My name is Wan Zhenniang, my background is very lowly, I am just a cleaning lady in the green building, I am responsible for cleaning the green building, I am responsible for cooking, even responsible for feeding the chickens and ducks, and even responsible for many things, so I lived until I was thirty years old.

I don't have any extravagant hopes in my heart, and I feel that I shouldn't be able to get married in this life, but all this is no longer important to me.

Seeing that I am about to be thirty-one years old, I pray to heaven that my brother and I will be safe, and what could be happier than two people being safe?

Who knew that at this time, my younger brother suddenly became ill, which is a strange disease, and he has not been cured for many lifetimes, and there is no way at all.

I don't know why my brother has this strange disease, but I have spent all the money I have earned, and I only rely on my meager income in the Qinglou to support me and my brother, who is a full sixteen years younger than me, and is only a fourteen-year-old child, and now he suddenly has such a strange disease.

I'm fatherless and motherless, so what should I do? I couldn't help but feel very nervous, so I went to the old bustard in the green building and begged her to lend me the money so that I could cure my brother's illness.

She glanced at me, smiled slightly and said: "Zhenniang, in fact, it's not that I don't want to save you, but you have to figure out one thing, the so-called long-term poverty is difficult to take care of, your brother has this strange disease, even if I borrow money from you today, you save him, so what will you do in the future?" In the future, you will not have to borrow money to live, and when the time comes, you will borrow more and more money, how will you pay me back? So, it's not that I don't want to lend you money, it's because I don't think you can afford to pay it back, so I can't lend it to you. Although I have always loved you, it is one thing to love you, and it is another thing to lend you money, Zhenniang, don't blame me. The old bustard talked to me at length for a long time, but in short, he refused to lend me money.

I knelt down at her and pleaded: "Please, mother, please lend me money, if I don't treat my brother again, I will die, I will definitely work hard with you in the future, I will do whatever you ask me to do, and I will not dare to disobey your requirements at all, do you say?" ”

"There's nothing good, there's nothing bad, it's just that I don't think it means anything to you. You have to figure out one thing, that is, your brother's illness will not be so easy to heal, and you have taken so much money to save your brother, when will you be able to pay me back? Even if you do it for a lifetime, you may not be able to pay it back, don't you say? She said to me.

After hearing her say this, I was stunned, I looked at her, tears kept flowing down, and said slowly: "I know that I may not be able to repay you, but I really want to save my brother wholeheartedly, and I will do it if you let me do hard work for a lifetime." Good no good? I beg you, I beg you. ”

I begged her for a long time, she was not moved at all, and now I understand that the most chilling thing in the world is the human heart, and after I begged her for a long time, she smiled and said to me: "It's just that it's unrealistic for me to lend you money, if you are willing to save your brother, it is not impossible." ”

I was a little sad and said, "I want to too, but I don't have any money at all, how can I save her if I don't have money?" How could I save her? ”

"You don't have money, it's not that you can't make money, as long as you make money, can't you save your brother? What's so hard about that? The old bustard said to me in a very flirtatious tone.

"Make money? But Zhenniang usually knows how to wash and scrub, cook, and can't do anything else, so how can I save my brother? I looked at her, tears streaming down my face.

"How old are you now? Zhenniang. ”

I nodded and said, "I'm thirty years old. ”

"Yes, you are only thirty years old now, you are still possible in this world, in short, you are still young now, you will have a chance in the future, if you are willing to do some women's things now, then it will be enough for the benefactor to reward you with money, you can go and save your brother, don't you say?"

"What do you mean......" I looked at her, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Actually, what I mean is very simple, I'm just persuading you, I'm persuading you, and I hope you can do it too. Of course, I definitely don't mean to force Liang to become a prostitute, I'm just discussing with you, and you know how serious your brother's condition is. It's not that I don't promise you to do it, it's just that I promised you, and you can't pay back my money, of course I can't let the money go to waste, so there is only one possibility, and this possibility is to hope that you can make money yourself. I'm just showing you the way out, what do you think? You also know, it's not easy for me to open a green building, Mom, if everyone comes to borrow money from me, this one borrows ten taels of silver from me, and that one borrows twenty taels of silver from me, and I will collapse quickly, right? ”

After hearing my mother's words, I couldn't help but lower my head, and I didn't know what to say for a while.

Yes, my mother's words do make sense, poverty relief is not emergency, human nature is like this, but if I don't save him like this, if I want to give up my brother like this, I will definitely not be able to do it.

But if I were to be a prostitute at such an age, I wouldn't be able to do it, and my tears flowed down my face.

