Farming and reading family

He had concealed it before, and if he still didn't want to tell it when his father asked him this time, he would have no choice but to lie.

Chen Ke was also struggling. He was quite afraid of the real answer: "What were you and your mother doing in the city on the day Dad came back?"

Although Chen Duokui had prepared himself mentally, he still felt a little panicked at the moment: "Mom said she would take me to see someone, but then I don't know what happened. Mom ate the paper that person gave her and left with me."

He lied, but not completely.

At the beginning of the day, his mother did say that she would take him to meet someone, but when they arrived, he found out that his mother was going to sell him.

And in the end, my mother did eat the paper.

"Really?" Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief but was still unsure.

These seemed to match what Gao E said, but they didn't seem true.

In fact, he himself is also very contradictory.

"If Dad doesn't believe me, you can ask Mom." Chen Duokui said seriously.

Chen Ke thought that if he could ask your mother, he wouldn't ask you secretly: "Okay, don't tell your mother that I asked you this."

"Okay." Chen Ke agreed.

The father and son walked back and saw two figures, one big and one small, standing at their door. Chen Duokui immediately grabbed his father's hand.

Tian Kuju was also startled when she heard the noise here, and when she looked carefully, she saw that it was Chen Ke.

"Second Brother Chen." Tian Kuju called out timidly.

Chen Ke was relieved: "What are you doing here?"

Tian Kuju immediately pulled her son Ergua to kneel down and said, "Brother Chen, you are a scholar. You are magnanimous. Please let my man go this time. He will definitely behave himself in the future."

Chen Ke was frightened by Tian Kuju and took a step back: "He broke the law of the country, and I can't help you."

"They said that as long as Brother Chen doesn't pursue the matter, Guo Pei will be fine. As long as you let Guo Pei go this time, our whole family will work like slaves to repay you." Tian Kuju said as she kowtowed.

Chen Ke frowned and pulled his son into the yard.

Chen Hanyue ran out when she heard the noise, and just in time saw her second uncle pulling her cousin in from outside: "Second uncle, is this Guo Pei's wife?"

"Yeah." Chen Ke's face darkened. There was no way he would let Guo Pei go.

"I'll go out and talk to her." Chen Hanyue said and went out.

Chen Ke was about to say that children should not meddle in adults' affairs, but Chen Hanyue had already run out.

Tian Kuju saw that Chen Hanyue was a little embarrassed, neither kneeling nor standing up.

Chen Hanyue immediately helped Tian Kuju up and asked, "Auntie Tian, ​​what are you doing?"

Tian Kuju stood up and said, "How can I live without a man at home?"

"What can Guo Pei do at home? Beat you, scold you?" Chen Hanyue said angrily. "You planted the crops in the fields and raised the livestock at home. He sold the harvested grain for wine and ate the chickens and ducks you raised. Why do you need a man like him?"

"Mom, I don't want Dad." Guo Ergua said firmly.

Tian Kuju touched Guo Ergua's head and felt a bitter taste in her mouth.

Her man is indeed a piece of shit, but he is still her man. If she does nothing at this time, what will others say about her?

"Ergua is so well behaved." Chen Hanyue said with a smile.

Chen Ke brought Chen Duokui back to the cave, and Gao E also heard the noise and prepared to go out.

"What's going on outside?" Gao E asked.

"Guo Pei's wife, Tian, ​​came to plead for mercy." Chen Ke answered simply.

Gao E searched the original owner's memory and found that the original owner had no impression of Tian. Only when Feng went to chat with the original owner did she mention that Guo Pei almost beat Tian to death.

"You agreed?" Gao E thought this was Tian's chance to escape from suffering.

"No, Hanyue is outside comforting him." Chen Ke added, "Hanyue won't agree."

Gao E wondered what comfort Han Yue could offer, but since she didn't understand their relationship well, she didn't say anything.

At the Chen family's side, Jiang saw a jar of meat soaked in oil and complained about it for a long time, then locked it tightly in the cabinet.

Yang and Lei knew this would happen, so neither of them said anything.

"You go to the second son's house every day. You should talk to his wife and tell her to live frugally. How much will this meat fetch if it is sold?" Jiang felt distressed.

"Someone has to buy it." Lei couldn't help but retort, "Ask who in our village is willing to buy it?"

Jiang was a little unhappy when Lei asked her this question.

"Mom, this was given by the second son's family. It's a token of his filial piety." Yang tried to smooth things over.

Jiang muttered something and stopped talking.

Early the next morning, the aroma of boiling oil wafted out of most homes in Batou Village, even more than during Chinese New Year.

Those who did not go to help yesterday were so regretful. Some of them did not keep up, and some of them saw so many people going and thought they would not miss out on any more, so they missed out on two pounds of meat.

But everyone thought that the Chen family was rich, as they gave away so much meat at once. How much would it cost?

Chen Jie went up the mountain before dawn and now he is sitting beside a trap with a headache. There are two wild boars and a badger in the trap.

He dug such a trap mainly to catch wild boars. Any other wild boars that fell into it would be able to escape as long as they had leverage. However, the badger was unlucky and hit the wooden spikes directly.

After thinking about it, he quickly went back to find his elder brother.

He knew that his second sister-in-law's method was useful, but he didn't expect it to be so useful.

If this can be sold smoothly, how much profit can be made.

Chen Qing thought the three wild boars were an accident, but he didn't expect to catch two more the next day. When did wild boars become so easy to catch?

With this in mind, he had no choice but to ask the three people from the Lei family to go into the mountains.

Chen Ke went to find the village head early in the morning to send Guo Pei to the government office, and he was not at home at the moment.

As soon as they left, Chen Fansheng came up and said he came to see Duokui. Seeing that the cave was tidy, he was no longer worried that the second brother would suffer.

"Grandpa." Chen Duokui came out to greet him.

Chen Fansheng stuffed two eggs into Chen Duokui's hands and said, "Nourish yourself well."

Chen Duokui looked at his mother.

"Thank you, Grandpa." Gao E said with a smile.

She finally realized that the old couple's way of comforting people was to give them two eggs.

At least it's a good deal.

Chen Fansheng looked around the yard again: "Didn't your eldest brother say he wanted to build a stable here?"

"Oh, the wood is not suitable, so they went out to look for it," Gao E explained.

Chen Fansheng nodded: "You have to keep an eye on the second child's studies and don't let these menial tasks hinder him."

"Okay." Gao E didn't say anything.

Chen Fansheng hesitated for a long time before speaking gravely, "Your life is different now than it was before. You need to be frugal. Even though the second child won't be participating in next year's Spring Examination, he still has to participate next time."

"Yeah." Gao E nodded.

As for whether Chen Ke wants to participate in the Spring Examination, that is Chen Ke's business. Gao E is not thinking that far now. What if she dies after giving birth to the cubs? What else is there to think about?

The reason why people don’t want to go that far is because they can’t get there now.

Seeing Gao E's docileness, Chen Fansheng didn't know what to say for a moment: "Then I'll go back first."

As soon as he stood up, Feng came in from outside.

"Oh, Uncle Chen is here too?" Feng said warmly. "Your scholar is really capable. He can make the whole village eat meat."