Time Travel: Brothel Maid

In short, most of the girls in Zuihualou did not come here voluntarily, and some of them with high moral character resisted at the beginning.

But once they are locked up in the punishment room, they will all accept their fate within two days.

When Yingniang heard that Mother Qin was going to put Xiaoguo in the punishment room, a look of anxiety appeared on her face.

"Mom, Xiao Guo'er, it was me who asked her to go out and buy me some rouge and powder, please don't misunderstand me. I'll just change my clothes and put on some makeup and go."

Humph, she is a maid, but she protects her very well.

Mother Qin put on her gentle and warm face again, "Okay, okay, next time you run out of rouge, just let me know and I'll send someone to buy it for you. There's no need for Xiao Guoer to buy it for you. You still need someone by your side."

Yingniang sneered inwardly as she listened to Mother Qin's words, which appeared to be concerned but were actually warnings.

The little freedom she and Xiao Guoer have has to depend on other people's opinions.

They are the most lowly people who have no freedom.

After Mother Qin twisted her waist and closed the door, Yingniang hurried to the dressing table, took out a green jade hairpin from the bottom drawer of the dressing box, and placed it on the small table under the window.

She changed into a plain honey-colored chest-length skirt, and put on a plain silver hairpin with a hollow crabapple flower, then went out.

In order to avoid looking exhausted, she didn't put on any rouge, powder, lipstick or eyebrow powder.

Her original intention was to dress more simply. The dignitaries who came here to have fun all liked to wear flowers and heavy makeup. It would be great if they were disgusted by her sickly appearance.

Unexpectedly, the effect was completely different from what she expected.

She pretended to be sick, with her brows slightly furrowed and a frail look.

She slowly knelt down and made a blessing gesture towards Chen Fengyao. When she stood up, her body swayed slightly as if she was weak. Such a pitiful posture instead made Chen Fengyao feel pity for her.

"Hail, my Lord."

Since the first time Chen Fengyao saw Yingniang, his heart was filled with a feeling of "eyes brightening".

It was not because Yingniang was dressed so glamorously and eye-catchingly, but because she was too simple and elegant, with a fresh temperament that was completely different from other women, which made Chen Fengyao involuntarily take a few more glances at her.

There is not a single girl in the brothel who is not dressed up, and it is rare to see a face as clean and without makeup as Yingniang.

Needless to say, Yingniang is very beautiful. Her pair of eyes are bright and expressive. When she looks at people, she can captivate people's souls. Her eyebrows are dark without any makeup, and her lips are red without any lipstick. They are clean and without any extra lip balm, which makes people want to taste them even more.

Chen Fengyao felt that she was very special, different from the ordinary vulgar women. Even before hearing her play the pipa, he was already full of expectations for her skills, thinking that Yingniang was indeed worthy of her reputation.

Yingniang felt that Chen Fengyao's eyes were fixed on her, and she couldn't help but panic. She prayed secretly that her pretending to be sick would not be discovered.

So, Yingniang pretended to be weak and powerless, and said in a tender voice: "I am not feeling well, and I am really ashamed to have troubled you to wait for so long. Please don't blame me."

Half of Chen Fengyao's body felt numb. He calmed down, cleared his throat, and no longer spoke harshly when facing Qin's mother. His voice tone unconsciously lowered a few degrees.

"Don't be alarmed, Yingniang. I came here today purely because I admire your superb piano skills and came here specially to visit and listen. I wonder if Yingniang would do me the honor of playing a piece for a vulgar person like me?"

Yingniang was relieved. Xiaoguoer was right. Men really like women's "green tea" behavior.

Even though that girl had never been with a man and ran around like a tomboy all day, she knew a man's mind very well and could analyze it clearly. She always said some strange words, and no one knew how she came up with them.

"I am honored that you do not despise my poor skills. What do you want to hear?"

"Pick what you are good at."

Yingniang lowered her eyelashes, thought for a moment, and gently placed her pair of white jade-like wrists on the pipa.

Her fingers plucked the strings flexibly, sometimes lightly plucking, sometimes slowly twisting, sometimes wiping the strings, and sometimes plucking repeatedly.

With her delicate hands and lowered brows, she played the passionate and high-pitched martial music piece "Ten Sides of Ambush" as smoothly as flowing water.

The cadence of the tune echoed in the air.

It is not the sentimental music often heard in brothels.

