I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 248: Reward from the Court 3

The Gu family knew that Bai Jingzhou was now very popular, and they were afraid that many people would want to take notice of him. The marriage between their two families would most likely cause trouble.

But in this situation, they couldn't say much. They could only wait until another opportunity to find out what the Bai family, especially Bai Jingzhou himself, had to say.

The Gu family didn't know about the special bond between Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou, so they anticipated sooner than Gu Wenxuan that someone might be plotting against Bai Jingzhou's marriage.

The fact was just as the Gu family had worried, among the people present, the county magistrate had already set his sights on Bai Jingzhou's marriage.

He had the idea of ​​marrying his daughter to Bai Jingzhou, and he also planned to hint to the Bai family to go to his house to propose marriage before anyone else.

As for Gu Wenxuan, she was just a peasant girl, and he didn't even take her seriously.

However, before he found an opportunity to hint at the Bai family about this matter, Bai Jingzhou had already handed the set of pearl headdress to his sister, the set of red gold filigree headdress to his mother, and the deeds of the house and shop to Gu Wenxuan.

In just a blink of an eye, he had squandered all the rewards given by the emperor, leaving only books and four treasures of the study.

The county magistrate who already regarded Bai Jingzhou as his own son-in-law and his things as his own private property: !!!

His face suddenly changed, and he was so distressed that he almost snatched the thing away himself.

I finally suppressed the urge in my heart, but then I heard Bai Jingzhou continue to say, "I will copy out a copy of the book. Whoever wants to read it later can copy another copy from my handwritten copy. I will also give you half of the four treasures of the study."

The county magistrate subconsciously looked at Bai Jingzhou's parents. He was thinking, with such a foolish boy who was a spendthrift, Bai Jingzhou's parents would probably be unable to restrain themselves and want to beat him to death, right?

As a result, the reaction of Bai Jingzhou's parents was completely beyond the county magistrate's expectations. Not only did they not jump out to oppose, but they also helped Bai Jingzhou to send other things as if they disliked their son for not being generous enough.

Bai Chong said to Bai Jingzhou cheerfully, "Give half of the books to Wenxuan's family. They were given by His Majesty. How would it look if you kept all of them for yourself?"

Ning Cuizhi nodded repeatedly to show her agreement, "As for jewelry, let Wenxuan pick out half first."

Bai Jingxin held up the jewelry box she was given, and ran to Gu Wenxuan with her legs clacking. "Sister Wenxuan, the pearls will definitely look good on you, so you can take them all back and keep them for yourself. Just give a little bit of the gold to my mother."

Everyone present:......

Except for Mu Hanzhi who knew the inside story and had been given a heads-up by Bai Jingzhou, the Bai family members who were feeling particularly guilty because Bai Jingzhou had taken credit for Gu Wenxuan's work, and the Gu family members who were shocked as if they were dumbfounded, all the other people present looked at Bai Jingzhou's family as if they were fools.

Especially those families with daughters, including the county magistrate, they really hope that Bai Jingzhou’s fiancée is their own daughter!

If Bai Jingzhou's fiancée is their own daughter, then Bai Jingzhou's family is giving things to them now!

Bai Jingzhou's grandparents and his eldest and second uncles also didn't understand why Bai Chong's family reacted this way, but they didn't stand up and express their objection at the first time.

Bai Jingzhou's grandparents often said that after the family was divided, they were no longer one family and each family should take care of its own affairs. Although they were shocked and puzzled now, they still implemented this rule of the Bai family.

The only person who wanted to jump out was Bai Jingzhou's aunt Wang, but she was already being grabbed by one arm or the other by her two sons, who had anticipated that she would jump out.

Bai Jingtai was afraid that she would shout without thinking and offend the official who came to deliver the imperial edict, so he covered his mother's mouth with his other hand.

He warned Wang in a low voice, "Mother, if you are tired of living and want to be beaten to death by the officials, then you can rush out screaming. If you still want to live, you can just stand here honestly and don't say a word."

Wang was just an ordinary person who was good at doing things at home. She also had a natural fear of the government office and officials like ordinary people. When she heard her son say this, she nodded vigorously.

In fact, when her son grabbed her arm and covered her mouth, she had already calmed down and started to feel scared.

She must be tired of living if she throws a tantrum in front of a high-ranking official.

Wang, who was still frightened, was very obedient at this moment. Bai Jingtai sensed her fear and tentatively released his hand that was covering her mouth.

As expected, Wang didn't say anything. He breathed a sigh of relief and then he and his brother let go of Wang's arms.

Of course, in order to prevent her from doing anything impulsive again, the brothers kept their eyes locked on her as before.

Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi noticed that everyone's attitude was strange, but they didn't say anything to explain.

Bai Chong gave his parents a look that said "I'll explain it to you later". The old couple of the Bai family saw it and thought, wow, there really is something behind this matter that they don't know.

What they didn't know was that as early as the day the cotton and lotus roots were sold, Bai Jingzhou had already attributed most of the credit for growing the cotton and lotus roots to Gu Wenxuan.

Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi reacted this way because they felt guilty...

They felt that the girl saved someone, but their son got all the benefits, and they got great benefits, but the girl was not even mentioned by anyone. This... couldn't they be nicer to her?

The fame and apparent benefits are all gained by the Bai family. Shouldn't they give the Gu family some actual benefits?

Besides, apart from this matter, Gu Wenxuan also helped Bai Jingzhou in other matters.

Gu Wenxuan spent a high price to buy Bai Jingzhou the set of Four Books with annotations, and also let Bai Jingzhou and his brothers and sisters study with the father and son of the Lin family, two rare good teachers, every day.

To them, Gu Wenxuan was truly devoted to Bai Jingzhou. They even felt that Gu Wenxuan actually favored their eldest son with black sesame buns more than they, as parents, did.

This made Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi feel naturally guilty and short of breath when facing Gu Wenxuan.

But they couldn't tell the truth, because Bai Jingzhou secretly told them that the matter had already been reported to the emperor by Mu Han, and he could no longer push Gu Wenxuan to take the credit, otherwise they would be guilty of deceiving the emperor.

What can Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi do? They can only keep this secret to themselves and try to make up for Gu Wenxuan and the Gu family.

Of course, this also requires the Bai family to have a conscience. If it were someone shameless and self-defeating, I am afraid that not only would they not be grateful to Gu Wenxuan, but they would even further control and exploit Gu Wenxuan.