Now that Gu Qingcheng has traveled through time, she will naturally not follow the established plot.
Revenge was not one of the original owner's wishes, and Gu Qingcheng was too lazy to bother with the protagonist.
The key point is that the original plot proves that "exposing" is useless, but instead one will be branded as an ungrateful person.
All Gu Qingcheng needs to do now is to save herself. She will never let Ling Wuya become a tool for someone to whitewash themselves.
Nor would he let Ling Wuya ridiculously bear the "favor" of the perpetrator.
"Grandpa! Grandma! I know you two sold me for the Ling family."
"The Ling family has been farming for generations. If we want to bring honor to our family, we have no choice but to study."
"We, the second branch, have no sons and cannot take the imperial examination to earn a future for our family, so we can only sell us girls."
This is also a kind of "if you have a son, you give him away; if you don't have a son, you sell your daughter" to some extent.
Although Gu Qingcheng strongly disagreed, as of now, everyone, including the original body's parents, probably agreed with this.
In ancient times, family was very important.
It is really very common for a family to use all its strength to support a scholar.
Don’t talk about favoring boys over girls, low productivity, and the lack of industry or technology. Farming and corvee labor all require male labor.
The reason for favoring a certain group must be because this group can bring benefits and allow oneself and the family to continue.
Therefore, the act of selling a granddaughter in order to support his grandson's education is absolutely bizarre and absurd in the eyes of later generations.
But in ancient times, it was permitted by both morality and law.
As an ancient native, Gu Qingcheng has experienced modern society many times, but she can still understand this ancient thinking.
She wouldn't be so foolish as to say something like "grandsons are flesh and blood, but granddaughters are not."
Even boned meat has bones and tender meat.
When choices need to be made, it is the bones that are discarded.
She would not force her parents to choose between "parents (family) and daughter".
This is even more ridiculous. In ancient times, in rural areas, if a family had only two daughters and no family or relatives behind them, they would be bullied.
Why have people in rural areas worried about becoming extinct for a thousand or two thousand years?
It's not just the pedantic thinking or the insistence on inheriting the incense, the main reason is that there are too many bloody cases.
Not to mention the extinction of the family, even if there are fewer sons, they may be bullied.
In places where laws and morals are not in place, people tend to revert to their animal instincts—bullying the weak and the strong preying on the weak!
In addition to external bullying, there are also force majeure natural and man-made disasters.
In ancient times when the peasant economy was small, the ability of small families to resist natural disasters and man-made disasters was very weak.
Therefore, people in ancient times lived in clans and had many children. It was not only the instinct of animal reproduction, but also to protect against these risks.
To put it bluntly, if you have many children and grandchildren, even if a few die, the family can still survive.
And if the second branch splits up and moves out independently... unless they have the ability to go to the city, if they continue to stay in the countryside, haha, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Before, it was one’s own relatives who sold their daughters, but in the future, it might be the village ruffians and hooligans who abducted and sold their daughters.
Whether in his own world or in many ancient small worlds, Gu Qingcheng has seen and heard too many strange stories.
Too many absurd things that go against people’s worldview actually happen.
People in later generations may find it incredible, but it was the truth in ancient times.
Gu Qingcheng is not a modern person who traveled from later times. She has ancient thinking, which she can completely bring in.
At this moment, Gu Qingcheng's expression and tone seemed particularly "sensible"!
She did not hate her grandparents for being cruel, nor did she blame her parents for being foolishly filial and cowardly. She could understand the actions of her elders very well.
This is all for the Ling family. As long as the Ling family becomes rich, even if they sell her, they can redeem her in the future!
Now that the child has become "sensible", the extreme and biased grandparents can't help but feel a little guilty - alas, Wu Ya is a sensible child, what a pity!
Who would be willing to sell their child if they were not forced to do so?
Although it is not against the law, it is not a glorious thing.
Life is just a skin!
Especially in rural areas, if you do something like selling your granddaughter, you will be criticized.
Now, isn’t their house surrounded by people, being pointed at and laughed at?
Old Man Ling and Old Lady Ling could only desperately tell themselves that no matter what happened, when their grandson graduated and became a high-ranking official, these people would naturally curry favor with him and flatter him.
And the infamy they once bore will also become proof of their ability to "bear humiliation" and "have a long-term vision"!
I tried to persuade myself, but I was still one step short.
The little granddaughter, the person who was sold, not only did not feel resentful, but seemed to be explaining things to them. The old couple were instantly moved.
There was even a hint of grievance: Who are we doing this for? Isn't it for the Ling family?
"Good boy! Good boy!"
Old Mrs. Ling had a harsh and sarcastic face, but she showed a kind smile.
Her eyes were full of relief, "Fifth girl, you are indeed a sensible and good child."
It’s not that these elders are really cruel, but they really have no choice.
"Grandma, I understand! I know you and Grandpa were forced into this!"
"You also love us granddaughters in your heart—"
Gu Qingcheng's thin, tanned little face was full of admiration.
She didn't say this entirely against her will.
People always like to compare.
Old Mrs. Ling is indeed not a loving grandmother to her granddaughters. She favors boys over girls and is partial to them.
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