Throughout history, there have been many famous prostitutes who became famous for their talent and had a constant stream of clients, and their value skyrocketed.
Liu Yong was a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. His poems were passed down to later generations, but he became famous for his prostitution at the time.
When he was an official, his political achievements were mediocre. He spent every day with prostitutes. He thought that life was like a dream, so he might as well spend his time there.
But the difference between his prostitution and others is that other clients just want to satisfy their sexual desires and do not treat prostitutes as human beings.
However, Liu Yong treated prostitutes as friends and had heart-to-heart talks with them.
At that time, if Liu Yong wrote a poem for any prostitute, that prostitute's value would double, so that the prostitutes all admired him very much.
Liu Yong was the seventh child in the family and was known as Liu Qi. "I don't want the king to summon me, I want Liu Qi's call; I don't want thousands of gold, I want Liu Qi's heart; I don't want the gods to see me, I want to meet Liu Qi" became a true portrayal of the fashion among prostitutes at that time.
It is sad to see that even when Liu Yong was surrounded by prostitutes, he was still inspired and wrote many masterpieces that will be remembered forever.
But in the end, Liu Yong failed politically and died in poverty.
His death was quite miserable, as several prostitutes pooled their money to bury him.
After the news of his death spread, thousands of prostitutes flocked to his grave to pay their respects, causing a sensation.
When talking about brothel women in ancient times, the general impression may be that they are a group of bad women who sell their bodies.
actually not.
There are two kinds of people in brothels, prostitutes and geishas.
The so-called prostitutes are women who sell their bodies.
The prostitutes dress up beautifully and change their groom in the bridal chamber every night.
A pair of jade wrists have been pillowed by thousands of people, and a bit of red lips has been tasted by tens of thousands of guests.
Pretend to be shy and have a fake heart.
How much do you know about welcoming the new and bidding farewell to the old? That’s why I shed two lines of shy tears.
Geisha refers to women who sell their art but not their bodies, and they know a thing or two about music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
The famous Eight Beauties of Qinhuai were proficient in poetry and songs, and often interacted with literati and scholars, providing them with spiritual needs.
Of course, if they get along well and sparks spark, the client can sleep with the geisha for free.
When Yin Huan, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, was not yet an imperial examinee, he traveled to Tiaoxi River in Huzhou and fell in love with a prostitute there.
Ten years later, he came to Huzhou from Wuzhong and asked about his old lover. He learned that she had been possessed by the son of a royal family and had a son with him, but was still listed as a musician.
So Yin Huan summoned her over, and she finally arrived after a long time, looking a little shy and haggard.
When talking about past love affairs, she pretended not to understand and just raised lotus seeds and threw them at the mandarin ducks in the distance.
This story is very similar to the love affair of Du Mu in Huzhou during the Tang Dynasty, so Yin Huan had the "feelings of Mu Zhi" and wrote a poem "Tang Duoling·Tiaoxi has the feeling of Mu Zhi".
"At the end of the night, the sound of the stream and the cool evening. Passing the cup slowly, urging the red dress. Slowly tying up the dark clouds after a new bath, the skirt brushes the ground, the water is fragrant. The song is short, the old love is long, and the return is startling. The green shade and the green seed are paired. Speaking of the happy sheep in front of me, they don't pay attention, and the lotus seeds are flying, and the mandarin ducks are fighting."
After the Song Dynasty, the number of geishas decreased significantly, and many of them switched to becoming prostitutes.
Even so, these former geishas had a red rope tied around their waists, which meant they were not naked when selling their bodies. This was their last bit of stubbornness.
"Don't tell these things to outsiders." Aunt Thirteen scolded Yang Fan.
How can you compare those who ask for calligraphy to the prostitutes in ancient brothels? This is extremely disrespectful.
It does have that flavor though.
"I didn't mean that. I just couldn't help but think of it. It's my fault." Yang Fan said, "Just like I like you so much, it's not because you are too charming, but because I am too greedy for the beauty of this world. It has nothing to do with you."
Thirteenth Auntie was angry and raised her hand: "I am not very charming?"
Yang Fan said quickly: "It's big, very big, so big that I can't hold it, it's more naughty than the sand in Wind City."
Thirteen's face turned slightly red as he looked at Guoguo, who had already finished her meal and was looking at her parents with a pair of innocent big eyes, not understanding what her father was talking about.
"Go play when you're full. What are you sitting here waiting for?" Aunt Thirteen scolded the little girl.
"Oh oh." The little girl quickly climbed down from the chair and ran away.
Mom is getting more and more aggressive.
After Guoguo ran away, Yang Fan asked Aunt Thirteen, "Who went to ask for a calligraphy?"
Aunt Thirteen mentioned a few.
After listening, Yang Fan pondered.
The old lady did not give any instructions, and Thirteenth Aunt did not accept or reject on Yang Fan's behalf.
"What are you going to do?" Aunt Thirteen asked after waiting for a long time.
Yang Fan said, "Come back later and I'll give you the answer."
