The next morning, when Gu En came over to exercise with her, she wanted to eat shaved ice.
Gu Nian looked at him speechlessly: "Eating shaved ice so early in the morning? Aren't you afraid of getting a stomachache? Or do you just want to get a stomachache so you don't have to go to school?"
Gu En: "Sister Niannian, that stuff is delicious! It'll be really hot after training, right? Give me some! See, I've been a good girl and come to chat today! I haven't been making a fuss."
Gu Shouxin glanced at him sideways: "What kind of trouble do you want to cause?"
Gu En: "...Hehe, I'm not eating!"
Gu Shouxin added, "I'll give you a chess manual in a bit. At the end of each month, you'll play a game of chess with Sisi. If you beat her, you'll get a break."
Gu En turned to look at his younger sister, his eyes lighting up: "Second Uncle, is yours real?"
Gu Si pouted: What does "brother" mean?! As if I'm so bad! Just wait until I make you question your existence, hmph!
Gu Shouxin's lips curled up slightly: "It's true. I'll accompany you to the school in a bit, and I'll ask your teacher about your recent situation."
Gu En waved his hand, lost his balance, and fell off the plum blossom stake: "Ouch!"
Except for Cai Lian, who wasn't standing on the plum blossom stakes and went to help him up, everyone else just watched him with smiles.
Gu En felt extremely embarrassed, so she climbed back up and stood properly: "Second Uncle, I haven't met your standards yet. Can you wait until I do? I really will try my best!"
Gu Shouxin: "Alright, your school will be on holiday in the middle of next month. Before then, achieve the goal I gave you! Otherwise, it'll be too hot, so you'll have to move here with us, and I'll keep an eye on your studies!"
Gu En replied listlessly, "I understand, Second Uncle."
Ever since my second uncle passed the county exam, his good days have come to an end. My second uncle has very high expectations of him, and he has to be number one in the monthly exams!
If he doesn't meet your expectations, then punish him and torment him!
His second uncle didn't hit him, but he was still quite scared.
Sigh! It's been almost two months since I last had a complete conversation with Yingying.
However, Second Uncle is also right. He is not capable enough, and Yingying is so beautiful that many people like her. In the end, Yingying will not look at him.
If I'm incompetent, and my sisters are bullied in the future, I won't be able to help them. They might even have to save me. As a man, that would be so shameful!
Father is right. Although Second Uncle was a scoundrel in the past, he was still capable.
In two more months, his second uncle will probably become a scholar.
The second wife has a scholar-turned-uncle, so can the first wife only have a farmer-father and a son? No, no, the first wife also needs a scholar-turned-son.
I don't expect her to be proficient in both academics and martial arts, but she must not fall behind her older and younger sisters in any of them.
At this time, Gu En's target was still only Xiucai Enzi.
He didn't know that once he became a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the imperial examinations at the county level), his second uncle and father would put on a show to get him to become a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial examinations at the provincial level), and then a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the imperial examinations at the metropolitan level).
In any case, throughout his life, until a very long time later, he was guided by his father and second uncle. In the end, that path naturally became his path.
...
After breakfast, Gu Shouxin accompanied Cai Lian to the furniture store in town and took Gu En to school.
No sooner had the person left than several members of the Meng family arrived. This time, not only the four wives and two daughters of the Meng family, but Meng Meng also came along.
He was carrying a large bamboo basket on his back, the cover of which was covered with a cloth, when he met Gu Hui at the door.
He grinned, showing off his bright white teeth: "Good morning, Miss Hui! Oh dear, Miss Hui, your complexion isn't good, it's a bit yellow. Why don't you put on some toothpaste? Look at my teeth, they're so white and clean now!"
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