Chapter 44: Flower Lane Courtyard
There is a very famous alley in the south of Songjiang Prefecture, this alley is called Flower Lane, of course, it is not that this alley is full of flowers, but because this is the most famous place of flowers and willows in Songjiang Prefecture, and more than ninety percent of the brothels in the entire city are concentrated here. At dusk, the alleys are full of lights, and drunken prostitutes and prostitutes flirt with each other, and everywhere is full of a sensual taste, showing the prosperity and depravity of the world.
Speaking of brothels, there are actually two kinds, one is the brothels that are often seen on TV in later generations, this kind of brothel is officially registered with the government, which is equivalent to getting a business license, but it needs to pay taxes to the government. The other is called "home", the prostitutes in the home or door-to-door service, or pick up customers at home, do the same work as a brothel, but avoid some prohibitions of the government, but this kind of home generally has a large or small backstage, otherwise it would have been raided by the government people a long time ago.
Flower Lane is an east-west alley, in which in the easternmost direction of the alley, there is a very large area, the name is also very special "home", this home is called "Villa", the reason for this name, because the business mode of the Villa is very distinctive, and it can even be said that it is the first in the brothel of the entire Songjiang Mansion.
There is such a group of people, most of them have small financial resources, but for one reason or another, they need a woman around them, but they feel that ordinary prostitutes are too dirty, and in order to meet the needs of these people, other courtyards appeared.
The whole courtyard is a very large battlefield house, but the house inside is divided into a small courtyard, there are dozens of so many, there is a girl in each courtyard, and these girls do not need to pick up guests every day, but from the time they enter the courtyard, they are 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 guests do not come, these girls close the door and live their own days, the courtyard will not let them pick up other guests, As for the necessities of life, they were naturally provided to them by the other hospitals.
Of course, a girl in the other house costs a lot of money, each guest has to pay a fee to the other house every year, called "Nianyin", according to the girl's appearance and living standards, the number of the year's silver is not the same, but the minimum is a few dozen taels of silver a year, the most expensive can even reach a few hundred taels a year, this price seems to be very expensive, but the daily expenses of the girl and the income of the other hospital are all included in the annual silver.
Generally speaking, the girls who enter the other houses are much luckier than the prostitutes in other brothels, in addition to not having to receive different customers every day like those prostitutes, their lives are also more leisurely, and some customers will even ask the girls not to use contraception, and when these girls are pregnant, they will be ransomed and taken to the house as concubines, so as to completely get rid of the lowly status.
Even if some girls are not pregnant, but they only face one guest every day, and over time, it is naturally easy to cultivate feelings, and they can be redeemed by their benefactors in the end, so in comparison, they are more tolerant of suffering than those ordinary prostitutes outside.
However, not all the girls in the annex are so lucky, after all, this is a brothel, not a good hall, in a relatively remote courtyard in the southeast corner of the annex, a young woman in a wooden hairpin skirt is pleading bitterly with an old woman.
"Mother, for the sake of my daughter's filial piety to you for many years and the child in her belly, don't sell me!" Despite the winter cold, the young woman fell to her knees and pleaded.
According to the rules of the other house, if the guests no longer pay for the girls they support, then the fate of this woman is very miserable, in order to squeeze out the last cent of their value, these women will be sold by the other houses to other brothels in Flower Lane, where they will be reduced to ordinary prostitutes, and because of age and other problems, they are often the most inferior prostitutes, and they will never come out.
The young woman kneeling on the ground looked to be about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and her appearance was also a sign, but at her age, she already looked a little old in a place like the other courtyard. In addition, the young woman's waist is a little thick, and it seems that she is at least two or three months pregnant, according to her situation, even if the guests who support her are unwilling to redeem her, but at least they will let the other hospital take good care of her, but now the young woman is kneeling on the cold ground regardless of her body, which is really a little incomprehensible.
"Hmph, Su Niang, don't blame your mother for being ruthless, your benefactor hasn't come for a few months, and it is estimated that he will not come again in the future, the silver he gave at the beginning can only support you until the end of the month, and now there are only a few days, the other courtyard is not a place to raise idlers, and everything must be done according to the rules at that time!" For this plain girl's pleading, the bustard mother in the other courtyard with heavy makeup did not show any sympathy. Although the women in the courtyard called her mother, she didn't think that these women were her daughters, and in her eyes, these women were just objects for her own money, and she had no feelings at all.
"Mother, Su Niang also knows the rules of the courtyard, I have no complaints if you sell me, but please let your daughter give birth to the child in her belly, otherwise my daughter has a big belly, I'm afraid she won't be able to sell it for a good price, daughter beg!" Su Niang hoarsely pleaded again. As a dusty woman, she had already accepted her fate, but for the sake of the child in her womb, she didn't want to be sold to other brothels at this time.