Afterwards, he took Guoguo and the three treasures out to play.
Aunt Thirteen did not go out with them.
It’s not that she has become lazy, but at this stage, she really doesn’t want to waste her energy on other things.
No matter how energetic she was before going to bed, she was always exhausted by love and fell asleep faster than before.
Now when Yang Fan takes his four babies out, in addition to a mobile phone, the essential items are a dog leash and a children's balance stroller.
It doesn’t matter if Sibao has endless energy to vent, he just sits on the cart and lets the other three Baos except Sanbao pull it.
GunGun is too smart and cunning. He is not willing to do this kind of work and often slacks off.
But it doesn't matter. Yang Fan will play with the dog ball with it. He will sit on the cart calmly while throwing the dog ball to the dog, letting the dog keep picking it up with its claws.
By the time Guoguo and the Great Sage were exhausted, GunGun was also exhausted to death.
The Great Sage was very disdainful of GunGun’s behavior, saying it was no better than pulling a cart.
Is pulling the cart as tiring as picking up the ball
GunGun also despised the Monkey King's hard work and dedication. Look at me, I am tired, but I have had enough fun and you have gained nothing.
Sanbao is not targeting anyone, all dogs in front of it are garbage.
As long as you are lazy every day, you won’t be troubled by a scumbag.
Isn't it good to be comfortable and relaxed? Why do you have to be in chaos every day
While walking the dog and kids tonight, Yang Fan said very little and had little interaction with the four babies.
He has something on his mind, and it's very serious.
It's not the kind of worrying that worries the world first, but because of some tacit understanding between the old lady and Thirteen.
The old lady was testing him, and she was moving a hidden thread, which he was unaware of.
But he knew that it was impossible for the old lady not to know about her granddaughter's love life.
Knowing about his granddaughter's love life, he still did this, which seemed to make Yang Fan respect himself.
The so-called self-respect means to be obedient to her and be devoted to her granddaughter in the future.
The Liu family
What does it have to do with her? She is just a relative who has no blood relationship with her. Of course she is partial to her granddaughter who is related to her by blood.
Now, in the circle of bigwigs, if not everyone knows it, at least many bigwigs know that Yang Fan is the boyfriend of the old lady’s favorite granddaughter.
Thirteen was very smart. It was impossible for him not to have guessed what kind of impact the old lady's test of Yang Fan would have.
But she still acquiesced to the old lady's doing so.
What does it mean
This shows that Thirteen has begun to doubt her own charm, and is unconfident, worried that she cannot compete with Liu Qianqian, who is at the peak of her beauty.
So she was willing to let the old lady help her.
Shisan said that he didn't want to get married this year and gave Yang Fan some time.
In fact, she earnestly hoped that Yang Fan would express his determination to her the next moment, formally propose to her, and hold her hand and grow old together.
But Yang Fan didn't.
This means that Yang Fan also has feelings for the girl from the Liu family and is hesitating.
This made Thirteen feel insecure and unconfident about himself.
With all this going on between the grandparents and grandson, Yang Fan is not someone who knows nothing.
There are also people in the Liu family, such as Liu's father, who hang out in the circle of the big bosses.
The relationship between Yang Fan and Aunt Thirteen was directly exposed to the older generation of the Liu family.
Yang Fan, who originally wanted to slowly and completely win the hearts of Thirteen and the Liu sisters, is now in a very passive situation.
He doesn't have much time left. If he doesn't cut the Gordian knot quickly, he will probably hurt Thirteen's heart and provoke the old lady of the Wen family to attack him.
By then, he will be skinned alive even if he doesn't die.
The prerequisite for being able to get out of this unscathed is not to abandon Thirteen.
Love is a matter between two people, and marriage is indeed a matter of at least two families. Yang Fan was very melancholy.
So, sitting on the cart, he said to GunGun, who was forcibly conscripted by him and was dragging the cart home with GuoGuo and Dasheng in a depressed mood: "GunGun, Su Dongpo has become himself because of his persistence in food and his open-minded attitude towards life. He has become a flesh-and-blood, interesting and interesting person. So, when you encounter a major setback, you might as well take a deep breath..."
“Woof, woof woof…” His barking never sounded like a dog’s, but this time it sounded more like a dog than a dog.
It was saying to Yang Fan, I’m just a dog, don’t preach to me, bah!
"A rotten tree cannot wither!" Yang Fan shook his head. He could not understand the dog's barking, but he roughly understood what it meant.
The Monkey King is still the best, the golden-haired, warm-hearted man.
Although it is a female, it has the same warm temperament as a male.
"Dad, we're here!" At the entrance of the community supermarket, Guoguo put down the rope, panting and sweating profusely.
Dad said we can have ice cream or popsicles after exercise.
Yang Fan kept his promise and bought two ice creams for Guoguo and himself.
Snow cones are cheaper than ice cream and easier to eat.
Monkey King and GunGun don’t have any. Bringing them out to play is the biggest reward for them.
