Farming and reading family

Gao E suddenly realized that Yunshuang might have used such a box because she was worried that something might happen to the things she sent back.

"Then how do we open it?" Gao E looked at it carefully.

Jin Ruyi looked around and saw a tiny gap. He pressed it hard a few times and it really opened. The gold leaves inside fell out.

Both of them looked at each other in surprise, and then began to pick up the gold leaves on the ground.

The final estimate was about eighty taels.

"What are you going to do?" Jin Ruyi looked at Gao E.

"This must be for Yunzhou." Gao E said directly.

"You've spent more than this on Yunzhou." Jin Ruyi knew that the medicinal bath Yunzhou used was very expensive.

"You also said that, that was given to Yunzhou by me, and these were given to Yunzhou by Yunshuang." Gao E planned to give these to Yunzhou.

"It's up to you." Jin Ruyi stopped interfering.

Yun Zhou used to be rather quiet, but ever since he became Chu Rong's disciple and followed Chu Rong in learning martial arts, he gradually became full of energy and vigor, even having a childish demeanor.

Gao E called Yun Zhou over and saw that he was sweating profusely: "Don't try to cool down after sweating."

"Yes." Yun Zhou was very respectful to Gao E.

"These are given to you by your sister." Gao E pointed to the pen, ink and gold leaves on the table.

"My sister?" Yun Zhou asked excitedly, "Is she okay?"

"She's very nice." Gao E nodded. "Write her a letter. Maybe next time your sister will write directly to you."

"Okay." Yun Zhou excitedly said, "I'll write it right away."

"There are also these things." Gao E saw him about to leave.

Yun Zhou looked at the writing materials and felt that they would be more suitable for the Jin Dynasty.

As for those gold leaves, they should be given to Aunt Gao.

"Give all of this to Aunt Gao." Yun Zhou said directly, "I have everything I need from Aunt Gao."

"This is yours. You can decide to give it to me, but you have to think carefully about it. Are you really sure about this?" Gao E looked at Yun Zhou.

When Yun Zhou heard Aunt Gao say this, he thought about it seriously and said, "I want to give these pens and ink to Yun Zhou."

"Yeah." Gao E nodded. "Yun Zhou does use a lot of brushstrokes."

Yun Zhou took out a gold leaf and said, "Aunt Gao, please change all of this into copper coins, and the rest will be given to you."

"You can also deposit it with me." Gao E reminded.

Yun Zhou thought for a moment and shook his head: "I don't need that much right now."

"Okay, just tell me when you need it." Gao E nodded.

After giving these to Yunzhou, Gao E wondered how Tao Meiyu was doing in Xiangzhou as she had not received any letters from him.

Xu Boyan left Lu Yong alone for two more days before going to see him. Lu Yong now had greasy hair and an untidy beard, completely losing the demeanor of Lu Yong in white.

Xu Boyan handed the mirror to Lu Yong and said, "I'm afraid that the great talent Lu wouldn't even recognize himself now."

Lu Yong threw the mirror to the ground and asked, "What do you want?"

Xu Boyan smiled and said, "What do you mean by 'whatever I want'? Mr. Lu is not from Hexian County, so it takes a long time to investigate the household registration."

"Stop pretending here, you are doing this on purpose." Lu Yong was a little annoyed.

Xu Boyan laughed. "You're the best at pretending. I'm sure it was you who sent someone to kill Chen Ke."

Lu Yong paused and sneered: "Where's the evidence?"

"You're just sure I don't have any evidence." Xu Boyan approached Lu Yong and said slowly, "Even if there's no evidence, people will die."

Lu Yong's expression changed drastically: "What are you going to do?"

"What can I do?" Xu Boyan spread his hands. "I just sent people to Dancheng to investigate you repeatedly and told them about your complete loss in He County."

Lu Yong stared at Xu Boyan: "Are you going to kill someone and destroy their heart?"

"Not really." Xu Boyan shook his head. "Even though you lost here, you are still the leader of Danyang Society."

Lu Yong gritted his teeth. He knew very well that he had lost such a big person and would be worthless when he returned.

"Someone, come and release the talented scholar Lu." Xu Boyan said and left.

He could let Lu Yong die here, but now with the eldest princess watching over him, Lu Yong's death was no big deal.

But it would be too easy for him to die like this. I guess there will still be people who miss him.

It would be better to let Lu Yong go back and let him be looked down upon and watch the people who once flattered him mock him. But he still doesn't have the courage to die, and the remaining pride will be completely worn away, and in the end there will be nothing left.

Lu Yong watched Xu Boyan leave, and thought that if he died at this time, it would be a worthy death.

But just as Xu Boyan guessed, he didn't have the courage to die.

Lei bought Wu's shop for eighty taels of silver, and felt embarrassed to send food to Wu every day.

Mrs. Wu was not polite either, and the two of them interacted with each other and their relationship became even better.

The weather was getting colder day by day, and the villagers went to the mountains to pick acorns. A diligent person could pick three or four baskets a day.

But no one thought of starting the acorn jelly business. They thought they couldn't make the flavor right. Besides, they could make money by working for the Chen family whenever they had free time.

The Chinese tallow tree nuts that Gao E had always wanted were ripe. Xiao Chuyun took people to pick the Chinese tallow trees, and they could bring back several large baskets every day.

Although only a thin layer on the surface can be used to make candles, there are many of them, so Gao E estimates that she can make quite a few candles.

As time passed, Gao E wondered if Lu Qingluo and the others would never come back.

Even if I don't come back, should I write her a letter, or should I tell her that something happened on the way?

In the end, Lu Qingluo and the others didn't come back, but I received a letter from Tao Meiyu.

Tao Meiyun complained in the letter that she had just arrived in Xiangzhou and fell ill due to acclimatization. Fortunately, her child was fine, otherwise she would have felt guilty to death.

Xiangzhou is hot and humid with many insects and ants. It is still hot now and the food is very unpalatable.

But no matter how she complained, she had no intention of returning to Dan City.

This time I sent her a lot of cicada fungus, saying that people there said it was a miracle medicine.

Gao E could feel Tao Meiyu's disgust when she read the letter, which was similar to when she came to He County.

Seeing her disdain, Gao E couldn't help but want to tease her, and mentioned the progress of her yard construction and how comfortable it was to live in it.

But in the end I still sent her some dried chili peppers, instructions on how to make chili oil, and some homemade sour plums, hoping she would eat more.

As for her and the Tao family's affairs, she didn't mention a word.

After sending the things, Gao E thought it would be good for Tao Meiyu to stay with He Tangchun forever. At least she wouldn't have to be caught between her and the Tao family.

It was time to prepare to burn charcoal when the weather got cold. Before she could go to discuss this with Master Ma, Master Ma came to her first.

"Master Xie and I did some calculations. If we continue to burn bricks and fine pottery, plus the charcoal consumption every winter, half of the forest in this area may be cut down in a few years," Master Ma said directly.

Originally, the number of bricks and tiles burned was already decreasing, but now they were going to build a college, and they were also going to build houses in Hexian County, so bricks and tiles had to continue to be burned, so the consumption of firewood increased sharply.

Gao E wanted to use the Yun family's method of forestry, but that would require a very large area and a wide variety of species.

They consumed too much wood in a short period of time, which will definitely have an impact on the mountains and forests in this area.