Farming and reading family

This concerns Mr. Lei's reputation, and he cannot bring it to the attention of his second brother, so Chen Qing plans to step forward and resolve it.

"Brother?" Chen Jie looked at his elder brother gratefully.

"Sit down." Chen Qing gestured to Chen Jie.

Chen Jie had no choice but to sit down: "Then I'll pay for the meal."

Chen Qing did not refuse: "It's best not to let your second brother know about this, let him study in peace."

He felt that even if his second brother could not go to high school, it would be good for him to read more books and make more friends like Mr. Du.

As long as the family has many descendants and is well-off, the family can support a talented child.

Listening to the conversation between the Chen brothers, Lei Ming felt a little guilty. He didn't expect things to turn out like this.

The next day, Chen Qing went to the second brother's house and told Gao about this matter: "Dad Lei also listened to my advice. I will handle this matter. There is no need to let my second brother know."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, brother." Gao E felt relieved.

"This is none of your business." Chen Qing felt that the second brother was also a victim.

After seeing Chen Qing off, Gao'e smiled helplessly, and her expression gradually became serious.

She really couldn't get involved in the fact that someone in the imperial court was privately opening a mine, but what about others?

In the afternoon, Du Weiqing and Hong Sheng came over. The two planned to return to Qinzhou City to celebrate the New Year.

"It's just a good opportunity to meet an old friend. I packed up my things and brought them here after the New Year." Du Weiqing said directly.

"Me too." Hong Sheng nodded. "I was originally planning to study abroad. Now He County is not far from Qinzhou City. My wife shouldn't be worried."

Speaking of Hong Sheng's wife, Gao E respected Hong Sheng as a man: "Okay, you two can confirm the time. I will prepare the carriage and money."

Let's see the wealth of people one by one.

The two of them really wanted to use the Chen family's carriage, but the Chen family only had one carriage so they were embarrassed to ask. Unexpectedly, Gao actually took the initiative to ask and generously offered to prepare travel expenses for them.

"No need for travel expenses." Hong Sheng felt a little embarrassed.

"Mrs. Chen is so kind, how can we refuse her?" Du Weiqing didn't care at all.

Hong Sheng looked at Du Weiqing, who was sitting very seriously.

Gao E laughed and said, "It's settled then. When are you two going to leave?"

"Two days later." Du Weiqing said directly.

"Okay." Gao E nodded.

During these two days, Gao E had the family's carriage cleaned inside and out, and prepared some food for the journey. She also prepared fifty taels of travel expenses for each person.

When Chen Ke heard his wife's arrangement, he thought it was very generous, but he didn't want to say it directly, as that would make him seem too stingy.

Du Weiqing and his companions had breakfast and left, and the children in the village came to see him off.

After leaving Batou Village, Duan Hongsheng looked over and asked, "Are you really planning to settle down here in the future?"

He knew that Du Weiqing was the most unruly, and even if Gao promised to build a college, it would not be easy to keep Du Weiqing.

"To me, there's no difference between seeing different things and seeing the same thing transformed." Du Weiqing said nonchalantly, "Don't you want to witness the birth of a rural academy?"

Hong Sheng thought for a while and said, "There's no such thing as a peasant academy. Once the Chen family becomes landlords, gentry, and wealthy merchants, they will be no different from those landlords, gentry, and wealthy merchants."

"You're really not soft-hearted when it comes to taking advantage of others." Du Weiqing said unhappily.

As soon as the two men left, Gao E asked Luo Dagang to ride a horse to Ghost Mountain to exchange Yu Zhao and bring back the carriage.

It’s the first year that the people from Luoyun Village are celebrating the New Year here, so Yu Zhao has to come back to take care of them, otherwise it won’t be enough to rely on Jin Ruyi alone.

It was dark when Yu Zhao drove to Baotou Village. Gao E placed Yu Zhao at Luo Dagang's house and asked Luo Qing'er to live with her first.

Luo Qing'er was happy to live with Sister Gao: "Will my brother come back for the New Year?"

"Come back." Gao E thought it would be fine to come back for two days.

Luo Qing'er looked up at Sister Gao and said, "Sister, please keep an eye on me and find me a sister-in-law."

Gao E paused for a moment and then laughed: "Does your brother have someone he likes?"

Luo Qing'er was somewhat discouraged: "It would be great if there was someone I liked. If there wasn't someone I liked, I wouldn't know where to put my energy."

Gao E thought so too.

It’s hard to tell what kind of person someone like Luo Dagang will fall in love with.

Or what kind of person would fall in love with someone like Luo Dagang.

"It's a matter of fate, especially for someone like your brother. There's nothing you can do if he doesn't like you." Gao E spread her hands.

Luo Qing'er knew this was the case: "Don't you have many solutions, big sister?"

Speaking of this, Gao E thought of the advice she gave to Old Man Lei. She didn't know whether her eldest brother would handle it well.

Lei Ming ran for two days and made an appointment with the blacksmiths. The two brothers Chen Qing and Chen Jie went there early in the morning to discuss the matter. Before leaving, they took the key to the house where their parents used to live. If it was too late, they would stay in He County for one night.

As soon as they left, Yang came to visit Gao E.

Gao E asked He to boil some water, and then she and Yu Zhao would clean the carriage for the New Year.

"Where did the carriage come from?" Yang looked at the carriage that was even bigger than the previous one.

"Now that there are more people in my family, I bought another old one." Gao E thought that her sister-in-law seldom came to visit her house, and she probably had something to ask her.

Yang took another look at the carriage before looking at Gao E: "I'm not saying anything bad about my second sister-in-law, but you have to learn how to live. You can't just buy whatever you want just because things get better for you."

"Then I can't buy something I don't want to buy." Gao E said seriously.

Yang was choked and didn't know how to answer.

"How are the preparations for the New Year going, sister-in-law?" Gao E changed the subject to avoid embarrassing her.

"We eat whatever we have at home," Yang said with some self-pity. "It's better than before. We should be content."

"Well, Hanyue can just find an ordinary farmer. We are not city people. We should be content." Gao E agreed deeply.

Yang was not the type to argue with others. Even if she had any ideas, she would express them secretly, unlike Gao E who was so direct.

Now that Gao E has been saying this to him repeatedly, he feels a little embarrassed.

"I'm here to tell you that after the New Year, Hanyue will not be allowed to study with Master Jin. It's useless for a girl to learn so many things." Yang directly stated the purpose of her visit.

She thought about it again and again, trying to figure out how to say it without hurting the feelings, but she didn't expect it to be like this as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Hanyue is my sister-in-law's daughter. You don't need to discuss this with me." Gao E said she didn't care. "Master Jin doesn't only teach Hanyue now."

When Yang heard Gao E say this, she kindly reminded her, "For us farm girls, it's enough to learn a little needlework. If we learn too much, people will say we're restless."

"Sister-in-law, do you know what it means to be restless?" Gao E raised her voice with a serious expression. "How can a mother say that about her daughter?"

Seeing Gao E so excited, Yang was not sure what it meant. She just thought it sounded very knowledgeable when she heard others say it, so she said it like that.

Gao E saw Yang's panic and said, "If you really don't know, I can tell you directly. It usually refers to a woman who is married but has an affair with a man outside her family."