As soon as a man entered the room, he eagerly got into bed, saying, "Winter, I've missed you so much!"
Winter pushed him away, "Master Duan, I... I'm not feeling well. Would you mind staying here for the night? Is that alright?"
"What? You're not feeling well? What's wrong? Tell me, I'll take care of you."
The man was shirtless and looked at her with a pained expression.
Winter immediately became aggrieved, "Master Duan, I've caught a disease. Can you sleep here tonight?"
The man's face changed with distress, and he yelled at the top of his lungs, "What? You've caught a disease? Bah! Damn it, what bad luck! Give me my money back, I'm not playing anymore!"
In a moment of panic, Dong Tian pleaded, "No! Master Duan, please give me some face, just one night, please, just one night." Enduring the pain, Dong Tian knelt down.
The man's expression changed completely. He glanced at Dongtian with disdain and said, "Hmph! I'm spending money to enjoy myself, not to do charity."
He left without looking back, then shouted, "Mom, give me my money back! I'm paying to have fun, and you're using a girl with a sexually transmitted disease to entertain customers? That's not fair! Give me my money back!"
Winter felt utterly hopeless. Half an hour later, Ye's mother brought two men into the house. Looking at Winter lying on the bed, pale-faced and with tears streaming down her face, she frowned in disgust.
"Hold her down!" Ye's mother shouted.
Two burly men immediately pinned Dongtian down. Dongtian struggled weakly and asked tremblingly, "Mom, what are you doing? I'm better now, I'll definitely take customers."
She was terrified.
"Years ago, I heard there was a folk remedy that could cure lumps, so I'm here to treat you!"
"How...how to treat it?"
During the winter's questioning, Mother Ye took out a red-hot branding iron and pried her legs apart.
"Mom will scald it for you, and it will be fine. Don't worry, just bear with it and it will pass."
Looking at the red-hot branding iron, she trembled all over in winter. She was only 17 years old. She didn't want it. She wanted to live.
"No! Mom! No, that won't do, that won't do!" Despite her resistance, she couldn't defy it.
Two burly men held her down tightly, and without a shred of emotion, Ye's mother branded her with a hot iron.
"Sizzle sizzle..."
"ah…………"
A pitiful scream echoed through the backyard. The other guests were no longer surprised, but some passing girls felt a shiver run down their spines.
They'll get their turn eventually. Reality is cruel, and society is cruel to women.
"Alright, it'll be better tomorrow. Just bear with it! Get a good night's sleep."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mother Ye took the branding iron and left with the two men.
She's a ruthless character; it'll be Ah Si's turn soon.
Ma Hehua heard it, but so what?
After washing her hands, Ye's mother glanced at the time. It was already seven o'clock; time really flies.
Winter Snow nestled in Ah Si's arms, saying with some worry, "Fourth Brother, I heard from the other girls today that Mom personally treated Winter's illness, and her methods were rather rough. Do you think Mom might...?"
"Shh!" Ah Si covered her mouth with his finger to stop her from saying anything.
"Xiaoxue, don't worry, she won't lay a hand on me. Once I take over this brothel, you'll marry me!"
"Fourth...Fourth Brother...I...I'm not good enough for you. You should marry a good girl!" Dongxue lowered her head, heartbroken.
"No! I want to marry you. You are the woman I love most, and no one else can compare to you."
Hearing Ah Si's sweet words, she felt a warm and sweet feeling in her heart.
"Tsk tsk tsk! You believe what men say? What an idiot." Ma Hehua, who was passing by, looked disgusted.
In this world, apart from Fa Gui and her father, there isn't a single good man.
Shangguan Wenyan: "……………………"
During the handover, Ma Hehua went home.
Mother Ye glanced at Dongxue, her eyes filled with venom. "You treacherous hussy, do you really not know what she's up to?"
Hiding money in secret to subsidize Ah Si is incredibly audacious. Does she think Ah Si is a complete fool?
Aunt Ma is a bit too honest. She won't turn a blind eye to things. If everyone is hiding money, then what kind of brothel is she running?
It's not like we're running a charity.
At night, I coughed incessantly in winter, and my lower body ached terribly. Blood stained the blankets red on the bed.
She called out calmly, "Help! Help... Help... Help..." Her voice was like that of a kitten, one cry after another.
But no one could hear it; the front yard was bustling with activity, filled with laughter and song.
Dongxue looked at the two lewd and spoiled young men and shook her head. "No! Don't! Don't touch me."
From the moment Ah Si said he wanted to marry her, she no longer wanted to give herself to another man.
"Smack!"
After being slapped across the face, a slightly overweight man said, "Don't want it? Do you think you're still a respectable woman? If you're a prostitute, you should have the awareness and duty of a prostitute."
"That's right, it's because we two brothers are taking care of you. You probably won't have any business tonight!" a thinner man chimed in.
For some, this night will be a sleepless one.
In the morning, Ma Hehua noticed that someone was missing and ran downstairs to ask, "Aunt Ye, where's Dongxue?"
"She had a big client meeting last night, she's exhausted, she'll probably be in bed today!"
"oh!"
Ma Hehua went back immediately. Ye's mother was still worried, but in the end, that was it?
It seems that Aunt Ma is a smart person.
As soon as Ma Hehua left, a hunchbacked man walked in.
"Mom, Winter is dead."
Mother Ye took a sip of tea, stroked her silver hairpin, and said indifferently, "Hmph! What a useless thing, it can't even endure this little bit of pain."
He put down his teacup, stood up, and ordered, "Use the tattered mat from the woodshed to send her on her way!"
"yes."
The hunchbacked man immediately went outside.
Mother Ye smiled and said, "In this world, to rely on a man instead of fighting for yourself is utterly foolish."
Some sharp-eyed people saw several thugs carrying Dongtian's body toward the back door.
Standing upstairs in the spring, Chuntian could see everything clearly. Several people rowed a boat and carried the corpse away, needless to say, they were throwing it directly into the water to feed the fish.
She watched silently, her eyes filled with contemplation, thinking about Dongxue's recent evasiveness and guilty conscience. She felt that the next person would be Dongxue.
Don't ask her why; it's her intuition.
Thinking about the information Aunt Ma had mentioned about Hunan Province being in chaos, Chun Tian had an idea in mind.
Aunt Ma, who was in charge of managing people, wasn't strict and didn't care if they hid their own money, so all of them would hide some.
Moreover, if they were bullied by men, Aunt Ma would stand up for them. In the spring, she had a plan in mind: she couldn't be a prostitute for life; she had to find a man to redeem herself.
She wasn't the only one who thought this way; all the girls in the brothel thought the same. However, very few girls were able to be redeemed, and those who were redeemed were not only incredibly skilled but also possessed exceptional talents, such as playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
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