Farming and reading family

Chen Jie has been working at the brick kiln, thinking that he would go back to the kiln after he finished his housework and it was open.

It is impossible for my second brother to be in charge of the kiln affairs. The brick and tile kiln business is so good now. Even if he gets the salary of a manager, it should be good.

But he didn't know how to tell his second brother about this, after all, the kiln belonged to his second sister-in-law.

"You underestimate your man too much." Chen Jie was not convinced.

Life in the eldest wife's house was quite orderly. Yang usually did the chores around the house, and she could do less after the separation.

"Why did Mom prepare so much food?" Chen Hanyue was stunned when she entered the kitchen to serve the food.

Yang finally realized, "I'm used to it." She paused and continued, "If you can't finish it, just heat it up tonight."

Chen Hanyue glanced at her mother and thought, how could she get used to this?

Chen Qing didn't look very happy when he saw the whole family eating around the table.

Think about how much the villagers have done together this year. In just one year, their village has undergone tremendous changes.

But now that they are separated, they have returned to their old ways, cultivating their own one and a half acres of land, and their lives are getting better and better every year.

These farmers don't have any other skills except that they are strong and not afraid of hardship. When they work together, they can get things done, but when they separate, everyone is just a bunch of useless people.

"Dad?" Chen Hanyue called out tentatively.

Why does she feel that her parents are acting weird after living apart?

"Eat." Chen Qing then realized that he had been distracted.

After dinner, Yang told her husband about Chen Yuning's marriage.

"I've had my eyes on this day before. Peng Can is not a bad guy, but he always looks for my second brother and his wife whenever he encounters a problem. He has no opinion of his own." Yang was worried.

"It's not that he has no opinions of his own, it's just that he's alone and no one cares about him. Are you still not confident in the work of your second brother's wife?" Chen Qing glanced at his wife.

She just felt that Peng Can listened to Gao, and from now on, all matters concerning Peng Can's family might be decided by Gao, so she, as the mother-in-law, would seem redundant.

"That's what I said..." Yang didn't know what to say.

"Okay." Seeing his wife hesitate, Chen Qing stopped her from continuing. "I have something to ask my second brother."

Yang didn't even have a chance to speak.

After the separation, Gao E had fewer people to use, but she also had less things to do at home.

He's cooking was better, so the kitchen chores were left to her, and the rest of the household chores were left to Qin. The two of them had been together for such a long time and they got along quite well.

Gao E specially cleaned out a room for herself to use as an accounting office, which was also where she handled things, so the living space at home was still a bit crowded.

Gao Liang will also come here to study later and will definitely stay at her house.

Gao E originally planned to move down and settle down and build a large house, but now she wants to build a college, so the matter of building a large house has to be put on hold for the time being.

It depends on the income from Ghost Crying Mountain.

This made her think of Fan Shiping, and then of the trouble Luo Dagang had caused by saving Fan Shiping...

After the autumn sowing, fewer people came to the Chen family to borrow things. However, a few families, like the Tian family, came to the Chen family to sign the documents of long-term workers, and then the kiln started to burn.

This winter will be unusually cold, so Gao E asked people to prepare to burn a few kilns of charcoal and put them in the previous drying kiln. Anyway, there are not many people now, so there is no need to put so many bricks.

What's even more strange is that the wild boars that come down the mountain to cause trouble every year are nowhere to be seen this year.

Early that morning, Peng Can came running excitedly with a few eggs.

"Are you so excited about a chicken laying eggs?" Gao E looked at Peng Can.

"It's not the chickens that laid eggs, it's the pigs that gave birth." Peng Can put the small bamboo basket on the table. "These eggs are wrong too."

Gao E looked at Peng Can uncertainly: "Are you talking about two things or one thing?"

"Two." Peng Can sat down.

"Tell me one thing at a time." Gao E felt that Peng Can was also a little confused now.

"It's just... last night the pigs gave birth to twelve piglets. The piglets were very good, but... they looked a bit like wild boars." This was the first time Peng Can had encountered such a thing.

Gao E thought of Peng Can's previous doubts: "Could it be that a wild boar came down the mountain and bred with the sow?"

"This is the only possibility." Peng Can felt that he was watching closely, so how could such a thing happen?

"That's okay, as long as the piglets are our own." Gao E thought it might be easier to raise them this way.

But Peng Can was worried that the pigs were too wild, so he decided to build a higher pigpen. "And as for the eggs, we only have three hens at home, and we lay four eggs every day. Two of them are smaller and have green shells."

"When did it start?" Gao E picked up the egg and looked at it. It was clearly a pheasant egg.

"Just these past few days," Peng Can wondered. "Do you think someone in the village is secretly raising chickens? They weren't watching closely and they ran into our chicken coop and laid eggs."

Gao E thought it was impossible. At that time, everyone in the village lived together, and it was obvious which family had what, just like lice on a bald head.

"Could it be that it was laid by a pheasant?" Gao E looked at Peng Can.

Peng Can considered this possibility, but felt it was unlikely. He had never encountered such a thing before: "Then I'll keep an eye on it."

Gao E nodded: "Since there are wild boars, you should be careful over there."

"Okay." Peng Can was not very scared.

"By the way, can we kill the pigs at home during the Chinese New Year?" Gao E thought that the pigs at home had been raised for less than a year.

"It's a little small." Peng Can didn't say it couldn't be killed.

"Then you can see if there are any pigs suitable for fattening and slaughtering during the Chinese New Year and buy two. We can slaughter them during the Chinese New Year," Gao E suggested.

Peng Can felt that it was not cost-effective to buy more pigs when he already had pigs at home, but when he thought about it, his pigs grew the fastest during the Chinese New Year, so it would be even more uneconomical to kill them.

"Okay." He agreed to it.

Gao E thought for a moment: "After you and Yu Ning get married, it is inevitable that my sister-in-law will ask about your life. If Yu Ning can handle it, let her handle it. If Yu Ning can't handle it, let her come to me."

Peng Can touched his head embarrassedly. He really didn't know how to deal with these things.

After Peng Can left, Gao E looked at the eggs. She thought that she must raise livestock, as the crops depended on this fertilizer. When next spring comes and she has more money, she will choose a place to build a breeding farm.

The next day, Gao Chong and his family came. They had known that the Chen family was going to move down, so they brought a lot of gifts for the housewarming.

Whenever someone in the village builds or moves into a new house, they will celebrate the occasion, but this time the whole village was moving together and no one talked about it.

Mrs. Wu prepared brooms, copper basins, quilts and other things, filling up a carriage. Gao Chong was busy moving things around, and as soon as Gao Liang arrived at the door, he ran to play with his friends.

"Why prepare so much?" Gao E looked at the pile of things.

"It's just a little gift from us." Wu knew that her elder sister-in-law didn't need these.

Gao E didn't refuse: "Is business not as good as before recently?"

"The weather is getting colder, so fewer people are eating kimchi. However, the mountain products we bought before are selling well, so business is okay." Mrs. Wu didn't care too much about it.