The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 29

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S T E L L A R C L O U D

[Celeste S.] [Azurixa] [Robert K.]

O R A N G E S T A R

[Talia R.] [K.Rom]

Y E L L O W S T A R

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G O L D S T A R

[Nem]

When Gu Jiao woke up the next day, she sat on the bedside dazedly for a long time.

This time, it wasn’t the dream itself that stupefied her, but rather, she was dumbfounded by the “luck” of her husband.

What kind of ill-fated young man was this?

How could his luck be so bad?

Moreover, it was that handsome face that was ruined this time. This wasn’t good, absolutely not good!

This whole thing happened because Gu Dashun had created difficulties for Xiao Liulang. If he hadn't given false testimony, Xiao Liulang wouldn't have delayed his return to the village in order to prove his innocence. As a result, he was caught in the heavy snowfall and had an accident, which ruined one good handsome face.

……

The sky wasn’t bright yet when Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang finished their breakfast. The elderly woman was still fast asleep in her room.

Gu Jiao carefully sent Xiao Liulang out of the door.

"It’s going to snow today, so wear more." Gu Jiao brought him a robe.

Xiao Liulang looked at the stars in the still dull sky and didn't feel like it was going to snow. Nevertheless, he still took the robe she handed to him and said, "Thank you."

Gu Jiao sent him to the entrance of the village as usual.

Xiao Liulang got on the oxcart. Gu Jiao waited with him and didn't turn back until Gu Xiaoshun came sleepily with the bookbag in his arms.

Gu Jiao knew Xiao Liulang would go to the study hall this afternoon and that he would be framed, but she didn't remind him not to go.

She remembered the details of the case solved by Xiao Liulang clearly. Therefore, she knew which way the thief would go with the stolen goods.

……

"I heated up the food in the pot. If you’re hungry, serve yourself the food. Also, you have to take your medicine. You can't skip it even once. If you dump it, I'll know." In the main room, Gu Jiao said to the elderly woman.

The elderly woman didn’t really have Alzheimer’s, so there was no need to keep an eye on her. Anyway, she no longer had contagious disease, so Gu Jiao didn’t have to worry that someone would be harmed by her. As for others harming her? There was no such thing.

The elderly woman twitched the corner of her lips and she let out a humph.

Gu Jiao went out with her back basket. When she passed the Gu Family’s residence, she happened to meet Gu Yue'e who came out to wash her face.

"Good morning, little sister Yue'e." Gu Jiao greeted her.

Under the influence of her mother and the second branch, Gu Yue'e was not close to Gu Jiao. When she saw that Gu Jiao took the initiative to greet her, she said nothing and just walked into the house.

"Who talked to you?" Zhou shi, who was inside, asked.

“Jiao girl.” Gu Yue'e said in a low voice.

Zhou shi swished the door open.

Gu Jiao also greeted her, "Good morning, First Aunt."

"Er... Morning, morning." Zhou shi prided herself on being the mother of a Xiucai[1], that was why she behaved more politely than Liu shi. She looked at Gu Jiao with a basket on her back and said with a wry smile, "Jiao girl, where are you going so early in the morning?"

Gu Jiao smilingly replied, "I’m going to pick some mountain goods on the mountain and sell them in the town."

Zhou shi’s eyes moved before saying with a smile, "Do mountain goods sell for money? I heard that the things in the mountain are poisonous... "

"I know which ones are not poisonous. Husband told me." No one would believe her if she said she knew it herself.

A few days ago, Zhou shi with her mother and sister-in-law went to their door and caused a fuss. At that time, she was able to see the things in Gu Jiao's basket, including melon seeds, candied fruits, brown sugar and peanuts. Just how much all of that cost? She bet this girl made a lot of money by selling mountain goods.

Zhou shi's eyes flashed with meaning and said while keeping her smile, "Jiao girl, can you bring your First Aunt with you? You see, you can't pick that many by yourself, can you? First Aunt will help you pick them!"

"Good." Gu Jiao agreed generously.

Zhou shi suppressed her triumphant laugh. A fool was a fool in the end, she was very easily coaxed. After she had recognized all the mountain goods, would she still leave her something to pick?

Zhou shi wouldn't let Liu shi take part in such a good thing, but Liu shi unexpectedly heard it by herself. She walked out with a basket on her arm and said, "Second Aunt will come too!"

"Good." Gu Jiao smiled.

Gu Jiao and her two aunts went to the mountains to pick mushrooms.

Actually, she could have cheated them by picking some wood ears and poisonous mushrooms to sell, but that would harm innocent people. She wouldn't be so wicked.

She took the two of them to pick some common winter mushrooms and filled several people's handbasket and back basket before leaving contentedly.

"Can this really sell for money?" Zhou shi asked with doubts.

"Aunt, just come with me. It's very easy to sell." Gu Jiao replied.

Zhou shi wanted to go alone. In this way, she could sell how much she wanted to sell, and she didn't have to give all the money to her family. Unfortunately, Liu shi also had the same idea. In the end, both of them followed Gu Jiao.

