Farming and reading family

Listening to Lei's complaints, Gao E was slowly pulled back into her own life.

To put it bluntly, whether it is the things happening in Qinzhou City or the Chen family's affairs, they are other people's business, and she will think too much if she knows about it.

She has her own life, with her troublesome parents-in-law, her sisters-in-law who are a bit scheming but also work together, and a few obedient children...

"Han Yue, just make it clear. If you continue to argue about these things, others will think you are petty." Gao E said with a smile.

Lei knew that her second sister-in-law never cared about these things, and she was a little discouraged: "I really don't know what my eldest sister-in-law thinks."

"By the way, why haven't I seen your father recently?" Gao E suddenly remembered.

"It's all because of getting to know those blacksmiths in He County that they go out early and come back late every day to run some guild." Lei was also feeling a headache.

Gao E frowned. She thought the matter was over, but she didn't expect that Old Man Lei was still doing it.

"By the way, I came back excitedly these past two days and entered the house..." Lei's face was suspicious. "Do you think my father found a stepmother for me?"

"Isn't that a good thing?" Gao E said with a smile.

Lei curled her lips slightly and said helplessly: "It's a good thing."

Her father never remarried for her sake, and it would be nice to have a companion in her old age, but she still felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, having to call someone else mother so suddenly.

After chatting with Mrs. Lei about some things in the village, Gao E realized that she knew very little about what was happening in the village because she went out every day.

Lei left when it was time to cook, and Gao E stopped thinking about such distant things.

As a result, in the evening, Old Man Lei brought a document and digressed again.

The document was written by the guild of blacksmiths in Hexian County, with the intention of asking the government to restore the iron ingots to their previous quality.

Gao E felt a headache after reading it. Once people are organized, they will burst out with unprecedented power and even dare to demand action from the government.

A document that does not state the pros and cons and does not involve any involvement of the government is a petition.

"How is it?" Lei Ming asked excitedly, "Show it to Mr. Chen. He's well-read. If he thinks it's okay, we'll send it to the county magistrate."

Gao E helplessly put down the petition: "What if the county magistrate disagrees?"

The smile on Lei Ming's face froze, and then he became stubborn: "Then we will go to Qinzhou City and find an official who can control the county magistrate."

Gao E thought these blacksmiths were getting excited. "Then...what if the officials above the county magistrate don't care?"

Lei Ming was silent, lost in thought. He then looked at Gao E and said, "Chen Xiucai is a capable man. What can he do?"

Gao E originally asked them to work together to formulate standards for agricultural tools in order to improve the tools and minimize the losses of blacksmiths and farmers. Who would have thought that they would unite and start to address the problem of iron ingot quality.

"Who came up with this idea?" Gao E pointed to the petition.

"I suggested it." Lei Ming said confidently.

Gao E was speechless: "Father Lei, go back first. I'll show it to my husband later."

"Okay." Lei Ming then stood up and said, "Don't forget it."

Gao E nodded.

Lei Ming left with his hands behind his back, his slightly bent back as strong as steel.

Gao E glanced at the petition again and muttered to herself, "When one has enough food and clothing, he knows honor and disgrace... When one is well fed and well clothed, he thinks of lust."

At this time, Gao E heard Chen Hanyue greet Old Man Lei in the yard, but after a few breaths, Chen Hanyue came in from outside.

"What's wrong?" Gao E saw Chen Hanyue with a dark face.

"My mother wants to find a husband for me." Chen Hanyue said unhappily.

"Your sister is married, so it's normal for you to find a husband." Gao E thought it was nothing big.

"But she wants me to marry in He County." Chen Hanyue found it unreasonable.

Gao E had heard about this from Lei before, but she didn't pay much attention to it: "Let's not talk about your business for now. Go find your third aunt."

"Oh." Chen Hanyue didn't know why Second Aunt was looking for Third Aunt, so she got up and went to look for her.

Soon, Lei came in holding Qiu Yi and Chen Hanyue.

"What's the matter, second sister-in-law?" Lei sat on the stool.

"Your father is home?" Gao E thought they must have seen him.

"No." Lei replied and complained, "My father is not working as a blacksmith now. I don't know what he is busy with. I guess he is chatting with the villagers again."

"Don't you know what your father is doing?" Gao E thought that Old Man Lei was also a man with good ideas.

"What did he do?" Lei became worried.

Gao E showed the petition brought by Old Man Lei to Mrs. Lei. Mrs. Lei handed Qiu Yi to Han Yue and read it over and over again to get a general idea.

"What is this for?" Lei was not quite clear.

"He asked the government to make the iron ingots to the same quality as before. If the county magistrate disagreed, he would go find the official in charge of the county magistrate," Gao E explained.

Lei suddenly realized something and then looked at her second sister-in-law uncertainly: "Can this be done?"

Gao E looked at Lei. They were indeed father and daughter, their train of thought were exactly the same. "Let me explain it to you."

Lei immediately became serious.

"Iron was directly managed by the imperial court. There was a special government office that set standards and carried out management. It was strictly distributed one level at a time. When it came to the county magistrate, he would just register it in a book and then sell it to the corresponding person." Gao E thought that was probably the case.

She didn't know much about the management methods of the salt and iron ore department. She only knew that it was the purse of the imperial court and was managed very strictly throughout the ages.

"So it's useless to go find the county magistrate. Instead, you will be considered as disturbing the government office and beaten." Gao E looked at Lei.

"How can that be?" Lei was instantly anxious. "My father is strong and old, and he can't stand being beaten."

Gao E saw that Lei was only concerned about whether her father would be beaten, rather than the matter itself, so she stopped explaining: "But this is the situation. If there is no other way, let your second brother risk his career to help your father."

Lei was stunned and immediately refused in a hurry: "No, no, no, this is absolutely not possible."

In the past, the Lei family was unwilling to support their second brother's education because the family could not make ends meet if they did so.

But now, not only does the second brother not have to pay for his studies, he can also help them. If the second brother really gets into high school in the future, the entire Chen family will share in the glory.

She is not the kind of person who is ungrateful. Now that her second brother's family is so good to them, how could she let her second brother's career be ruined?

"I'm going to find my father right now. We can't live a good life, why are we making such a fuss every day?" Lei picked up Qiu Yi and left.

"Hey!" Gao E looked at Lei's impetuousness and said, "Talk to your father nicely."

"I know." Lei said as she walked out of the house.

Chen Hanyue listened carefully from the side. Her understanding was that Third Aunt's father was going to sue the county magistrate and would also prevent Second Uncle from becoming an official in the future.

She asked cautiously, "Second Aunt, don't you have a good relationship with Madam He?"

Gao E looked at Chen Hanyue's cautious expression and said, "If it was Lord He who wanted to find us, I have a good relationship with Madam He and I could go and ask for mercy. But now it's us who have to go find Lord He, what can I say?"