Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

Chapter 139: Becoming a Good Wife

Her life was hard, but compared to other people of her age who disappeared early, she didn't seem to be that miserable.

"My dear sisters, before I followed my master, I, Xu Zhen, was just a foot-washing maid. My former master was addicted to gambling and squandered all his wealth, so he sold me to a brothel. You sisters should know what kind of life I lived then. But since being bought by my master, although I still do servant work, I am no longer whipped or humiliated by others. My master is different from other masters, but the specific difference is something only you can feel."

After Rui'er disappeared, Zhen'er became Xu Siyu's spokesperson.

She stood on the stage of Chunxiang Pavilion to promote Lezhou's order to liberate prostitutes.

When she tried to persuade him today, Xu Siyu asked her not to make any promises and just talk about her own experience.

For girls like these who live at the bottom of society and have little confidence in society, we need to use the results of reality to motivate them psychologically.

The fact that Zhen'er, who comes from the same background as them, can live a good life is the best advertisement.

Even if you don't believe it completely, but believe it 80% and are willing to give it a try, that will be a good result.

Zhen'er understands them very well. They are not afraid of hardship, but they are afraid of not being treated as human beings.

Chunxiang Pavilion is their only "home". No matter how beautiful and wonderful the outside world is, they are afraid that once they leave, there will be no shelter from the wind and rain, and they will lose the right to live.

It was the same old woman. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Miss Zhen'er, has the city lord said what to do with sisters who are sick or disabled?"

The glamour and beauty is only one side of a brothel. Behind closed doors, there is still darkness and filth.

Few girls who enter Chunxiang Pavilion can walk out.

When their ease and beauty are gone, all that awaits them is relocation to a remote area and an undignified death.

The old maid's name was Furong, and people called her Aunt Furong. She had already moved into the side courtyard of Chunxiang Pavilion.

That was the only place for these old girls with no future to live. They worked for the girls listed in Chunxiang Pavilion every day to earn a living.

If you are sick, lazy, don't want to work, or can't find a job, you have to starve. If you starve to death, you will make room for someone else who comes later.

Furong was hardworking and had good painting skills. She dressed up several girls. Someone also wanted to buy her to be a trainer in the backyard, but she stayed in Chunxiang Pavilion.

She has to take care of her elderly sisters who can't walk.

Now that Chunxiang Pavilion is gone, she wants to know where her old sisters will be placed?

Wherever they went, she went.

Zhen'er didn't seem to have thought about this problem. She had asked people to invite all the girls and servants, but she didn't expect that some of them couldn't come.

However, she quickly learned from her experience and responded, "Mother, could you tell me how many patients there are in Chunxiang Pavilion? According to my master's practice of dismissing the laborers in the stone quarry, will he let the doctor treat them first..."

Zhen'er paused and added, "And you guys will see the doctor. After confirming that he's fine, we'll arrange a suitable place for him."

Although Xu Siyu was not present, Zhen'er, who had been trained, made arrangements calmly throughout the process, allowing these poor women to follow her instructions and fill out their respective intended destinations.

After her young and healthy body was put to good use in another place, Zhen'er reported the situation of the Chunxiang Pavilion's side courtyard to Xu Siyu for a decision.

"Except for Aunt Furong, the others are all ill. Three of them have organ problems, abdominal sores, and can't walk properly. One is mentally ill. The doctor said the other two have suffered from multiple miscarriages, their blood is weak, and they can't do any hard work..."

The scattered people were all "labor force"less, and the madam of Chunxiang Pavilion was still a little humane, so she gave them a side courtyard and let them "fend for themselves".

Even so, can we still expect them to earn a living through their labor?

Xu Siyu closed the list and asked, "You said that Aunt Furong has been taking care of them for the past two years?"

"Yes. Aunt Furong was once the daughter of a scholar. Because she was skilled in painting, she possessed a fine skill in makeup. She redeemed herself two years ago and no longer had to entertain clients, but she didn't leave Chunxiang Pavilion.

I heard that one of them, Xue Huan, was her savior, so she stayed in Chunxiang Pavilion."

Xue Huan? Xu Siyu looked at her records. She was thirty-two years old and had been sold to Chunxiang Pavilion by her husband's family sixteen years ago. Three years ago, due to a blood red disease, she could no longer receive clients and moved into a side courtyard. At first, she could still do some sewing work, but later she became blind and could no longer hold a needle and thread. She also had heart failure...

【Alas, they are all poor people! 】

"Find a clean yard to house them." Xu Siyu instructed Zhen'er.

She planned to convert Chunxiang Pavilion, which was such a good location, into Lezhou School.

Let this hateful place be transformed into the most desirable place for all Lezhou people.

"Ask Aunt Furong if she would like to come over here and be my hairdressing aunt?"

"Master, you are now the lord of a city and have the title of earl. Aunt Furong is no stranger in Lezhou City..." Although Zhen'er admires Aunt Furong, she also unconsciously thinks that someone who has been a prostitute is not worthy of serving Xu Siyu.

Xu Siyu saw that she didn't understand, so she shook her head and said to her, "Since I've decided to help them out, shouldn't I set an example and recruit a few people?"

"Besides, when you and Mao'er comb my hair, you either pull my hair or stick the hairpins into my scalp. Now that Rui'er is gone, your mistress's makeup has never changed..."

Xu Siyu is a relatively independent master, but she still can't comb her hair by herself.

From a practical point of view, Xu Siyu also wanted someone to help her with her makeup.

"Master, Rui'er, Sister Rui'er, have you given up?"

Hearing that someone wanted to replace Rui'er's position, Zhen'er asked her, and even Mao'er, who was serving beside her, looked at Xu Siyu timidly.

"I didn't give up. I kept searching for them, following the river down from where they fell into the water. But..."

Xu Siyu said to the two maids, who were not young at all, "When people are not around, we always have to learn to say goodbye and adapt to new people and new things."

Xu Siyu had to admit that she was sad and felt guilty about Rui'er's departure, but she did not feel the infinite grief she felt when Xu Wangshi died.

She would not give up looking for the person as long as she didn't see the body for one day.

Getting them back and making up for them is a common way of dealing with things, and making their efforts meaningful is also a form of remembrance.

No matter how poor the infrastructure of Lezhou is, Xu Siyu feels that having such a small place that is completely under her control is a new joy in her life.

She always felt that the world was not so good, so she spent time and energy within her power to build this small town into what she wanted it to be.

Xu Siyu had people build Ci'en Hall, Shanmin Pharmacy and a new innovation workshop on the flat ground around the City Lord's Mansion. Together with the previously built Bafang Department Store and the Lezhou School that was under renovation, the infrastructure developed by her family in Lezhou City alone has added a lot of new vitality to this small town.