A family of three travels through time together, and the golden finger is turned on

After arriving at Gu's residence and having dinner, Gu Shiliang was very sensible tonight and went to sleep in the study. The two sisters were sure to have a candlelight chat all night long.

"Looking at you, your brother-in-law must treat you very well." The two sisters slept on the same bed at night. Ji Qingwan was really envious of Ji Yiwan's current life.

"It's not easy for women to survive, so when a woman gets married, she must marry someone who is a good person. Maybe the love is not passionate enough, maybe the life is not affluent enough, but a good person will definitely be someone who can live a good life." Ji Yiwan said.

"Yes, you must marry someone who is already good. Back then, you even said that Uncle Thirteen was making things difficult for Shanzhi, but you didn't even think about who Uncle Thirteen was doing it for." Ji Qingwan laughed at the memory of that time. When she was young, Mu Ai knew that her younger sister had already fallen in love with someone at first sight. How could she have thought of so much?

"That's because he's good to begin with." Ji Yiwan felt a little embarrassed.

"Well, I am really envious of you riding here today, and I am lucky to have you here." Ji Qingwan said.

"Yes, fortunately I am here and can be filial to my parents. Now that my sister is here, my uncle and aunt don't have to wait for me every day." Ji Yiwan replied.

"You." Ji Qingwan did not continue the topic. The two sisters chatted until the early morning. Although they had not seen each other for a long time, they still had endless things to talk about.

The next day, Ji Yiwan woke up early and went to the academy. Ji Qingwan followed her maid to the academy and was completely shocked. This was a world she had never imagined. From the teachers to the students, everyone here was so full of energy and high spirits.

She fell in love with this place at once, so much so that when Ji Yiwan asked her to stay in the academy, she agreed without hesitation.

"Sister-in-law? What are you doing sneaking around like that?" Ji Yiwan saw Qin Qiuyue looking outside furtively at the back door of the academy.

"Hush." ​​Qin Qiuyue signaled Ji Yiwan to keep her voice down, then waved her hand, asking Ji Yiwan to come over. Ji Yiwan walked over cautiously and looked out along the line of Qin Qiuyue's hand.

It was a family of three and a girl. Ji Yiwan knew the girl, Qin Xiaocao, who was a student at the college. She was ten years old and came from a very poor family. Apart from her college uniform, her other clothes were all patched up. She was in very poor health and had been in the college for almost a year, but she still looked very thin.

The father and son, however, looked plump and fair. Their clothes, though not of good material, were new. They looked completely different. The woman was a carbon copy of Qin Xiaocao.

"If we hadn't sent you here, you wouldn't be living the good life you have now. You have to know that you will get married eventually. Only when your brother is well will you be well, and only then will you have someone to support you in the future." Following the man's familiar words, Ji Yiwan and Qin Qiuyue clenched their fists.

"That's right, I want to eat meat. Give me the meat! Otherwise, I won't care about you anymore. I'll just sell you off." The fat kid said as he took a few steps forward and started to attack. Although he didn't know how old the boy was, he was Qin Xiaocao's younger brother, and he was much bigger. Compared to Qin Xiaocao, he was really tall and strong.

"Ah!" Qin Xiaocao instinctively fought back. After all, she had been taking martial arts lessons for almost a year, and she was working extra hard. The little fat boy was thrown flat on his face. Ji Yiwan felt relieved when she saw it, but unfortunately Qin Xiaocao was too thin and weak, and her strength was still insufficient.

"You little bitch, you dare to fight back? Who are you to hit your brother?" The man was furious and was about to hit Qin Xiaocao. The woman stepped forward to block Qin Xiaocao, but was pushed to the ground by the fat boy.

"Get away from me, you old woman. How dare you hit me?" Fatty was obviously furious.

"Mom." Qin Xiaocao was extremely anxious when she saw her mother being pushed to the ground. She rushed over, and the father and son punched and kicked Qin Xiaocao, and then she was hugged by her mother. All the punches and kicks fell on the woman.

"Stop it! Who allowed you to act so recklessly here?" Ji Yiwan pushed the door open and walked out.

"Throw them both out." Ji Yiwan immediately called the guards to throw the father and son out. Qin Qiuyue also stepped forward to help lift the mother and daughter up.

"Teacher." Qin Xiaocao couldn't help crying when she saw Qin Qiuyue and Ji Yiwan.

"Don't cry, take your mother back first, I'll check her injuries." Qin Qiuyue frowned.

"No, don't bother, I'll go back now." The woman endured the pain and followed him out.

"Mom, why are you going back? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't care about them." Qin Xiaocao didn't want to be a punching bag, but she just couldn't let go of her mother.

"······Xiaocao, I'm sorry for you, but I have no other choice. Your three sisters were sold by him. I can only stay there to get news about them. From now on, no matter what they say, you don't care. You are lucky. Now you have the protection of the ladies. He dare not make plans against you again. Today, they were caught by the ladies and they dare not come again. You'd better not come back in the future. Live a good life, okay?" The woman stroked Xiaocao's face with trembling hands.

But then she stopped. Her hands were too rough and would hurt her grass. The grass pressed the woman's hands against her face, tears streaming down her face. The woman turned and knelt before Qin Qiuyue and Ji Yiwan. She kowtowed three times and said nothing.

"Wait." Ji Yiwan spoke immediately when she saw the woman was about to leave.

