The only sounds in the private room were the clinking of cups against the table, and the noise outside the curtain.
"Master, are you back?"
After the noble man left with Mengzhuo, Jing Yue looked at his master and asked softly. The master rarely came to Zhongyou recently, and this sudden arrival caught them off guard, thinking that something big had happened. However, the master had no other instructions except to deal with the backlog of accounts accumulated in the past six months.
"Wait a little longer, there will be more fun to come."
In the hall on the first floor, Jin Ronger had already invited two beauties to serve her. A person named Xiaomei was helping her beat her legs. There was also a person beside An Yu, a woman with delicate features named Xiaolan. Fortunately, the women here all look serious, and they don't like to cling to the guests like the girls in Yihong Courtyard last time, and use their rough waves to nuzzle the patrons. It's been a long time since An Yu and Jin Ronger came in, but their identities haven't been identified by anyone yet.
"An An, I see you are always a little careless. What are you thinking about? Now that you are out, stop thinking about those nonsense!" Jin Ronger blinked, looked at An Yu and said.
An Yu ignored the word "An'an" and asked, "Do you know the man who just bought the girl Mengzhuo?"
Jin Ronger shook her head and looked up at the window. The curtain had been lowered there, hiding everything.
"The number one here is Meng Zhuo?" An Yu glanced at the woman beside him and asked doubtfully.
Xiaolan had a smile on her face and said in a soft voice: "Back to the young master, we don't have the number one sister in our building. Although Miss Mengzhuo is of high worth, she is not the number one sister."
When Jin Ronger heard this, she was so pretty, but she wasn’t even number one! Her eyes immediately lit up. Interjected and asked: "Since you don't have any number one here, how do you rank number one?"
"It's based on income." Xiaolan licked her lips and replied obediently.
"Oh haha - it looks really interesting! You have even changed the rules here! Last time I came here, there were no such rankings~ Will the income of the girls in your building still be made public?" Jin Ronger heard this, In his mind, he immediately imagined that all the beauties had signs hanging on their bodies, and their net worths were written on the signs. Such a scene... It was really quite spectacular!
"Yes, although Sister Mengzhuo is beautiful, in terms of income, she has always been in third place. The number one has always been Sister Mengli." Xiaomei, who was beating Jin Ronger's feet, muttered Mouth says.
Xiaolan nodded and said softly: "Sister Xiaomei is right, our building is not like other buildings that rely on appearance. In our Jinlu Building, we all rely on our true abilities to make money!"
When Xiaolan said this, she looked very proud, which made An Yu very confused. She had never visited brothels in ancient times. The last experience she had at Yihong Courtyard was still fresh in her memory! It's no different from what I saw in the TV series, except here...
"Mengli? I haven't heard of it. How does it look like?" Jin Ronger asked with eyes wide open, looking fascinated.
Xiaomei saw her like this. Covering her lips and smiling softly, she said sweetly: "Sir, let me tell you who is the most beautiful in our building. I'm afraid no one can compare to Sister Mengjue. However, no matter how beautiful Sister Mengjue is, she is still far from beautiful. Sister Mengli has a lot! The money she receives every day is still far behind!"
"Eh? Can you girls here still make money by yourself?"
"Of course! Master, just look at the sign hanging on the stairs and you will know!"
After saying that, Xiaomei raised her hand and pointed. Jin Ronger and An Yu looked at her hand, and sure enough. There are various signs hanging on the stairs, and what is written on the signs is the name of the girl in Jinlu Building. The one hanging on top is Meng Li, the second one is Meng Jue, and the next one is Meng Zhuo.
Jin Ronger opened her mouth in surprise, wiped her eyes in disbelief, and then murmured after seeing that she was right, "Who came up with this idea?"
"Of course he is our boss~" Xiaomei said with a smile.
"Are the numbers hanging behind those signs their income?" An Yu asked with some confusion when he saw those names followed by a series of numbers, arranged from top to bottom, from high to low.
Xiaolan said with a smile: "It is the income of the sisters. What is hanging every day is the income earned the day before."
Xiaomei said with envy: "I really don't know how Sister Mengli earned so much money. I heard that she is not a slave!"
Her words really aroused the curiosity of An Yu and Jin Ronger, because if they were not slaves, no one would be willing to come to the dirty place of a brothel to make money, unless they really couldn't survive and had no choice but to do so. Come to the brothel.
"How could the mother in your building watch them make so much money in her territory?" Jin Ronger curled her lips, rolled her eyes, and asked.
