Donkey Trouble Volume II: Serial Difficulties 33, "Half-Closed Door" Business
"Half-concealed door" means that the door is half-open and half-hidden, as if it is closed; it is closed from a distance, and it is open when it is near; it leads you in, and then refuses to make a false statement; it is a metaphor that it is a householder on the surface, but it is actually a skin and meat business.
The little sugar man, the savior called by Xiao Cong'er, was lying beside Lu Xing and laughing.
The ancestral residence of the little sugar man is Lujiadian East Street, his father's name is Li Fa, and he is rich with the silk and satin business left by his ancestors. When he was about ten years old, he would drink and guess money, play mahjong and occupy one place; he had a strong memory and a very clever mouth, and he heard people in the streets and alleys tell some pornographic stories, jokes, and sing some songs. Not only can you learn to speak and sing, but you can also ponder and understand the meaning of it, and play it at will. If you invite a famous teacher to train a little, it is not impossible for the art world to become popular. Unfortunately, the entertainment industry was not very active at that time, and the little sugar man grew up to be fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was still buried in Lu's store.
The business of the little sugar man's silk village is not very large, and only two people are employed, one is in his fifties, surnamed Wang, dry and thin, and still a pot-bearer; the other is a primary school apprentice, surnamed Bai, the same age as the little sugar man, born with white teeth and red lips, a little goose egg face, with beautiful eyebrows and affectionate eyes. According to later generations, it is a typical "little fresh meat". Everyone has a love for beauty, not to mention that the little sugar man is Sichun's age? Of course, he is very affectionate to the junior apprentices and takes special care of them.
It was hot that summer, and even worse at night. Li Fa is a businessman, he got up very early in the morning to take care of the shop, and after a busy day, he went to bed early. Little Sugar Man didn't ask her to play mahjong this night, and no one came to chat with her, Yi was annoyed, and it was Sichun's age, even if the summer nights were short, he was still longer. She was irritable and could not sleep, wearing a pair of close-fitting pajamas, wandering around the yard boredly, watching the bright moon about to be full and the Milky Way about to pour out, and unconsciously walked to the door of the elementary school apprentice's room, and involuntarily flicked her finger on the door twice.
The junior apprentice opened the door and was startled: "What's the matter with the eldest lady?"
The little sugar man said, "How is the business on the counter in the past two days, why don't you report to me, this minion?"
Xiao Tangren did not participate in the management of the store, not to mention that if her father was not there, Lao Wang was in charge of the counter, so how could the junior apprentice have the responsibility to report to her?
The apprentice didn't know what the little sugar man meant, and he didn't dare to argue, so he just rubbed the corners of his clothes in a daze.
The little sugar man twisted his ass and sat on the bed, and said with a straight face: "I usually treat you well, but you are separated from me." In the two years you've been at my house, I've never seen you smile at me, never made me a cup of tea, brought me a basin of water, never seen you tell me a story or tell me a joke, and make me laugh! Are you still like a slave?"
The junior apprentice is not her maid and maid, and she has no responsibilities and obligations as she said, but the little sugar man is the master's eldest lady. The master says that you are not right, it is not right, and it is not right, and the master says that you are right, which is the truth that slaves should understand.
What's more, "the three treasures of the slave, the tongue and the foot are diligent and the face is smiling", these rules are also known to the apprentices.
When the young apprentice heard her say this, he couldn't figure out where to offend for a while, and his face turned pale with fright. He didn't dare to argue, so he knelt down and shouted: "Miss, the slave is young and the etiquette is not good, please forgive the lady!
"Well, I just slipped down the platform at the corner gate, almost fell, and my foot and neck are still sore, you rub it for me!" said the little sugar man and stretched out his foot.
The primary school apprentice couldn't figure out what the eldest lady was looking for in the middle of the night, and he was fetching water with fifteen buckets in his heart, and he heard that he was punished for rubbing his feet, and playing with Jin Lian was exactly what he couldn't ask for, of course he wouldn't disobey.
He carefully picked up the little sugar man's little feet with both hands, gently placed them on his thighs, and kneaded them slowly......
