I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 156 The Five Sisters and Brothers of the Wang Family

Gu Wenxuan asked Bai Jingzhou to go to her house together. In the yard, they saw the five siblings who looked confused and surprised, as well as their uncle, cousin and others who had brought them here.

Gu Wenxuan knew that they were doubting whether she really needed to hire someone to do the work because of the Gu family's fence and old adobe house.

If she was just playing tricks on people, it would be fine, but I'm afraid she wants to do something bad to these five siblings.

Gu Wenxuan pretended not to notice the strange looks on everyone's faces. She asked, "Has the murderer been caught?"

The old man nodded subconsciously, "Yes, he has been caught."

Realizing what he had done, the old man was a little annoyed. He stared at Gu Wenxuan and said, "Little girl, given your family's situation, do you really need these children from my family to help you with the work?"

Gu Wenxuan nodded, "My family's situation is a bit special."

She motioned for the old man to come into the main hall and sit down. "As you can see, my family was very poor before. Now we are living a better life because I found a good master by chance."

She briefly talked about how she and Bai Jingzhou encountered danger, recovered from injuries, became apprentices, taught the skills they learned to the people close to them, and then led everyone to live off the land.

"I won't hide it from you. They have five siblings, and I didn't just hire them to work for me. Whatever I ask them to learn, they will study hard."

"I won't let incompetent people stay with me for a long time, and I won't raise their monthly salary."

After she said that, the old man felt relieved.

It's good to have requirements, otherwise he would definitely suspect that the pie that falls from the sky is poisonous.

The old man just breathed a sigh of relief and had more trust in Gu Wenxuan. However, his sons and nephews who came with him couldn't help but envy the five siblings.

The boss teaches them skills and also pays them. Isn't this much better than ordinary people begging for favors and sending their children to be apprentices?

Being an apprentice means the apprentice gives money to the master, and the master may not teach the apprentice real skills. Unlike these five siblings, the boss not only teaches them skills for free, but also pays them monthly wages...

They also want this good thing!

They were extremely envious, but none of them jumped out to compete with the five siblings.

These children were pitiful enough as they lost their grandparents overnight, but they were not shameless enough to rush up and fight with these children like green-headed flies smelling a bad smell.

While they were talking, Li, Jia Guizhi and others came in with boiled brown sugar ginger water.

With the help of Gu Wenxuan's second and third brothers, Jia Yuelan and Bai Jingzhou, they distributed the brown sugar ginger water to all the guests, including the old man.

Mr. Gu and the brother Gu Yongming had been chatting with the guests before, and now the three of them were enthusiastically inviting everyone to drink sweet soup.

In the bone-chilling winter, these people were only wearing patched coarse cloth clothes. The warm stuff inside the clothes was not cotton, but soft straw with some grass stems sticking out, which had almost no warming effect.

The Gu family used to live a life similar to theirs. Seeing that they were so cold that their faces turned pale and they were shivering uncontrollably, Li's heart softened and she directly boiled some brown sugar ginger water for them.

Brown sugar ginger water with green onions tastes a bit strange, but it is a good thing for preventing diseases and warming the body.

Everyone drank the brown sugar ginger water they were given, and without exception, their eyes became moist.

The oldest old man drank the hot brown sugar water carefully, and felt in his heart that the Gu family was indeed a rare and kind family just as he had heard.

The host and the guest, who were originally very unfamiliar with each other, gradually became familiar with each other because of the big pot of brown sugar ginger water cooked by Li and others.

The adults talked to each other and discussed the harvest, taxes, and labor situation in each village. When the atmosphere became harmonious and less strange and alienated, the old man asked about Gu Wenxuan's arrangements for the five siblings.

Gu Wenxuan did not hide it from them, "I have a farm near Baijia Village, and I will let them live there for the time being. I will give them winter clothes and food later. In the future, I will give them food at the beginning of each month, and the wages for the current month will be kept until the beginning of the next month. I will make them two sets of clothes each for spring, summer, autumn and winter."

To put it simply, food, clothing and accommodation are provided immediately, but the monthly salary will have to wait until the siblings finish their work for the month.

After hearing that, the old man put aside the last bit of worry in his heart. As long as the children had food, clothing and shelter, it didn't matter if the monthly salary was settled once every six months or even once a year.

His younger generations were envious again. Not only were they provided with food and lodging, but they even made two sets of clothes for them every quarter. What kind of fairy-like family was this!

On the other hand, they work hard all year round, but their clothes are all patched and torn.

Everyone drank the sugar water in silence, but Gu Wenxuan gave the five children detailed instructions, "From now on, you will help at my house during the day, and go back to the farm with the other people who are also helping here at night. You will all have lunch at my house, and you will need to cook dinner and breakfast at the farm."

The oldest girl among the five children nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, we will work hard."

She took the initiative to introduce herself and her brothers and sisters to Gu Wenxuan, "I am Chun Ni'er, and I am thirteen years old. This is my second brother Wang Zhen and my third sister Yan Ni'er, they are both ten years old. My third sister Dong Ni'er is eight years old, and my youngest brother Wang Rui is five years old. They are too young, so no, they don't need to be paid."

The little girl was very nervous. Not only did she stutter occasionally when she spoke, but her rough hands were also clenched tightly.

Although she was only thirteen years old, her background and experiences had made her sensible at an early age. She knew very well that the conditions Gu Wenxuan offered them were too generous, so generous that she even felt a little uneasy.

Gu Wenxuan felt sorry for this little girl who was forced to become the mainstay of the family at such a young age. She gave Chunnier a warm and comforting look, "Children have their own things to do. Don't worry, I won't let any of you eat for free."

After hearing her say this, Chunnier felt more at ease.

Seeing that the siblings were suffering from the cold, Gu Wenxuan took Chunni'er and the other two to her room to change clothes.

Bai Jingzhou took the two boys to the rooms of Gu Wenxuan's younger brothers to change their clothes.

The Gu family used to be very poor. As soon as the boys in the family grew up to an age where they no longer needed their parents' nighttime care, they would move into the same room and live together with their older brother.

Although the Gu family is rich now, the house in the village remains the same and the living conditions have not improved.