Farming and reading family

Chapter 529: Will Be Seen as Easy to Bully

These words made others frown. They were all trying to solve the problem, but he, as the head of the Chen family, actually said such words.

"If you are tired, go back and rest early." Chen Qing looked at his father.

"I'm not sleepy, but I can't bear to see you guys going through this. If things get really bad, what will happen to this family?" Chen Fansheng argued confidently.

"So what does Dad want?" Chen Jie sat up straight and spread his hands.

"We can earn quite a bit of money by selling the saplings," Chen Fansheng said bluntly.

"Dad." Chen Ke bowed. "That is my wife's property, not the Chen family's public property."

Chen Fansheng was a little annoyed when he saw Chen Ke like this: "Then she is not a member of the Chen family?"

"That's a separate question." Chen Ke was firm. "Dad can choose not to help, but he can't decide how my wife arranges her own property."

This is Chen Ke’s principle and also his bottom line as a man.

"Yes." Chen Jie said, "My second brother is going to be an official. It would be embarrassing if people said he was coveting his second sister-in-law's dowry."

This statement has always been effective with the two elders of the Chen family, and Chen Fansheng lost his temper instantly after hearing it.

Gao E lowered her head and said nothing. If she opened her mouth about this matter, it would definitely explode, so it was better for her not to say anything.

Zheng Fengan now feels that Chen Fansheng is becoming more and more confused. Why did he become Jiang as soon as Jiang had a stroke? Is there necessarily someone in the Chen family who makes people uncomfortable?

"Today, this is not just about your mulberry seedlings, but about those outsiders who dared to bully our Baotou Village." Zheng Fengan spoke.

"We in Baotou Village now have people and land, and we are a hot commodity in the eyes of others. If we really back down, they will think that our Baotou Village is easy to bully." Zheng Fengan tied the Chen family and Baotou Village together.

In fact, he knew very well that even if the villagers built houses, their lives would still be difficult if they could not make a good living.

Now the Chen family still intends to take over Baotou Village. We must not let the Chen family down, so that the villagers can live a better life in the future.

"Uncle Zheng is right." Chen Jie immediately agreed. He felt that as long as the villagers and their Chen family were united, it would be fine.

After hearing what Zheng Fengan said, Chen Fansheng didn't know what to say and turned his face away without looking at them.

Gao E remained silent. She didn't mind being tied to the Baotou Village as long as those people didn't cause her trouble.

"Okay, it's getting late, second brother, go to bed early. If something really happens tonight, you will have to bring people to He County to negotiate tomorrow. The third brother and I will take turns to guard it." Chen Qing arranged everything.

"Okay." Chen Ke nodded.

Everyone stood up immediately, and Gao E and Chen Ke saw them off.

After everyone else left, Gao E said in a dilemma: "Qing'er is here today, there is no place for me to stay at home."

"I'm going to school." Chen Ke felt relieved when he heard his wife say this.

"My brother and the others have arranged everything outside, so just have a good rest, my husband." Gao E reminded.

"Well, my lady, you should have a good rest too." Chen Ke said and left.

Chen Qing was originally planning to lead people to patrol the night, but he changed his mind and went home. He watched his father go into his own room before returning to his room.

Yang was startled when she heard the noise, but she heaved a sigh of relief when she saw it was Chen Qing. She began to complain, "Second Brother's family's problems have never been resolved, as if other families are fine."

"Did you say anything in front of Dad?" Chen Qing asked directly.

Yang was stunned for a moment and avoided Chen Qing's eyes: "What can I say to Dad? Everyone is watching these things."

The two have been married for almost twenty years. Chen Qing knows Yang too well. From her reaction, he knows that she has said something to her father. Otherwise, with her father's personality, he would not suddenly ask about the affairs of the second son's family.

Yang didn't hear Chen Qing's reply and secretly glanced at Chen Qing: "Did your second brother's wife say something to you?"

Chen Qing smiled helplessly. He thought he could handle this matter, but after wasting time and time again, even he would lose his patience.

Yang was a little frightened when she saw Chen Qing smiling like that: "What's wrong?"

"You make me feel that I, as the eldest brother, am incompetent." Chen Qing looked at Yang seriously.

Yang was startled, not knowing what was wrong with her husband: "Is it because the second brother's family looks down on you? After all, you are his eldest brother, running around for his family every day..."

"Enough!" For the first time, Chen Qing interrupted Yang impatiently.

Yang was startled and immediately lowered her head.

"Are you not used to your current life?" Chen Qing saw that Yang was frightened.

He knew that Yang was timid and afraid of things, but since nothing was happening at home recently, she had no worries.

Yang didn't know why Chen Qing asked this. What did she mean by she was not adapting to her current life?

Life now... is indeed very different from before.

In the past, I had to work from dawn to dusk and still couldn’t get enough to eat. In the summer, it was so hot that the house was full of mosquitoes and fleas, and my body was covered with bites.

Winter is even harder. I can’t wear warm clothes and I’ll be woken up by the cold at night. My daughter doesn’t even have a place to sleep…

Now I live in this brick house, my house is full of food, my clothes are all new, and there are people to help me with the farm work, so I don't have to get up early and go to bed late...

Perhaps these changes were so unconscious that Yang didn't feel anything and thought they were all normal.

"If you're not used to it, come and work in the fields with me in a couple of days." Chen Qing said and was about to leave.

"What should we do, mother?" Yang asked hurriedly.

"I'll find a way." Chen Qing said and went out.

When Yang heard Chen Qing say this, she felt very uneasy. She felt that she had done nothing wrong. Family affairs should be decided by her father, and it would also prevent others from gossiping about her second brother and his wife.

After Gao E finished cleaning up and coaxing Xiao Wu to sleep, she saw Luo Qing'er lying on the table, staring at the oil lamp in a daze.

"What's wrong?" Gao E asked softly, "I've been absent-minded all day."

Luo Qing'er tilted her head lazily and looked at Sister Gao: "I think my brother is hiding something from me."

Gao E smiled when she heard Luo Qing'er ask this. This little girl is really sensitive.

She sat down next to Luo Qing'er: "Why?"

"I suggested that I erect a monument for my parents, but he didn't agree directly. I thought this was abnormal. And then I thought about it. My brother rarely mentioned my parents. He seemed reluctant to mention them." Luo Qing'er expressed her doubts.

Gao E felt that Luo Dagang was not very good at hiding his thoughts: "You were still young at that time and didn't have many memories of your parents. Now you have such thoughts, simply because you feel that as a child you should do something."

"But it's different for your eldest brother. He might be very painful thinking about this." Gao E speculated.

"Really?" Luo Qing'er felt that her elder brother didn't look like he was in a lot of pain. Maybe he was not good at expressing himself.

"What else do you think?" Gao E looked at Luo Qing'er.

Luo Qing'er was a little self-doubting: "Maybe I'm overthinking it."

Gao E thought for a moment and said, "If your elder brother is really hiding something from you, what are you going to do?"