In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

After Bai Lu finished speaking, before Old Lady Zhou and Zhou Xiaonuan could react, she immediately pushed them away with her shoulder and walked straight towards her house.

She didn't want to waste time talking to Old Madam Zhou and Zhou Xiaonuan here. She had to go to town later and needed a good rest today.

Zhou Xiaonuan and Old Lady Zhou looked at Bai Lu viciously from behind.

Humph, they will drug her seven wolves and make them lose money! See how proud Bai Lu is!

......

Early the next morning, smoke rose from Bai Lu's house.

The first thing to do when getting up on Bailu is to boil a large pot of goat milk to feed seven babies.

The seven babies are now one year old and can eat other things, but goat milk is the main thing.

While heating the goat milk for them, Bai Lu cooked some porridge for herself. The rice in the porridge was all white rice that she bought from the town, and she beat five eggs into it.

Heat up the cumin pork slices left over from last night and the delicious aroma will come out. Eat the pork slices with white porridge, it’s so delicious.

Seven little babies were holding their rice bowls, drooling at the sight of Bai Lu's hot cumin pork slices.

"Mother! Mother! It smells so good!"

"..."

Bailu pretended not to hear, mixed the white porridge with a little sugar, and crushed the egg yolk, then gave each of them a few sips of the thin mixture, and mainly gave them some goat's milk to drink.

Bai Lu smiled and said, "Is it delicious?"

“Delicious!”

"I want to eat meat!"

July sobbed and looked at Bailu, her eyes full of pity.

Bailu pretended not to hear or see anything. She ate the cumin pork slices with egg whites, then boiled two eggs and put them in her arms.

Before she left, she called seven wolves over to look after the cubs. The seven little wolves looked at Bai Lu with howling eyes. Bai Lu touched their foreheads and went out.

......

Lotus Town.

After arriving in the town by ox cart, Bai Lu went to Changyi Lane. She and Gu Liang had made an appointment to visit some shops.

During this year, she always provided goat milk at Mingyue Tower, and Gu Liang became familiar with her. She looked fine wearing the hat, but no one could recognize her when she took it off.

But Gu Liang had a good memory. When he saw Bai Lu without a hat, he recognized her as the white girl wearing a cloak.

Gu Liang didn't say anything more after that. This boy was very sensible and kept the matter to himself. He didn't ask why Bai Lu was so rich and still lived in a small mountain village.

At this time, Mrs. Luo was selling goat milk, so I didn't want to disturb her and would go find her later.

Gu Liang has a day off today, so it's a good opportunity for me to go with him to check out the shops around him.

Changyi Lane.

A young man with a runny nose from the cold, wearing a tattered cotton robe, was wandering at the entrance of the alley.

He was holding a book in his hand, which was also in tatters. He was waiting for someone in the cold wind, muttering to himself.

“When Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a man, it will first test his mind and will, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, deprive him of all want, and frustrate him…”

The neighbors nearby looked at Gu Liang with pity.

As soon as Bai Lu arrived there, she saw Gu Liangdong's nose was about to run.

She was stunned and asked quickly: "Why did you come out wearing so little?"

"Come in, come in!"

Gu Liang smiled awkwardly, hesitating, his handsome face like the bright moon showing embarrassment: "Actually... this is the warmest piece of clothing I have at home."

"My mother has been ill again recently, and there is really nothing to sell at home. I can't make enough money by selling calligraphy and paintings, so I went to work as a laborer, but my family thought I was too slow and kicked me out..."

"So I had to take out some of the cotton from my clothes and sell it to get some money for medicine..."

"But these can't be exchanged for much medicine, just some herbal dregs. I'll try my best to make mother feel better."

"..."

Bai Lu sighed and quickly pulled Gu Liang to his house.

Although Gu Liang's home is in Changyi Lane, not in the village, it is a very dilapidated, broken-tile house that is who knows how many years old.

It's even comparable to Bai Lu's shabby little house.

There is only one bedroom and a main hall inside, and the kitchen has an open-air stove that was built outside.

There was no heating in the room, so they could only lie on the cold wooden beds.

His mother is blind and has recently fallen ill. She is lying on a wooden bed and it looks like she won't live long.

The white-haired old lady heard the noise outside and hurriedly said, "Gu Liang, Gu Liang... are you back?"

"Exactly."

Gu Liang rushed over and said, "Mom, how do you feel today?"

"...It's okay, it's okay. Didn't you say you had friends waiting for you? How is it?"

Bai Lu quickly said, "Aunt, it's me."

The old lady smiled kindly: "The voice is so clear and crisp, you can tell it's a good child..."

After she asked about Gu Liang's mother's condition, she roughly realized that this was probably long-term malnutrition, and his already weak body made him even weaker.

It was cold in winter, so she caught a cold. This cold almost cost her half her life.

Gu Liang looked at the old lady's pale face and tired expression, and he had a rough idea in his mind. He thought his mother would not survive this winter.

Thinking of this, his eyes became red, but he didn't say anything. Men don't shed tears easily. This was the principle taught to him by the books of sages.

Gu Liang just silently put his mother's hand on his face and looked at his mother quietly.

Seeing how miserable Gu Liang was, Bai Lu couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

After they had been intimate for a while, Bai Lu and Gu Liang went out together to check out the shop.

However, Bai Lu did not go to the nearby shop with Gu Liang immediately, but took Gu Liang to a nearby fabric shop.

The cloth seller smiled and said, "Madam, do you want to buy cloth?"

Gu Liang was confused.

"What...what are you going to do?"

Gu Liang felt a little embarrassed. He could feel Bai Lu's kindness. Did she want to buy clothes for him?

Gu Liang quickly said: "I...I don't want your clothes. It's not easy for you to make money."

Bai Lu smiled and whispered to him.

"Since I have the money to buy a shop, I can naturally buy you a cotton-padded jacket. It's just a piece of cake for me."

"You help me look for a shop location, and you have to find out the shop owner in advance and make an appointment for me... This must be a bit hard and tiring, but this is my reward for you."

"After that, I will give you another two taels of silver as your agency fee. You can buy some herbs and food for your mother to take good care of her."

"Don't reject me. If you reject me, I'm afraid I won't be able to accept your kindness."

After hearing this, Gu Liang nodded and agreed.

He is not a pedantic scholar. Now they can't even afford to eat. If they still care about this rule and that rule, and about face, wouldn't that be nonsense?

Bai Lu changed Gu Liang into a new cotton-padded jacket. Although it wasn't particularly good-looking, the thick cotton wrapped inside the coarse cloth made Gu Liang feel much warmer instantly.

Bai Lu also bargained with the young lady who sold cloth, and the young lady sold Bai Lu a few kilograms of old cotton at a low price, so that Gu Liang and his mother could use the cotton to sew quilts or something.

His blind mother had poor eyesight, so it was difficult for her to sew cotton-padded clothes, but she had no problem sewing quilts.

Gu Liang watched Bai Lu busying around and handed him two taels of silver, and he felt warm in his heart.

With tears in his eyes, he looked at Bai Lu who was helping him bargain, and felt his heart was filled with tears.

The people of Bailu are so nice. I will definitely repay them when I have the chance in the future.

He must study hard, bring honor to the family, support his mother, and repay Bai Lu, so that Bai Lu and her seven children can live a good life!!!

The feeling of love spreads and grows in my heart.

Gu Liang didn’t know what it meant to be moved, but he knew what warmth was.