Shen Pingjin is worth talking about. He is also an aspect of our society, especially in the era before liberation and the early period of liberation.
Speaking of which, Shen Pingjin can be regarded as a strange person. He is a pimp.
There were many pimps before liberation. Not only in Wuhan, but also in every city across the country. Before liberation, the so-called "prostitute city, prosperous with many prostitutes" meant exactly this. There is nothing strange about this. .
Shen Pingjin, a pimp, had seven girls in his hands. Not only was he successful before liberation, but he actually made a lot of money. After liberation, the "government" and the public security department were strict with prostitutes and secret prostitutes. It's a bit strange that he can still survive despite being banned.
In Wuhan, it was not easy for the "Lehu" (referring to licensed prostitutes) industry to survive even before liberation. First, the national government levied a heavy tax on the "Lehu" industry. , called "Flower Donation".
I have a piece of information at hand, which is the "Hankou Police Tax List" from 1930. It records in detail the various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes that the "government" levies from prostitutes every year. Among them, the "Lehu tax" of 4 yuan is levied, and the "Lehu tax" is 4 yuan. "Flower donation" yuan, "flower wine donation" yuan, "prostitute license fee" 4 yuan, "Lehu license fee" 4 yuan. The total of these five items is a lot of dollars. And this is only in Hankou. You need to know , in that era, buying a cow only cost two oceans.
Under the "government", the police and gangs exploited "Lehu" prostitutes. This was a bigger and more severe exploitation, and even forced extortion. According to statistics from the Hankou Police Department in 1944, there were public prostitutes in the city. 4 people, 4 prostitutes, and tens of thousands of prostitutes. Among them, the higher-end prostitutes are mostly located in Changqing Lane, Fuyi Lane and Jianghan Road Lianbaoli in the French Concession. The lower-class prostitutes are scattered in Xianle Lane, Tudang, Wenwen Lane, Shajia Lane, Taoyuanfang, Moziqiao and other places. Regardless of whether they are public or private, most of them are under the control and extortion of the police and gangs.
After such triple exploitation, only one-tenth of the money that can end up in the hands of prostitutes is at most. What they earn is really hard-earned money!
The girl in Shen Pingjin's hands is actually a prostitute. What's unique about him is that he cleverly avoided the triple exploitation of the "government", police, and gangs above him. Not only did he earn a lot of money, but he also Let the girls under him earn some money to support their families. It is precisely because of this that although the "government" strictly banned prostitutes and prostitutes after liberation, his pimp was still able to survive.[
To sum up, Shen Pingjin has two strengths. One is shrewdness. The upper limit of his shrewdness is precisely because of his shrewdness that allows him to avoid exploitation by the "government", the police and gangs. Secondly, although others Bad, but there is a lower limit. Of course he wants to make money from the girls, but never to excess. Therefore, the money earned by the girls in his hands is much higher than that of public prostitutes. This is also the "government" after liberation. The reason why he repeatedly persuaded prostitutes to become good friends, but some girls still followed him to work as secret prostitutes.
Before liberation, Shen Pingjin had been learning trade from his brother. It was not a serious trade. He was just a broker, a businessman running a single gang, connecting buyers and sellers, earning a little interest spread or a little commission. In today's words That is to say, "double stitching".
He has a very smart mind and extremely flexible wrists. He looks for opportunities to make money in the overt or covert market like a fly every day. However, it is impossible for him to make big money. He can only make ends meet.
He later became a pimp, but it was completely accidental.
He lives in a small street called Catfish Tao near the river. It is a small courtyard with only four or five rooms left by his father. He eats out three meals a day, and the house is just a place to sleep. But He is an organized person by nature, and his room is neatly tidied.
For a while, Shen Pingjin vaguely noticed that a familiar girl in the street seemed to be interested in him. He didn't know her last name, but he only heard the neighbors call her "Ayu". This Ayu was the one who helped Manager Shen to vent his lust today. Miss Ayu.
At that time, Shen Pingjin heard that Ayu's family was in a very poor situation. Her mother was ill and she had a large group of younger brothers and sisters. The family only relied on their father to pull carts for people to survive every day.
Shen Pingjin sometimes walked by the side street and saw her sitting in front of her house washing clothes or drying bedding. She was a very diligent and hard-working girl.
For a while, Shen Pingjin noticed that when Ayu saw him in the street, she would glance at him silently, then lower her head and walk away, with a faint smile on her face.
Shen Pingjin was born to understand women, and he had experienced it in Fireworks Alley. When he saw Ayu's vaguely affectionate eyes, he had already guessed some of the meaning. Naturally, he also weighed this girl Ayu in his heart.
