After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

The events at Songshan Academy outside the mansion caused a lot of commotion. Once the gate was closed, Gu Nanxi resumed his leisurely and comfortable life.

In the yard, Lumei was directing two or three servants to dig a hole under the peach tree and then bury pottery jars in the hole.

"Madam, this fine daughter's red wine has been buried. However, in folk customs, the daughter's red wine is buried from the moment the wife is born. Isn't it a little late for us to bury it?"

Gu Nanxi was covered with a thin blanket and lying on a bamboo chair to bask in the sun.

The climate is getting colder and colder. Only at noon when the sun shines on your body do you not feel the coolness.

"Who said it was reserved for Yunyan's wedding? After the one-year mourning period, we can dig it out and drink it."

According to the Book of Rites, one must mourn for three years.

However, since the founding emperor, everyone in the dynasty has advocated simple burials, and cremation is the most common practice among the people.

As for the mourning period, the requirements are not too strict, and it can be one to three years. In special circumstances, months can be substituted for years, that is, three months.

Gu Nanxi decided to follow the rules and mourn for a year like everyone else.

After all, it was only a few years since the entire family was executed, and they had to spend all their time in mourning and had to eat only vegetarian food. How cruel was that?

Lu Mei didn't say anything. After burying her daughter's red wine, she ran to the small kitchen without stopping: "Madam, you have lost weight in recent days! I will prepare some food for you."

Gu Nanxi nodded in agreement, but it was not a good idea. She was still old and could not recover after staying up all night even after resting for several nights.

Besides, winter is coming, which is a good time to gain weight!

Gu Nanxi lay there feeling very at ease!

"Young lady?! What are you doing?"

Just when Gu Nanxi was about to take a nap, she heard Lumei's surprised cry. She opened her eyes and saw her silly girl walking towards her with a tray, looking excited.

"Mother! These are the orange stuffed tofu, roasted bean curd skin, fried beans, and spicy dried tofu that I made myself..."

Gu Nanxi blinked, revealing a trace of confusion: "Why are they all beans?"

Su Yunyan had an expression that said, "Finally I asked this question. Because you always tell me to eat more tofu pudding, I know that you love to eat soy products the most!"

What a boomerang, it pierced Gu Nanxi’s heart.

As Lumei covered her mouth and burst out laughing, Gu Nanxi leaned over to look at the tray with a pale face.

There were four porcelain plates as clean as the first snow lying in a mess on the tray. If you ignored the charred lumps of unknown objects inside, the rest of the red, yellow and orange colors looked very beautiful when combined.

"What's the black one? Star anise? Cinnamon?"

Su Yunyan clicked her tongue and shook her head: "Mother, these are tofu, beans, bean curd skin and dried bean curd!"

Gu Nanxi instantly felt full: "Thank you for your hard work. I'm not hungry now."

Su Yunyan handed the tray to Lumei, squatted beside Gu Nanxi's feet, and said excitedly: "Mother, what else do you want to eat? Just order. I will cook it for you!"

"You're still going to do it?!"

Su Yunyan nodded seriously: "Of course! How can I give up halfway?"

"How can a delicate girl like you hang around the stove day and night?" Gu Nanxi struggled hard.

Su Yunyan: "After getting married, I did it for my husband and mother-in-law. Now, why can't I do it for my own mother?"

Gu Nanxi was speechless and could only take out a copy of "The Secret Cookbook" from his bosom and give it to Su Yunyan: "Good child, since you are so sincere, I will give you this ancestral secret book! You should study it carefully and make a dish for me once a month. On weekdays, you can go and try the dishes with your ten brothers!"

"Thank you, mother!" Su Yunyan felt like she had found a treasure.

The loving mother system screamed in Gu Nanxi's mind: "Gu Nanxi, are you poisonous? This book "The Secret Cooking Manual" is for you to learn and then cook for your son and daughter! You actually gave it to Su Yunyan and asked her to cook for you?"

Gu Nanxi closed her eyes, and sleepiness came over her again: "It doesn't matter who does it. The relationship between mother and daughter has been sublimated, hasn't it?"

The loving mother system looked at Su Yunyan's eager look and became so angry that she shut herself off on the spot!

Perhaps God couldn't stand Gu Nanxi's bad behavior, and before Gu Nanxi fell asleep, there was a noise outside the courtyard gate.

"Sir, you can't go into the backyard! It's against etiquette!"

The rough male voice could not hide the anger: "What a joke! My whole family is almost ruined by Gu Nanxi, why should I care about etiquette?"

This was followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps.

"Uncle, if you have anything to say, just tell me. Don't bother my mother."

"Humph, looking for you?! If it weren't for you, Su Xuanming, how could my family have suffered such a disaster? Get out of my way!"

When Gu Nanxi opened her eyes, she saw Su Xuanming trying his best to stop the old man of the Su family, but he was pushed and staggered.

"Xuanming, let your uncle come in." Gu Nanxi rubbed his forehead. He couldn't sleep for this nap today.

The eldest master of the Su family came over angrily, pointed at Gu Nanxi's nose and asked: "Gu Nanxi, can you still be the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion? If not, tell my brother to give up this title!"

Seeing that the visitor had bad intentions, Gu Nanxi did not give him face. Without even getting up, he said slowly, "Brother, I allow you to enter the backyard because of our relationship. If you have something to say, just say it. Don't curse and disturb others. If you don't pay attention to your words, I will have to ask you to leave."

The old man of the Su family wanted to vent his anger, but he thought that Gu Nanxi's style had changed a lot in recent days, as if he had someone backing him up, so he snorted coldly: "Su Xuanming is not motivated and doesn't want to study, but my Dalang is a good student!"

"He successfully passed the entrance exam to the Imperial College with his own abilities, and he is our Su family's hope. But because of you! The Imperial College is going to expel him!"

The old man of the Su family wanted to go to the ancestral temple to cry and complain. The Wenquxing of the Su family was badly harmed by this woman!

"On what grounds was he fired?" Gu Nanxi sensed something unusual.

The elder of the Su family was so aggrieved that he kept wiping away tears. "They said that there were three subjects that could not be completed! But my eldest son has studied for two years in the eight-year Imperial College. He only needed to pass two classics to get a degree in literature... But at this critical moment, they said that his grades were not up to standard!"

The Imperial Academy was an official school under the jurisdiction of Taichang, one of the Nine Officials. The selection of its chief academic officers and doctors had to be approved by the emperor.

The main subjects taught are classics and history, with the Five Classics of Confucianism as the basic textbooks and the Four Books as a supplement.

After two years of studying at the Imperial College, if you pass two classics, you can be a candidate for the Literary History...

Although I don’t know how many years I have to wait in line now, it is still a way out.

"How is your Dalang's academic performance?" Gu Nanxi frowned. The reason for expulsion from the Imperial College was very legitimate and there was no flaw to be found.

Uncle Su: "Although not as good as the top grade, I have never failed!"

"Did anything unusual happen during Dalang's exam? Was the test paper changed? Was the exam deliberately difficult?"

The Su family's master looked grim, and gritted his teeth as he said, "None of them appeared! But according to Dalang, the questions in this exam are a little more difficult than before!"

Gu Nanxi understood. By adjusting the difficulty of the test paper, the passing score of 60 points could be raised to the previous 70 points, which would just be enough to eliminate the middle-level students!