Farming and reading family

Farmers are lucky to have a stutter and generally don't pay attention to other people's preferences.

"I don't know." Chen Ke was also a little confused.

"Then I'll let He and the others do something." Gao E felt that Chen Fansheng was up to something.

She went to the kitchen herself and told He and the others to make vinegar celery meat pie. Remembering that Chen Fansheng had instructed that the vinegar celery should be chopped into small pieces, she chopped it into fine pieces herself and then added some other pickled vegetables.

With the addition of fatty braised meat, it tastes fragrant and not greasy. Gao E plans to eat this in the evening.

Chen Qing served his father four meat patties and a bowl of soup.

The meat pie smelled delicious. Chen Fansheng stared at it for a long time before slowly picking it up and taking a big bite.

Chen Qing felt relieved when he saw his father eating. In fact, he was not sure what his father was thinking.

"It smells good." Chen Fansheng said expressionlessly.

"Dad, eat first. If it's not enough, I'll get more for you." Chen Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Give me ten more." Chen Fansheng said directly.

Chen Qing was a little surprised, but he still went to tell Gao E.

"This pancake is very oily. Big brother, you must not let Dad get an upset stomach from eating it." Gao E warned.

Chen Qing nodded, but he saw that his father only ate one, so why did he need so many meat patties?

Early the next morning, Chen Fansheng changed into his best clothes and took out all the money he had saved.

I ate another meat pie in the morning, plus the ten meat pie I ordered later, a total of twelve meat pie, which I neatly put in the basket, covered it, and then carried the basket out.

As soon as he left the house, Chen Qing followed him out.

"Where are you going, Dad?" Chen Qing watched his father walking out of the village.

But after one night, his father's gray hair turned completely white.

"I'm going to He County." Chen Fansheng walked forward with his head down.

Chen Qing saw his father carrying something and knew he was going to see Chen Fancai: "I'll drive you there."

"No, no." Chen Fansheng waved his hand. "I can walk there myself."

"It's so cold today..." Chen Qing was worried.

"No, no, you can go back." Chen Fansheng walked away stubbornly.

When Chen Jie found out about this, he went to discuss it with his second sister-in-law: "The old man must have gone to see that bastard Chen Fancai."

Gao E heard Chen Jie address her like this: "Are you really planning to break off the relationship?"

"We can break up with anyone but my second sister-in-law." Chen Jie said immediately, then said with an annoyed look, "This old man didn't care about Chen Fancai that much before, what's wrong with him now?"

"It's a different time now," Gao E scoffed. "When you're young, you're always competitive. When you get older, you become nostalgic."

Chen Jie still couldn’t understand: “Forget it.” He was also numb.

Gao E went to see Yan Zheng in the morning, but Yan Zheng still didn't want to tell her whose child he was. He only said that he would be sent back to Qinzhou City after his injury healed, and he would definitely reward him handsomely.

Since the child is so vigilant, Gao E doesn't want to make things difficult for him.

When she got home, she heard a burst of intense horse hooves' sounds before she even entered the house. She turned around and saw a group of men in armor riding their horses towards her and stopping at her door.

Gao E looked at these people suspiciously. They should be the ones who appeared at the gate of the yamen yesterday.

Zhao Zhengyuan dismounted and looked at Gao E: "Do you know Gao from the Chen family?"

"It's me." Gao E was sure that she didn't know the person in front of her.

"My name is Zhao Zhengyuan, and I'm the son of the Zhao family. I heard that you bought the Zhao family's property." Zhao Zhengyuan looked at Gao E.

He didn't care about the fact that the entire Zhao family died in prison. If those people hadn't died, how could he, a bastard, have inherited the Zhao family's property?

But if someone takes the opportunity to swallow up the Zhao family’s property, that’s definitely not acceptable.

He was the illegitimate son of an actor, and even his father disliked him. When he came of age, he happened to encounter conscription into the army, so he was forced to join the army.

They said they were joining the army, but in fact they were just thrown out and left alone.

So over the years, the Zhao family just pretended he didn't exist.

It was not until the entire Zhao family was killed that the old steward of the family remembered that there was such a bastard, so he wrote a letter to inform the family of the matter.

Zhao Zhengyuan didn't care about other things. He had his own family after serving in the army for so many years, but if he wanted to inherit the Zhao family's property, he would definitely have to come back.

As for the Zhao family's affairs, since all the members of the Zhao family died in prison and the case was left unresolved, there was no reason to confiscate the Zhao family's property.

If the Zhao family has no legitimate heir, it will naturally belong to the government.

However, if there is someone who has inherited the property, the government will have to return it to the Zhao family as long as the identity is confirmed.

Gao E didn't know why another son of the Zhao family appeared: "What's the problem?"

"How did you buy it when the Zhao family's assets were not yet owned by the government?" Zhao Zhengyuan asked directly.

In fact, Zhao Zhengyuan didn’t care much about the properties that Gao E bought. It was just that he had just returned and always had to find a reason to establish his authority. It just so happened that Gao E bought the Zhao family’s property, and it was related to the Zhao family’s affairs.

"I bought it from the Zhao family." Gao E spread her hands.

Zhao Zhengyuan stared at Gao E.

"At that time, the Zhao family needed money to handle the matter, so they sold some properties. Is there any problem with that?" Gao E felt that the other party was looking for trouble.

Lu Qingluo and the others heard the noise at the door and came out one after another. They saw that the officers and soldiers at the door were all alert.

Zhao Zhengyuan saw that Gao E had no reaction to him: "I will return the money to you and I want to take back the Zhao family's property."

Gao E laughed when she heard this: "Please understand that the property is mine now. It's up to me whether I'm willing to sell it to you, not you to take it back."

Zhao Zhengyuan narrowed his eyes: "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Lu Qingluo came down the stairs directly and stared at Zhao Zhengyuan.

Zhao Zhengyuan looked at the people behind Gao E and said, "If you agree to this, there will be no loss for you. If you don't agree, I have plenty of ways to deal with it."

"As long as you are not afraid of breaking your hand." Lu Qingluo said directly.

Zhao Zhengyuan frowned slightly. A rural farmer dared to be so arrogant. It seemed that he had to check the background of this family.

He rose from a small soldier to the current captain of a thousand men by relying on his alertness and caution, otherwise he would have died long ago.

"Then we'll talk about it another day." Zhao Zhengyuan said, then mounted his horse and left.

Gao E watched the group of people leave quickly again, and raised her hand to fan her nose.

"Someone wants to steal your things again?" Lu Qingluo looked at Gao E.

Gao E really didn't expect that there was such a person in the Zhao family who had slipped through the net. She then looked at Ji Wuyang and asked, "Do you know him?"

"I don't know him, but his armor is that of a captain of a thousand men." Ji Wuyang said indifferently.

Judging from Zhao Zhengyuan's age, he is just a captain of a thousand men, which is considered to be a very poor performance in Ji Wuyang's eyes.

Gao E thought about it and realized that the Zhao family's assets she wanted were all useful and had been planned out. It would be a trouble if they were taken away by the Zhao family.

Especially the area around Jiming Mountain, where there are coal mines.

Even if the coal mine is under Xu Boyan's name, the surrounding industries are also hers. If they are taken away by Zhao Zhengyuan, the coal mine will be surrounded and she will be in a passive position.

This matter must be told to Xu Boyan, so she thought about it and wrote a letter.

Chen Fansheng has been taken to the county jail. Although he has not been convicted, he can be released by paying some money.