Transmigrated into a Farmhouse: The Stepmother Spoils Her Child to the Heavens

"Tsk tsk tsk, isn't it good to be alive?"

Why did you have to provoke her!

"You agree?"

"What else do you suggest we do?"

Lin Bao shrugged helplessly. He was out of options anyway, but if this person had a solution, he wouldn't mind taking a look.

……

In the Gu family, Gu Lao Er's eldest and youngest sons were tied up for two days, and he himself was also tied up for two days before returning home. The three men lay in bed for half a month, unable to move.

The second wife of the Gu family, seeing that her husband and son were unable to get out of bed, spent her days crying and lamenting her miserable life.

Upon hearing the commotion from the main house, Li Guixiang immediately began to berate: "Crying, crying, all you do is cry all day long. Are you mourning your husband's death?"

“Aren’t the second son and the two younger ones still alive? Why are you crying all day at home? If you’re unhappy, go find the third son’s family. They’re the ones who made things like this for you. Go cry to them.”

One was in the main room and the other in the second room. They could both hear each other, but they just couldn't start arguing. They would just curse and cry, and neither of them wanted to bother the other.

Gu Jiao'er heard the noise in her room and looked at herself in the mirror. Her black hair hadn't grown out yet.

She hadn't left the house for months, and she had almost forgotten what it was like outside.

But the person who harmed her is still at large. Hearing her mother cursing, Gu Jiao'er called out from inside the house.

"Jiaojiao, what's wrong? What do you need?"

Li Guixiang always loved her daughter dearly, though she couldn't love her as much as her son, but she never mistreated her.

"Mother, do you know when my eldest brother will be back?"

Gu Xuewen, the eldest son of the Gu family's main branch, was intelligent from a young age and was sent to study. At the age of sixteen, he obtained the title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the county-level imperial examination). Now he is twenty years old and still studying at the academy.

It's quite a coincidence that Gu Xuewen's academy is Denggao Academy, which is right next to Longxing Academy. Why is it next to Longxing Academy?

Because the heads of the two academies don't get along!

I don't know what caused the feud, but the grudge grew bigger and bigger. Then, no matter what they did, they had to compete and fight, and eventually it evolved into what it is now.

If a few scholars emerge from Longxing Academy, a few will also emerge from Denggao Academy. Even if not, a few will be poached from Longxing Academy.

Although Longxing Academy doesn't do such unethical things, its dean has a sharp eye and only admits students who are exceptionally bright.

Sanhu was one of them. In fact, the test that day was not a difficult question, but a simple riddle.

Luo Shiren once asked, "If a snake can fly after eating an elixir, what will happen if an eagle eats a snake?" Someone answered, "The eagle will fly." Actually, this is wrong, because eagles can fly.

The correct answer is that the eagle filled its belly.

This question is very simple, but quite a few people still answered it wrong. Those who answered it wrong were naturally eliminated, and only those who did not answer it wrong were allowed to enter Longxing Academy.

Over time, the deans and students of the two academies came to regard each other as rivals whenever they saw each other.

When Sanhu entered the academy, his name had to be changed. Luo Shiren renamed him Changliu, hoping that his knowledge, his life, and everything else would flow like a stream.

The use of the word "leave" also expresses the hope that he can retain everything he wants to keep.

Today is a holiday for both academies. Denggao Academy has two students from Gujia Village: one is Gu Wen from the village chief's family, and the other is Gu Xuewen from Old Gu's family.

The two were close in age and from the same academy, so they were very similar in their tastes. When they left the academy, they decided to travel together.

Gu Xuewen stopped as soon as he stepped onto the street.

"Brother Xuewen, why aren't you leaving? What are you doing standing there?"

When Gu Wen saw Gu Xuewen stop, he couldn't help but ask, "They made an appointment to see Juan Niang, and if they're late, they probably won't make it home in time."

Upon hearing the voice, Gu Xuewen shook his head after realizing what was happening: "It's nothing. I think I saw someone I know. I must be seeing things."

He must be seeing things, otherwise how could he have seen his third uncle's second son, Gu Ershi, that simpleton, here?

Gu Xuewen thought he had misjudged the situation and implied to himself that it was impossible. Now that his third uncle's entire family was in that woman's hands, even if the four siblings had some ability, they couldn't possibly get here.

Gu Wen urged him to hurry up, and Gu Xuewen couldn't think of anything else.

The two arrived at a dark alley, and Gu Xuewen couldn't wait to knock on the door. After knocking twice, the door was opened from the inside.

An old woman with a smile invited them inside. After Gu Wen went in, he went straight to the west wing, while Gu Xuewen went straight to the east wing.

After a while, Gu Wen came out of the west wing with two books in his hands. He sat in the courtyard for a while before Gu Xuewen from the east wing came out.

Gu Wen frowned as he looked at Gu Xuewen: "Every time you come to discuss academic matters, you are always disheveled. Aren't you afraid of offending Juan Niang?"

"Brother Gu Wen, you don't know this. When we have a heated discussion, it's common for our clothes to be disheveled. As long as we have a clear conscience, how can we be considered abrupt?"

Gu Wen is only fourteen years old this year. Although he likes to be with Gu Xuewen, there are some things that Gu Xuewen is afraid he won't be able to keep to himself, so he hasn't told him.

When they had their monthly holidays, they would come here first. Gu Wen would go to the west wing, and Gu Xuewen would go to the east wing. The two of them kept to themselves and never stepped into each other's rooms.

Gu Wen didn't know what was in the east wing; he thought it was just like the west wing, with rows and shelves of books.

The owner of these books is the owner of this house, Dujuan Niang.

"Alright, alright, stop talking to me. Hurry up and tidy it up for me. If they see it when we get back, they'll probably start nagging again!"

The "they" that Gu Wen was referring to were, of course, the gossip enthusiasts of Gu Family Village. They could make a big fuss about anything, even if someone's clothes were slightly torn.

If they saw Gu Xuewen dressed so disheveled, they might not know what to say.

And since he was with him, if his people gossiped about him, he certainly wouldn't be able to escape either. He didn't want any stain on his reputation.

Upon hearing this, Gu Xuewen quickly agreed, tidied his clothes, took a few books, and then left the courtyard.

When the two arrived at the town entrance, they saw the oxcart they usually rode back home in, except this time there were two more people on the oxcart.

Upon seeing those two people, Gu Xuewen couldn't convince himself that he had mistaken them for someone else.