"You mean you're not leaving anymore!" After hearing Gu Jiu's words, Ling Yang stood up excitedly.
"Yes." Gu Jiu nodded: "I will leave Gujia Village completely from now on."
"So we can discuss it in the long term."
"Yes. I plan to rent a shop. Look..." Gu Jiu took out the paper he had drawn in advance from his arms as he spoke, using the patterns to convey his meaning more accurately.
"This kind of place is not easy to find, but you can give it a try." After listening to Gu Jiu's introduction, Ling Yang said: "We will go out to look for it tomorrow morning, but there is not much hope. Generally speaking, restaurants with such geographical conditions have opened. .”
"It might just be a coincidence for us to pick it up."
"Too."
…
Gu Jiu and Ling Yang went out early the next morning. Sure enough, as Ling Yang said last night, all places that matched the flow of people and geography were fully occupied, without even a small gap.
"Xiao Jiu, what do you think would happen if we opened it in a restaurant? Although the business of this restaurant is average, there are a lot of customers coming and going."
Gu Jiu looked in the direction of Ling Yang's finger and saw a two-story restaurant ten meters away. Although it was early in the morning, there were a few customers here and there.
Gu Jiu didn't say anything, and took Ling Yang to sit on the Chaos stall opposite.
"What's wrong?"
"Let's have something to eat first, and take a look at who the main customers of this restaurant are."
The two of them each ordered a bowl of Chaos, and while eating, they looked at the customers coming in and out more and more frequently.
Sitting from early morning to noon, Gu Jiu finally shook his head: "It's not appropriate. Look, these people are simple and simple in their clothes and have a strong body. They look like they do heavy work. So there is a high probability that they are also illiterate. If they work frequently, the probability of buying and reading the brochure will be very low. This group of people is not our target."
Ling Yang nodded: "Then let's go look at other places."
"Um!"
Afterwards, Gu Jiu and Ling Yang spent the afternoon shopping, but either there were no vacant shops to rent, or they were just not suitable. The two of them were walking around, and Gu Jiu suddenly remembered a place.
"I've thought of a good place, come with me!"
As the sun set in the west and the sunset spread across the sky, Gu Jiu pulled Ling Yang through the alleys quickly, and finally stopped outside Hongxiang Pavilion, panting.
"This..." Ling Yang looked at Hongxiang Pavilion and was at a loss for a moment: "Xiao Jiu, what are we doing here? Although some of the women in the pavilion are literate, they don't have much time to read the brochures. Those men If you are here to have fun, you won’t buy it.”
"Why not?" Gu Jiu pointed to the pharmacy opposite and said, "Look at the four characters "Aphrodisiac Medicine". I noticed this pharmacy the first time I came here. There are at least a dozen pharmacies in the whole city. But this one’s business is the best!”
"But there aren't many people around here?" Ling Yang looked around. The location here was obviously not as good as near the restaurant.
"But it exists!" Gu Jiu looked at Hongxiang Pavilion and continued: "Everyone who comes here has a high probability of becoming its customer. In this way, not only will the business increase, but there will also be a stable number of customers! "
Lingyang looked at Hongxiang Pavilion, then at the drug store, and said tangledly: "But... what we bought are booklets. Many of the people who come here are studying, and those people have very low reputations. Could it be... …”
"No!" Gu Jiu waved his hand to her resolutely: "They dare to go in because the four characters of "Aphrodisiac Medicine" are so big, why can't the book store. And it's precisely because they have low face, that's why they come here. It’s sneaky, but if we sell more normal books in the bookstore, wouldn’t it give them a legitimate reason to come here?”
Ling Yang looked at Gu Jiu and nodded in understanding.
"There happens to be a shop for rent here. Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, we can change the place." Gu Jiu pointed to a small room next to the medicine shop and said.
"Okay, I have to give it a try after all." And it was here that my sister disappeared. If...if my sister was still around, I would definitely come here to look for her!
Gu Jiu stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, a man opened the door from inside, but when he saw Gu Jiu and Ling Yang, he slammed the door.
"I didn't see the sign at the door! I won't sell it at a loss. I want to buy clothes elsewhere." The shop owner's voice came out angrily from inside.
Gu Jiu knocked on the door again helplessly: "Boss, we are here to rent a shop."
Hearing this, the door suddenly opened again from the inside. Although they were still a little skeptical when they saw Gu Jiu this time, their attitude was much better.
"My monthly rent here is three taels of silver, and the rent is for half a year. Are you two sisters rich?" The boss looked at Ling Yang and asked suspiciously.
Ling Yang nodded, and the boss let go of the door and let the two of them in.
After entering, Gu Jiu noticed that there were at least seventy or eighty pieces of colorful clothes in the room, but they were all thrown on the ground casually, and some even had obvious shoe prints on them.
"I've written the contract before, you two, take a look at it carefully." The boss looked at Gu Jiu, who looked like he was underage, and raised his hand to give the paper to Ling Yang.
