Chapter 157 Four Rich Women's Businessmen 10

Li Lingjing called out for a long time, but no one opened the door, but instead called out a family next door.

The neighbor said, "Don't shout, no matter how loud you shout, it's useless. There is only a sick woman living inside, and she can't even get up. How can she open the door?"

Li Lingjing hurriedly asked, "What disease did she have? Is no one taking care of her? I can't even get up. How can I live my life? What should I do if I'm thirsty and hungry?"

The neighbor said: "Sometimes people come to see her. They are all young girls, one of whom looks better than the other... But I haven't seen anyone come in the past two days."

After hearing this, Li Lingjing turned her head and said to Shi Xianyu: "It should be the girls from Lan's mother. They were all taught by Niangzi Yao. It is not an exaggeration to call Niangzi Yao "Master's wife." Now Niangzi is seriously ill. Logically speaking, they should take turns to take care of them. Kolan's mother wants to turn the brothel. Those girls are unable to protect themselves, so they are afraid they will all find their own way out."

"Don't worry," Shi Xianyu said, "If it really doesn't work, we will hit the door and go in. Otherwise, we will find someone to borrow a ladder and climb over the wall."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door creaked and was opened.

I saw a thin woman standing at the door, holding the door frame with one hand and covering her mouth with a veil with the other hand. Her long hair was loose and her face was pale. There was a big scar on her right face, which stretched into her collar. If it weren't for the blue sky and sunshine, she would have really looked like a female ghost.

Li Lingjing said in surprise: "Yao Niang?"

The woman tried hard to open her eyes and looked at Li Lingjing weakly, "...Why are you here?"

"Mom Lan said you are sick, I'll see you." Li Lingjing walked up to support her, "Why did you live here? What disease did you get? Have you ever asked a doctor to see you? Yao Niang, why don't you live in my place, I'll take care of you."

"What nonsense... Cough cough, cough cough!" The woman coughed violently and panted. Li Lingjing hurriedly helped her walk in.

After walking only a few steps, Madam Yao planted on the ground with heavy feet. Shi Xianyu stepped forward and supported her with Li Lingjing, helped her to the bed to rest. After a while, Madam Yao had barely enough strength to speak.

He asked Li Lingjing: "Go back, come back and do what I do. If someone sees you, how will you be a human being in your in-laws' house in the future..."

Li Lingjing's eyes suddenly turned red, "Why is it so good? How come it so good? You are so sick, can't I come and see?"

Niangzi Yao sat on the bed and waved her hand gently, "What's so good about it... I'm just surviving and living a day is just a day."

Li Lingjing asked: "Yao Niang, what disease did you have? How to treat it? I remember you have some savings. How did you live in such a place? The dyeing cloth workshop next to you smells so good. How can you keep a good body when you live here?"

She stopped talking, and suddenly her eyebrows stood up and said angrily: "I understand, did Mother Lan plunder your savings?! She has always been an insatiable thing! Yao Niang, I'll help you settle the score with her!"

Mrs. Yao grabbed her and sighed: "Oh... she is not as bad as you think. My illness has not improved for several years. Now I can only take medicine to keep my life alive. No matter how much savings are, it is not enough to spend."

As soon as he finished speaking, he coughed again. Li Lingjing was so anxious, "Why are you coughing so hard? Do you have any medicine at home?"

Madam Yao was so coughed that she couldn't speak. She pointed her hand at the table, which was piled with a few bags of medicine.

Li Lingjing turned over the medicine bag, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Yao needed to take so many medicines on weekdays, and felt uncomfortable. She saw that this place was almost considered a bare-sized place, not to mention that there was no pearl hairpin jewelry that Mrs. Yao had worn in the past, Li Lingjing became even more sad.

She asked Zhi'er to decoct the medicine. While waiting for the medicine, Niang Yao was ineffective and fell asleep.

Li Lingjing was by the bed, looking at the simple house, her eyebrows were still open, "You can't let Yao Niang live in such a place anymore. Anyone who is not sick will be dizzy by the smell next door, let alone Yao Niang is so sick."

"There are still many empty wing rooms behind the temple, so you can rent another one." Shi Xianyu said.

Li Lingjing frowned and shook her head, "Yao Niang won't agree. In this industry, there are some unwritten rules, such as the Buddhist pure land, which they absolutely cannot go to."

Shi Xianyu thought for a while, "Then I'm afraid I can only wait for the brothel to come down before picking up Yao Niang."

After all, Li Lingjing is now abandoned by the Xie family and she doesn’t even have a serious residence. How can she take in Miss Yao?

However, when talking about brothels, Li Lingjing's face became worse. She bit her lip and looked at Shi Xianyu, "Master, I... I'm afraid I have to make another plan."

Shi Xianyu was slightly stunned, "What?"

Li Lingjing felt very sorry. In order to get him down the brothel, Shi Xianyu even gave him such a precious gift from the madam, but he gave up at this time, which was really not righteous enough.

"I am confident that I want to run a unique brothel, but it is actually mainly due to my trust in Yao Niang. In Shengjing City, the courtesans of the major brothels, boats, singing and dancing workshops, are almost 100 of them from Yao Niang, but now..."

Li Lingjing turned her head and looked at Yao Niang who was tortured by illness on the bed, looking melancholy.

"Now... Yao Niang is seriously ill, I'm afraid she can't help me anymore. Now, I have to find a new place for Yao Niang..."

Shi Xianyu raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Yao Niang. It was hard to imagine that this sick and withered woman in the bed had trained so many courtesans?

"The Taoist priest doesn't know that when Yao Niang was young, she was once the most famous guitar in Shengjing. She was good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. If you talk about poetry, songs, even the top scholar in the dynasty may not be able to compare with her." Li Lingjing looked at Yao Niang and sighed, "She was burdened by her reputation and was sought after by two noble men. The reward she accompanied the night was called for a high price of tens of millions of taels. The two noble men became enemies because of this. The one who lost the bid was so angry that a pot of hot tea was poured on Yao Niang's face on the spot. Yao Niang was disfigured from then on, and the other young man also abandoned her."

Shi Xianyu was shocked when he heard this. The dispute between two men finally cost a woman a price. How innocent?

Li Lingjing said: "Later, Lan's mother took Yao Niang in and asked her to stay in the brothel as a female master, and specially taught the brothel women's craftsmanship and talent, so I had the opportunity to meet Yao Niang."

She paused, let out a gentle breath, and her voice was low, "Yao Niang... She is not lucky. If she was born in a wealthy family, with her talent and appearance, it would not be unusual even if she was selected into the palace. If she had not met those two playful nobles, she would have been the leader of the fireworks land in Shengjing City... She shouldn't have been like this, she lies on the bed and waits for death sadly."

Shi Xianyu pondered for a moment and asked her softly: "Neither open a restaurant nor a brothel, then what are you... planning next?"

Li Lingjing didn't know how to answer for a moment. She looked at her feet and suddenly felt confused that she had no way out.
Chapter completed!