Qiu Hong is the prostitute kept by Xiao Yuanhang.
We have just experienced a severe drought that lasted for two years. Most people's money has shrunk. There are really very few people who can afford to visit a brothel. Based on the attitude that making a little money is better than nothing, in the brothel The price dropped from the original 500 copper coins per night to 200 copper coins per night.
Although this was Qiuhong's first time, she still asked for 500 copper coins. After that, it was all 200 copper coins.
So these libertines almost each married a girl. Because there were few customers and many girls, there were only a few people. Whoever wanted to marry could marry whoever they wanted, as long as they paid for it.
Xiao Yuanhang booked nine days of bathing in one month. Before the two months were up, the remaining five taels of silver were spent. What’s more, Qiu Hong was pregnant, and the old madam in the flower house gave Xiao Yuanhang the money. There are two ways to go on a long voyage, either to redeem someone or to pay for an abortion.
Qiu Hong is pretty, gentle and can sing and dance well. The key is that she can please people. It can be said that she has captured Xiao Yuanhang's heart. She has long wanted to redeem Qiu Hong and keep her by her side. Now she is pregnant. Naturally, he became more determined to redeem people.
But he has no money. Even if the price is low now, the madam still offers twenty taels!
Twenty taels was undoubtedly a huge amount of money for Xiao Yuanhang, but he couldn't let go of Qiu Hong, so he said a few words to Cao Cheng'an while drinking.
At this time, the Cao family was looking for a scholar to run their shop in the town, which would save some taxes and money, and at the same time make friends with a scholar. If they were admitted to the imperial examination and became an official in the future, the Cao family would have a backer, so Cao Chengan thought of Xiao Yuanhang, who often played with him.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, nowadays, the status of businessmen is low and the tax is high, 40% tax, which means that if you earn one hundred taels of silver, you have to pay 40 taels of tax, but if you have the reputation of being a scholar, you can reduce the tax by 10%, but if you are a scholar, There cannot be too many shops, and the number of shops is limited to three, and the land is limited to one hundred acres. If there are too many scholars, they can no longer continue to take the merit test, but change their household registration to a merchant.
In order to avoid using power for personal gain, this is also the reason why the children of merchants cannot take the imperial examination and become officials.
The Cao family happened to have three shops, and Xiao Yuanhang happened to have no shop!
So he invited Xiao Yuanhang home, told Xiao Yuanhang this, and promised to give Xiao Yuanhang thirty taels of silver in benefits every year.
Xiao Yuanhang was worried about not having enough money to redeem someone, but now he was dozing off and someone gave him a pillow, so he immediately agreed!
The Cao family also wanted to regard Xiao Yuanhang as an investment, so they began to think about getting married. After all, in the eyes of a child, a scholar is also a very great person!
If they can win the prize in the future, the Cao family will surely make a profit without losing anything!
So there was the story that Cao Chengan wanted to marry Xiao Yan as a sequel.
Xiao Yuanhang also took advantage of his parents' temperament, so he dropped the words and went back to the city to enjoy himself!
With thirty taels of silver given by the Cao family, Xiao Yuanhang had just redeemed Qiu Hong, and now she was living in a yard that he shared with Cao Chengan and another student Liu Youyi who was fooling around with them.
This courtyard is a medium-sized courtyard. Cao Chengan is the richest among the three. He spent the bulk of the money and rented three main rooms and two side rooms for 10 taels of silver. Xiao Yuanhang and Liu Youyi each spent 5 taels of silver. There are three east and west wing rooms rented for two taels of silver.
In addition to Qiu Hong, one of Cao Chengan's intercourse girls was also raised here. Now that Xiao Yuanhang came out, Liu Youyi also redeemed his sweetheart.
The study yard that was originally rented by the family was completely messed up by a few people. When they went to the school, the three women got together to think about how to get a position and how to capture the man's heart.
The old saying goes, fish looks for fish and shrimp looks for shrimp, even a few stinky fish and rotten shrimps can be considered a nest!
When Qiu Hong saw Xiao Yuanhang coming back, she immediately raised a gentle smile to greet her and asked repeatedly
"My husband must be tired after walking such a long way! Go inside and have a rest! I'm afraid you'll be overheated, so we've already prepared some iced mung bean soup to relieve the heat. Just wait, I'll get it right away!"
Xiao Yuanhang was so coaxed by this exchange of greetings and greetings that he immediately turned to support Qiu Hong.
"Madam, you don't have to worry about it. I'll just go and get it. Please be careful and give birth to my big fat son as soon as possible!"
When Qiu Hong heard this, she smiled shyly and got into Xiao Yuanhang's arms.
"Ms. sir, you're so bad! I'm embarrassed to say that~
By the way, sir, I just made a gown for you. It’s the latest style. It just came from the city. It will look great on you. You can try it on later and I can change it if it doesn’t fit! "
Xiao Yuanhang happily gave Qiu Hong a mouthful
"My lady's craftsmanship is good at anything!"
In contrast, Xie Yujiao was at a disadvantage because she either acted coquettishly or acted foolishly to take advantage.
It can be said that Qiu Hong's moral character is higher than Xie Yujiao's. No wonder Xiao Yuanhang ran out in a hurry.
As expected, Xiao Yuanhang was right about the virtues of Old Man Xiao and others. After Xiao Yuanhang finished speaking and left, the old couple felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratching their hearts.
Think about it, the matchmakers who have come to propose marriage to Xiao Yan in the past two months are all from the countryside. They have fifty acres of land at home and are willing to give three taels of silver. They are all very good conditions!
Another two families couldn't afford the betrothal gift at all and wanted to exchange for two bags of grain. The angry Mrs. Xiao drove the matchmaker away!
Looking at it all, the Cao family is undoubtedly the best choice. Getting married to the Cao family is not just a matter of a hundred taels of silver as a betrothal gift. In the future, the fourth child will have to worry about having no money to study?
Moreover, the Cao family is rich, and their daughter has become the Cao family’s daughter-in-law. How can they leave her mother’s family alone? So it didn't take long for Old Man Xiao to tell Old Mrs. Xiao
"I think this will work out. Yanzi is young and can't understand many things. Go and persuade her!"
These words were exactly what Mrs. Xiao wanted. After hearing this, Mrs. Xiao went to Xiao Yan's room without any delay.
Xiao Yan was sitting by the kang sulking, imagining that she would become a young mistress in the future, wearing gold and silver, calling slaves and maids, envying others, and she was angry at Cao Chengan for raising such a good aunt? And a bastard was born!
It's ugly enough to continue the string, but also to be a stepmother for others, and others may not know how to arrange her!
After all, in fact, Xiao Yan was reluctant to part with such a good condition, but she was unwilling to accept the gap of continuing the string for a while!
Her ideal is that Cao Chengan is seventeen or eighteen years old, has no other women, and only loves her. Of course, this is the ideal husband for all women, but she can choose not to marry, but she really likes the life of a young mistress!
That's why I was angry and embarrassed. The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I became, and I started crying in anger.
As soon as Mrs. Xiao entered the room, she saw Xiao Yan bursting into tears. She reached out and tapped Xiao Yan's head.
"Good-for-nothing! What's there to cry about!"
Girls all over the village want such a good marriage, but you are destined to have a scholar brother, so people like you. If you don't enjoy it secretly, or if you don't believe it, go out and ask around on the streets, what are the conditions of the Cao family? Whose daughter will you marry and whose family will be unhappy? "
