I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl - Chapter 373 Buying Property in the Capital

For this purpose, Mu Hanzhi scheduled the day when Mu Jingzhi returned home for the two families to meet. One of the tasks of the long-time attendant was to make sure whether Bai Jingzhou's family could spare the time on that day.

After Bai Jingzhou gave a positive answer, the attendant left the pile of return gifts he brought and went back home to pass on the message to Mu Hanzhi.

In the following days, Bai Jingzhou and his friends would go out every three to five days. The rest of the time they would either study hard behind closed doors or get together to discuss academic matters. In short, they were all very busy.

Gu Wenxuan was also not idle. On the one hand, she had to take care of household chores and accompany and take care of her daughter Xiaoxiao. On the other hand, she had to follow the agent from time to time to look at properties that met her initial requirements.

Because she had high demands and was unwilling to be a sucker and spend money to buy a property, the broker's work progress was very slow.

Mrs. Mu Hanzhi heard about this when chatting with her. Although it was her first meeting with her, she got along very well with her. She took the initiative to say that she could not only help her ask other families in the circle, but also introduce her to two dentists that their family often used.

The Mu family is a family of honor and nobility. Although there are many families who claim to be from prominent and scholarly families who look down on their merchant background, those honor and nobility and court officials who also come from grassroots backgrounds do not look down on the Mu family.

In addition, Mu Hanzhi and his wife are both good at dealing with people. They never make enemies with others unless it is necessary. Therefore, their family has many connections in the capital.

Not to mention the brokers who came for profit. A wealthy and noble family like the Mu family is more pleasing to them than those nobles and court officials who have little money.

When she felt sleepy, someone offered her a pillow, so Gu Wenxuan had no reason to refuse. She thanked Madam Mu with a smile and planned to find an opportunity to give her a generous gift to thank her later.

Thanks to Mrs. Mu, Gu Wenxuan soon bought a farm with 300 acres of fertile land and another farm with 278 acres of fertile land in Tongzhou.

Except for the fact that these two farms are a bit expensive, all other aspects meet Gu Wenxuan's basic requirements for a farm.

She knew that the other party's slight premium was actually out of respect for the Mu family, otherwise the price of this farm could have been even higher, just like the other farms she had liked before but was reluctant to buy.

In addition to the farm, Gu Wenxuan also bought a house and five shops.

The location, customer flow, floor space, etc. of the shop were better than the one Bai Jingzhou had bought from a dentist himself, and the price was also within a reasonable range.

The house has only two courtyards. Although it is not located near the Imperial College as Gu Wenxuan expected, it is located in the residential area for officials below the fourth rank. Gu Wenxuan plans to hand over the deed of this house to her grandfather after returning to Baijia Village.

Next year would be Mr. Gu’s 60th birthday, and Gu Wenxuan had no idea what to give him as a gift. When she heard one of the brokers introduced by the Mu family say that he had such a house, Gu Wenxuan immediately ran over to check it out.

After finding out that the house was indeed as good as the agent had said and the price was within a reasonable range, Gu Wenxuan immediately decided to buy it.

After a busy schedule, Gu Wenxuan exchanged 80% of the silver and money in her hands for property deeds, and only then did she stop going out so frequently.

She stayed at home most of the time, either practicing martial arts, taking care of children, or handling household affairs. Occasionally, she would be invited to Mu Hanzhi's house to spend time with his wife and siblings.

The palace banquet on the day of the Little New Year was large in scale. Court officials who were qualified to attend the banquet could bring their families with them. However, ordinary people like Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan could not even get close to the palace gate, let alone show their faces in front of the emperor and empress, if the emperor and empress had not instructed Mu Hanzhi and his wife to take them with them.

Mu Hanzhi and his wife, who had also received the emperor and empress's oral instructions, quickly brought the etiquette nanny over. On the one hand, they discussed with Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan all matters concerning the day of entering the palace, and on the other hand, they arranged for someone to provide emergency training for Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan.

Fortunately, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan were both very smart, and they quickly learned the basic etiquette of entering the palace.

The nanny who was in charge of teaching them retired after completing her mission, but Mu Hanzhi and his wife were still worried, so they came over to inspect the results after the nanny left.

Madam Mu held Gu Wenxuan's hand and said, "Don't think your sister-in-law is nosy. The clothes you can buy on the street are not as good as the ones we make at home."

People have always respected the clothes before the person. Gu Wenxuan and the others were not officials' wives, and it was their first time to attend a banquet in the palace. In order to prevent some brainless people from causing trouble, it would be better for them to dress solemnly and gorgeously.

Of course, Gu Wenxuan would not be so ungrateful as to think that Madam Mu was meddling in her affairs. As early as when Madam Mu asked her about Bai Jingzhou's and her own clothing and shoe sizes, Gu Wenxuan had anticipated that the other party wanted to help them prepare clothes, shoes and socks. She did not refuse at that time, which meant she was mentally prepared to take advantage of it.

There is no way around it. The most skilled embroiderers in this world will not work in ready-made clothing shops. The ready-made clothes available on the market are indeed far less exquisite than those made in the Mu Mansion's needlework room.

One of the two sets of clothes is a spare one. It is not intended to be unique, but to be roughly similar to the other one. In this way, even if the host of the banquet changes into the spare clothes for some reason, it will be difficult for others to notice if they don't look carefully.