"Sister Hong really understands people, it's just a little bit like perfume, how dare you bother the girls to run a trip, I'll come back in three days", Zhou Shiying said with a smile, "But I also bought some from foreigners by chance, and the number is not much, only about a dozen bottles." ”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to come no matter how much I don't come", Qin Hong said with a smile, "It's just that this incense powder is divided into jasmine, cloves or something, your perfume won't all be the same flavor, right?" ”

"Sister Hong, rest assured", Zhou Shiying said, "I promise not to be the same as your bottle." ”

"I'll rest assured of this," Qin Hong said, "Three days later, you just have to bring your dozen bottles." ”

As he was talking, he heard a scolding sound downstairs, and Lin Hongwen asked Qin Hong, "What's wrong?" ”

"What else, I bought a new girl two days ago, I'm not very old, I have a lot of ghost ideas, I ran three times in the past two days, my mother was angry, and asked someone to teach her a lesson", Qin Hong pulled her hair, "I'm a little tired now, go take a nap, I won't send you." ”

"Let's just go by ourselves", Lin Hongwen said, "Sister Hong, you can rest." ”

The two of them went downstairs, only to see a woman kneeling in the hall on the first floor, who was being beaten, thinking that it was the one Qin Hong said. Lin Hongwen glanced at it, and only felt a little familiar. The woman's hair was disheveled, her eyebrows and eyes could not be seen clearly, her clothes were thin and shivering, and there were blood stains on her body, which was thought to be because she had been taught several times.

When the old bustard saw the two of them coming down, he came over to see off the guests, Lin Hongwen pretended to tilt his head inadvertently and glanced at it, and the old bustard hurriedly said, "The new girl is disobedient." ”

Lin Hongwen said with a smile, "If you don't obey and teach slowly, this thin skin and tender flesh will be broken and scarred, and you will lose money." ”

"Who said it wasn't", the old bustard shook his head, "I originally saw that she was handsome and literate, and I thought I had picked up a big bargain, who knew that she was a bastard." ”

"That's going to take a lot of thought," Lin Hongwen said, "It's just that it's still cold today, what if you kneel on the ground with so little wear." Cure it, you lose money, don't treat it, you lose money even more when people die. ”

"It's a shame for you to remind you", the old bustard glanced at Lin Hongwen and teased, "I'm angry with this patronage, if you like it, wait for me to □□ this girl well, and she will serve you well when you come." ”

Lin Hongwen shook his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I'm afraid I can't stand it, so I'll leave first." ”

The two of them walked out the door, and the woman looked up slightly at their backs.

The two of them walked out of the brothel one after the other, and after walking a few steps, Lin Hongwen looked back at Zhou Shiying, who was still looking back, "What's the matter, I can't bear Sister Hong?" ”

"A little", Zhou Shiying said, "This northern woman is different from the southern woman, she is more heroic and hearty, and she is angry with me." ”

"If you like it, come to her more often in the future, and she likes you anyway. But I didn't see it", Lin Hongwen stopped, "You are actually a veteran in the Fengyue Field." ”

"How do you say this", Zhou Shiying said, "You say that I am like a gentleman who visits a brothel every day, those of us who are doing business at home, which one has never come to a brothel to talk about business, although I am young, I am indispensable to come to this kind of place." In fact, it is nothing more than having more knowledge than others, and it will not be at a loss. ”

"I think too much", Lin Hongwen said, "I didn't say what you meant, but I rarely met someone who I gave me a look over, and he knew what to do." ”

"Observing words and colors is our strength", Zhou Shiying said, "I can understand why you let me come when I go upstairs, Sister Hong likes us at this age, eh, I said, I even sell hue in order to sell perfume, you have to treat me well in the future, give me a good errand, you know?" ”

"You sold it for yourself, not for me", Lin Hongwen sneered, "How can you say that it is like I am forcing a prostitute." ”

"Almost," Zhou Shiying said dejectedly, "I'll have to come in three days." ”

"I still want to talk about this, why don't you let them find you, and you have to run by yourself?"

"One is that I settled in the inn and let them know that they will think I am unreliable, the second is that the things were buried in the ground before, and I have to polish them all beautifully, and the third is that if they come to me, everyone in the inn will know that I am in the brothel business, and how can I sell things to good women in the future?" Zhou Shiying let out a long sigh, "So, this business is done, even if there is any contact in the future, I will find someone else to send it over." ”

"This is also true", Lin Hongwen turned around to help Zhou Shiying stroke the folds of his neckline, "Today's matter is indeed a little wronged by you." ”

"Don't, I don't mean that", Zhou Shiying said, "I don't think there is any grievance, it's true that you can't do business with good women if you do business with a brothel, but I definitely don't mean to look down on the brothel girls." When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I followed my father to do business, and I went to a lot of brothels, and I saw that most of the girls were smart and clever. I thought, if these girls were all men born in rich and noble families, they would definitely do something, no matter how bad they were, they would be a little better than me, but unfortunately their lives were not good. ”

"After those three days, do you need me to come with you?" Lin Hongwen asked.

