20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 742 Farce
At this time, a lot of onlookers had already gathered in front of the Chamber of Commerce building.

They didn't come here for no reason. Since the morning, more than a hundred or eighty people have come to wait for the final result of the negotiations on resuming work.

Some are journalists, eager to learn more about the details of the negotiations; more are workers, concerned about whether their demands have been met; and of course there are also some idlers who are there simply to show off and join in the fun.

There were many people on the street, so Lao Chai was naturally sent to maintain order at the government gate, for fear that if the negotiations failed, the workers outside would rush into the building and a mass conflict would break out.

However, no one expected that an incident would occur at the scene just as the negotiations came to an end.

The woman rushed up the stone steps, hugged Zhang Lianfu's arm and refused to let go, crying and howling, and yelled: "You are a heartless scoundrel who has been avoiding me all day. Today you must give me an explanation!"

Her disturbance inevitably caused a lot of discussion among the people.

Among the onlookers, some sharp-eyed people immediately recognized who the person was.

"Hey, isn't this the little peach blossom from the ten-room house?"

This one word woke everyone up, and everyone quickly recognized it.

Zhang Lianfu was no exception. His face immediately darkened and his eyes suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

Xiao Taohong was its old name, now it should be called “Lao Taohong”.

If you dig deeper into this woman's background, it turns out that she was once a girl from Huifangli, but that was more than ten years ago and few people know about it.

Even if I knew, I couldn't recognize it now. The change from young Taohong to old Taohong is really too great.

After all, in a high-end brothel like Huifangli, the internal competition is extremely fierce. When a girl gets a little older and has no customers to hire her, she will soon be sold to a mid-range brothel. Once the madam of the mid-range brothel has made enough money from her, she will sell her to a low-class brothel.

And so on, gradually decreasing.

Until the girl is old and ugly and there is no more money to be made from her, he kicks her out of the house with the pretext of giving her freedom and letting her be a good woman in the future!
However, the business of a brothel girl is not just about lying down and counting money. The hard work involved is difficult to describe.

For example, if the guests like to drink, she has to accompany them; if the guests want to smoke, she cannot refuse; if they meet those useless old guys, it is common for her to bully them in every way.

People have been in the world of pleasure and debauchery for more than ten years. Not to mention other things, just the issue of drugs and cigarettes is something that few girls can escape.

By the time his youth was gone, he had already suffered from numerous illnesses and could not do any other work, so he had no choice but to move to the slums and work as a half-open doorman.

Logically speaking, the reason why Lao Taohong fell into this situation today was that she fell into a trap in Huifangli.

But if someone asked her if she hated Hui Fangli, she would say no, but just felt it was a bit of a pity.

Whether she was indoctrinated by others or she gave up on herself, she had already acquiesced to her own inferiority.

When asked further, it turned out that not only did she not hate the girls, but she even dreamed of returning to Huifangli. Even if she could not be the top girl and could only serve chamber pots, make beds, and comb hair for other girls, she was willing to do so, because working there at least she would not have to worry about food and clothing, and she could also get a lot of rewards.

It’s not like now, where we have freedom but still suffer the same sins and our lives are still very tight.

When Lao Taohong was young, money came easily and her temper was calmer. Even when she got angry occasionally, it was just a small temper. When she got older, she realized the difficulties of the world and became more aggressive. She would often roll on the ground with others or curse in public for a few cents.

In fact, she is not that old, just in her thirties.

It's just that she was involved in the sex trade too frequently, and her face looked haggard. Without makeup, at first glance, she looked like an old shrew in her forties.

This look would not be acceptable in a brothel, but on the street of Ten Rooms, she was considered a famous prostitute with many regular customers, and many people knew her.

Because we know each other, I feel even more curious.

Someone immediately called out to her in a loud voice: "Taohong, why are you here today? I want to do business with you!"

"Go home to your mother!" Old Taohong turned around and cursed, "I'm a good woman now!"

"Become a good woman?" Everyone asked her with a smile, "If you become a good woman, what will you rely on for food in the future?"

"It's none of your business. If you want to honor me, wait until I give birth to you in the next life!"

Old Taohong cursed and pointed at Zhang Lianfu, saying, "He will take care of me in the future. It's not your turn to worry about me!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lianfu hurriedly pushed the old prostitute away and asked sternly, "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever say I would support you?"

Old Taohong widened her eyes, half resentful and half angry, and said, "Ah, Zhang Lianfu, what did you say to me in bed before? Now you have forgotten everything and turned your face away from me. Are you still a man?"

