I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 257 Purchase of New Property 2

In addition to these two, the two also bought a manor that was eye-catching in every aspect, including the price.

This manor has more than 800 acres of high-quality farmland, more than 100 acres of medium-quality farmland, two hills and a large lake. The lake was artificially built by diverting water from the river outside the manor. It can not only be used to raise fish and shrimp and grow lotus roots, but the surrounding scenery is also very beautiful. In addition, it is located in a prime location only 20 miles away from the county seat. It can be said that it is ideal in all aspects.

But precisely because this manor is ideal in every aspect, its last transaction price was naturally also very ideal.

The broker quietly told them that the farm had actually been coveted by the county magistrate's family a long time ago, but they thought the price asked by the government was too high, so they did not make a move immediately, hoping to wait for a sucker to buy it, and then use their power to force the other party to sell it at a low price. However, they did not expect that before the county government could sell off these ownerless properties in large quantities, the county magistrate had already been thrown into prison.

Gu Wenxuan was speechless after hearing this. She thought, why is it the county magistrate's family again? They were the ones who got Gu Yongwen into the government office as a clerk, and they were the ones who called Bai Jingzhou to the county government office to instigate him to break off the engagement. It was always this family. This family really doesn't do any good things.

After she finished her complaints, she couldn't help but feel happy. After all, the county magistrate had been overthrown by Bai Jingzhou.

She asked the broker, "This farm is so big and so good, there must be a lot of big shots who want to buy it, right?"

Unlike nouveau riche like them, those who are bent on buying property for their family will not mind the slightly high price of this farm. If others get the news, they will definitely come with money to grab the property immediately.

What Gu Wenxuan didn't know was that, without the helpers leaking the news, the brother of the original owner of the manor was already rushing over here in a hurry.

The clansmen of the original owner of this large and beautiful manor don't want it to fall into the hands of outsiders.

The broker didn't know that someone had actually set their sights on this manor. He nodded and whispered to Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou, "It must be that Brother Bai received a reward from His Majesty, otherwise I would never dare to recommend this manor to you."

Without some official connections, there would be endless troubles if I kept this farm in my hands.

Bai Jingzhou nodded to show his understanding, "If it weren't for the reward from His Majesty, even if you recommended it to us, we wouldn't dare to spend money to buy it."

Telling others that you are rich but not having the ability or power to protect yourself is no different from a three-year-old child carrying gold ingots through a busy street. It is just asking for trouble.

The broker liked the clarity of Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan. He smiled and turned the page, then reintroduced his other businesses to Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou.

All of these properties that he introduced at the end were owned by someone. Some wealthy families that had been looted by refugees or rebel soldiers could no longer make ends meet, so they had no choice but to sell some of their properties in exchange for some silver for emergency use.

Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou picked and chose, and finally chose two shops and two farms.

The location, size and layout of the two shops are similar. Both are the kind of shops with three storefronts, a backyard and a well. They are also located next to the most prosperous main street in the eastern part of the county, except that one is on Tongxiu Street to the north of the main street, and the other is on Wansheng Street to the south of the main street.

Both farms are located near Baijia Village. One of them has a total of 100 acres of top-quality farmland, and the other has a total of 92 acres of top-quality farmland and 15 acres of medium-quality farmland. Like the two shops, the prices are almost the same.

After paying the money and getting the red deed, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou said, "We will each own one of these two shops and farms."

Bai Jingzhou nodded. They had money and property, so it was one thing for their families not to worry about them, but they had to give some money to their families when the time was right.

The two men stayed in the county for a few days to deal with follow-up matters and inspected all their houses and shops in the county. Then they returned to Baijia Village with Fang Youfu and others, taking the return gifts from the Peng and Mu families, as well as their own wine, tea, rice, flour, cakes, candies, dried fruits, candied fruits, brown sugar, soy sauce, aged vinegar, cloth, red paper, incense, candles, paper money and other things they would need during the New Year.

After returning, the first thing Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou did was to hand over the red deeds of the shop and farm to Old Man Gu and Bai Chong. "We asked a broker to help rent out the shop. This is the rent for the next year. We can use this money to build a house in the spring. The farm is near our village. We have already visited it in advance. Next year, we just need to let the farmers continue to farm as planned."

As for the farmers' difficult lives, they taught each other how to grow off-season vegetables and gave each household some food so that they could survive the winter. The two also briefly talked about this with their families.

The next day after they returned to Baijia Village, Bai Jingzhou drove a ox cart to deliver New Year gifts to Gu Wenxuan's family.

He brought a bag of glutinous rice, a bag of flour, a live sheep, a fan of pork, two ducks, two chickens, two boxes of preserved fruits, two boxes of assorted cakes, two boxes of assorted candies, two rolls of fine cloth, two cans of tea, and two jars of good wine. Anyone who saw it could see that this year's gift to the Gu family was even more generous than last year's.

The families with daughters in the village were already envious, and fortunately, after experiencing the previous turmoil, the villagers also saw how capable Gu Wenxuan was. Comparing her with their own daughters, everyone envied her, but no longer used the same standards to demand their own sons-in-law.

The Gu family liked Bai Jingzhou as much as before. Not only did they let him stay at their home for half the morning and warmly treated him to a large table of delicious food, they also gave him a bag of polished rice, a bag of white flour, a basket of lotus roots, a basket of frozen fish, two chickens, two rabbits, two boxes of preserved fruits, two boxes of assorted cakes, two boxes of assorted candies, two cans of tea, and two jars of good wine.

The rice, flour, candied fruits, cakes, candies, tea and wine were all bought by Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou in the county town. They were exactly the same in style and quality.

It may seem unnecessary to give each other such things, but it is an indispensable courtesy among relatives and friends during the New Year holidays.

Gu Wenxuan and her friends are considered good. The gifts they give are of many varieties and good quality, and they basically won’t give them to others.

Unlike other families in the village, a snack box would often be carried back and forth to several houses, you give it to me, I give it to him, and in the end, it would go around and end up back in the hands of its original owner. It is not uncommon for this thing to end up back in the hands of its original owner.

In addition to the above return gifts, the Gu family also prepared two sets of clothes, shoes and socks for Bai Jingzhou that were sewn by Li in her spare time.

In Li's words, "All the children in the family have it, this is your share."

It can be seen that he really did not treat Bai Jingzhou as an outsider.