Farming and reading family

Gao E knew that Xu Boyan would leave sooner or later. The term of office for a county magistrate was three years, so he would most likely leave as soon as his term was up.

But if she leaves because of this incident, wouldn't that leave her with a mess?

"I didn't mean to go out." Xu Boyan sat up straighter and joked.

Gao E rolled her eyes slightly.

Xu Boyan is like the wind. You can borrow it occasionally, but don’t try to rely on him, and don’t try to control him.

"Then I would like to thank Lord Xu for telling me this, so that I, a small fish in the pond, can know how I was affected." Gao E said indifferently.

Xu Boyan lowered his eyes slightly: "When will Mr. Chen come back?"

"In autumn." Gao E was not sure, but she couldn't say that she didn't know.

Xu Boyan really looked down on Chen Ke: "I'm not worried about you when you're out for such a long time."

"I don't have anything to worry about at home." Gao E felt that the topic was a bit outrageous. "When did Lord Xu start to care about my family affairs?"

"Gong Zhinian may think that there is no man in your family, so he bullies you." Xu Boyan made an excuse.

Gao E recalled that when Chen Ke was at home, those outsiders also tried to steal her things: "It's not a gender issue, it's just that they think my family is easy to bully."

"Heh!" Xu Boyan felt that Gao E was pretending again.

When Gao E came out of the yamen, it was already lunch time. She went straight to Lei's snack bar. She hadn't seen Lei for a long time.

Mrs. Lei was very excited to see her second sister-in-law coming. She arranged her to stay in the inner room and chatted with her whenever she had time.

"I'm too busy to go back now, and I don't have time to ask about things at home. The third brother and I have discussed with our parents about giving some money as well. We don't have time to run around now." Lei suggested.

"We're doing well at home and don't need that little bit from you. You can save it first." Gao E joked.

Lei knew that her second sister-in-law didn't care about this, but she was worried that her eldest sister-in-law would care.

It was wrong for them to not care about family affairs, and she was clear about that.

"Whether there is a shortage or not, we should pay for it." Lei no longer cares so much about her mother-in-law.

Just like the second sister-in-law said, they are the third son’s biological parents. As long as they don’t cause trouble, we should still show filial piety to them.

Gao E felt that Lei was getting better and better at pushing things aside. "Then when you have time, go back and tell your eldest brother. After all, he is the one who takes care of our parents."

"Then I'll let the third brother go back." Lei felt that something might go wrong if she told them.

Gao E smiled.

"How are Yan'er and Ziyou now?" Lei was worried about her two children.

"It's pretty good. There are many children at home. We play together every day and have no time to think about anything else." Gao E said with a smile.

"I feel at ease knowing that they are with my second sister-in-law." Mrs. Lei sighed. If she wasn't so busy every day, she would definitely want to keep the children with her.

"If you miss them, go back and see them." Gao E saw Lei's worried look.

Lei also wanted to go back, but now he had to get up at three o'clock in the morning, and he would definitely not be able to open the store if he went back.

"If it really doesn't work, you can take a few days off every month," Gao E suggested.

Lei thought so too. Now that her business was stable and she still had many old customers, it was okay to take two days off a month.

Gao E had lunch at Lei's house before leaving.

Since we know Gong Zhinian's intentions and also know that the two managers of the Tao family are mixed up with Gong Zhinian, it is estimated that their intentions are similar to Gong Zhinian's.

Gong Zhinian has always wanted to plant a mulberry forest, while the Tao family wants Ghost Crying Mountain.

But... they will be disappointed.

After returning to Baotou Village, Gao E stopped working at her and Tao Meiyu's house and transferred manpower to other places, which actually accelerated the progress.

She took Lu Qingluo and Lianxin to Ghost Mountain, with no intention of blaming Yu Zhao.

Ghost Crying Mountain is so big, and it is normal for the Tao family to sneak in and check it out quietly with an expert.

She just asked Yu Zhao and the others to be more cautious, at least to make sure no one was hurt.

"Collect these high-quality rare stones separately and send them back to He County." Gao E ordered.

She was not sure what the Tao family would do next. If there was force majeure, she would have no choice but to sell Ghost Crying Mountain.

Yu Zhao felt very guilty: "I was careless."

"I said it's not your problem." Gao E comforted.

After instructing Yu Zhaogao'e, she found Wei Kai and made all the magic iron they found. Except for the tools for planting pearl nuclei, the rest were made into various knives.

After all, the forging of the divine iron requires the cold pond below. If you sell Ghost Crying Mountain by then, it will be difficult to forge anything.

Gong Zhinian thought that since Gao E came to find him, he must have been unable to bear it anymore. However, Gao E just looked for him and then there was no further response.

Six days passed in a flash, and he felt pain in his heart when he calculated his wages every day.

"You two should think of a solution. Does Gao plan to just throw the jar into the air?" Gong Zhinian was anxious.

Meng Xiangxian and Liang Tian were also a little surprised, but they didn't care about the small amount of wages they had to pay Gong Zhinian.

"Don't worry, Brother Gong." Liang Tian consoled him. "Mrs. Gao is a cunning woman. Now that she knows Brother Gong's intentions, she might be trying to see who will give up first."

Gong Zhinian said bitterly: "Brother Liang is the steward of the Tao family, so he naturally doesn't care about the wages, but I am a small family..."

Liang Tian felt disdainful, knowing that Gong Zhinian wanted them to pay more money, so he looked at Meng Xiangxian.

Meng Xiangxian said solemnly, "We came up with this idea based on what Brother Gong said. Could it be that Brother Gong's information is wrong?"

Gong Zhinian was anxious: "I have fought against the Gao family several times, how could the news be wrong?"

"But I guessed that she was rushing the construction deadline." Meng Xiangxian looked at Gong Zhinian.

Gong Zhinian's eyes flickered. This was indeed what they had analyzed.

"I think the most urgent thing is to confirm this matter and find out who she is building the house for and what the compensation will be if it cannot be delivered on time." Meng Xiangxian suggested.

"Then those farmhands..." Gong Zhinian looked at the two of them.

"With Brother Gong's ability, he can find out in a day or two. It's just a day or two's wages." Meng Xiangxian said with a smile.

Gong Zhinian nodded helplessly. He didn't dare to fall out with the Tao family.

It’s no secret that Gao E built all this, she just didn’t say who built it.

Gong Zhinian sent people to inquire, but the results were still vague. Some people said it belonged to the Chen family, but some people said it was impossible. The Chen family had only so many people, so why did they build so many houses?

But they couldn't tell who it belonged to.

When Master Xie heard someone was asking about this, he immediately told Gao E, "Do you think this has anything to do with the people who poached our farmhands?"

Gao E thought Gong Zhinian finally reacted: "Let's just do our own thing and don't worry about whether it has anything to do with us."

"I don't care whether we have a connection or not. I'm worried about what bad ideas they might have." Master Xie is a craftsman and knows a lot about dirty things. "You better be careful."

"Thank you very much for the reminder, Master. I will pay attention to it. But I have to rely on Master for things on the construction site." Gao E's expression was serious.