Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 178 Entering the brothel door
After paying the money and taking the bronze mirror, Liu Ya looked at her deflated money bag again, and took a deep breath.Now it is considered to be back to "before liberation". If my thinking is wrong, I will probably have to start all over again.

However, Liu Ya never admits defeat, nor will she accept her fate.More importantly, she absolutely believed in her abilities.

So holding the four bronze mirrors, Liu Ya felt that this was her starting point and hope.

When Liu Ya turned to leave, the old woman couldn't help but asked again: "Little girl, where are you going to sell this bronze mirror? Let me tell you, I didn't set up a stall here for a day or two. In the market, the bronze mirrors I sell are the best, and the sales are pretty good. But it may not be able to sell all over the place in one day. You spent [-] yuan all at once, if you can’t sell What can I do?"

Liu Ya smiled, then turned around and said, "Grandma, I want to tell you, don't rush away, maybe I'll come back later to buy a bronze mirror."

The old woman couldn't help being surprised: "What? So, these four bronze mirrors are not enough for you to sell?"

"It's reasonable to say that's the case, but if I don't come back after an hour, you should close the stall. However, even if I can't sell a bronze mirror, I won't come back to ask you for a refund." Liu Ya After speaking, he wrapped the bronze mirror in his baggage and strode away.

Looking at Liu Ya's leaving back, the old woman smiled, but she didn't take her words seriously.But thinking about it again, it's only an hour, and she didn't close the stall so quickly, and I really hope that the little girl will come back to buy her bronze mirror again.After all, although I earned a little less, I sold a few more bronze mirrors a day, and I also had a lot of quick money in my hand.There are a lot more copper mirrors than this that can't be spent.

Liu Ya took the four bronze mirrors and started to stride forward.She wanted to find a place where she could sell all the bronze mirrors in her hand, and she would sell them at a high price.

The market side is no longer Liu Ya's target. She looked at the terrain, walked along the main road, and looked for places with many restaurants, restaurants, and teahouses.

Ancient town planning was different from modern times, and regions were divided according to the third, sixth, and ninth grades of the class.Although it is more prosperous near the market, it is not a place where rich and big families like to stay after all.And those places with large facades and high levels of hospitality are all opened on another street.

Liu Ya walked forward along the spacious gravel road, and saw that the shops on both sides of the road were decorated more carefully, and the courtyards of the houses were bigger, so she knew she was on the right path.Liu Ya quickened her pace until she saw that the whole street was full of two- and three-story buildings, where lanterns hung in rows upstairs and downstairs.

This street is also very bustling, but there are no rows of stalls along the street, and the yelling of vendors can't be heard. Instead, several sedan chairs are seen passing by the street.The people who got out of the sedan chair were also well-dressed. When entering any shop, there were shop assistants who came out of the door and greeted them warmly.

Liu Ya walked along this street and finally found several brothels for her.However, there are several types of brothels, some of which are low-level, and only serve the lower-level coolies and coachmen.Medium-sized, some small businessmen come to brothels to have fun, and such brothels also operate restaurants and casinos by the way.

And the brothel with the highest level is not just a place for guests to stay overnight, there are good food and drinks, refreshments, and girls performing arts and singing.Rich guests are entertained here, spending money, listening to music, drinking a few sips of wine, and teasing young, beautiful, talented and gentle girls is also a special taste.Some businessmen will entertain guests here, and drink flowers and wine while discussing business, which has the same function and form as modern high-end clubs.

Liu Ya remembers one sentence: Don't ask monks to sell combs.Then she is now looking for a beautiful girl to sell mirrors, isn't it just right?

Liu Ya walked through these brothels one by one, and finally chose a brothel named "Red Sleeve Square".Different from other brothels called "Wanhualou" and "Liuxiangge", the facade here is elegantly decorated without losing style. It is not a girl waving a flower handkerchief to greet guests at the door, but two neat and clean boy.

It's not yet noon, and although the gate of this "Red Sleeve Square" is open, there are no Yingying, Yanyan, singing and dancing inside.Although the two servants at the door stood neatly, they didn't need to greet the guests, they were just acting as a front.

When Liu Ya came to the door, one of the servants looked at Liu Ya and frowned.But fortunately, he didn't open his mouth to drive people away, but just stood at the door, which seemed to mean that Liu Ya was not allowed to enter.

Liu Ya just glanced at it, then turned and left.But it's not that she didn't go in, but went around to the back door.She knew that her dress was out of tune with this place, and she was still a girl in her teens, so she couldn't just enter this door by herself.

Going around to the back, I found the back door of Hongxiufang as expected.There is also a carriage delivering vegetables at the door, unloading the vegetables on the cart, and another woman who looks like a woman is counting.

When Liu Ya came here, she didn't step forward immediately, but quietly stood aside and waited.It wasn't until the vegetable baskets on the carriage were moved into the backyard, and the woman counted them, that she walked over and said, "Sister, I want to go in and ask if the sisters here want to dress up?"

"Make-up?" The woman looked Liu Ya up and down, and said with a smile, "little girl, can you comb your hair or put on makeup? However, the girls here have high vision. If you don't have a pair of skillful hands, don't through this door."

Liu Ya smiled, and said: "Elder Sister, I just asked, I am the best at drawing eyebrows. I can also put on makeup. I promise to make the sisters here look beautiful."

"Hey, the little girl is young, but she can talk. Come in with me." The woman asked Liu Ya to follow her into the door without further questions.

In fact, there has always been a business of doing makeup for others. Some girls who are dexterous and comb their hair look good, or who are especially good at makeup, will go to other people's families to do makeup for girls who are going to marry, and earn some rewards.Of course, not every girl who gets married has the money to hire someone to dress up, so on weekdays, more of them are grooming for these brothel girls who want to show their faces.

Liu Ya followed the woman into the door.

The woman said: "I don't care about dressing up. Go upstairs and talk to Qiniang. Qiniang is in charge of girls' dressing." Then she said: "Go to the innermost room on the right hand side on the second floor. That’s the house. Don’t wander around in other houses, some girls are still resting.”

Liu Ya agreed, turned around and walked upstairs to find the stairs.

(End of this chapter)