Xiaohuazhi Lane is located two miles behind Ningrong Street. The reason why it is called Xiaohuazhi Lane is because this alley is not a straight alley. It has twists and turns and looks like a flower branch, so it got such an elegant name.
This alley is on a small street, very quiet and clean.
Just as Jia Lian walked into the alley, the street door of the sixth house in the alley opened, and Qingwen's brother Xiu Aqing came out carrying a vegetable basket.
As soon as he saw Jia Lian, he hurriedly greeted him and saluted him:
"Second Master is here. In the past month, Miss Yanhong has been crying.
I asked if I wanted to go into the house to see the second master because I didn’t have time, but Miss Yanhong refused, saying she was afraid of disturbing the second master’s affairs.”
Jia Lian threw the horse's reins to Ah Qing and asked with a smile:
"My eldest brother and my eldest brother Zhen both said they would keep it a secret from me and never let the people in my yard know about it. It seems that they really kept their word.
I can’t trust the people in the house, and I’m afraid of buying people from outside without knowing my true identity, so I asked you to move out. Are you used to living here?”
Ah Qing quickly took the reins:
"Thank you, Mr. Er, for finding me a good job.
Mr. and Mrs. Luo, sent by Mr. Touqian'er, were quite happy with Qiao Zong'er, but Miss Yanhong came from the south and was not used to their cooking.
The second master asked me to come and fill in for Mr. and Mrs. Luo, and Miss Yanhong said it just suits their taste."
Listen to Jia Lian ask:
"I haven't been here these days. Has anyone else been here?"
Ah Qing welcomed Jia Lian in with a smile and replied:
"Uncle Xiao Rong came here once. He said he wanted to know what was missing. He also said that Mr. Lian had too many things going on inside and outside the house and was too busy to keep his feet on the ground. It was the same for him to take care of her.
Miss Yanhong said politely and let him go."
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Although this house is not big, with only about twenty rooms, it also has a three-story courtyard. In particular, there are two thick albizia trees in the backyard, which makes the small courtyard even more peaceful.
Jia Lian walked all the way into the second courtyard from the first floor courtyard and saw a little maid watering the potted flowers on the edge of the corridor.
Ah Qing said quickly:
"Kudhao, hurry up and tell the girl that Second Master Lian is here."
The maid was startled, dropped the kettle, and ran towards the backyard.
Not long after, the maid Daukou came out supporting a delicate and pretty woman.
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Yan Hong is still wearing a begonia red dress, her hair is neatly combed, and her makeup is beautiful and elegant. It can be seen that dressing up is a required course for her every day.
This was the first time that Yan Hong faced Jia Lian face to face. She couldn't help but lower her head slightly, and a blush appeared on her cheeks.
She originally thought she was sold to Mr. She, who was in his fifties, but unexpectedly, she was given to Mr. She's son, Mr. Lian, unexpectedly.
Looking at the jade trees in the wind in front of her, the rich and noble son who looked better than Pan An, Yan Hong couldn't help but thank all the gods and Buddhas in her heart:
After seventeen years of hardship, I finally got through it.
Seventeen years old, so dangerous.
You know, if the Yangzhou Shou Ma is not bought by a financial owner after she is eighteen years old, then her final destination will be to sell jokes in a brothel or solicit customers on the street.
After all, Yapo, who is busy looking around every day to inquire about the business of buying and selling people, is not a kind person who gives up porridge. She cannot waste rice in vain to feed a "skinny horse" that cannot make money.
She has been sold as a "skinny horse" since she was a child. In the past ten years, Yapo has not given her a full meal for the sake of the weak Liu Fufeng, who is loved by rich men.
That's why Yanhong's thin body and pale face, which I feel pity for now, were so weak from hunger that when she played the piano and sang, she naturally performed the low-pitched singing that was regarded as poetic by the literati.<
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In addition to her "young" age, "white" skin and "thin" figure, she has also been taught all the skills to please men since she was a child.
For example, there are all kinds of amorous feelings between the eyebrows, such as the chess, calligraphy and painting required for elegance, and the romantic means of bed curtains and curtains.
She is more innocent and elegant than the fireworks woman, and she knows more about style than the lady Jasper.
Because every move, every frown and every smile of hers can be both "pure" and "desirable", all of which are artificially crafted for the needs of men.