"Hmph, the things in the stomach are easy to deal with, anyway, your guests don't have the money to come to see you, I'll let me deliver the medicine in two days, just beat the child out!" The bustard's mother has long been refined with a heart of stone, and Su Niang's desire to impress her with a child is simply a dream.
Hearing that the bustard's mother was going to kill the child in her belly, Su Niang's face suddenly turned pale, she had been in the courtyard for almost ten years, and she had always wanted a child of her own. First, you can get out of here with a child, and secondly, as a dusty woman, it is not easy to have a child, such as those ordinary prostitutes outside, who were drugged as soon as they entered the brothel, and it is impossible to get pregnant again for the rest of their lives.
Thinking that she might only have this one child in her life, Su Niang's motherhood broke out again, supported her body with her knees and climbed a few steps, hugged the bustard's mother's thigh and begged: "Mother, daughter, please, don't beat my child~Don't~"
The bustard mother with a heart like iron was also a little annoyed by Su Niang's pleading at this time, so I saw her kick Su Niang away, and then turned around and left without looking back, but at the moment she went out, she suddenly stopped and said: "Don't blame my mother for not giving you a chance, you write a letter in a while, I will let someone send it to your guest, if the other party is still unwilling to redeem you, hum~"
After the bustard mother finished speaking, she immediately walked out of the gate of the small courtyard. And Su Niang was sitting on the ground with tears on her face, for her guest, she also knew some things, I heard that something happened in the other party's family, and now even if she wants to redeem herself, I am afraid she is powerless.
However, although Su Niang knew the situation of supporting her guests, 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 originally illiterate, but since she was raised by that guest, the other party has treated her very well, and she likes to teach her to read and write when she has nothing to do, but she didn't expect to use it at this time.
Just when Su Niang wrote a letter to the father of her child, the bustard's mother went straight to another courtyard in the other courtyard after leaving Su Niang's small courtyard, and when she entered the main hall of the courtyard, she saw a white and thin young man flirting with a delicate woman, and there were a lot of wine and food on the table in front of the two, but they didn't eat a few bites, obviously their attention was on each other's bodies.
After seeing the bustard mother come in, she immediately showed a flattering smile to the white thin young man sitting and said: "Song Gongzi, the old body of the matter you explained has already been done for you, Su Niang is already writing a letter to her old guy, and when the other party receives the letter, you just wait to watch the show!" ”
If Zhou Zhong was here, he would definitely be able to recognize this white and thin young man as the second son of Song who had fought with him several times. I saw that after the other party heard the bustard's mother's words, he raised his head and glanced at the other party and said, "Oh? Are you sure that the other party will come after receiving the letter? ”
"Song Gongzi, don't worry, that old guy has been raising Su Niang for almost ten years, the relationship between the two has always been very good, plus he has always wanted a child, but unfortunately Su Niang's belly is not angry, and he has not been able to conceive, and now he is finally pregnant, so as long as the other party receives this news, he will definitely run over!" The bustard mother patted her big sagging breasts and reassured.
"Rest assured, Su Niang and that old guy have a really good relationship, and even for Su Niang, that old guy has never married a wife, the sisters in the other courtyard all know about it, plus he is so old, if Su Niang has a child, I'm afraid even if he breaks his leg, he will crawl over!" The delicate woman in Song Ergongzi's arms also spoke up at this time to reassure.
"Good! If this matter is thanks to our apricot girl, if it can make me out of this evil breath, this young master will definitely be rewarded! Song Ergongzi said, stretched out his hand and wiped it on the half-exposed chest of the delicate woman, which made the other party coquettish.
Speaking of which, the reason why Song Ergongzi knew about Lu Dao Su Niang was because of the delicate woman named Xing Niang in her arms, and after knowing Lu Dao, he immediately thought of a way to retaliate against Zhou Zhong.
"Cough~, Song Gongzi, look at ......" At this moment, the bustard's mother coughed out of place, and a flattering smile appeared on her face.
Seeing this, Song Gongzi also understood what the other party meant, and at that moment he reached out and took out a silver ingot from his arms, and then threw it to the other party and said: "Okay, this is the reward you have for helping Ben Gongzi today, hurry up and get out of the way, don't be an eyesore here!" ”
"Yes~, you and Xingniang play slowly, and the old body won't bother you!" As soon as the bustard mother caught the silver, she immediately showed an eyebrow and smiling expression, and the powder on her face was squeezed out by her wrinkles, which made Song Ergongzi feel nauseous, and looked at the young Xingniang in her arms and felt even more beautiful and lovely.
PS: There are guests at home during the Spring Festival, and the old fish finally took the time to send a chapter, asking for tickets and collections!