Although this Ayu girl is not beautiful, she is also upright and supple. Her thin body also has some attractive undulations. Although the clothes on her body are old, they are washed cleanly and neatly, and the patches on her shoulders and elbows are also sewn carefully and properly. .
Shen Pingjin was not emotional at this time, but he was a little moved. It was quite rare for a poor girl from a back alley to look like this. He thought to himself, I wonder if he could get a taste of it.
Sure enough, one day Miss Ayu came to his door and asked him a little embarrassedly if there were any discarded receipts at home that he wanted to staple up for his brothers and sisters to write on. Shen Pingjin understood and took her into his home.
Shen Pingjin searched around the house casually, but naturally couldn't find any discarded receipts. He took out some money from his pocket, grabbed one of her hands, put it into her hand, and said: "I don't have the paper you want. I'll give you some money and you can buy some paper."
But Miss Ayu clenched her hand and refused to take it, and she didn't try hard to earn it. She just said, "I can't accept Mr. Shen's money in vain."[
Shen Pingjin still held one of her hands and said with a smile: "It's just a few cents. What does it matter? Just take it." As he said this, he was about to put the little money into Ayu's side pocket. Rise.
Miss Ayu was wearing an old-style large-breasted gown with side pockets under the armpits. Shen Pingjin did not stuff the money into it, but tore open the buckles under her armpits.
Ayu dodged, her face turned red. Shen Pingjin became more energetic and refused to let her go. He held her in his arms. One hand had already reached under her clothes and was on her body. "Randomly" and "touching". He also saw it. Although Ayu dodged, he didn't use too much force.
In this way, Shen Pingjin took the half-baked girl Ayu to bed without much trouble.
During the ups and downs behind, Miss Ayu kept her eyes closed tightly, her face turned red, and she bit her lips to endure it.
It was only when Shen Pingjin succeeded that he realized that he had got a yellow girl. This situation surprised him. Although he was an expert in love and had slept with many girls, one thing he understood was that he had got a yellow girl. , is not a trivial matter.
Therefore, when he and Miss Ayu broke up, he gave her some more money. It was more than what he should have given. After all, although this Shen Pingjin can be considered a villain, there is a lower limit for evil, and there is no limit to what he can do. You are willing to go too far, let alone get a yellow girl.
The next day, Shen Pingjin forgot about the incident.
One evening about a week later, a drizzle fell from the sky, and the wind blew the rain into the room. It made people feel moist and cool, and also made those who were worried feel waves of indescribable melancholy.
Shen Pingjinzheng cannot go out to run business because of bad weather, so he is sitting at home feeling melancholy.
At this time, he heard someone knocking on the door. The sound of the knocking was very soft, and he heard that the person who knocked on the door seemed to be hesitant. When he opened the door and took a look, he was a little surprised. It turned out to be Miss Ayu standing outside the door.
Through the dim street light not far away, Shen Pingjin saw that her hair was completely wet, and the clothes on her shoulders were also all wet. Shen Pingjin guessed that she might have stood outside the door for a long time, and she must have hesitated. It's been a while.
Shen Pingjin looked down at her. Although he was a little surprised, he still asked: "Ayu, do you want to come in?"
Ayu raised her head and smiled reluctantly at him, shaking her head. She stood so timidly outside the door, occasionally looking up at Shen Pingjin. Sometimes she would stretch her head and look into the street, as if she was afraid of being seen. She What he finally said in a low voice took a long time for Shen Pingjin, a man who had seen the world, to react.
She said: "Mr. Shen, I am just a... poor girl. I don't dare... I don't dare to keep trying to reach you. If you... if you see the right person, just like... just like you did last time." The person who does it, please...please introduce it to me..." She lowered her head, paused for a while, and then said softly: "Thank you, Mr. Shen." Then she lowered her head and left quickly.
Shen Pingjin looked at her thin back under the street lamp, being wrapped in the rain and gradually moving away. He closed the door and was stunned for a while before he realized that what Miss Ayu wanted was not a husband, but a customer, a prostitute.
At this time, Shen Pingjin felt an indescribable sadness in his heart, because of Miss Ayu's begging eyes and her thin back in the rain. He felt vaguely heartbroken.
A few days later, Shen Pingjin introduced a business friend of his to Miss Ayu, and he was a good person and let them use a small side room of his.
After all, it was the first time to do such a thing, so when it was almost dawn, Shen Pingjin stood in front of him and looked outside. He saw his friend holding a leather bag, swinging open the courtyard door and leaving. .After that, he saw Miss Ayu also leaving the small side room, but she did not leave, but walked all the way to his door. He saw Ayu standing quietly in front of his door, neither knocking nor making a sound. , seemed to be waiting for him to come out.
