Quick Transmigration: My First Female Skill Takes Effect

The two specifically consulted Gu Yunshang, the only person in Gujia Village with an official title, for the name they chose for their child: Qi.

Gu Yunshang also told his wife about the strange story of his name at home.

"I had just picked up the pen and was thinking about how to write a good character, but my hand just couldn't control itself and wrote down the character '琦'."

"I think it was fate for that child, so I gave the name Qi to Sanhe."

His wife was slightly surprised, never expecting that there was such a connection behind a name.

"The child should be named Gu Qi. I heard she was born, so I'll prepare extra birth gifts for her." She felt that Gu Qi had some connection with their family.

Gu Yunshang did not object.

"Yes, that's certainly the right thing to do. Also, give Sanhe's wife a bag of coarse sugar."

Coarse sugar is a valuable commodity; an ounce costs eight coins.

"...Fine, I'll give you half a jin (250g)." She was really determined, and suddenly gave him over sixty copper coins more.

Li Ling was also counting the copper coins her family had saved up.

She woke up the next day after a nap. After breakfast, she took out the money box and counted it.

After counting down two taels of silver, she turned to Gu Sanhe beside her and said, "Let's make a silver lock for Aqi."

I've heard that silver wards off evil spirits and can protect children as they grow up safely.

Gu Sanhe: "Alright, how about we make another silver necklace? I heard that all the rich kids in town wear them."

"Okay," Li Ling agreed, then added, "We can only start with the smaller ones."

Her family has a limited amount of money, and she also needs to take good care of her child.

She wished she could break a single copper coin in two.

Gu Sanhe turned around, glanced at the money in their box, and thought about the accounts they had settled last night.

I always feel like I don't have enough money.

I'll try again.

How could he possibly learn Lin's accounting skills from him?

Li Ling: "How can we rely on you alone? I'll think of a few more ways to sell to the shop owners."

Gu Qi had just woken up and raised her hand, making three "ah ah ah" sounds.

Li Ling and Gu Sanhe closed the money box and went to look at Gu Qi. The child still had his eyes closed, but his hand was reaching towards them.

But she didn't grasp it immediately.

Instead, she first took the wet handkerchief that Gu Sanhe handed her, wiped her hands clean, and then wiped them with a dry handkerchief.

He then reached out to hold his daughter's little hand.

"Aqi".

Gu Qi: "Ah."

"I am your mother."

Gu Qi: "Ahhh!"

Li Ling asked a question, and Gu Qi answered it, making Gu Sanhe extremely envious: "It's my turn, it's my turn."

He reminded his wife.

Li Ling had to pause, while Gu Sanhe continued; the three of them talked like this every day.

Gu Mai then heard a human voice, a baby's voice, and laughter from inside.

She frowned, wondering what was so interesting about what was being said, as she couldn't understand it at all.

"Sanhe, dinner's ready."

She knocked on the closed door, and seeing the cold wind blowing in again, she hurriedly went back inside; it was getting cold.

Gu Lan, who lives across the hall, also felt cold. Being small, she was afraid of the cold, so she specially moved from their room to her grandmother's room.

Only by burning firewood on a heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) can one find a little comfort in winter.

It's just that her grandmother is too frugal.

Touching the kang (heated brick bed), she felt it was getting cold and called out, "Grandma, it's getting cold, we need to add firewood."

Her grandmother's lack of a reply meant she agreed.

Then he turned to look at Gu Laogen: "Grandpa, go add some firewood. Grandma agreed."

Gu Laogen patted his sleeves, sighed, and went out. His granddaughter had become quite talkative since she recovered.

They have absolutely no sense of propriety.

I don't know how the old woman could have fallen for her.

"It's cold, it's cold, I'm not cold at all. Children are like heaters. Look at you, you're just wasting firewood."

The old lady kept talking as soon as she came in, and Gu Lan didn't dare to interrupt her, otherwise there would be even more to say.

The old lady stopped talking when Gu Laogen returned, having already discussed firewood and the people who gathered it.

The three generations of the family sat on the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove), with Gu Laogen sitting on one side and the other two on the other.

Seeing that she was still acting childish, Gu Lan immediately used her secret weapon: "Grandma, let me recite the Three Character Classic for you."

"At the beginning of life..."

As the old lady listened to her granddaughter read aloud from the book she couldn't understand with such ease and confidence, her furrowed brow slowly relaxed.

Gu Lan shook her head and continued reciting. She never expected that her grandmother, a feudal old lady, would like to read so much.

She wondered whether she should teach her grandmother to read.

Gu Laogen laughed along with him.

He felt that although his granddaughter had many flaws, she also had obvious strengths; she actually had a good mind for studying.

Unfortunately, girls cannot take the imperial examinations.

With a sigh, a thought flashed through my mind.

Time flew by, and it was the third day after Gu Qi's birth. This day was the baby's birth ceremony.

Families who are close to you will bring gifts when they visit. Wedding eggs are the most common, wedding cakes are less common, and wedding candies are even rarer.

However, Li Ling understood that everyone was not well-off, and eggs were already a valuable item in their homes.

Gu Qi lay down next to Li Ling. She only allowed others to look at her, and if anyone wanted to touch her, they could only lightly touch her face and had to wash their hands first.

Those who didn't want to cause trouble thought Li Ling was too rule-bound, but only glanced at her, praised her, and stepped back.

Gu Lan was seriously washing and wiping her hands, clearly enjoying herself. Her mother hadn't noticed that her daughter wasn't following along.

Someone reminded me with a smile.

Chunniang turned around and saw her daughter going through the routine of looking after the child. She wanted to pull the child away, but Gu Lan wouldn't let her.

"Mom, I want to see the baby too."

This was the first baby she had seen since she traveled through time.

She wants to see it.

Li Ling stopped Chunniang, saying, "It's alright, Lanya shouldn't exert herself, her little sister is still young."

Gu Lan nodded: "I understand, Auntie."

She slowly walked over and saw the baby sleeping soundly, undisturbed by the sounds of conversation inside the house.

Even babies are cute.

Gu Lan didn't know if she was biased, but she just thought that she liked babies.

She reached out and touched Gu Qi's belly, and smiled happily.

After touching her only once, Gu Lan walked back to Li Ling's side, took an egg out of her pocket, and handed it to Li Ling.

"My gift."

Although she is young, she knows that she should give gifts.

Li Ling laughed, Chunniang laughed along, and all the aunts, uncles, and grandmothers in the house laughed.

Gu Lan didn't understand their smiles, but simply handed the bag to Li Ling and said, "Auntie, when your little sister grows up, I'll take her to play with me."

She doesn't allow anyone to refuse.

She handed the eggs to someone and ran out, returning to her grandmother's house.

There was a piece of maltose candy on the table. Gu Lan knew it was for her, so she picked it up and ate it.

Her younger brother, Shitou, happened to come into the house, saw it, and said with a drooling mouth, "Sis, I want to eat too."

Gu Lan was able to control her mouth now, and she gave one-tenth of it to Shi Tou: "Here you go."

"for you."

Sun Sanniang waited for all the women in the house to leave, giving herself and her daughter time to whisper to each other.

He pulled a silver lock out of his sleeve.

Li Ling knew at a glance that it was worth at least five hundred copper coins.

"These are gifts from your grandma, grandpa, your dad, and me for Aqi."