Chapter 154 Four Rich Women Businessmen 7

No matter what kind of brothel it is, it is always a brothel. Shi Xianyu actually disagrees.

But this is Li Lingjing's own life, and she is indeed inconvenient to point fingers, unless Li Lingjing wants to kill someone and set fire.

Shi Xianyu respected Li Lingjing's decision. After the two agreed, Li Lingjing asked Zhier to hire a carriage at the foot of the mountain, and then the three of them went to see what Li Lingjing called the "way".

On the way, Li Lingjing told Shi Xianyu that the reason why she met Xiangzhi was because she was nine years old and she was separated from her servants when she was watching the lanterns. After that, she was sold to a brothel. Xiangzhi was also sold. The madam sent the two little girls to the disciplinary lady and allowed them to train them so that they could sell them at a high price in the future. Li Lingjing was not convinced and said that her family had more money. As long as she asked her parents to redeem her, she could afford it no matter how much money she was.

The disciplined lady didn't care at first, but later Li Lingjing went on a hunger strike and would rather die than surrender. Because of her fierce nature, the other party told the old madam that this girl was stupid by nature and could not do this business, so she would rather have the wish and let her parents take the money to redeem the people.

This is not just a matter of money, but a broken brothel rule. The madam naturally refused. If Li Lingjing can escape successfully, the housekeeper's wife will mediate.

But Xiangzhi was not so lucky because she was already eleven years old and could be sold for two more years, so she stayed in a brothel.

After Li Lingjing escaped, she was worried about Xiangzhi. After about a year, she found an opportunity to cooperate with the disciplined lady, and spent a lot of money to fill the puppet's appetite and took Xiangzhi away from the brothel.

"My parents once told me that even if I die, I can't tell anyone. If someone knows that I was trapped in a brothel, my reputation will be unclear in this life." Li Lingjing murmured, "But who would have thought that not only did I say it today, but I would also open a brothel."

Shi Xianyu was also very moved after hearing this, "I didn't expect that you and Xiangzhi would have such an experience."

Li Lingjing frowned and recalled that time, but found that the memory had become blurred. It has only been a few years, and the good sisters who shared weal and woe at that time have now become unrecognizable.

She said slowly: "Xiangzhi is different from me. She was sold to people by her family. After I redeemed her for her, she had no place to go. My parents just wanted to find a marriage for her, which could be considered as a settlement for her for the rest of her life. But she had just escaped from that place and was afraid of men. She volunteered to stay for me as a personal maid. We had a good relationship at that time. Who would have thought that because of a man, she would treat me like this..."

Li Lingjing bit her lip and said angrily: "Is my friendship with her in recent years not as good as a man?"

"It's not just a man..." Shi Xianyu thought for a while, "At least at this stage, a man is her most precious means of production. Only by grasping Xie Lu can Xiangzhi achieve class leap. Otherwise, she will be a slave for life, and the children she gave birth to will still be slaves who are tortured. When you are in a place, you are a maid and a lady. What would you choose?"

Li Lingjing was stunned when she heard this, "Isn't she...is she wrong?"

"Of course she was wrong, but you have to re-judgment whether she made a mistake for those few cents or for millions of gold and silver." Shi Xianyu chuckled softly, "The degree of temptation is very different."

Li Lingjing thought for a while, her lips curled up slightly, and she said with a little self-deprecating: "What the Taoist priest said is very good. Although Xie Lu is worthless in my eyes, she is indeed very precious in Xiangzhi's eyes. Thinking of this... I seem to be less angry, haha..."

Shi Xianyu looked at her deeply, "You are different from her. Even if you fall into that situation, you will not make profits for yourself by trampling on the interests of another woman."

Li Lingjing's smile was bitter in the corner of her mouth, "The Taoist Master looks up to me. If I really fall into the state of being a slave and a maid, in order to climb up, I might be more capable than her."

"You won't." Shi Xianyu said with certainty.

Li Lingjing looked at Shi Xianyu in confusion. In fact, she had long felt strange. Why did a master suddenly appear around her and help her without asking for anything in return? Could it be that she and Shi Xianyu have any past fate?

Shi Xianyu said: "You have no means in this regard."

Li Lingjing laughed silently, "Why did Taoist Master joke about me..."

At this time, the carriage stopped and Zhier said outside: "Mrs. Young Madam, we are here."

Li Lingjing frowned and was displeased, "Zhi'er, I've told you a few times. Call me a lady from now on! Don't call me a young lady!"

"Oh..." Zhi'er said, "Miss, we're here."

Li Lingjing took a deep breath, lifted the curtain and got out of the car.

Shi Xianyu also got out of the car.

There was a narrow alley in front of me, with a carriage blocking at the entrance of the alley and unable to enter.

I think so, it’s hard for women to visit brothels openly, and it’s best to walk through the back door.

Li Lingjing led Shi Xianyu into the alley, and the surroundings were quiet. The blue-gray courtyard walls were sometimes high and sometimes low. You could vaguely smell the aroma of powder mixed with alcohol. The smell was a bit pungent, and you could hear the noise and lively on the street on the other side.

I haven't been here for a few years, and Li Lingjing is also a little unfamiliar. She slowed down and watched while walking.

"The wife who was the disciplined lady who helped us was named Yao, and we all called her. She didn't allow us to come to find her, so we haven't been in contact over the years. Last month, my sister-in-law came to visit me and said that the brothel of Yao was about to take off and was looking for a suitable buyer."

Li Lingjing stood in front of a door, looking at the courtyard walls on both sides hesitantly, "It seems like it's here..."

She didn't let Zhi'er come forward, and she raised her hand to pat the door-

Bang, bang, bang.

After waiting for a while, footsteps came from inside, and then the door opened with a silence.

An old woman with one eye was standing behind the door, hunched back and drooping her eyes, staring at them with the only remaining turbid eyeball, looking a little scary.

With such fierce personality, Li Lingjing couldn't help but take a step back. Then she straightened her back and tried to calmly speak: "I heard that mother Lan is planning to resell this place. I intend to take over. Is mother Lan inside?"

The woman looked at them suspiciously, opened the door a little, let them in, and murmured in a low voice: "Why do Taoist priests also open brothels..."

Shi Xianyu: “…………”

Li Lingjing whispered to her: "The madams all like to go to those brothels that are about to go bankrupt and buy the young and beautiful girls at a low price. This woman probably misunderstood that we are from other brothels."

Shi Xianyu asked her in a low voice: "Do we also want to buy girls at a low price?"

Li Lingjing shook her head, "Mom Lan is very smart. Since she wants to sell the brothel, I'm afraid that there are not many girls here left now."

Shi Xianyu couldn't help but want to ask, since the girls were sold out, would the lady Yao she mentioned stay here?

Just as he was about to speak, a woman wearing a long skirt with big silk flowers on her chest came in front of her. She was about forty years old and had a thick and greasy face. When she saw them, she smiled and said, "Oh! You are so rare, isn't this our Hongxiao? Why do you have time to see your mother now?"

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