Farming and reading family

Mrs. Lei couldn't do delicate work. She liked big fish and meat, so it was okay to let her catch fish, but peeling such small things was really difficult for her.

"Each one has its own unique flavor." Gao E said with a smile, "I'll buy a few more jars and pickle some sour bamboo shoots. That's what whets the appetite."

Lei was surprised: "Really? Then I'll buy a few jars and ask my second sister-in-law to teach me how to pickle them."

"Just pickle them together and take them away." Gao E said with a smile.

Now she also relies on her eldest sister-in-law and third brother's wife to do things. Her body really does not allow her to do so many things.

"Okay." Lei laughed.

"Second Aunt, I'm going to pick bamboo shoots too. I might pick some." Chen Hanyue said immediately, "Xichen can pick these little bamboo shoots."

"Ouch," Lei joked, "You saw your second aunt give me pickled bamboo shoots, so you want some too?"

Chen Hanyue smiled ingratiatingly.

"You little girl, we haven't split up yet. As long as Third Aunt has something to eat, why shouldn't I let you eat it?" Lei pretended to be angry.

"Then I can't eat it for free." Chen Hanyue said proudly.

Several people laughed.

They have been eating so well at their second uncle's house recently that they don't want to go home. They know that even if their second uncle sends grandma something delicious, she will not be willing to eat it and will hide it.

So there were two more dishes for dinner, one was braised pork with bamboo shoots, and the other was braised pork with wild rice stem.

"Why don't we wait until big brother and the others come back before eating?" Lei suggested.

"Let's eat first and leave some food in the pot for them." Gao E didn't know they were going to bring back food, and she didn't know when they would come back.

By the time they finished eating, Chen Ke and the others had not returned yet, so Lei packed up and planned to go pick bamboo shoots tomorrow.

Since my second sister-in-law can store it, I'll pick more. No one in the village wants it anyway.

Chen Yuning remained silent.

"Sister?" Chen Hanyue called out, "You can peel bamboo shoots at home."

Chen Yuning tried hard to smile. Actually, she could still walk with a limp, but her second aunt didn't allow her to move around, fearing that it would cause a permanent illness.

Gao E and Lei looked at Chen Yuning. This girl has been in a bad mood since the engagement was cancelled.

"I just wonder what mom and the others are eating down there." Chen Yuning said in a low voice.

She had meat every day at her second aunt's house, and she could eat it in a variety of ways. This was a life she had never dared to imagine before.

But her mother was always thinking about her grandparents, and she would go downstairs to cook as long as her second aunt couldn't stop her.

Although Second Aunt left all the food she had bought at home when she came, and also sent home a jar of large pieces of meat soaked in oil, Grandma was reluctant to eat it.

"Well!" Lei smiled. "At least there will be some oil in the pot."

In fact, Lei knew that there would be oil and water in the pot, but the delicious ones would definitely be given to her father-in-law, and at most Xichen and Ziyou would get a share.

She wanted to bring both children up with her, but she told her parents that she was here to do some work, and bringing two children with her was not a big deal.

Gao E thought for a moment and said, "It will be fine after a while."

Chen Yuning didn't know what her second aunt meant when she said it would be fine after a while, but she nodded anyway.

A few people were sitting in front of the cave chatting, and the children were running and playing in the yard. They waited for almost an hour before there was any movement outside.

Gao E invited the children into the house, and Lei went to the door to greet them.

This time we bought the grain in the city. Since it was old grain, the price was much lower.

As before, some grain had to be unloaded at the bottom of the slope before the carriage could be pulled up.

But this time they let the carriage pull it twice, and no one had to carry it up.

Gao E and Lei began to prepare food, and Chen Ke watched his eldest brother and third brother move the food inside and pile it up.

"Is this... bamboo shoots?" Chen Jie looked at the two large plates of food.

"Mm, it's delicious." Mrs. Lei smiled happily.

Chen Jie took a bite with some doubt, and his eyes lit up instantly. He always felt that this thing had a bitter taste, and eating too much would make his stomach feel uncomfortable as if it was being scraped by something.

"It's really delicious." Chen Jie looked at his elder brother.

Chen Qing also took a bite and thought that for something to be delicious, it must be oily and juicy. Even grass roots covered with oil would taste good.

After they had their meal, they took out their account books and started keeping accounts.

Today, Peng Can gave two taels and eight cents of silver for the two pigs. Just like before, each family took two hundred cents, and the rest was put into the public account.

"Second sister-in-law, I think Pang Can seems to know that our wild boar was caught. Will he have any bad intentions?" Chen Jie was worried.

"This matter depends on one's ability. However, as long as Peng Can is smart enough, he will know that given his current situation, he should earn what he deserves. We can also cooperate with him for a long time." Gao E was not worried.

Chen Jie thought about it and nodded.

After dividing the bill, several people left.

When Chen Qing and Chen Jie entered the room, they saw his father sitting in the main room.

Chen Qing had bought a lot of lamp oil before, and now the lights in the main room are much brighter.

"Dad, isn't asleep yet?" Chen Jie said hello to his father as if nothing had happened and was about to go back to his room.

"Come here." Chen Fansheng called them.

Chen Jie knew that something bad was going to happen. He glanced at his elder brother and followed him into the main room.

"Dad." Chen Qing called out and stood there.

Ever since Yu Ning's incident, Chen Qing has become much more polite towards the two elders.

Chen Fansheng knew that his eldest son was still angry, but he didn't say anything. After all, they were all family, and it would be over after a while.

"What on earth has the second brother's family been doing lately?" Chen Fansheng began to get suspicious.

Even though there was a lot of things to clean up after moving in, he went to check and found that the yard had already been cleaned up.

It’s normal to help during the day, so why come back so late at night?

"As for my second brother..." Chen Jie wanted to prevaricate.

"Let your eldest brother speak." Chen Fansheng interrupted his third son, who didn't tell the truth.

Chen Jie looked at his eldest brother and signaled to him not to tell anyone what they had done.

"Dad also knows about repairing the yard. After it is basically repaired, there are still many details to be done, and my second brother doesn't know how to do it." Chen Qing said slowly.

Chen Fansheng knew the boss wouldn't lie: "So what happened to the pork before?"

"A wild boar broke into my second brother's house and was caught in a trap." Chen Qing said calmly.

Both of these are facts, the wild boar did break into the second brother's house, but the two are not related.

Chen Fansheng frowned when he thought of this. The second brother's family built the wall because of this. "Didn't they give the dog away?"

"Dogs are just for deterrence. Too many wild beasts won't be of any use." Chen Qing said seriously.

Chen Fansheng thought for a moment and sighed, "Then you and Lao San should get some more thorns and make another circle."

"Don't worry, Dad." Chen Jie agreed immediately.

Chen Fansheng glared at Chen Jie and said, "What's going on with fishing? Why did they say you and your wife caught a lot of fish?"

Chen Jie was helpless: "Dad also knows that the food that my second brother and his wife bought when they moved up here was left at home. They are not well off, so they thought of catching some fish to eat, but my second brother doesn't know how to fish."

Chen Fansheng's face was a little embarrassed: "You two brothers are doing this secretly. If people knew about it, they would think your second brother has no father."