Farming and reading family

Even if Tao Meiyu was not pretending, Gao E didn't want to chat with her anymore.

Seeing Gao E like this, Tao Meiyun laughed and said, "I'm going to have someone bring some charcoal from Dancheng. Calculate how much your family will need for the winter, and I'll bring it all over."

"No need." Gao E refused directly. "I'm not that squeamish. Besides, I have enough charcoal at home."

Tao Meiyu knew that Gao E would definitely have what she wanted.

"If you really are not used to these, I will send you a cart first, so that you don't have to buy clothes for a servant after burning a hole in them." Gao E teased.

Hearing Gao E say this, Tao Meiyun perked up: "My cloud-patterned feather brocade is made of silk and peacock feathers, and is worth a thousand gold coins. Just mending it would cost at least several dozen taels, which is not enough to buy a servant."

Gao E just felt it was extravagant: "Okay, I just came to see you when I saw it was going to snow. If it really snows, I might not go out for a long time."

Tao Meiyun's face fell when she heard about snow: "How are we going to get through this winter?"

"I'll have someone send you a car tomorrow." Gao E said directly.

"Is the charcoal in your house usable?" Tao Meiyu expressed doubt.

"Then do you want it?"

"Yes!" Tao Meiyun said as she stood up. "Dancheng has sent another box of jewelry. Take a look and pick out a few pieces if you like them."

"Forget it, I can't wear your jewelry on a daily basis." Gao E refused.

"You can't wear it daily, so you can wear it for show. Go and have a look first." Tao Meiyu pulled Gao E over and didn't allow her to refuse.

The jewelry sent from Dancheng is very exquisite, with many pearls, jade and colorful gems, which are gorgeous and charming.

Tao Meiyun gestured above Gao E's head for a moment, frowning. "Shall I give you a few more sets of clothes? Anyway, I've gained weight and don't wear any more clothes anymore. I'll also make new styles in the future."

"Really." Gao E refused. "I can't wear those clothes of yours in the village."

Tao Meiyun said regretfully: "Some of mine are new."

Gao E looked at a set of three tortoise-shell hairpins and said, "If you're willing, give this to me."

"Why would you be reluctant to give it up?" Tao Meiyun stuffed it directly into Gao E's hand. "You have good taste. This tortoise shell hairpin is of excellent quality."

Gao E took a look at it and put it away: "You are praising yourself for having good taste."

Gao E and Tao Meiyu had lunch together before leaving and went to a silver shop in He County to buy some jewelry for Chen Yuning.

When farmers buy jewelry, they don’t care whether it’s big or heavy, and the style is not important, because they can use it as silver later.

When we arrived at the city gate, Chen Jie was already waiting there with a very grim look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Gao E looked at Chen Jie.

"Nothing." Chen Jie turned his horse around and prepared to go home.

What can I do?

Every time I come here, I am complained that giving birth to a son is a waste, leaving them and their husband to live alone, and no one will know if he dies in the house.

I felt a little guilty when I first heard it, but after hearing it many times, I just felt bored.

Ever since his parents moved to He County, they have lived well, eaten well, and drunk well, and they have done nothing. They look younger than before.

Now they don’t have to do anything, whatever they need is delivered by their family. And they still have to complain every time. Who can stand that?

Gao E knew that it was the old couple of the Chen family nagging again, so she didn't ask any more questions.

Having parents like this is a lifelong problem, and it's not like dealing with other things, it only happens once, not three times.

"By the way, tomorrow you will bring someone to deliver a cart of charcoal to Mrs. He." Gao E suddenly remembered this.

"Okay." Chen Jie agreed directly.

Gao E gave a pair of bracelets to Chen Jie: "Yu Ning is getting married, give these to your wife and ask her to give them to Yu Ning as a dowry."

"How can this be possible?" Chen Jie refused directly. "We still have money. We can prepare it for Yu Ning later."

"Take it. If you two want to do business, keep that little bit of money as capital." Gao E put it next to Chen Jie.

Chen Jie thought about it and felt a little guilty: "Rainbow has been with me for so many years, and I haven't bought her a pair of silver bracelets yet."

"When you have money, you can buy her anything gold."

Chen Jie laughed when he heard his second sister-in-law say this: "I will definitely buy her some gold when the time comes."

It started snowing that night, and the next day the fine snow was almost an inch thick.

Zheng Fengan and his friends were a little panicked when they saw such snow, fearing that such snow would cause heavy snow to block the mountain.

Many families in the village were busy doing odd jobs and didn't prepare much firewood. If the mountains are really blocked by heavy snow, life will be difficult.

Although it was snowing, Chen Jie still took Luo Dagang to load a truck of charcoal to send to Mrs. He.

Master Ma grew up in He County, so he naturally knew what such thick snow meant. He came back to find Gao E in the evening.

"I have only seen such situations twice in my life. Both winters were very cold and many people froze to death." Master Ma's face was solemn.

Especially the elderly.

The elderly are afraid of winter, especially the rare cold winter. Who knows one day they might not be able to wake up in the morning.

"I'm afraid the price of your charcoal will skyrocket. If someone really can't make ends meet, they might risk their lives to snatch it." Master Ma saw that Gao E didn't care much.

Gao E heard Master Ma say this and thought it was possible: "Then I will pull all those back from the kiln first."

Master Ma nodded: "You should prepare early."

"Okay." Gao E expressed gratitude.

After Master Ma left, Gao E began to think about this matter.

The people in Batou Village should not do such a thing, and all the people in Luoyun Village are her tenants, so there is a high probability that nothing will go wrong.

Moreover, the people in Luoyun Village use cowhide tents, so it won’t be too cold.

However, to be on the safe side, Gao E still planned to let Jin Ruyi take a trip to check out the timber storage situation in Luoyun Village. If there was really a big difference, preparations should be made early.

There are only two villages with people in this area, so there is no need to worry about the others.

It started snowing again in the evening. This time it was not snow grains, but silent heavy snow that covered the world overnight and showed no signs of stopping when the day broke.

Jin Ruyi really didn't want to go out, but what Gao E said was quite serious: "I want to take Yun Zhou with me."

"You want them to see Yunzhou and feel grateful?" Gao E guessed.

"They have never met the Yun siblings, so they must meet them." Jin Ruyi did have this idea.

"Okay." Gao E did not stop.

Jin Ruyi immediately took the Yunzhou and went to Luoyun Village.

Zheng Fengan's face was filled with worry. Such heavy snow could really kill people. Besides, some families in the village didn't even have doors or windows. If he had known this would happen, he should have stockpiled more firewood.

"Dad, do you want to discuss this with the second sister-in-law of the Chen family?" Zheng Yicheng asked in a low voice. "The Chen family has stored a lot of firewood."

Zheng Fengan glared at his son and said, "You can discuss it with the Gao family, but you can't worry about the Chen family's firewood."

Zheng Yicheng was scolded by his father so much that he didn't dare to look up.

Zheng Fengan looked at his son helplessly and said, "While the snow is still light, go see if there's any firewood around. If there's any, I'll go to Chen's house."