Farming and reading family

Only then did Chen Jie notice something was wrong with his second brother, but he thought he was just worrying too much.

"Big brother and Uncle Zheng are waiting for second brother to make a decision. Should we send Guo Pei to the yamen?" Chen Jie asked.

Chen Ke looked struggling. If they really had evidence, would they send Gao E in as well?

But he couldn't let Guo Pei go. What if Guo Pei was disadvantageous to his winning the championship?

"Brother?" Chen Jie looked at his elder brother suspiciously, not knowing what there was to be hesitant about.

Chen Ke let out a long sigh. "Guo Pei dared to do such a thing. Who knows how many things he has done that are detrimental to our village. Let Uncle Zheng bring him back for questioning first."

"Yes." Chen Jie reacted, "I'll go talk to Uncle Zheng right away." He turned his horse around and rode away.

Chen Ke looked at Chen Jie's back, hesitated for a moment, and quickly went home.

Chen Hanyue was helping her second aunt stir the braised food in the pot when she saw her second uncle come back and pull her second aunt into the cave.

"Did you get the champion back?" Gao E nervously grabbed Chen Ke's wrist.

Although they didn't spend much time together, she really liked these children.

Chen Ke saw that Gao E's nervousness was not fake. "Guo Pei said that you sold Kui'er. Is that true?"

Gao E was stunned. Thinking of the ridiculous things the original owner had done, she didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Really?" Chen Ke's heart sank.

Gao E was thinking about how to explain this matter. She felt that if Chen Ke knew that she had really sold Chen Duokui, their marriage would be over: "It was that Zhong Er who deceived me."

She could only take things one step at a time: "I just wanted to find an apprenticeship for Kui'er so that he could support himself in the future, but he ended up getting an indenture."

"As soon as I saw that the situation was not right, I ate the indenture contract and escaped with Kui'er." Gao E said, looking at Chen Ke cautiously.

Chen Ke was unsure whether what Gao E said was true or not. He thought of the scene when he came back that day and Gao E and Kui Er were sitting under the eaves. He asked, "You didn't take their money?"

"No!" Gao E was sure.

"They don't have Kui'er's indenture contract either?" Chen Ke thought that this would make the situation easier.

"No." Gao E frowned after saying this. "If that person was so cruel as to fake it..."

"In that case, don't worry, my lady. I will handle it myself." Chen Ke felt relieved.

After they finished their discussion, Chen Ke went out.

He asked Uncle Zheng to bring the person back first. He had to deal with it now. It was inappropriate for him to hide at home after such a big thing happened.

Gao E was relieved when she confirmed that Chen Duokui had been captured.

The epitaph only gave a brief description of Chen Ke's family, and she really didn't know what the fate of these people would be.

After a while, Chen Qing came back carrying Chen Duokui, followed by Chen Jie and his wife driving a horse-drawn carriage.

"Kui'er." Gao E took a few quick steps.

"He fell asleep and woke up after a while." Chen Qing didn't say much.

Gao E followed Chen Qing into the room and put Chen Duokui on the bed.

"This time it's all thanks to big brother." Gao E saluted.

"Duokui is my eldest nephew, how could I not care about him?" Chen Qing said and left.

Gao E followed out and saw that Chen Jie and Lei were not in high spirits either.

"I'm going to find the second brother. When you're done here, go home and be with your parents." Chen Qing and Chen Jie said goodbye and left.

"Yeah." Chen Jie agreed.

"What's wrong with you?" Gao E looked at their unhappy expressions.

Chen Jie was angry: "That butcher is also a black-hearted person. He thinks we can only sell pigs to him, and he only gives us one tael of silver for two pigs. Isn't this robbery?"

"Ah?" Gao E heard Chen Jie say that these two pigs could be sold for more than two taels.

"That's right. We know how to kill pigs anyway. We can kill them ourselves and sell the meat." Lei knew about this and was unwilling to suffer the loss.

Gao E thought for a moment and said, "He's sure it will go bad if you don't sell it."

"You can't sell it then. He's lowered the price to this level today, and if you sell it now, you won't be able to get a higher price later." Lei said bluntly.

Gao E nodded and said, "Forget it, we'll kill him ourselves. We were able to recover Kui'er today thanks to the help of the villagers. Later, you can ask Uncle Zheng who helped you. We'll give him some meat."

Chen Jie thought about it and said, "Okay."

"Both pigs were given away?" Lei thought this was too exaggerated.

"No, save the rest." Gao E thought that making bacon was a bit slow, so she could just squeeze the oil and soak it in a jar, which could also be stored for a long time.

"Okay." Lei thought that life at home, with money and wealth every day, was too comfortable.

Chen Jie and Lei dragged the pig off the carriage and got off. Lei stayed behind to kill the pig.

With yesterday's experience, Lei did it more efficiently.

Chen Ke knew that the other party did not have his son's indenture contract, so he was naturally justified. He asked Guo Pei some questions about his son's thefts and said that he would send the case to the yamen tomorrow.

Guo Pei's sneaky deeds made the people of Baotou Village even more angry, and they had no objection to sending Guo Pei to the yamen.

Of course, the Guo family felt a little embarrassed. Any family would be upset to have such an unfilial descendant.

Because of this incident, the people in Baotou Village had lunch later than usual.

Chen Fansheng and Jiang were worried about Chen Duokui and wanted to go up to check on him, but Chen Jie stopped them, saying that if they went up at this time, his sister-in-law's bad mood would affect the baby in her belly.

Thinking of Gao's big belly, Jiang had to give up.

When Chen Ke arrived home, Lei had already roasted both pigs, scraped the skins clean, and was ready to gut them.

"This..." Chen Ke looked at the two huge pigs on the wooden board.

"The price was too low, so I didn't sell it," Gao E explained.

Chen Ke didn't know what to say.

"After lunch, we will kill the pig and divide it up. In the evening, you can deliver some meat to the families who helped us today." Gao E looked at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke thought for a moment and nodded: "Is Kui'er awake?"

"Not yet." Gao E didn't know how much love potion the man had used, but the child still hadn't woken up.

"Then let's eat first." Chen Ke was worried.

I made braised food in the morning and had braised rice at noon. The multi-grain rice was covered with braised food and topped with a spoonful of soup. It was so delicious that you could swallow it.

Chen Jie didn't have lunch with us. When he came in the afternoon, he scooped up half a bowl of braised food to eat.

"Why didn't big brother come up?" Gao E was surprised.

"Brother, go to the village and see who has dry rafters. Didn't we talk about making a frame before?" Chen Ke reminded.

Gao E thought her elder brother was a thoughtful person who always thought about everything: "Then bring some extra meat back home for dinner."

"If I take it home, my parents will definitely not be willing to eat it and will let it go bad." Chen Jie said angrily.

Chen Ke glared at Chen Jie, and Chen Jie chuckled.

While slaughtering the pig in the afternoon, Chen Jie vividly described how they met Guo Pei and captured her.

"If big brother hadn't been suspicious today, those two bastards might have gotten away." Chen Jie sighed.

Gao E was surprised. Her eldest brother usually didn't talk much, but from what the third brother said, it seemed that her eldest brother was a meticulous person with strong logical ability.

"Why have I never seen big brother act like this before?" Gao E asked casually.