I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 117: Hit it directly

Over the years, the Gu Jin family has lived a comfortable life, relying on Gu Jin and his son working as accountants, renting out their land to others for farming, and occasionally getting some benefits from the in-laws of Gu Jin's sister Gu Tao and daughter Gu Yongmei.

The only thing that made them feel unhappy was that Gu Jin and his son were never able to pass the imperial examinations to obtain a higher level of honor.

Gu Jin was still just a student at this age. Although his son Gu Yongwen had surpassed his father in terms of fame and success, his advantage was only in reputation.

In fact, his knowledge was no better than his father's, but thanks to the increasingly chaotic power they belonged to and the increasingly lawless officials in various places, Gu Yongwen finally got through to the county magistrate last autumn and got himself the title of scholar.

In the following year, Gu Yongwen had been eagerly waiting to be promoted.

Of course, with his mere title of scholar, he would definitely not be able to obtain an official position of any rank, even the lowest ninth rank. His so-called "official" was actually an ordinary clerk without rank in the yamen.

The whole family keeps talking about waiting for an official position. On the one hand, they are deceiving themselves to satisfy their own vanity, and on the other hand, it is also to raise their own status so that it will be easier for them to fool ordinary people who are ignorant of the truth.

The reason for doing this was that Gu Yongwen emptied out all his family assets in exchange for the title of a scholar. Later, in order to get a position in the county government, he even arranged the marriage of his daughter who was just over ten years old.

But even so, his "official position" was never implemented.

Gu Yongwen's family became more and more anxious day by day. At this time, Gu Tao seemed to tell them unintentionally that Gu Wenxuan's family had hooked up with a nobleman.

Gu Yongwen's family had the same reaction as Gu Tao. They were first in disbelief, then envious and jealous, and finally they rolled their eyes, thinking about how they could seize this opportunity.

In the end, it was Gu Jin who had a flash of inspiration and gave Gu Yongwen a "good idea".

Gu Yongwen thought it was feasible, so the father and son couldn't wait to hire a carriage and went to Baijia Village, which they had not been to for a long time.

"Second brother, long time no see." Gu Jin stroked his beard and greeted Grandpa Gu in a literary manner.

Gu Yongwen smiled and bowed, "Second uncle, second aunt, eldest brother."

Gu Yongming didn't even bother to raise his eyelids, and ignored everyone with a stone face.

Old Master Gu frowned and said to Gu Jin and Gu Yongwen in an impatient tone: "Get out, you are not welcome in our home!"

Gu Jin and Gu Yongwen were filled with rage, but when they thought about the need for help, they suppressed their anger.

"Second brother, I came here to talk to you about something serious."

Since Old Master Gu doesn't like them, why would Gu Jin be willing to come to see his second brother whom he has always looked down upon?

Since the other party was so hostile, he simply stopped trying to play the emotional card.

"You also know that our father's greatest wish in his life was for our family to have an official, completely changing the family's status. When he was dying, he was still reminding me and your nephew to study hard and bring honor to our family."

Mr. Gu frowned, "You have no right to talk to me about these things, get out!"

Gu Jin looked at Old Master Gu with a look of condemnation in his eyes, "How can you say that? Second brother, are you going to be disobedient and unfilial?"

Gu Yongming couldn't listen any longer. He put down the sickle he had sharpened and said, "How did my father disobey his parents? His parents are already buried. Who did he disobey? How was he unfilial? Didn't he burn paper for the old man and the old lady?"

Walking up to Gu Jin and Gu Yongwen with a sullen face, Gu Yongming exposed their little thoughts with a look of contempt, "You and your son just want to get benefits from my family under the banner of the old man, just say it directly, don't you feel ashamed and embarrassed to do this to the death?"

Gu Jin and Gu Yongwen's faces turned purple, and Gu Jin subconsciously began to act like an elder, "How can you talk like that? I'm your uncle!"

Gu Yongming sneered, "You coaxed me to work hard for you when I was alive and well, but you couldn't wait to kick me out after I got injured? Should I thank you properly, old man?"

The latter part of the sentence sounded sarcastic, which was not a good thing to hear. In addition, his eyes were gloomy and his expression was ferocious, which made him look very scary.

Gu Jin was afraid that he would suddenly go crazy and beat him up, so he subconsciously took a few steps back to distance himself from him.

Gu Yongwen was afraid that Gu Jin would be scared away. He had no way of getting the token from the second wife, so he mustered up his courage and yelled at Gu Yongming, "I am already a scholar, how dare you touch us, father and son?"

Gu Yongming sneered, "What's wrong with being a scholar? Can a scholar trespass into a private house? Do you want me to throw the marriage certificate in your face, break your legs and throw you out?"

"You!" Gu Yongwen was shaking with anger. His mind got hot and his true thoughts came out of his mouth.

"What are you so proud of? Didn't your family just get lucky and hook up with a noble man?"

"Don't you see your whole family? None of you can even recognize a bunch of big characters. Even if you marry a noble, what can the noble do to help people like you?"

"What's wrong with us wanting the noble's token? We are father and son, one is a scholar and the other is a student, so we can make the most of the token!"

"If you know what's good for you, just hand over the token honestly. Then when we get a job, we may consider giving you some support."

Gu Yongming was so angry at the man's shamelessness that he laughed. Without waiting for Gu Wenxuan's grandparents to say anything, or for Gu Jin who was trying to stop his son to say anything, Gu Yongming simply picked up the broom and hit Gu Yongwen in the face.

Gu Yongwen screamed and kept dodging. Gu Jin wanted to stop Gu Yongming, but he was hit by him with a broom. The father and son had no choice but to leave in a mess.

Gu Yongming felt that the depression that had been accumulating for many years had all dissipated overnight. He said to his parents with a clear mind, "If they dare to come again, you two elders should just pick up a broom and beat them out. Why waste time talking to them?"

Old Master Gu glanced at his son's high spirits, and his mood couldn't help but brighten.

Li wiped away her tears. Her son's knot was untied and she was in a very good mood.

Wiping away the tears of joy, Li complained speechlessly, "It's a pity that these two bastards have the nerve to come to our house. I don't know how they got such a thick face."

Gu Yongming put down the broom and said, "People like them don't have the guts to do that. Just wait and see. They won't just give up like that."

Sure enough, that afternoon, Gu Jin sent his daughter Gu Yongmei over.