I squatted in the corner, looked at my mother, and said to her, "Mom, can't you really be accommodating?" I'm so old, and I don't have any benefactors like me. ”

"That's not necessarily, although you are so old, there may be benefactors who like you, Mom, I see that you are very good-looking, but there is just a lack of opportunities, as long as you are willing to do it, there must be a way to do it, do you agree?" She said to me repeatedly.

After hearing my mother say this, I knew that it was useless for me to say anything now, and her meaning was clearly that she wanted me to do it, and in this case, I had no choice but to agree.

After all, I'm for my brother, and I can't just watch my brother die like this, so I nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, I'll promise Mom." It's just that I can't sell my art or not my body? ”

I remember that many dramas often sing like this, saying that whoever sells his art and does not sell his body.

"Selling your art or not selling your body? You're not, aren't you? Mom pointed at me, and she laughed, and her laughter sounded harsh to me.

"Do you think you can do it without selling yourself? Don't say it so ridiculously, okay? What does it mean to sell your art and not sell your body? A person who sells his body must have extraordinary talents and is very beautiful, do you think you meet this requirement? If you think you meet this requirement, then you should go to the show and not sell yourself. If you don't meet this requirement, I hope you can figure out one thing, you have to sell your art and sell your body, and what kind of art do you have? Do you want to show some kind of land, laundry, and cooking for the benefactors? What do you say you can sell besides your body? ”

She said it for a long time, and I almost broke down, and in that moment I knew that there was no other way.

So I nodded and said, "Okay, Mom, I promise you, I'll do whatever you ask me to do, that's okay, right?" ”

"Okay, it's hard for you to think like that, otherwise, how long will your mother talk to you? You're right to think about this, you remember, you must sell both your art and your body, otherwise, I will never agree to let you become a prostitute, you don't think that a prostitute is something that everyone can be, a prostitute is not so easy to be, to be a prostitute first of all, you must be beautiful, and secondly, you must be young, you just barely have one condition in these two conditions. ”

Hearing her keep talking there, my heart became even more uncomfortable, I nodded and said, "I know, Mom, I will listen to whatever you say, can't you?" Can't you? ”

"Okay, it's rare for you to think that now, okay, then let's do it. The next thing to do is very simple, the next thing you have to do is to start picking up customers, and when the time comes, I will give you the silver, your brother will definitely be saved, how about it? ”

When I heard her say this, I reluctantly nodded, and I began my career as a prostitute.

Who knew that at this time, my brother's illness worsened, so I begged my mother a lot, and she lent me money to save my brother, and after taking this money, I felt a little more comforted, and it was not in vain that I went to work as a prostitute, and my brother was finally saved.

Who knew that on the first day I was a prostitute, I met a very cruel and unkind benefactor, who was fierce and vicious, and on the first day he came up, he tortured me, and chased me after me, all the way from upstairs to downstairs, and from downstairs to upstairs.

When my mother saw this situation, she came up and slapped me in the face, I was stunned, I never dreamed that I was wronged, but I was beaten partially, I looked at her and said to her.

Who knew that the old bustard had no mercy at all, and said to me, "Have you forgotten who you are?" You're a prostitute in my house now, and you're going to entertain my guests well. You know you've driven away my guests like this, so where will anyone come to me? Don't forget, you borrowed a lot of money from me, and your brother's life is still in my hands. ”

Hearing the bustard say this, I had to reluctantly nod my head.

When the old bustard saw that I was a little more docile, he hurriedly said to the five big and three rough guests: "I'm sorry, I didn't train her well, I have taught her a lesson now, she will serve you well." Zhenniang, don't go and serve the guests well. ”

"Yes." I had to reluctantly nod my head, who made my family poor?

At this time, someone suddenly said: "You obviously saw this person abusing Zhenniang, and you still want her to pick up guests, do you have any humanity?" ”

The man who spoke was a man in his twenties, who looked to be twenty-four or five years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and at first glance he looked like a scholar.

I didn't know him at all, I had never seen him, and when the old bustard saw the boy, he glanced at him and said to him, "Who are you?" Do you still have to take care of the things in my building? ”

The boy didn't think about it, so he took out thirty taels of silver, and said to her: "I'll give you these thirty taels of silver, this girl won't let her pick up guests this month, I have other things to do now, I don't bother to tell you, I'll come to see her in a month." If you let her pick up the customer, I'll settle the account with you then. ”

When the old bustard saw that there was so much silver, he immediately took the silver in his hand and hurriedly said: "This minister, that dare is good, I know, I know, I must give Zhenniang the delicacies of the mountains and seas." Not only did he not let her pick up customers, but he also let her live a prosperous and prosperous life, do you say? ”

The man nodded, and turned to leave, I don't know why, he suddenly came to save me, anyway, there was a feeling that made me feel very warm, a feeling I hadn't felt in so many years.

