Farming and reading family

Now that their family of six only has this one room, there is nothing they can do.

Chen Ke paused and nodded.

In fact, his feelings towards Gao E were somewhat complicated. On the one hand, he felt sorry for Gao E, and on the other hand, he felt that if she had not been forcing him, he would not have had any choice.

Gao E couldn't sleep lying in bed at night. Although she felt it was a bit childish, she still recited the space, system and so on to herself. As it turned out, there was nothing.

Think about it, I didn’t have any children at the age of 38, and now I’m going to have five children at the age of 30. I can’t ask for too much.

In the end, she didn't know how she fell asleep. When she woke up again, she heard a commotion in the yard.

"Oh, you don't do any work, you don't do anything, but you still want to eat the best. What kind of rule is this in the Chen family?" Lei said as she knocked the bucket against the vat, making a clanging sound.

"Third brother!" Jiang couldn't calm down the third brother's wife.

Chen Jie was slacking off with his broom when he heard his mother calling him and immediately ran over: "Mom, is my second brother not going to participate in the Spring Examination next year?"

Jiang was silent.

The old man had already told her about this last night. According to her, she must take part in the imperial examination, otherwise how could she become the top scorer.

Besides, if other people knew about this, they would think that her son knew he would fail the exam and was afraid to take it.

Chen Jie saw his mother's reaction and knew that he had guessed correctly: "Then the silver in my second brother's hand..."

"Don't even think about it!" Jiang interrupted Chen Jie directly.

Chen Jie was embarrassed and said, "We still have to live our lives, right?"

Jiang glared at her youngest son and went to cook.

When Gao E got up, Chen Ke also got up.

"You didn't sleep all night?" Gao E looked at Chen Ke with dark circles under his eyes.

Chen Ke didn't sleep the whole night. At first he was thinking about how to spend the next few days, but then it got colder and colder, and he endured it until he heard a noise outside.

"Don't take your sister-in-law's words to heart." Chen Ke knew that Gao had heard what was said outside.

"She's not wrong." Gao E knew her current situation.

Chen Ke stared at Gao E's face, seeing that she was not angry: "I'll go get you some hot water."

"I'll go by myself." Gao E said and opened the door.

The gap between these double doors is too big and they squeak when you open them.

"The second son's wife is up. The meal is almost ready. Wash your face and wait for dinner." Jiang called.

Lei looked at her second sister-in-law with dissatisfaction and went out to fetch water: "Chen Laosan, what are you dawdling about? You haven't even finished sweeping the yard in the morning." She shouted loudly as she went out.

"It's almost there, almost there." Chen Jie didn't dare to say anything.

His wife was very resentful at the moment, and he didn't dare to disobey her.

At this time, the eldest brother and his wife came in from outside carrying a bundle of firewood, with a layer of dew on their hair.

Now the autumn sowing is over, and the Chen family only has six acres of land left. The whole family has already cleaned up the land, and the only thing they can get back from outside is some firewood.

"Brother is back." Chen Ke hurried to help.

"Stay away, or your clothes won't get torn." Chen Qing moved sideways away from Chen Ke.

He was really worried about getting Chen Ke's clothes caught.

Gao E saw that the eldest brother and his wife had dull expressions, like emotionless working machines.

"Hurry up and pack up for dinner. Let's go into the mountains early today to see if we can pick more chestnuts." Jiang said as she arranged today's affairs.

Gao E walked to the stone bar on the side of the kitchen, and Chen Ke had already brought her warm water.

"The second son's wife is in advanced pregnancy, so be careful with her." Jiang warned with a smile.

When Yang saw her mother-in-law like this, she looked at Gao with some envy and went to fetch some cold water herself.

The firewood for the house was collected by the couple, but they could not use hot water no matter how cold the weather was.

"Sister-in-law, let's take a shower together." Gao E called out.

Seeing Yang was like seeing myself as a child. At that time, she had to do all the housework, but could only use cold water and eat in the corner.

"No, no, I'm used to using cold water." Yang hurriedly evaded the question and quickly scooped up some cold water to wash.

But she was a little surprised. In the past, Gao never even looked at them, so why was she so easy to talk to today?

"That's right, she's used to it." Jiang said as she stuffed an egg into Gao's hand. "Ask the second son to bring the meal. You can go to your room and eat."

Gao E glanced at the stove. The cooked rice porridge had already been served out. There was a little water left in the pot, and half a basin of washed wild vegetables was placed on the side.

"Where is the food I bought yesterday?" Gao E looked at Jiang.

After traveling through time, she became the one who was favored in the family, which made her very uncomfortable.

"Such good food, just keep it and eat it slowly." Jiang didn't know what happened to Gao all of a sudden.

In the past, she would go back to the house after serving the meal, and after eating, Duokui would bring the bowl out. She never asked about matters at home.

"The children at home are in the growing stage, how can they only eat wild vegetables? I bought some bones yesterday. Let's cook them well and add some meat to it so that we can eat together." Gao E said seriously.

Jiang was unable to react for a moment.

Just then, Mrs. Lei came back from outside and was excited to hear what Mrs. Gao said: "Really? Mother, my second sister-in-law said it, let's get through it quickly."

Her father was a blacksmith. Although the family was not well off, he could still let her have meat every now and then. Otherwise, he would not have raised her to be so big and strong.

Originally thought that the Chen family had a scholar, and that the life of a scholar would be better, but in the end, they only saw a few times of money throughout the year, and she had to go home to eat.

Jiang glared at Lei and said, "Eat, eat, eat. You do nothing all day but think about eating."

Lei glanced away with dissatisfaction, not daring to say anything.

"If mother-in-law is tired, I will do it." Gao E said directly.

The entire Chen family was stunned, thinking they had heard wrongly.

Gao actually offered to cook?

Even the dull Yang was shocked.

She didn't give Jiang a chance to refuse, and rolled up her sleeves to go into the kitchen.

"Oh my God, it's so smoky here, don't ruin your clothes." Jiang hurriedly stopped him.

"Mom!" Gao said seriously, "You live your life based on where you are in life. Now that everyone in the family can't even get enough to eat, why do you still care so much?"

Chen Ke stood in the yard in disbelief. He didn't expect Gao E to say such words.

"Second sister-in-law is right." Lei immediately squeezed in. "Mom, go out first. Second sister-in-law and I will cook together."

Jiang was pushed out by Lei and was about to say something when Chen Ke stopped her.

"I think my wife is right. It's rare that she wants to cook, so let her do it." Chen Ke pulled his mother aside.

Mrs. Lei stretched her neck to take a look outside, then turned to look at her second sister-in-law uncertainly: "Are you thinking of selling something at home again?"

"Selling things?" Gao E was suspicious for a moment and then realized why Lei said that.

As long as the original owner showed goodwill to his family, he must have something to ask for.