"Jingzhe, your mother knows that what you thought of as making a name for yourself was to leave Qinghe Bay, go to the city, go to the Capital. To pursue an official career, marry a virtuous wife, take beautiful concubines, and live the high life, leaving behind farmers, peddlers, and commoners. But have you ever thought about what it truly means to rise above others? Kings and ministers? They are all supported by countless commoners. Your origins are as a farmer, your mother and sister are among the common people who peddle. Is the purpose of your studies to leave behind farming, stepping on the peddlers to become what they call 'a man above men'?"
Gu Jingzhe looked at Tong Huaqiong with immense shock.
His mother not only saw through him but was able to articulate such thoughts.
He always felt that his mother was crude and unrefined in her actions. Though he was very filial, in his heart, he looked down on her.