Over the years, I have suffered all kinds of grievances, but no one has ever been so kind to me, so I took two steps forward and asked, "May I ask what is your name?" ”

He glanced at me, nodded and said, "My name is Yu Mian." ”

"Yu Mian?"

"Yes, when I come back, I'll come back to see you, I have something urgent now." With that, he turned and left.

I don't know if he likes me, sometimes the relationship between men and women is not so narrow as love, but I can see that he must not have any dislike for me, otherwise he wouldn't help casually, after all, thirty taels of silver can be enough for ordinary people to live in a family for a year or two.

After he left, I still looked at his back and secretly felt sorry, at this time the old bustard was coming over again, I quickly flashed to the side, and said to the old bustard: "Mom, this son said just now, I don't have to pick up customers for a month." ”

"Okay, okay, I know you have luck, I didn't expect you to be so old, come out to pick up customers, and there is such an affair, since that son is willing to help you, then mother has nothing to say, you just take a month off first, go take care of your brother." It's just that let's talk about the ugly things ahead, if the son doesn't come to see you in a month, you will continue to pick up customers, understand? ”

"Understood." I said quickly.

The old bustard nodded, and let me go home, in this month, I was taking care of my brother every day, who knew that my brother still had no way to cure in the end, and so that he died, I was very, very sad, the only relative in the world was no longer by my side, I felt that there was nothing to rely on in life, fortunately, my heart was always thinking of the son named Yu Mian, I firmly believe that one day, he will come to me, I firmly believe that one day he will suddenly come to my side.

At that time, even if I follow him as a slave and a maid, it will be better than being in the green building, I have an idea in my heart, life feels less long, and I have hope in my heart, and life feels much better.

That's it, a month passed quickly, one day the son re-belonged, I have been waiting for the boy to come back, I don't know how long it took, the old bustard one day suddenly asked me to pick up the guest, I heard the old bustard's words, I was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Didn't the young man give thirty mothers of silver, saying that I don't have to pick up guests?" ”

"My young lady, now that a month is about to pass, who do you think you are? You can eat and drink for nothing in this green building, this month has passed, and your Yu Gongzi has not come, if you still don't pick up guests, then what can you do? ”

After hearing the old bustard say this, I was stunned for a moment, and I had to beg her to say: "Mom, what Yu Gongzi told you at that time was a month, and now the time of a month has not yet arrived, please, a few more days, maybe Yu Gongzi will come to me at that time." ”

"You said it lightly, okay, okay, I'll give you two more days, if in two more days, your son Yu doesn't come, you can pick me up."

I feel very sad in my heart, I always feel that Yu Gongzi will not forget me, if he hadn't saved me by taking out thirty taels of silver at once, now I have become a prostitute who is ravaged by others, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be where I am today, in short, he saved me all this.

When I think of this, I am very moved, and I firmly believe that one day, he will come back.

In fact, he really came back, it was two days later, but I never dreamed that there was an extra girl in white clothes like snow beside him, that girl was about twenty-four or five years old, born with an eyebrow moon like an eyebrow, and the whole person looked like a dusty fairy who came out of a painting, she was beautiful and refined, and she was not as beautiful as a woman in the world.

I have never seen such a woman, when she appeared among our prostitutes, and gave all the women in the prostitutes, the old bustard suddenly saw Yu Mian bring a woman in, she looked at it, and found that the woman was really beautiful, not as beautiful as a woman in the world, just like a stunner in the dust, and suddenly gasped.

Isn't Yu Mian here to smash her business? Doesn't this tell everyone that the woman in her prostitute is not as beautiful as this woman? So she immediately crossed her waist and said to him: "Yu Gongzi, I know you are rich, but what do you mean by this? Why did you bring a woman to my prostitute? You know that I opened the door to do business, and what I hate the most is that others bring women here, and you bring women here, don't you affect my business, do women still want to visit brothels? ”

The old bustard said a lot of things, and I hope that Yu Gongzi can have a response, for example, Yu Gongzi said that person is his sister, so that I will feel a little more comfortable.

