The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 802 Everyone Comes to Shengjing
Because Gu Ruinian and Wu Na were sold to Boss Qian as servants.

Grandpa Gu, Gu Youtian, and everyone else in the old house lost their minds and no longer cared about causing trouble for Gu Xiaoxue.

Jia approached Gu Fengnian and Wei, hoping they would pay for Gu Ruinian's redemption, but the couple refused. Gu Fengnian, usually not one for words, even went so far as to recount his parents' favoritism towards Gu Ruinian and berate them for the harm they had done to him and Xiaoxue. Jia was stunned, bursting into tears and cursing Gu Fengnian as an ingrate.

Gu Fengnian remained unmoved.

Left with no other choice, Jia lowered herself to work in Yanguan Town in order to redeem Gu Ruinian from his servitude.

With several able-bodied men leaving the family, the work at the Gu family's old house had to be divided among Grandpa Gu, Gu Youtian, and Grandma Gu.

Gu Youtian was forced to work in the fields with Grandpa Gu, while Grandma Gu took on all the housework.

Wu Na's daughter was left unattended and was crying out in hunger.

Originally, Grandpa Gu and others were not satisfied that Wu Na had given birth to a daughter. Grandma Gu did not have the energy to take care of her great-granddaughter, so Jia Shi and Gu Youtian had the idea of ​​selling their granddaughter to be a child bride.

A girl like that will get married sooner or later; keeping her around is a waste of food.

Gu Youtian is a scoundrel. He actually found a family and offered to sell his granddaughter to their teenage son, who was mentally challenged, for fifty taels of silver to be their child bride.

When Wu Na found out, she rushed from Boss Qian's field to the Gu family's old house like a madwoman, grabbed a knife and slashed at Gu Youtian, rescuing her daughter from the carriage.

Even those in the village who disliked Wu Na were moved by her selfless actions for her daughter.

“Wu Na is really willing to go to such lengths for her daughter,” Tong Huaqiong said.

Actually it is not surprising.

Putting aside the Wu family's character, Wu Ren and his wife treated Wu Na well.

Wu Na, who was also a daughter, was treated well by her parents, so she will love her own daughter.

"She really dotes on her daughter. After my niece was born, my second brother and parents had long faces. My second sister-in-law had just caught her breath when she held my niece and said that no one should complain that my niece was a girl. If anyone dared to complain, she would deal with them with a knife. At my second sister-in-law's request, my niece's one-month celebration was very grand. For this, we sold the family's grain and chickens and ducks, which made my grandmother scold us for several days."

To be honest, Gu Xiaoxue was very envious of babies in swaddling clothes.

He was protected by such a strong mother.

If Jia had ever offered her even a little protection, she wouldn't have broken ties with Jia.

Gu Xiaoxue felt sorry for her little niece and made her a longevity lock.

After rescuing her daughter, Wu Na ransacked the Gu family's house.

Wu Na, who always looked down on everyone for the sake of her daughter, knelt down at Boss Qian's door, hoping that Boss Qian would be merciful and allow her to take her daughter with her and take care of her.

Mr. Qian, mindful of Wu Na's maternal love, agreed to her request.

They also arranged easy jobs for Wu Na that wouldn't interfere with taking care of the children.

“Who knows, Wu Na might use the money she earned to buy her freedom to divorce her second brother. The second brother is really a scoundrel; he just watched our father sell his daughter without saying a word. Maybe he was planning to sell his daughter too, but our father beat him to it,” Gu Xiaoxue said.

Now the old house is in complete chaos every day.

Grandma Gu would have an attack from time to time because she was so tired from working.

She used to favor Gu Youtian, but now she's attacking him indiscriminately as well.

Before Gu Xiaoxue came to Shengjing, after learning the news, Grandpa Gu asked her to come back to the old house for dinner. Gu Xiaoxue knew they were worried that if she went to Shengjing to seek refuge with Tong Huaqiong and never returned to Qinghewan, the only golden egg that the Gu family could still rely on would be gone forever.

However, Gu Xiaoxue refused.

Jia cried in front of Gu Xiaoxue, but Gu Xiaoxue refused to step into the old house. She was afraid that if she went into the old house, she wouldn't be able to leave.