They don't like ice cream either.
The bones are pretty good.
But he only gets bones every few days, and the rest of the time he eats dog food.
You have to wait longer to enjoy the delicious food.
Each time is equivalent to someone else's living expenses for one month. Aunt Thirteen is very good to them.
When they go out to play, they sometimes run into other people's dogs and chat about food.
Many dogs in other families never have the luxury of eating and drinking meat together in their entire lives. It is a very sad life for dogs.
Yang Fan also told them that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
I don’t often feed them big fish and meat because I’m afraid that Aunt Thirteen will go bankrupt one day and won’t have the money to continue feeding them like this. They will be very miserable, so I can only feed them more dog food on weekdays.
So, last night the two dogs saw Yang Fan and Aunt Thirteen showing them dog food again.
Without wearing any clothes, the two men came out of Aunt Thirteen's bedroom, walking on four legs, but Yang Fan had only two legs, and walked towards his room.
Thirteenth Aunt hung softly and weakly on Yang Fan, as if her weak spot had been touched by Yang Fan, and she allowed him to control her.
"Eat slowly, we'll go upstairs after you finish eating." In the community, Yang Fan and Guo Guo sat on a bench and ate ice cream.
The little girl didn't respond to him. She concentrated on eating her ice cream, with ice cream residue on her lips.
But the little girl noticed it immediately when the children's smart watch on her wrist vibrated and rang.
After glancing at the phone on the screen, Guo Guo looked at Yang Fan while holding the ice cream: "Dad, it's Mom calling."
Yang Fan leaned his head over.
It really was Aunt Thirteen’s phone number. Apart from him, probably the only one who could call Guoguo was Aunt Thirteen.
Why didn't you call me, but Guoguo? It's not like I didn't bring my phone with me, Yang Fan was puzzled and said to Guoguo, "Answer it."
Guoguo answered the phone and held the ice cream far away, as if she was afraid that it would be snatched away by her mother on the phone: "Mom."
Thirteenth Aunt's voice came: "Are you not back yet?"
"No." Guoguo rolled her eyes and looked at Yang Fan.
Yang Fan quickly gestured to indicate that he was still walking around the park.
Guoguo quickly said, "Mom, Dad and I are still in the park."
"Where's Dad?" Aunt Thirteen asked, "Is he next to you?"
Guoguo looked at Yang Fan again.
Yang Fan quickly stood up and indicated that he was not around.
Guoguo said, "Dad is not around."
"Is it far from you?" asked Aunt Thirteen.
Yang Fan slowly opened his arms to indicate far.
Guo Guo nodded and replied, "Far!"
Aunt Thirteen's voice came: "Then don't tell Dad that I called. When you come back, ask him to buy you ice cream."
Guoguo looked at the ice cream in his hand and realized that his father had already bought it for him.
Aunt Thirteen continued, "When I buy it for you, tell Dad to buy one for Mom as well. Mom works so hard."
Guoguo looked at Yang Fan.
Yang Fan frowned. How could Aunt Thirteen be like this
He shook his head at Guoguo.
Guoguo said, "Mom, Dad doesn't want to buy it... What should I do if Dad doesn't want to buy it?"
"Then just cry." Aunt Thirteen said without hesitation.
Yang Fan’s brows furrowed even more.
Guoguo took two bites of the ice cream and said, "Mom, crying won't help."
"How is that possible? You just remember to cry..." Aunt Thirteen said, and paused: "What are you eating?"
Guoguo quickly shut up.
Yang Fan, who had been sitting nearby, said, "No!"
The next moment, Aunt Thirteen hung up the phone.
Now Yang Fan didn’t know how to respond.
"Dad, Mom is angry." Guoguo said while eating ice cream.
"Why are you angry?" Yang Fan asked subconsciously.
"Why don't you buy her ice cream?" Guoguo said.
Yang Fan asked, "When I was away, did you and your mother eat any ice cream or popsicles?"
"No, my mother didn't buy it for me." Guoguo said truthfully.
Yang Fan nodded: "Let's go buy some ice cream."
Guoguo's eyes lit up: "Dad, can I have another piece?"
"Yes!" Yang Fan said, "But you can't eat it tonight. Put it in the refrigerator and you can only eat it tomorrow."
"Yeah." Guoguo nodded repeatedly. As long as she bought it and put it in the refrigerator, it would be hers.
Five or six minutes later.
Yang Fan carried the bag of ice cream and returned home with Sibao.
Aunt Thirteen, who was sitting in the living room looking at documents seriously, looked at the bag in Yang Fan's hand and asked, "What did you buy?"
"What you want to eat." Yang Fan said.
Aunt Thirteen quickly put down the documents and ran over.
After taking the bag from Yang Fan and opening it, she tilted her head back and put her little mouth close to him with a smile.
She had originally planned to wait for Yang Fan to come back and then tell him in an embarrassed and angry tone, "Guoguo, you don't need to tell me a bedtime story tonight and you are not allowed to come to my room."