Destiny Koi, I'm cheating after rebirth

This is also the reason why Gu Yan put down the rare book and walked out of the study.

He still remembered that the little princess said she wanted to go up the mountain with him.

Although she might be acting on a whim, he had to be prepared first.

The small backpack in her hand is prepared for her.

Gu Qingzhi's eyes lit up, "Is this backpack prepared for me?"

Gu Yan paused, thinking of how she had been showing kindness to him these days, and his heart softened. He nodded slightly, "Yeah."

It’s so exquisite, much smaller than an ordinary backpack, and just right for a petite figure like her.

Gu Qingzhi was overjoyed. It seemed that her efforts these days were effective. Brother Gu Yan even took the initiative to weave a backpack for her.

She had to go back to her room and prepare herself to see what clothes to wear when she went up the mountain tomorrow.

***

Bai Xiaolian has been having a hard time recently.

Previously, in a fit of rage, she let the "immortal" suck some of the luck of her brother, Dalang of the Bai Family. As a result, Dalang of the Bai Family broke his leg while going to the toilet that night. Now he is lying in bed and needs someone to serve him three meals a day.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Bai had to work in the fields, and she was the only one left idle at home, so all the work fell on her.

Only then did Bai Xiaolian realize the terrifying power of luck.

She just let the "immortal" absorb a little of his luck.

Bai Xiaolian was apprehensive. "My Immortal, is it so terrible to have 2 points of luck sucked away?"

The "immortal" hummed twice, feeling a little guilty.

In fact, of course, it was more than that. Since Bai Xiaolian was going to take action against his family, how could he miss this opportunity? The amount of luck was up to him, so he "couldn't help" and absorbed a little more.

At least I only had to lie in bed for a month, and it also prevented Bai Dalang from going out and causing trouble.

He is doing a good thing.

My conscience is at peace.

If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth.

"Where have you been?" A broken bowl fell at her feet. "Girl, you don't do any work and you're not at home all day. Where have you been?"

Father Bai held a bottle of wine in his hand and cursed at Bai Xiaolian while pouring wine, "Don't you see there are a lot of pots and pans to wash at home?"

"Your brother is lying in bed and walking around all day without any care?"

If this girl had not been able to bring back some things from outside from time to time and please her uncle, he would have sold her for money long ago.

However, Father Bai looked her up and down and thought that if he kept her for two more years, he might be able to sell her for a higher price. Of course, the prerequisite was that she had to be obedient.

Bai Xiaolian endured it. She still needed this family now, so she endured it and passed it. "Dad, I'm going to Gu Xiucai's house."

In the past, whenever she mentioned Gu Xiucai's name, Bai's father would always give her some face and stop beating and scolding her.

Gu Xiucai’s house?

This girl is quite useful. She is very good at talking and she can make the apple of Gu Xiucai's eye run around in circles.

Thinking about the fact that the tax payment time is approaching, many families in the village have their land registered under Gu Xiucai's name. If his family can also do the same, wouldn't they be exempt from paying taxes?

According to the regulations of this dynasty, scholars can be exempted from taxes on 80 acres of land.

The Gu family has some good farmland of their own, but in the past there were no vacancies for them to rent to others.

However, in recent years, their family has encountered a series of accidents, and some of their good land has been scattered. The remaining dozens of acres were distributed to the villagers for hanging.

The Bai family and the Gu family don’t have much relationship, but his daughter does.

Father Bai has been coveting this position for a long time.

"How's the matter about Kakeda that I asked you to ask about?"

Bai Xiaolian's face turned pale when she heard this.

It’s really a matter of which pot should not be opened.

She had mentioned the matter of Guada to Gu Qingzhi a long time ago, but she mentioned it in a very vague way. She didn't know whether it was because Gu Qingzhi was too stupid to understand or if she did it on purpose.

But she felt it should be the former.

She had been having a great time during that period. She would bring home some goodies every now and then, and Father Bai never asked about it. She almost forgot about it.

Now that Mr. Bai had brought up the old matter again, she had no choice but to think of an excuse to brush it off. She planned to find an opportunity to meet Gu Qingzhi in a few days before talking about it. She always felt that it was Madam Gu who prevented them from meeting. "Mr. Gu is out, and Xiaozhi said she would wait until her father comes back before bringing it up."

I just mentioned it again, not saying that I would definitely agree to it.

But Mr. Bai still had a good plan, thinking that with his daughter's method, it should not be a problem to register his family's few acres of land under Gu Xiucai's name.

Thinking of this, his expression towards her couldn't help but look better.

Little did he know that his daughter had recently fallen out with the Gu family.

At least that's what Gu Qingzhi remembered.

However, the Bai family has one characteristic: they all think they are very smart and treat others as fools.

****

Gu Qingzhi went to bed early to rest. She had already agreed with her mother Gu that she would go up the mountain with Brother Gu Yan early the next morning.

My darlings from the back mountain, here I come!

She knew that Brother Gu Yan often went up the mountain to pick mountain products, and sometimes he could hunt some wild game if he was lucky. He gave half of the money to his mother for cooking, and used the other half to buy food occasionally to take care of his twin brother and sister. He secretly saved the rest to pay for his repairs.

After Gu Zhang, the head of the Gu family, passed away, Gu Er, under great pressure, sent Gu Yan to school for another year. However, the next year, his wife Wang refused to support him to go to the academy, saying that there were so many people in the family and the expenses would be huge. Moreover, he had grown up and if he wanted to go to the academy, he had to earn the tuition himself.

Although Gu Yan had just passed the examination for a year, Wang did not take it seriously. There were countless people who remained as a student all their lives, and the Gu family had produced many scholars, but didn't they all stop at the level of scholar?

Aren’t there only a handful of people who can pass the imperial examination?

***

Starting over again, Gu Qingzhi was very clear about what her goal was.

The first thing is to change Gu Yan's predicament.

Her brother Gu Yan would become a world-famous top scholar in the future. Of course, she didn't know how much hardship he had endured along the way. She only knew that he was plagued by illness at a young age, and died of coughing up blood when he was only in his 30s.

Now that she has the chance to start over, she only wants to be as nice to him as possible, to compensate him more, to let him return to school earlier and fulfill his dream of being a student. She wants him to be healthy throughout his life, not to be tortured by illness, and to live to old age in peace.

Gu Qingzhi got up at the end of the Yin hour. She had to go up the mountain today and it would be a long walk, so she had to get up early.

Opening the door, she went to the yard, took out the toothbrush and toothpaste to brush her teeth.

This toothbrush is made of a long wooden strip with holes punched in it for horsehair. It is not very usable and needs to be replaced every once in a while.

The tooth brushing medicine is made by boiling willow twigs, locust twigs, and mulberry twigs into a paste, and adding ginger juice, asarum, etc.

But this toothpaste doesn't taste very good.

Gu Qingzhi was brushing her teeth while thinking that she would have to find some ingredients to make some tooth powder someday.

She had read about how to make tooth powder in a book. She remembered that pine resin and poria cocos were dried and ground into powder, and then the fine powder was sifted out and packaged.

Each time you use it, take some fine powder and put it in your mouth, then take a mouthful of water, rinse it out and spit it out, then put the toothbrush in your mouth and brush it.