Farming and reading family

Jiang had to take medicine every day, and the eldest brother's house was always filled with the smell of medicine. Gao E was usually busy and didn't notice anything unusual.

"Yes." Mrs. Lei nodded. "Before, the third child went to deliver medicine to mother, and saw the eldest sister-in-law using two medicine jars. She said she was making medicine for Yu Ning."

Gao E knew that Yu Ning had brewed the medicine herself: "Are you sure?"

"What's so certain about this? If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself." Lei said with a gossipy look on her face, "Could it be that the eldest sister-in-law wants to have another son?"

Gao E had five sons, Lei also had two sons, and only the eldest brother's family had one son.

"My sister-in-law's age..." Gao E was not sure what to say.

Although Yang was 36 years old this year, Gao E did not think she was too old. However, life was hard in that era, and Yang had already given birth to four children, so no one knew how her health was.

"You'll definitely be laughed at." Lei said bluntly.

"Forget it, if sister-in-law doesn't say anything, we will just pretend we don't know." Gao E didn't want to get involved in this trivial matter.

Lei thought so too.

Chen Qing was sitting in the side room reading a book. He hadn't read for many years, so he felt a little awkward at first and read even slower than the other children.

Yang had been in and out several times, and it was not easy to ask Chen Qing to go to sleep.

"You go to sleep first. I'll sleep in the side room tonight." Chen Qing didn't even raise his head.

Yang lowered her eyes, not looking at Chen Qing, and muttered softly, "You never go back to sleep. Dad will think something happened to us."

Chen Qing then looked up at Yang: "I told you not to tell Dad everything."

"It's in the same yard, you'll always see it." Yang's voice was as soft as a mosquito.

Chen Qing was somewhat helpless: "I'll be there in a moment."

Only then did Yang leave with satisfaction.

Chen Jie said he was entertaining Fan Shiping, but he was actually very interested in what Fan was saying about the capital.

My second brother had been to the capital before, but he was unwilling to talk about things in the capital, and what he said was different from what Fan Shiping said.

But Chen Jie was soon relieved. They had no money. The money his second brother had was not enough to buy the cheapest food and accommodation. It was impossible for him to buy snacks that cost two taels of silver per piece.

Thinking of this, he wondered how humble his second brother must have been when he went to the capital.

They all envied the second brother for being able to go to the capital, but the journey was also very difficult for the second brother.

Besides, my second brother has a rigid personality and is not good at making friends, so he must have suffered a lot.

Thinking about this, Chen Jie felt that it would be better to make more money. When his second brother wanted to take the imperial examination, he would have more money and could spend it freely.

Liu Zhen was not dead, but he was almost dead, lying on the bed paralyzed.

"Is it possible for him to speak in the future?" Xu Boyan asked the doctor.

"If it's well cared for, it might be able to speak." The doctor wasn't sure either.

Lianxin's fall directly broke Liu Zhen's spine, and now Liu Zhen is almost a living dead.

Xu Boyan didn't know what to say, so he signaled Bai Hao to send the doctor away.

Zhu Mo whispered, "At least we know he's from Zhiweilou."

Xu Boyan glanced at Liu Zhen lying on the bed. This was indeed true: "Prepare the pen and ink."

He didn't have time to wait for someone to recover slowly. Since this person was no longer useful, he would use him as bait to catch another one.

Let’s say the murderer of the Li family massacre has been found. It’s Liu Zhen from Zhiweilou. It’s a pity that the thief is unwilling to confess.

Given the current situation in Qinzhou City, this news will surely reach Yishunbo and Zhiweilou soon. If they can't sit still, they will definitely take action.

Gao E arranged for Hu Zhexing and Cao Jin. Now that Liu Zhen has been captured, Yu Zhao can also return to Ghost Mountain. She will also go there with him to see the current situation of Ghost Mountain and the progress of Wei Kai's making things.

Wei Kai had already built a furnace near Ghost Crying Mountain, but there had been no progress in making anything.

"Why?" Gao E was puzzled.

"The sacred iron requires a higher furnace temperature and colder water," Wei Kai explained. "Today, neither the furnace height nor the quality of the charcoal fire can meet the requirements."

Gao E looked at the iron balls that had been hammered into goose eggs and asked, "What are the requirements for charcoal fire?"

"If we can find the black gold charcoal made by the Yun family, it might be useful." Wei Kai speculated, "It's a pity..."

Gao E had seen this kind of charcoal in the book left by Yunshuang: "I'll find a way to make black gold charcoal."

Wei Kai looked at Gao E in surprise.

"As for the stove and colder water, you think of a way." Gao E was not good at this.

"As long as we can solve the charcoal problem, the stove and the cold pond will not be difficult to make." Wei Kai promised.

He could build a stove and find charcoal around the cold pond, but charcoal required skill.

"Okay." Gao E nodded.

After chatting with Wei Kai, Gao E went to see the strange stones that Yu Zhao and his team had collected during this period.

The key to strange stones is that they are naturally undecorated, so you only need to dig them out and clean them, and do not damage them.

"At the beginning, the brothers were inexperienced and broke a lot of things." Yu Zhao felt a little sorry.

"That's all right." Gao E saw the broken ones and put them aside. "I'll find someone special to mine them in the future. You guys will be in charge of guarding this place."

"Then we..." Yu Zhao felt that he had received his wages in vain.

"Find two brothers who are good at fighting and trustworthy and go back with me to go on a long journey with the master and the two gentlemen in the family." Gao E ordered.

"Okay." Yu Zhao nodded.

After arranging things here, Gao E took the two people back and introduced them to Chen Ke and the others.

Next, they bought a horse-drawn carriage. During this period, Hu Zhexing and Cao Jin also became familiar with the school, so there was no problem for them to teach these children.

After everything was almost arranged, Gao E packed the strange stones for Fan Shiping and the others and sent them away.

"Second sister-in-law, are stones so valuable?" Chen Jie still found it a little unbelievable.

"These things all depend on preference. We ordinary people don't need to understand or participate in them, but if we can make money, we'll make some." Gao E didn't explain much.

Chen Jie didn't understand, nor did he accept the fact that he didn't need to understand. Suddenly, he thought of another thing: "Second sister-in-law, when can I go to the capital?"

"Why do you suddenly want to go to the capital?" Gao E looked at Chen Jie.

"Mr. Fan said that the capital city is extremely prosperous. I want to go and see it." Chen Jie was a little excited.

"Wait until you pass the exam and become a scholar." Gao E looked at Chen Jie. "Otherwise, you won't understand what others say when you go out, and it will be a waste of time."

Chen Jie thought about it and agreed: "I will definitely be able to pass the exam and become a scholar."

Gao E laughed.

Sending away Fan Shiping and others is the same as sending away Chen Ke and others.

With the payment from Fan Shiping, Chen Ke and his companions had more money for their travels, but the gifts they gave were mainly literary works.

There is a broken black bone stone on the Ghost Crying Mountain. Gao E plans to make it into something like a paperweight or a pen holder, which would be suitable as a gift for scholars.

After finishing all these, Gao E had a little more free time. Her own affairs were relatively simple, so she would sort them out in advance and arrange them.

But black gold charcoal is a bit tricky.

According to the Yun family's charcoal-making book, black gold charcoal must be made from a kind of aged green ebony wood found deep in Centipede Ridge.

The texture of the ebony wood is hard and it is not easy to grow into timber or cut down. It must be burned and sealed in the kiln before it dries up, and the kiln sealing time is longer than that of ordinary charcoal.

The Yun family has cultivated a piece of green ebony for generations, but unfortunately it is now in the hands of Earl Yishun.