"What did I say?"

"Oh, you really have a bad memory and a quick forgetfulness!"

Old Taohong was shy and hurriedly repeated, "Didn't you say that yourself that night? Taohong, don't sell yourself out anymore. I want to marry you. Okay, baby, I beg you!"

Upon hearing this, the audience was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.

Unexpectedly, Lao Taohong suddenly turned around, protected Zhang Lianfu behind her, and yelled at the street: "What are you laughing at? Don't laugh at my man. This is called romance. You old men don't understand shit. He even knelt down and begged me to marry him that night!"

When everyone heard this, they laughed even louder.

This is more than just a joke.

Zhang Lianfu's prestige, reputation and character were also invisibly dispelled, smeared and questioned along with the laughter...

Some people who are curious about the situation gave him a thumbs up and said sarcastically, "Dude, I think you are starving. You are not picky about food!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhang Lianfu said anxiously, "I, I don't even know her!"

"Zhang Lianfu, has your conscience been taken away by a dog?" Old Taohong asked harshly, "How dare you say that! How dare you say you don't know me?"

"I didn't even know you!"

Zhang Lianfu denied it flatly, but everyone could see that there was guilt in his eyes when he spoke.

Old Taohong refused to be outdone and continued to curse crazily, "Well, you are really a piece of shit. You tried every trick to trick me. I slept with you and let you have sex for free for several nights. Now you treat me like this in front of so many people. Isn't it time for you to stay by my side like a cricket pupa?"

"Get out of the way, you crazy old woman! I have other things to do, so don't get in my way!"

Zhang Lianfu took advantage of the situation and pushed a few times, eager to get away from this farce.

Old Taohong seemed to be heartbroken. She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly collapsed to the ground. She first messed up her hair, then slapped her thigh and wailed loudly as if she wanted to commit suicide.

"Oh my God, why don't you open your eyes and see! I have been so sincere to him, but he didn't even have a good thought for me. Now he wants to abandon me. What sin did I commit in my previous life? If he doesn't want me, then I won't live anymore!"

Rumors are scary, and the worst thing is half truth and half falsehood.

As soon as Lao Taohong shouted a few words, the onlookers began to talk.

Some people pointed fingers, some people commented on it, and rumors were like a sharp sword in the wind, hitting us in an instant. "Alas, the printing factory is the same, how could they choose such a person to negotiate?"

"Isn't it? How can a person with corrupt private morals talk about public morals?"

"If I were to choose, I would definitely not choose him. Maybe he secretly accepted money from the boss and is a traitor!"

Countless voices of doubt entered Zhang Lianfu's ears, waking him up suddenly. He turned his head subconsciously, only to see that Jiang Lianheng and others had just walked out of the Chamber of Commerce building and were standing at the door, looking over here coldly.

"Framed! Someone is trying to frame me!"

Zhang Lianfu pointed angrily at Jiang Lianheng and others, and turned sideways to the onlookers on the street and shouted: "These are all arranged by them, in order to instigate us workers and discredit us. Don't be fooled!"

As he spoke, he leaned over and grabbed Lao Taohong's collar, and asked sternly: "Tell me, who sent you to plot against me? Was it him? Was it him? "

Zhang Lianfu pointed at Jiang Lianheng and roared wildly.

After hearing this, Old Taohong looked confused and seemed not to understand what he meant.

Everyone saw this scene.

If you ask whether this matter is a bit strange, it is indeed a bit strange.

But everyone was also confused. There were more than a dozen labor representatives who came to negotiate. Why didn't Lao Taohong go and make trouble for Xiao Mao or Lao Meng? Why didn't she go and make trouble for others, but just targeted you, Zhang Lianfu?
After thinking about it, I guess this kid is usually not disciplined enough.

Otherwise it doesn’t make sense!
Could it be that Boss Jiang and his team were able to foresee the future and had already determined that Zhang Lianfu would go against the investors in the negotiations, so they made arrangements in advance?
Coincidentally, Jiang Lianheng can really predict the future.

With his numerous informants, he had already figured out the bottom line and demands of the labor side, which conditions could be compromised, which scabs could be bribed, and which workers were hard-line and difficult to deal with long before the negotiations began...

Jiang Lianheng was already familiar with all this information, so he was able to be successful in everything he did.

However, few people know about these preparations before the negotiations.

Not only were the workers present unaware, but even the bosses around them were kept in the dark.

Everyone knows that the Jiang family is not easy to mess with, but everyone still underestimates the Jiang family's ability to gather intelligence.