In less than a few months, the little sugar man vomited all day long, slept soundly, his limbs were weak, he was tired of tea and rice, and he got a strange disease. Li Fa and his wife asked a doctor for treatment, knowing that they were pregnant, only to find out that the two were cheating.
According to the meaning of the little sugar man, he simply recruited the primary school apprentice at home and publicly served him for a long time, in fact, this can be regarded as a virtuous move and a good thing. Helplessly, Li Fa and his wife thought that the apprentice's family was too poor and his status was too low, and they were afraid of being laughed at by their neighbors, so they refused to throw the broken pearl lightly, but took the opportunity to drive the apprentice away, and secretly invited a famous doctor, and prescribed some good medicine to cure the strange disease in the stomach of the little sugar man.
If you don't go out, the blockade will spread thousands of miles. The things of men and women are the easiest to spread, and there is no fashion to make waves, let alone be true?
Just like some stupid people in the yamen at that time, they had to cover up all bad things regardless of whether they could cover them or not, Li Fa and his wife used all means to block the news of their daughter's pregnancy: they said that their daughter's big belly was "swollen belly"; they said that the invited husband was "distant cousin"; they said that the fetal pills they bought were dim sum fruit buns; they found many "unwarranted" workmanship mistakes in public for the elementary school apprentices, and scolded them in public before they let the rolls cover go; they also refuted the rumors in public many times, and even had a fight with the gossiping neighbor's aunt-
Outsiders didn't know anything about this matter, and his wife wanted to cover up the obstacles, did everything, refuted rumors everywhere, and fought with neighbors to suppress it, but it was like the confession of "there is no silver three hundred taels here", which attracted curious people to do everything possible to discuss and study, and it didn't take long to make stories and legends everywhere in Lujiadian Town for dozens of miles inside and outside the town. Therefore, Li Fa and his wife have repeatedly asked someone to be a matchmaker for Little Sugar Man, and some people who know it either say that they don't match, or that they are not at the right age, and they have been delayed until their early twenties, and then they have cheapened Liu Deguang as their wife.
Liu Deguang was also a son of a rich family, and he was good at drinking and gambling. When the little sugar man got married, he still had some of the property left by his parents, but after the death of his parents, the little couple did not do their jobs, they were lazy to eat, and they squandered it, and within a few years, they transferred their business, leaving only a few old houses, and eating became a problem.
Both of them are rich families, and neither of them wants to put down the shelf, like the poor, or work or set up a stall to work hard, so they discussed using the existing equipment on the little sugar man, and started a "half-closed" business that does not apply for a business license, does not hang a signboard, and only makes money without losing money.
The five generations of chaotic society were strictly hierarchical, and the officials had nine grades and eighteen grades, and even the fireworks were divided into three, six, nine and so on.
Those who are high-level, manage their reputations, and stay with high-ranking officials, they can get a title of "county king, county prince, county king, and widow" and so on. Lying under a high-ranking official at night, he is a man of man during the day. It will even stand tall and record the history of the country. It is both famous and advantageous, and deserves to be called high-class.
The second-highest level, the main business objects are Confucian elites and celebrities, as long as they go to bed, they may be popular, and they will even be worshiped by the foolish people and regarded as star-like figures. It is named after sleeping, and it is profitable to be famous, so it is sub-advanced.
The middle ones are dedicated to the wealthy and wealthy, or are out-of-house women, or for underground affairs, and generally serve one person for a certain period of time and are not tired. The income is high and relatively stable, and there are a lot of tips for the house, sedan chair and jewelry. It is more than enough than the upper than the lower, so it is classified as intermediate.
The inferior ones are divided into public prostitutes and private prostitutes. Public prostitutes have a business license, pay taxes on time every month, and can open their businesses. Those who do not apply for licenses, operate secretly, and evade taxes are called private prostitutes and secret prostitutes. There is also a kind of place that is not fixed, the time is not fixed, the price is not fixed, and the semi-amateur nature is called "Liuying" in scientific name and "semi-closed door" in folk.
"Half-closed door" means to open the door half-open, closed from a distance, but open up close, as if the door is closed and latched, and can actually enter and exit at will. The metaphor is ostensibly a householder, but in fact it is also a leather and meat business.
