Chapter 77: The Evil Stepmother in the Republic of China (Twelve)
Han Qiuyu’s plan was that after arriving in the capital, she would find a way to get a newspaper from the Magic City.
Then she mailed the newspaper with the divorce notice back to the Li family.
She didn't need to say much. When outsiders read the newspaper and saw that she was "missing", they could imagine eighty episodes of bloody drama.
At this point, the story of Han Qiuyu and Li Yaozu came to an end.
Han Qiuyu can freely start the life of a plagiarist.
Write novels, become a famous talented woman, and then have some passionate love affairs with those young marshals, wealthy men, talented men or passionate students.
Tsk tsk, aren’t days like this wonderful?
Why must I get entangled with a bastard who looks like a human being? As for the child in my belly——
"Alas, it is also a life. I can't take it away at will."
Han Qiuyu stroked her belly and murmured.
Of course, there is another important reason: medical care was not well developed back then.
If she were to have an abortion hastily, it would very likely cause her serious and irreversible harm.
If the situation is more serious, it may result in two deaths.
Han Qiuyu doesn't dare to gamble.
After writing the letter and blowing the ink dry, Han Qiuyu folded the letter paper and stuffed it into the envelope.
Then she placed the letter on the table and weighed it down with the teacup.
After completing this series of preparations, Han Qiuyu picked up his suitcase and left the Li family compound quietly.
…
Gu Qingcheng returned to the inn, took out a copy of the Analects and gave it to Li Yaozong, then began to read those history books quickly.
Although Gu Qingcheng exchanged some IQ points for her appearance this time, her IQ is still 80 points.
For ordinary people, this is still a very smart thing.
Gu Qingcheng is best at studying. With a "normal" IQ, she has a photographic memory.
Today, although her IQ has slightly decreased by a dozen points, she can still read quickly and transform the words in the book into her own knowledge.
The north and the south were unified, but it was not the Yuwen family that unified the country, but the Yang family.
The Sui Dynasty established by the Yang family perished after two generations.
Instead, it was replaced by the prosperous and brilliant Tang Dynasty.
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties...
The fictitious Republic of China is still developing along the historical trajectory.
"Foreigners in power... the hair-shaving order... the Eight-Nation Alliance..."
After reading the history of the past hundred years, Gu Qingcheng just felt suffocated.
The Celestial Empire was powerful and prosperous for more than two thousand years, but it fell to the bottom in the last dynasty.
Only at this time did Gu Qingcheng understand why people in this world were so worshipful of foreign things.
It's not that I'm weak, nor am I a cheap person.
But it's too weak.
It is human nature to admire the strong.
In the past, the Celestial Empire was powerful, and the small countries around it naturally admired and submitted to it.
Now--
"well!"
Gu Qingcheng closed the history book and sighed softly.
She is not one to dwell on the past.
The glory of the past is gone. She lives in the present and must adapt to it.
Wait until she is capable, then make changes.
Neither inferiority complex nor blind arrogance is desirable.
As a girl from an aristocratic family and a "virtuous queen" who has assisted two generations of kings, Gu Qingcheng has an extremely strong character and courage.
Realizing the shortcomings of reality, she began a new round of learning.
After flipping through newspapers from the past ten years, Gu Qingcheng found some books related to "Westernization".
Guns, ocean liners, as well as airplanes, trains...
Gu Qingcheng had never heard of these things.
She was curious and studied even harder.
Now she is like a piece of sea, madly absorbing the knowledge she needs.
"These foreigners do have their merits."
Gu Qingcheng looked at the books printed in foreign languages and began to think about how to go further.
"Foreigners? Yes, our county is small, but there are foreign monks from the provincial capital."
After hearing Gu Qingcheng's question, the waiter quickly answered attentively, "That foreign monk also built a church, which is where he chants sutras."
"A foreign monk from the provincial capital?"
It seems to be called missionary!
Gu Qingcheng had seen related reports in the newspaper.
"Yes! I heard they were from some D country, or some Japanese or something."
"There are a lot of people from Country D in our provincial capital. I heard they even built a train station and a cathedral for us."
"The people of Country D are really amazing. They make very good machines. The only dyeing workshop in our county uses machines that the owner bought from a foreign company in Country D at a high price."
"Look at the foreign cloth I'm wearing. It's woven with a machine from Country D. Not to mention, it's fine and durable!"
The waiter was very eloquent and said a lot of things in a row.
Gu Qingcheng learned the location of the church from him.
The next day, Gu Qingcheng took Li Yaozong to the small church built by the people from country D.
The church is not big, with a pointed roof and painted glass.
If Han Qiuyu saw it, he would definitely say, "Huh? It's still a Gothic-style building?"
Gu Qingcheng is not Han Qiuyu, she does not have the knowledge of later generations, so she thinks that this small church, although small in appearance, is very exquisitely built.
After entering the church, Gu Qingcheng met the missionary who called himself Hans.
Hans was a little surprised, as he had been preaching in this small county for several years.
