Chapter 1

Chapter 1

In Yizhou County, there is a village called Qingfang Village, with sixty households.

In the village, the Zhao, Jiang, and Yang families, three surnames, account for sixty percent of the population, they are the natives of the village.

The remaining forty percent belong to other surnames, with the Gu family being the largest family after the three main surnames.

The old Gu family is from Grandpa Gu's generation, who fled here during a time of great chaos, Grandpa Gu had three brothers.

Each of the three brothers had no less than five sons and three daughters.

The eldest in the Gu family had the most children, he married twice and had ten sons and five daughters.

The Gu family relied on their children to outnumber the population by far.

Even the people from the three main surnames think twice before trying to bully them.

In a thatched house at the foot of the village, a man was crying uncontrollably holding his daughter who had already passed away.

Someone advised him to bury the child.

"Old Gu Six, your daughter is already dead, if you don't bury her in this weather, the body will stink by tomorrow."

"Yes, Old Six, let the child rest in peace, don't make things more difficult."

The man held his eight-year-old daughter, suddenly went crazy, "Get out, all of you get out, my daughter is not dead, whoever dares to say my daughter is dead, I will make their family arrange the funeral."

The people who were just now advising him angrily said, "You are just a fool who doesn't know any better, Old Gu Six."

"Go, go, go, you ignorant fool, let him hold his dead daughter and let it stink."

"Disgusting."

The crowd dispersed, leaving only the father and daughter in the once crowded room.

Gu Chang'an woke up in a daze amidst the crying, Old Gu Six was too engrossed in his crying to notice that his daughter was pretending to be dead.

Gu Chang'an's first feeling upon waking up was, so hungry, so hungry.

She pushed the man holding her, "Hey, stop crying."

Feeling dizzy from hunger, weak, her voice faint like a mosquito, but Old Gu Six still heard her.

Bright light shone from his lifeless eyes, "Daughter? Daughter? Oh, you really woke up."

Gu Chang'an was utterly confused, what did this man call her?

Daughter?

Her father passed away when she was five, she was raised by her grandparents, is this man out of his mind?

Suddenly, a piece of text appeared in Gu Chang'an's mind.

Name: Gu Qingming

Gender: Male

Age: 26

Hometown: Qingfang Village, Yizhou County, Ye Dynasty

Background: Ancient times

The sixth son of the Gu family, born to Lady Li, the first wife of the eldest Gu, who passed away during childbirth.

Old Gu Six was not loved by his father, without a mother, resented by his siblings.

Lady Li passed away when giving birth to Old Gu Six, he became the family's scapegoat.

Gu Chang'an: Isn't this the beginning of some novel's female lead?

Ancient times? Ye Dynasty? What's going on?

There was less and less edible food in the mountains, but there was still no sign of the court sending relief.

Old Gu Six was worried that even with money, he wouldn't be able to buy food.

Over the years, he had saved a lot of silver from hunting, but he hadn't saved any food.

Would he be afraid of not being able to buy food with silver?

He wanted to give himself a slap; it was okay if he went hungry, but his daughter couldn't.

When Gu Chang'an woke up again, the room was empty, and she couldn't wait to check her collected supplies in the space.

"Oh my, isn't this my mansion?"

"Thank you so much!"

Thinking of the drought in this world, Gu Chang'an immediately went to check if her supplies were still there.

Two double-door refrigerators, fully stocked.

Good, good.

Various meats and seafood in the cold storage were also there.

Satisfied!

The warehouse is a bit short on grains and oils.

There are ten bags of twenty catties of rice, and twenty bags of fifty catties of rice.

Twenty vacuum-packed bags of Jinlongyu rice, each weighing five catties.

There is a total of only 1300 catties of rice.

Two hundred catties of flour in ten catty bags, twenty bags in total.

Thirty catties of sweet potatoes, some of which need to be saved as seeds.

Twenty catties of sweet potato flour.

Fifty boxes of Lao Tan pickled cabbage noodles, each box containing ten barrels.

With all these supplies, two people should be able to eat for two years, but the drought will last for three and a half years, so more needs to be bought.

With this empty villa, do they have the money to buy food?

No, it's the drought!

The first thing to worry about is whether there is water in this villa. The thirty barrels of water she collected won't last long.

Gu Chang'an immediately rushed to the kitchen, turned on the tap, and water gushed out.

Thankfully, there is water.

Then she ran to the master bedroom on the second floor and turned on the hot water in the bathroom.

She breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, there is hot water, and the bathing issue is also resolved.

Sensing someone approaching, Gu Chang'an exited from the space.

She doesn't have the memories of the original host, so she doesn't know what kind of person Gu Chang'an was. She has no intention of maintaining a false persona.

No matter how well she acts, the truth will come out eventually. It's better not to hide from the beginning.

If Old Gu Six accepts her, then she will be his daughter. If he doesn't accept her?

She'll have to figure something out.

But even if she doesn't want to maintain a facade, she still needs to come up with a reason to deceive him.

What if he believes it? Right?

It's best to maintain a father-daughter relationship for convenience.