The rhythm is well-paced and lacks the gentleness, tenderness and romance, but instead makes people feel as if they are in a thrilling and mysterious war.

Chen Fengyao was surprised at first, but after listening, he gradually became immersed in it and couldn't extricate himself.

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Tang's Dim Sum Shop.

"Hey, buddy, give me three ounces each of snow mountain plum, candied green plum, and jade bean cake." An ethereal voice sounded crisply.

"okay."

The shop assistant was busy putting the copper coins given by the senior customers into the cash box. Without even raising his head, he picked up the scale pan on the scale bar, estimated the amount, scooped up a few snow mountain plums, moved the weight, and looked at the number on the scale bar.

The young man squinted at the scale bar and thought to himself, he wants only three taels, but he is really stingy, it is difficult to weigh it.

Three taels and four cents is enough. That’s all. There’s a queue behind you, so you have to move faster.

"Snow Mountain Plum, three ounces and four cents."

When Xiao Guoer heard the number the waiter reported, she knew that he was cheating, but she did not say anything to expose him.

The boy placed the weighed snow mountain plums on the kraft paper and continued to weigh the candied green plums.

"Candied green plums, three ounces and five cents."

"Jade bean cake, three taels and two cents."

"It's one pound for one penny. Miss, just give me one pound, which is half a penny."

The waiter skillfully tied the brown paper bag containing snacks and candied fruits with a rope and handed it to the customer in front of him.

However, Xiao Guoer did not reach out to take it. Instead, she took out a string of copper coins from her bosom, and said with an innocent expression, "But I don't have enough money on me. I can only buy the nine-liang one."

The young man's face immediately turned ugly, "Why didn't you say so earlier!"

The package is already packed, are we going to open it again?

The innocent look on Xiao Guoer's face turned into embarrassment, and her voice became weaker, as if she had been bullied.

"But I said I wanted three taels each."

A middle-aged man queuing behind her saw the girl in front of her looking aggrieved and couldn't bear it, so he stood up to seek justice.

"I did hear the little girl say that she only wanted three taels. You are so sneaky and cunning, are you trying to bully others?"

The people in the queue behind him also urged impatiently, "Hurry up, don't waste time!"

"Tang Ji relies on its good business and always deliberately weighs an extra ounce or two. Normally, no one cares about it, but now it's getting too much!"

The waiter listened to the accusations of other customers, took the copper coins from Xiao Guoer with a pale face, threw the brown paper bag to her, and spoke angrily.

"Alright, alright, I'll let you off easy this time!"

Xiao Guo'er was smiling happily in her heart, but her face still showed a sad expression as if she had been bullied. She hurried out of the snack shop holding the brown paper bag thrown to her by the waiter.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, a bright smile appeared on his face, making the scar on his cheek look a little lighter.

Xiao Guoer touched the one or two taels of silver in her purse, her eyes full of satisfaction.

I saved another 10 yuan today, I am so happy.

He walked happily and skipped towards Zuihualou.

As soon as Xiao Guoer left, a man in a green gown came out of Tang's Dim Sum Shop.

The man looked at the lively figure with a hint of interest on his face.

The servant behind him thought about the scene just now, and saw that the little girl with scar on her face suddenly became happy. How could he not understand?

"She's so ungrateful! Master, this woman is really greedy for both food and money!"

The young master did not care, "She didn't steal or rob, so what she said was not wrong."

The servant was incredulous, "Master! She is greedy for the Tang family's money!"

Who is the young master on? Why is he still speaking for that cheap woman? Could it be that he has a crush on that woman?

Impossible! That woman has a scar on her face. How could the young master like such a woman?

Tang Jingchen shook his head, smiling, "When doing business, you can't just focus on the little profits in front of you. Don't you think that girl is so happy just because she got a few more snacks? She must be a very easy-to-please person, right?"

The servant Shun'er curled his lips helplessly. His young master was a young master who was out of touch with the world!

-

Xiao Guoer hummed a little tune along the way and returned to her room briskly.

When he opened the door, the room was silent, and Xiao Guoer's originally happy smile instantly froze on her face.

A green jade hairpin under the window suddenly caught my eye, and the brown paper bag in my hand fell to the ground with a "pop".

Xiao Guoer hurried forward and picked up the hairpin. After seeing clearly that it was indeed the green jade hairpin at the bottom of the dressing box, she said to herself, "Oh no!"

This green jade hairpin was a token of their agreement. If there was an emergency, they would place the green jade hairpin under the window.