In fact, Gu Xiaoxue's guess was correct.

The Gu family's old residence did not give up on hunting down Gu Xiaoxue.

If Gu Xiaoxue really went to the old house before leaving, Gu Youtian would knock her unconscious, tie her up, and send her to the old widower to be his second wife.

How could she possibly gossip with Tong Huaqiong in the warm house of Shengjing?

"How are Gu Honglian and Fan Tong doing?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Gu Xiaoxue was speechless when Gu Honglian and Fan Tong were mentioned.

Gu Xiaoxue said, "My aunt hadn't gotten pregnant in six months after marrying into the family, so her mother-in-law wanted to arrange for her husband to take a concubine. Although her husband didn't explicitly agree, he said he couldn't disobey his mother, which made my aunt go back to her parents' home and cry. However, given the Fan family's financial situation, no one was willing to be Fan Tong's concubine. Since they were going to be concubines, what they were after was a life of luxury, so why would they want to be a concubine to the penniless Fan Tong?"

Taking a concubine after only six months is something only an old woman would do.

Ever since the old woman was taught a lesson by the Gu family, she dared not openly torment Gu Honglian, but instead used the tactic of arranging a concubine for her son to annoy Gu Honglian.

The reasons for taking a concubine are so valid: for the sake of having offspring. Even outsiders can't say there's anything wrong with her.

Fortunately, Fan Tong was poor enough. Old Mrs. Fan had the idea of ​​taking a concubine for her son, but she didn't have the means to do so.

In his previous life, after Fan Tong and Gu Taohua got married and prospered, he took on many concubines, not only at home but also outside.

"When my aunt returned to her parents' home and learned that Da Han and I had come to Shengjing, she went home and told my uncle. The couple went to Da Han and asked him to take them with them to Shengjing. My uncle said that he could make money by copying and teaching in Shengjing, but Da Han ignored him. My aunt went to my grandfather and cried. My grandfather personally intervened and pressured Da Han to agree. Fortunately, Da Han withstood the pressure and did not agree."

Tong Huaqiong wondered what a mere scholar like Fan Tong could possibly do in Shengjing.

He came to Shengjing in advance to explore connections for the upcoming spring imperial examinations in the year of Gu Jingzhe.

Fortunately, Gu Dahan did not bring them along. With Fan Tong and Gu Honglian's abilities, without a guide, they wouldn't even have enough money to travel to Shengjing.

However, Tong Huaqiong guessed wrong.

While she and Gu Xiaoxue were discussing Gu Honglian and Fan Tong, Fan Tong borrowed money from all his relatives and friends, cheated his classmates, and took Gu Honglian with him, following closely behind Gu Dahan, to the capital.

Grandma Fan wanted to keep Gu Honglian at home.

Fan Tong tried his best to persuade Old Madam Fan. Although Fan Tong also wanted Gu Honglian to stay at home so as not to delay him from meeting a beautiful woman outside, Tong Huaqiong would not recognize him if he did not take Gu Honglian to the capital. For the sake of his future, he had no choice but to take Gu Honglian with him to the capital.

To avoid being discovered and chased back by Gu Dahan and the others, the two secretly followed along the way.

Fan Tong planned to go directly to Gu Jingzhe when he arrived in Shengjing.

He thought Gu Dahan was a rough and short-sighted man who looked down on him, a scholar, after making some money. Gu Jingzhe, on the other hand, understood his value.

Fan Tong took Gu Jingzhe's words, telling him to treat his aunt well so that the Gu family would not mistreat him, as a hint that Gu Jingzhe would remind him of his future success.

At this time, outside Shengjing City.

Fan Tong and Gu Honglian stood in the snowstorm of the dark night, looking at the closed city gates of Shengjing, stamping their frozen feet and wanting to curse.

They didn't expect that Shengjing would close its gates so early in the winter.

Cold and hungry, the two returned to the carriage and ordered the driver to take them back.

The carriage moved very slowly through the snowstorm. Just as Fan Tong and Gu Honglian were about to freeze numb, they finally came across a village.

The two knocked on a door, intending to stay overnight and go into the city to find Gu Jingzhe the next morning.