I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

The other members of the Gu family also nodded in agreement.

The first rafter to stick out rots first. Most of the time, sudden wealth is a curse rather than a blessing. Wenxuan from their family has already obtained the two tokens of gratitude, and she cannot keep these thank-you gifts alone.

Not to mention that Bai Jingzhou is the future son-in-law of their Gu family, even if he is not, some of these things must be given away.

Bai Chong and Ning Cuizhi were about to refuse when they heard Gu Wenxuan say, "These things should indeed be given to Jingzhou. After all, if it weren't for Jingzhou, I wouldn't have rashly rescued those two people."

After a pause, she continued, "There are also these two promises. If Jingzhou needs them in the future, I will give them to him."

The Gu family had no objection to this. Bai Jingzhou was Gu Wenxuan's fiancé. If he really encountered some difficulties and needed help from others, even if Gu Wenxuan herself did not mention it, other people in the Gu family would persuade her to lend a hand to Bai Jingzhou.

The two families argued about this matter for a while, and finally they had enough of pushing and shoving. Gu Wenxuan, who felt very tired just by watching, was finally able to take her share of the thank-you gift and leave with her family.

The thank-you gifts that the Mu family gave to her and Bai Jingzhou were a snack box and a candy box produced by the snack shop in the city, two cans of tea, two jars of good wine, ten pieces of fine cloth, and a small box of silver peanuts that looked extremely rare.

The thank-you gift from the Peng family, or the Zhao family, to her and Bai Jingzhou was half a fresh pork, a fine ham from the south, two cans of tea, two cans of sugar, half a box of various books, a complete set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone, as well as a small box of silver ingots in the shape of ruyi.

Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan did not open the four small boxes in front of everyone. Gu Wenxuan's family took away the thank-you gift from the Gu family. As for the Bai family's gift, Bai Jingzhou only opened one of the snack boxes and one of the candy boxes and asked his parents to distribute some of the things to Bai Lizheng and his grandparents, eldest uncle, and second uncle.

It is worth mentioning that although Mu Jingzhi and others stayed in the village for less than half an hour, their appearance still caused a great sensation in the village.

Many people came uninvited, and it was considered tactful for them to ask for gossip from the two families. Those who were thick-skinned would directly ask them for things or to "borrow" money.

Of course, people from the two families would not be so foolish as to give away money or things, but it is obviously not a good thing to keep people thinking about it.

After a brief discussion, the two families decided to "exchange the things into silver and money, and then exchange the silver and money for land" as quickly as possible.

Of course, they didn’t really want to sell the thank-you gifts from the Mu and Zhao families, but wanted to use this as an excuse to use the money they had earned from selling Ganoderma lucidum.

As for the thank-you gifts from the two families, except for a small portion of snacks, candies and cloths to be distributed to close relatives, they planned to keep most of the rest for their own use.

Part of the fresh pork was given away and eaten, and the rest was pickled with salt and dried into bacon. Except for the part that was given away, the rest of the snacks and candies were left for the children to eat slowly.

It is worth mentioning that all the sugar the two families got was taken away by Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou under the banner of honoring their master.

With these four cans of sugar, they no longer had to spend extra money to buy this expensive stuff for making wine in the fall.

Bai Chong and Mr. Gu immediately found Bai Lizheng and asked him to help find suitable land.

Bai Lizheng's son works in the county town all year round. He may not be able to help with other things, but it is no problem to ask them to introduce a reliable broker with a good reputation.

The current situation is not good and land prices are relatively cheap. It only costs three to four taels to buy an acre of inferior land, five to six taels to buy an acre of medium land, and seven to eight taels to buy an acre of superior land.

Wasteland is even cheaper. Depending on the fertility of the soil, one only needs to pay five cents to one or two taels of silver to buy one acre of wasteland.

Among them, the wasteland that was originally farmland but has not been cultivated for various reasons in the past two or three years can basically be sold for more than one or two taels of silver, while the ordinary wasteland that is overgrown with weeds can only be sold for five to eight cents of silver.

Even if they bought all the best land, the money contributed by the Gu and Bai families would be enough for them to purchase 20 acres of land at one time.

Of course, there are not so many good lands for them to buy within the jurisdiction of Baijia Village, which is why the two of them immediately approached Bai Lizheng for help in making the connection.

Unlike ordinary people living in the village, the brokers in the county town have a lot of information about fields. The fields in the surrounding villages that cannot be digested internally will eventually flow into the hands of the brokers in the county town.

While they were busy buying land, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou were quietly inquiring about the farms near Liulin Town.

By the time Bai Chong and the other man got the freshly-issued red deeds for 20 acres of prime land each, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had already identified the farms, mansions and shops they wanted to buy.

The two of them bought two farms in total. These two farms were relatively far away from the county town, but were adjacent to Baijia Village and Xiaoyangzhuang, which was about 30 miles away from Baijia Village.

For other buyers, the locations of these two farms may not be considered good, but for Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou, the locations of these two farms are very convenient for them to supervise the farms at any time.

In addition to these two farms, they also bought a shop and a house in the county town.

The shop is located in the most prosperous South City commercial district in the county. Although its location is a bit remote compared to the top shops, the interior of the shop is spacious and bright with a reasonable layout.

The shop has three storefronts and a backyard. In addition to the warehouse, there are three bedrooms, a study and a kitchen in the backyard.

The study is used by the accountant or the shopkeeper to do accounting and bookkeeping, and its door is usually closed. Each of the three bedrooms has a large kang, so even if five or six people sleep on it at the same time, they will not feel crowded and uncomfortable.

Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou did not plan to run the shop themselves for the time being, so they handed the shop over to Wang Yanren and asked him to help sublet it.

As for the house they bought, it was a house close to the county school and in an excellent location. Although it was just a small courtyard with few rooms, Gu Wenxuan bought it directly because the courtyard was spacious and there was a well in the front and back yards.

It is worth mentioning that the original owner of the house planted a total of six fruit trees in the house. He was very generous and did not move the fruit trees away, nor did he pick all the ripe fruits on the trees. Instead, he left a lot for the new owners of the house, namely Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou.