Farming and reading family

Now Chen Ke can't find any reason not to go, and just wants to postpone it for as long as possible.

"An auspicious day?" Gao E laughed when she heard Chen Ke say this.

"What are you laughing at, ma'am?" Chen Ke felt a little aggrieved.

"This is easy to handle. My husband can ask her which gentleman my father is looking for. Then you can go and talk to him and tell him the date my husband plans to leave. My father won't be able to say anything." Gao E reminded.

Chen Ke thought about it and it made sense: "My wife still has a way."

"The old man just wants to seek comfort. It's not a big deal." Gao E said with a smile.

"Yes." Chen Ke nodded solemnly, "I'll go and find out right away."

"My husband rarely goes out, so we can ask Lu Hao to find out." Gao E suggested.

Chen Ke thought about it and said, "Okay." Then he left.

Gao E smiled as she watched Chen Ke leave. Perhaps Chen Ke’s current abilities were already good enough to make the list.

You can grow peppers during droughts.

But in the current situation, how to sell the peppers after growing them is a problem.

The village of Batou concentrated its cultivation on several plots of land, and did not waste the remaining land. Instead, it planted some drought-resistant crops, as it was not allowed to go to waste.

Cao Geng also ran around trying to stabilize the people of He County, but with little success.

I was really upset that day so I came to see Gao E.

"Lord Cao is a rare guest." Gao E stepped aside and invited Cao Geng to the main hall.

"I hope Madam Chen doesn't mind me bothering you again." Cao Geng said with a smile.

"As long as I don't have to spend money, food or labor, everything else is negotiable." Gao E said seriously.

Cao Geng choked. "Madam Chen, what you said makes it seem like I have no other business to visit you."

"It'd better be okay." Gao E joked.

Cao Geng sighed after hearing this: "If the people of He County are displaced, it will not be a good thing for Madam Chen."

"It doesn't affect me much." Gao E smiled slightly. "My farmhands and tenants, the people in Baoluobaotou Village, are doing OK."

Cao Geng thought about it and nodded. It really didn't affect Gao E much. "If all the landlords could overcome difficulties together with the people around them like you did, nothing would be impossible."

"What has Lord Cao been busy with recently?" Gao E poured tea for Cao Geng.

"Some people in He County have started to flee famine. I want to stabilize these people, but..." Cao Geng sighed.

We had previously extorted some grain from the gentry and landlords, but due to the drought in the past two years, there is not much grain left in the government granaries.

Moreover, his memorials had not been approved yet, but all the documents from the court requesting taxes and strong laborers were still there.

"If even Lord Cao is busy trying to stabilize the people's hearts, it seems that the situation has become very serious." Gao E looked at Cao Geng's distressed expression.

Cao Geng looked at Gao E: "What else can we do?"

"Of course it's a peaceful and prosperous time." Gao E said with a smile, "Stabilizing the people's hearts is just empty talk. Lord Cao, as the chief official of a county, can't even live a good life, and others are even more terrified."

Cao Geng frowned in thought.

"And those landlords? They're doing well, why would they go through this hardship?" Gao E said with a smile. "If our interests don't align, there's no point in discussing cooperation."

Cao Geng looked at Gao E and said, "Mrs. Chen, what you said makes a lot of sense."

The teachings of sages are sometimes too profound to resonate with ordinary people.

The two chatted for a long time, and Cao Geng left happily, thinking that he could come to Chen's house more often if he had nothing to do.

As soon as Cao Geng left, Lu Hao came on horseback.

"Sister, sister..." Lu Hao dismounted and shouted.

"What's wrong?" Gao E saw that Lu Hao was a little flustered.

Lu Hao looked around to make sure no one was around: "Brother-in-law, don't you want to go on the scientific expedition?"

"Ah?" Gao E didn't react for a moment.

"My brother-in-law asked me to keep an eye on which gentleman your old man goes to see, and then tell that gentleman that he cannot travel far in the next three years, otherwise he will suffer a bloody disaster." Lu Hao said in a low voice.

Gao E laughed when she heard this. She thought Chen Ke did a good job of learning from his experience and that this way he could avoid the imperial examination.

Why didn't he just let the gentleman say that there was no grass growing on their grave.

Lu Hao didn't expect his elder sister to laugh: "Brother-in-law must not want to take the top spot in the imperial examination anymore."

"Don't tell anyone about this." Gao E reminded.

Lu Hao was a little puzzled, but he obeyed: "Okay, but your old man is not giving up. He wants to find another master and find a way to crack it."

"Just do whatever your brother-in-law tells you to do, no need to ask any more questions," Gao E ordered.

"Okay." Lu Hao listened to what her elder sister said and stopped asking.

Lu Hao thought that his elder sister would be angry, but it turned out that his elder sister was very supportive.

After Lu Hao left, Gao E smiled from time to time. It seemed that Chen Kezhen had matured and could handle these things by himself.

"Why is mom laughing all the time?" Chen Zhengyue ran over excitedly.

"Because Zhengyue is very obedient." Gao E said with a smile.

"Then mother, could you please let Doctor Mu stay?" Chen Zhengyue said eagerly.

Gao E was surprised: "Doctor Mu is leaving?"

"Well, I see Doctor Mu is packing up his things." Chen Zhengyue said seriously, "Does mother have any ideas?"

"Come on, mother will take you to ask what's going on." Gao E took Zheng Yue's hand and went to find Mu Gonglao.

Mu Gonglao did plan to leave.

He had traveled extensively with the ambition of saving lives, and he had stayed at the Chen family long enough.

If the world is peaceful, he wants to watch Zhengyue grow up and teach him everything he has learned in his life.

But the world is not at peace, so he will save as many people as he can.

"Doctor Mu." Gao E called out at the door.

Mu Gonglao heard Gao E call him and turned to the door: "Madam Chen, is there something wrong?"

"I heard from Zhengyue that you are leaving?"

"Well, the young master of the Yan family has recovered a long time ago, and I should have left a long time ago." Mu Gonglao glanced at Zheng Yue.

"I never thought that Doctor Mu stayed here because of the young master of the Yan family." Gao E looked at Mu Gonglao. "Doctor Mu has helped us a lot. We have already regarded Doctor Mu as one of our own."

Mu Gonglao was moved when he heard Gao E say this: "There are refugees everywhere outside now. I have to go out and save as many as I can."

"What they lack now is not medicine, but food. Refugees are everywhere, and the land is full of starving people. No doctor can solve the problem."

"But as a doctor, I can't just do nothing." Mu Gonglao felt that this was his responsibility.

"I've always taught my children that no matter what they do, they must first protect themselves. This also saved a life." Gao E said seriously, "Doctor Mu is a good doctor. As long as Doctor Mu is alive, the world will have one more good doctor."

Mu Gonglao smiled wryly and shook his head when he heard Gao E say this. "I have no intention of leaving." He turned back to his room and took out a book. "This is what I have learned throughout my life. If Zhengyue wants to learn medicine, let Xingjia teach him according to this book."

"Then can I call you Master?" Zheng Yue looked at Mu Gonglao eagerly.

"You should find a better master in the future." Mu Gonglao touched Zhengyue's head. "You will definitely be better than me."

"Doctor Mu is the best master." Gao E really wanted to keep Mu's merits. "Medical skills are important, but a doctor's kindness is more important."