Chapter 116: Becoming Beautiful

The elder Song Shi clapped her hands. "Mrs. Jiang is truly a straightforward person; that is exactly what I meant!"

Du Ruo understood.

In terms of silver, the Second Branch of the Jiang Family had just made a fortune selling medicinal herbs, so they certainly weren't short of it.

In terms of needs, their family was still living in a rented house, and the farmland only consisted of the three mu of dry land and two mu of paddy fields bought from the main branch, which wasn't much.

That was why the elder Song Shi thought of her; only she could swallow up all the Gu family's farmland and houses in one go.

Du Ruo hesitated a bit.

She certainly wanted the farmland, and the more the better.

The Gu family's house was average, but the foundation was large enough and the location was good; buying it definitely wouldn't be a loss.

But the Gu family had a grudge against her own family; if she bought it, she was afraid it would stir up gossip...

"Ding-dong! New mission released—if you miss this village, there won't be this shop! Please build a new residence, host. The requirement is that the occupied area must not be less than 500 square meters, and there must be no fewer than ten habitable rooms. Upon success, you will receive a reward of 50 points! Work hard, host; a beautiful new life is waiting for you ahead!"

Du Ruo was speechless.

The system meant to incite her to buy it, right?

Looking at the entire Longquan Cun, if one wanted to buy such a large residential foundation, it would be impossible unless it was in those remote places at the edge of the village.

But the Gu family was different. Behind the Gu family, there was a piece of land of a little over one mu. That land used to be managed by Jiang Cheng, mainly for growing vegetables and some common medicinal herbs.

Forget it, whatever. Buy it first and talk later.

"How much silver do you want to sell it for?" Du Ruo asked.

The elder Song Shi's expression turned joyful. "Don't worry, Mrs. Jiang. You are our family's benefactor; I will definitely not quote you a high price!"

She pondered for a moment, then said, "The four mu of dry land and two mu of paddy fields will be at the market price per mu; the house together with the vegetable garden behind it will be sold as one, what do you think?"

This price was indeed not expensive.

Du Ruo smiled and said, "Alright then, for the sake of the elder Song Niangzi, I will help you out."

"Oh my, that is truly wonderful." The elder Song Shi clapped her hands violently, beaming with joy. "I said Mrs. Jiang is a magnanimous person and would certainly not care about those little unpleasantries from before."

As she spoke, she took out the land deed and house deed from her bosom, along with the sales contract with thumbprints, and hurriedly pushed them in front of Du Ruo.

"Everything is ready, it just needs your big name signed!"

Du Ruo: "..."

Sure enough, they came prepared.

Since that was the case, she didn't dawdle either, returned to her room, and handed over the silver notes.

The elder Song Shi carefully put them away and smiled. "Don't worry, Mrs. Jiang. The produce in the fields has already been harvested, and the house has been cleared out; you can go and inspect it at any time."

With the goal achieved, the elder Song Shi was still in a hurry to go back and report to her sister, so she proposed to leave.

After she left, Du Ruo took the house deed and land deed to the back of the courtyard to find Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng was hopping back and forth in the vegetable garden, fussing over those chili seedlings.

"Little Third, I think you might need to cultivate some more," Du Ruo said with a smile.

It was destined to be an unsettled day.

Cao Shi carried a basin of water to call her lazy daughter to get up as usual, but the moment she saw her daughter's face, the whole basin of water splashed onto the ground.

"Aman!"

She didn't even care about her soaked shoes, threw herself onto the bedside, held her daughter's face, and sobbed uncontrollably. "Aman, my Aman, you have finally changed back..."

Du Ruo had just woken up and was still a bit dazed, but seeing Cao Shi's posture, it was clearly related to her face.

She hurriedly took out the small bronze mirror from under her pillow to take a look.

The person in the mirror had skin as white as snow, without a single flaw, and even the fine pores were invisible.

Those eyes that could never open wide in the past now seemed like phoenix wings slowly unfolding; the pupils were clear and bright, and the eyes were flowing with light, as if one would be immersed in them and unable to extricate themselves with just a slight flicker.

Although her cheeks were still fleshy, they were not as puffy as before; instead, they revealed a kind of delicate and cute charm.

So this was her true appearance.

Hmm, quite good-looking.

Du Ruo was very satisfied, but...

"Still a bit fat," she pouted her pink, chubby lips and said regretfully.

"Fat? What fat? This look couldn't be better!"

Cao Shi's hands stroked her daughter's face bit by bit, crying and laughing. "Aman, you don't know how long Mother has been waiting for this day. Pinch Mother quickly; Mother isn't dreaming, right?"

Du Ruo actually reached out and pinched her.

"Mother, does it hurt?"

Cao Shi cried even harder, not knowing if it was out of excitement or if she was really pinched hard.

The three children outside heard the commotion and ran over in a panic.

Jiang Wan and Chunhua rushed into the room, and when they saw Du Ruo's face clearly, they were both stunned.

"Big Sister-in-law, you look so good." Jiang Wan climbed onto the bed, looking left and right, but couldn't figure out the reason why her Big Sister-in-law had suddenly become beautiful.

Chunhua also nodded repeatedly. "Sister Ruoruo, you seem like a different person!"

Jiang Cheng was the younger brother-in-law and couldn't enter his brother and sister-in-law's room, so he could only stomp his feet anxiously outside the door. "Big Sister-in-law, what have you turned into? I want to see too!"

Cao Shi hurriedly shooed him away. "Don't look; you'll naturally be able to see when we eat later."

When eating, Jiang Cheng indeed saw it.

He was so shocked that he forgot to put the rice into his mouth. "Big Sister-in-law, did you steal and drink immortal medicine?"

Du Ruo laughed uncontrollably. "Yes, yes, yes, I am about to ascend to immortality!"

To solve the mystery in the children's hearts, she explained: "You don't need to be so surprised. Actually, I just cleared the poison; I originally looked like this."

"Your Big Sister-in-law is right," Cao Shi testified from the side. "Aman was very good-looking when she was little; it was all that Du Mingzhu's fault that made her turn into that look later."

Now that she had finally recovered, God bless.

If her son-in-law came back and saw this, he would definitely be very happy, right?

Counting it up, Jiang Li hadn't been back for seven or eight days.

Three days later was the time for the County Examination, and Jiang Li would definitely come back; he had to pick up Du Ruo to accompany him for the exam.

Learning that her son-in-law was coming home today, Cao Shi appeared even more excited than her daughter.

Early in the morning, she forced Du Ruo to put on the new clothes she had stayed up for two nights to make, and personally combed her hair into a beautiful style.

She had originally thought about letting her apply some rouge, but when she looked, her daughter's cheeks were rosy and her lips were moist, so there was no need for that at all, and she had to give up the idea.

Near noon, the sound of carriage wheels finally came from outside the courtyard.

Cao Shi's eyes lit up, and she immediately pushed her daughter into the room. "Don't go out yet; wait until I call you!"

Du Ruo was between laughter and tears. "Mother, what are you doing? It's not like my husband and I haven't seen each other; why are you acting like it's a blind date?" ===== CHAPTER 117 =====