Before coming here and on the way, I heard many people say that there are many beautiful girls in this critical city, and most of them are single and unmarried.
Because of this, many single men are tempted to come here.
People from several big families have heard about it, but it’s all just hearsay after all.
Now I see so many beautiful girls coming out wearing the same clothes and with their hair done in similar styles...
To be honest, seeing it with your own eyes is really a visual shock.
"Everyone, please make way. Please don't push forward. If you do, be careful because we won't recognize you with our swords."
Many of the men watching were pushing forward excitedly, but at this time, a group of strong men and women wearing different clothes stood there in a row, blocking the people from getting close.
The girls continued to walk towards the front cafeteria area, ignoring the onlookers.
Only after the people walked away did the group close their open mouths.
Old Mrs. Luo sighed softly.
"These poor girls are lucky."
"Hey, that woman is crying over there. Let's go and listen to what she's saying."
Just at this moment, everyone discovered that there was a woman crying in front of them, but the people around her did not sympathize with her as they had imagined.
After the woman finished speaking, someone sneered.
"I say, woman, you'd better stop using this trick of regretting it now and missing your daughter so much that you want her to come home.
Tricks like yours happen here every day.
You guys, you're not after the girls, you see they can make money and you want them to take it home. More importantly, the girls are pretty and you want to sell them off again."
"I'm not, I don't, I won't..."
"You can't? If you can't, then follow the rules of those girls. As long as you really follow the above regulations, you can take your daughter home."
"What kind of rules are these?"
"First, give all your family property as a dowry to the girl you're going to marry. Or buy her a house nearby.
Oh, by the way, let me tell you something. If you really want to recognize my daughter, you can buy a house here at a 20% discount.
Article 2: Once you have a girl back, you are not allowed to interfere with her actions by force.
We cannot force her to do anything she doesn't want to do, and matters like marriage are decided by her. This is supervised by our Linji Village Committee.
I have to kindly remind you again that if you violate these two rules, then our Linji Village Committee can bypass the county magistrate and punish you according to the village committee's regulations.
I remember there was a family that pretended to be kind to the girl, but three days after they took her home, they forced her to marry a rich old widower.
Then, our village committee punished the whole family, young and old, by forcing them to work in the village, such as farming, moving stones, and hauling manure.”
"besides……"
Not only the woman turned pale when she heard this, even Mrs. Luo and her group were very surprised.
Finally, Mu Qiping asked curiously.
“Well, logically speaking, these girls are just doing work here and shouldn’t be managed by the Linji Village Committee.
Why do they have to be punished by the village committee after being told about their whereabouts and being mistreated by their families?"
He wanted to say that you are trying to gain local power, which is not very reasonable.
However.
"Sir, you asked a good question. I was just about to explain this. Why did our village committee come forward to represent these girls?
That's because they were rescued by our village committee. From the moment they agreed to stay, all the girls signed a contract to sell themselves.
In other words, our village committee doesn't have to manage them, but it is something we must manage. After all, they are considered part of our critical village."
The crowd was shocked.
Mrs. Luo was just about to say that this made sense, but she didn't expect that many people would ask excitedly.
"Then, can we also voluntarily commit our daughters to the Linji Village? Our daughters are also willing to be slaves and servants. As long as you are willing to accept them, I am willing to let all five of our daughters commit themselves to your village committee."
"Me too, I'm willing to do that. Although my family only has one daughter, we're willing to sell her to the Critical Village."
Old Mrs. Luo and others exclaimed again that they had learned a lot.
Why would anyone be so eager to sell their daughter to someone in the village?
This critical village...why does it feel so magical?
Old Mrs. Luo grabbed the woman next to her who was shouting that she wanted to send her daughter to be a slave.
"Sister, why are you so eager to send your daughter to be a maid? Even if Linji Village is famous, sending her there will only make her a slave.
Besides, I am a slave, and my master can sell me if he wants to, or beat me to death if he wants to. Well... wouldn't anyone who loves a girl keep her at home?"
The old woman glanced at her with a somewhat angry tone.
"What do you know? You're an outsider, not from our Liuhua Country. But let me tell you, my family is from a nearby village, and we know these slave girls from Linji Village all too well.
These girls are nominally servants, but in reality, their masters do this to protect them and prevent them from suffering further harm."
"Hey, it sounds like there's a reason for this?"
Mu Qiping also came over. "Yes, yes, that sounds like what you said, Auntie, that being a slave here is a blessing and safe from harm. So being a slave in this village is still a good thing, isn't it?"
"That's not a good fate. These girls have also suffered hardships in the past. This is known to them, the villagers around us, and many people across the country.
They were the victims of that secret palace incident back then. After suffering so much injustice and torture, they had no home to return to.
Later, the kind-hearted Wen family in the village decided to keep them. These girls, in fact, were under the jurisdiction of the Linji Village Committee.
In reality, their main family is the Wen family. However, the Wen family members each have their own careers and don't want to deal with these trivial matters every day. So they entrusted them to the village committee and donated money and materials to the village committee every year as a fee for the care.
"Yeah, it sounds like the Wen family is nice, but what does this have to do with you sending your daughter in?"
The woman rolled her eyes impatiently and looked at Mu Qiping as if he were a piece of rotten wood.
"How can you be so stupid? The master can be so considerate of the girls and come up with so many ways for them. Does that mean he is a black-hearted person? Even now, these girls are working in the workshop and they are all paid.
More importantly, I heard that anyone who worked in the workshop for fifteen years would receive a fixed income. Just for this little bit of income, who among us poor people wouldn't want to send our daughters there?
To put it bluntly, with this income, even if the man she marries is not so good, at least the girl will not have to worry about food and clothing. Unfortunately, people will not accept her easily."
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