Xu Lanyin carefully recalled the details in the book again. The book did not write much about the protagonist Su's life in the country farm, only the first twenty chapters. The next seven hundred chapters mainly wrote about her family fights after returning to Beijing and her love life with Prince Ping.

Xu Lanyin remembered it clearly. The book opened in the seventeenth year of the Xiping reign, during the Daming Dynasty. Su Qing lived in Sujiazhuang, located in Xinghua Village, while Gu's male counterpart lived in Xiaozao Village. Both Xinghua and Xiaozao villages were under the jurisdiction of Nanping County, Hebei Province. In Oat Mountain, Su Qing met the old, miraculous doctor who changed her life.

In the original owner's memory, the young lady Su, whom Gu Wangchen had been obsessed with, was also named Su Qing. This era was the Daming Dynasty, and the year was the seventeenth year of Xiping. This was Xiaozao Village in Sanshi Town, Nanping County, Hebei Province. The mountains stretching for dozens of miles behind the village were none other than the Oat Mountain Range. Across the Baisha River was Xinghua Village, and Sujiazhuang was built southeast of it. The original owner had visited several times. Perhaps with some deliberate intent, no servants came forward to help Su Qing. The original owner stood at the gate and cried as long as she wanted.

The dates, names, and places all matched perfectly, and Xu Lanyin felt she had definitely traveled through a book, not just through time travel. However, after Gu Wangchen returned in early September, the original owner had slipped and drowned in the river, and according to the plot, she only had a little over a month to live.

Xu Lanyin sighed. Knowing her current situation and future developments would be helpful, as it would allow her to avoid disaster in advance. To live longer in this life, she had to find a way to break off her engagement with Gu Wangchen and stay away from the heroine and the supporting actor...

Today is July 23rd. The Autumn Examination will be held on August 8th. The male lead, Gu, will definitely pass this time. The female lead, Su, will return to the capital in mid-September and has never returned to Sujiazhuang since. And the male lead, Xu, will take part in the Spring Examination next year and will also pass, becoming a sought-after young talent.

However, she was still looking forward to meeting the male supporting character Gu. She wondered if he was really that corny and neurotic, or if the author's ability was limited and he failed to express himself clearly.

Thinking of Gu Wangchen, Xu Lanyin saw a gentle and handsome young man in front of her eyes again. He looked at a girl and smiled, calling her "Sister Yin".

Xu Lanyin remembered that the original owner and Gu Wangchen had interacted frequently in their youth, particularly during the first two years after their engagement. Gu Wangchen often visited the Xu family, asking Qin for advice and even teaching the original owner poems. Thinking of those moments now brought a warm feeling to Xu Lanyin.

As they grew older, their interactions became less frequent. Especially after Qin confirmed her husband's death two years ago and Gu Wangchen passed the imperial examination, he used the excuse of being too busy with his studies to never come to the Xu family again.

Despite being ill, Qin Shihuang sensed Gu Wangchen's potential change of heart and repeatedly warned the original owner to prepare herself and stop giving money to the Gu family. The original owner refused to listen, steadfastly believing she would become the wife of a scholar, or even a juren. Not only did she become estranged from Qin Shihuang, she continued to secretly send gifts to the Gu family and even secretly sold six acres of land, further exacerbating the family's financial difficulties. The original owner's ability to sell the land so easily was due to the Xu family registering several acres of land under the name of Gu Wangchen, a scholar, to avoid taxes.

In Xu Lanyin's opinion, Gu Wangchen had changed his heart long ago, his mother was also bad, and the original owner was even more stupid. She was so desperate to sell the family land, which almost put the family into desperation.

The book also mentioned that the original owner stole pears out of greed. Xu Lanyin searched through the original owner's memory but couldn't remember it. She didn't know how that rumor came about.

Xu Lanyin was thinking about something when she heard voices outside.

The meal was ready, and Xu Lanzhou helped Qin to the main room to have dinner.

Thinking of the ending of Qin and the two children in the book, Xu Lanyin's heart ached. Even if they disliked her, she didn't want them to suffer the same fate as in the book.

She got up, put on her shoes and went to the main room.

It was already getting dark, there were no lights on, and the door was open. The Qin family and their two companions were sitting at the table eating in the dim light from outside. Huazi was squatting at the door, eating porridge from a bowl.

The family became increasingly poor and rarely lit an oil lamp at night.

Ever since the original owner secretly sold six acres of land, Qin Shi had never spoken to her again. Although she would stop Xu Lanzhou and Old Lady Xu from beating her, she still couldn't forgive her daughter for the damage she had caused the family.

In front of Qin was a bowl of egg custard and a small bowl of corn porridge. In front of the other two brothers were a large bowl of corn porridge, a bowl of boiled cabbage in the middle, and half a bowl of pickled cucumbers.

Several people looked up at Xu Lanyin but ignored her. Qin Shi insisted on scooping egg custard for her two sons. Xu Lanzhou took the bowl aside and refused it. Xu Lanting blocked the bowl with his small hands. The two brothers both urged Qin Shi to eat the egg for the sake of her health.

The scene was very loving and warm, except that Xu Lanyin was not there. There was no food for her either, so she didn't stand there to get in the way. She lowered her head and quietly went to the kitchen to get some food.

Seeing her back as she entered the kitchen, Xu Lanting murmured softly, "Big Sister is different today than usual. Has she become more careful?"

Normally, she would hold her head high and walk out with disdain, and would never lower herself to the status of a "scholar's wife".

Xu Lanzhou's face grew even more serious, and he snorted coldly, "She's such a blockhead, she only knows how to make trouble, not how to think. I wonder what stupid idea she's got." He then said to his brother in a serious tone, "While I'm working in the fields, you have to take care of the house. We can't let that silly girl continue to ruin the family."

Qin shook her head and sighed softly, "It's because mother didn't teach her well."

In fact, she has tried hard to teach her daughter over the years, and it is more troublesome than teaching her two sons, but her sons are smart in every way, while her daughter is naive and ignorant.

Xu Lanzhou said, "Don't blame mother. She taught her so much, and even we understood it, but she just wouldn't listen. She's stupid, and she was deceived by Gu Wangchen, and she's become crazy. Marry her off by the end of the year, and there will be peace at home."

Qin sighed again. The Gu family had said they would marry Xu Lanyin by the end of the year, but she felt the Gu family mother and son were being extremely reluctant. It wasn't that she was being petty; she had seen two years ago that Gu Wangchen might have changed his mind. Even if Gu Wangchen had to marry her daughter, she was so foolish that she might even be killed. She thought back to the fact that she and her husband had arranged her marriage so early and paid for Gu Wangchen's education precisely for their daughter's future. Their expenses for Gu Wangchen were more than their three children combined...

There were two pots in the kitchen, one large and one small. The large pot was empty, while the small pot still had some porridge in it. Xu Lanyin only had half a bowl left after she finished serving it. She secretly complained that the naughty child didn't want to feed her at all.

She didn't go into the main room, but took a pickled cucumber from the jar and ate it standing in the kitchen. She was not full, but she had to bear it.

After dinner, she noticed that the stove and chopping board, though free of grease, were covered in dust and clutter, so she began to clean up the kitchen. She finished, half-filled a large pot with water and set it on the boil, then went out into the yard to tidy up under the starlight. Only Hanako followed her around, her tail wagging.

In her previous life, she had been a spoiled child, doing almost no housework except cleaning her room and cooking a few dishes when she felt like it. But now she wanted to do it, not only because the original owner was diligent, but also because she was eager to leave a good impression on her family and improve her relationship with them as soon as possible.