Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

Walk to the innermost part of the street and turn left, and you will see another bustling street in front of you. The houses on the street are very luxurious. In broad daylight, there are people coming and going outside, but it is very quiet here.

Qin Li looked at him curiously: "Hey, where is this? It's so luxurious, but no one comes in."

Lu Ling was also a little hesitant: "I don't know, my cousin has never brought me in."

"Then let's go in and take a look." Qin Li took the first step. Since he was already here, he might find an opportunity to make money.

Several people behind him followed him up the stairs and walked into the largest lobby.

It was very big and luxuriously decorated. There were more than a dozen tables on the first floor. There were some leftovers on the plates, but the food was very rich, mostly meat dishes. The guests probably didn't eat much, so everything inside was intact.

The old woman who was cleaning up poured these things directly into the泔水袋. Qin Li felt a little distressed when he saw this. Many people in Qinjia Village could not eat meat, but here, they were thrown away at will.

Qin Wen watched this scene and suddenly remembered a line from a poem: "The rich have wine and meat, while the poor are freezing to death on the streets."

The voice was very low, but Lu Ling who was beside him still heard it.

What a scene: the rich have wine and meat, but there are frozen corpses on the road.

At this moment, the two maids also saw them and shouted, "The girls have all gone to bed. We are not accepting guests now. Please come back in the evening."

Lu Ling was from Kyoto after all, so he immediately understood what kind of place this was. However, he misjudged it because the decoration outside was very different from that in Kyoto.

Qin Li and Qin Wen didn't quite understand.

"What girls? Why are they sleeping during the day? What do they do at night?" Qin Li asked casually.

When Lu Ling heard this, he really wanted to turn around and leave.

It's obvious that these kids haven't seen much of the world, so it's normal that they don't know what brothels are. How should I explain to them what these places are?

Just as he was struggling, there was a sudden noise from the second floor of the house.

Immediately afterwards, bursts of noises were heard on the wooden floor, and a group of people rushed downstairs.

The one in front was a girl in her teens. She stared at the gate behind them and ran towards them desperately.

"Catch her, don't let her get away!"

"quick!!!"

The old woman who was just picking up the garbage rushed over and clamped the girl to the ground. It seemed that she had some skills.

"Woo, help... help."

The girl was pressed to the ground by the old woman, who pulled her hair, making her unable to move. She raised her head and looked at the few people, tears in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

"Catch him back and teach him a lesson. If he runs away again, you will lose your heads." The old woman threw the man to the servant who ran up from behind and said viciously.

Then he looked at Lu Ling and his group, his face suddenly changed to a cold expression: "My dear guests, you have watched the show, I will not see you out, please come this way."

Normally, Grandma Sun would have ordered people to chase anyone who broke in. However, she saw that the man in front was of extraordinary bearing, dressed in noble clothes, and was accompanied by two servants. He must be of an extraordinary status, so she did not chase him away violently.

Lu Ling frowned. There were brothels in Kyoto, but transactions were entirely voluntary. He didn't expect that there would be such forced behavior in Yunding County.

But it seemed that he shouldn't care about such things, and was about to turn around and leave.

But Qin Li walked forward and stopped the woman.

Lu Ling quickly said, "Brother Qin, this woman must have been sold here. She's already signed her indentures. You can't take her away."

Before he could finish his words, a sharp voice rang out from upstairs: "Quickly stop that damn girl! The indenture hasn't been signed yet, but you can't let her get away. Hurry and bring her back for me to give her fingerprints."

"Brother Lu..." Qin Li looked at him hesitantly.

The look that the girl had just given him was filled with sorrow, and he wanted to save her.

Lu Ling walked over and whispered, "If she was sold here, the indenture should have been in place long ago and there's no need to rewrite it. I'm afraid this girl is..."

Qin Li also looked solemn. It was obvious that the girl was captured.

In this era, the existence of brothels was legal. The young girls in the brothels were either forced by their families to sell themselves, or sold themselves voluntarily. However, if a woman's family was kidnapped, it was illegal.

He took a look at the girl from head to toe. She was well-dressed and had fair skin. She couldn't possibly be a peasant girl. It was obvious that her family was well-off, so how could they sell their daughter?

Qin Li was still holding on there, refusing to let go of her hand. Soon, the person in charge of the restaurant came out.

"Yo, who wants the girl in my building?"

A graceful woman walked out from the second floor. She was dressed in red and her head was covered with a veil, so her face could not be seen clearly.

At the same time, dozens of thugs rushed out from all directions, each of them looking strong and powerful.

Places like brothels are plagued by drunkards causing trouble or girls running away every day. If they don't hire a group of thugs, their business would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Qin Wen watched as a group of people gradually gathered around him, and took a step closer to Lu Ling: "Brother Lu Ling, how about one of us run away and tell the county magistrate to bring people back to rescue this girl?"

"No." Lu Ling's face was stern. "It has come to this. We must save her as much as possible. If we run out now to call for help, by the time the soldiers arrive, the girl will have been moved away to who knows where."

Also.

Qin Wen had no choice but to give up this method.

Looking at the approaching thugs, Lu Ling had no choice but to take a step forward and shouted, "How dare you rebel against your superiors? Do you know who he is? If you dare to touch us, your entire building will be buried with you."

After shouting this, Lu Ling felt his entire back was soaked. From childhood to adulthood, he had never been so miserable.

The thugs were frightened when they heard this, and they didn't know whether to advance or retreat.

The woman upstairs chuckled: "Hey, tell me, who is he?"

"My brother is Lu Yunfeng, the county magistrate of Yunding County!"

As soon as these words came out, the woman upstairs immediately put away her nonchalant attitude: "Brother County Magistrate?"

Yunding County has a new county magistrate who is deeply loved by the people, but I have never heard that the county magistrate has a younger brother.

At this moment, Lu Ling stood steadily below, dressed in white clothes that looked very valuable. He also gave off a sense of power. The woman upstairs also knew how to judge people and immediately relaxed her expression.

She gave a look to the old woman downstairs, and Grandma Sun immediately understood and ran out.

The crowd remained in this stalemate for a quarter of an hour.

Grandma Sun ran upstairs, panting, holding her waist, and whispered in her ear.

In an instant, the woman hurried down from upstairs and came in front of the few people.

Qin Li immediately chimed in: "You opened a shop in the prosperous area of ​​Yunding County, so you must have heard of his brother's deeds. The governor really values ​​his brother, and even the county magistrate has to be gentle with him."

After saying that, Qin Li picked up a stick and placed it in front of the woman. "Come on, try to hit him. The county magistrate loves his younger brother very much. Someone accidentally offended him before, and the next day, he disappeared in Yunding County. Don't you want to do this business anymore?"

The woman didn't dare take the stick.

Nowadays, a woman who can open a brothel is naturally a shrewd person.

It's okay to offend rich people, but if you go against the Shangguan family, no matter how powerful you are, your future path will be blocked and everyone will come to step on you.