I was a stepmother in ancient times, and I led my whole family to wealth.

Chapter 26 Your name is already on the household registration.

The girl joined in and said loudly, "I can manage my life too!"

Dongfang Jin was amused by her adorable appearance: "Yes, my Niu Niu is quite thrifty. By the way, Little Stone, can you read?"

“I don’t know it. My grandfather said that learning those things is useless and a waste of money,” Shi Tou said, then lowered his head.

Dongfang Jin saw a longing in his eyes: "Then do you want to go to school?"

Shi Tou suddenly looked up, his face full of excitement: "I...can I?"

"Of course, you can learn as long as you want to. Not only you, but also our little girl, can go to a private school if she wants to go to school."

Little Stone's eyes sparkled with joy when he heard her say that.

“If you want your daughter to learn to read, you would usually invite a tutor to your home,” Gu Chenglin suddenly interjected.

After hearing this, Dongfang Jin didn't bring up the topic again. The first priority now is to solve the housing problem. Once we have a house, we can deal with the rest step by step.

"Let's not worry about that for now, we'll talk about it later. Little Stone, start the fire for your aunt, I'll stew the meat for you."

“That… Stone, call her Little Mother,” Gu Chenglin sighed, rubbing his forehead. What’s with calling her Aunt? His wife’s name is already written in big letters on his household registration.

Dongfang Jin was furious, squinting and gritting her teeth as she stared at Gu Chenglin: "You..."

Seeing her like this, Gu Chenglin smiled and said seriously, "You are my wife now, the kind whose name is on the household registration."

Yes, your name is already on the household registration. Want to leave? Don't even think about it. No matter who you are, you are my wife, Gu Chenglin's wife.

Upon hearing this, Shi Tou immediately spoke up: "Little sister."

When the girl heard her brother call out, she also called out, "Little Mother."

Dongfang Jin looked at the father and his two sons: "You..." She was furious! She had been tricked! Stepmother! Even stepmother or stepmother sounds better.

Seeing her reluctance, Gu Chenglin knew this couldn't be rushed: "Alright, what else do you need? I'll help you."

Dongfang Jin looked at him with disdain: "No need, you stink. Go find a place to take a bath."

Gu Chenglin wasn't angry; on the contrary, he liked her even more: "Okay, there's a valley behind this mountain with a cave and a pool of water inside. The water there is warm."

Dongfang Jin asked in surprise, "Hot springs? Where are they?"

Gu Chenglin pointed to the west side of the back mountain: "It's in this mountain. I haven't been back for five years. I'll go and scout it out first, and I'll bring you all with me next time."

Dongfang Jin was a little excited. Hot springs! It seems this mountain will also be within our grasp, haha!

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, be careful, hurry up and go, come back as soon as possible."

Gu Chenglin replied gently, "Okay."

After Gu Chenglin left with his change of clothes, the two children followed Dongfang Jin into the kitchen to get busy.

Gu Chenglin stayed in the shadows for a while, and only left after hearing laughter coming from the courtyard.

Back mountain

“Master,” a man in black knelt on the ground, bowing his head to Gu Chenglin.

"Get up, how's the investigation going?"

"I haven't found much yet because it's been a long time."

Furthermore… it seems this was done intentionally, and some evidence was erased; those people from back then are no longer around.”

"I understand. You can go back to your uncle. I don't need anyone to follow me."

"But your injury?"

"It's alright, Chu Xiong has already arrived in Ling'an County."

“Master, if you need anything, go to Lu Yunqing, the magistrate of Ling’an County. He is the heir of the Marquis of Changyuan and is one of our people.”

"The Jin Yu Lou restaurant in the county belongs to the master. If it's inconvenient for you to go to the county government, you can go anywhere. The manager there, Zhao Yuming, is one of Master Gu's men."

"Okay, do you have any money with you?"

"How much does Master want? I only have five thousand taels of silver on me."

"Give me three thousand taels, and you can exchange them for the corresponding amount later."

"Yes," the man in black said, glancing at Gu Chenglin before leaving the medicine and silver notes behind. "I will stay in Ling'an County for a few more days." Without waiting for Gu Chenglin to speak, he leaped away.

Gu Chenglin held those things and looked in the direction Feng had left. This person was given to him by his uncle. The four people, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, this was Feng.

That time my uncle went to see him at the border, it was a rushed trip, and he left just as quickly...

Arriving at this place from my memories, it remains unchanged.

This cave is where he has spent every winter since he was a child.

This place was where he was ten years old when he was so hungry that he chased a rabbit and ended up here.

When he arrived here, he was surprised to find that the water and land were warm, and that there were many wild vegetables and fruits in the valley.

Later, he cleared land here and planted a lot of grain. Apart from keeping enough for himself, he sold all the grain to make money.

Entering the cave, prying aside the rock, a small cave was revealed, which he had also carved out.

He took out the box inside, opened it, and inside were gold and silver jewelry and the money he had saved over the years.

Seeing all these things still there made Gu Chenglin reminisce.

These things were taken when he was serving his corvée labor. On his way back, eager to get home, he took a shortcut through the mountains.

They happened to run into a group of robbers, and a fight broke out over the loot. Both groups of people were badly injured, but then another person came to their rescue...

After the man burned the body clean, he took the money and left.

He had just reached the spot where the box was when he witnessed the two men fighting, and the box had rolled into the tree pit...

After everyone had left, he came out, carrying the box, and ran all the way here to hide it.

When he left home, he gave two gold ingots to Tian, ​​telling her to keep them for emergency use. Little did he know that she had already planned it all along.

Yes, after giving birth to Niu Niu, Tian was bullied by her mother, younger siblings, and so she decided to run away from home.

To be precise, Tian had the idea of ​​leaving him when he left home to perform corvée labor.

She had planned to leave after he went to serve in the military, but then she discovered she was pregnant...

Haha, with his family like that, as long as they don't separate, no matter how many wives he marries, they'll all wear him down...

Gu Chenglin slowly took off his clothes, bent down, held his left leg with both hands, and pulled hard. With a "snap," he moved around a bit.

He stepped into the water, and when the water reached his chest, he removed the human skin mask from his face...

……

"Wow, it smells so good! Is this really meat?" The little girl swallowed hard, staring at the bubbling braised pork in the pot and exclaiming in surprise.

Dongfang Jin took a small bowl, scooped out a piece and handed it to her: "Here, try it, see if it's good."

The girl eagerly took the bowl and excitedly said, "Okay."

Little Stone stared intently at the bowl in his sister's hand, swallowing hard. "How is it? Is it delicious?"

"Mmm, ha...ha, brother...so delicious, so delicious." With that, she put the rest of the food into her mouth.

Dongfang Jin noticed his longing look and the way he opened his mouth to swallow. She then took a small bowl and scooped a piece for him, saying, "Here, this is for you. Eat slowly, don't burn yourself. These will taste better if they simmer for a while longer."

Little Stone took the bowl and nodded excitedly, "Mmm."