Gao E didn't comment on Chen Ke's naming: "It's very good."

"I think it's great too. I can use Xiaowu's things and I can save on everything." Mrs. Lei was happy.

"I bought some more cloth this time, which is just enough to make some winter clothes for Qiuyi." Gao E felt that Mrs. Lei was sometimes easily satisfied.

"Qiuyi is so lucky to have a second aunt like you."

After visiting Lei, Gao E moved all the things she brought back into the cave.

"Where is Que'er?" Gao E suddenly found that Que'er was not at home.

"He's following Zheng Xiaoshun to catch longhorn beetles." Lei called out through the window. "Second sister-in-law isn't home, and Que'er has been following Zheng Xiaoshun all day. He can't even go to the kiln to work."

As long as the person was fine, Gao E didn't pursue the matter.

When it was time for dinner, Gao E asked someone to invite Chen Ke and Du Weiqing back. The two were shocked to see so many books. Chen Ke suspected that his wife had taken Lu Qingluo to rob the bookstore.

Du Weiqing picked up the book and flipped through it. "Huh? It's from Deyi Bookstore."

"How did you know that?" Gao E saw that there was no mark on it.

"Hong Sheng is the only one who has strict requirements on the version of books he sells. Now other bookstores in Qinzhou City just sell whichever version is cheaper, but it may be a little rougher and have a typo occasionally. He can't accept that." Du Weiqing said with a smile.

Gao E suddenly realized that Du Weiqing and Hong Sheng were both literati in Qinzhou City and were about the same age, so they should know each other.

"But the books in his bookstore are very expensive. These ones you have..." Du Weiqing felt that he couldn't buy them for at least seven or eight thousand taels.

Chen Ke also knew that these books were very expensive. He had never dared to look at them before. "How much did my wife spend?"

"Oh." Gao E didn't know how much Chen Ke would be willing to spend. "We did Mr. Hong a favor. It didn't cost much."

In front of Du Weiqing, Chen Ke didn't dare to ask his wife how much she spent on the books she didn't spend. After all, the book was bought, and it was the book she had always dreamed of.

"Can I buy fur?" Chen Ke looked around.

"The price of fur in Qinzhou City has doubled. It's really too expensive. So I just bought cloth and cotton to make cotton-padded clothes." Gao E said a little pettily.

Chen Ke sighed in his heart, thinking that the price of fur would continue to soar, but it was indeed very expensive for ordinary people like them: "My wife is very thoughtful."

Anyway, he wanted his wife to buy the fur in the first place because he was worried that he would not be able to pay the compensation for the order. Now that the person who placed the order has run away, there is no need to worry about this. If she doesn't want to buy it, then don't buy it.

Gao E didn't expect to miss such an opportunity. Chen Ke actually easily lifted it up, which made her think of him more highly.

Gao E has already sorted the books. Three boxes were given to Chen Ke and others. Chen Ke has not read most of them. The remaining box is miscellaneous books. Gao E plans to read it herself and give it to others.

For example, books on agriculture were given to the eldest brother, travel books to the third brother, and some biographies were given to Lü Hao to find a few suitable ones, and strange stories and legends were given to the children...

Most children like to read books such as strange stories and legends, which can make them like reading.

Soon the things we bought were almost all divided up.

The money they earned from robbing Huajianhang was almost spent. Gao E calculated that there should be no problem this winter.

The only drawback is that I didn’t find anything about Mo Xun talking about Que’er.

The house building work in the village returned to normal, and the next day Gao E went to see the clam pond.

Most of the iron fences that were planted around the clam pond have survived and have now grown to more than a foot high. It is estimated that in two or three years, they will be connected together to surround the area.

She stood on the beach and looked around at the surrounding environment, comparing it with the differences in later generations to decide where to build the site.

After all, artificially cultivated pearls require implanting pearl nuclei, which is a key technology, and at that time, domestic slaves with death indentures will still be needed.

While she was thinking about this, Chen Hanyue came running to find her.

"Second Aunt, Second Aunt, the county magistrate's wife is here to see you." Chen Hanyue was a little excited.

The county magistrate's wife has a good relationship with her second aunt, which is a big deal for their Chen family.

Gao E wondered if Tao Meiyu was angry with He Tangchun again?

Otherwise, Tao Meiyu would have just sent someone to invite her over instead of coming here herself.

Thinking about these, Gao E was speechless.

It was obviously Tao Meiyu who wanted a child.

She is also fully capable of providing herself with food and clothing.

Why are you always angry because of a man?

When she returned to Chen's house, she saw Tao Meiyu happily eating a basket of hawthorns.

"You can't eat it." Gao E stopped immediately.

Tao Meiyun was so frightened that she almost bit her finger: "Is it poisonous?"

Lei on the side was also startled. She was the one who gave the hawthorn to Mrs. He.

"How much did you eat?" Gao E felt that her reaction was a bit too much.

Tao Meiyun looked at the cores on the plate beside her: "Four."

"That's okay." Gao E breathed a sigh of relief.

Lei was worried about being suspected: "I ate this hawthorn too. It's okay. I just want to eat something sour when I'm pregnant."

"When you are pregnant, you can't eat all sour foods. You can't eat too much hawthorn." Gao E explained, "But it's okay to eat a few." Gao E sat aside and took one to taste. Her face wrinkled because of the sourness.