Sister Han Qiao said: "Dad Fang, you are out of touch when you say that. Lefang Street is everyone's job. If you lose everything, you will lose everything. If you really do this, how can you continue to do this business?"
"Auntie is right. Originally, the price of this girl was getting more and more expensive. Nowadays, women are not allowed to be bribed. They are all 'self-promiscuous'. How can we do business?" The woman standing aside said in support.
The woman is in her early thirties, pretty and voluptuous, wearing a water-red armor and a green skirt. Her nickname is "Mu Yun" and she is the "Liaokou Sister-in-law" of our hospital. Mu Yun was born in Laoju and was a long-time veteran of the romantic field. She was also the concubine of a certain Jin gentry family. She knew a lot about everyone's etiquette and rules, so she found Han Qiao to be the "liaokou sister-in-law" who taught Pipa boy. ".
The quality of the Liaokou sister-in-law is related to the quality of the future "money tree" of the institution, so she is also a decisive figure in the institution.
A middle-aged woman in her forties immediately said with an apologetic smile: "Sister Mu is right! Originally, it only cost three taels of silver to buy a little girl. If you go to the charity hall to get one, you don't need a penny. Now it's incredible. , a girl of 11 or 12 years old, with a more upright appearance, can't do the same thing, and she will ask for twenty or thirty taels for her teeth! It's really like robbery."
Mu Yun naturally knew about this situation - ever since the Australians came to Guangzhou to run charity halls, they would go to places where refugees gathered and give them a few strings of money or a few buckets of rice, and they could even choose girls at will as long as they promised to eat and survive. Gone forever.
"If this continues, even Pipa Tsai will be gone!" Mu Yun was somewhat worried. If Pipa Zai were gone, her roots would really be lost! This is what Mu Yun relies on for food. She is really going to be ruined. She is useless to the court. The so-called **** is ruthless. When the time comes, Sister Han Qiao will turn her back and refuse to recognize anyone. She comes from a womanly family and has neither a husband nor a wife. With three relatives and six dependents, all her savings were exhausted, and she had to either become a nun or return to her old career. At her age, this was not an easy meal.
The supportive woman didn't know her worries and just kept echoing her. This woman's surname is Yao, and she is also from Laoju. She has poor appearance and vulgar qualifications. She has been a prostitute for more than thirty years in low-class brothels. Because she is good at flattery, she is willing to be the old bustard's lackey. As she gets older, Lunchbox served as "guest sister-in-law".
The guest sister-in-law said she was serving Lao Ju, but in fact she was serving as a supervisor. Mrs. Yao was a prostitute herself, and she had a good understanding of the moods and thoughts of prostitutes, so she always hit the mark when it came to her discipline. She called them "an iron," which meant that any difficult task that fell into her hands would be "ironed." She treated Lao Ju very cruelly, and she felt at ease when she beat the prostitute who had "made mistakes", her face did not change, and she even counted while beating. As for those girls from good families who were bought into prostitution and refused to obey, the methods of torture were even more varied, and their powerful force could be described as cruel and callous.
Sister Han Qiao couldn't believe in the "bean powder water" and felt that it was more reliable to use women to control women, so she poached Sister Yao from a low-class brothel and became the head of the brothel's guest wives.
Old Man Fang said slowly: "Ms. Han, in the Ming Dynasty, it was not allowed to 'buy a good girl for prostitution'..."
Sister Han Qiao rolled her eyes and said: "Of course I know this. It's just that at that time, the government didn't like to meddle in other people's business, and no one was ignorant enough to use this theory! Even if someone doesn't open their eyes, we can still deal with it -"
At that time, she had a high-end backstage, and she was also familiar with the yamen and policemen in the yamen. Don't be afraid of anything that is harmful to nature. But the situation is very different now. The family now dare not cause trouble, and even sent someone to tell her to "leave less trouble." As for the familiar police officers, they were either arrested and do not know whether they live or die, or they defected to the Australians, and they are all well behaved now. Just like the apprentices in the shop.
The most important thing is that she has seen the Australians' resolute and resolute methods of doing what they say - for example, when they cleaned up the hygiene of Lefang Street, they made the butts of several old bustards and turtle claws blossom in Lefang Street and punished them. The money that went away was as much as two or three hundred taels.
Old man Fang saw her hesitant expression and knew what she was thinking, so he laughed a few times: "When a new official takes office, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of fire." He said with a slight sideways glance. Sister Han Qiao knew what was happening and immediately told Mu Yun and Sister Yao to retreat.
Old Man Fang said: "You are also a child of the Lehu family, so you don't have any means at all - just consider yourself an adopted daughter? When she grows up, you can ask her to sign a document stating that she has voluntarily become a prostitute."
Sister Han Qiao showed off and said: "I wonder what a brilliant idea you have. This is not even a charming charm. It would have worked in the past. But now it is not possible: to buy a child, you need to be married - as long as If you have this physical bond, you are buying a woman into prostitution. But if you don't have this physical bond and she runs outside, why should I go and get someone? Now it's no better than in the past, and I can't afford to walk around when trouble breaks out."