Who knew that Yu Gongzi just took out some silver to give it to the old bustard, and said to the old bustard: "That's okay, right?" We just want to sit in the green building, can't we? ”

After she saw the silver, she suddenly smiled and her old face bloomed, and she became a chrysanthemum, and hurriedly said: "Oh, there is no problem, as long as you have silver, everything is easy to do, isn't it just to sit in the green building." It's just that this girl is so beautiful, if she sits here and is looked at by others in vain, it won't be worth it. Or go sit inside, what do you think? ”

The woman nodded, and the two of them went up to the third floor together.

I had been staring at it stupidly, when the old bustard came to my side, slapped me on the arm, and said to me: "Zhenniang, I advise you to die of this heart, didn't you see that man just now?" That man and woman are a perfect match, especially that woman, so beautiful, have you ever seen such a beautiful woman? If an ordinary man sees you and such a beautiful woman, who will he choose? You don't have to think about it, people will definitely not choose you, you are still here delusional, what are you dreaming of? ”

I looked at her, slowly lowered my head, bit my lip hard, and I said to him: "Yu Gongzi is a person who values love and righteousness, I believe that he must have something, so he didn't pay attention to me." ”

"Hey, you're so naïve, the world is so big, what kind of man I haven't seen? Otherwise, why would I open a brothel and be an old bustard? Do you think the bustard is an easy thing to do? When I used to be, I just saw a lot of men's thin letters, and I felt that there was no man in the world to rely on, so I came to be an old bustard, why can't you figure it out? Alright, alright, for your sake, I'll promise you one thing, and you'll bring tea to them later. ”

"Yes." I promised, with a hint of melancholy and a glimmer of hope in my heart.

I only hope I can be wrong, in fact, Yu Gongzi has nothing to do with that woman, and Yu Gongzi is a scholar, just now I saw that woman holding a snowy sword in her hand, maybe the two of them are not as complicated as I thought?

After that, I brought a pot of tea, opened the door and went in, I hurriedly saluted them, and then poured them tea again.

Yu Mian glanced at me and said with a smile: "Okay, you can go down now." ”

"Yu Gongzi." I took a step forward and saluted him.

Yu Mian looked at me and asked a little dumbfoundedly, "May I ask this girl, what's the matter with you?" ”

I said to him, "Yu Gongzi, do you remember me? ”

"Are you ......?"

"Yu Gongzi, you really don't remember me? I remember the last time, about a month ago, I was bullied in this brothel, and it was you who took thirty taels of silver and gave it to the old bustard. The old bustard is willing to let me not have to pick up customers, so that I can have a good life, have you forgotten? ”

"Oh, I remember." Yu Mian nodded and said, "You are the woman who was bullied, right?" I saw someone bullying you at the time, and I was very angry for a while, so I stood up for you, how about it? Has the bustard bullied you lately? He asked me.

Although the question was a little careless, I was still happy, and I shook my head and said, "No." ”

He nodded and said, "If not, what are your plans next?" ”

I said to him, "I used to take money just to earn money to take care of my brother, but now that my brother is dead, I have no one to take care of, so I decided that I will not stay in a brothel in the future." ”

He nodded and said, "That's a good idea, brothels are never a place for people, it's rare for you to have such thoughts." ”

So he comforted me a few more words, and then he looked at me, and his eyes clearly motioned for me to go down.

I glanced at the girl and asked with some curiosity, "Is this your wife?" ”

Before Yu Mian could speak, the girl had already laughed and said, "How can I be his wife?" I just met him in Pingshui, the two of us are here to do something serious now, my name is Tang Jingran, you can call me Miss Tang. ”

"Oh, it's Miss Tang." An infinite smile suddenly bloomed on my face, it turned out that she was Miss Tang, she had nothing to do with Yu Mian, the two of them were just meeting in Pingshui, I was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted them, then turned around and retreated.

After going out, my heart seemed to bloom, yes, just like the old bustard said, I believe that between Miss Tang and me, he will definitely choose Miss Tang without hesitation, because Miss Tang was born beautiful, clear and jade, and young, and he can be regarded as the same age.

And me? I'm so old, and I've been a prostitute in a brothel, and my reputation is very bad, if it were me, I would have chosen a good one, but now it's rare that he has nothing to do with Miss Tang, so it proves that I still have a chance.

I couldn't be happier to think of this.

When the old bustard saw me, he asked curiously, "What's wrong?" ”

I gave the old bustard a blank look and said to her, "Mom, you were wrong just now, the two of them have nothing to do with each other. ”

"What? Nothing to do with it? How is that possible? ”

"It really doesn't matter at all, and if you don't believe it, I don't have anything to tell you. By the way, I'll be redeeming myself with you soon. ”

"You want to redeem yourself with me? Where did you get the money to redeem yourself with me? Mom looked at me and asked incredulously.

