Farming and reading family

When Tao Meiyu saw Gao E being ridiculed like this, she laughed and the worry in her heart disappeared.

"How can you eat it when it's so sour?" Gao E put it down directly.

"It's not that sour." Tao Meiyu felt a little gloating.

Gao E didn't want to talk to a pregnant woman affected by hormones. Her taste had become too weird. "Third sister-in-law, go take care of the child. It's okay."

"Oh." Lei left in a hurry.

She just came out to say hello because there was no adult at home, but she almost got into trouble.

"Why can't I eat hawthorn?" Tao Meiyu still didn't quite understand.

"It's not that you can't eat it, it's that you can't eat too much. A few pills a day is fine." Gao E couldn't explain things like contractions to Tao Meiyun. "For normal people, eating too much of anything is not good for the body."

Although Tao Meiyu did not get a definite answer, what Gao E said was definitely correct.

In fact, people like Tao Meiyu can't eat too much of any one thing. Their food is usually rich and they can eat whatever they want.

Only poor families with a monotonous diet would eat a lot of one thing.

Tao Meiyu leaned a little closer to Gao E and asked in a low voice about Chen Kexian's prescription. Gao E thought that the matter had come to a conclusion and said that she knew it.

Tao Meiyun explained the outcome: "He Tangchun is too embarrassed to tell you, but he doesn't want to hide it from you and your wife, so he'll tell you privately that the court won't change its policy, but he can offer you some compensation."

Gao E frowned, thinking that if He Tangchun wanted to take all the credit, he could have just not told them in the beginning. Now that the results were out, there was no need to tell them.

So this matter is about something going wrong at the imperial court.

"Do you think there is something fishy about this matter?" Gao E asked in a low voice.

Tao Meiyun was unsure: "It's highly likely someone tampered with it. Did Chen Ke offend anyone when he went to the capital for the imperial examination?"

"Who do you think a man like him would offend?" Gao E asked back.

Tao Meiyu thought about it and it made sense. People like Chen Ke had no edge at all. They were always submissive when they saw the powerful and influential. When they arrived in the capital, they were like dust. Not to mention offending others, he would probably have to endure being bullied.

"If all else fails, I should write a letter to my father and ask him to find out," Tao Meiyu suggested.

Gao E thought about it and shook her head: "Forget it, it might have been a small matter originally, but your Tao family got involved, and someone would exploit it to make a big deal out of it. Our Chen family can't afford it."

Tao Meiyun was surprised by Gao E's choice: "This is a rare opportunity for your husband."

Gao E wanted Chen Ke to have such an opportunity.

But for some people, just one opportunity is enough to make the leap.

But for people like Chen Ke, it is still unclear whether it is a blessing or a curse.

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Gao E smiled.

Tao Meiyun still reminded Gao E: "For a scholar like Chen Ke, the chances of having his name sent directly to the emperor are rare."

"It's not much, but it's not nothing." Gao E said in a carefree tone, "Is this the reason you came here this time?"

"Yes." Tao Meiyu nodded. "And..."

"Hesitating." Gao E saw Tao Meiyu hesitate.

Seeing Gao E like this, Tao Meiyun said bluntly, "He Tangchun's test scores were ridiculously good, which makes me feel a little uneasy."

"Is it bad if the assessment is too good?" Gao E didn't understand.

"It's only been a short time since he entered officialdom, and the Tao family hasn't focused on training him yet, but something like this happened. It's very likely that he's been flattered." Tao Meiyu was worried.

Gao E had never thought of this. It turned out that people's thoughts would be fundamentally different if they grew up in different environments.

"Then what should we do with Lord He?" Although Gao E thought that He Tangchun was not a good person, she didn't think that anything would happen to him.

"What can we do? We have to be even more cautious. Unless something serious happens, the Tao family won't give up on him easily. If something serious happens, he won't be of much use to the Tao family now, and the Tao family won't protect him." Tao Meiyu knew the cruelty of it.

Although Gao E and Tao Meiyu were friends, she still felt uncomfortable when she heard Tao Meiyu say such things, and felt that the Tao family seemed to control the fate of many people.

"The worst that can happen is he won't be an official." Tao Meiyun said nonchalantly, "At least my dowry won't starve him to death."

Gao E felt that Tao Meiyu could let it go.

"By the way, why haven't you made an offer for my house yet?" Tao Meiyu suddenly remembered this.

"Busy." Gao E was not busy, but Master Xie was busy.

"You'd better hurry up. I have a feeling something might happen." Tao Meiyu was worried.

Gao E thought that even if something happened to He Tangchun because he was flattered, it would take some time and it would not happen so soon.

Tao Meiyu still had lunch before leaving. After Gao E sent her away, she thought about the matter over and over again, magnifying all the details and considering all the possibilities, but still found nothing.

After all, when it came to the issue of Zeng Ming of the Tao family, Gao E knew nothing.

After thinking about this, Gao E realized that there was a smell of medicine all around her. She went to the yard and saw Luo Qing'er cooking medicine.

"Is this medicine for Mr. Wei?" Gao E suddenly remembered this.

Luo Qing'er turned around and smiled at Gao E: "Well, Uncle Sun said that although Uncle Wei's hand won't be completely healed, it's well-maintained, so eating should be no problem."

Gao E thought of Wei Rongbo, the most famous silversmith in Qinzhou City. His hands must have been very skillful. Now he had trouble even eating. "Where's Uncle Wei?"

"Rest in the cave." Luo Qing'er pointed.

Everyone went out in the afternoon, and Wei Rongbo was the only one in the cave. Gao E pushed the door open and saw him struggling to sit up.

Wei Rongbo is much better than when he first arrived. His hair is combed neatly, he has changed into clean clothes, and some of his wounds have scabbed over.

"Uncle Wei, can you identify your family members by their voices?" Gao E asked tentatively.

Wei Rongbo hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Through the conversations with the Chen family during this period, he roughly memorized the names and voices of the Chen family.

On the contrary, Gao E was not at home all the time, and Wei Rongbo didn't know her very well.

"That's good." Gao E knew that after going blind, one's hearing might improve. "My name is Gao E."

Wei Rongbo nodded, indicating that he remembered Gao E's voice.

Gao E then told Wei Rongbo about the haunted house in the Wei family mansion in Qinzhou City, and Wei Rongbo showed an anxious look on his face.

"Do you know what's going on?" Gao E looked at Wei Rongbo's expression.

Wei Rongbo nodded hurriedly.

Gao E looked around and asked, "Could Uncle Wei write something?"

Wei Rongbo paused and nodded.

"Wait a moment." Gao E immediately went to prepare.

It was impossible for Wei Rongbo to hold a pen at this time, so Gao E prepared a bamboo stick and a sand table, and asked Wei Rongbo to hold the bamboo stick in both hands and write on the sand table.

Wei Rongbo fumbled for a long time, and Gao E finally guessed the two words written by Wei Rongbo.

"Mechanism?" Gao E said uncertainly.

Wei Rongbo nodded with satisfaction.

"You mean there are many mechanisms in the Wei family mansion, and those people may have died by accidentally touching the mechanisms?" Gao E analyzed tentatively.

Wei Rongbo nodded immediately.