novelden Chapter 236 Someone wants to see you
Chapter 236 Someone wants to see you
When Chen Jingzhou heard that a prostitute wanted to see him, especially from a powerful young man like Wu Xinghe, he was so angry that he was going crazy.
Ever since he became a disciple of the famous scholar Liu Yun, a poor man, and his grades far exceeded those of his classmates, this group of people excluded him, bullied him, and made fun of him in the classroom.
They were jealous of him to the point of going crazy, just because the master loved him so much and personally performed the ceremony of crowning him.
Wu Xinghe walked up to Chen Jingzhou and said, "Miss Lin wants to see you, so go and meet her once."
"How many times have I told you? Stop it. Don't force me to tie you up."
Chen Jingzhou glared at him unyieldingly, "Who is Miss Lin? Why does she want to see me?"
Wu Xinghe snatched the scroll from his hand and said, "She lives in Zuihuayin."
Chen Jingzhou immediately laughed disdainfully, "Oh, so she's a prostitute."
"I remember now, you've been going to Zuihuayin so often recently just to see her, right?"
"In the end, she doesn't want to see you, but wants to see me?"
Chen Jingzhou just laughed at him, and suddenly changed the subject, "You guys are not teaming up to play a trick on me!"
Wu Xinghe turned his head away angrily and stamped his feet, "She wants to see you. I neither accept it nor understand it."
"I showed her the article you wrote. I intended for her to laugh at you, but I didn't expect her to say it was funny."
"Miss Lin is different from other brothel girls. She is not the type who sells her body. On the contrary, she has a very pure and holy temperament. Guess what she said to me the first time? She told me to study hard and not hang out in the brothel. I almost died of laughter. This was the first time I saw a brothel girl encouraging others to study."
Chen Jingzhou didn't want to go to Zuihuayin at first, but he heard from Wu Xinghe that he was very angry, and the woman actually said that his articles were very interesting.
Everyone who read his article criticized and scolded him.
He was a little curious about what kind of woman that was.
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Ever since the conversation with Gu Zhu, the madam has hardly paid any attention to this place.
Before finding a suitable accountant, Lin Qianqian had to count the money every day and record it in the book.
She took a small brush, dipped it in some ink, and wrote the numbers on the booklet.
"It's such a hassle. Why do you have to do everything yourself?" Lin Qianqian looked up at the sky and sighed deeply.
She just wants to free her hands, be a hands-off boss, give in, and lie down!
There must be an accountant immediately.
She wanted to train him from among the brothel girls around her.
One day in the future, even if I get married or go out, I will be settled with others.
Lin Qianqian put away the registered account book and locked it in the cabinet.
She got up with the key and went to the room where the other women lived.
Prostitutes of different ranks in the brothel lived in different rooms. The lower-class prostitutes all lived in a large bunk bed, with more than a dozen people eating, drinking, defecating and urinating together.
Lin Qianqian walked to the door and said loudly to the woman inside, "Everyone, I want to find an accountant."
"Is there anyone who can do math and write? The wages are not much different from outside. With this job, you don't have to accompany your man anymore."
Hearing the sound, more than a dozen unfamiliar women in the room looked up at the same time.
People lowered their heads and whispered.
A round-faced woman said, "I can't count, and I can't read. Do you think I can do it?"
Lin Qianqian forced a smile, "I'm afraid that won't work. You need to be able to read and do math."
"We have never been to school, we can't read, and we can't do math."
"Yes, how can we girls learn to read and write? Our families have money and we send our brothers to school."
There was a lot of discussion in the room, and everyone was saying that reading and writing were men's business, and that women only needed to take care of the housework and have children.
Lin Qianqian couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Yes, how could she forget that knowledge has class attributes.
Not all women can receive education like in modern times. Many people here may not even be able to write their own names in their entire lives.
If you want to work in society but cannot read or count, you will suffer a lot.
Seeing this, Lin Qianqian said, "I want to ask if there is anyone willing to read and can read?"
I saw many people with dull and numb looks on their faces.
She then asked, "Can anyone tell me about the disadvantages of not being able to read and count?"
Many people in the meeting were dull and shy, and were as bad at speaking as shy students. Lin Qianqian said, "Then let me tell you a real example."
She told a story about a man who couldn't count and was cheated out of his wages, and also a story about an illiterate boss who always failed to do things well and was eventually replaced by a literate person.
Both stories are very close to reality.
It resonated with many people at once.
A thin woman suddenly shrugged and burst into tears. She cried very sadly, "I think of my father. My father worked hard as a farmhand for several years, but he was always deducted. He didn't know how to count, but when he saw that his wages were less than others, he went to argue with the owner of the house, but the owner always gave him the right."
"Someone wants to see you." Lin Qianqian came back from outside, and Qingyin walked over and said.
"who is it?"
"A strange man, dressed in rags. I asked him his name and he said his name was Chen Jingzhou."