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"Sigh, alright!" Lady Ye nodded gently, her eyes full of affection. Then she asked Faang Ruxiu, "By the way, Ruxiu, do you have anything else you'd like to eat? If you do, mother will make it for you. "

"No need, mother. I want to rest for a while." Faang Ruxiu shook her head.

"Alright then. Have a good rest. Mother will be leaving first." Lady Ye lightly tucked Faang Ruxiu in before turning around to leave.

After Lady Ye left, Faang Ruxiu lay on her bed and began to comb through the original owner's memories from beginning to end.

The original owner's name was Gu Ruxiu. She was the direct daughter of Gu Nan Ting, the Minister of Revenue, and the eldest daughter of the Gu family.

However, when she was twelve, she was discovered by others to be not Minister Gu's real daughter. She was just the daughter of an ordinary peasant woman, and the real daughter of that peasant woman was Minister Gu's real daughter.

This was really a coincidence. It was just like the song in the play.

Minister Gu and Gu Nan Ting were legendary figures. They were different from the aristocratic families in the capital. Their ancestors were farmers who had been digging in the fields for generations. Minister Gu had started his business from scratch and a few decades ago, he was still just a commoner.

Twenty years ago, Gu Nan Ting went to the capital to take the examinations and became the top scholar. After that, he began his career as a official and married the daughter of the famous Prominent Class Wu family. The two of them loved each other and gave birth to three men and a woman.

The three girls in front of Gu Ruxiu were all brothers. As Lady Wu's only daughter, Gu Ruxiu had been doted on by her family ever since she was born.

However, the year that Gu Ruxiu was born, Fengyang County and Li Yang County suffered from a flood. After the flood, the imperial government painfully thought about the pain and decided to reinforce the riverbank by Li River once again. In order to prevent the people below from disobeying the rules, they sent their Assistant Minister of Revenue Gu Nan Ting as the supervisor to supervise the construction of the riverbank.

At that time, Lady Wu and her husband were having sex, but building a dike wasn't something that could be done in a day or night. Gu Nan Ting didn't know how long it would take to get to Fengyang County, so even though she was pregnant, she was still determined to accompany her husband and head to Fengyang County.

Coincidentally, at that time, the second son of the Fang family, Faang Changfu, was also sent by the imperial court to build the riverbank. Apart from him, all the men of the Fang family, including their old father, Faang Weicheng, were recruited.

It was fine with the others, but this Faang Weicheng was a poor scholar when he was young. When he was older, he saw that there was no hope in studying, and now he went to work for a rich family. It was impossible for him to build a dike, but how could the imperial government subdue him? If you don't want to go, you can either pay five taels of silver or let others take your place.

Although the Fang family had a large population, all those who were suitable in age had been transferred away, leaving only some women, children, and children. "However, these five taels of silver were not a small amount. The food rations of the over ten members of the Fang family were only five taels of silver a year. Therefore, five taels of silver was not something that could be taken out.

At this time, Lady Ye stepped forward and said she was willing to build a dike in Faang Weicheng's place! She thought of how she was a woman, and though she didn't have much strength, she could go to the riverbank and help the men with their cooking.

Just like that, a few days later, when the official who came forward to recruit her said that he pitied her filial piety, he actually agreed to let her build a dike in Faang Weicheng's place.