The coachman even cracked his whip, striking the horse's back.
The horse, in pain, also strained.
Almost simultaneously, the wheels that had been stuck in the carriage slowly rose up.
The carriage continued moving forward, and everyone behind it breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Jingchun looked at the group, who were all soaked despite wearing raincoats, and said:
"Everyone has worked hard. Let's see if there are any villages ahead and then we can stop and rest for a bit."
Although time is of the essence, we are not even halfway there yet, and the rain came suddenly. If we don't get a proper rest, everyone will probably fall ill.
After Gu Jingchun finished speaking, he got into the carriage.
At this moment, she knew that this was not the time to play the hero, and if she fell ill, it would probably delay things even more.
Fortunately, the heavy rain didn't last long. After it stopped, they saw a village not far away.
Upon seeing this, Ye Wenxi immediately rode his horse to Gu Jingchun's carriage.
"Jingchun, there's a village ahead. Let's rest there tonight."
Upon hearing this, Gu Jingchun opened the car window, glanced in Ye Wenxi's direction, and then nodded.
"Okay, I'll leave everything to you."
Ye Wenxi travels around all year round, and she knows far more about these things than she does.
Moreover, Gu Jingchun was feeling dizzy and lightheaded, clearly quite sleepy.
She lay in the carriage, not caring about anything else, and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
This time, in her dream, she saw her adoptive mother, Mei Xueli, again.
She was a very ordinary woman.
An ordinary appearance, an ordinary personality—the kind of person you wouldn't notice in a crowd.
Yet, this very person raised her all by himself.
She often held little Gu Jingchun in her arms and sat in the yard, reading picture books to him during the day.
At night, he would point to the stars in the sky with Gu Jingchun.
The stars in the sky are very bright. When Gu Jingchun looks up, he can see a sky full of stars.
"Our Chun'er is the most beautiful, just like the stars in the sky."
At that time, Gu Jingchun didn't understand. She just grinned and asked, "Are the stars in the sky more beautiful, or is Chun'er more beautiful?"
"Of course, our Chun'er is the prettiest!"
Mei Xueli said, as she hugged the little Gu Jingchun in her arms, looking at Gu Jingchun's face and gently stroking her hair.
"Remember, Chun'er, even if you are a star, you are the brightest of all the stars."
No one in this world is as noble as you.
Gu Jingchun nodded.
A few days later, Mei Xueli made her a dress embroidered with stars.
She happily put it on and twirled around.
However, the clothes were soon torn to shreds by the neighbor's little boy.
Gu Jingchun went back and cried.
Mei Xueli, who is usually kind and unassuming, would go and seek justice for her.
It was then that she realized how terrifying her usually gentle and quiet adoptive mother could be when she got angry.
She frightened those people so much that they dared not say another word, and they paid her a considerable amount of money before the matter was considered closed.
However, from that day on, they began to be bullied by the villagers.
Those ignorant villagers would throw stones into their yards at night.
They would block their doors with sewage, preventing them from leaving.
It will knock over the clothes that Mei Xueli just washed.
They will pull up all the vegetables that Mei Xueli has planted.
Even the wheat that Mei Xueli planted was damaged by them along the way.
Mei Xueli was furious, but how could she possibly fight against so many people in the village on her own?
So she endured it again and again.
Finally, he went to a nearby hillside, built a small house, and cultivated several acres of farmland in front of the house.
Gu Jingchun didn't understand at the time; he just jumped around with Mei Xueli and was so happy that he was about to move into a new house that he danced with joy.
But she didn't know that Mei Xueli's house had taken a whole year to build.
It was during this time that her health collapsed from exhaustion.
She would occasionally sit on the ground and sob silently.
Gu Jingchun didn't understand back then, and would only hand her two freshly picked fruits.
"Mommy, try this fruit. It's very sweet. If you eat such a sweet fruit, you won't cry anymore, right?"
Whenever this happened, Mei Xueli would hug her and quickly stop crying.
That's why Gu Jingchun in his previous life agreed to go back with them after they came to the Yong'an Marquis's residence.
Because they said they would give Mei Xueli a sum of money so that she could live a life of luxury and not suffer any hardship in the future.
In her previous life, after Gu Jingchun was taken back to Tiandu by the people of the Yong'an Marquis's mansion, she never saw her adoptive mother again.
At that time, Chu Qianlan said that her adoptive mother was old and in poor health, so they specially found a doctor to take her to a place with a suitable temperature to recuperate.
However, when Gu Jingchun sent people to search for her, they could not find her.
Gu Jingchun was very saddened by this.
In her view, although her adoptive mother had switched her out, she had never mistreated her and had given Gu Jingchun all the best things in her life.
Gu Jingchun couldn't understand why, even though his family was struggling to make ends meet, his adoptive mother insisted that he learn something completely useless.
For example, reading, practicing calligraphy, playing the zither, dancing, etc.
For example, dressing and applying makeup.
At that time, Gu Jingchun didn't even have a proper piece of clothing, but she still learned how to dress like the ladies of noble families.
In Gu Jingchun's view at the time, these things were of no use to them.
However, after Gu Jingchun returned to the Yong'an Marquis's residence, it played a huge role in preventing Gu Jingchun from making a fool of himself.
Perhaps her adoptive mother felt guilty at that time, or perhaps she guessed that Gu Jingchun would return one day.
That's why she used her own methods to teach Gu Jingchun these things, things that originally belonged to her.
Moreover, her adoptive mother was extremely kind to her and taught her a great deal.
Although she didn't know many characters, she taught Gu Jingchun a lot of principles.
Unfortunately, in her previous life, she was forced to marry the third prince and was then imprisoned.
It felt like being trapped in a prison.
Even if she had a chance to escape, she would be caught and brought back very soon.
She never saw her adoptive mother again before she died.
After Gu Jingchun was reborn, she did not leave her adoptive mother, nor did she resent her adoptive mother.
In her view, her adoptive mother taking her away was not harming her, but helping her.
After her rebirth, she first settled her adoptive mother before beginning her own plans.
Gu Jinxi was my first step.
The second step is to establish Tianjing Trading Company and gain its own power.
Returning to the Yong'an Marquis's residence to seek revenge is the third step.
The fourth step is to leverage the power of the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion or the Luo family to gain a certain level of influence and connections, which will allow one to navigate the future with ease and remain invincible.
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