Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Gu Daya found out that Mo Qinzi came to find her and glanced at Qi Kangping, saying, "You and your father go to the kitchen first, I will meet the girl from Mo Family."

Qi Kangping followed Qi Panzi to the kitchen with a fully flushed face.

He knew his mother took a liking to Mo Qinzi and was asking Third Grandma to propose marriage on his behalf, to make Mo Qinzi his wife. But he didn't know why Mo Qinzi would come to find his mother at this time. Was she unsatisfied with him and came to reject the marriage?

Qi Kang Le had already invited Mo Qinzi in.

Mo Qinzi, coming alone bravely to Qi Family's home, now felt frightened upon seeing Gu Daya.

Upon noticing her trembling hands, Gu Daya asked amusingly, "Mo Family girl, why are you not cooking at home at this time and running here to find me?"

After hearing this, Mo Qinzi felt her legs weaken and knelt down with a thud.

Gu Daya was startled and hurriedly helped Mo Qinzi up, "What are you doing? You shouldn't kneel with such grandeur."

Mo Qinzi said, "Qin, Sister Qin was impulsive today and I shall first apologize... But there is something Sister Qin must ask."

Gu Daya: "What do you want to ask?"

Mo Qinzi mustered her courage after suppressing her inner nervousness and asked, "If my father continues to work for your family, will your family look down on mine?"

"I know I shouldn't be asking this, but my parents have been worried... I can't just think of myself and risk my father losing a job, reducing our family's income."

"It's not just about me alone, I can't be selfish…" Mo Qinzi said with tearful eyes, and then she said to Gu Daya, "I'm sorry, don't blame me for being shameless, I really don't want to cause trouble for my family."

Gu Daya looked at Mo Qinzi and said, "Honestly, I am angered by your question today, but hearing that you did this for your family, it eases my anger."

"I can tell you not to worry about this, my family will not look down on yours; your family will never be lower than mine. And I am trying to find a solution for this, rest assured."

When Mo Qinzi heard this, she wished there was a hole to crawl into from embarrassment, and said, "Aunt Gu, I was too inconsiderate."

Then she asked, "You just mentioned a solution, what is it?"

Gu Daya did not tell her, only saying, "You'll know after the festival. Go home for now; don't be so impulsive in the future, coming here so late when it's already dark."

Nonetheless, she appreciated that Mo Qinzi thought of her family and daringly asked such a question. What pleased her more was that Mo Qinzi came to her instead of Qi Kangping, proving her urgency was not foolishness.

Had Mo Qinzi been so anxious to disregard gender propriety and directly sought out Brother Ping, then this marriage proposal would probably fail.

After listening, Mo Qinzi glanced at Gu Daya, performed a curtsey, and then went home.

Upon returning, she didn't hide anything and shared her visit to Gu Daya with her family.

Mo Kui and Ms. Zhang nearly died of anger, and for the first time, Ms. Zhang hit her, "You foolhardy girl, how could you not understand and dare ask Gu Daya such a thing? You truly infuriate me! Such a good marriage proposal, what would you do if it fell through!"

The family had escaped famine, didn't they know how some ill-intended families spread rumors about famine escapee girls? Those words shouldn't be listened to, they're utterly displeasing!

Qi Family is such a good family, willing to marry her and yet this foolish girl still acted recklessly, asking such questions.

So long as she could marry well, what does it matter if they remain poor? They weren't strangers to hardship.

Mo Qinzi was beaten and also felt wronged, after all, it was her own rash action.

Mo Kui's family had a rough Mid-Autumn Festival due to the outrageous acts of Mo Qinzi.

Gu Jinli's house, on the other hand, enjoyed a prosperous Mid-Autumn Festival.

On the 14th, Gu Jinli woke up early and made one hundred snowy mooncakes, with fillings of red bean, chestnut, lotus paste, flower sauce, and egg yolk.

Starting from the break of dawn, Ms. Chu and Luo Huiniang came to help, and after a busy morning, they finally finished the one hundred snowy mooncakes by noon, and took the opportunity to deliver them to the Shang Family and Xuanhu Fang.

The Qin brothers couldn't return home for the festival, so Luo Wu borrowed a horse from the Shang Family and rode to the Military Office to deliver snowy mooncakes to the Qin family and Jiang family; he didn't return home until it was dark.

Upon returning, in order to have a reason to see Gu Jinxiu, he specifically went to Gu's house to convey the Jiang family's words of gratitude for the snowy mooncakes.

He heard that Granny Li of Huaiyu Embroidery Shop admired Sister Xiu's embroidery skills and wanted to make her an embroidery master. He inquired specifically about it and knew that an embroidery master was highly esteemed. He was happy for Sister Xiu, happy that the girl he admired in his heart could have the chance to become noble, but he was also very sad, so sad that he couldn't sleep at night.

If Sister Xiu became an embroidery master, became a noble, how could he, a mere constable, be worthy of her?

Luo Wu, while eating Gu family's red bean mooncake, found even the red bean to taste bitter…

Early on the 16th of August, Gu Jinli got up early, took the scar removal ointment they had prepared, and along with Gu Dashan carried it to Xuanhu Fang.

Aunt Wu and Boss Min were already waiting for her, and upon seeing her, went straight to inspecting the goods.

Aunt Wu, who had medical skills, personally checked the twenty bottles of scar removal ointment carefully, one by one, confirming the correctness of the herbs used, without any conflicts, and assuring there would be no harm to the skin before accepting them.

"These twenty bottles of scar removal ointment will go through Xuanhu Fang, then Yuanzi Pharmacy, and finally to me, and if anything goes wrong, it won't be related to you," Aunt Wu remembered Gu Jinli had mentioned it and specifically said this.

Gu Jinli smiled and said, "Thank you, Aunt Wu."

Today she brought fifty bottles of scar removal ointment, but inspecting them took time, Aunt Wu was in a hurry to leave, only took twenty bottles, and the remaining thirty bottles were given to Xuanhu Fang.

Boss Min looked at Gu Jinli and said, "Young lady, remember our deal."

Gu Jinli replied, "Rest assured, Boss Min, I will start the pharmaceutical workshop as soon as possible. But please remember, this isn't a deal between us, it's between me and Xuanhu Fang."

Boss Min choked, momentarily forgetting this fact, and after being rebuffed, chose to remain silent.

Seeing him embarrassed, Aunt Wu smiled and then knelt in front of Doctor Wu, saying, "... Take care, Elder."

Boss Min also knelt down and kowtowed three times to Doctor Wu, "Grandpa, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Doctor Wu waved his hand and said to them, "Enough said, time doesn't wait, hurry along now, and in the future… if you can avoid coming here, please do so."

Tears welled up in Aunt Wu's eyes as she choked up, "Yes, I'll heed your advice."

Gu Jinli watched them, not knowing why their family had such a fallout that led to this separation, but it was someone else's family matter, and as an outsider, it wasn't appropriate for her to pry.

After Boss Min and Aunt Wu finished kowtowing to Doctor Wu, they got up and left through the back door of Xuanhu Fang.

Doctor Wu didn't see them out but just stood there, watching the closed corner gate. After a while, he turned to Gu Jinli, "Here are six indentures in this box, take them for now, and after some time, I'll send you a group of people."

Gu Jinli took the box and looked at the six indentures… Mu Tong, Han Liu, Mai Dong, San Qi, Ye Dakou, Ye Jingzi.

She was shocked, "Are you really giving these people to me? Uncle Mu Tong and Uncle Xiao Liu are your right-hand men, what will you do without them?"