"You are still injured, so you should stay here for now. As for your three daughters, I will talk to the county magistrate. I believe there will be news soon. Xiaocao will not be at ease if you go back like this." Ji Yiwan is the county magistrate's wife now, so it is not difficult for her to find a few people.

After five or six years of preparation, the women's college was opened with the intention of helping these girls. However, now they have become another kind of blood-sucking parasite. This is definitely not their original intention in opening the women's college, so this matter must be thoroughly investigated to see whether this situation still exists in the college.

"Yiwan, leave this to me," Qin Qiuyue said. She had indeed discovered this situation at the academy, but it disappeared soon after summer, so she didn't continue her investigation.

Unexpectedly, these people would come back as soon as the weather cooled, probably because they couldn't stay away from the summer heat. She knew firsthand how difficult it was to escape from one's family of origin. She seemed to see a reflection of her past self in these girls. So she had already begun investigating how many such cases existed in the academy.

Qin Xiaocao wasn't the first one. She had almost finished her investigation and was about to organize the information to tell Ji Yiwan about it.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law. Just ask if you need people or things." Ji Yiwan knew that some things were innate, and if you were not good at them, you were not good at them. Even though she now had Ji Yiwan's memories and had been the wife of the county magistrate for several years, the fact that she was able to open this women's college was the result of the family's brainstorming and the guidance of the elf master.

It wasn't easy to change the mindset of someone who had lived in mediocrity for decades before crossing over. She had indeed never noticed anything like this happening at the academy, and that was partly due to her own self-righteousness. After all, as the wife of a county magistrate, the common people would have held her in awe.

"Yes." Qin Qiuyue took the mother and daughter to the medical room.

Qin Xiaocao looked at the new and old wounds on her mother's body and couldn't stop crying. Since she went to college, she has been very happy and has been working hard, hoping to finish her studies as soon as possible and take her mother away from that home.

At first, things were fine. Later, when he learned that the college offered better treatment, the man and his brother would wait behind the college every day for her food rations. If she didn't give them, he would beat her mother and not allow her to visit. Later, in the summer, the food couldn't be stored properly, and when they came to her house, they could only eat rotten food. It was quiet for a few months. Now, as soon as the weather turned cooler, it started again. She hadn't seen her mother for a long time. This time, she said that if she couldn't see her mother again, she wouldn't give her anything.

They brought her mother with them. Ever since she started college, her mother had told her not to come home. She didn't want to care, but this was her mother, who had gone through hunger and hardship to protect her. She was able to go to college because her mother had been beaten half to death.

Qin Qiuyue asked the mother and daughter about their specific situations and then left the space to them.

"Mom." Qin Xiaocao couldn't stop crying.

"Don't cry, mother doesn't feel any pain." Qin Xiaocao held the withered, dry, wrinkled and calloused hand and felt only warmth.

Qin Xiaocao wasn't alone; she had a mother who didn't resist but protected her, a fact many of the younger sisters envied. The academy only accepted a hundred students in its first year, and 58 of them were being exploited by their families. Qin Xiaocao wasn't the worst offender.

The most terrifying thing is that these students still stubbornly refuse to repent and don't feel like they're being exploited. Instead, they're gloating about how they can benefit their families. This is all about taking advantage of the college. All they think about is these rich people, the real fools with lots of money.

Qin Qiuyue counted all the students and conducted ideological work on them one by one. After a month of observation, they ultimately had no choice but to expel eight students. Some people are simply beyond redemption. For those who are stubborn and want to morally blackmail the college with their families, they can only put aside their desire to help others and respect their fate.

Ji Yiwan also found out about Qin Xiaocao's three sisters. The eldest sister was sold to a dark house and died of illness two years ago. The second sister was taken to the capital by a trafficker and now works as a maid in the mansion of Duke Wu. The third sister was taken away by a troupe of opera singers. After asking their opinions, Qin Xiaotao had already returned.

Wang Cuihua and Qin Erniu divorced, establishing a daughter's household. Qin Xiaotao, only thirteen years old, made an exception and enrolled in the academy, while Wang Cuihua became a housekeeper. All three of them were very motivated. Qin Xiaoyu's treatment at the Duke's mansion was decent; the Duke's mansion was a kind family. Now a third-class maid in the eldest daughter's courtyard, Qin Xiaoyu hadn't redeemed herself. She was overjoyed to hear her mother and sisters had escaped their misery, and she sent someone to bring her the monthly salary she had saved.

Now that we have kept in touch with each other and know that each other has a better future, we feel much more relaxed and have hope and expectations in life.

"Master, Madam, the eldest and second young masters are back." Time passed slowly, everything settled, and the new year was about to begin. The academy was closed on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and school would resume on the 16th day of the first lunar month. Seeing the servant run in excitedly, the whole family happily put down their work and went out to greet the returning wanderers.

"Big brother, second brother." Gu Pan and Gu Hele ran the fastest because they were looking forward to the gifts.

"Hey, run slower. You are all grown up kids. Be more steady and learn from Cancan, okay?" Gu Hean walked forward and wanted to pick up Gu Can.

"Brother, I'm a grown-up kid too. You can't hold me anymore." Gu Can quickly ran away.

"Okay, okay, it's big brother's fault." Gu Hean patted Gu Can's head, still feeling a little regretful. His sister was so cute when she was little.