She gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was kicked out by her mother-in-law who favored boys

Gu Qingqing was caught off guard and her feet left the ground suddenly. She was so scared that she hugged Wen Wuyan's neck and said, "Put me down quickly. What are you doing?"

"The water is deep. I'll carry you across."

In front of so many people, including the county yamen runners, Gu Qingqing felt her face getting hot, and she begged Wen Wuyan in a low voice, "Please put me down, I can walk over by myself."

"Well, I know you can walk over. You'll feel uncomfortable with your wet clothes, and the baby in your belly will suffer as well. I feel sorry for him and you. Don't move. If I lose my balance and drop you into the water, I won't have to get up to see you and your child." Wen Wuyan saw Qingqing struggling slightly, so he simply stopped in the middle of the stream and didn't move.

"Qingqing, are you afraid that I can't hold you and will throw you on the ground?" Wen Wuyan asked seriously.

That’s what Gu Qingqing was thinking about, she was just a little embarrassed.

At this moment, Zhao Bei, letting Wenrou ride on his shoulders, shouted to them, "Brother Wuyan, you are not too weak to walk because you are holding your sister-in-law! Tsk tsk tsk, you just took the lead. You should bear it quickly, I can come over to help you."

Wen Wuyan was despised by Zhao Bei. He turned his head and glared at him fiercely. Looking at the gentleness on his shoulder, he replied, "You should take care of my second daughter."

After Wen Wuyan finished speaking, he continued to walk forward carefully while holding Gu Qingqing in his arms.

"Oh, Wenrou, sit tight and watch how I surpass your father." Gu Qingqing listened to Zhao Bei's howling behind her and his quickened pace.

She smiled helplessly, regretting a little why she didn't bring Shengxi with her.

"Wow, Uncle Bei, you are so awesome. Look, Sister and Daxin have been left behind by us. Let's hurry up and prevent them from catching up with us."

On the other side, Zhao Dong was carrying Wen Xin on his back, and Zhao Nan was carrying Li Xin on his back, wading slowly across the stream.

"I used to think this place was a desolate place, but now I think it will become our land, and it looks better and better to me." After Gu Qingqing was put down by Wen Wuyan, she looked at the green grass in front of her and said.

Wen Wuyan responded, and Gu Qingqing immediately walked towards Master Chen, "Master Chen, how do we start?"

"Wen Shulang, our county has a rule that fields along rivers, woods, etc. will be moved back three meters. Since you are sure you want the land here, I will ask them to move back three meters along the river and measure the fields that belong to you."

"Thank you, sir."

Wang Wuyan, Zhao Dong and the others originally wanted to help, but they didn't know that the county yamen runners were experienced in this field and didn't need their help at all.

It took only half an hour to measure the two hundred acres of land.

Lord Chen also wanted to give Wen Wuyan and the others a thumbs up, so he didn't draw the picture too close to the river or stream, but instead made it a neat and square shape.

Seeing that the field was drawn, Lord Chen said to Wen Wuyan, "In a few days, the county will send a stone landmark over. When your road is built over there, dig a hole at the edge of the field over there and bury the landmark over there."

"Understood. Thank you for the reminder, Master Chen."

By the time we finished here, the sun had already set, so we didn't stay here for long and waded through the stream again.

After returning home, Gu Qingqing served them tea and then asked Lord Chen two questions.

"Sir, do I need to stick three sticks of incense every day for this imperial decree? I'm afraid that dust will fall on these, so can we use a box or something else to cover them?"

Gu Qingqing asked this, but she was thinking clearly in her mind that she had to kneel down and kowtow when receiving an imperial edict. This imperial edict was placed on the way back to her room. She would have to walk here hundreds of times a day. Wouldn't her knees become weak after each kowtow?

Of course, she could never say this, so she found a euphemism.

"Hahaha, that's not necessary. You can just leave it here for three days and burn some incense every morning. You can put it away after three days and take it out for worship during festivals."

After hearing this, Gu Qingqing felt relieved and asked the second question.

"Master Chen, there is one more thing I need to ask you. Our family has an imperial memorial archway. Does that mean that as long as we don't violate the laws of the court or do anything malicious to hurt others, as long as we have this memorial archway, if our family makes something good or other, it can protect our family from being robbed?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Chen clasped his hands together, bowed to the north, and said solemnly, "With the imperial memorial archway here, who dares to rob your things? If anyone comes, you can beat him to death with sticks."

After hearing what he said, Gu Qingqing instantly felt relieved.

"Thank you for your advice, sir!"

Then Gu Qingqing left the house and went to the inner courtyard room to prepare preserved eggs according to the number of people who stayed, and added two bars of soap.

As for Lord Chen's portion, he wanted more preserved eggs, a few more bars of soap, and an extra jar of wine she made.

……

After seeing Mr. Chen off, Gu Qingqing saw that the officials in charge of the project had already selected the site for building the archway.

They actually chose to build the archway on the small road leading to her home from the village road.

As a result, anyone who came to her house had to pass through the archway first.

Gu Qingqing didn't care where the archway was. She just wanted the security and honor.

After they left, Gu Qingqing and Wen Wuyan did not go back. They looked towards the village. The setting sun was dazzling, but she still saw a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the village, all watching them.

Gu Qingqing waved over there and called a group of people to come towards her.

Wen Wuyan took the opportunity to ask the question in his mind. "Qingqing, what did you mean by the last sentence you asked Master Chen just now?"

Gu Qingqing turned her head and smiled at him, "This way, you don't even have to take the exam to become a scholar!"

"? I, I like reading." Wen Wuyan thought Qingqing didn't intend to let him read, so he said hurriedly.

Gu Qingqing pulled his hand, "You don't understand what I mean. Last year, we asked you to study because our family wanted to make paper, and we needed you to become a scholar or a Jinshi to protect our family. Now it's different, we have the imperial memorial archway, even if someone in the county or other places knows that we are making paper, they dare not rashly come to make trouble. As for your desire to study, you can continue to study, but from now on you can put down the burden on your shoulders and study for your own interests."

Wen Wuyan was moved by her last words. He took her hand and said, "You and the child are my favorites, my everything."

They hadn't said a word to each other when the villagers arrived.

Gu Qingqing looked at the various gifts they were carrying and asked in surprise, "Uncle Wu, uncles, what are you doing?"