"Sir, my mother naturally took away the money from my sisters long ago before she allowed them to continue. In fact, speaking of it, my mother had to take away 70% of the money above!" Xiaomei withdrew her envious eyes and continued to work for them. Jin Ronger beat her feet and said while beating her feet.
"Seventy percent? That's not bad." Jin Ronger suddenly realized.
"Except Sister Mengli, because she is not from the building, so my mother wants to take away 80% of her money."
An Yu glanced at Mengli, who was ranked first. She made one hundred six thousand taels yesterday. If 80% is taken away, Mengli can only get two thousand taels of silver. Two thousand taels of silver is enough for a person to live for decades. However, listening to what the two of them said, it is obvious that Mengli is not staying here for a day or two. She earns several thousand taels of silver every day. She must have been rich for a long time. Why is she still staying here? What about here
"Why doesn't Miss Mengli want to leave?" An Yu asked after being silent for a while.
Xiaolan and Xiaomei both smiled knowingly, but Xiaomei was the quick one and explained in a chirpy voice: "Sir, you must be a foreigner and don't know about this past incident. Sister Mengli was actually a daughter of an official family, but something happened at home later. Due to an unexpected incident, she was demoted to slavery, and then she met our boss. Although our boss freed her from slavery, he was still unwilling to leave. He only said that she was homeless, so it was better to stay in the building to repay his kindness. "
This explanation seemed to be perfect, but An Yu still found many unreasonable points. Why did the boss of Jinlu Tower help her escape from slavery? Could it be that he felt pity for her? But who lives in a brothel and doesn’t have a miserable life experience? Which one doesn't need help? Why did he help her? Secondly, even if Mengli wanted to repay her kindness, she wouldn't let herself fall like this, right
Because he couldn't figure it out, An Yu simply asked, "Who is your boss?"
When asked, Xiaomei and Xiaolan were stunned for a moment, and Xiaolan whispered: "Except for my mother and sister Mengli, no one else has seen the boss of Jinlulou! But the boss is quite nice. Because in this way, many sisters will have a goal and run towards that goal in order to earn ransom for themselves. As long as they earn enough money, the boss will let the sisters get rid of their slavery and marry well. "
"There are such good people!" Jin Ronger sighed.
But An Yu glanced at her and said, "Where can I go?"
"Look at other brothel girls, none of them want to stay in this business forever. Which one of them doesn't want to be a good person every day? In this Jinlu brothel, as long as you make enough money for him, he will not only release people, but also help They have prepared Qingbai’s household registration, isn’t this all bad?”
What Jin Ronger said are all facts. Even if the folk customs here are more open, men are not willing to marry a slave woman. Moreover, slave status is the lowest level, and can only be despised by thousands of people. It is very easy to change from an innocent person to a slave. On the other hand, if you want to escape from a slave, it is like ascending to heaven. That's why Jin Ronger said this. Although An Yu had heard others talk about it before, he didn't take it to heart. Being talked about at this time, I felt a sense of emotion in my heart, but my face remained calm.
"Maybe!" On someone else's territory, it's best to say less bad things about that person, so he changed the subject, "Is the business here good? There don't seem to be many people on this floor!"
Xiaolan smiled: "Sir, the golden guests are all on the second and third floors."
An Yu was silent. It seemed that in other people's eyes, these two of them were unknown pawns. They didn't dress well and didn't spend money generously, so they stayed on this floor. She was silent, and Jin Ronger was unhappy.
"Hey, I'm not telling you, little girl, how can you talk? Are all the Jin guests on the second and third floors? Am I not a Jin guest?"
It seems that someone is going to make trouble again... An Yu glanced at Jin Ronger and muttered silently in his heart.
"Sir, I don't mean this..." Seeing her unkind tone, Xiaolan blinked aggrievedly and bit her lower lip.
"Please stop saying a few words. Look, the little girl was frightened!" An Yu couldn't stand it.
Jin Ronger hummed, took out two silver notes with dark blue backgrounds from his pocket and threw them to Xiaomei, saying: "Go and book me the best private room! I am going to show it to some people today." , there are also gold customers on the first floor!”
The tone of her words immediately made An Yu laugh. She shook her head helplessly and said, "Are you having trouble with yourself?"
"I just can't stand some self-righteous people. So what's wrong with this young master who likes to stay on the first floor?"
An Yu didn't want to argue with her and had to let her go. If you get to know this woman a lot, you will know her habits. It's okay to be moody when doing things. When you get into trouble, you are more stubborn than anyone else. If you argue with her, not only will you get nothing out of it, but you will end up getting yourself involved. She'd better stay away from her!