A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

The next morning, the Bai family came to visit the governor's residence.

"Mrs. Shen, this is my sister-in-law, and also the head lady of our Bai family. I came here specially today to thank you." Mrs. Bai Er came in and first introduced the eldest lady of the Bai family to Xia Tian.

Xia Tian didn't expect that the Bai family would actually come to thank him.

"Madam Shen, we came to visit you without informing you in advance today. It was a bit abrupt! Please forgive me, Madam Shen!" Madam Bai hurriedly brought Madam Bai Er and Bai Wan to pay their respects to Xia Tian.

"Mrs. Bai, you're too polite. Please take a seat!" Xia Tian said politely with a smile and asked the person to sit down.

Cuiyun and Cuiling followed suit and served tea.

Bai Wan's eyes were still a little swollen, probably because she was crying because A Tao died.

"Miss Bai, were you okay yesterday?" Xia Tian still asked with concern.

"Alas! A Tao and Wan'er grew up together. Although they are master and servant, they are actually like sisters. So it is normal for Wan'er to feel a little sad." Madam Bai sighed.

Yesterday, Bai Wan fainted from crying several times when she saw A Tao like that.

"Yesterday we asked a master to perform a ritual for A Tao at Guangfu Temple, so we came back late and didn't have time to thank you, Madam Shen, right away." Madam Bai said apologetically.

"It's okay, I just happened to run into you. It's just a small favor, you're welcome."

"It's just a piece of cake for Madam, but it's a life-saving grace for my Wan'er. I must thank Madam no matter what." Madam Bai also quickly spoke up to join in.

By the way, I also brought up the thank-you gift I brought.

"Madam Bai, you're welcome. You should take these gifts back with you!" Xia Tian looked at the thank-you gifts scattered on the ground and quickly refused.

Shen Nian is the governor, and she cannot accept gifts from others casually.

"Madam Shen, please accept these gifts of thanks." Madam Bai explained as she laid out the gifts, "Although my Wan'er is a concubine's daughter from the second house, she has been raised by my second brother's wife since she was born, and is no different from a legitimate daughter.

Although my Bai family is large, there are only two girls in this generation, and the rest are bald boys, so our family also loves Wan'er very much.

Madam, you just happened to save Wan'er, so you are our Bai family's savior. This thank you gift is insignificant compared to your life-saving grace. Please don't refuse it."

Seeing that Xia Tian refused to accept the gift, Mrs. Bai quickly explained to her.

This shows Bai Wan's status in their Bai family. These gifts are purely to thank her for saving her life, not to curry favor with the powerful.

But Xia Tian still didn't dare to accept it, and refused with a smile, "I appreciate the kindness, but I really can't accept the thank-you gift."

If this gets out later and people say that the governor's wife accepted bribes, it will be detrimental to Shen Nian's career.

Besides, they are not short of money, so there is no need to take such risks.

"Madam, we are here just to thank you, we have no other intentions." Seeing that Xia Tian did not accept it, Mrs. Bai understood her concerns and quickly made her attitude clear to her.

The two argued for a long time, and Xia Tian couldn't resist anymore, so he said helplessly, "How about this, I'll accept the snack you brought as a thank you gift, and Madam Bai, please take the rest back."

"Madam, this..." Madam Bai was about to say something else, but was stopped by Madam Bai II.

"Sister-in-law, since Madam Shen doesn't want these, let's take them back. Madam can keep these snacks if she likes them."

Mrs. Bai smiled and said to Xia Tian, "Since Madam doesn't accept gifts, we won't force you.

Although our Bai family is a merchant family, we have been operating in Linzhou for many years and have accumulated some assets.

If Lord and Madam Shen need our Bai family's help in the future, please feel free to ask for it. We will never refuse, no matter if it means money or labor."

"Yes, my second brother's wife is right. We in the Bai family will never forget Madam's life-saving grace. If Madam and Lord Shen need help from the Bai family, just let us know." Madam Bai also quickly agreed.

She could also see that Mrs. Shen really didn't want to accept the gift.

There are many ways to express gratitude. There is always a chance to do so.

"Then thank you first." Xia Tian also replied with a smile.

The Bai family is understanding and she is willing to make friends with them.

As long as he doesn't do anything to embarrass her and her Shen Nian, there's nothing wrong with just being an acquaintance.

After finishing speaking, the Bai family also said goodbye tactfully, "Mrs. Shen, we won't disturb you anymore and will go back first."

"Thank you, Mrs. Shen." Before leaving, Bai Wan bowed to Xia Tian again to express her gratitude.

Xia Tian gave her a weak hand and said, "Miss Bai, you're welcome."

Bai Wan was obviously a little depressed, and it seemed that she had not yet recovered from what happened to A Tao.

"Miss Bai, the dead cannot be brought back to life, please accept my condolences!" Xia Tian couldn't bear it and comforted her anyway.

In fact, she quite likes Bai Wan.

Seeing her like that, I really couldn't bear it, otherwise I wouldn't have spoken to comfort her.

"Thank you, Madam, for your concern!" Bai Wan thanked her again.

Seeing how she was today, Mrs. Bai was thinking of not bringing her along.

She insisted on coming because she wanted to personally thank Mrs. Shen for saving her life.

When she saw A Tao like that yesterday, she thought of herself. If Mrs. Shen hadn't sent guards to check, she would have died just like A Tao.

Mrs. Bai Da and Mrs. Bai Er watched Bai Wan and Xia Tian talking without interrupting them. They just waited quietly by the side.

After the two of them finished talking, he said goodbye again.

Except for four boxes of snacks, all the other gifts they brought were taken back as they were.

Xia Tian sent the people away and asked Ningxiang to take two boxes of snacks to the front yard and give them to Muchen and the others.

She asked Ningxiang and the others to share the remaining two boxes.

Having nothing to do at this time, she went to the study. Thinking of the peach blossom forest in Guangfu Temple that she saw that day, she wanted to paint it.

Although I encountered a bad thing, the peach blossom forest was indeed beautiful like a dream.

That beautiful scene has been lingering in my mind. For those who love painting, their hands will itch if they don’t paint it.

So Xia Tian simply set up his drawing board and started mixing colors while thinking about where to start.

"Madam, you are pregnant now and you can't get tired. How about we put this painting aside for now?" Ningxue followed in and helped spread out the drawing paper.

"It's okay, I'm fine!" Xia Tian stopped in front of the easel. "Besides, I don't feel anything at all right now. I'm in good health."

It's strange to say, except for feeling a little nauseous when she smelled the fish that day, she never had that reaction again.

And I don’t have a particularly strong craving for sour or spicy food. In short, it’s the same as before I was pregnant.

The only difference is that I feel a little sleepy.

"Then Madam, you need to take a break after painting for a while." Ningxue knew that she couldn't persuade Xia Tian, so she compromised.

"Got it. Just remind me after I draw for a while, okay?"

"Yeah!" Ningxue couldn't help but laugh.