The nine clans of the Gu family are all illiterate, and the family tree was written by half-guessing and half-questioning by the clan leader. In such a family, a scholar suddenly appeared. At first, the villagers and the Gu family members were not optimistic about Gu Ruli. They felt that Mr. Gu and his wife were partial to their old son and were reluctant to let him farm the land. They insisted on sending Gu Ruli to study and have such wild dreams.