"Jiao girl, this is not the way to the market." Halfway, Liu shi told Gu Jiao strangely.

Gu Jiao said, "The market in the west is closing at this hour. We’re going to the market east of the town, where the prices of goods are much higher."

As soon as they heard that they could sell goods at a higher price, both of them said nothing more.

When passing by an alley, Gu Jiao suddenly said, "I'm going to the latrine. Both aunts, wait for me for a moment here."

"Go, go." Zhou shi said.

Liu shi pouted her mouth and murmured, "Idle folks lack no excuses."

Gu Jiao walked through the alley and came to the back door of Rejuvenation Hall. She then opened the door and went in.

A quarter of an hour later, Gu Jiao came back.

"What took you so long?" Liu shi was dissatisfied.

Gu Jiao smiled faintly, "I have an upset stomach."

Zhou shi said in a hurry, "Alright, Jiao girl, where is the market? Let's sell the mountain goods quickly, lest they lose their freshness after a while!"

"En." Gu Jiao nodded with a smile.

Gu Jiao walked forward with the two of them.

Suddenly, a figure darted out of the side alley. Gu Jiao didn’t have time to dodge and bumped into the man head-on.

The man fell to the ground from the bump.

Gu Jiao took out her sickle with a swish and said, "How dare you knock against me?"

That man was stupefied. Girl, who actually knocked against who between us ah!?

Gu Jiao didn't care. She hacked at the man with her sickle, and the two sides quickly got tangled up. The man's bundle was knocked off by Gu Jiao, but he didn't have time to pick it up as he was chased hundreds of meters away by Gu Jiao.

Zhou shi and Liu shi opened the bundle that fell to the ground with itching hands. When they saw the glistening silver inside, greed pervaded the two people at once.

They didn't steal this money, nor did they rob it. They simply picked it up in the street.

They found it, so it was theirs now!

The two people tacitly decided to pick it up and leave, not intending to give that little fool a share!

They grabbed it in a flurry and even had an intense fight over who could get more!

Meanwhile, over at the academy, Xiao Liulang had finished having his lunch. He took the copied book with him and went to the Yipin[2] Pavilion.

There were many study halls in Qingquan Town, but the biggest was only this one. Even at noon, the business was still very good.

The books copied by Xiao Liulang were best sellers, and everyone in the study hall knew him.

An attendant greeted him politely, "The manager is not present at the moment. Why don’t you go to the accounts office on the second floor and wait there for a while?"

Xiao Liulang was about to enter the door when a man suddenly called out to him from behind, "Is that Young Gentleman Xiao?"

Xiao Liulang turned around.

"Does Young Gentleman Xiao still remember this humble one?" The man asked with a smile.

"I remember." Xiao Liulang nodded and said, "You're from Rejuvenation Hall. What can I do for you?"

The man replied embarrassedly, "Well, I gave you a few wrong medicinal herbs last time. Shopkeeper Wang asked me to find Young Gentleman Xiao. I wonder if Young Gentleman Xiao is free at the moment? Can you follow me to the Rejuvenation Hall to get the right medicinal herbs? And also... you can conveniently let the physician have a look at you again."

Generally speaking, if you gave the wrong medicinal herbs to the patient, you should deliver the right ones to them directly. But the Rejuvenation Hall was also offering Xiao Liulang a free examination, which sounded like an apology.

Xiao Liulang had no problem with it.

He and the staff from the Rejuvenation Hall left. At the same time, Gu Dashun behind a bookshelf withdrew his loathing eyes.

Xiao Liulang went to the Rejuvenation Hall to get the correct medicinal herbs and had his leg examined. The same staff personally sent him back to the academy. As soon as they got off the carriage, they heard the students outside the academy talking in whispers.

"Have you heard? There was a theft in the study hall, and the thief was a freshman in Heaven Class A of our academy."

"A freshman in class A? What's the name?"

“Gu Dashun!”

1. ↑ — 秀才|xiucai: a scholar who has passed the entry-level imperial exams in ancient times; rank/degree obtained after passing the entry-level imperial exam(county exam, prefectural exam, college exam) 2. ↑ — The study hall Xiao Liulang went to is a two-story pavilion building. I’m not sure if the pavilion is named Yipin, which means superb/first-rate or it’s actually a description. In any case, I’ll just leave it in pinyin.

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Everyone But Me Is Reborn

Her father is a coward and senselessly filial. Her mother is weak and gullible. Her elder brother is a wastrel.

When she married into the Wangfu, she suffered and was coldly treated. And by the time she was in labour, she was fated to die with the unborn child in her belly.

This was supposed to be Ning Nuan's life.

However this time, everyone but her is reborn.

Ning Nuan is at a loss. She felt that her dad has suddenly become the pillar of the family, her mother’s temper became fierce, and even her elder brother, who would only walk the dogs and play with birds all day, has begun picking up books and reading them carefully.

There is also that juvenile that shows up at the wall of her courtyard everyday, calling her “Ah Nuan, Ah Nuan” with an honest face.