The sky is slightly bright.

Without waiting for the servant to call, Gu Yunji got up neatly. After washing himself, he started simple morning exercises in the yard.

It has been a month since she wore it, and Gu Yunji is still a little unable to adapt to her current life. In addition to the change in her identity and environment, more importantly, how did she change from a woman to a man?

In the previous life, Gu Xue finally paid off her student loan after working hard for several years. She bought a long-favorite dress and prepared to reward herself a little. However, as soon as she left the mall gate, she was hit by a car from nowhere.

It hit her and she lost consciousness before she could react.

When she woke up again, Gu Xue had transformed from a 25-year-old urban girl with a bachelor's degree to a 14-year-old Gu Yunji, a concubine of the Gu family who was not even a scholar.

I'll settle down as soon as I come. Although I'm not as lucky as those who dress up as princes and generals, I can at least eat well and afford clothes now, and my family situation is pretty good. Compared with some time-travelers who are leaking everywhere as soon as they open their eyes.

With a thatched hut and a child waiting to be fed, he is already pretty good.

In one month, Gu Yunji has roughly understood the background of this era and the environment he is in.

This is an imaginary world. The overall situation is somewhat similar to that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Great Xia Dynasty he lived in has been established for more than a hundred years. Now is the time when a new king has been established. In the first month of this year, the reign name was changed to Jingfeng.

The Gu family is an aristocratic family in this dynasty. Their ancestors were among the first batch of civil servants who took the imperial examination after the founding emperor established the dynasty, and served as teachers for the prince. Now they have been officials for many generations. The one with the smoothest career in the family has become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. In the future,

Nine times out of ten, he will be appointed as a cabinet minister. It can be said that he is a very human minister and has great honor.

It's a pity that Gu Yunji is not from the same family, but belongs to a branch of the Gu family.

There are two main branches of the Gu family. One is in the capital. Most of the children in the family have official positions, and many of them passed the imperial examination and gradually took root in the capital.

The other branch is in Jiangnan, which is also the real headquarter of the Gu family, and the ancestral hall is located here. The branch in the capital also originated from here, and later developed and expanded in the capital.

The Gu family is a large clan in the south of the Yangtze River, with descendants all over the country, and its influence in the local Songjiang Prefecture is even more intricate. Among them, the direct lineage is mainly distributed in Fucheng. The old patriarch became an official and became a grand master, and is now quite famous in the entire prefecture.

Gu Kaizhen, Gu Yunji's father, was born in the Gu family of Songjiang Prefecture. He was a concubine. He made little achievements in the imperial examination. He only had the reputation of being a scholar and was not valued by the clan. He was separated not long after he became an adult and lived in Songjiang Prefecture.

Huating County took root.

As a concubine, he naturally could not get much property. What he was allotted at the beginning was only a hundred acres of land and three or four shops.

Although Gu Kaizhen was not good at imperial examinations, he was very talented in business. When he was young, he managed several shops that were very prosperous. He made a lot of money and his family business also expanded a lot.

But where is the hierarchy of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce? No matter how much money you make, you will still be looked down upon in a scholarly family like the Gu family.

When his eldest son reached the age where he was studying in Kaimeng, Gu Kaizhen spent most of his money on buying land. From then on, he became an idle landowner and squire, and raised his eldest son with peace of mind.

Therefore, although Gu Yunji is considered to be from a famous family, he can actually be said to be a child of a poor family. The poor family here is not the real poor class, but a family with a declining family, or a family with low power.

You must know that in ancient times with a clear hierarchical order, especially for aristocratic families who followed the heirloom system, concubines were all servants from humble backgrounds, and concubines were just children born from servants, and most of them were not worthy of attention.

Seventy-eight percent of the family property will be inherited by the eldest son in the future, and the rest will be distributed to the other legitimate sons. In a family like the Gu family, the property that the bastard son can get is only enough to live a prosperous life.

Only those concubines with outstanding abilities will be valued by the family and allocate more resources to cultivate them.

As a concubine, Gu Yunji knew that if he did not join the official career, his future destiny would definitely be worse than that of his father, so he could settle for just a few dozen acres of land for 80%.

Thinking of this, Gu Yunji sighed. It seemed that his best choice was to take the imperial examination and become an official. However, the fourteen-year-old Gu Yunji only passed the college examination last year and became a child student. There is still a long way to go.

After the morning exercise, Gu Yunji was already covered in a thin sweat.

At this time, Xudong, the attendant, reminded: "Third Young Master, it's almost time. It's time to go pay my respects to the master and his wife."

