Farming and reading lady

Chapter 142 Discussions on the Streets

Du Xianniang was so angry that she fell backwards, panting and shouting: "Isn't this for you? What's wrong with asking your sister to find more resources for you? Ah, what did I do wrong?"

Gu Xihao was holding his breath. He didn't want this kind of love. He slammed the door. This was the first time he lost his temper in front of his parents.

Du Xianniang was also furious: "Study hard, study hard, but you are just reading into the dog's stomach, you are a disobedient and unfilial son."

She was so busy venting her anger that she didn't think about what she said, and she didn't expect that her words would be spread by the servants at home, adding a lot of twists and turns to Gu Xihao's road to becoming the top scholar. Her relationship with her children was also broken to the point where it was almost irreparable.

The soundproofing effect in ancient times was extremely poor. Gu Xihao also heard Du Xianniang's hysterical scolding. His heart immediately sank. He always thought that his mother was more far-sighted than his father, and had a broader vision and mind. Who knew that just a night-shining pearl would make his mother seem like a completely different person. He was sad, but at the same time, he was secretly glad that his sister didn't hear these words, otherwise she would be very sad.

When Gu Lieqi, who was dealing with things outside, returned home, he heard his wife's last roar. His feet were still raised to enter the door, and he forgot to put them down. He didn't dare to think that these were the words of his gentle wife. Didn't his wife always encourage him to be enterprising? Didn't his wife always love the children? How could she say such a thing?

Du Xianniang caught a glimpse of him from the corner of her eye and said angrily, "Why are you standing there acting as a door god? You guys are causing me so much trouble."

Gu Lieqi put his feet down hesitantly: "Madam..."

"What do you mean by 'mother'? Can't you see I'm almost mad to death? Pour me a glass of water." As an orphan, Du Xian's mother is a fierce person at heart.

Gu Liqi walked up to her silently and poured her a glass of water.

Du Xianniang's anger seemed to be calmed down by the glass of water, and she fell silent.

"Madam, what happened? Why do you get so angry?" Gu Liqi couldn't help but ask.

Du Xianniang's eyes flickered. She knew her husband's temper. Although he didn't seem to have a bad temper, he was stubborn and straightforward. He loved his children, especially his daughter. She didn't dare to tell the whole story.

Seeing her eyes flickering and unwilling to talk, Gu Lieqi did not ask any more questions, thinking of asking his son later. As a man beside him, he knew that his wife had been a little strange recently, but he did not think too deeply about it, thinking that women's hearts were like needles in the sea and difficult to figure out.

The two of them seemed to have resolved the matter in unison. Du Xianniang breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't know that her husband secretly found her son the next day to ask about what happened.

Facing his own father, Gu Xihao didn't think there was anything to hold back. He repeated everything to his father and added, "Dad, if you think Mom is right to think this way, I have nothing to say. But if you do anything to hurt my sister again, I will tell you in advance that I will never agree. Perhaps, while you are still young, you can ask Mom for a few more brothers and sisters that will satisfy you."

Gu Lieqi was silent, the kind of silence that made his eyes go dark. He couldn't understand why his wife had such an idea. Who wouldn't envy his good fortune of having both a son and a daughter? Who wouldn't praise his children for being so hardworking? Didn't his wife always feel proud of him? And Hao Ge'er, who had always been a well-behaved and filial child, actually said such things to him. What did it mean to have a few more children who would satisfy them? Didn't they intend to give up on their parents? The more Gu Lieqi thought about it, the more his head hurt, and the more dazed he became. He didn't know when his son left. When he came to his senses, the room was empty, leaving him alone sitting at the table.

But this was not the worst situation. The worst thing was that when he went out the next day, he heard a lot of people talking about it, and the people being talked about were his family members.

"Hey, have you heard? The seemingly gentle young man from the Gu family is actually disrespectful to his parents at home and beats his mother so hard that she had to beg for mercy. Tsk tsk, you really can't judge a person by his appearance." Passerby A had a look of disgust and regret on his face.

Passerby B: "Who said it wasn't? I heard he will take part in the palace examination in the spring. How can such a person be qualified to stand there?"

"It's not easy to be the emperor's disciple. He may not even be able to get in." Passerby C.

"It is said that he ranks quite high." Passerby.

"So what? Filial piety is the most important thing in the Daling Kingdom. Such an unfilial person would be a traitor even if he gets an official position." Passerby...

Gu Liqi almost fell to the ground. If the servant boy beside him hadn't helped him, he would have fainted in the street.

"Send me to Uncle Ye's house." He calmed himself down and made a decision in his heart.

The servant swallowed the words of persuasion that came to his lips. How could the young master be spread like this? According to these people, it was the lady who spread these rumors.

Gu Xihao of the Gu family was disobedient and unfilial, and he beat his own mother, doing things unworthy of a human being. He became a laughing stock in the streets of Beijing. Many students even jointly wrote a letter demanding the removal of all the identities that Gu Xihao had obtained in the imperial examinations, and canceling his qualifications for further advancement.

By the time Tong Mingyan got the news, the rumor had already spread throughout the capital. Even someone like him who had been in the officialdom for a long time and had long been trained to remain unmoved even in the face of adversity, was so angry that he smashed several cups at home: "Stupid woman, stupid woman, Hao'er is so unlucky to have such a mother. Is there something filthy in the ancestral graves of their Gu family? The biological mother actually ruined her son's reputation and future like this."

Yin Xueruo was also very angry. She was more straightforward than Tong Mingyan, so she wanted to hit him without saying anything. However, she was stopped by Tong Mingyan who still had some sense.

"Why are you pulling me here? You're such a jerk. If it weren't for Hao Ge'er, I would have beaten her to death." Yin Xueruo frowned coldly, "Hao Ge'er is such a good kid. How could she have the heart to slander him like this? What kind of person is she? How could there be such an unreasonable mother in this world?"

"Keep your voice down." Tong Mingyan nodded towards the brother and sister's study.

"Do you think they don't know?" Yin Xueruo said this, but she lowered her voice.

In the study, Gu Xihao was drinking tea calmly.

Gu Xixian was speechless for a while: "Brother, are you just going to let things develop like this?"

"What's wrong with that? Isn't this exactly what she wants?" Gu Xihao was indifferent. He didn't even want to call her mother now.

"She definitely wouldn't have spread this news. At most, someone with ulterior motives heard it and exaggerated it to frame you." Gu Xixian was very sure of this. Although she had noticed the changes in Du Xianniang's attitude towards her during this period, she was absolutely sincere and kind to her brother.

"Yeah, I know." No matter how reluctant Gu Xihao was, she could still understand his intention of doing it for his own good.

"So, what should we do next?" Gu Xixian snatched the teacup from his hand.

"You don't have to do anything, just leave it like this for now." He wanted this to completely solve his mother's lost heart. He looked at his sister steadily: "By the way, you already knew what she was thinking, right?"

Gu Xixian was silent for a while before replying, "It's not that early. Actually, I can understand her thoughts."

"Bullshit, what do you want to understand? Do you, a little kid, expect me to understand her greed?" Gu Xihao even cursed.

Gu Xixian looked at him in surprise: "Brother, you actually..."