Shouma, using everything she has to hold onto a man, like a vine wrapping around a giant tree, is the way to survive in her life.
Otherwise, there is only a dead end.
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From the night she moved into Xiaohuazhi Lane, Yan Hong had been waiting with great anticipation for Jia Lian to come.
She hasn't lost her virginity yet.
She is such a cute and charming "child", she is exactly the person that men can't wait to have fun with.
But Jia Lian didn't come.
The next day, he didn’t come.
On the third day, I didn’t come.
Haven’t been here for a month.
Yanhong felt unsure and secretly asked the little girl sent to her by her master.
But these two little girls are only twelve or three years old, and because they are of average appearance, they usually only do menial jobs, and are not even qualified to serve tea in the inner courtyard.
So these two girls only know that Mr. Lian is the eldest son of Mr. She's deceased wife. He is twenty-four this year and is a pervert who is afraid of his wife. He especially likes to sleep with the wife of the cook in the house.
For example, the wife of Luo Xiao, the cook who was sent to serve, was slept with by Mr. Lian.
Fortunately, later I heard that Jia Lian replaced Luo Xiao and his wife with Xiu Aqing, who also came from the south.
But after Yanhong inquired quietly, she found out that Xiu Aqing's sister Qingwen would also be Jia Lian's concubine in the future, and Yanhong understood immediately.
Thinking about it, the reason why Jia Lian never came to see him was probably because there were too many women around him and he didn't bother to come to see him.
Having been unable to eat and sleep for many days in a row, Yanhong's slender waist became more and more plump, and her face became increasingly pale and pitiful. Anyone who looked at it couldn't help but feel a little sad.
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Suddenly, Jia Lian appeared in front of her eyes as if she had fallen from the sky, and Yan Hong was a little panicked. She didn't know whether to play the piano and sing, or cook tea and wine.
Jia Lian entered the house generously, looked around, nodded and said:
"It's quite clean and elegant. Let's make do with it now. When people come, we can clean up whatever is not suitable."
Yan Hong still wasn't sure about Jia Lian's temperament, so she didn't dare to answer the conversation rashly, let alone ask who the person who was coming was.
Jia Lian turned around and smiled at Yan Hong:
"I am a guest here, so you should have a cup of tea to entertain the guests, right?"
Mr. Lian said he was a "guest"? Does it mean he doesn't want himself anymore?
Yan Hong was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat. She hurriedly went to make tea and carefully held it to Jia Lian:
"Please invite me to tea."
The soft words are like a pair of white, soft and delicate little hands, blowing through people's hearts like a warm breeze.
She thought Jia Lian would take the opportunity to pull her into his arms.
As a result, she was disappointed.
Jia Lian just took the tea and chatted with her without saying a word. He asked her where she was from and who else was in her family. It was all irrelevant gossip.
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In fact, Jia Lian was also a little disappointed.
Ahe is from Suzhou, but Yanhong said that she grew up in Yangzhou since she was a child.
She said that when she first remembered, her family was a fisherman, but later she was sold to Ren Yazi when she was four or five years old.
With her, there were seven or eight girls of about the same age.
A year later, there was one less girl. No one knew where the girl had gone, and no one dared to ask.
In the days that followed, girls were divided into three, six, and nine grades, and each skill was developed according to grade.
She said that Yapo wanted to sell them for money, and they couldn't have any scars anywhere on their bodies, so Yapo used special methods to punish them.
In the room used to punish girls, thick cotton curtains would be used to block all the doors and windows in the summer, and two braziers would be placed inside. The girls who had made mistakes were kept in there for less than half an hour.
She will definitely faint from the heat. In order to get a sip of water when she is extremely hot, the girl will finally give in.
In the winter, the girl who made the mistake was asked to stand outside in single clothes while ladles of cold water were poured over her body.
Yan Hong burst into tears while Jia Lian shook his head and sighed.
But after talking for a long time, Jia Lian stood up to leave.
Yan Hong was shocked, and Chu Chu pitifully asked:
"Did Yan Hong say something wrong? Did she make the second master unhappy?"
Jia Lian did not express his doubts about Yan Hong's life experience, but only consoled him:
"My master gave you to me. Just listen to me. I won't treat you badly."
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After leaving Huazhi Lane, before it got dark, Jia Lian went to the largest salt store in Beijing.