Chapter 244: A Match Made in Heaven
Gu Jingchun doesn't like the people in the village.
In the past, they had bullied Mei Xueli and her mother a lot.
They must have come here to take advantage of his misfortune, so Gu Jingchun looked at them with a cold look and no good expression.
Unexpectedly, the women standing in front rubbed their fingers awkwardly and said:
"Girl, I didn't expect you to have changed so much after not seeing you for a few years."
Gu Jingchun looked at her coldly and didn't say anything.
She also saw what Gu Jingchun was thinking, and without saying anything more, she directly put the basket in her hand into the driver's hand.
“These are my own eggs.”
"I know you don't need these things, but I just learned about your mother's situation and I feel really bad, so I came here to give you something to eat."
The woman's voice choked as she spoke.
"Before, I often went to talk to your mother. Now that she is gone, we feel a little sad."
"Yes, yes, yes."
The women nearby also nodded.
"Maybe we had arguments before, but now we are older and have moved on."
"Those are just trivial matters after all."
"Besides, your mother has helped us a lot over the years."
"These are just our little gifts. I hope you don't mind."
As they spoke, they put the basket in Lan Xin's hands and ran away.
The others followed suit, placed their belongings directly onto the carriage, and left as well.
Gu Jingchun looked at these things and found that in addition to a few eggs, there were also some fresh vegetables or homemade food.
There aren't many things, but when every family can't even afford to eat, these things are worth a fortune.
Gu Jingchun really looked down on these things, but she also knew that these were the only good things in the hands of these villagers.
Gu Jingchun also remembered these people's faces.
It wasn't the people who bullied them before. Moreover, she vaguely remembered that when she was hungry, someone would bring her some food from time to time.
However, those memories were so old that she could hardly remember them.
Now looking at these simple faces, Gu Jingchun's vague memories gradually became clearer.
She ordered all these things to be moved into the carriage and then drove away.
The next day, a bag of food was quietly lying at the door of every house that had delivered things to Gu Jingchun.
When they saw it, they were all very surprised, but after asking, they found out that those who had food were the ones who had delivered things to Gu Jingchun yesterday.
Only then was it confirmed that these things were sent by Gu Jingchun.
After Gu Jingchun returned to the county magistrate's office, he started to get busy with work along with Chen Hechuan.
Chen Hechuan is indeed a good prince praised by the people.
After he arrived at the county magistrate's office, he immediately conducted a large-scale survey of Qi County.
Afterwards, he even went to the homes of the wealthy families in person to persuade them to donate money and grain.
Afterwards, he used work-for-relief and organized the people to repair the city walls and river embankments, using food as low wages. Soon, the refugees and the people were mobilized.
As for those women, Shen Hechuan even encouraged them to grow potatoes given to him by Gu Jingchun, and promised to reduce or exempt their taxes for the next three years.
As for those villagers who unfortunately died, Shen Hechuan ordered people to bury their bodies to avoid causing plague.
These measures have achieved remarkable results.
But because it was in the early stages, Shen Hechuan was short of manpower.
Therefore, Chen Hechuan was very busy and did not put on any airs as he moved among the people.
This gave the people a real understanding of this prince who was both talented and virtuous.
However, on this day, when they saw Gu Jingchun appear with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, everyone was shocked.
They didn't care about the work at hand, and they all came to Gu Jingchun and started kneeling down without saying a word.
While kneeling, he kept saying things like, "Living Bodhisattva, Goddess descended to the world, etc."
Gu Jingchun: ...
She couldn't help but look at Chen Hechuan, and facing Chen Hechuan's surprised eyes, she couldn't help but cough.
"Well... this... I can explain."
Chen Hechuan smiled lightly, took a step back and knelt down.
"Goddess, please bless me and grant me a princess."
Gu Jingchun: ...
She no longer cared about the people at this moment, and immediately stepped forward to help Chen Hechuan up.
But Shen Hechuan's words naturally reached the ears of the people.
They suddenly realized what was going on and exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh, so our goddess is actually the future Crown Princess!"
Gu Jingchun: ...
What goddess, what princess, who can save her.
Gu Jingchun has seen many scenes over the years, but none of them is as embarrassing as this one.
And the people have already started shouting.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince and the Goddess are a match made in heaven."
"Yes, they are a perfect match."
"A match made in heaven."
Countless voices came together, and the sound was loud.
Gu Jingchun couldn't stop it, so he simply turned around and left with an excuse.
However, her panicked eyes and flushed face betrayed her thoughts at the moment.
Looking at her shy appearance, Chen Hechuan didn't care about anything else. He immediately stood up, said "hush" softly to everyone, and then went after Gu Jingchun.
Gu Jingchun walked all the way back to the county magistrate's mansion, and the heat on his face did not ease.
If she had known that the people were so enthusiastic, she would not have gone out.
Gu Jingchun was thinking when he suddenly heard a childish voice.
She couldn't help but turn her head and saw Gu Jinxi talking to a petite man.
Gu Jinxi looked at Gu Jingchun coming over and immediately spoke out happily.
"Mother, are you back?"
Gu Jingchun nodded and held Gu Jinxi in his arms, but his eyes were on the man.
"This is……"
"He is my best friend whom I rescued."
Gu Jingchun nodded and listened to Gu Jinxi's explanation.
In short, when Shen Hechuan was bringing him back, he saw him lying on the side of the road, almost starving to death.
Gu Jinxi felt sorry for the man and begged Chen Hechuan to rescue him.
After returning, Gu Jinxi discovered that this person knew a lot of things and could also make some little gadgets. He quickly gained Gu Jinxi's trust and started playing with him.
After Gu Jinxi finished speaking, she was afraid that Gu Jingchun would be unhappy, so she couldn't help but explain again.
"Mother, I've already asked him. He's an orphan with no other relatives or friends around him. I like him very much, so I want to keep him. Is that okay?"
Gu Jingchun did not answer, but looked the man up and down, then asked in a low voice:
"May I have your name?"
The man lowered his head, hunched over, and looked like someone who had never seen the world and was afraid.
"My...my name is Mao Zixiao."
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