Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

Chapter 1: Not steaming steamed buns to fight for your reputation

The weather at the end of October was already very cold, but Gu Lianshan didn't feel cold at all. He looked very happy as he drove the ox cart and slowly left Bei'an City.

He was wearing a thick shorts and humming a little tune leisurely. His tall and strong body was leaning against the front of the car, holding a bull whip in one hand and gently swinging a bamboo tube in the other.

Gu Tang was sitting in the car. She covered her ears, not wanting to endure her father's off-key ditty. She stared at the system panel floating before her eyes, and completed today's sign-in task with a wooden face.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing today's sign-in and receiving five sheepskins.]

Gu Tang: ...

Well, she had just sold three sheepskins in Bei'an City, and now she got five more. If you think about it, she is still making a profit.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in for 30 days and winning a prize draw.]

This time, Gu Tang finally smiled.

Very good, adding the two accumulated before, I finally collected three consecutive draws.

I forgot who told me in my previous life that the chance of winning by consecutive draws is a little higher than that by a single draw.

In his previous life, Gu Tang would definitely look down on this "little bit".

Unfortunately, this life is even worse than the previous one, so I can only pin my hopes on this "little bit".

Suppressing the urge to draw a lottery, Gu Tang planned to wash his hands thoroughly, burn incense and worship the gods and Buddhas after returning home.

Gu Lianshan was completely unaware of all this. After all, he couldn't see the system panel and didn't know anything about the system.

At this moment, he was happily playing with the bamboo tube in his hand, and he looked like he couldn't let it go, which was so annoying.

The bamboo tube contains green wine from Bei'an City, which is brewed from green plums. It is spicy, slightly sweet, and has a strong green plum aroma.

A pound of green wine can be sold for more than one hundred to five hundred coins.

The better ones can even be sold for two or three taels of silver per catty, which is a luxury for farmers.

Driving the ox cart all the way, Gu Lianshan was very greedy and would pull out the cork from the bamboo tube and take a sip from time to time.

The spicy liquid passed through the throat, and the rich fruity aroma filled the mouth. After a few sips, the person felt like he was floating in the air.

That taste is so delicious!
Gu Tang happened to see this, and his face drooped: "Dad! You dare to drink while driving? Be careful and drive into the ditch!"

"Dad just wanted to taste it, he didn't eat much."

Gu Lianshan responded casually and continued to pour wine into his mouth.

He was in a very good mood, his expression was full of joy, he stopped humming the tune for a moment, and not long after, he suddenly sang out again at the top of his voice -

"Mountain against mountain—"

Gu Tang was startled by the sudden shout and his face turned dark!
It looks like the duck has its neck strangled!

"Dad, please stop singing! The car didn't go into the ditch, but your tune did."

Having lived two lives, the father in this life and the father in her previous life have roughly the same temperament.

He has a rough voice and prefers to sing soft tunes that give people goosebumps.

"What do you know? Dad is just happy. When Dad is happy, he likes to roar."

Gu Lianshan chuckled, the more he thought about it, the more beautiful it seemed. He said in a rather proud tone:
"Look at how proud your uncle was a few days ago, he was so proud! Isn't it just green wine? My daughter bought me a pound today! If you have the ability, ask his daughter to buy a pound too!"

Gu Tang didn't say anything, knowing that her father was angry.

Three days ago, her uncle Gu Liansheng went to a classmate's house for a banquet and came back drunk at dusk.

As soon as he came back, he showed off in front of the whole family, saying that he had enjoyed a fine banquet and drank the green wine that cost a hundred coins per pound to his heart's content. He also said that the host family respected scholars and valued him very much.

In the end, the conversation somehow turned to her own father, and the uncle lectured her father in front of the whole room, saying that he was always messing around and hanging out with those scoundrels who were not worthy of being treated well, and that those brothers who ordered him around would never treat him to a glass of wine.

Gu Tang knew that her father didn't care about what her uncle said at all and just thought that her uncle was talking nonsense.

What her father cared about was the attitude of her grandparents, but the two elders thought what her uncle said made sense.

At the end, her grandmother Feng added: That green wine is expensive, and only scholars can drink it.

This sentence was like adding fuel to the fire, making her father furious.

Her father has always been a gangster. When he gets angry, he scolds everyone. He started arguing with the two elders and even said harsh words to her uncle and her grandmother.

He said that he had to have a good meal with green wine, and he wanted to see how it could be done without being a scholar.

She said she was very happy, but as soon as she returned to the house, her father hung his head.

Gu Tang's parents were a couple who got married later in life. Her father's first wife left behind a son and a daughter, and her mother Zhang also left behind a son and a daughter.

After the couple got married, they had another son and a daughter.

The daughter is Gu Tang, and the son is Gu Tang’s younger brother, named Gu Ping’an. He is two years younger than Gu Tang and is eleven years old this year.

By this calculation, Gu Tang has two older brothers and two older sisters, and a younger brother.

In total, there are six brothers and sisters.

Because her father was not liked by the two elders of the Gu family, the six brothers and sisters were also not valued by the Gu family.

With such a large family and a scholar to support, the food they provide on a daily basis is really not enough to fill them up.

Especially their second branch, they were not well-received. Not to mention eating their fill, even eating one more bite was a sin.

All the children in this house depend on their father's secret ways to make money to support the family.

Even though her father looked careless all day long, he never dared to spend the family's money carelessly. He couldn't even dream of spending a hundred coins per pound of green wine.

It was precisely because she was reluctant to do so that her father became even angrier. Seeing her uncle's eyes and nose were all messed up, he had been arguing with her uncle for three consecutive days.

The uncle knew that her father was reluctant to buy it, so he treated it as if he had something on his hands and asked every day when he would buy the wine, which made her father so angry that his face turned blue and black.

A month was enough time for Gu Tang to integrate into this family. After seeing her own father being scolded by her uncle for three consecutive days, she felt angry.

Early this morning, she used the excuse of feeling unwell and needing to get medicine to ask her father to borrow an ox cart to take her into Bei'an City.

After entering the city, she first sold the Bupleurum root that she had accumulated for many days, and then secretly sold three sheepskins that she had obtained by signing in, and earned a total of three taels of silver.

As soon as she got the silver, Gu Tang spent a hundred coins to buy a pound of the lowest quality green wine for her father.

Even though she knew she would be scolded by her grandparents when she got home, she didn't care. She let her father come home and show off so that she could vent her anger.

But before they even got home, her father had already started drinking, and judging from his tone, his anger seemed to have subsided.

Gu Lianshan's anger subsided, but his words became more and more ridiculous.

"Your grandpa and grandma are so biased that you can't even find their shadow! Your uncle clapped his hands and said his farts were delicious. He even praised him to bits for just a meal of green wine."

"What kind of scholar is that? His whole family tightened their belts to support his education. He's been studying for over thirty years, and only passed the exam at the age of twenty-nine!"

"This is all due to his sheer luck. If it hadn't been for the incessant rainstorms that caused most of the students to miss the exam, would he have been able to pass the exam?"

"He's always asking for money at home, but he's earned it all himself. He can't even earn a penny, what a bastard! And your grandparents still say they rely on him to bring honor to the family. That's pure bullshit..."

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