Farming and reading family

No matter how nice the words are, most of them have only one purpose: to disband the village collective.

Zheng Fengan felt regretful, but since these people thought so, they still had to keep the village collective from knowing what unexpected events might happen.

After Chen Ke learned about this, he immediately went back to discuss it with Gao E: "We agreed on three years, and it's been less than a year and they're like this."

Gao E wasn't surprised at all. Zheng Fengan had already told her about it before: "It's not a bad thing."

Chen Ke paused and looked at Gao E in confusion.

"What harm will it do to us if we disband?" Gao E looked at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke couldn't answer for a moment. It seemed that there was no harm, but... his wife had spent so much money before.

Even if we continue to maintain the village collective, there seems to be no benefit.

"My husband is a scholar. When he is poor, he takes care of himself; when he is rich, he helps the world. At that time, the village collective was established just to help the villagers survive the flood and live a good life." Gao E analyzed.

"Now that all these have been achieved, the villagers can live a good life. Isn't this what my husband wants?" Gao E looked at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke was a little confused after hearing this and felt that he was not that noble.

"Since this is what the people want, it would be difficult for my husband to offend them. But since they were the ones who proposed this matter, we have to take back the Chen family's things." Gao E said slowly.

"Apart from the kitchen utensils used by each person, cooking utensils and farm tools must be collected."

“Since summer sowing is the village collective’s method, the autumn harvest should be distributed according to the village collective’s method.”

"The school was built for my husband and should be in his name. Our Chen family will be the first to choose the houses that are built, and then we will divide them up by drawing lots."

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Gao E listed her demands one by one, and none of them were excessive.

"My husband needs to communicate all these with Uncle Zheng and the others. If there are no problems, we can part ways amicably, burn the village collective documents, and live our own lives behind closed doors. My husband has done his best for the villagers." Gao E looked at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke thought about it and nodded. It seemed that this was the only way.

That night, Zheng Fengan gathered the villagers together to discuss the matter. Few people disagreed and they did not dare to express their opinions, so the matter was settled.

Chen Ke said it very clearly that the village collective had been disbanded and everyone would be on their own from now on. Villagers would be paid for working in the kiln, but they would also have to pay for bricks and tiles.

No one cares about these things. They think the houses have already been built and there is no need for them.

The next day, the villagers busily distributed food and houses.

Gao'e's family asked for four larger courtyards, which together with the courtyard promised to Master Xie made a total of five.

They chose a location close to the school, and the villagers had no objection to this, as those places were not as flat as the ground below.

Zheng Fengan's family was also chosen carefully, and chose to live closer to the Chen family.

No one said anything about his village head.

Next, as agreed before, we started drawing lots according to the number of people in a family and the size of the courtyard. Some people had already agreed before, so they took this opportunity to split up the family.

Du Weiqing did not go to join in the fun, but ran to Chen's house to watch Gao E make a fool of herself.

"I didn't expect to see the result so soon." There was a deep sense of helplessness in his gloating.

He thought this was a good way out for ordinary farmers, but it turned out that he was naive.

"I told you before, how do you know this is not what I want." Gao E was even a little proud.

"What do you want?" Du Weiqing remembered Gao E saying.

"If you want to jump over a wide river, you have to take a few steps back to gain enough running distance for a leap." Gao E looked at Du Weiqing. "Now I've crossed the river."

Du Weiqing looked at Gao E and thought about the current situation of the Chen family.

Chen Ke had a school, the Chen family had a new house, and also bought some properties.

In the next few years, as long as the Chen family manages the business properly, they will surely become a wealthy family.

Everyone in Baotou Village owes the Chen family a favor, so they will definitely follow the Chen family's lead and will not be isolated and helpless no matter what happens.

"Let's talk about building the academy." Gao E changed the subject.

"With the Chen family's current capabilities, it's still impossible to build a school." Du Weiqing was certain.

"Then we'll talk tomorrow." Gao E was very calm.

By dusk, all the affairs of the village had been discussed, and Chen Ke took out the village collective documents.

The villagers had heavy expressions when they saw the document, and they all thought of the Chen family's righteousness. If it weren't for the Chen family, they would have left their hometown long ago after the flood, and how could they have the life they have today.

After Chen Ke made a speech, he and Uncle Zheng burned the documents, and the village collective of Baotou Village was truly disbanded.

Those who had always wanted to disband the village collective felt a little empty after seeing the documents burned. The events of this year suddenly became deeply engraved in their minds.

Chen Qing and Chen Jie didn't say anything. There had been signs of this a long time ago, and they were mentally prepared.

Afterwards, the people of Baotou Village carried their own food back home one by one, all in unusual silence.

When Chen Ke returned to Chen's house, Gao E was reading with several children.

None of her children are good at studying, but they like to read miscellaneous books.

As soon as Chen Ke came in, the two older children subconsciously wanted to hide the book.

"Go back to your cave." Gao E saw their cautious expressions and said, "Ask your father if you don't know a word."

"Okay." Chen Zhengchuan responded and ran away with the book in his arms.

Chen Zhengyan and Chen Zhenghui then bowed and left.

Chen Ke didn't bother with the children and sat down heavily on a bamboo chair beside him.

"Have you divided everything?" Gao E looked at Chen Ke's heavy expression.

Chen Ke nodded heavily: "My eldest brother and third brother are collecting farm tools over there."

"You've been busy all day, so take a good rest." Gao E reminded.

Chen Ke still had a heavy expression on his face. "I asked my eldest brother. We have a lot of land now. Without the help of the villagers, we probably won't be able to finish the autumn planting."

The "our family" he was referring to was the second branch of the family, which consisted of only two adults, and neither of them knew how to farm.

"It's okay, just hire a few temporary workers." Gao E has already made up her mind.

When the original owner had land, he also hired people to farm it, which was normal.

"But it's hard to hire people now." Chen Ke spread his hands.

He seldom asks about family matters, but today when such a big thing happened, he asked his elder brother these questions. He had previously thought that one person was enough, but when it came to actually working, it turned out not to be enough.

"Don't worry, my husband." Gao E was surprised that Chen Ke started to care about these things. "It's just autumn sowing. We can just hire a few tenants from Luoyun Village. It's not a big deal."

"Are they willing to come?" Chen Ke looked at Gao E.

Although those tenants were from outside, their families were better off than those in their village. Why would they come here to work as long-term laborers?

"How do you know if you don't ask?" Gao E said with a smile.

"Then..." Chen Ke was a little embarrassed but still said, "I'll ask later."

He is not very good at these things, but still wants to do something for the family.

"Okay." Gao E didn't want to discourage Chen Ke's enthusiasm. After all, he was willing to do these things.