Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 312. News
Bai Suihe covered her mouth, thinking that this was something a sheltered young lady shouldn't know.

“This,” Bai Suihe’s eyes darted around, “I saw it in a storybook.”

Granny Pang has been helping to tidy up the room these days, so she knows that the young lady usually likes to read those storybooks to pass the time. "I see. But you should read those storybooks less often, lest you learn bad habits from them. There is no such thing as being immune to all poisons in this world, it's just that I'm more resistant to medicine."

Granny Pang had read some storybooks before, most of which were about love and romance, and also about the love and hatred between poor scholars, down-on-their-luck knights and young ladies from wealthy families. It was obvious that they were written by those pedantic scholars, and reflected their most sordid thoughts.

These people don't think of other ways to improve themselves; deep down, they're thinking about shortcuts, which is why they write articles like that.

Bai Suihe quickly made a promise, "I only used it to pass the time because I was bored. I will definitely read more medical books in the future, and I also want to learn all of Granny's skills."

“Miss has great ambition. Let’s start with the soup recipe and see how long it takes you to memorize it.” If Miss can keep learning, this old woman is of course willing to teach her everything she knows.

Anyway, she never took on any apprentices in her life, so she couldn't possibly take all her skills to her grave.

If the young lady truly likes it and is willing to learn, that would be wonderful.

Bai Suihe's competitive spirit was immediately piqued. "I believe I have that talent."

To establish oneself in this world, one cannot rely on others; Bai Suihe still wants to have something of her own.

The appearance of Granny Pang opened up a new world for her.

Since ancient times, medicine and poison have been inseparable, and Granny Pang was one of the best in this field. It would be her fault if she didn't study hard.

Granny Pang was very efficient. She had only just arrived at her room and taken a sip of water when she brought in books, and her studies began that very day.

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The peaceful days passed by, and Bai Suihe was nearing her due date. She had already invited a midwife to stay at home.

On this day, they took a walk in the yard as usual, and also checked on the cured meat they had smoked earlier.
Just then, Gu Kaixi from my uncle's family came running in, panting, "Kaiyuan, my grandfather wants you to come over right away."

Gu Kaiyuan: "Is there something you need?"

Gu Kaixi took a breath before continuing, "My father and the others went to the city today, and they saw a notice being posted when they left the city."

After asking around, I learned that because of the Empress Dowager's birthday, His Majesty had granted a general amnesty. My father had specifically inquired about it, and it turned out that people in our situation were also included in the amnesty. From now on, we would no longer be criminals.

Gu Kaiyuan and Bai Suihe exchanged a glance. There was indeed a big difference. The imperial edict to redress the injustice was gone, but instead, a general amnesty was granted.

"That's great!" Bai Suihe and Gu Kaiyuan thought to themselves at the same time. This way, the Gu family wouldn't be able to say that they were benefiting from the situation.

Even if they benefited from it, they were only able to regain their commoner status because of the Empress Dowager's favor.

"Don't just stand there, hurry up and go over there. My grandfather has something to discuss with you."

Gu Kaiyuan knew what it was about, and since the weather was quite nice that day, the group headed towards the village entrance in a grand procession.

There, all the members of the Gu family cheered and laughed.

Although they farm here, they have to report to the county town every time they go out. Sometimes, if the village chief wants to make things difficult for them when they leave the village, they have to endure it. Fortunately, the village chief here is kind. As long as they don't commit crimes or disrupt everyone's lives, he won't interfere.

What worries them most is taxation. Given their current status, they are constantly reclaiming wasteland, and after finally managing to cultivate the land, it is all taken over by the county government. They have no land rights.

Now that they have regained their civilian status, even if they don't return to their homeland, they can still make a living here with their hard work.

Moreover, they can also own their own land. With the land they are currently opening up, they can go and get a land deed in two years.

Everyone saw hope in life; whether or not they went back was not important.

Because they are not seeking redress, and the confiscated land will not be returned to them when they go back, many people understand this and are not so keen on making a fuss, since they can live anywhere anyway.

However, as the clan chief had said before, if they were to stay in this place, they would have to organize people to go back and relocate the graves; they couldn't just leave their ancestors there unattended.

But that's all in the future; they'll have to work hard to earn more money to fund their journey.

Seeing Gu Kaiyuan and his wife approaching, the crowd parted to make way for them to come to Gu Li.

"Greetings, Grandpa!" the couple greeted respectfully. "Greetings to all the elders!"

Gu Li smiled so hard his eyes narrowed into slits. Although the current result was somewhat different from what Gu Kaiyuan had predicted, it was still good for everyone.

"You've probably heard the news. I called you here to ask for your thoughts."

Gu Kaiyuan raised an eyebrow and looked at everyone. "This is great news for us. We can regain our freedom. I wonder when the county government will process our new household registrations."

This is the key point: only by obtaining a brand-new household registration can they truly and completely break free from the past.

"Look, how could you forget about this?" Gu Li slapped his thigh and pointed at his eldest son, scolding, "You're such a grown man, how can you still be so unreliable?"

Did the notice mention when these household registrations would be processed?

Gu Baihe shook his head, "Dad, you know I can't read at all. I had to ask other people, and they just told me the general meaning. I was so excited that I rushed back."

I didn't know I needed to re-register my household registration. Should I go to the city again?

Gu Li glanced at the sky and said, "Forget it, it's too late to go into the city now. Let's go into the city together early tomorrow morning."

He dared not let his foolish son handle this matter again. At the same time, he turned to look at Gu Kaiyuan with affection, "You will come with us to the city tomorrow to take a look."

Since Gu Kaiyuan was adopted, Gu Li had completely separated Gu Kaiyuan from the Gu family. In addition, this kid is also grateful. The day after he changed the family genealogy, he personally delivered several silver notes, saying that he was helping the clansmen to build up their wealth. Look at how well he did this. He is much better than that guy Gu Baijiang.

"No problem, we'll head into the city at daybreak tomorrow..."

As they were talking, other exiles who had received the news also arrived, and everyone was trying to confirm whether the news was true.
But they believed more in seeing is believing, and they made a pact that they would all go to town together the next day.

Seeing so many people in high spirits, some already envisioning a bright future, Bai Suihe noticed that the Gu family was not among them. This family had not shown up, and she wondered if they hadn't received the news or if they disliked it.

(End of this chapter)