Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

There were eight little girls in the carriage that Li Sanzhu arrived from. The men who were originally sitting in it, such as Xu Dafu and Jia Quangui, sat in the front rooms of the four carriages.

The government officials opened the way, with four carriages in the middle. Deng Xiong and Shaoqing rode on both sides of the carriage where Cheng Xiaoyu and the others were riding, while Gu Yan and Cheng Wan rode at the end.

Gu Yan was riding on the horse and turned to look at Cheng Wan who was standing beside him.

Cheng Wan noticed Gu Yan's gaze and turned to look at Gu Yan, "Mr. Gu?"

"Miss Cheng, are you...are you cold?"

Gu Yan wanted to take off his cloak and give it to Cheng Wan, but he was afraid of offending Cheng Wan.

Cheng Wan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Gu Yan again with a look he had never seen before.

If she remembered correctly, she seemed to have heard this person call her Wan today.

Moreover, the knife she handed to Third Brother before was later found to be in this man's hand.

Now I ask myself if I am cold?

Cheng Wan's mind suddenly thought of how Gu Yan had helped him several times before and was particularly attentive.

In the past, she always thought it was because her family helped take care of Gu Yu, but now, Cheng Wan suddenly felt that there might be another possibility.

Gu Yan's cheeks felt hot at Cheng Wan's sight. He pursed his lips uncomfortably and looked forward seriously, "Miss Cheng, what's wrong?"

The sky wasn't completely dark yet, and Cheng Wan's eyesight was particularly good, so Cheng Wan could clearly see the thin redness and discomfort on Gu Yan's cheeks.

Cheng Wan blinked twice.

Case solved.

Cheng Wan chuckled silently and turned to look forward, "It's nothing, I'm not cold."

Regarding Gu Yan, Cheng Wan had no extra thoughts before.

Just think of him as Gu Yu's brother-in-law, an aristocratic young man with good looks and good character, but with a blood feud.

now……

Now Cheng Wan still has no extra thoughts.

Cheng Wan felt that as long as Gu Yan grasped the scale and boundaries and did not disturb her, he could do whatever he liked.

Anyway, she won't be short of meat.

If Gu Yan really had the ability to seduce her, she wouldn't resist.

Go with the flow.

The last trace of light in the sky disappeared. Thanks to the experience of the government officials, they had prepared fire folders and torches, otherwise Cheng Wan and the others would have been on their way in the dark.

As Cheng Wan and his party gradually approached Shuoyang, they met villagers from Pingnan Village who came to help find some children on the road.

They were also walking back. It was dark and cold, so they had no choice but to go back to the village first.

When these men saw that several children had been found, they were all very happy.

The adults from the other three families who had lost their children cried and laughed while holding their children, and even kowtowed to Cheng Wan on the spot to express their gratitude.

By the time Cheng Wan and the others arrived at the fork in the road between Shuoyang City and Pingnan Village, it was already almost the beginning of the new year.

With Gu Yan and the government officials here, Cheng Wan naturally wasn't worried that Gu Yan and the others wouldn't be able to enter the city after the city gate was closed.

"Mr. Gu, please take the time to put these girls to bed for one night, and then send someone to take them home tomorrow.

There’s a girl’s hand,”

Cheng Wan pursed her lower lip and continued: "Please hire a doctor to take a look at her."

Gu Yan nodded, his voice even deeper in the night.

"I'll arrange it."

Cheng Wan turned to look at the carriage carrying six girls, her eyes calm, "As for the two girls who were sold...,"

Before Cheng Wan finished speaking, two girls suddenly emerged from the carriage, jumped off the carriage, ran to the horse hoof Cheng Wan was riding, and knelt down.

"Girl, please accept us as slaves. We really have nowhere to go. Even if we go home, we will still be sold."

"Girl, we will serve you well. We are willing to do any job. You just need to give us a bite to eat."

Please! "

The two girls kowtowed to the ground.

Cheng Wan quickly got off his horse and walked quickly in front of the two girls. The two girls grabbed Cheng Wan's clothes as if grasping a life-saving straw, their eyes full of fear and prayer.

"You guys get up first."

Cheng Wan used one hand at a time to lift them up from the ground.

The two girls wanted to kneel again, but Cheng Wan's face turned cold, "Stand still! If you kneel again, I won't care about you!"

The two girls were frightened by Cheng Wan's sudden cold face. They immediately stood up straight and did not dare to kneel down again.

Gu Yan walked over and stopped two steps away from Cheng Wan, "They are not suitable to be slaves."

Gu Yan spoke in a cold and ruthless voice, and the light in the eyes of the two girls dimmed instantly, and their heads hung feebly.

"If you want to take them as slaves, I will have them trained and then sent to you."

The two girls raised their heads in surprise, their eyes gleaming again.

The older girl mustered up her courage and looked at Cheng Wan pleadingly, "Girl..., I... we must study hard and become... a good slave. Please..."

Cheng Wan felt sour in her heart.

Of course, being a slave is not a good status. Once you become a slave, it will be difficult to be free.

But for these two girls, being a slave is the only life-saving straw they can grasp at the moment.

Cheng Wan blinked hard and breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are your names?"

The older girl immediately replied: "My name is Osmanthus!"

"My name is Yanqiu!"

Cheng Wan nodded, "I'm going to start a small business. You work for me and I'll pay you wages.

Before the business is opened, you will eat and live in my house first, but you need to deduct the meal and accommodation expenses for my house chores, or deduct them from your future wages.

are you willing? "

Cheng Wan was planning to wait for the hotel to open and let the two girls help with washing vegetables and cleaning...

The two girls looked at each other and saw the disbelief and excitement in the other's eyes.

"Yes! Girl, we are willing!"

“Okay, that’s it.

My family is busy with other things today and I can't take care of you. You two go to Shuoyang City with them first and follow Mr. Gu's arrangements. I will pick you up tomorrow. "

At the same time, many people were waiting anxiously at the entrance of Pingnan Village, holding torches.

These people included the old, weak, women and children who had not followed the kidnapper, some of the men who had returned to the village, and Xu Zhinian and Chunwen.

Xu Zhinian stirred the handkerchief in his hand and looked pale.

"Why haven't you come back yet? It's time to come back, it's so late..."

Not far away, Mrs. Lin's gray hair was a little scattered, her lips were chapped and white, and her face was panicked.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Cheng next to them stared blankly at the dark road in the distance, looking haggard.

Cheng Daniu and Cheng Erping held torches, staring into the distance with tense expressions, and couldn't help but take another step outside.

Two quarters of an hour later.

"Eh? There's fire! There's fire!"

Cheng Erping held a torch and shouted excitedly.