Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

After Gu Shuhe followed Shen Tingci to Haishi, she naturally couldn't work because her child was young and she had moved to a different place.

But because her family was with her when she first arrived in Haishi, Gu Shuhe was much happier every day than when she was in the county town.

She can take her child back to her parents' home every day if she wants.

Gu Shuhe felt this was the happiest thing ever.

And her mother-in-law was there to help.

But Chen Ying left after staying in Shanghai for more than a year.

Because Shen Pengfei was transferred.

Originally, Shen Pengfei stayed in the county town, and Chen Ying stayed in Haishi for a while, then went back to the county town for a few days. The distance between them was short, so she didn't get tired from traveling back and forth.

But Shen Pengfei was transferred.

The new place he took office was hundreds of kilometers away from Haishi, so it would be inconvenient for Chen Ying to travel back and forth. She could only follow Shen Pengfei.

The family gets together during the Chinese New Year.

Gu Shuhe is raising her child alone.

Fortunately, the child is older now, can talk and walk, and her parents' home is nearby, so she doesn't find taking care of the child tiring.

It's just... just a bit boring.

She often takes her child to Gujia's place, letting her child play with her three cousins.

The child has his own way of playing, and she doesn't need to worry about him at all.

Her mother and her eldest sister had endless gossip to share.

Even Chunhua and Huahua, who have children, can join in the conversation.

Gu Shuhe was originally a shy person and used to prefer being alone.

Nowadays, I'm not used to gossiping.

When the child is playing by himself, she can only rest her chin on her hand and stare blankly for half a day.

Feeling incredibly bored, Gu Shuhe revived one of her old ways of passing the time.

She took a pencil and drew page after page in her notebook, depicting the daily lives of her children.

She added her own imagination and expressive techniques to make the interesting scenes even more engaging.

As the album grew thicker, Gu Shuhe used her pen to record the beautiful scenes of life.

Shen Tingci discovered her painting while tidying up his things.

As he turned the pages, the wonderful records inside astonished Shen Tingci; he had never realized his wife possessed such talent.

Seeing that he was looking at her painting, Gu Shuhe felt a little shy and said, "I just drew it for fun."

Shen Tingci turned his gaze from the painting to her, his eyes filled with genuine appreciation, "It's very well painted!"

"It's very childlike and also very natural and lively."

"By the way, do you want to go out and work?" Shen Tingci asked.

He thought it wouldn't be right to confine Shuhe because of a child.

Gu Shuhe was initially embarrassed by the praise, but when she heard about work, she fell silent.

She doesn't feel the need to work, but if she could work...

What should we do about Yunlan?

"Although he can talk and walk, he can't go to school yet."

"And... I'm also a little reluctant to part with him."

"If you want to go to work, you can find someone to mentor you."

Since the announcement of the college entrance examination, things have become more relaxed in all aspects. In their case, it is possible to find a helper.

"Let me think about it," Gu Shuhe said, unable to make up her mind immediately.

She is not a fiery person.

However, she also asked Shen Tingci, "Should I still go to work at the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"I wonder if the supply and marketing cooperative in the city will even want me?"

"I wonder how much they would charge if we hired someone to help take care of the kids!"

"If there are too many, it seems better to take care of them myself, otherwise the money I earn will just go to her."

Shen Tingci shook her head, "It's different. Just because you have less work today doesn't mean you'll have less tomorrow."

"Furthermore, the cost of childcare is not measured by an individual's salary, but by our family income. Hiring a childcare nanny is not difficult for us, but it allows us to have more time for ourselves, which is something that cannot be measured in money."

"But if your current priority is spending time with your children, I still want to say, thank you for your hard work."

"If you don't want to continue working so hard, I'm willing to support you no matter what you do."

“If you’re really worried, I can have my mom come over and help us for another year. Once the child is a bit older, we can hire someone to help take care of him.”

Gu Shuhe slowly revealed her true feelings: "When Yunlan went to my sister-in-law's house, she didn't really need me for a day."

“He has his own friends and can eat by himself, while I am quite bored most of the time.”

Shen Tingci hugged her and whispered gently in her ear, "Go to work if you want to!"

“However…” He released the person and raised the hand that had been holding the painting, “I think you can continue your studies!”

“Reading…” Gu Shuhe didn’t dare to think about it. “I’ve already had a child, how can I study?”

"Isn't the college entrance examination open to all students nowadays?"

Gu Shuhe looked at Shen Tingci in disbelief. "You want me to take the college entrance exam?"

Shen Tingci nodded.

“…I,” Gu Shuhe seemed a little frightened.

Shen Tingci held up her painting and told her, "Your painting is so talented that it shouldn't be held back by me and Yunlan."

"Only by taking the college entrance examination and studying can you stand higher and go further."

"Can……"

"Go secretly. If you fail, just pretend you didn't pass. If you don't tell and I don't tell, no one else will know," Shen Tingci suggested.

