I want to make progress

Chapter 3: Survival becomes survival

As the saying goes, those who are close to water get the moon first. The girl from the Shu family occupies a superior geographical location, which makes her even more restless!

Shu Hanshan was not a high-ranking official, but he was fond of women. There were many women in his family, and therefore many children. Except for the legitimate children, the other illegitimate children were worthless.

But even so, Shu Yunfu could not say that Shu Hanshan and the first lady were not good to their illegitimate children. They did not really love them, and their food, clothing and other expenses were not very good, but at least they were well fed and warmly clothed, and could read and learn some music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Although Shu Hanshan was already middle-aged, he still had an aspirational heart. He did not let his children grow up freely, but brought them up well. The girls were good at singing and dancing, charming and attractive. They would be good pawns whether he gave them to Shangguan as concubines or used to win over those potential scholars.

Boys who are good at studying will be supported in their studies, and those who are not good at studying will learn business. No matter which path they choose in the future, they will be a help to the Shu family.

Unfortunately, in her previous life, she was buying dinner for the domineering president at the farmers' market, but she unexpectedly touched an aging electrical wire and was electrocuted to death. As a result, when she woke up, she became a newborn baby in the Darong Shu family. Even more unfortunate was that her mother died of dystocia when she was born. It is conceivable how difficult it would be for her to live in the Shu family's backyard without a mother to protect her.

But relying on the memories of her previous life, she survived and grew from a newborn baby into the beautiful girl she is today.

Seeing that she had lived alone for sixteen years and could now be sold, Shu Yunfu knew that it was time for her to find a husband.

The status of women in Darong is very low. They are not allowed to go out of the house. They even have to wear a veil or a hat when going out. The only thing she is thankful for is that she does not have to bind her feet, otherwise she would have committed suicide and been reborn again.

In fact, she started choosing someone to marry her many years ago. After all, in such a society, a woman's marriage is equivalent to a second life. This sentence is a real reality in Dayong.

Her stepfather and stepmother only considered the man's status and what benefits he could bring to them. Her interests were not important at all, so she had to consider more.

But unfortunately, she was just a canary tied up in the backyard. She had no contact with many men at all. There were too few people to choose from, and too few who could satisfy her cheap father.

After all, although she didn't have her biological mother to protect her, she had a beautiful face and perfectly inherited her mother's beauty, even better than her mother. None of the daughters of the Shu family could compare to her.

As her appearance improved, her life in the Shu family became better and better, but she knew that this was all just waiting for the right price.

Recently, her stepfather and stepmother started looking for a husband for her. Shu Yunfu became anxious and began to think about who could marry her. At this time, Duke Yingguo Gu Changting and Gu Changheng came, which was a good opportunity.

No matter whether she was in the past life in China where boys were favored over girls and she only had family members like blood-sucking leeches, or she was a small concubine's daughter in this life, she was never afraid. She just grew like a weed, upward, upward, and upward!

Whether it was being a substitute for the boss, or cooperating with the Shu family to make herself a qualified woman who could be given to a noble, she accepted it very obediently. She just wanted to live a good life and didn't want to suffer. She admitted that she was not a good woman, selfish, vain, and greedy for wealth and glory. She never concealed or denied this.

But who likes a life of poverty, who doesn't pursue a good life without worries about food and clothing, who can be truly selfless, who doesn't like to have money and power in hands, she doesn't steal or rob, and she has never hurt anyone, she works so hard, she deserves to live a good life!
She worked hard in her previous life. Even if she had to be a substitute for a domineering boss, it didn't matter. She worked diligently, so she got the life she wanted.

The same goes for this life, no one can stop her ambition to climb up!
Combining what she had heard about the Duke of England's personality and the understanding she had gained from the contacts she had made during those days, and knowing that even though Gu Changheng had no wife or concubines, Gu Changting already had a wife and children, Shu Yunfu still set her sights on Gu Changting.

On the one hand, she admires Qiang, and on the other hand, Gu Changheng seems to be a good man who would rather be alone than be with someone less than the right one, but she always feels something is wrong. Of course, the most important thing is that Gu Changting makes her very moved!

However, given Gu Changting's status and position, she can forget about becoming the main wife, and being a concubine is not a disgrace to her. Even this requires careful planning.

At the beginning, she was just trying it out. After all, there were many women who had this idea. Not to mention those outside, even her two elder sisters in the Shu family had already regarded the Duke of England as something in their pocket. How could she, a little concubine's daughter, compete with them?

If her stepfather had not been happy to see it happen, her stepmother would have thrown all of them, the concubines, to the countryside for the sake of her two daughters, and would not have allowed them to show their faces at all.

But she accidentally discovered that the dignified Duke of England was actually sneaking into her cheap father's study room at night in his nightgown!

Considering the purpose of their visit, she suddenly realized that now it was not a question of whether she should choose Gu Changting, but a question of whether she could save her life!

Considering her cheap father and the wealth of their Shu family, even a dog would not believe that Shu Hanshan was an honest official. He must have a place among the corrupt officials!
What is the imperial envoy here to investigate? He is here to investigate corruption!
No wonder she had such a peculiar vision and fell in love with the house of a small registrar. Although the registrar was a low-ranking official, he was in charge of many things in the local area. It was impossible to avoid the registrar in building the dam, and it was also impossible to avoid the registrar in corruption. I'm afraid no one knew better than her cheap father where the special silver for building the dam went.

Shu Yunfu finally understood that the countdown to the collapse of the Shu family had already begun the moment the imperial envoy arrived in Xuancheng, and what she should think about was not the future, but saving her life!

The eager Shu Yunfu found that it was too difficult to become Gu Changting's woman.

One is the beauty trap, but she found that Gu Changting's mind was extremely tough, and it was almost impossible to impress him with her beauty. Although she was beautiful and her personality was not bad, there was little hope for him to marry her in less than a month.

The second is to drug her directly and make the matter a fait accompli. However, this is not only despicable, but also a very bad idea. Even if it succeeds, her second half of life will be ruined. She is sure that this man, Gu Changting, will absolutely hate her!
But time was running out, and there was no way to take it slow. She scratched her head and tried to think of a good idea, but no matter how close she got, the man remained unmoved, forcing her to grit her teeth and use despicable means. No matter what, saving her life was the most important thing!

(End of this chapter)