After transmigrating, I became a stepmother.

Logically speaking, at such a young age, Tie Dan should be growing up being pampered and spoiled by his parents.

If the father is blindly filial and cannot protect the child, then the mother should at least stand up for herself.

Unfortunately, Tie Dan was destined not to be so lucky. If Lin Hao were to summarize it, he would probably be a father who was blindly filial, a cowardly mother, a biased grandparent, and a broken man!

Because Tie Dan's mother grew up in a family that favored sons over daughters, girls raised in such families either awaken and rise up in rebellion, or succumb and become submissive!

Unfortunately, Tie Dan's mother was the latter.

Whenever Tiedan was beaten by his father, Tiedan's mother would silently shed tears while advising him not to be so stubborn. She said that doing more work was no big deal, and it wouldn't hurt him. If he really didn't want to do it, he could just tell her, and she would do it for him.

It wasn't that no one had tried to persuade Tie Dan's mother, but they were all turned away.

Tie Dan's mother had her own set of reasons: suffering a loss is a blessing, and besides, we're all family, so helping each other is only right!

Seeing her like this, people naturally stopped saying anything more. Why make yourself disliked?

The little boy's expression froze; he didn't know how to react.

This was completely beyond his comprehension!

Subconsciously, he wanted to see his mother.

However, they had been talking so enthusiastically that they had already come out of the house, so when they turned around, all they could see was the heavy curtain.

"That, that..."

He hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a solution.

Tie Dan, however, put one hand on his hip and casually waved the other, smiling nonchalantly: "It's fine. Anyway, now I just run out to play after I finish eating every day, and go back when it's time to eat. If they can't catch me, they can't order me around to work!"

Rather than seeking sympathy and solutions from his friends, he was more concerned with another issue.

"You still haven't told me why your dad isn't coming home?"

"Imperial examination, taking the imperial examination."

When this was mentioned, the little boy immediately raised his chin, his eyes filled with admiration.

In this era of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, taking the imperial examination was truly a glorious thing for one's ancestors.

Sure enough, after hearing this answer, every friend's face showed amazement.

"Does that mean your dad will become an official in the future?"

"Is your dad very good at studying?"

"Of course! Otherwise, how could one take the imperial examinations?"

"So now that you're from an official family, does that mean you can't play with us anymore?"

What were the subjects tested in the imperial examinations?

……

A barrage of questions came one after another, as if everyone was talking, but he couldn't hear a word anyone was saying. Looking around at the constantly opening and closing mouths, he felt like his brain was about to explode!

"Alright, everyone, stop arguing and ask one by one!"

In the end, Xiaoshu raised his voice and managed to suppress everyone else's noise.

The little dumpling breathed a long sigh of relief and tried its best to answer.

"My father is amazing, everyone says he is!"

"The exam will cover the Four Books and Five Classics, poetry, prose, and policy essays..."

"Becoming an official... I don't know either!"

He tilted his head; his teacher hadn't yet taught him how to become an official!

"Will you still play with us in the future?"

Actually, most people didn't really understand these things either. When they saw that he couldn't answer, they let it go and were more concerned about the things they could understand.

"Yes, I will."

"I know the answer to this question," Little Baozi answered loudly.

This place is very interesting, and he will ask his mother to bring him here again.

Hearing him say that, everyone cheered.