Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 99 The world is awake
Perhaps Jiang Songtao was very anxious to restore the reputation of Jiujiang Tower, so he quickly returned the indenture documents to Zhang Qinghe and Yuan Baoer.

Zhang Qinghe felt relaxed, but Yuan Baoer looked confused.

This confusion is both about the future life and the dilemma we are facing now.

Yuan Baoer looked distressed when faced with so many items. She was reluctant to part with this one, but wanted to take that one with her. Zhang Qinghe found this very funny and said, "Let the sisters in the garden choose these things. We don't want any of them."

Yuan Bao'er was horrified and said, "You don't want them anymore? These are all very valuable. Not to mention other things, just these clothes and rouge and powder, they must cost thousands of strings of cash. You just don't want them anymore?"

Zhang Qinghe nodded and said, "We don't want any of them. We have already changed our ways. These things are too glamorous and we can't wear them. What's the pity of carrying them?"

Yuan Baoer looked distressed and begged, "Let's take it with us. Even if we don't wear it outside, it's okay to wear it secretly at home. I think that blind Su Lang is not an unsympathetic person. He can understand, right?"

Zhang Qinghe looked around and whispered, "Let's not look for Su Yun. Let's go somewhere else and start over."

Yuan Baoer was shocked and was about to speak, but Zhang Qinghe covered her mouth. After a while, Zhang Qinghe released her hand and whispered, "Ask if you have any questions, but be careful that there are ears on the other side of the wall."

Yuan Baoer was very surprised and whispered, "The reason we left Jiujiang Tower was to become Su Lang's concubines and maids, right? Why don't we leave now?"

Zhang Qinghe smiled and whispered, "If we don't say that, when will we be able to escape from this world?"

Yuan Baoer said, "Even if there is no Su Lang, didn't the boss promise that as long as you pay enough money to redeem yourself, he will let you go?"

Zhang Qinghe laughed and said, "Have you ever seen any girl who can escape when she is in her teens or twenties? Don't they have enough money to save up 20,000 strings of cash?

I don't know how Mr. Jiang did it, but which of the previous courtesans didn't leave Jiujiang Tower when they were thirty years old and old, and which one of them had a good ending after leaving? Anyway, I don't believe him.

Moreover, even if I am thirty years old and can leave, what about you, a little girl? Do I have to let you follow my old path?"

Yuan Baoer tilted her head and said, "Being an oiran seems pretty good, how glorious it would be."

Zhang Qinghe looked at Yuan Baoer quietly, which made Yuan Baoer a little nervous. She said, "Sister, why are you looking at me like that?"

Zhang Qinghe sighed and said, "You grew up in a brothel, so it's no wonder you have such thoughts.

I can remember the time when I entered the brothel, but I don't think the same as you do. A brothel is such a filthy place, how can it be a place for a girl to stay?

What about the courtesan and the top scholar? They are all just selling smiles. Which ambitious woman would like to use her beauty to entertain others?

Yuan Baoer, I won't force you. If you think being an oiran is your dream, then you can stay. With your talent and beauty, it's not impossible for you to become an oiran."

Yuan Baoer said quickly: "Sister, I was just kidding you, wherever you go I will go too, we will never be apart!"

Zhang Qinghe looked at Yuan Baoer firmly and said, "I must tell you first, although we have 20,000 strings of cash, this 20,000 strings of cash may be our expenses for the rest of our lives.

So our future life will definitely be relatively poor. You must be mentally prepared. You won't have any beautiful clothes or makeup anymore. You must think carefully. Don't blame me when you feel that life is hard in the future!"

Yuan Baoer had a headache and said, "Sister, I think Su Lang is a pretty good guy. He is very rich, talented, and most importantly, he is good-looking. I think if we can marry him, it will be a good destination for us."

Zhang Qinghe smiled helplessly and said, "Yuan Baoer, since we are leaving the brothel, I will teach you the first thing to do when leaving." Yuan Baoer asked curiously, "Sister, what is it?"

Zhang Qinghe said, "I am a courtesan in Jiujiang Tower. Every day, so many men come up to me and spend a lot of money on me. Do you think they really like me?"

Yuan Baoer nodded and said, "Of course I like it, otherwise how could I spend so much money?"

Zhang Qinghe shook her head and said, "Remember, they just want to sleep with us, there is no sincerity at all. If you really believe it, you are the biggest fool in the world.

What I want to teach you is that no matter how many men hold us in high esteem, we are still prostitutes in brothels, we are filthy and unbearable!

Those officials' sons can come to the brothel to have sex with us, but their elders will never allow us to enter their homes, do you understand?"

Yuan Baoer was dumbfounded, and after a while she said, "But aren't there many sisters who were taken into the rooms of some officials? Are they also fake?"

Zhang Qinghe laughed and said, "That's just jumping from one fire pit into another. Your fate is totally out of your control in a brothel, and when you become a concubine of those men, your fate is even more out of your control.

They can send us to their friends at will, let us serve their friends overnight, and even if we have children, they will only be slaves. Do you think this kind of life is interesting?"

Yuan Baoer was horrified and shook her head repeatedly, saying, "Then I'd rather be a prostitute in a brothel."

Zhang Qinghe smiled and said, "We are now out of the sea of ​​suffering. Once we get out of this door, we will be like fish entering the river. A brand new life is waiting for us in the future!"

Yuan Baoer also smiled at this time, and nodded repeatedly, "Sister, I'll go with you!"

The two sisters simply packed up some things, kept the Jiaoyin close to them, and took only some simple-looking clothes. They gave all the rest to the sisters in the garden.

Zhang Qinghe asked Liu Xianglan to help her get the certificate. Liu Xianglan knew a lot of people, so it was much easier for her to handle these things than for her to do it herself.

That night, they quietly left Ezhou by boat.

After getting on the boat, Yuan Baoer asked Zhang Qinghe, "Sister, why didn't you go and say goodbye to Sister Xianglan?"

Zhang Qinghe smiled and said, "She probably knows my plan, and there's nothing to say goodbye to, so let's just leave it at that."

PS:

During the Song Dynasty, if merchants wanted to make a bet on tea and salt, they had to pay silver in their local area and go to Beijing to apply for a pass.

The Song Dynasty was the most economically developed dynasty in history, but it was also a dynasty with extremely strict commercial control. It directly took control of the original private money houses and established Jiaoyinpu.

All merchants, whether selling tea, incense or cloth, sold their goods to the jiaoyin shop. In return, the jiaoyin shop gave the merchants paper tickets (jiaoyin) printed with the goods, quantity and amount.

When they got the tickets, they needed to go to the capital or other official locations to exchange them for money. Some merchants found it troublesome and would resell the tickets to others.

When merchants exchanged goods for coupons, they were actually exchanging the payment for the goods for a "passbook" that could be withdrawn at any time. This became a form of money shop.

(End of this chapter)