"Take a good look at it. If there are no problems, pay the money and get the hand mold. This shop will be yours tomorrow. I don't want to sell it anymore. People say that brothel girls are good at selling clothes. I have been selling it for almost two months. I can only go there for three or five items. I also advise you, you can sell anything, just don’t sell clothes. This business is not easy to do! But the location where I live is pretty good. You can’t find someone as good as me in the whole city for three taels of silver a month. The shop!"
The boss looked pitiful and proud, gesticulating towards Gu Jiu and Gu Jiu. Ling Yang couldn't understand what was written on it, so she handed the contract to Gu Jiu.
"Oh, this is the first time I've seen such a young girl understand the contract." The boss looked at Gu Jiu and showed his big yellow teeth. Gu Jiu ignored him, slowly read the two pieces of paper and nodded to Ling Yang.
"Since there is no problem, we can build the hand mold. Let me remind you, once you build this hand mold, you will have to see the official if you can't get the money!"
Hearing this, Gu Jiu took out five taels of silver from his pocket and said, "My sister and I didn't bring that much money today. I'll give you five taels first, and I'll bring you the rest tomorrow."
The boss took it and took a bite with his teeth. After confirming that it was genuine, he happily covered the mold with his hand. Even though he had rented out this shop, he didn't know if he was out of his mind at the time. He actually rented it for more than half a year at once. If it weren't for these two people, he would have lost all his money!
After finishing her work and leaving the house, Ling Yang was recognized by the sisters from Hongxiang Pavilion and happily took her to chat. Gu Jiu couldn't talk to her, so she motioned to go back first. But she didn't expect that when she got halfway to the road, a man suddenly rushed over and dragged her into an alley.
Drugged!
Gu Jiu immediately held his breath. Seeing that Gu Jiu was motionless, the people behind him thought that the medicine had taken effect and put down the veil. Gu Jiu didn't know how many people there were for a while, so he closed his eyes and lay down.
"Young man, it's easy for me to control you! Aren't you pretty good at beating me? Haha!"
Until he heard the soft grinding sound of the sack, Gu Jiu didn't hear the second person's voice anymore. When he opened his eyes, he saw Gu Zheqi, who was mumbling while holding the sack.
"Wait a minute, I will send you to Hongxiang Pavilion, and let the madam train you! This... ugh!" The handkerchief he had just casually left on the ground suddenly appeared and covered his face tightly. Mouth and nose, Gu Zhe struggled a few times with all his strength and soon passed out.
Seeing Gu Zheqi lying on the ground, Gu Jiu kicked his feet hard angrily. Then he groped around Gu Zheqi's body for a while, and soon found a deed of betrayal that had not yet been fingerprinted.
Looking at the word "Gu Jiu" shining brightly on it, Gu Jiu was so angry that he itched his teeth. He immediately took out the pen and ink paper from the space, copied and rewrote it stroke by stroke, but changed his name to Gu Zheqi.
Don’t you like Hongxiang Pavilion? Then stay inside!
After scratching Gu Zheqi's fingers, he pressed his fingerprints, put him into women's clothes, and painted his face black with ink. After some disguise, he put Gu Zheqi into a sack.
Gu Jiu returned the same way and found Ling Yang who was chatting. He pulled her aside and asked in a low voice, "Sister, do you know what the process is for a woman to be sold into Hongxiang Pavilion?"
Ling Yang was shocked: "Why do you suddenly ask this, something happened?"
Gu Jiu nodded, and Ling Yang suddenly became anxious. After saying goodbye to the previous sisters, he hurriedly pulled Gu Jiu away.
"Xiao Jiu, Hongxiang Pavilion is really not a good place. The sister I just chatted with also wanted to borrow some money from me to leave. If..."
"I won't sell myself there!" Gu Jiu interrupted the anxious Ling Yang in time and pointed to the sack in the corner: "I want to sell others!"
Ling Yang was even more shocked when she heard this, her eyes could not conceal her disappointment: "You...Xiaojiu, you, how could you do such a thing?"
"Why not? This man wants to sell me to Hongxiang Pavilion. I guess he likes that place very much. In this case, I will help him and let him get away with it once and for all!" With that, Gu Jiu opened the sack and revealed the inside. people.
Lingyang stepped forward and took a closer look. She always felt that she had seen this person somewhere: "Xiao Jiu... Why do I feel like I have seen this person somewhere? Which family is she from?"
"It's not a girl, it's a man. I changed him into women's clothes."
"Master Gu!"
"Yes!" Gu Jiu nodded and continued: "Tell me where the madam is usually in this situation. I will sell him and get some money to buy delicious food."
Hearing this, Ling Yang's heart was completely relieved: "If he has contacted me before, then the madam should be waiting for him now. You take the sack and go around to the back door to ask if you want chicken. The people inside hear I will open the door for you."
Gu Jiu nodded, put on Gu Zheqi's clothes, and planned to go out and spend money to help her sell people. After all, the madam had seen him before, and it would be troublesome if he was recognized.
"Brother." Gu Jiu lowered his voice and stepped forward to stop a man who was about to close the stall and go home.
