Spring comes to the desperate place

"Go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow to find a house." Song Dazhuang patted his wife gently, and the couple, who had been traveling for several days, soon fell asleep.

The next morning, when Song Dazhuang was about to go out, he ran into Sixteen. He had escorted Gu Fengyue back to the Marquis' Mansion last night, and today he was ordered to pick up the Song family to the Marquis' Mansion.

"The Marquis has already held a banquet in the Marquis' Mansion to welcome you all. Please go to the Marquis' Mansion."

When they heard that they were going to the Marquis' Mansion, the Song family members who had never seen the world hurriedly took out their most decent clothes. However, their previous clothes had not been made yet. After searching for a long time, they could only take out the ones that were made from bed sheets. At least the material looked better and there was cotton inside, which was much warmer than wearing just single clothes.

After the Song family finished packing, they entered the city. When they arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, they happened to see several uncles from the Gu family's side rooms asking the housekeeper to open the door and let them in. The housekeeper didn't want to pay attention to these people. Only when he saw Sixteen did a smile appear on his face. This was the great benefactor of their Gu family. The housekeeper immediately signaled to the people around him to stop those uncles and opened the door at the same time.

When the uncles saw him open the door, they thought the butler had compromised, but he ignored them and instead welcomed the peasant who got off the carriage in with a smile.

The unequal treatment made several people very angry. They stood at the door and shouted at the steward to teach them a lesson. However, no one was willing to pay attention to them. Even though they shouted until their throats were hoarse, the gate of the marquis' mansion remained motionless.

A few people looked at each other, and finally left in shame.

Here, the Song family came to the flower hall of the marquis's mansion to receive guests. It was the first time for them to enter the courtyard of such a wealthy family. Except for Song Chunlin and Song Xiaobao, everyone else was a little reserved. Song Dazhuang fidgeted in his chair. Song Qin felt embarrassed and pinched her husband hard. Song Dazhuang sat down obediently only when he felt the pain.

Song Chunlin was holding the youngest child, Song Xiaobao, and was looking around like a curious baby. The first thing Gu Fengyun saw when he stepped into the hall was these two children. They had similar faces and the same wide-open eyes, and were so cute that it made people laugh.

Song Chunlin was the first to notice Gu Fengyun. Song Xiaobao was a little slow to react. He stared blankly at the man in gorgeous clothes walking up to him. He gently pinched his face and tilted his head in confusion: "Ah?"

Seeing this, all the Song family members stood up, and Gu Fengyun raised his hand to signal everyone to sit down.

"Everyone please sit down. You are welcome."

"We dare not, we dare not." Although the other party said so, the Song family still stood very stiffly. After Lord Gu sat down, they sat on the chairs carefully again.

Gu Fengyue came in following Gu Fengyun. After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, Gu Fengyue had already changed into his usual silk clothes. After changing into new clothes, Gu Fengyue's whole temperament was enhanced. The thirteen-year-old boy began to grow taller, and after drinking the spiritual spring water for so long, Gu Fengyue had grown a lot taller than a few months ago and almost couldn't wear the new clothes at home.

"Brother, this is the Uncle Song I told you about. This is Grandpa Song, Little Grandpa Song, Aunt Song. This is brother Chunsheng, this is brother Chunlin, and the one in his arms is Song Xiaobao. Look, isn't he cute?" Gu Fengyue picked up Song Xiaobao as if he was presenting a treasure. The human cub didn't understand why Gu Fengyue seemed like a different person, but because they were acquaintances, he didn't resist and let Gu Fengyue hold him and lift him in front of Gu Fengyun.

Gu Fengyun couldn't bear to see his brother's stupidity, so he reached out to take the kid. This silly child, whose injury had just healed, dared to hug someone else's baby without even being afraid of dropping the child.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Gu Fengyun cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, I invited you all here this time. First, I want to welcome you all. Second, I want to thank you all for saving my little brother's life. I cannot repay you for your kindness. So, I have prepared a generous gift for you. Come on, bring it here."

As soon as Lord Gu finished speaking, a group of servants came in carrying trays. Song Chunlin noticed that the two people in front had some papers on their trays. Although he couldn't see the words on them, he thought they should be things like land deeds. This marquisate was really generous.

Gu Fengyun introduced the thank-you gifts one by one: "This is a farm in the suburbs of Beijing. It has 40 acres of good farmland, 30 acres of wasteland, and 80 acres of mountain land. These are the 30 acres of farmland and 70 acres of wasteland that I gave to Uncle Song. The mountain land is connected to the farm, so it's just right to enclose the mountain. When the time comes, the whole mountain will be yours, and it will be easier to manage."

When the Song family heard about these fields, their jaws dropped. Grandpa Song and Song Dazhuang quickly waved their hands to refuse.

"No, no, my Lord. We are just an ordinary farmer. Saving someone is just a piece of cake. We are definitely not worthy of such a great gift from you. Take it back quickly, take it back."

Song Dazhuang also echoed: "Yes, Lord, you have given us so much land, we can't plant it all, you should just harvest it."

"Why not? Isn't the life of the second young master of my Marquisate worth this little piece of land?" Gu Fengyun pretended to be angry. In his opinion, this was still too little. If Gu Fengyue was really gone, he would be the only one left in this huge Marquisate. His body was not strong enough and it was still unknown whether he could survive this year. By then, the family property would only be passed on to the side branches.

This was the last thing Lord Gu wanted to see. He would rather give all his family property to the national treasury than see the property accumulated by his parents fall into the hands of a villain.

However, these things were too valuable for the Song family, and Grandpa Song and Song Dazhuang both refused.

Song Chunlin watched them getting so anxious about these thank-you gifts that he could only helplessly tug at Grandpa Song's clothes.

"Grandpa, since the Marquis is so kind, we should just accept some of it with reluctance."

Grandpa Song wanted to say something, but then he changed his mind and it seemed to be a good idea, so he asked Lord Gu to take back the farm and half of the land. Lord Gu still felt it was not enough, but Gu Fengyue also tugged at his brother's clothes.

"Brother, Uncle Song and his family are going to settle in Beijing in the future. We are so close to each other, so if anything happens, we can help." The implication is that since the person can't run away anyway, why worry about not having a chance to repay him?

So in the end Lord Gu compromised and only gave 20 acres of fertile land and 30 acres of wasteland to the Song family. Even so, the Song family still thought it was too much, and Lord Gu would not be happy with any less. The Song family felt that if they refused again, they would be offending Lord Gu, so they had to accept it.

After settling the issue of the thank-you gift, Lord Gu hosted a banquet for the Song family at his residence, and both the host and the guests enjoyed the meal very much.