The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

"Sister-in-law. It's quite lively here."

Gu Honglian was like a sticky candy, she stuck to Tong Huaqiong as soon as she saw her.

Tong Huaqiong thought that no matter how lively the scene was, there would be no room for Gu Honglian to display her talents.

Tong Huaqiong looked towards Gu Xiaoxue and saw the usually timid Gu Xiaoxue standing in front of the loom instructing the female workers to try out the work, nodding or shaking her head with a charming smile.

The female worker on trial changed her expressions as Gu Xiaoxue nodded or shook her head.

Gu Honglian felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.

"Gu Xiaoxue works better here with her sister-in-law than at home," said Gu Honglian.

Tong Huaqiong nodded and said, "Xiaoxue is very good."

Because Gu Honglian rescued Gu Xiaoxue that day, Tong Huaqiong was calm towards Gu Honglian.

"What are you doing here? To join in the fun? There's no suitable work for you here." Tong Huaqiong said to Gu Honglian.

Gu Honglian said loudly: "I know, I can't spin or weave, I just came to take a look."

She didn't want to sit in the house and weave.

That's so boring.

She couldn't sit still.

"Sister-in-law, Ruinian has been tinkering with things in the yard these days, and he almost set the kitchen on fire the night before yesterday." Gu Honglian took the initiative to tell Tong Huaqiong about Gu Ruinian's situation.

Tong Huaqiong frowned. She remembered that she saw sulfur and saltpeter covered by firewood in the yard of the old house last time. Combined with Gu Honglian's mention that Gu Ruinian almost set fire to the kitchen, she could basically infer that Gu Ruinian was making gunpowder.

Why did he make gunpowder?

It is thought that because his right leg was disabled and he lost the qualification to be an official, he could only take a different approach and rely on making gunpowder to make a comeback.

Gunpowder was very important in this era. It was a weapon to protect the city. In a war between two countries, more powerful gunpowder could turn the tide of the war.

There was gunpowder in this era, but it was not as powerful.

This is the popular science that Su Chengmin gave to Tong Huaqiong.

Gu Ruinian probably took advantage of the fact that gunpowder at that time was not powerful enough, so he wanted to improve gunpowder by relying on the modern knowledge in his mind.

The raw materials for making gunpowder are not cheap, and the old family is already extremely poor. How can Gu Ruinian have extra money to buy these raw materials?

She suddenly remembered that Gu Honglian mentioned last time in Pingchuan that the reason the Zheng family let Gu Ruinian go was because Gu Ruinian was useful to the Zheng family.

This is useful. I guess he knows how to prepare gunpowder.

In the Zheng family, as long as he showed that he could do it, he would have a chance of survival.

The Zheng family is a business family and of course they have their own network of relationships. I'm afraid they also value Gu Ruinian's gunpowder technology and want to use it for themselves.

If someone could create powerful gunpowder and present it to the imperial court, or if someone could "create" pesticides to kill cotton aphids like she did, they could get the title of a county lord. It is possible that once the Zheng family or Gu Ruinian mastered the gunpowder technology of later generations, they would be invincible.

Moreover, the second son of the Zheng family passed the imperial examination in the same year as Gu Jingzhe, and is now also studying at Wanliu Academy.

According to Tong Da Jiao's memory from her previous life, the second son of Zheng was a man of bad character and vicious temper. The reason why Gu Ruinian was treated so lightly by the Zheng family was probably because he and the second son of Zheng had a crush on each other, and the two of them might be planning something bad.

Thinking of this, Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Jingzhe: "Have you ever met Mr. Zheng Er in the academy?"

Gu Jingzhe said: "He and I were classmates."

Seeing Tong Huaqiong asking about the Second Young Master Zheng, Gu Jingzhe thought that Tong Huaqiong was worried that his past misdeeds would be grasped and spread by the Second Young Master Zheng. Fortunately, the Second Young Master Zheng was studying in a private school at the time and was not fully aware of the deal between Gu Jingzhe and the Zheng family.

He did talk about Gu Jingzhe's past, but now Gu Jingzhe looks like a good scholar, while the second master Zheng is the type who stirs up trouble in the academy. Over time, everyone starts to believe Gu Jingzhe and not the second master Zheng.

Therefore, when Gu Jingzhe's past deeds were revealed, people in the academy did not believe it.