Gu Shuhe was indeed very interested in the idea that Shen Tingci gave her.

If she gets accepted, she'll be a college student.

If I fail the exam, I won't say anything, and no one will know. There's no shame or being laughed at.

"Then let me... try?"

"Ok!"

Gu Shuhe didn't tell Wen Tang and the others after that, and started secretly studying at home. Shen Tingci helped her prepare a lot of exam preparation books.

I secretly studied and secretly took the exam.

The day Lin Jingshen received his college admission notice was also the day Lin Jiaojiao returned to her parents' home. Gu Shuhe and Shen Tingci were also at the Gu family home.

Seeing that Lin Jingshen had received his admission letter from Fudan University, Gu Shuhe felt unconsciously nervous, unsure whether she had been accepted.

She wanted to go back and take a look.

If you passed the exam, the acceptance letter should have been delivered to your home by now!

Unfortunately, she wasn't home.

To keep it a secret, she didn't dare say that she needed to go home to check if she had been accepted.

Getting accepted is great, but if I don't get accepted...

Well, never mind, never mind. If she doesn't get accepted, it's best not to let anyone find out that she took the college entrance exam.

When no one was paying attention, Shen Tingci whispered in her ear, "We'll go back after we finish eating."

After dinner, Shen Tingci took Gu Shuhe and the child home, citing work as the reason.

There were no letters or anything like that at the door of my house.

Gu Shuhe felt a sense of loss.

Although she kept telling herself that she definitely wouldn't pass the exam.

But who doesn't want to pass the exam?

Seeing that there was no mail or anything like that at the door, Shen Tingci immediately asked, "Did you have a full lunch?"

"How about I cook you something else to eat?"

"I've learned a new local dish. Would you like to try it?"

Gu Shuhe nodded.

After entering the house, Shen Tingci first put her sleeping son on the bed before rolling up her sleeves and going to the kitchen.

Then he stood at the kitchen door and called out, "Shuhe, come and help me."

Gu Shuhe was tidying up her books when she heard this, so she put them down and said, "Yes, I'm here."

After that, Shen Tingci kept Shuhe in the kitchen, sometimes asking her to pick scallions, sometimes asking her to help wash vegetables, and finally asking her to watch him cook.

Just as a dish was finished cooking, there was a knock on the courtyard gate. "Is anyone home at No. 3, Lane 9?"

Shen Tingci took off her apron. "I'll go take a look!"

Gu Shuhe smelled the delicious aroma of the dishes and did not object.

"Is Comrade Gu Shuhe here?" the postman asked Shen Tingci.

Before Shen Tingci could ask, the postman smiled and told her, "This is Comrade Gu Shuhe's admission notice."

"This is her address. Is she home?"

"This needs to be signed for by the recipient!"

“Yes, yes…” Shen Tingci was unusually excited for once, “Shuhe, Shuhe…”

Gu Shuhe had just put the food in her mouth when she heard Shen Tingci calling her. She ran out without even chewing.

She ran out with her cheeks puffed out, only to be excitedly hugged by Shen Tingci, "Shuhe, you passed the exam, you passed the exam..."

Shen Tingci kept repeating it excitedly.

Gu Shuhe was also dumbfounded.

Finally, the postman broke the sweet moment between the two, saying, "Comrade Gu Shuhe, could you please sign here?"

The two then hastily separated, Gu Shuhe blushing, and Shen Tingci also blushing.

However, one calmly signed his name, while the other calmly watched from the side.

After receiving the acceptance letter, Gu Shuhe looked at it over and over again, "I really got in?"

She couldn't believe it and held the notice up to the sun overhead.

For every question she asked, Shen Tingci would respond with an "Mmm," giving her an affirmative answer.

The moment the courtyard gate closed, Gu Shuhe took the initiative to hug Shen Tingci.

This was the first time Gu Shuhe had taken the initiative in their relationship.

Even though it was just a hug, Shen Tingci's ears turned bright red.

"Thank you, Shen Tingci," Gu Shuhe said sincerely.

Gu Shuhe wondered what her life would be like now if she hadn't chosen Shen Tingci...

The camera then shifts to Shi Bin and his wife.

Shi Bin and his wife Liu Xiaoling have been married for more than two years. Their first child is over one year old, and Liu Xiaoling is pregnant again.

The Shi family hadn't split up; the brothers all ate from the same pot, so naturally they didn't get to eat anything good.

Not only did she not get to eat good food, but Liu Xiaoling also had to do a lot of work. Who told her to be unemployed and to have a daughter as her first child!

The dowry for the wedding was borrowed by Brother Shi Bin again.

Historians are not worried at all about Liu Xiaoling acting like a wicked person.

She kept complaining about Liu Xiaoling, saying, "Look at the child you gave birth to, I don't know who she took after, she's so greedy, you should control her."

