I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Wen Sanniang wiped her tears and thanked Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi again. Ning Cuizhi patted her hands and said, "What are you thanking me for? Isn't Qi Rui my nephew?"

Seeing the opportunity, Bai Jingzhou took the initiative to speak, "Dad, Mom, I want Qi Rui to live with us for a while."

The four adults were all stunned. Ning Cuizhi thought, how could my son leave his brain outside after going out? How could your uncle and aunt be willing to let their son who had just been found live in our house?

Bai Jingzhou explained, "Qi Rui is already eleven years old. He can't delay any longer. In order for him to live a good life in the future, he must learn some skills as soon as possible."

Ning Qirui came over and said, "Dad, Mom, I want to practice martial arts, learn to read, and learn arithmetic with my cousins."

When Wen Sanniang heard this, the tears that she had finally stopped burst into tears again.

Her second son was at the age when he should have started learning things, but because of the mistake of the vicious woman at home, he was sold by human traffickers to a heartless family in the state capital, and so many years of his good time were wasted.

From what he said before, it seems like he has not read any books or learned any skills in all these years. Her child, whom she cares about more than her own life, is either working or being beaten, scolded, hungry and cold all day long.

Wen Sanniang estimated that her second son probably knew fewer words than her eight-year-old youngest son.

The fact was just as Wen Sanniang guessed. The number of characters that Ning Qirui knew was less than twenty in total, and he had secretly learned these from others when he was working at Geng's coach inn.

Wen Sanniang looked at Ning Da, "My child's father..."

Ning Da's eyes were red, "Sister, brother-in-law, look..."

Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi looked at each other, and Ning Cuizhi said, "As long as you are willing to give it, just give it to me."

In the past, they had taken care of children for Ning Da and his wife many times, and had long been accustomed to disciplining Ning Cuizhi's nephews.

As for the children's food rations and the like, the Ningda couple would always send more, never less or nothing. The children were all sensible and hardworking, and they were always looking forward to work, so apart from having to worry a little more, there was really no other loss for them.

Wen Sanniang was reluctant to let her son go, but she also didn't want to delay him. She considered for a moment and said, "Let's wait for two months. During these two months, his father and I will help him recuperate."

Not only did her son need to eat well, but he also needed to drink herbal medicine. Cooking and boiling medicine, which one was not troublesome? She decided to take care of her son for two months and let him finish drinking the herbal medicine before she could think of anything else.

Of course, she was really reluctant to send her son who had just returned to his aunt's house. Although Ning Cuizhi had always been a good aunt and was definitely not bad to Ning Qirui, she and her husband hadn't seen their second son for more than five years.

The two adults agreed to send Ning Qirui to Baijia Village two months later to practice martial arts with Bai Jingzhou and others. Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi then proposed to take the child back home.

At this time, the sun was about to set behind the peaks of the distant mountains. It was indeed not appropriate to delay any longer, so Ning Da and Wen Sanniang did not try to keep them.

The family of five returned to Baijia Village safely. After eating something quickly, they washed up and went to rest.

It was not until the next day, when Bai Jingzhou returned with his younger brother and sister from the open space where they practiced martial arts, that Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi remembered that they had not yet asked their son about Lingzhi.

Bai Jingzhou was planning to talk to them about this, so he handed over two five-liang gold ingots, two ten-liang silver ingots, and six liang of his previously saved private money to Ning Cuizhi, "Our family received a total of 150 liang of silver this time. Excluding the cost of hotel accommodation, meals, and hiring a carriage, I also bought some things for Qirui to thank the Geng family and other neighbors who took care of him."

Ning Cuizhi touched the gold and silver ingots that Bai Jingzhou pushed to her, and the smile on her face was so bright.

Her nephew was lucky enough to be met by her son, and her son also sold the Ganoderma lucidum he picked at such a good price. She felt that their family's luck was really good in the past two days.

Bai Chong is not as keen on money as he is on medical skills, so at this moment he is much calmer than Ning Cuizhi.

He asked Bai Jingzhou, "Where are your master and his family? Didn't they come back to town with you?"

Bai Jingzhou nodded. "They wanted to catch up with old friends. They were afraid that you would worry, so they asked Wenxuan and I to come back first."

After a pause, he made up for the fact that there was no adult with him and Gu Wenxuan when they stayed at the hotel. "Their old friend has a personality similar to my master and his wife. My master and his wife didn't want to upset him, so they didn't rashly bring us to his house."

Bai Chong expressed his understanding, saying that as a master, everyone has some quirks.

He said, "Your master is really brave. They can be at ease with you two children holding so much money."

If it were him, he would definitely only give the two children a few taels of silver, and keep the bulk of the money on himself. When he returned to the town, he would give it to the two children and let them take it home.

Bai Jingzhou smiled, "Dad, three hundred taels is indeed a lot for our family, but for those rich people, what is three hundred taels?"

Bai Chong:......

Bai Chong was speechless.

That's right. Not to mention people far away, just take the famous and wealthy Mr. Liu from their town as an example. Any small farm owned by him would be worth more than three hundred taels.

By the same token, his son's exceptionally capable master and mistress would probably only consider three hundred taels as a small sum of money, right?

Thinking of this, Bai Chong suddenly no longer felt that the couple was generous. It was not that they were generous, it was clearly that poverty limited his imagination.

Bai Jingzhou did not continue talking about this topic. He said, "Dad, when you have time, why don't you go find the village head and ask him to help us and Uncle Gu's family keep an eye on the land around the village."

Bai Chong sighed, "It may be difficult to buy in our village, but I can ask your village head grandfather to help ask around in other villages."

Bai Jingzhou nodded, "As long as it's not too far from our village, fields in other villages will do."

After a pause, he continued, "The wasteland next to Uncle Gu's house should be ownerless, right?"

Bai Chong nodded. "The wasteland next to their house is next to the Xun River. Not only is the soil poor, but there is also a small stream nearby with very little water, which is not enough to irrigate the farmland. Even if everyone wants to reclaim the wasteland, they will not reclaim that kind of place."

If there is no heavy rain, there will be only stones and mud in the Xunhe River. If there is a heavy rain, the turbid rainwater will quickly flow down the Xunhe River. Apart from flood drainage and waterlogging prevention, the Xunhe River is really useless.

Bai Jingzhou was of course well aware of this, but although that place was not suitable for farmland, it was still possible to dig a pond to raise fish and shrimp and grow lotus roots.