The place Liang Jin took them to was a town. Zhong Suhan had never been here since he joined the army. He looked around curiously. Because of the war, the trade here was not so prosperous, but rather very depressed.

"Sergeant, wait for me a moment." Zhang Daqian stopped in front of a small stall selling hairpins. He had just received his military pay these days and had some extra money. He wanted to buy some things and ask someone to bring them back.

There are many hairpins on the stalls, most of which are wooden hairpins and wooden combs, which are either inlaid with gold and silver as decorations, or have a string of beads at the end. They are not very valuable, but very unique and interesting.

When business comes, the vendors greet them warmly: "Sir, are you buying this for your sister or your sweetheart? We also have what your mother wears."

Zhang Daqian took a fancy to a peach wood hairpin with a pattern of butterflies playing with peach blossoms and picked it up to look at it over and over again.

It was obvious that this hairpin was a gift for a young girl. He looked at the hairpin with an expression as if he was imagining how the young girl would look when wearing it. The corners of his mouth slightly raised. After asking how much it cost, he paid the money and put it in his arms.

Zhong Suhan remembered that he had a younger sister who was about his age. At this age and age, it was time for her to get married, so he must have bought her back as a dowry.

"Daqian, Dazhuang, what's your sister's name?"

"Jitao, little Tao'er." Zhang Dazhuang said with a smile, "She is three years younger than us. When my father found out it was a girl, he immediately took a bowl of eggs and ran to the scholar's house at the village entrance to ask for a name. He was hoping for a daughter."

"Jitao, it's a good name. It's good for daughters. Daughters are caring and sweet." Liang Jin understood the feelings of Zhang Daqian's father very well, and also picked a hairpin for his wife.

Zhong Suhan was not interested in these things and had no one to give them to, but when he saw a wooden hairpin carved into bamboo, he thought of Bian Xiuming.

She couldn't help but think that if Dr. Bian had long hair, she would look very good wearing this hairpin, so she bought it for some unknown reason. Liang Jin even teased her for wanting to be a girl at such a young age.

Zhong Suhan's cheeks flushed, and without saying anything, he put the hairpin in his arms, "Sergeant, aren't you going to relax? Let's go quickly, or it will be too late to return to the barracks."

"Yes, let's go."

Liang Jin led them into a small alley. The alley was narrow, only wide enough for two people to pass through, and obscene sounds could be heard from time to time.

"Ahan, this is where the military prostitutes live. Liang Jin is here to take you to a brothel!" Ming Qiu was instantly angry. "How could he take you to a brothel? What if he finds out you're a girl?"

Zhong Suhan: ...

This was indeed something she had not expected. But then she thought, there were not many entertainment activities in this era, so if one wanted to vent or relax, that was the only thing left. She felt a little bit amused.

"There are military prostitutes here, it's free for us to come here." Liang Jin shook the back of his hand, which had some scars on it, and the word "soldier" was clearly visible under the scars. "Don't be embarrassed, men should always relax, otherwise it will be bad if you hold it in."

Zhong Suhan: ...

She sighed helplessly. If she had known she would come here, she would not have come. It’s freezing cold now. Don’t the hot springs smell good?

Liang Jin led them into a house that looked very large. On the first floor, there were many men hugging women and listening to the performances on the stage. They were all sitting on the floor and looked very relaxed. On the second floor were the rooms, each with its door tightly closed. One could tell what the people inside were doing without even looking.

"Sergeant Liang." The madam who was in charge of the military prostitutes greeted Liang immediately when she saw him coming in. "Sergeant Liang, you haven't been here for a long time."

"We just fought a battle last night, so I brought some of my kids here to relax." Liang Jin smiled and put his hand on the brothel owner's shoulder. "These guys are still kids. Find some who are good and proactive, and teach them what sex is like."

Zhong Suhan heard the little rabbit in her arms grinding its teeth. Now that there were so many people around, she couldn't speak to comfort it. She could only keep stroking its head and giving it a head massage from time to time to ease the little rabbit's unhappiness.

The madam responded and called over a few girls with a smile. The girls were not very pretty, but they were pretty. One of them looked timid, not very old, with red and swollen eyes and bruises on her exposed arms.

Zhong Suhan knew at a glance that the bruises were caused by being beaten with a stick. When she was disobedient, her sister had such bruises on her body. So she raised her hand and pointed at the girl: "Captain Wu, I want her to accompany me."

"You are so rude." Liang Jin was surprised, but he still signaled to the brothel owner to let the girl accompany Zhong Suhan, and then he left with a girl in his arms.

Zhang Daqian and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to do. It was the other girls who took the initiative to hug him, calling them "little soldiers" one by one, making their faces blush. Then they were taken upstairs.

The girl designated by Zhong Suhan was trembling all over. She didn't want to go up and hug the man, nor did she want to go upstairs with him. She just stood there with her head down.

The brothel owner was furious when she saw this, and pinched her hard, "You little slut, why don't you serve me, the general?"

Not feeling relieved after scolding, she wanted to pinch him a few more times.

Seeing this, Zhong Suhan grabbed her wrist and said with a smile, "Madam, she still has to accompany me. She is covered in wounds. She is crying before we even have time to play. Isn't that a bummer?"

"Yes, what the young general said is true." The madam smiled and glared at the girl fiercely, "Why don't you accompany the young general?"

"Yes." The girl's eyes turned red, and she walked forward tremblingly and hugged Zhong Suhan's arm. Only then did she realize that the young soldier was holding a rabbit in his arms, and the rabbit looked a little unhappy.

Zhong Suhan was not interested in this kind of thing, nor did he have the ability to do so, so he said to her softly, "What's your name? Find a secluded place and listen to music with me."

"My name is Jiao Liu'er, little general, it's quiet over there, let's go there." Jiao Liu thought that this general was a gentle man, and the stone in her heart was relieved a little. She carefully took him to the corner.

There was a stove in the corner, so it wasn't cold to sit there.

Zhong Suhan leaned against the wall, listening to the music on the stage. There was a stove burning beside him, making him feel warm and sleepy. "You stay with me. I'll take a nap. I was tired last night."

"Yes, the young general is asleep, and I am taking care of him." Jiao Liu'er lit the stove a little brighter, and when she looked down, she saw the little rabbit staring at her again, looking very unhappy.

Ming Qiu didn't like this Jiao Liu'er very much. Ah Han was talking to her, what was she talking to? She unhappily spread herself like a rabbit blanket to warm the hands of Zhong Suhan, who had frostbite on his hands.

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