Chapter 1 Idle Talk at the Village Entrance
“The Old Yang family is truly ruthless!”
“Who isn’t saying that? They let their own son die by smashing himself against the door at home, and they were indifferent. Alas! Truly heartless!”
“That’s not the only way to put it. Who told the Third Young Master of the Old Yang family to be unfilial? He actually let his son marry into another family. I really don’t know what he was thinking.”
“Hey hey, I know a bit. It is said that when he married into the Gu family, it was because Gu Laoda was the Third Young Master’s savior. It was to repay the kindness that they let their child marry in. But who knew the Old Yang family wouldn’t let him go, so the Third Young Master directly found the Village Head and caused a huge scene at home. Only then did he leave with nothing and separate the family.”
“Wow! Is it that amazing? I do know that there was indeed a commotion when they separated the family, but… how did the Third Young Master later smash himself to death at the Old Yang family’s ancestral home?”
“Actually, the Third Young Master was truly a filial son. But to repay kindness, he had to marry his child into another family. Not to mention anything else, just the money that the Third Young Master earned over these past ten years was all handed over to the family, not a cent was kept in secret. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have starved for several days before dying. Even if he didn’t smash himself to death, he would have starved to death.”
“Alas, it’s all fate! That old woman from the Yang family is extremely vicious. She didn’t even bat an eye when her own son smashed himself to death. The next day, she continued to torment her own daughters-in-law.”
“Although the Third Young Master is dead, his wife left long ago, and their only son also married into another family. Even if he died, there’s nothing to worry about.”
It was the slack farming season. The crops in the fields had all been harvested. And because this year’s weather was favorable and the harvest was good, even after paying the agricultural tax, each family had quite a bit left.
When there was no worry about food and drink, the idle young women and little wives in the village also gathered together, exchanging recent events one by one. They talked non-stop, as if they wanted to discuss every trivial matter.
And the events that happened in the Yang family were not small matters. Now, in the mouths of these women, they were even more embellished. Each of them spoke with a serious expression, as if they had personally witnessed it at the scene, and they spoke with great enjoyment.
It’s not to blame these women for gossiping. Although in the countryside, a little wife hanging herself or a widow having an affair and being sunk in a pond was not uncommon, but a grown man smashing himself to death at his own doorstep had never happened.
Especially since this man had already been kicked out with nothing and his family separated, not to mention his son had also married into another family and even changed his surname. These factors combined together became the topic of conversation for every family at night.
Although everyone expressed sympathy, they didn’t say any less of what they intended to say. As Gu Yu heard this, his expression didn’t change much. He just hid his body behind a tree and, through the women’s words, understood the events his current body had experienced.
Although he had suddenly transmigrated from modern times to ancient times after sleeping for a day, Gu Yu was not flustered at all.
The four words “go with the flow” were perfectly suited for Gu Yu.
This was also because Gu Yu had a naturally indifferent personality since childhood, which led to his shallow relationships with his parents and relatives. As a result, when he was later neglected by his family, Gu Yu didn’t feel any imbalance in his heart.
As long as he could ensure his survival, Gu Yu didn’t want those troublesome emotional entanglements… It was seeing his parents always fighting behind closed doors while appearing harmonious in front of others that made Gu Yu feel extremely hypocritical.
However, after transmigrating to ancient times, although the matter of family separation and marrying in was not glorious, it was a coincidence that Yang Yu’s name became Gu Yu, which was the same as his previous name, saving him the trouble of changing it again.
And Gu Yu appeared here now because, although he had transmigrated into this twelve-year-old boy, he didn’t have any memories of the original body. He could only guess based on what others said, to avoid any mishaps in a state of complete ignorance.
