usatvline Chapter 3: Inquire about information
Chapter 3: Inquire about information
After waking up, Chen Ruotong was refreshed and energetic. She went to the daily necessities area to choose toiletries, and then went to the bathroom to buy cosmetics. She took off the white cloth wrapped around the wound. The wound had already scabbed over, so there was nothing wrong with it. She quickly washed up and applied some moisturizing water. This fair skin did not need any other cosmetics, which would be bad for the baby-like skin. She didn't know how to put her hair up, so she left it as it was. She was in solitary confinement, so it would be a problem if she kept her hair neat and tidy, okay?
In order to find out the current time, she teleported to the clock area, and the electronic display showed half past nine. He took a lady's watch from the counter and put it on. The time on the watch and the electronic display were consistent, and the second hand was moving, which showed that the time in this area was not static. She looked outside intently, and a ray of light came through the crack of the door of the small dark room. It was daytime outside. Does this mean that the time in this area is the same as the time outside? This needs to be verified slowly after she goes out.
Chen Ruotong went to the food area, which is a food stall. There are Chinese food, Western food, Japanese and Korean food, hot pot, barbecue, etc. It's time to eat breakfast. What should I eat? There are too many types. What should I do if it's difficult to choose? Chen Ruotong is in a happy mood. Let's eat dumplings. I haven't eaten dumplings for a long time. Isn't it a good meaning? I ate three plates of hot dumplings. Although I am not big, my appetite is not small. I drank some dumpling soup. The original soup is used to digest the original food. After eating and drinking, I leaned on the chair to think of a solution. Well, let's do it.
In the evening, the door of the small dark room opened. Chen Ruotong was already sitting on the straw mat waiting for someone to open the door.
Ma Wu came over and said with a lewd look: "Let's go, Mr. Wang is here." He picked her up and pulled her out.
Chen Ruotong pretended to be weak and said as she walked: "Brother Ma Wu, don't pull me, I can walk by myself. I've been hungry for two days and I don't have the strength to walk fast!" She wanted to walk slowly, observe the surroundings, and look for a route to escape.
Chen Ruotong was taken to the second floor, Chuyu Pavilion, the same room as last time. There was an ugly girl at the door, smiling at her innocently: "Miss, Sister Li Niang has guests to entertain today. I will help you bathe. Mr. Wang is drinking on the first floor and will be up soon."
Ma Wu warned the ugly girl: "Cui'er, keep an eye on her and don't do anything weird again." After saying that, he whistled and left.
Chen Ruotong was brought to the cubicle by Cui'er. A layer of rose petals was sprinkled on the water in the bathtub. The faint fragrance wafted in the air. Well, it was time to take a good bath.
Cui Er helped Chen Ruotong take off her cumbersome clothes and untied her hair. Sitting in the bathtub, soaking her body in the warm water, Chen Ruotong felt very comfortable. Cui Er was a gossiper, and Chen Ruotong got a lot of information out of her in a short while.
This Wang Yuanwai is the brother of the fifth concubine of Li Zhifu in Pingyang Prefecture. He relied on the power of the prefect and his own wealth to buy the title of Yuanwai. He is a drunkard and a pervert. After drinking, he likes to find young girls to vent. There are five young girls who have been abused by him, and the people know about it. The prefect turned a blind eye, because most of the expenses of the prefect were provided by Wang Yuanwai. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are in cahoots. Li Zhifu has a share of the profits of Qin Mama's Yihongyuan. It seems that things are quite complicated. The city of Pingyang Prefecture is quite deep!
If you want to escape, you must first get a contract to sell yourself. Otherwise, even if you escape, you will be a fugitive slave. If you are caught, you will not only be beaten with 20 sticks, but you may also be sent to mines and will never be able to get out. Even if you are lucky enough not to be caught, you cannot get a pass without a household registration, you cannot leave the city, stay in an inn, or buy a property. Without a legal identity, you cannot live in the ancient times. How about living in the mountains? That's fine, you have to go to the city! You can't be a beggar!
