Chapter 1825: Placement Issues for the Young Ladies

Chapter 1825: Placement Issues for the Young Ladies

From then on, neither Tao Qin nor Zhang Shi set foot in the Meng residence.

Later, Meng Han still paid attention and learned that Tao Qin eventually married Master Jin as planned.

However, she was soon rejected by Master Jin. He had concubines who were all enchantingly beautiful. Since Tao Qin became the legitimate wife, she couldn't allow these concubines to cause trouble for her.

The two sides clashed like two needles against wheat, turning Master Jin's residence into chaos.

Master Jin preferred obedient and sensible girls; someone like Tao Qin was only a novelty for a few days.

Contrary to that, Tao Ling's life in Tao Family Village was getting better day by day.

But these matters weren't of concern to Shu Yu. After the New Year, she was invited by Tang Wenqian to help at the county office.

Tang Wenqian was incredibly busy. He didn't even get a break for the New Year; he had to acquaint himself with the office's affairs. Before he could fully understand things, his first task was to arrange the laborers and young ladies that came from the black market.

Before the New Year, Xia Yi had already registered everyone's personal information.

Later, General Huang's subordinates cooperated in verifying their identities. Among them, either they were bought, kidnapped, or deceived to end up there. Most of the girls weren't locals; they were from far away.

Hence, some of the verifiers hadn't returned yet.

However, most of the laborers' families weren't too far away, making their identities easier to confirm.

Now that their identities were confirmed, it was time to arrange their placements.

Tang Wenqian inquired about their preferences. The laborers didn't mind much; being men, they could find a place to settle when they returned home. Unless they had no family or had conflicts with their families, they chose to return home.

Once Tang Wenqian confirmed their identities, he provided them with identity certificates.

They had also made contributions during the recent rebellion, so the court rewarded each of them with some silver, giving them a starting fund upon their return.

Not only that, but General Huang's soldiers stayed behind. Once everyone's identities were confirmed, they would escort them back home. At that point, they would explain the situation to the local authorities.

Now Tang Wenqian's dilemma was with the group of young ladies. Half of them were kidnapped, and the other half were sold by their families.

The ones sold couldn't go back, that much was obvious.

The kidnapped girls also knew that they couldn't return. Even if they had only served as maidservants in the black market and were still innocent, disappearing for so long and returning home wouldn't make others see them as virtuous ladies.

For the ones pointed fingers at was the best outcome; otherwise, they might be sent to be nuns or meet a dead end.

They didn't want to die. After enduring hardships in that hellish black market, everyone hoped to survive.

Still, a few girls who were favored at home couldn't let go and wanted to return home to take a look. If their parents accepted them, they'd stay; if not, they would come back.

Tang Wenqian sympathized with these girls. Their request wasn't unreasonable. After discussing with Xia Yi, he agreed.

The current issue was how to arrange for the girls who wanted to stay. They couldn't just live in that mansion forever.

Tang Wenqian asked for Shu Yu's opinion, and she suggested asking the girls themselves.

What they wanted to do or where they wanted to go should be their decision.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Lu Wu suddenly came and said that he wanted to marry Qiao Rou.