Better Than Nothing

"How about it?"

As Yulin asked this, the bunch appeared somewhat neutral.

They had been out there all day but no one had any jobs for them. They had been waiting and only a female youth came and asked if they wanted to work for her.

Sighhhhh...

The two male adults looked at each other. It seems to them that she was only a immature youth with lots of time and nothing to worry about.

How would they both continue to feed themselves and the other three youths with them? Going with this immature young lady seems like it would not work out for long.

They've had experiences of working for others and sometimes not getting paid or getting tricked by nobles.

They were not so trusting of Yulin. Especially because she looked so young and immature.

"If you all agree to work under me, then I'll be your master from now on. Your expenses will be paid by me and I'll treat you well. If you refuse, then that's up to you."

Yulin gave them her conditions as she didn't want to feel like she's driving them into a corner.

"As for what I'll be asking you to do, that's up to me and I'll tell you after you agree. I also don't have all day, so if you can give me a reply and let me know."

The three youths were quite reluctant as Yulin looked too immature and does not seem like she can support them all. She may also be like the previous people who only kept them for a short time and kicked them out.

During this brief period, the two male adults were discussing among themselves.

It was hard already to live through the day with no money. Even if the young miss does not pay them, as long as they have a place to stay and food to eat then they would be grateful already.

This was better than nothing.

After thinking this through, the both of them came to the decision.

With hesitation, one of the male adult voiced the decision.

"Yes, we are willing to work under you. However, we are to be kept together and you cannot sell us off separately."

"As for that, there should be no worries as long as you don't stab me in the back or turn against me, your master." Replied Yulin.

With that said, she brought back the bunch to her residence and the crowd in that area started dispersing.

Many of the crowd only came to watch. Most are commoners who did not have that kind of money to keep workers like that bunch. Therefore, they were only there to see what the commotion was about.

.....

After getting back to the clan, she directly took them to her residence. Her parents have no idea she brought back the bunch and it would only be a matter of time before they found out.

However, it didn't matter to her. She had a plan, and in order to go through with it, she would have to recruit individuals.

She would lay it out to her parents in time.

"There's a reason as to why I recruited you all. If you have any objections now, you may leave. If not, you will be working under me in the future. I expect you all to be truthful and honest with me."

With that said, she waited for them to voice their objections, if they had any.

"No worries master, if you provide for us and pay for our expenses then we will work for you with no objections. We only expect to be treated well." Voiced one of the male individual.

With no objections, she walked towards each of them and felt their wrists. After a brief period she walked a few steps back and sat down on the table under the shade.

'Hm, it seems like they've learned to cultivate before. But they only got started. Their bodies are definitely very tough and can endure pain unlike normal bodies.'

'They must have learned some sort of cultivation book but never finished with it.'

After scanning them, she noticed two of the male adults were in the second level of the Houtian stage.

While the other three youths, the two male and one female were first level of the Houtian stage.

"What are your names?" Yulin asked.

One of the male adult replied, "My name is Chao, the other adult here is Chen, and the other three are Bolin, Bohai, and Ting the female youth.

She slowly got up and walked inside her room and took out some pills the previous owner had been stocking up.

Those pills were low levels used for strengthening the body and building a foundation for cultivating. They had been stored away because the previous owner never used it.

Nevertheless they were still considered precious for folks that came from common households and had no money.

After taking them out, she proceeded to hand them over one each. It would greatly help them with cultivating. As she was planning on having them cultivate as well.

As they saw her hand out the pills, they were all perplexed. Never would they have thought someone would ever give them any precious pills especially to cultivate.

Those pills were common but they easily noticed it due to it being common but also considered pricy for someone like them.

They were commoners, who were lucky enough if someone took them in and feed them.

They weren't sure what to do when she handed over the pills.

Seeing them shocked, she responded, "Don't worry, it's given to help with your cultivation. If I expect you all to work for me, then I'll also be helping you in areas such as cultivation. If you are under me, then I'll treat you fairly, fret not."

After hearing her say that, they were quite happy. They never expected to get a master who would treat them in such way.

Even though they didn't expect much considering her looking so young, they found themselves lucky to have taken her as their master.

They all replied in unison, "Thank you! We are grateful for this and will serve you any way we can."

After getting that settled, she responded.

"There's a few rooms in the servants quarters too. You all can stay there for now. Once I find some time, a new place can be cleaned out for you all to move into to be more comfortable."