"Yes, I don't have the money to redeem you, but just now Yu Gongzi said that he wants to help me redeem myself."

"What? That boy wants to help you redeem yourself? What are you going to do to redeem yourself? Will you go back and be his mother, or be his wife? ”

Hearing the old bustard's words so ugly, I glanced at her and said, "It was he who promised me just now, he said that he would definitely help me redeem myself, everyone likes different people, not to mention that I am only a few years older than him." ”

When I said this, the old bustard couldn't help but giggle and said, "Okay, okay, I believe you." In that case, let him prepare the silver, anyway, you are here with me, and there are not many guests, and I don't think you are a person who concentrates on work, and I don't need a lot of silver, as long as you give me fifty taels of silver, I will allow you to redeem yourself. ”

"Fifty taels? So much? ”

"Don't you think you're not worth fifty taels?" The old bustard glanced at me, laughed, and said, "Or is your son unwilling to give you fifty taels of silver to redeem you?" ”

"No, it won't." I immediately interrupted her.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news. By the way, your Yu Gongzi and that beautiful girl, what are the two of you doing upstairs? Could there be anything good in a brothel? The old bustard laughed.

I glanced at her and said to her, "Don't talk nonsense, people are here to do things, how can they be as dirty as you think?" ”

"Two men and a woman come to the brothel to do errands, what else can they do?" The old bustard said as he pursed his lips.

I couldn't help but have some doubts in my heart, so I went to their door to listen carefully, who knew that they spoke very quietly, I couldn't hear what they were talking about, I couldn't help but be a little worried, just like the old bustard said, a man and a woman go to a brothel to do business, what good can there be? Do they really want something unseemly?

I put my ear to the door in order to hear better, hoping to hear clearly, but who knew that this would alarm the woman in the room.

The Tang girl suddenly picked up her sword and asked in a loud voice, "Who is it?" Then the door opened, and I stood outside a little awkwardly.

"How are you?" Miss Tang glanced at me, and then at Yu Mian, but she kept laughing there.

Yu Mian was a little embarrassed and said to Miss Tang: "Miss Tang, don't misunderstand." ”

Miss Tang smiled and said, "I don't have any misunderstanding. ”

Yu Mian glanced at me and asked a little angrily, "What is the matter with you coming to me?" This girl. ”

I heard him call me so unfamiliar, so I said to him, "My name is Zhenniang, and now, you can call Zhenniang." ”

"It's a virgin girl, what are you looking for me?" Yu Mian looked at me and asked.

"Actually, I wanted to tell Childe that just now Childe advised me to leave the Qinglou earlier and stop being a prostitute in the Qinglou, and I thought so too. If it weren't for saving my brother, I wouldn't have gone to the Qinglou to do such a menial job, not to mention that I had never taken a guest. It's just that I asked the old bustard just now, and the old bustard said that he must give me fifty taels of silver before he would let me redeem myself. When I said this, my face suddenly became a little sad.

"Is that so? Well, then I wish you a speedy and successful redemption. He said to me.

I was slightly stunned and looked at him, as if asking, didn't he want to redeem me?

At this time, Tang was shocked and hit Yu Mian hard, and said to him: "I don't know if you are a real stupid goose or a fake stupid goose?" The lady said it so clearly and clearly, don't you hear clearly? ”

"What?" He asked Don in shock.

"Miss Zhen Niang means that I hope you can take the money out to help her redeem herself, you are a good person to the end, help Zhen Niang girl redeem herself."

After hearing her say this, Yu Mian thought for a while and said, "That's fine." So he took fifty denarii out of his body, gave it to me, and said to me, "Redeem yourself with these fifty denarii." ”

"Thank you, you are such a good person, I will always remember your kindness, and I will repay you."

"No need, the so-called kindness is not expected to be repaid, I saved you just because I pity you, nothing else."

Although he kept saying this, I think he must be in love with me, otherwise, why would he save me? There are so many girls in this green building that he doesn't save, he just took so much money to save me, it was him last time, if it weren't for him, how miserable my life would be, in short, all this is because of him, so he is good to me, I will always remember it.

I immediately took the money and went to redeem myself to the old bustard, who probably didn't expect him to be willing to pay to save me, and when the old bustard got the money, he was stunned.

The old bustard looked at me with incredible eyes and asked, "Is it really the one who gave you the money?" ”

"Of course, is this still false? It's real money, and if you don't believe it, you can test it. ”

"No, no, there are still people who are willing to give you fifty taels of silver to redeem you, it seems that everyone's tastes are really different. That's it, Zhen