The business method of "half-closed door" is to pretend to be a woman from a good family, go back and forth in the downtown area, hook fences, and playgrounds, and find the target man, so as to create contact with him in various ways, pretend to be shy, secretly send autumn waves, and make him ecstatic, and take the initiative to open his waist bag in half pushing, half welcoming and half refusing.
The little sugar man has a bit of a posture, and he is also self-taught to seduce men, but now as a business, he studies hard, studies hard, absorbs the strengths of prostitutes, makes up for his shortcomings, sells his style, and plays with men's professional skills quickly by leaps and bounds.
She dresses up generously and plainly, dresses up lightly, or on a moonlit night, pretends to be in a hurry, and walks alone, if someone asks each other, she talks coquettishly, slightly teasing, and attracts men to escort her; Even the layout of the home is also well organized, the furnishings are quiet, the fragrance of flowers is everywhere, the bead curtain is slightly opened, and the silk tent is half hanging, just like the boudoir embroidery room; as if he is really a talented, good-looking, virtuous and artistic, gentle and kind flowers, inserted in the pile of cow of the ugly man who is not angry, let those men pour clean for the broken shoes and waist bags, and think that they are fortunate to hand over the peach blossom luck, and get a true lover like flowers and jade.
The little sugar man also watches people cook and classifies services. When he met a young and uneducated person, he pretended to be a virgin and coquettish, pretended to be pregnant, and married people, which scared them into throwing a lot of money. When he encountered a foreign businessman, it was impossible to be a repeat customer, so he asked Liu Deguang to pretend to bump into him, and blackmailed the prostitute without a penny. If there is money and momentum in the vicinity of the radius, she will play a stunt in bed, serve wholeheartedly, make you feel fresh and exciting, with the purpose of cheap and high-quality, thoughtful service, cultivate as a customer, and obtain long-term benefits.
Little Sugar Man usually has more than 10 frequent customers, and while she is developing new business, she sometimes asks Zhang San and sometimes Li Si. If there is already a guest in the house and she meets the newcomer, she will say, "Today's slave husband is in the house, and I will make an appointment with you another day!"
Sometimes the bulls collide, and she can allocate them appropriately. She said to the man on the bed that her husband had come back and let him hide it, and that she had gone out to be with the visitor in another room, and if another regular guest happened to come at this time, she told the man who was accompanying her that he had come to collect the debt and that she wanted to entertain him and leave. She greeted the courtyard and pushed the visitor away from the shadows, perhaps in time, or simply once.
At the same time, she also asked the man Liu Deguang to specialize in brokers, expand business, and increase efficiency.
Liu Deguang is usually well-dressed, and he goes in and out of the rich people around him. Some men from wealthy businesses live in seclusion, rarely go out for socialization, and are often idle and panicked. Liu Deguang talks sweetly, talks about gossip, and tells lewd jokes, so it is easy to get acquainted with people. When you are well cooked, you will play cards today, drink tomorrow, and the cost will be covered by one hand, and the shot is very atmospheric. When they become friends, the little sugar man will go forward, or play cards together, or drink and eat together, be tender and sweet, squeeze his eyebrows, and tease him in every way, so that he will not give up and fall into the trap. Those people thought that they had stolen a friend's wife, and while they were proud, they were afraid, and of course they had to spend a lot of money to appease the little sugar man and let her cover up the matter.
In this way, the little sugar man and Liu Deguang skillfully cooperated, and they maneuvered between many people, but few people found out about it, and they earned a lot of money.
Lu Xing is a local pervert and is certainly one of the customers of Little Sugar Man.
Although there are many women around Lu Xing, he also frequents the little sugar man who has a lot of skills in bed, and he put his mind on Xiao Cong'er, so he left her behind.
There is no one who does not want to get rich in business, and there is no one who does not want to make a fortune when he is rich. Little Sugar Man and Liu Deguang operate a "half-closed" business, although they make a lot of money, but eating, drinking, and squandering is a bottomless pit, and the two still feel that life is tight.
Lu Xing is a rich man, and every time he comes to tip, he will tip no less than ten taels of silver, and if he doesn't come for many days, of course the little sugar man can't think about it.
For more information, see the next episode: Vicious Help.