Farming and reading family

Gao E really didn't have anything to send to Tao Meiyu, but this cowhide traveling bag was better for keeping out the cold than ordinary traveling bags, and might be useful on the road.

Sheng'er wanted to say something but was stopped by Tao Meiyu's look.

"You are willing to use cowhide as a barrier." Tao Meiyu joked.

The imperial court had strict control over cattle. Most of the cowhides in Dachang came from outside the Great Wall and were very expensive.

"I got a little bargain, I hope you don't mind." Gao E looked at the reactions of the master and servant, and guessed that they had also prepared some obstacles of their own.

"I don't mind." Tao Meiyun smiled happily. "If I write to you, you must reply."

"Okay." Gao E agreed.

Tao Meiyun was a little melancholy: "Why don't you go to Dancheng? With your ability, you will become rich soon."

Gao E laughed and said, "I have to stay and build a yard for you."

Tao Meiyu was just joking.

The two chatted until they reached the outside of the city and walked another five or six miles. Tao Meiyu looked back and realized that Gao E had walked very far.

"There's something I should tell you." Gao E said with a heavy voice.

"You say." Tao Meiyu knew it was serious business.

"Regarding the matter of seeking justice for the Yun family, the Tao family probably has to depend on Yunshuang's situation in the palace. I know a boss whose daughter has also entered the palace. If possible, I might contact Yunshuang directly." Gao E confessed.

Tao Meiyun approached Gao E and whispered, "Don't tell He Tangchun about this."

Gao E looked at Tao Meiyu in surprise.

Seeing Gao E's confusion, Tao Meiyun said, "He is a student from the Dancheng lineage. He and the Tao family share the same fate."

"What about you?" Gao E thought Tao Meiyu was a member of the Tao family.

"I am a member of the Tao family, and honor and disgrace are more important to me, but... there must be a reason why you are in contact with Yunshuang." Tao Meiyu said that she believed Gao E.

"Thank you." Gao E smiled.

"What are you thanking me for?" Gao Meiyu didn't care.

Gao E got off Tao Meiyu's carriage and stood there watching Tao Meiyu's carriage slowly go away.

He Tangchun stood aside on horseback and said, "Thank you, Madam Chen, for coming to see my wife off."

"I'm here to send Meiyun off. Lord He doesn't need to thank me." Gao E said and got on her carriage.

Lianxin turned the carriage around and headed back to Hui County.

He Tangchun thought Gao E changed her attitude so quickly. She asked him for help the day before yesterday, but today she made such a clear distinction.

After returning to the county government office, the two began to discuss the drafting of the document.

"According to the pricing, your eleven hilltops will cost at least five thousand taels. If you can pay today, I will give you the land deeds." He Tangchun said straightforwardly.

Gao E directly took out the purse: "Exactly five thousand taels."

He Tangchun was a little surprised. He was surprised that Gao E's estimate was so accurate, and he was surprised that she could still come up with 5,000 taels at a time.

Even though the beach and slope land were not expensive before, it would cost a lot of money to buy the land in Luoyun Village. Even the Gao family did not have such wealth.

What's more, she supported the people of Baotou Village for a year and rebuilt the village.

He was confused: "Do you have a treasure bowl?"

Gao E didn't expect He Tangchun to ask such a question: "Then is Master He going to rob it?"

He Tangchun smiled awkwardly and said, "Wait a moment." Then he asked the yamen clerk to draft the land deed.

Gao E finally felt relieved after getting the land deed. This was permanent property right, so she didn't have to worry about it being destroyed in the end.

As for building a college, we can only say that there is still a long way to go.

After returning to Batou Village, she did not go to Du Weiqing and others to talk about this matter. Anyway, she was responsible for it and she would handle it.

The next day, Chang Zhinan arrived with two carriages.

"What's going on?" Gao E looked at the carriage full of things.

"These were left by Madam He for Madam Chen. She said that if Madam Chen doesn't like them, she can just throw them away." Chang Zhinan clasped his fists.

Gao E looked at those things. She guessed that Tao Meiyun was worried that she would refuse, so she sent them over after she left. "Move them inside first."

The people from Baotou Village gathered around to watch the fun, thinking that the Chen family had really become rich, buying so many things at once.

Gao E thought that Tao Meiyu, this spendthrift woman, was lucky to have a wealthy family, otherwise, with the way she gave things away, she would have given away all the gold and silver.

When sorting things out, Gao E unexpectedly found a large box of jewelry, including all kinds of jewelry. This box of jewelry alone is estimated to be worth several thousand taels.

There were also some cloths and clothes, all new, but she said she didn't want them.

As for the ornaments, calligraphy and paintings, she didn't know whether they were valuable or not, so she planned to let Du Weiqing and others take a look, and if they liked them, she would put them there.

Since Tao Meiyu sent it to her like this, Gao E didn't hesitate and used it directly as long as it could be used.

As for the box of jewelry, she put it away separately. It was not convenient for a peasant girl to wear that kind of jewelry. She could take it out and use it when her family's conditions improved in the future.

After sorting out these things, Gao E invited Du Weiqing and others over and asked them to choose ornaments and other things.

"They are all good things." Du Weiqing sat directly on an official hat chair. "This southern official hat chair is much more elegant than the northern official hat chair."

Hong Sheng took another one and said, "Put this in my room."

Gao E saw that each of them was more knowledgeable than the other and asked, "Master He has only been in He County for a year, and he hasn't even finished addressing the flood yet. Why is he suddenly being transferred to Xiangzhou?"

Du Weiqing knew that Gao E's things were not to be taken for free: "The three of us have analyzed this matter, and it may be that someone behind him made a move."

"I'm sure not." Gao E was very sure.

Du Weiqing and Hong Sheng looked at each other. Given the relationship between Gao and Mrs. He, if she said it was certain, it was certain.

"Being transferred to Xiangzhou is a promotion on the surface, but the situation in Xiangzhou is that wealth and honor are sought in danger. Even if Lord He did not go to Xiangzhou in advance, he would have been promoted at the end of his three-year term for his meritorious service in controlling the flood in He County. In this case... it is very likely that someone wanted this merit." Hong Sheng guessed.

The reason Gao E did all this for them was to find out what other possibilities there were.

She always felt that He Tangchun's sudden transfer was strange.

According to him, someone tampered with his memorial and pinned the responsibility of donating the prescription on him, which led to his early transfer, but it had nothing to do with the Tao family.

It is already good that different camps in the officialdom do not fight against each other. It is impossible for others to help He Tangchun.

"Why do you care about this?" Du Weiqing interrupted Gao E's thoughts. "With your current abilities and Brother Chen's status as a scholar, even if a corrupt official comes, you will be able to deal with him."

Gao E smiled helplessly.

Corrupt officials are easy to deal with, but it is this uncertainty that makes her feel uneasy.

After chatting with them for a while without finding any new ideas, I sent someone to deliver the things they had selected.

Luo Dagang's health has recovered well in the past two days, but he stays in the house and rarely comes out. Gao E thinks that he has become more introverted because he was hurt?

Instead, Chen Ke and his companions began to head to He County, and the gentry and scholars of He County found various excuses to invite Lord He to a banquet.

Chen Tao was a little dazed as he watched the carriage leave Batou Village.