Basically, the local people only regarded him as a monkey, but never took the initiative to come in and receive the Holy Light of the Lord.
Moreover, most of the women Hans met were timid and hunched over.
When they see their neighbors and relatives on the street, they look timid, as if they have done something wrong.
As for strangers, especially foreigners with red hair and green eyes, they were so scared that they hid themselves.
Alas, too inferior and too ignorant.
Hans was filled with compassion.
At this moment, Hans was pleasantly surprised to find that a woman actually walked into the church voluntarily.
The woman's face was covered in bruises, as if she was disfigured.
But she held her head high and chest out, exuding confidence and elegance from the inside out.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The most important thing is that she doesn’t have bound feet, and her walking posture is very normal and beautiful! “Madam, do you need any help?”
Hans couldn't help but be very polite to Gu Qingcheng, without any of the arrogance of a foreigner who looked down on and oppressed ordinary people.
Gu Qingcheng raised her eyebrows: Oh wow, this foreign monk can speak Mandarin.
The tone is a little weird.
Gu Qingcheng bowed slightly, "Father, hello. Can you teach me how to read?"
As she spoke, Gu Qingcheng took out a foreign book from her bag.
She bought this book from a bookstore at a high price.
I heard that there are only a few copies in the entire county.
The words on it were so tortuous that Gu Qingcheng couldn't understand them at all.
"Learn to read?"
Hans was even more surprised.
He glanced at the book in Gu Qingcheng's hand. Well, it was a collection of English poems.
"You want to learn English? Actually, our D language is also very good."
Hans is a traditional D countryman, and he has the pride of belonging to the Germanic nation.
The key point is that his English is only at a beginner level and he is best at D language.
"Dwen?"
Gu Qingcheng's eyes flashed. The waiter at the inn said that there were many people from Country D in the provincial capital.
Moreover, the people of country D also built a railway station and a cathedral in the provincial capital, so they should have a relatively high status in the provincial capital.
Gu Qingcheng firmly believes in the principle of "capture the leader first" and she is very good at grasping the key points.
"Father, please take a look at the other books I bought. Do you think there are any D-language ones?"
Gu Qingcheng took out two or three more books from her bag and showed them to Hans one by one.
Hans took a quick look and found that they were all in English.
However, Hans was not discouraged. He smiled and said, "I have D documents here, and I can also teach you to speak D."
"Thanks!"
Gu Qingcheng bowed.
She sincerely respects anyone who can impart her knowledge.
Hans was in a very good mood when he saw Gu Qingcheng's sincerity and felt her respect.
It is such a wonderful feeling to be a teacher.
As a "teacher", I was extremely excited to meet a very smart student who could apply what he learned to other situations.
"Ms. Gu, you are really excellent!"
In just a few days, Gu Qingcheng mastered simple D language and could even carry out some daily communication.
Hans couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
Gu Qingcheng smiled slightly, "It's also because of your good teaching, Mr. Hans!"
After spending a few days together, the two sides became familiar with each other.
Gu Qingcheng did not call the other person "Father" politely, but called him by his name directly.
"You're going to the provincial capital?"
After becoming friends, Hans also knew some of Gu Qingcheng's situation -
Divorced and living alone with the children.
Although she received some "alimony", in the feudal and conservative Republic of China, people like Ms. Gu were easily discriminated against and bullied.
Hans suddenly remembered something and asked hurriedly, "I heard someone was looking for trouble with you yesterday? Is the problem resolved? Do you need my help?"
"It's been solved, thank you, Mr. Hans."
Gu Qingcheng felt Hans' kindness and knew that he really wanted to help, so she thanked him sincerely.
She couldn't help but recall last night's farce.
Gu Qingcheng was right in her guess. Li Jiye "regretted" it and he was unwilling to let Gu Qingcheng go.
However, Li Jiye was a man of some brains, and many people had seen the scene of Gu Qingcheng and Ma Yong having a pleasant conversation in the bookstore that day.
Some rumors began to spread in the county, saying that Commander Ma had taken a fancy to Gu and that was why he helped her seize the family property.
Some people also said that Gu was Pan Jinlian, who colluded with an adulterer outside to harm her own husband.
No matter how ugly the rumors were, they all revealed one fact - Gu had a relationship with Ma Yong! Believing that Gu had relied on Ma Yong, Li Jiye didn't dare to go to Gu in person.
But he did not give up. Nine-tenths of his family property was lost because of that bitch Gu.
In addition to resentment, Li Jiye also wanted to take back some property from the Gu family.
He originally gave half of his property to Li Yaozong.
Now that the Li family has fallen on hard times and has no money, it is not too much to ask for the property that was given to their son back.
Li Jiye was tempted, but was afraid of the gun in Ma Yong's hand, so he simply sent someone to Gu's house.
Gu is not an orphan without a father or a mother, she has a biological father and a stepmother.
Gu's biological father, Mr. Gu, was notoriously rigid and conservative...
(End of this chapter)
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