74 Women of the Same Roots (1/2)
”Madam, if it continues to rain like this, will we have to close down the Hundred Flower Hall?” Servant Zhao asked quietly on the carriage.
”No need. As long there are men willing to pay, I will continue to open my doors for my guests.” Madam Lu replied. She was quite certain that on rainy days when men are bored, there will be plenty wanting to come over.
Servant Zhao did not say another word in response. Indeed, she also agreed that men would come to their doors in the midst of heavy rains. It would be beneficial to their cause the more people that came. But, in the end, they were nothing more than a small business that laid in the middle of nowhere, so remote that barely any news would get to them.
The ride returning to the Hundred Flower Hall was quick, but madam Lu decided to wait it out on the carriage until dawn came, so they would not have to face those sweaty men.
Servant Zhao sat quietly. Allowing the night to drift by, and the rains to pound upon their carriage, like weary ghosts knocking upon the soaked wooden doors, to the point of breaking, yet never truly being able to come in.
In the midst of the silence, servant Zhao spoke: ”Have you thought of keeping the girls longer this time?”
Talking with the encasement of rain outside, servant Zhao was sure that madam Lu would not escape from the conversation this time.
”No, I will ship them off after the third month, and everything will return to normal.”
”Don't you think, they could be doing a lot more for you?”
”They're farmer's daughters and village girls of the countryside, what can they possibly do for me?” Madam Lu said with a chuckle.
”When people become desperate, they will be willing to do anything.” Servant Zhao warned with all seriousness.
Madam Lu gave a stiff smile, ”Then I await a time when they do.”
”So be it, if you do not want to listen, but know that what I say is the truth.” Servant Zhao did not seem to care about what madam Lu thought, but she surely wasn't going to waste her time and effort to convince a woman who didn't want to believe otherwise.
”Have you found any leads yet?”
”No, but judging by the state of his body, he has died for about three to seven days now. Maybe the heavy downpour and the animals may have contributed to the quick decomposition of his body.” Servant Zhao paused, as her face showed an expression of all seriousness as she said: ”It is crucial for you to tell me, how much did Ma Wei know about us?”
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”Servant Zhao, do you think I am stupid? Do you think I would tell him about what we do?”