The contract of selling one's body can be divided into white contract and red contract: the white contract is signed by both parties and does not need to be registered with the government, and no tax needs to be paid to the government; the red contract is registered with the government and pays 30% tax to the government. Chen Ruotong does not know whether her contract of selling one's body is a white contract or a red contract. The white contract is easy to deal with, you can just take it back and regain your freedom, and you can also go to the pawnshop to spend more money to get a temporary household registration; the red contract is more troublesome, and you have to go to the government to close the case, and then Qin Mama and the prefect are in cahoots.
After taking a bath, Cui'er changed Chen Ruotong into a pink dress, combed her hair into a simple bun, and went out to pour water.
At this time, Wang Yuanwai came upstairs leisurely, pushed open the door of Chuyu Pavilion, and shouted: "My little beauty, I'm here!"
Chen Ruotong hid behind the door, and Wang Yuanwai was brought to the space by Chen Ruotong as soon as he came in. Wang Yuanwai seemed to be frozen, and kept pushing the door, but his eyes were closed.
Chen Ruotong immediately left the space, closed the door, turned around quickly, lowered her head, and walked towards the stairs behind. Fortunately, she didn't meet anyone who knew her along the way, and the occasional passers-by were just guests who came to have fun.
She chose to walk in the dark places and quietly came to the backyard. In the northwest corner not far from the small dark room was the room where Qin's mother lived. Candles were burning in the room, and a shadow was swaying on the window.
Chen Ruotong squatted under the window, gently pushed the window open and looked into the room: Oh, Mother Qin is concentrating on looking at the account book at the table, and there are a few silver ingots on the table.
Chen Ruotong crouched down and tiptoed to the door. Just as she was about to push it open, Mother Qin spoke: "Cui'er, what are you doing outside the door? Come in and give me a back massage. I'm so tired."
Chen Ruotong's heart was about to jump out of her chest. She imitated Cui'er's voice and said, "Yes, it's coming!"
She was so sleepy that someone brought her a pillow. She went into the house, closed the door, and walked quickly to Mother Qin's side. Before Mother Qin could look up, she took her to the space.
Chen Ruotong left the space and put the account book and silver on the table into the space, and began to look for the contract of sale. There was nothing on the dressing table, only a box of gold and silver jewelry, okay, put it in the space. There was nothing in the bedside table, but there were two gold ingots. She liked golden things the most, so she kept them. Look under the bed, she crawled under the bed, took out a flashlight and looked carefully. There was a brick on the inner wall that was different from the other bricks. Hehe, it’s here, right? She pressed the brick, and sure enough, there was a secret compartment on the wall, and there was a small box in the secret compartment. She dragged out the small box, crawled out from under the bed, and breathed a sigh of relief. I should have found it!
Chen Ruotong brought the box to the space, found the key from Qin's mother, opened the small box, wow, there were ten gold ingots and ten silver ingots on it, and the back of the ingots was written with ten taels. Haha, the harvest is not small, one hundred taels of silver, one hundred taels of gold, one hundred taels of gold equals one thousand taels of silver, these are one thousand and one hundred taels of silver! Make a small fortune! Chen Ruotong was happy in her heart! I wanted to go off track, the business is more important, find the contract to sell my body!
Chen Ruotong took out the ingots, and underneath was a dozen papers, which were silver bills and indentures. Although the ancient characters were all traditional Chinese, this was not a problem for her. As a front-line Chinese teacher, this was not a problem. She counted them and found twenty silver bills of one hundred taels and fifty silver bills of fifty taels. Oh my god, there are four thousand five hundred taels of silver bills alone. Is this how much money a brothel makes? There must be a small half of Li Zhifu in this? She had to check the indentures carefully one by one. Since it was an indenture, there must be a buyer and a seller. Who was bought and sold? She should be able to find the name by looking up the name. When she found the eighth one, her heart skipped a beat. Chen Tong's name made her heart tremble. Chen Tong, fourteen years old. Could this be the name of the original owner? But the indenture did not write the original owner's address? I still don't know the original owner's life experience! But fortunately, this is not a red indenture, without the red seal of the government, this is a white indenture, with only the signatures and handprints of the buyer and seller. Wait, the seller is Li Dao Ba. This is a clue to finding the original owner’s life experience.