I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

No one expected that Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou would actually share their spoils with those of them who had already owed their lives to them.

They were stunned and surprised, and they all knelt down in front of Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou.

Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou were so frightened that they quickly jumped aside to avoid the prostration of the crowd.

Bai Jingzhou knew that Gu Wenxuan was not good at persuading people, so he took the initiative to assume the responsibility of persuading everyone to stand up.

When everyone heard him say that they "are young and cannot accept such a big gift from others, otherwise it will shorten their lifespan," they all got up without saying a word.

They wiped their tears and kept expressing their gratitude to the two.

Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou both felt bad. Considering that these people had no ability to protect themselves, they did not actually give them too much money and property. However, these people knelt down in front of them just because of such a small amount of things and the grace of saving their lives.

After a brief thought, Gu Wenxuan said to the young men, "There are still some bedding, clothes, cloth, boxes and cabinets in the bandits' houses. If you don't mind, you can go and search them now."

As for the middle-aged and elderly women, "If you want, you can pick up the rice, flour, oil, salt, pots, pans, and other things in the kitchen and take them away."

After hearing this, everyone immediately went to look for the things separately.

Gu Wenxuan watched them run away, and then went to meet the twelve young women alone, "Sisters, have you thought about how you are going to live in the future?"

The twelve young women either smiled bitterly or shook their heads. It was not that they had not thought about what to do next, they just had no choice.

Among these twelve people, seven of them have lost their families, having been killed by bandits. Although the remaining five still have family members alive, none of them are very kind to them.

They had been fine before, and their families had never treated them well. Now that they had fallen into a den of bandits, it was even less likely that their families would treat them well.

Even if they went back hoping for the best, their final outcome would be death or marrying far away.

They didn't want to die, otherwise they would have committed suicide like other young women who were captured in the mountains. They also didn't want to suffer such a great crime and survive by chance, only to be sold by their families to someone who was likely to have one fatal flaw or another.

Having finally managed to survive, they now wanted to be nicer to themselves.

But "having ideas" and "being able to turn ideas into reality" obviously do not require the same qualities.

These young women are very opinionated and strong-willed, so Gu Wenxuan doesn't have to worry about whether they will commit suicide. However, due to the limitations of the social environment and their own personal abilities, they obviously cannot rely on themselves to live the life they want in a short period of time.

Gu Wenxuan sat down next to the young woman in the lead, "So, is there anyone among you who wants to go back to your home?"

The crowd shook their heads.

Gu Wenxuan, "So do you plan to find another place to live, or do you plan to stay together and support each other?"

Everyone exchanged a quick look, and then the young woman in the lead said, "We plan to stay together."

They are all lustful young women. If they leave alone, it would be like releasing a fat sheep into a pack of wolves. The possibility of them being torn to pieces is 100%.

Although the safety factor for them being together may not be very high, at least it is better than being alone...right?

Gu Wenxuan, "So is there anywhere you want to go?"

Everyone shook their heads.

The vast majority of them were born and raised here. The only two outsiders usually stayed in the town where they lived. The only time they went out far was when they were caught by bandits and brought to the mountains. It can be said that they knew nothing about the outside world.

The young woman in the lead looked worried. “We don’t want to stay in our hometown where we have many acquaintances, but we don’t know where we can go or what we can do.”

Gu Wenxuan thought for a moment and said, "What can you do? Cooking, making snacks, cutting and embroidering, washing and mending, farming, raising chickens, ducks and geese, or anything else, as long as it can make money."

The women looked at each other for a moment, and then the young woman in the lead said, "We basically know what the benefactor said, but... can we really earn money by doing this?"

In their opinion, apart from embroidery and dim sum making which are two crafts that can make money, the others... aren't they essential skills that everyone should have?

Gu Wenxuan nodded, "If you trust me, I will give you a place to stay and let you earn a living through your own labor."

The women were overjoyed, and the young woman in the lead said, "Of course we believe you."

Gu Wenxuan's lips curled slightly, "From now on, you will be widows who depend on me for your living."

When the girls heard the words "widow", they knew that Gu Wenxuan wanted to help them conceal the fact that they had been kidnapped and raped by bandits.

Their faces were covered with tears, and their knees were weak as they were about to kneel down. Gu Wenxuan waved her hand to stop them, "I don't like others to give me big honors. Don't do this again in the future."

After a pause, she continued, "I will buy a farm and let you change your names and surnames as farmers and live a peaceful and stable life."

The girls kept thanking him with sobs. Gu Wenxuan was not good at handling such situations, so she changed the subject directly and bluntly, "When you settle down, I will give each of you 20 taels of silver, 20 catties of rice and flour, and two rolls of fine cloth. As for other things, you can go to the nearby town to buy whatever you need."

After explaining everything that needed to be said, Gu Wenxuan got up and left.

What she didn't expect was that among the middle-aged and elderly women who originally cooked for the bandits in the kitchen, there were two middle-aged women who wanted to go with her.

The middle-aged woman was short in stature and had a small scar on her left cheek. She was arrested on her way back to her hometown with her husband to visit relatives. At that time, her husband was accompanied by his concubine and two children.

She told Gu Wenxuan, "I had been married for five years and had no children, so my husband spent money to buy a young woman to bring home. That woman gave birth to two children for him, and then instigated him to mistreat me."

"Our relationship has been getting worse year by year. He was originally planning to divorce me and make that woman his wife, but at this critical moment my mother-in-law fell and collapsed on the kang, so he changed his mind."

The young wife was unwilling to return to her hometown to take care of the old woman who was paralyzed in bed, so the man planned to send his original wife back to her hometown to serve his mother.

As for him and his young wife, of course they just went back for a short while and then went back to the city to "do business".

It's a pity that although his plan was good, fate played a big joke on him.