Chapter 44: Flower Lane Courtyard
There is a very famous alley in the south of Songjiang Prefecture. This alley is called Flower Alley. Of course, it is not because this alley is full of flowers, but because this is the most famous place for flowers and willows in Songjiang Prefecture. More than 90% of the entire city has flowers.
All the brothels in the country are concentrated here. Every evening, the flower alley is abuzz with lights, drunken clients and prostitutes standing by the door flirting with each other. Everywhere is full of a carnal flavor, showing the prosperity and prosperity of the world.
Fall.
Speaking of brothels, there are actually two types. One is the brothel brothel that is often seen on TV in later generations. This kind of brothel is officially registered with the government, which is equivalent to obtaining a business license, but it needs to submit to the government.
Tax. The other type is called "home". Prostitutes in the home may provide door-to-door services or pick up customers at home. Their work is the same as that in the brothel, but they avoid some government prohibitions. However, this kind of home generally has or
Large or small backstage, otherwise it would have been raided by the government.
Hua Xiang is an alley that runs from east to west. At the east end of the alley, there is a "house" that occupies a large area and has a very special name. This house is called "Bie Yuan". The reason for this name is
Because the operation method of the other brothel is very unique, it can even be said that it is the first among the brothels in Songjiang Prefecture.
There is a group of people, most of whom have little financial resources, but for one reason or another, they need a woman by their side, but they feel that ordinary prostitutes are too dirty. In order to meet the needs of these people, other courts have appeared.
The entire villa is a huge battlefield, but the courtyard inside is divided into small courtyards. There are dozens of them. There is a girl in each courtyard, and these girls do not need to receive guests every day.
, but since they entered the other courtyard, they have been taken care of by a certain guest. When the guest comes to their yard, they will be taken care of by these girls. Everything is like a husband and wife. When the guest does not come, these girls
Then they close the door and live their own lives. The other courtyard will not let them receive other guests. As for their daily needs, the other courtyard will naturally provide them with them.
Of course, it costs a lot to keep a girl in another courtyard. Every customer has to pay a fee to the other courtyard for keeping a girl every year, which is called "year's silver". Depending on the girl's appearance and living standards, the number of years' silver is
The amount varies, but the minimum is dozens of taels of silver per year, and the most expensive can even be several hundred taels of silver per year. This price may seem expensive, but the daily expenses of the kept girl and the income of other homes are all included.
In the silver of the year.
Generally speaking, girls who enter other brothels are much luckier than prostitutes in other brothels. In addition to not having to receive different customers every day like those prostitutes, their lives are also relatively leisurely. Some customers even ask the girls not to use contraception.
, when these girls become pregnant, they will redeem their bodies and take them home as concubines, thereby completely breaking away from their lowly status.
There are even some girls who are not pregnant, but they only deal with one customer every day. Over time, it is easy to develop feelings, and in the end they can be redeemed by their benefactors. Therefore, in comparison, they are more attractive than the ordinary prostitutes outside.
Get out of the sea of suffering.
However, not all the girls in the other courtyard are so lucky. After all, this is a brothel, not a charity house. In a relatively remote yard in the southeast corner of the courtyard, a young woman with a wooden hairpin and a plain skirt is asking an old woman for her pain.
A bitter plea.
"Mother, please see that your daughter has been filial to you for many years and is still pregnant with a child, don't sell me!" The young woman knelt on the ground and begged, regardless of the cold winter.
According to the rules of other courtyards, if the guests no longer pay for the girls they keep, then the fate of this woman will be very tragic. In order to squeeze out the last bit of value from them, these girls will be sold to Huaxiang by other courtyards.
If they go to other brothels, they will become ordinary prostitutes there, and because of their age and other issues, they are often the lowest prostitutes and will never get ahead.
The young woman kneeling on the ground looks to be about twenty-seven or eighty-years-old, and she is quite tall. However, at her age, she already looks a bit old for a place like this. In addition, the young woman's waist is a bit thick, and she looks like she is at least two months pregnant.
It's been three months. Ordinarily, given her situation, even if the guest who kept her was unwilling to ransom her, he would at least let another hospital take good care of her. But now the young woman is kneeling on the cold ground regardless of her body. This is really frustrating.
People are a little confused.
"Huh, Su Niang, don't blame me for being cruel. Your benefactor hasn't been here for several months, and he probably won't come again in the future. The money he gave you can only support you until the end of the month.
, there are only a few days left, the other courtyard is not a place to raise idle people, everything must be done according to the rules!" In response to this plain girl's plea, the heavily made-up madam of the other courtyard did not show any sympathy. Although the other courtyard was full of people,
All the women called her mother, but she did not regard these women as her daughters. In her eyes, these women were just objects for her to make money, and she had no feelings at all.