Old man Fang smiled and said: "You are so smart in your life, but you were confused for a moment. Even if you bribed in the examination room, you didn't bribe the examiner with cash - it was just an IOU. Now that she can't make a contract, she wants her family to make an IOU to pay it back. Isn't it easy? The money you are worth is considered to be 'loaned' by you. You might as well write a higher interest rate to avoid the idea of redeeming her. Even if her family becomes prosperous in the future, haven't you earned the interest over the years? If there is no family member, , it’s even easier: it’s a real contract with empty money—she won’t be able to pay you back even if she works for you for the rest of her life—are you still afraid that she won’t want to write it?”
Sister Han Qiao was moved by these words and said, "This is a good idea!" But then I thought about it, this method seemed clever, but in fact it only required pretending to be deaf and dumb officially. Nowadays, the world is dominated by Australians, and the police like to meddle in other people's business. If they encounter a few tough guys and start a fight, their rhetoric may not work. Old Man Fang seems to be a good old man who doesn't care about the world, but he is actually a good person. He would never have thought of it.
Could it be that this old man has a back-up plan? She thought that Old Man Fang had no special relationship with her, so it was abnormal for him to be so enthusiastic about giving her advice. Now he tried:
"This is a good method, but without official support, it won't end well if there is a real riot."
Old Man Fang took a sip of herbal tea and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Han, I will give you this idea immediately. There will be a sound plan for official matters. Let me ask you: What do you think of this idea?"
Sister Han Qiao secretly thinks that there is no other way now - if she really wants to act in accordance with these "regulations", the money she will get will be much less, and the hearts of the girls in the courtyard will be unstable. I guarantee that many people will want to "be good" ——This is what she absolutely does not want. Let’s agree now and see what he says.
He nodded immediately and said: "This is a good method, but there will be costs for official matters. Just give me a number, and I have to weigh whether it is worth it."
Old Man Fang laughed softly and said: "Ms. Han is really happy. But I don't know how much it will cost - don't worry, it will never exceed the previous norm."
It is no better than the previous norm, and the implication is that it is the same as the "fee" paid to the class leaders in the past. It's not too much to bear. However, she was still not at ease. In the past, she was familiar with the leaders of the third class in the yamen. But now what Old Man Fang Yunshan said, how could she know whether he was telling the truth? She suddenly became suspicious. Could it be that this old man lost money in gambling, or maybe he fell in love with a certain fan and was unable to make ends meet, so he took advantage of the new Australian rules to defraud money?
Sister Han Qiao has been running a brothel for many years. She has seen all kinds of turbulent people and knows that people's hearts are sinister. Even old friends who have known each other for many years are not uncommon, let alone someone like Old Man Fang.
This was unavoidable, so he probed: "Dad Fang, what is the origin of your official support? Hey, you beat me and I beat you?"
Why didn't Old Man Fang know what she meant? He immediately said: "Aunt Han, don't worry. We have been villagers for many years, how can we trap you? It's just that the time has not come yet. When the time comes, we will naturally ask you to see the real chapter."
Sister Han Qiao was still dubious. She flicked her sleeves and said, "It doesn't matter if it's a real seal or not. I don't burn incense until I see the real Buddha."
Old man Fang nodded with a smile and said: "I know, I know. As a temple blessing, my job is to burn incense. Now there is something that wants you to know the true Buddha. Is there a new girl in your backyard?"
Sister Han Qiao was startled and sneered: "Father Fang, it's not surprising that you know. How?"
"I think that boy Wang Dong got this girl. This boy is really brave. The Australians offered a reward for his father, but he still dares to wander around and abduct women!" Old Man Fang said.
"So what if it is, so what if it isn't? I don't care who got her." Sister Han Qiao looked indifferent, "This little girl looks good, but she is a little older, she is already eighteen. Now she Because of the regulations, it's hard to say whether I can eat this bowl of rice - I'm at a huge loss."
This is half true and half false: the woman tied up in the backyard is definitely a "beautiful person". It would have been a windfall if the Australians hadn't suddenly come up with a "law" that strictly prohibited the purchase of good girls for prostitution. However, Sister Han Qiao is not someone who is easily intimidated by the word "Wang Fa".
"You are buying a good girl for prostitution." Old Man Fang narrowed his eyes and smiled, "But as long as you follow the method I told you, I guarantee you will get the license in a few days."
According to the newly promulgated regulations on the management of the sex industry in Guangzhou, new prostitutes must go to the Guanpian police station in person to declare that they voluntarily engage in the sex industry, and then receive a special "yellow ticket" license. Otherwise, it is an illegal business, and the madam and the leader must be held accountable. Naturally, a girl like Wang Dong’s abduction cannot “volunteer” to become a prostitute—otherwise, she wouldn’t be tied up.
Sister Han Qiao was doubtful. Seeing that Old Man Fang was so confident, she thought that this old man might have a purpose in defrauding her money. He might not have the courage to trick her into enmity - let's give it a try. He nodded immediately and said: "Okay, I'll do as you say!" (To be continued.)
