Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Gu Jinli smiled, "Don't worry, Aunt, I'm not here to return the goods, I'm here to make a deal with you."

She had seen and checked those people she bought yesterday, none of them with serious illnesses, just physically weak.

Aunt Lv's eyes lit up, and she leaned in with a smile to ask, "Aunt can tell you have good fortune, what kind of profitable deal did you come to make with Aunt? Quickly, tell me."

Gu Jinli took out a book that recorded the details of Sister Li and twenty other children, along with their voluntary indenture agreements, and handed it to Aunt Lv, "I bought twenty children who fled from famine, and I'd like to ask Aunt for help to first register them with the Official Tooth, then assist in getting red deeds from the Prefecture Government Office."

After speaking, she took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Aunt Lv.

The silver was dazzlingly bright, stirred Aunt Lv's heart, but she still took the documents and booklet first, looked them over, then raised her head to ask Qiu Lang, "Are those kids your companions?"

Helping to take them through the Official Tooth and then getting the red deeds from the office was something Aunt Lv and her group had done many times, it wasn't difficult, it could be done quite easily.

Qiu Lang nodded, "Yes, they are too young, after we indentured ourselves, they were bullied in West City. We didn't dare keep them in West City anymore, everyone discussed it and decided to sell ourselves to the house of a little master together."

"West City?" Aunt Lv exclaimed, "Are the ones bullying them part of Ma Shisan's group?"

Aunt Lv mingled in the market, she knew Ma Shisan's group had been caught shortly after they were captured, she listened to gossip for about an hour, and hadn't been back long.

Qiu Lang nodded, "It's exactly them, when those evil men were bullying Ah Jiang and the others, the incident happened to be seen by the little master. Young Master Qin knew the officials of the Prefecture Government Office, reported the incident and got Ma Shisan and his group arrested."

"What?!" Aunt Lv was shocked to stand up, looked at Qin San Lang and said, "Young man, you know the officials of the Prefecture Government Office?"

Qin San Lang nodded, "I've had a few encounters with Magistrate Liang, Assistant Magistrate Ding, and Deputy Magistrate Hu."

Aunt Lv's smile grew more sincere, even carried a bit of a flattering tone, she said to Gu Jinli, "Little guest, wait here, Aunt will take care of it for you, it will be done within an hour."

After speaking, she glanced at the ten taels of silver, she wanted it but didn't dare take it.

Gu Jinli directly stuffed the silver into her hands, "It's Aunt's hard-earned fee, take it."

"Oh, Aunt knew you were a good one, wait here, Aunt will be right back." Aunt Lv tucked the silver into her sleeve pouch, called over the young clerk of the Official Tooth, "Quickly bring tea and snacks to the little guest and Grandpa Qin, are you all blind? You have no vision!"

"Coming." The Official Tooth clerk immediately brought hot tea and pastries, carefully served them.

Gu Jinli winked at Qin San Lang, teased, "You've become a grandpa now."

Qin San Lang's lips curled, he picked up the hot tea sent by the clerk, sipped it; the way he drank tea really resembled a grandpa.

Aunt Lv first recorded Sister Li and the others in the Official Tooth booklet, counted them as Official Tooth people, then made twenty indentures, and turned to go to the Prefecture Government Office.

She was the manager of the Official Tooth, entered and exited the Prefecture Government Office daily doing business in servants, the clerks knew her, very quickly helped her get the red deeds, and recorded Sister Li and others' names in the government office's slave registration book.

Aunt Lv returned with twenty red deeds, handed the contract papers to Gu Jinli with a smile, "Little guest, look, it's all done for you."

Gu Jinli took them and checked, after confirming there were no issues, she thanked Aunt Lv, left the Official Tooth, went to the bank, exchanged a silver note for eighty taels of silver, repaid the silver borrowed from Qin San Lang, "Brother Qin, these thirty-six taels were previously borrowed from you, take them."

When Qin San Lang gave her the silver, he hadn't planned on her repaying it, but he still accepted it now, saying to her, "If you need silver again, come find me."

"I'll give you money to spend."

"Mm." Gu Jinli nodded with a smile, led everyone to buy Sister Li and the others some replacement clothes and daily necessities.

...

At the Qi Family, Old Madam Qi had been waiting for Gu Jinli. She thought, even if the Gu Family prospered, they still originated from farmers, she, a Madam Imperial Decree who sent them a message, shouldn't they be coming eagerly?

But she woke from a nap, ate tea snacks, and still hadn't seen the Gu Family People by afternoon's hour.

Old Madam Qi finally couldn't keep her patience, called her personal Chief Maid to ask, "Have the Gu Family people come?"

The Chief Maid replied, "Reporting to Old Madam, the Gu Family People haven't arrived yet, probably delayed by something."

The Chief Maid said this hoping Old Madam Qi wouldn't get angry, but how could Old Madam Qi not be angry?

With a crash, she shattered a teacup, furiously saying, "The Gu Family is too overbearing, I personally sent them a message, and they dared not come, mud-legged people remain mud-legged, even if they suddenly become rich, they have no manners, still so crude and rude!"

The Chief Maid was startled by Old Madam Qi's anger, knowing she couldn't persuade her, she quickly had a young maid invite Nanny Chen over.

Nanny Chen was Old Madam's favorite, only she could persuade Old Madam Qi.

Soon, Nanny Chen was brought by the young maid, seeing Old Madam Qi in anger, hurriedly said, "My dear lady, what's wrong? What matter is worth such anger?"

Old Madam Qi explained how the Gu Family had snubbed her, "Look at this family, what kind of crude people are they? The Second Young Master still wants to marry into Gu Family, he's blinded by silver, how dare they think that kind of uncultured girl could enter my Qi Family's doors."

Nanny Chen shook her head at heart, said to Old Madam Qi, "Milady, you are too anxious, the matter of sending messages was not appropriate, it's normal for that girl not to come."

Nobody comes promptly simply because a message is sent, even ordering the house's servants requires waiting, not to mention that the Gu Family isn't Qi Family's servants.

Old Madam Qi knew she handled the matter poorly today, but she meant it, she wanted to give the Gu Family a scare.

Nanny Chen added, "What about the Second Young Master? The seasoning business is doing very well. The First Young Master even wrote back saying he gave the seasonings to superiors and received a compliment from them. The Gu Family benefits our Qi Family, breaking ties won't be good."

"Of course I know the Gu Family has its uses for us, but no benefit is worth trading my legitimate grandsons." Old Madam Qi clutched her chest, her heart ached in pain, "I only have four legitimate grandsons, each a talent, destined to marry official's daughters from the Capital, how could they marry a country bumpkin?"

She cursed Master Qi too, "It's all the Second Young Master's fault, if it weren't for him coming up with such an idea, would I be so anxious? I never planned on breaking with the Gu Family, just thought to give the Gu Family's daughter a scare first, so later when we seek to marry their daughter as a concubine, the Gu Family wouldn't dare show off."

Nanny Chen was shocked hearing this, felt Old Madam Qi was becoming senile, the Gu Family wasn't so poor they couldn't afford to eat, and she heard the parents cherished their daughter, how could they possibly let her become a concubine for the Qi Family?