Before fleeing famine, marry a playboy!

Zi Yi shook her head, "Compared to other brothels, Chun Gui Lou can only be responsible for its own profits and losses, most of the prostitutes are older, and the customers who come are only repeat customers.

Except for Hua Niang, who grew up in a brothel, there was no talent at all for selling herself to Chun Gui Lou. After all, Chun Gui Lou was a place of entertainment, and they could only receive customers and do some flesh trade. "Zi Yi's voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke.

Zi Yi had been in brothels for many years and had seen countless beautiful girls fall into depravity and wither away in self-pity. Some were redeemed and had a tryst in the world, and some were lucky enough to return to Chun Gui Lou, but most were rejected and ended their lives by rolling up their straw mats.

Even if he wanted to rescue one or two people, it would be fine, but if there were more, he would be unable to take care of himself. Today, Chunguilou is more like a shelter for the fallen than a brothel.

Li Yuening nodded, "Then how many people are there in Chungui Tower now?

How many people are there to receive customers?

How many of them don't accept customers? How old are they?

How many more customers are about to be received?"

Zi Yi thought that Li Yuening wanted to settle Chun Gui Lou before going north, so she answered one by one, "Madam, there are 106 people in Chun Gui Lou, 56 of whom are serving guests. It was just found out yesterday that three of them are pregnant. The remaining 30 who cannot serve guests are taking care of the children, and there are more than 10 who have grown them from swaddling clothes to being able to run and jump."

Li Yuening was surprised. This was not running a brothel, it was simply charity. "You mean the expenses of such a huge Chun Gui Lou are all borne by these prostitutes who receive customers?"

Zi Yi was stunned. It was true that he was supported by these flower girls. His blood rushed to his head and he blushed and stammered, "Yes..."

"Didn't they say that all the ladies in Chungui Tower drank contraceptive soup? How come so many of them are pregnant?"

Zi Yi sighed, "Most of those prostitutes who sold themselves to Chun Gui Lou halfway through, as long as their patrons showed them a little pity, they would treat it as a lifeline, and even secretly changed the contraceptive soup afterwards, and once they got pregnant, they even wanted to be honored by having a child, and they would throw themselves into the fire, and nothing could stop them."

Committing oneself to one person is indeed much better than tasting thousands of people, but they don't know that a man's commitment is limited to the couch.

How can you tell whether they are Xiaohong or Xiaolu after getting out of bed? Maybe they know, but what if? The girls only think they are one in ten thousand.

Li Yuening held her forehead with her hand, "Have you ever thought about whether these prostitutes who receive guests will have any opinions after a long time?

And why are more and more people choosing to have children rather than receive clients?"

Zi Yi said helplessly, "Chun Gui Lou is not like other brothels that force prostitutes to accept customers. There are monthly quotas, and if they fail to meet them, they will be punished, so the prostitutes who sell themselves choose Chun Gui Lou.

Even pregnant Hua Niangs were not rejected and asked to have abortions. Instead, they were taken care of during childbirth and the children were fed by their own mothers, and the mother and child did not have to be separated. Now more and more Hua Niangs are following suit.

Nowadays, those actors who were trained as prostitutes since childhood have already complained about it.”

Anyway, with Chunguilou as the sucker, I can have a child without having to sell my body and someone will raise the child. It's really a perfect deal.

A huge feeling of speechlessness floated on Li Yuening's forehead. It was already unbearable that she was complaining now.

"Using the money from selling other people's bodies to support unrelated people, watching them giving birth to babies every day while being unable to have children yourself, can you understand how it feels?" Li Yuening shook her head, not expecting Zi Yi to understand. If she could understand, she wouldn't be like this now.

"That's not how you do charity! Do you believe it or not, if you go back and tell them that you want to sell Chun Gui Lou, they will definitely unite to deal with you?"

Zi Yi suddenly raised her head and asked, "Madam, are you going to sell your love back to the building?"

Li Yuening: You know how to grasp the key points.

“Chun Gui Lou will not be sold!

But if Chunguilou continues to operate today, it will be almost the same as the Ciyou Bureau.

Oh, I was wrong. The Charity Bureau receives donations and support from the imperial court and wealthy businessmen from time to time.

The end of Chunguilou will only be its collapse, and it will also have a bad reputation, which will add a new round of gossip to Jinling City like a passing cloud." Li Yuening calmly said the fact that Ziyi could not accept.

Without waiting for Zi Yi to refute, Li Yuening continued, "In addition to relying on character, long-term business also requires strategies and means. You need to be patient in the open and ruthless in the dark. What have you done?

Is it good character? Taking in a few fallen girls and raising a few babies is considered good character?

Others will just think you are stupid. Believe it or not, right now, someone in Chungui Tower is saying that their boss is a big fool. "

Zi Yi was completely shocked and couldn't recover. The words "big fool" kept replaying in his mind. His eyes were a little red. Li Yuening's words made him feel that everything he had done over the years had become a joke.

Li Yuening came from the end of the world, an era where people eat each other. Kindness and love are nothing. Not doing anything behind someone's back is what she learned about having a conscience and morals in the end of the world.

After coming here, she gave the rare warmth and kindness she had to the little crybaby Xiao Sui'er and her future husband Xie Shi, and gave some to old man Xie. Her heart was so small that it couldn't accommodate so many people.

Looking at Zi Yi's shattered appearance, Li Yuening showed no expression at all and waited quietly for him to come back to his senses.

After a while, Zi Yi said in a daze: "Madam, it was I who lost my composure. I still don't quite believe what you said. Please allow me..." He took a deep breath and said slowly: "Confirm it."

Li Yuening nodded, "Go ahead, the truth is often hidden in the dark, but I want to give you a task."

"Please give your orders, madam."

"The first thing you should do when you return is to tell the people in the building that the owner wants to sell the spring back to the building."

"Aren't you not selling it?"

Li Yuening kept the secret, "This matter is only for you to know, go back to your room after I'm done, and don't be angry even if you know the truth.

Wait and see how everyone reacts, don't interfere, wait for developments, at most in 10 days, I will finish it, and by then I will give you a promising Chun Gui Lou."

Zi Yi couldn't hear anything at this moment. He just hoped that the people in Chungui Tower would not let him down.

He watched the man in purple walk out in a daze, and when he passed by the man in white, he bumped into him but didn't react and continued walking out.

Li Yuening curled her lips, very good, it's good to maintain this state.

The man in white frowned and looked at Ziyi's back. How come he hadn't seen Ziyi like this for two hours? It seemed that she had suffered a great blow. Was she punished by her husband?

Seeing that it was time for lunch and there was no sign of her lover yet, Bai Yi came back to look for him. Before she even entered the house, she sensed a strange scent.

"Who?" The man in white put his hand on his waist and looked inside the house vigilantly.

"Come in." Xie Shi's hoarse voice came from inside the house after he woke up.

The man in white walked into the room. Xie Shi was sitting at the bottom, in the seat originally occupied by Li Yuening, holding a bowl of tea. The tea was no longer hot, and had obviously been cold for a long time.

The lady in plain clothes on the first seat was looking at Xie Shi sideways, "Do you feel better now?"

After Xie Shi drank a cup of herbal tea, his burning throat felt much better. He nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Please don't be angry with me, Yue Ning."