Mother Gu genuinely believed she had no valuable jade item worth giving away, so she fled in panic.
Meanwhile, in the side room on the other end of the courtyard, Li Wenxiu took out her family’s ancestral jade token from her space. She exchanged a few whispered words with Gu Shiye, who sat across from her, then smugly blew lightly on the jade token toward the outside before casually tossing it in the direction of the courtyard. In reality, the token fell straight back into her space.
The next second, she pulled out the blind box reward from today’s sign in the shop.
Wow!
There were actually two small gold bars, a ten jin bag of flour, and even a can of milk powder perfect for nourishing a pregnant woman.
The couple happily acted out a silent pantomime together.
Only when voices sounded again from the courtyard outside did they finally stop.
Thinking everyone in the courtyard should already have gone out to work in the fields, Gu Shicheng walked up to Lin Baozhu and spoke earnestly from the heart.
“Wife…”
“Who’s your wife?” Lin Baozhu glared at him furiously.
Gu Shicheng let out a heavy sigh, walked over, and pulled her into his arms.
“Don’t worry, we only need to repay three hundred yuan of the six hundred yuan bride price. My parents will secretly help us with the other three hundred.”
Hearing that only made Lin Baozhu even angrier, but Gu Shicheng quickly tightened his grip to stop her from struggling.
“Wife, calm down first. My parents favor us, they’ll definitely support us secretly. We just need to put on a show in front of the family while we’re here. Besides, we only come back during holidays anyway, so we won’t suffer too much. We can slowly figure out our married life together in the long run, alright?”
Lin Baozhu gradually calmed down. Thinking about how Gu Shicheng was the male lead of the novel and the man destined to be her husband in this lifetime, she could not help quietly telling him about the jade token from the dream she had last night.
After hearing it, Gu Shicheng cried out in shock.
“You mean Third Sister-in-law really has such a treasure jade token?”
Lin Baozhu nodded at him.
“We happen to still be staying at home these next few days. We have to get that jade token. Acheng, you have to help me.”
Gu Shicheng nodded vigorously.
“I’ll listen to my wife.”
He finally understood why his Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law had suddenly changed personalities. Because of that, he now completely believed Lin Baozhu’s story about the jade token space.
If such a miraculous space truly existed in this world, then they would finally have hope for their future lives.
Lin Baozhu was also extremely satisfied that Gu Shicheng never doubted her. He truly deserved to be the male lead personally chosen by the novel.
What the two of them did not know was that every word of their conspiracy had been overheard by the very people they were plotting against.
Inside the room, after hearing the couple leave the courtyard together, Li Wenxiu finally spoke.
“Husband, what should we do? Guarding against thieves for a thousand days isn’t as good as using the thieves themselves for one day, don’t you think?” Her voice carried obvious excitement.
Gu Shiye raised a hand to stroke his chin and replied confidently, “Then we’ll close the door and beat the dog.”
In the fields, the villagers were shocked to see Lin Baozhu and Gu Shicheng, both teachers from the commune, voluntarily coming to earn work points during their holiday break.
A crowd quickly surrounded them and showered them with praise.
Some praised Gu Shicheng for his good fortune, saying not only had he married a city wife, but this city wife was even willing to work in the fields without complaint.
Others praised the Gu family elders for their good fortune in gaining a daughter-in-law who was a teacher. Not only was it respectable to talk about, but she was also hardworking, virtuous, and knew how to manage a household.
Mother Gu was so pleased from all the compliments that the corners of her mouth nearly stretched to the back of her ears. She immediately said to Lin Baozhu with concern, “Fourth daughter-in-law, it’s your first day working, so don’t overexert yourself. Let Old Fourth help you more. Later, just head back for a bit and boil some water to bring it over for us.”
Lin Baozhu also felt extremely wonderful inside. As expected of the lucky koi female lead of this world, she only needed to show her face in the fields for the entire village to shower her with praise.
Not far away, Wang Lihua rolled her eyes at the two of them.
“These two shameless things. They come out pretending to work for a little while and actually manage to show off. I’d like to see how many work points they can earn from the scorekeeper today.”
Standing beside her, Ruan Hongmei chimed in, “I’ve noticed this fourth younger sister-in-law really has pretty good luck. She was already Fourth Brother’s wife to begin with, and now she’s acting so sensible too. Father and Mother are definitely going to favor their couple even more in the future.”
Wang Lihua snorted unhappily.
“Well, all three families are already split up now. Let’s see what Father and Mother still have left to favor them with.”
Today, Li Wenxiu had also come to the fields to pretend to help with some lighter work, deliberately wandering around near Lin Baozhu and Gu Shicheng.
Not far away, Gu Shiye drove the tractor around while making as much noise as possible.
As expected, Gu Shicheng took the bait.
He walked over to Lin Baozhu and said, “Didn’t Mother ask you earlier to go back and boil some water to bring over? You can head back now.”
After hearing that, Lin Baozhu personally turned to glance at Li Wenxiu working nearby and at Gu Shiye driving the tractor in the distance with his head lowered in work.
Only then did she turn back and say, “You must help me keep an eye on them. I’m going back right now.”
Gu Shicheng nodded. “Don’t worry.”
But the moment Lin Baozhu left, the scorekeeper suddenly walked over and called Li Wenxiu away, saying he needed to verify some work points with her.
Gu Shicheng personally saw Li Wenxiu follow the scorekeeper in the complete opposite direction, so he did not grow suspicious.
In truth, the scorekeeper’s appearance had been arranged by Gu Shiye.
Over the years, the original owner had built quite a few connections while working as the production brigade’s tractor driver. The short drama simply had not shown it, but now Gu Shiye found those connections extremely useful.
Li Wenxiu quickly slipped out through the back entrance of the scorekeeper’s work shed. Avoiding the people laboring in the fields, she circled around and headed straight back to the Gu family home.
At the same time, Lin Baozhu was racing against time while multitasking. After returning to the Gu family home, she first went into the kitchen to light the fire and boil water. Then she stepped outside to check that the courtyard gate was securely shut before sneaking into the side room where Gu Shiye and Li Wenxiu lived and rummaging frantically through every chest and cabinet searching for the jade token.
When Li Wenxiu returned, she discovered the courtyard gate had already been bolted from the inside.
In order not to alert the enemy, she had a little boy around ten years old secretly climb over the wall and quietly open the gate for her.
She gave the child two fruit candies and whispered a few instructions to him before carrying a stick toward the side room.
By now, the room had already been tossed into complete chaos. Half of Lin Baozhu’s body was buried inside the dresser drawers, leaving only her backside sticking out.
Li Wenxiu walked over and swung the stick down hard without a word.
“Ah! Ah! Ah!”
Pig slaughtering screams instantly rang through the entire courtyard of the Gu family.
Meanwhile, Wang Niuwa, the little ringleader who had received a whole handful of fruit candies from Li Wenxiu, led several of his friends running all over the village dramatically spreading the news.
“Something terrible happened! The Gu family caught a thief!”