Farming and reading family

Lu Hao took Gao E and others to meet Luo Dagang. When they entered the door, they first saw a beautiful girl. When she saw them, she turned around and ran into the house. Lu Hao was not surprised and called out. Luo Dagang bent down and came out of the house.

Seeing Chen Ke and his wife, Luo Dagang said with a cold expression: "What are you doing here?"

"I didn't pay you yesterday." Gao E said as she took out a purse.

Luo Dagang didn't take it immediately.

Seeing Luo Dagang like this, Lu Hao immediately took the purse and stuffed it into Luo Dagang's hand: "It's not shameful to make money without stealing or robbing."

Luo Dagang glared at Lu Hao, but Lu Hao laughed and was not afraid of him.

"No reward without merit." Luo Dagang insisted.

"Actually, I asked you to go yesterday just to show up." Gao E revealed the real reason.

Her purpose was to find Fan Shiping. As for the two crickets, she wouldn't mind even if they died in a cricket fight.

However, she did not expect that the development of the matter would be beyond her expectations. With Luo Dagang by her side, both the performing strong man and Fan Shiping were a little afraid, so she was able to handle it with ease.

Others may not know the key, but Gao E herself must know it.

Luo Dagang hesitated.

"There may be a time in the future when you need Brother Luo's help, so don't refuse." Gao E said with a smile.

Seeing that the other party was so generous, Luo Dagang did not insist and clasped his fists as a sign of acceptance.

"I wonder if Brother Luo would be able to take us back today?" Gao E said directly.

Lu Hao's eyes rolled around: "Are you afraid..."

Gao E nodded.

Lu Hao looked at Luo Dagang worriedly, reminding him that he might be in danger.

"Just let me know when you can go back and help." Luo Dagang agreed readily.

Lu Hao was very anxious. Luo Dagang was such an honest person that he didn't even realize he was being betrayed.

"Okay, then let's get busy first." Gao E nodded and left.

Seeing Chen Ke and Gao E leave, Lu Hao leaned over to make sure they had left the alley, then immediately closed the door and told Luo Dagang anxiously about what Fan Ye had done yesterday.

"So, they are afraid that Mr. Fan will rob them on the road?" Luo Dagang also understood what was going on.

"Isn't it?" Lu Hao excitedly sat on a stone block nearby. "I don't think Mr. Fan wanted to offer such a high price at first. He was just driven there by that street performer's hype."

"So he was so angry that he broke the legs of the street performer. Those crickets cost five taels of silver each, and I don't know how many they had." Lu Hao's expression was extremely solemn.

That's a huge sum of money for them.

Luo Dagang didn't think too much about it: "Do you think Fan Ye would do this?"

Lu Hao thought for a while and said, "I can't say for sure, but the people he brought with him are all martial artists."

Luo Dagang thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. I'll get Ge Wei over later."

Lu Haokan saw that Luo Dagang was determined to send the Chen couple home, so there was nothing more to say.

After leaving the alley, Chen Ke asked quietly, "Did what happened yesterday really happen as you said?"

Gao E glanced at Chen Ke, wanting to complain that his old mind was slow to react: "Maybe not that much, but we still have to make the necessary preparations."

Chen Ke didn't get a definitive answer, but he didn't dwell on it anymore. "Could Lu Hao have guessed this as well? Would Luo Dagang change his mind at the last minute?"

Gao E was unsure: "He's the only one we can look for in He County."

Chen Ke was silent.

The two of them bought some snacks before going to Gao Chong's place. It was Mrs. Wu who opened the door and was very happy to see them.

"It seems the medicine is working?" Gao E said as she handed her the snack.

Mrs. Wu nodded and took it. "The fever subsided last night, and the herpes is mostly gone today."

"That's good." Gao E also breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu did not take Gao E to see Gao Liang. She heard that herpes was contagious, and now that her elder sister-in-law was pregnant, it would be best not to have any contact with her.

The three of them arrived at the main hall. Gao Chong greeted them at the door of the side room but did not come over.

"Are you okay?" Gao E looked at Wu.

"Maybe because I've been seeking medical treatment all the time and have had less contact with Xiaoliang, I wasn't infected." Mrs. Wu was somewhat relieved, but also worried about Gao Chong.

"That's good. We are here today to see if there is anything we can do to help." Gao E comforted Wu.

Wu felt a little ashamed: "I treated my elder sister-in-law like that before..."

"I've done my share of wrongdoing." Gao E laughed. "As a married woman, I shouldn't be interfering in my parents' affairs for no reason."

Wu was surprised that her elder sister-in-law would say this: "It's me, as your sister-in-law, who is too narrow-minded."

"Let's not take the blame on ourselves. As long as you and your wife are in harmony and your family is healthy, that's a good thing." Gao E wanted to be polite to no end.

Mrs. Wu nodded and said, "We don't plan to see the doctor in the city. We plan to go home in a couple of days when Xiaoliang is better."

Hearing what Wu said, Gao E suddenly thought of the flood that Chen Ke mentioned. Perhaps the flood would completely wash away the Xixia River, which is why Chen Ke suddenly asked her such a question.

But now she was not sure when the flood would come, and she could not let them live in the city forever.

"Did something happen at home?" Gao E suddenly asked.

Mrs. Wu sighed, "There was a man from Xixiahe who went out to make a living and made a fortune. Now he's back to repair his ancestral tomb and build a business. Lately, he's been trying to buy the Gao family's land."

"He hired a group of bodyguards. If our Gao family didn't have some connections in Xixiahe, that man would probably have used force." Mrs. Wu was also worried.

She could spend all her money to treat her son's illness, but it was absolutely impossible for others to take over the Gao family's property.

Gao E suddenly realized: "How's the price?"

Wu looked at her elder sister-in-law in surprise, wondering if her elder sister-in-law wanted them to sell the Gao family's property.

You have to know that it has been run by several generations of the Gao family. If we sell it, we will be letting down our ancestors.

"That's what I think." Gao E saw that Wu was very opposed to this idea. "Our Gao family is small. We don't worry about thieves stealing, but we worry about thieves thinking about it. What will we do if something bad really happens?"

Mrs. Wu shuddered. When she heard her elder sister-in-law say that Xiaoliang would not develop this kind of herpes at his age, she felt that someone must have done it on purpose. Could this be the case?

The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Who would know what shameful methods people who have been around the outside world might use?

"Then..." Mrs. Wu was a little undecided.

Chen Ke seemed to be hesitant to speak, knowing full well that he had no say in the Gao family's affairs.

Gao E noticed Chen Ke's expression and knew that she had guessed right.

"As the saying goes, if you have the green mountains, you will never worry about having firewood to burn. Now that you want Xiaoliang to study in the city, why don't you sell those properties and buy a shop in the city so that you two can have more ease." Gao E suggested.

As she spoke, she paid attention to Chen Ke's expression. Seeing that Chen Ke's expression gradually relaxed, she knew that Chen Ke thought the same way.

Mrs. Wu lowered her head and thought for a long time. Landlords and merchants were different. "I need to discuss this with my husband."