I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 298: A sense of ceremony

Before Peng Xuan'an left, Bai Jingzhou whispered to Peng Xuan'an, "Remember not to reveal the origin of cotton and cotton seeds."

Peng Xuan nodded vigorously with a look of surprise, "Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut."

After a pause, he continued, "If anyone is blind enough to cause trouble for you, just write a letter or send someone to tell me, and I will ask my father and uncle to support you."

Bai Jingzhou smiled, "Okay."

Peng Xuan'an happily took the things home.

Everything else was fine, just ordinary local ceremonies, but the large amount of cotton seeds and cotton that Bai Jingzhou sent him were rare and in short supply. As soon as Peng Xuan returned to the county town, he immediately asked someone to send half of the cotton and cotton seeds to his uncle's house.

Of the remaining half, he set aside some cotton to share with his father, his sister, and his half-brother and sister, and gave the rest to his father, County Magistrate Peng, to let him manage the arrangements.

County Magistrate Peng was very happy at first, but as soon as the corner of his mouth curled up, Peng Xuan'an stabbed him in the heart with a knife again.

"You can give it to anyone you want, except that woman and her family! If any of them get their hands on even a little bit, I will give the remaining half to my uncle."

County Magistrate Peng was both angry and amused, but the fact that Peng Xuan'an only resented his second wife did not vent his anger on him and his other two children. In County Magistrate Peng's opinion, this was very sensible.

It is impossible that his second wife is trying to murder Peng Xuan'an, but he still allows Peng Xuan'an to be respectful and close to her as before.

By the way, after the situation stabilized, County Magistrate Peng sent his second wife back to her hometown because she had talked nonsense to the two children for her own selfish reasons and almost harmed their two children.

In name, she was allowed to go back and serve County Magistrate Peng's parents, but in reality, she was directly imprisoned in the ancestral temple of the Peng family.

Only a few people knew about this, including County Magistrate Peng and Peng Xuan'an's uncle and aunt. Outsiders and County Magistrate Peng's four children all thought that she was just sent back to County Magistrate Peng's hometown to serve her parents-in-law, so Peng Xuan'an was worried that his father would give the cotton to that woman to keep warm.

At this time, Peng Xuan'an made this request angrily. County Magistrate Peng thought that since he had already passed the examination and became a scholar, it would be okay to tell him some things. So, when there was no one else in the study, he whispered to him the result of the treatment of the woman.

At last, County Magistrate Peng reminded Peng Xuan'an worriedly, "Just keep this to yourself. For the sake of your brother and sister's reputation, don't tell anyone that woman has gone to the family temple."

Peng Xuan'an felt relieved and aggrieved at the same time, "When she hurt me and my sister, you treated her with gentleness, but when she hurt those two, you locked her up in the family temple. You are really biased."

County Magistrate Peng was furious. "Can the punishment for a first offense be the same as a second offense? If she attacks you again this time, I will punish you even more severely!"

The two were kidnapped, and the woman was just the cause, which could barely be considered an unintentional mistake, but if Peng Xuan'an and his sister were kidnapped, the woman would most likely be the mastermind behind it. If she actively committed evil, the punishment would naturally be heavier.

Peng Xuan felt much better after hearing this. As he grew older, he could better understand his father's kindness in protecting the two little ones. He was also more satisfied that his father did not become a stepfather just because he married a stepmother and let the two little ones surpass him and his sister.

Just like he said to Bai Jingzhou privately, since he was the eldest son, he could get 70% of his father's property, and his sister could get 10% when she got married. As for the remaining 20%, he didn't mind showing mercy and giving it to the two younger ones for the sake of his father.

Let’s talk about Bai Jingzhou.

After seeing Peng Xuan'an off, Bai Jingzhou continued to take care of the children, help them study, practice martial arts, and do various chores.

In addition, he also has to make time to prepare for the proposal ceremony.

After the school and the workshop were built, he picked a nice sunny day and went to the workshop, carrying two gold-encrusted ruby ​​rings that he had specially ordered in the state capital, a bunch of red paper roses that he had dyed and made himself, and a batch of palm-sized red lanterns that he had made himself.

After making some simple arrangements, he mysteriously invited Gu Wenxuan over.

At his signal, Gu Wenxuan pushed open the door, and what she saw was a heart made up of small red lanterns emitting a soft glow. In the middle of the heart was a tall table, and on the table was a bunch of brightly colored, delicately shaped, lifelike paper red roses. It was estimated that there were ninety-nine of them.

Gu Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, "Are you... planning to hold a proposal ceremony?"

Bai Jingzhou unconsciously revealed a bit of nervousness. He gently pushed Gu Wenxuan into the house and said, "It's very simple, and there are no witnesses, but I prepared everything myself. Don't despise me."

Gu Wenxuan followed his force and took a step forward, the corners of her lips unconsciously raised slightly, "You made these flowers and lanterns yourself, right?"

Bai Jingzhou hummed a little embarrassedly.

Gu Wenxuan asked, "You really know everything?"

She can even fold roses with red paper. What kind of magical treasure did she pick up?

Bai Jingzhou was a little embarrassed, "I learned it from my friends."

That guy had a girlfriend, but because of the bad environment in the apocalypse, he had never given his girlfriend anything decent. He was thinking with a bitter face about how to give his girlfriend a surprise. Because he had a good relationship with Bai Jingzhou, Bai Jingzhou was often asked by him to help with ideas and do free labor.

At that time, Bai Jingzhou was helpless and speechless, but now he was very glad that he didn't resist the nagging of that guy. If he hadn't done free labor for him several times, how could he have acquired this skill?

"It's so delicately made." Gu Wenxuan fondled the bouquet of paper roses and looked down at the small lanterns on the ground. "Will you give them to me later?"

Bai Jingzhou nodded vigorously. He was so happy that Gu Wenxuan liked what he made that he naturally would not refuse her small request.

He took out the small brocade box containing the ring, opened it, then knelt on one knee and said to Gu Wenxuan in a gentle voice with a slight tremor: "Wenxuan, I love you very much and will always love you very very much. I hope you can marry me. From now on, we will be together day and night, share the good and the bad, and share and support each other's everything."

Inside the opened small brocade box were two gold rings inlaid with rubies, which looked somewhat like wide-faced rings of simple style.

Gu Wenxuan looked down and found that the part of the ring where the gem was inlaid was square, while the inlaid gem was round. The square and the circle had a wonderful sense of harmony.

If you look more closely, you will find that on both sides of the gem, the jewelry store master has engraved auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes, which symbolize "harmony of yin and yang and a happy marriage."