"Mother, Su Niang also knows the rules of other courtyards. I have no complaints if you sell me. But please let your daughter give birth to the child in her belly. Otherwise, my daughter will have a big belly and I'm afraid she won't be able to sell it for a good price.
, my daughter, please!" Su Niang hoarse and begged again with her head on the ground. As a promiscuous woman, she had already resigned herself to her fate, but for the sake of the child in her belly, she did not want to be in this place anyway.
Sometimes she was sold to other brothels.
"Hmph, it's easy to deal with what's in your stomach. Your guests don't have money to come see you anyway. I'll send you medicine in two days and just abort the child!" The Madam has long since developed a heart of stone.
It was just a dream for my mother to impress her with a child.
When she heard that the madam wanted to abort the child in her belly, Su Niang's face suddenly turned pale. She had been in the other hospital for almost ten years and had always wanted a child of her own. Firstly, she could use the child to escape from here, and secondly
As a prostitute, it is not easy to have a child. For example, ordinary prostitutes outside are drugged as soon as they enter the brothel, and they will never be able to get pregnant again in their lifetime.
Thinking that she might only have this one child in her life, Su Niang's maternal nature exploded again. She supported her body on her knees and crawled a few steps. She hugged the bustard's thigh and begged: "Mother, please, please don't beat me."
Abort my child~Don't ever~"
The hard-hearted Madam was also a little annoyed by Su Niang's pleading, so she kicked Su Niang away, then turned around and left without looking back, but the moment she went out,
But suddenly she stopped and said: "Don't blame me for not giving you a chance. Write a letter later and I will have someone give it to your guest. If the other party is still unwilling to redeem you, humph~"
After the Madam Madam finished speaking, she immediately left the gate of the small courtyard. But Su Niang sat on the ground with tears on her face. She also knew something about her guest. She heard that something big had happened in his family, and now even if
If you want to redeem yourself, I am afraid that you are powerless.
However, although Su Niang knew the situation of supporting her guest, this was already her last chance, so she quickly wiped away her tears and stood up, returned to the room and wrote a letter. Speaking of which, she was illiterate.
However, since she was taken care of by that customer, he treated her very well and liked to teach her to read and write when she had nothing to do. She didn't expect that she would use it at this time.
Just when Su Niang was writing a letter to the father of her child, the Madam came out of Su Niang's small courtyard and went straight to another courtyard. When she entered the main hall of the courtyard, she saw a
The fair and thin young man was flirting with a charming woman. There were a lot of wine and food on the table in front of them, but they didn't take a few bites. It was obvious that both of them were focusing on each other.
The body is up.
After the Madam came in, she immediately showed a flattering smile to the thin white man sitting there and said: "Song Gong, I have already done the things you told me, and Su Niang is already writing a letter to her old guy.
, wait until the other party receives the letter, just wait and see the good show!"
If Zhou Zhong were here, he would definitely be able to recognize this thin young man as the Second Young Master of Song Dynasty, whom he had clashed with several times. After hearing the Madam's words, the other party raised his head and glanced at the other party and said: "Oh? You?
Are you sure that the other party will definitely come after receiving the letter?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Song. The old guy has been keeping Su Niang for almost ten years. The relationship between the two has always been very good. In addition, he has always wanted a child. Unfortunately, Su Niang's belly is not good enough and she has never been able to get pregnant.
, I finally got pregnant now, so as soon as the other party receives the news, they will definitely come running over!" the madam assured, patting her sagging breasts.
"Don't worry, officer. The relationship between Su Niang and the old guy is really good. Even for Su Niang, the old guy has never married. All the sisters in the other courtyard know this, plus he is so old.
, if he knew that Su Niang had a child, he would probably crawl over even if he broke his legs!" The charming woman in the arms of Second Young Master Song also assured her at this time.
"Okay! If this matter is thanks to our Xing Niang, if I can let out such a bad breath, I will definitely reward you heavily!" Second Young Master Song said, reaching out to rub the half-exposed breasts of the charming woman.
He made a fuss, which made the other party very angry.
Speaking of which, the second son of the Song Dynasty knew about Su Niang's affairs precisely because of the beautiful woman named Xing Niang in her arms. After learning about this incident, he immediately thought of a way to take revenge on Zhou Zhong.
"Ahem~, Mr. Song, look..." At this moment, the Madam Madam coughed at an inappropriate time, with a flattering smile on her face.
Seeing this, Master Song also understood what the other party meant. At that moment, he reached out and took out a silver coin from his arms, then threw it to the other party and said: "Okay, this is the reward for helping me today. Hurry up and go out."
It’s an eyesore here!”
"Yes, yes~, you and Xing Niang can play slowly, and I won't disturb you anymore!" The Madam caught the money and immediately showed a cheerful expression, the powder on her face was squeezed out by her wrinkles, and she was so annoyed
The Second Young Master Song felt sick for a while, and looked at the young Xing Niang in his arms and felt even more beautiful and lovely.
Chapter completed!