In addition, since the senior brother Lu Zhaoyang, who was in a very high position in the world, promised his sister to Gu Jingzhe, everyone became less and less suspicious that Gu Jingzhe had a shameful past.

Thinking of this, Gu Jingzhe cursed himself even more for being foolish and blinded by greed in the past, and was even more grateful to his mother for forcing him to have a conscience.

Tong Huaqiong didn't bother to pay attention to Gu Jingzhe's thoughts and said to him, "Pay attention to the second son of Zheng. Don't get involved with him. He is now working with Gu Ruinian to make gunpowder."

Gu Jingzhe paused and nodded.

Tong Huaqiong did not avoid Gu Honglian when she said this.

Gu Honglian now hates Gu Ruinian to the core and wishes Gu Ruinian would suffer terrible misfortune.

However, after Gu Honglian revealed Gu Ruinian's affairs to Tong Huaqiong, she was no longer focused on pleasing her sister-in-law, and her eyes fell on the village road.

"Sister-in-law, please go ahead and do your work. I won't bother you anymore."

Gu Honglian ran away quickly.

Gu Jingzhe looked at the village road outside the door and frowned.

"Mom, is it possible that my aunt has fallen in love with Fan Tong?" Gu Jingzhe said, pointing towards the village road.

Although Gu Jingzhe and Lu Zhaozhao strictly abide by etiquette, they have also tasted the sweetness of love. The aunt rushed to Fan Tong with a smile on her face, and her look was no different from when he met Lu Zhaozhao.

But he and Lu Zhaozhao had a clear path.

My aunt and Fan Tong are not related at all.

What's more, Fan Tong has a very bad character. While he is hanging out with the village chief's daughter and Gu Taohua, he also dreams of becoming Mr. Huang's son-in-law.

Tong Huaqiong followed the direction of Gu Jingzhe's finger and saw Gu Honglian saying something to Fan Tong with a smile on her face, while Fan Tong had a pretentious indifference on his face.

"Only your aunt knows whether she likes Fan Tong or not, but why did Fan Tong come to Qinghe Bay?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Tong Huaqiong felt a chill when she thought about how Gu Taohua was burned to death because of Fan Tong in her previous life.

With her interference, Gu Taohua has cut off her thoughts on Fan Tong, and Tong Huaqiong is afraid that Fan Tong will not give up on Gu Taohua.

The second boss of Taohua Dessert, the daughter of the county magistrate, is extremely favored at home... With so many buffs, Gu Taohua can be said to be the most enviable girl in the entire Yanguan Town.

Who doesn’t want to marry Gu Taohua as a daughter-in-law?

Marrying Gu Taohua is equivalent to marrying a lot of money.

Ever since Gu Jingzhe passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, many people have been secretly trying to propose marriage to Gu Taohua. However, Tong Huaqiong rejected all of them because she saw that Gu Taohua had no intention of getting married.

Therefore, when Tong Huaqiong saw Fan Tong, it was hard not to suspect that he came for the Peach Blossom Valley.

When Fan Tong saw Gu Jingzhe standing at the door of the weaving workshop, his eyes lit up and he moved over. But when he saw Tong Huaqiong standing beside him, his steps slipped a little.

"Let me meet him."

Gu Jingzhe flicked his clothes and called to Fan Tong, "Senior Brother Fan."

Fan Tong had no choice but to go up to Tong Huaqiong and Gu Jingzhe.

"Brother Fan, what are you doing in Qinghe Bay?" Gu Jingzhe asked.

Gu Honglian looked at Fan Tong with anticipation in her eyes.

She had fallen in love with Fan Tong ever since she met him in Yanguan Town in the spring. Coincidentally, she would meet Fan Tong every time she went to the market in the town, and every time Fan Tong would greet her or chat with her.

A few days ago, she went to the market in Yanguan Town and met Fan Tong again. Fan Tong was holding a piece of peach blossom dessert and sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his hand and gave it directly to her. During the chat, he asked what the relationship between Gu Honglian and his junior brother Gu Jingzhe was.

Gu Honglian held the osmanthus cake in her hands and thought happily that Fan Tong was just making small talk just to give her a chat.

She was afraid that Fan Tong would find out that she was Gu Jingzhe's aunt and treat her as an elder, so she vaguely said that she and Gu Jingzhe were from the same village.

Therefore, Fan Tong did not know about her aunt-nephew relationship with Gu Jingzhe.