Gu Yunji agreed, and after tidying up his appearance, he walked towards the main courtyard.

At the entrance of the main courtyard, the eldest young master Gu Yunxiao was already waiting there.

Gu Yunxiao is the eldest son of his wife. He has been highly valued since he was a child. When he was old enough to study, his father Gu Kaizhen personally inspired him. Gu Yunxiao did not live up to his parents' expectations. He studied very hard and passed the exam a few years ago.

Scholar. This year when the new emperor ascended the throne and Enke was granted the throne, he also took part in the provincial examination in advance. However, the results have not been released yet, so I don’t know what his results will be.

As an elder brother, Gu Yunxiao has always been very protective of his younger siblings. Seeing the fine sweat on Gu Yunji's forehead, he asked:

"Why are you sweating so early in the morning? But your body is a little weak? I got a good ginseng plant a few days ago, and my third brother took it back to replenish qi and blood."

Gu Yunji bowed and smiled and rejected Gu Yunxiao's kindness: "Thank you for your concern, brother. I'm fine. I just got up and ran a few laps in the morning to exercise."

In fact, Gu Yunji has been doing morning exercises for several days. It's just that Gu Yunxiao went to Fucheng to take the provincial examination a few days ago and didn't know about it.

Hearing this, Gu Yunxiao nodded appreciatively and said encouragingly: "I have made some progress recently. In the past, you stayed in your room reading all day long and didn't go out very often. Now you seem to be more energetic."

While they were talking, the second young master Gu Yunlin also arrived.

Like Gu Yunji, he was born as a commoner. However, his biological mother, Aunt Sun, was born in Yangzhou Shouma, and her background was worse than that of Gu Yunji's biological mother, Aunt Zhao. However, Aunt Sun had always been very favored, so his life was second only to

The eldest son, Gu Yunxiao.

Seeing the two people waiting for him, Gu Yunlin's face turned red. After giving a perfunctory salute to Gu Yunxiao, he walked to stand next to Gu Yunji.

When everyone arrived, Gu Yunxiao led his two younger brothers into the courtyard to say hello.

The rules of the Gu family are strict. The young masters, regardless of their concubines, are kept in the front yard. After getting up in the morning, they greet each other and have breakfast with the master and his wife in the hall, and then go to school separately.

The young ladies should have more free time. They can have breakfast in their own boudoir before greeting the madam. As for dinner, no matter the young master or the young lady, they must wait for everyone to arrive and eat together in the hall.

In the hall, Mr. Gu Kaizhen and his wife Mrs. Wang were already sitting upright.

After Gu Yunji and the other two said goodbye, they each took their seats.

Gu Kaizhen looked at his eldest son, his eyes full of satisfaction: "Xiao'er has now passed the provincial examination. If he wins this time, it will be a good face for our family, even if he is on par with your cousins ​​in Fucheng.

Compared to that, it’s also very good.”

Gu Yunxiao is nineteen years old this year. If he can win the exam in one go, he will outperform most of his cousins. He will definitely win the favor of his grandfather in the city, and even Gu Kaizhen himself will gain more attention from the family.

Hearing this, the second young master Gu Yunlin curled his lips secretly.

This scene was taken in by Mrs. Wang, and she said calmly: "Brother Lin and Brother Ji must work hard and become famous as soon as possible, so that they can shine on the lintel of my Gu family."

Gu Kaizhen suddenly seemed to remember something, his face became solemn, and he glanced at his second son:

"Humph, Mr. Wei told me the other day that your homework these days is a mess! I don't know what you are doing all day long, and you are already eighteen! It took two or three exams before you were qualified to be a scholar, but you are still at the bottom. From now on.

If you don't work hard, I'll break your legs!"

Gu Yunlin secretly screamed when he saw the look in his father's eyes. Now that he was scolded, he became even more dejected. He huddled in his chair like a quail and did not dare to express his anger.

Gu Kaizhen was cursing, and when he glanced at Gu Yunji from the corner of his eye, he started to speak:

"And the third child, you should also study hard. If you don't understand something, ask the master more often. Don't stay silent all day long."

Gu Yunji generously said: "A son will definitely live up to the expectations of his father and mother. He will listen to the Master's teachings and study hard."

Hearing this, Gu Kaizhen looked at him a few more times. Gu Yunji used to be introverted and submissive when speaking, but now he looks a little different.

However, he only became a child student last year. Although he is more practical than the second child, he is not very bright and has no talent in reading. He may not be able to count on his future. Thinking of this, Gu Kaizhen shook his head secretly.
Chapter completed!