I was afraid that Li Mumu would be angry after hearing what she heard, and would become even angrier when she saw Zhang Qihui angry.

　　Li Mumu smiled and said, "Of course, you don't have to take their words to heart. However, although they are talking nonsense, one of their words still makes sense."

　　"Can they still say something that makes sense?" Zhang Qihui blinked, showing disdain for what those people said.

　　"The last sentence that person said is indeed correct. It is only right to keep all the benefits for yourself." Li Mumu said, "I live a good life, so I don't care what they say. Anyway, they can't live the good life that I do."

　　"Comparing the two, women still understand women better." Madam Shang said, "When we were resting in Wangyou before, we heard what the guests said, which was completely different from the views of those men."

　　"However, I did gain something from listening to it this time. I didn't expect that even my parents-in-law and my brother and his wife were involved in their plot." Li Mumu said, "My husband has heard this, and he said he doesn't care. But my parents and my brother and his wife often hang out together, so they must have heard a lot, but they never told me."

　　After listening to a lot of gossip, the four of them left.

　　When Li Mumu returned home, Gu's mother was sitting in the pavilion and Gu Xiuxiu was drawing a portrait of her mother.

　　Li Mumu came to the pavilion and Gu's mother saw her, but she couldn't move because Gu Xiuxiu was painting her portrait.

　　He could only roll his eyes towards Li Mumu, "Mumu is back! Xiuxiu is drawing my portrait. Master Guan said that Xiuxiu's painting skills are getting better and better. We don't need to go out to find a painter for our own portrait. Xiuxiu's paintings are better than many painters out there. There is no need to go far away."

　　Mother Gu was smiling. She was really happy that her granddaughter had such talent.

　　Gu Baiyuan studied with Master Guan and his knowledge improved day by day. Master Guan said that he could let Gu Baiyuan try for the college entrance examination in September this year.

　　Master Guan has always been a cautious person. No matter what the matter is, he never speaks for sure and always keeps 30% of the answer in reserve.

　　Originally, he thought that Gu Baiyuan was not qualified to take the college entrance examination, so he asked Gu Baiyuan to try it first to understand what the college entrance examination was like.

　　As expected, it was quite different from the previous county and prefectural examinations.

　　Gu Baiyuan really didn't pass the exam.

　　But because Gu Baiyuan was young, even if he failed the exam, everyone thought it was normal and did not feel regretful.

　　At that time, Master Guan said that Gu Baiyuan would not pass the exam, and he was just going to gain experience for the next time.

　　Take the college entrance examination seriously and make adequate preparations.

　　But this time, Master Guan said that Gu Baiyuan could try again.

　　The Gu family knew that in Master Guan's opinion, Gu Baiyuan should be able to pass the exam.

　　Hu Zhiwei passed the examination for a scholar at the age of 29, and now he is 32 years old and has not passed it yet.

　　Gu Baiyuan is now 7 years old. If he can really pass the examination and become a scholar, he can be called a child prodigy.

　　Although Gu Baijin was not as focused on his studies as Gu Baiyuan, he read all the books he should read.

　　But Gu Baijin seems to prefer handicrafts. Give him a piece of wood and he can make some fancy designs.

　　For this purpose, Li Mumu specially asked Gu Shangqing to borrow some easy-to-understand entry-level books from the Ministry of Industry and asked Gu Baijin to read them.

　　Gu Baijin was indeed very interested, and after finishing his class with Master Guan, he started studying the Ministry of Works' books.

　　He actually made some gadgets based on the published books.

　　Nature is not something complicated.

　　After all, at Gu Baijin's age, even if his brain can keep up, his practical ability may not be able to keep up.

　　But what he has produced is far beyond his peers.

　　Seeing this, Li Mumu asked someone to make a wooden Rubik's Cube for Gu Baijin to play with.

　　Unexpectedly, Gu Baijin not only disrupted the imitation and then put it back together, he even took the Rubik's Cube apart, studied it, and built another one of his own.

　　The Gu family was extremely surprised.

　　Upon seeing this, Master Guan asked Gu Baijin if he wanted to join the Ministry of Works in the future.

　　Once you enter the Ministry of Industry, you can make many things.

　　From weapons to bridges, anything that needs to be built can be built.

　　If he has the ability, he can even invent new things himself.

　　This made Gu Baijin very excited. His eyes sparkled and he said with anticipation that he wanted to go to the Ministry of Industry.

　　Master Guan said, "If you want to go to the Ministry of Works, you must first pass the imperial examination before you can enter."

　　If Gu Baijin wants to join the Ministry of Industry, there are two ways.

　　One way is through the imperial examination, and the other is through imperial favor, in other words, through the back door.

　　But this requires Gu Shangqing to work harder.

　　Gu Shangqing's current official position is still not enough.

　　Moreover, if Master Guan told Gu Baijin about this method, he was worried that Gu Baijin would completely lose interest in studying and stop striving to make progress.

　　Even if you have talent in this area, if you do not acquire knowledge in a wide range of areas, this talent will be exhausted sooner or later.

　　Gu Baijin, who originally had little interest in studying and was always restless, decided to study hard after hearing what Master Guan said.

　　In order to enter the Ministry of Industry in the future, I have to study hard.

　　As a result, Gu Baijin, who was the most worrying person in the family because he didn't like to study, now studies on his own initiative and no longer causes anyone to worry.

　　There is nothing wrong at home, so how could Mother Gu not be happy?

　　There was nothing for her to worry about all day long, and she just thought of ways to pass the time.

　　It just so happened that Gu Xiuxiu wanted to practice her painting skills, and Gu's mother heard that wealthy families behaved in an elegant manner, so they would invite people to paint their portraits at home.

　　Mother Gu then asked Gu Xiuxiu to come and draw for her.

　　"Is everything going well at the shop?" Gu's mother asked casually, "Are you tired? How about going back to the house to rest for a while?"

　　"I'm not tired. I just..." Li Mumu said, "I heard some gossip about our family outside, so I went to the teahouse to listen to what was being said."

　　"Who told you that?" Mother Gu turned her head in surprise. Who is such a chatterbox?

　　"Grandma, don't move." Gu Xiuxiu said hurriedly.

　　"Oh, okay." Mother Gu quickly turned her head back and asked Li Mumu again, "Who said that?"

　　"When I was chatting with my husband, he said he heard some gossip, so I went to listen to it today." Li Mumu said.

　　Mother Gu immediately asked, "Did Shang Qing complain to you?"

　　"A grown man can't even stand this little gossip and actually comes back to complain to you?" Mother Gu said dissatisfiedly.

　　"No." Li Mumu explained hurriedly, "We were chatting and suddenly talked about this. My friend didn't tell me about this, but I thought my husband usually interacts with more people than me, so I asked him if he had heard about it. He told me that he had indeed heard about it. But my husband said he never took it to heart."

　　"That's right, you shouldn't take it to heart." Mother Gu said, "Those people are just jealous. Liu Hanlin's wife always complained to me that her daughter-in-law was against her, but now she has the nerve to tell me that she should discipline her daughter-in-law. It's a joke!"

　　Is it necessary for outsiders to say whether her daughter-in-law is good or not?

　　"Mom, so you have also heard those rumors?" Li Mumu said.