Reborn 99 Days Later, Becoming a Landlady and Getting into Tsinghua and Peking Universities

"Juanzi, I heard you got into another argument with two female students at school today?"

And they even went so far as to confront that stubborn, unyielding Deng Xianfeng?

As Gao Juan's father-in-law slowly sipped the soup that Gao Juan had served him, he asked, seemingly casually.

Gao Juan paused in her work, smiled ingratiatingly, and downplayed the issue, saying, "They're just two disobedient students."

"Then how come I heard that you're going to read a 5000-word self-criticism in front of the entire school next Wednesday?"

"what?"

Grandma Gao Juan, who was coaxing her grandson to eat, put the child on the nanny's lap and glared angrily at Gao Juan:

"You've got a plague, haven't you? Reading a self-criticism in front of the whole school, don't you think that's embarrassing enough?"

My grandson is unlucky to have such an unreliable mother like you!

Shame!

You've completely disgraced our family!

No!

I don't care what method you use, this lousy self-criticism is absolutely unacceptable!

Gao Juan's husband looked displeased, his tone revealing a hint of irritation: "What did you do?"

Gao Juan lowered her head, a faint chill flashing in her eyes.

When he looked up, all that remained on his face was a forced smile: "Father-in-law..."

Gao Juan's father-in-law raised his hand to interrupt: "Don't call me! If it were someone else, it would be fine."

But you're unlucky this time, you've run into Deng Xianfeng. He's like a stubborn rock in a cesspool; I can't help you with that."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Gao glared at Gao Juan and said, "Old man, is there really no other way?"

Our precious grandson is still in school.

If people knew they had a mother who had to write apologies, their classmates would laugh at them.

"A joke? Wasn't the joke big enough when you got married back then?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Juan's mother-in-law glared at her son and said, "This is all your doing! You were blind to marry such a woman."

Gao Juan's husband retorted: "I'm the one who's unlucky, okay?"

He was just visiting a classmate in the countryside when he saw her about to drown and offered her a helping hand. Little did he know he would get entangled with her.

"Dad, if it weren't for your enemies finding out, I wouldn't have had to marry her!"

"Why is it my fault? Isn't it because you can't control your own weight?"

And you, weren't you the one making a fuss about not wanting to part with your two grandsons? Otherwise, given our family's status..."

Gao Juan showed no sign of panic; instead, she appeared somewhat smug.

Outsiders all praised her for marrying well, saying she had fallen into a lucky nest.

But who knows that when she first married into the family, no one treated her like a human being?

Anyone can insult her at will.

She was born into a rural family that favored sons over daughters, having given birth to eight daughters but never being able to produce a son.

From a young age, she knew that her family could not hold their heads high in the village.

Because there were no boys in her family.

She also knew that the girls who could stay at home and grow up well had to be useful.

Otherwise, she would end up like her older sisters, whose families didn't have enough food during famine years and were sold off cheaply.

She might even have been drowned in a chamber pot by her grandmother before she even opened her eyes at birth, just like her two youngest sisters.

Fortunately, the famine was over; otherwise, even a complete corpse might not have been preserved intact.

To prove that they are useful.

Before she was four years old, she was already cooking while standing on a stool.

She took care of all the housework.

She had never had enough to eat before she married into her husband's family.

Because she didn't want to end up like the other girls in the village, who were sold by their parents for dowry when they reached marriageable age.

In her spare time, she would squat outside the elementary school classroom.

The teacher took pity on her and didn't kick her out; instead, she would give her private lessons.

The world in the book is vast.

It not only enlightened her but also inspired her to aspire to something new.

She risked being beaten to persuade her parents to send her to school.

“If I study, I might be able to marry into the city and find you a son-in-law from the city.”

"And factories in the county town also have educational requirements for hiring..."

"I don't need to start from first grade. I can skip grades. It doesn't cost much money."

Due to various reasons, only 2 or 3 of the original 8 daughters survived.

The parents probably felt hopeless about having a son, and were secretly thinking of choosing a daughter they liked to keep at home and have a son-in-law live with them.

The eldest was chosen. (In order of who remained at home)

The eldest son was married off as soon as he came of age.

From then on, all the family's resources were tilted towards the eldest son, and his parents treated his brother-in-law like their own lifeblood.

Her brother-in-law sized her up with a lecherous look, and for reasons unknown, convinced their parents to support her schooling.

At the same time, the eldest child began to get pregnant and give birth frequently.

But like her mother, she only had daughters.

And so, when she turned 14, she graduated from junior high school.

Because of her uneven academic performance, she missed out on high school.

The bridge to the light seemed to have suddenly broken.

One dark and stormy night, her brother-in-law sneaked into her house.

She wanted to report it.

She wanted to commit suicide.

But her parents and eldest son all knelt on the ground and begged her.

“Juan’er! You can’t die! You can’t report him either. He’s our only son left. If he gets arrested, I won’t live either…”

"Juan'er, I'm begging you, your nieces are still so young..."

She hates it!

But the people kneeling on the ground were her parents who gave her life and raised her. What could she do?

She couldn't bear it, but she had to swallow her pride and bear it.

Her parents' and eldest son's indulgence, along with her forbearance, emboldened that beast to become even more rampant.

She wanted to change her fate!

Fortunately, the opportunity came soon.

Once, when she went to the river to wash clothes, she saw a man dressed in slick clothes walking towards her from a distance.

On a sudden inspiration, she jumped into the water.

Later, perhaps even God was on her side?

She successfully hooked up with C and then took the opportunity to make a big fuss about it.

The man is my current husband.

Although her in-laws reluctantly let her in, they never gave her a proper look.

Her husband didn't even accompany her back to the gates of the palace three times.

Fortunately, she was pregnant soon after.

Her husband's family had been single-son families for generations, and they happened to be caught up in the one-child policy, but she unexpectedly found out she was pregnant with twins.

Immediately, the in-laws' attitude changed.

She was both happy and terrified, fearing that she was carrying a girl like her mother and older sister.

Fortunately, heaven was on her side.

She gave birth to twin sons.

After that, although her in-laws' attitude was still not very good.

However, out of consideration for her two grandsons, she was allowed to attend night school to improve her education.

After she received her graduation certificate, she was assigned to teach at a high school in the city.

He even stepped in to help her resolve that incident from a few years ago.

Sure enough, it was the same this time.

Before Gao Juan's father-in-law went into his study after finishing his meal, he said in a deep voice, "Behave yourself these next few days, and I'll try to think of a solution for you."

Gao Juan nodded happily.

She pulled her beloved eldest son into a tight hug and gave him a big kiss!

He really is her good son.

Just as her mother said, women still need to give birth to sons!

Isn't she the best example?

If it weren't for the fact that she gave birth to a son, how could her in-laws have accepted her so quickly?

Since she had a son and returned to her parents' home, her brother-in-law no longer dared to bully her.

Even those families in the village who had always looked down on them had to treat them with utmost respect.

Boys are better!