At this time, Lao Taohong had also come to her senses, and she cried and said aggrievedly: "Okay, Zhang Lianfu, I just want to ask you for an explanation, but you actually said that I framed you. Fine, you are shameless, then no one wants you, I must expose all your dirty deeds!"

After saying that, he used his tailbone as an axis, turned around, faced the onlookers on the street, and immediately started to make a scene.

"Oh my God, you don't know, Zhang Lianfu, this old bastard, pretends to be serious in public all day long, but he really abuses people behind people's backs. He really tortures me to death. He is a piece of shit in the factory, but he just wants to act like a boss in front of me. Every time he asks me to call him 'Master', if I don't, he will beat me. Just look at me!"

The stinky guy hurriedly asked, "Taohong, what did Zhang Lianfu do to you? Tell us so that we can judge for you."

"Why should I argue? He is just ugly and playful. He can torture people more than that old eunuch. One time in the middle of the night, he banged on my door..."

The old prostitute behind the half-open door has long lost her sense of shame and dares to say anything.

She dares to say it, but I don’t dare to learn it.

If you say that she has a mouth, then that is the best use of it.

I could only hear her mumbling there, like a Maxim heavy machine gun, with extremely dirty words. I was afraid that even if Chuanghu came, he would have to respect her as a teacher.

Listening to her talking nonsense, the reactions of the onlookers varied.

The older girl was embarrassed, the younger wife smiled knowingly, the brothers were beaming with joy, and the old lady was shouting that it was nonsense!
After a while, Zhang Lianfu couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed Lao Taohong's hair, glared at her and cursed: "Bullshit, I told you to talk nonsense, when did I ever do those things?"

Saying that, he raised his hand to hit.

When the spectators saw this, they hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Hey, why are you so anxious? It's not okay to hit a woman. Even if she's a prostitute, you can't bully her as a man!"

"I bullied her?" Zhang Lianfu's eyes widened with anger. "Why don't you say he framed me?"

"We don't know whether she has framed you or not, but if you hit someone now, we'll all be watching!"

"I...Fuck you!"

In the end, Zhang Lianfu did not take action. If he did, he would have fallen into the trap, so he pushed the man hard, just wanting to escape from this place of trouble as soon as possible.

However, with just this push, Old Taohong burped, rolled her eyes, and collapsed.

At this time, more and more onlookers had already gathered, and suddenly a loud shout was heard not far away: "Hey, murder, murder!"

As the voice came, a short-legged rough man in his forties ran over in a hurry, grabbed Zhang Lianfu's wrist, and said with a pout: "Zhang, what do you want to do? It's fine if you just deny it, but you dare to kill someone in the street? Come on, sue me!"

Zhang Lianfu swung his arms, glared and cursed: "Who the hell are you!"

"I'm Taohong's brother, Taohe. You can't bully my sister. Let's go to court!"

"Bullshit, she's still breathing!"

"What's wrong with you panting? You know that you've been beaten up. So many people are watching, and you still want to deny it?"

"I'll fuck you!"

In life, no matter how much suffering there is, we can endure it with patience. However, not everyone can endure being wronged and wronged.

Zhang Lianfu was so angry that he could no longer bear it, so he raised his hand and slapped the rough man hard in the face.

Taohe was hit and quickly covered half of his face, but he didn't rush to fight back. He just turned around and shouted, "Everyone, come and see, did you see the beating? Zhang Lianfu is more arrogant than the officials. He was just elected by the workers, and he started to show off his power and bully the honest people!"

The onlookers were not stupid. They all saw that Taohe was trying to blackmail people, but they could only see that he was blackmailing people. They did not associate it with the negotiations for resuming work. After all, they did not know what had happened in the negotiations just now.

All in all, the same thing applies - why didn't Lao Taohong make trouble for others, but chose to make trouble for you, Zhang Lianfu?

This is no wonder. If you see a woman harassing a man on the street, nine out of ten people will subconsciously think that there is something wrong with the man.

As the saying goes: Those who are involved are often confused, while those who are not involved can see clearly.

Now it seems a little absolute.

Zhang Lianfu had no way to defend himself, so he could only vent all his frustration on Old Peach Kelp.

Seeing the two people fighting, "justice came from the sky" at once, and not far away, Mr. Jiang was seen rushing to the scene with a team of old firewood.

"Hey, those two guys, what are they doing?"

Master Jiang was very majestic and shouted sternly: "In broad daylight, you two dare to fight in public. Do you still have the government and the law in your eyes?"

(End of this chapter)