"That's not necessary", Zhou Shiying said, "Sister Hong helped, I made money, so naturally I have to take care of her business, so I don't owe anything." I can also see that you don't like that kind of place, and you will suffer if you come, so I'd better go alone. ”

"Stop, what you're saying is that I'm really like a prostitute."

"Business, it's all business", Zhou Shiying paced slowly forward, "I sell perfumes and they buy business, and it is also business for her to help me support the party." I know, she understands, the two love each other, do not hide from each other, do not owe each other. ”

"This makes you a business as soon as you say it, is there anything that is not a business?"

"Yes, for example, she has affection for me, I know that I am still pretending to be confused, and I use this to do business with her, this is not business, this is a bad thing", Zhou Shiying shook his head, "Business is done, such a thing can't be done." ”

Lin Hongwen raised his eyebrows, "You have a lot of rules." ”

"Doing business is what you and I want, one party knows and the other doesn't, what's the difference between that and a liar, my father said, serious businessmen can't do that."

"Okay", Lin Hongwen sent Zhou Shiying to the door of the inn, and took out some money from his arms and stuffed it into Zhou Shiying's hand, "You said before that the money is all for clothes, and you can't drink the northwest wind these days, so take it to pay for the house and buy food." ”

"Three days", Zhou Shiying raised three fingers, "Three days later, I will go to the hospital to find you, and I will pay you back with all the money you used." ”

"Okay, I'll wait", Lin Hongwen turned around with a smile and walked towards the medical hall.

31.

Three days later, Lin Hongwen waited until dinner was finished and didn't see Zhou Shiying, and said that he must have been happy and couldn't wait anymore. Who knew that this week, Shiying came over early the next morning and wanted to return the money to Lin Hongwen, Lin Hongwen pulled him inside, "You came from Peach Blossom Lane, right?" ”

"Yes", Zhou Shiying generously admitted, "I originally wanted to come yesterday, but I didn't get out, so I came in the morning." ”

"You don't have to pay me back this money first", Lin Hongwen said, "Find a place to settle down first, there is a rented house in the alley next door, I have seen it, it's not bad, you can go and take a look." ”

"That'...... What about a good deal to do together? Zhou Shiying asked, "Although I have a little money in my hand now, I can't last long." ”

"What", Lin Hongwen glanced at him with a smile, "You don't plan to find an errand by yourself?" ”

"I want to", Zhou Shiying said, "but I have promised you before, how can I regret it?" ”

"Teasing you", Lin Hongwen said, "It will take a while to buy and sell, but it will be a month at the latest." ”

"What is the sale?"

"I haven't thought about it yet", Lin Hongwen frowned a little embarrassed, "You are also idle during this time, why don't you take a stroll around the city and see what kind of business is easy to do." ”

Zhou Shiying was speechless, and Lin Hongwen comforted him, "I can only tell you that the shop is there, but I haven't thought about what to sell." ”

"Cheng, you don't have to sell along the street", Zhou Shiying sighed, "I found out, since I knew you, I just sighed, let's say, where is the shop?" ”

"Xinxing Street."

"Take me to see it in the next two days."

"Not yet."

"Lin Hongwen!" Zhou Shiying was angry, grabbed Lin Hongwen's collar and didn't let go, "You're scheming me, right?" ”

"Don't worry", Lin Hongwen patted his hand and said quietly, "People said that they would sell it after this month, can I still not agree?" ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true," Lin Hongwen said, "I'm more anxious than you." ”

Zhou Shiying looked at Lin Hongwen's face carefully, and when he saw that he was calm, he didn't ask anymore, "I'll find a place to stay first, and I'll look around tomorrow." ”

"Okay, I know", Lin Hongwen said, "you go quickly, the hospital is about to open." ”

Sending Zhou Shiying away, Lin Hongwen's face sank, he sat on the chair and moved his fingers, thinking, fifteen days, fifteen days.

32.

Two days later, a person came to the gambling house without a plaque on Xinxing Street, that person was not very old, but he was well versed in the way of gambling, he shot decisively, and his luck was really good.

"Little brother, what are you going to buy this time?" Song Chi asked with a smile, holding a small number of copper coins in his right hand with only three fingers left.

The man looked back and thought for a while, raised his eyebrows and smiled, it was He Mu.