Shi Bin, on the other hand, disliked Liu Xiaoling's sloppiness and found her unattractive.

When Liu Xiaoling first got married, she was a pretty girl, but getting married, having children, and taking care of housework, plus getting pregnant again quickly, left her completely exhausted.

Even girls in their early twenties have thin, sallow faces and dry, brittle hair.

Her face even developed spots and fine lines, which made Shi Bin even more disgusted with her.

The wages I received were decreasing each time.

Liu Xiaoling asked him, "I want to buy Daya a new dress."

"Little brat, why are you buying so many new clothes?"

"Why don't you alter those clothes your sister-in-law brought over?"

Liu Xiaoling was furious. "Those clothes are all patched up. How can we alter clothes for Daya to wear?"

"Where should I change it?"

"Besides, have you ever bought a single new piece of clothing for Daya since she was born?"

Shi Bin was still a man of conscience after all, and when pressed, he took out some money.

But what's the use? After buying a piece of cloth, Liu Xiaoling saved two cents to buy cookies for her daughter, and then it was all gone for half a year since she last saw Shi Bin's money.

Because of the machinations of the eldest sister-in-law of the Shi family, Liu Xiaoling squandered money and spoiled the children too much.

It was simply because Liu Xiaoling didn't let her child take the cookies away.

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Gu Shuhe woke up with a start, glanced at the people who were already up, and breathed a sigh of relief. It was a nightmare, a nightmare...

Thankfully, it was just a nightmare.

The day after Gu Shuhe was admitted to university, she made a special trip to the Gu family home to tell Zhong Meixian and the others.

When Zhong Meixian heard the first sound, she didn't react at all, as if she had heard Gu Shuhe say, "Mom, I ate fried dough sticks and soy milk this morning."

But after a while...

"You...what did you say?"

Gu Jinfeng was also somewhat incredulous.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, waiting for Gu Shuhe to repeat herself.

"I got into university."

"It's not as good as the schools in Jingshen, but it's still in Haishi."

"You...you got into university?" Meixian couldn't believe it.

"Yes!" Gu Shuhe nodded again.

Meixian raised her hand to touch her daughter's forehead. Her head wasn't hot, and she wasn't confused, but her words...

"You got into university?" She still couldn't believe it.

Gu Shuhe could only nod again.

Then he took out the wrapped admission letter from his bag and said, "Admission letter, take a look!"

Gu Jinfeng could read a few words, and upon seeing them, she excitedly exclaimed in a loud voice, "Mother, Mother, my little sister really passed the exam! She really passed the exam!"

"Our family has produced a college student! A college student!"

Meixian now truly believed that her daughter had passed the exam.

Then she looked at her daughter over and over again, and finally said, "You're quite capable."

Gu Shuhe felt a little proud.

“Why didn’t you mention this before?” Meixian asked.

Gu Shuhe became embarrassed and said, "I felt I wouldn't pass the exam, so I was too embarrassed to say it."

Meixian then asked, "So what are you going to do with this child?"

"No, you can leave it here and I'll watch it for you."

Wen Tang's three children are all grown up, and with Chunhua and Huahua helping out.

Gu Jinfeng was there every day, and Zhong Meixian felt that whether it was one sheep or a flock of sheep, it was all the same.

Gu Shuhe shook her head, "According to Ci, we should also find an aunt to help us."

"Is it easy to find?"

"I heard that he was looking for it."

Mei Xian then said no more.

When Wen Tang and the others learned that Gu Shuhe had been admitted to university, they were very happy. Wen Tang insisted on throwing a celebration banquet for Gu Shuhe.

Then they had a meal at a state-run restaurant.

Wen Tang gave Gu Shuhe a red envelope containing two hundred yuan, saying, "Study hard, and if you encounter any difficulties, just tell your sister-in-law."

Gu Shuhe refused the red envelope, saying, "Sister-in-law, I don't have any money. I haven't spent any of the dowry you gave me. I have enough money to live on!"

Wen Tang shook his head. "Take it. This is all your sister-in-law has."

Gu Shuhe “…”

"Thank you sister-in-law!"

"good!"

Shen Pengfei and Chen Ying soon found out that Gu Shuhe had been admitted to university.

Since Shen Pengfei couldn't come, Chen Ying, Shen Tingzhi, and Shen Tingyu came together.

Chen Ying told Gu Shuhe, "Since you're going to school, I'll help you take care of your child afterwards."

Gu Shuhe was quite embarrassed, "But you still have Tingzhi and Tingyu over there..."

Chen Ying waved her hand, "They're almost thirty, what are they afraid of?"

“Yunlan is still young and needs someone to take care of her.”

"Your father and I don't feel comfortable asking someone else to take care of you."

“This child is so young, he can’t speak clearly. What if the other party pinches or twists the child in private? You and Tingci aren’t home during the day, how would you know?”