Farming and reading family

After going through so many things, Chen Fansheng no longer cares about family matters. His only obsession is to let Chen Ke become an official. If he doesn't see Chen Ke become an official, he will die with regrets.

Chen Ke knew his father wouldn't listen to his explanation: "Then I'll go back to study."

Hearing Chen Ke say he wanted to go back to school, Chen Fansheng couldn't stop him: "Study hard and don't do those unnecessary things."

Chen Ke bowed and left.

After meeting his sister-in-law and father in succession, he wondered whether he should take a detour when going home next time.

When Chen Ke arrived at his doorstep, he saw many people coming to sell grain, all sitting on stools waiting at the door.

"Second brother." Chen Jie greeted him.

"Where is your sister-in-law?" Chen Ke saw so many people walking around.

"It's inside." Chen Jie pointed in the direction.

When Chen Ke went over, he saw Gao E watching Han Yue keeping accounts.

"My husband is back." Gao E heard the noise at the door and looked up to see Chen Ke coming back.

Chen Ke nodded and began to feel nervous again, worried about what Gao E would say about preparing for the Spring Examination.

"But what problems did we encounter in Qingtan Gorge?" Gao E said as she walked out.

Chen Ke saw Gao E come out and walked side by side with him to the backyard: "Mr. Du and Mr. Hong both want to give the people invited this year the ink bone stone."

He knew that Ghost Crying Mountain was no longer his wife's, and the Ink Bone Stone might be a little difficult to obtain.

Gao E had already moved most of the good black bone stones from the surface of Ghost Crying Mountain. She didn't care about the rest that needed to be dug or some scraps.

However, the total amount of Ink Bone Stone is limited at present. As the reputation increases, the price is getting higher and higher. We cannot make giving Ink Bone Stone away a routine.

"Ask Mr. Du to give him some smaller ink bone stones, such as carved handles or pen holders." Gao E wanted to use the broken ink bone stones.

Chen Ke thought Gao E was embarrassed: "Okay, I'll talk to Mr. Du."

"How are the preparations going over there this year?" Gao E asked casually.

"Fortunately, Mr. Hong originally wanted to stop the work and tidy up, but Mr. Du said it was not necessary. It just happened to let the people who came this year see the progress of our academy." Chen Ke said with a smile.

"Very good." Gao E didn't stare at Qingtan Gorge this year. "Where are the famous scholars we invited?"

"Last year, we already had a reputation. This year, some people have already sent invitations and want to participate. Mr. Du said he would have to screen them."

Gao E thought it would be a good idea to screen them: "Is Ji Qiuniang coming this year?"

That time, Ji Qiuniang was asked by Gao E to build a girls' school with her. Finally, she looked around and said she was going to visit an old friend and left. There has been no news of her since then.

But at that time she hadn't moved into the big yard, and it was quite troublesome to let her run around every day.

"No news." Chen Ke said hurriedly.

Last year, Ji Qiuniang was invited by accident, but fortunately nothing went wrong at the gathering. This year, he didn't dare let Ji Qiuniang come.

"Well," Gao E thought, thinking that Ji Qiuniang hadn't caused any trouble last year, nor had she made any outstanding achievements. "Will the famous scholar that my husband invited last year come again this year?"

"It's already been agreed, and they're still coming." Chen Ke laughed at this. "They want to teach in our academy. What do you think, my lady?"

"Sure." Gao E agreed immediately. "So they don't plan to take the imperial examination?"

Chen Ke got nervous when he heard the words "imperial examination" and said, "I haven't heard them say that."

"It's okay." Gao E looked at Chen Ke with a somewhat evasive look and immediately said, "A gentleman is always poor, and everyone has his own aspirations."

Chen Ke heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Gao E say this: "And..."

"What?" Gao E saw that Chen Ke was in a dilemma. "Is the money enough for the gathering?"

"It's not enough." Chen Ke came back to discuss this matter.

Gao E thought for a moment and said, "I'll discuss this with Mr. Du later."

"Okay." Chen Ke really didn't want to discuss this matter. He felt like he was spending his wife's money.

"When my husband comes back, please stay for lunch," Gao E suggested.

"It's very busy over there, I'll go over first." Chen Ke said and left.

Gao E smiled and sent Chen Ke to the door.

"You're still laughing." Lu Qingluo suddenly appeared beside Gao E.

"What's wrong?" Gao E looked at Lu Qingluo's serious expression.

"Don't you think Chen Ke is abnormal?" Lu Qingluo looked profound.

"What's abnormal?" Gao E thought it was quite normal.

"You don't even eat when you get home. It's obvious that you're being avoided."

"and then?"

"He must have someone else outside." Lu Qingluo was sure, "That's why he doesn't want to go home."

"You think too much." Gao E said and walked back.

"It's already this late, why doesn't he stay for dinner?" Lu Qingluo looked suspicious.

"He was afraid that I would talk about preparing for the Spring Examination." Gao E said, restraining her smile.

"Ah?" Lu Qingluo didn't expect "Why?"

"Why so many whys?" Gao E felt that Lu Qingluo couldn't understand.

Let Chen Jie watch over the grain harvest while Gao E goes to find Du Weiqing.

Du Weiqing actually changed into a coarse cloth shorts. Even when Master Xie was not around, he was able to keep the construction site in order and even read a book after finishing his work.

"Mr. Du." Gao E felt that Du Weiqing had changed a lot.

Du Weiqing heard Gao E calling him and gave some instructions to the craftsman before coming over.

Gao E glanced at Du Weiqing's hands and decided she needed to get him some gloves. "My husband said we don't have enough money for the gathering. How much is needed?"

"There may be a lot of people coming this year, so we need to prepare at least another 6,000 taels, not including the food." Du Weiqing was not polite at all.

"Where is the account book?" Gao E asked directly.

"Let's go." Du Weiqing took Gao E to look at the account book.

Du Weiqing and Hong Sheng lived in the same tent. The three shelves in the tent were already full of things. Du Weiqing brought over several account books.

"This costs more than I thought." Du Weiqing put down the account book, sat sideways at the low table and poured himself a drink of water.

In the past, Du Weiqing was also a very elegant person with many particularities.

Since I took charge of building the academy, I haven't been so particular about it.

Gao E knew there was nothing wrong with the account book, she just wanted to see how much money was spent and whether she could save some money.

"As long as it is something that needs to be spent, you can't save it." Gao E looked at the account book seriously.

Du Weiqing smiled and said, "This is just the beginning. There will be many places to spend money in the future. It's not too late for you to stop now."

Gao E shook her head: "Even if we split a penny into two, we will build this academy."

Du Weiqing was relieved when he heard Gao E say this: "Is the Jin Dynasty going to participate in the Autumn Examination this year?"

"Yeah." Gao E nodded.

"Can we ask him to say that he is a student of Qingtan Academy?" Du Weiqing said a little embarrassedly.

Now that the academy is being built, naturally the greater its reputation, the better.

The best way is to prove it through scientific research.

"I've already told Jin Ruyi about this." Gao E wasn't stupid. "Just tell him that the Batou Village School was the predecessor of the Qingtan Academy, and that Jin Chao did study with you."

Du Weiqing chuckled, which was rather ungraceful.

He knew that with Jin Chao's talent, he would definitely pass the examination to become a scholar, and then he would become the signature of their Qingtan Academy.