I have the best bloodline

Auntie waved for Old Zhang to come and pay the bill, while Su Yan looked at the talented women marveling at the wonders of water heating and suddenly gave a bitter smile and sighed.

Originally, Su Yan planned to pay homage to the beautiful clothes he wore in his previous life and use them to dress up the talented woman, so that his aunt's brothel could grow bigger and stronger and dominate the brothel market in Xia Yu.

As a result, as soon as Yu the tailor delivered the sample, Hua Yu wore it that very night. In the end, Sister Xi'er casually picked up a lamp and erased the sample of the stockings.

The next day, Su Yan asked the tailor shop to produce some more. It just so happened that it was the beginning of winter in Xia Yu and it started to snow. The talented woman took off her usual bright red dress and put on a fur coat.

"What kind of mess is this? From making clothes to decorating brothels and installing plumbing, I didn't make a penny back, and then I spent over a hundred catties of spirit stones on my aunt."

Su Yan covered his face, looking at the newly renovated brothel with a mix of laughter and tears: "How about we just change the name of the brothel to 'Springtime All Year Round'? Anyway, we can pour hot water into the pipes to heat it up in winter, and pour cool river water into the pipes in summer to achieve alternating hot and cold temperatures."

Su Yan really wants to make money right now because she's currently living in a brothel and has been living off her aunt, which makes her feel quite embarrassed.

In addition, his aunt really spoiled him, so Su Yan hoped he could help out at the shop. But there was really nothing for him to do. The three clever monkeys took care of all the chores on weekdays. As for things like cleaning, the talented women would take care of them when the shop was open or closed.

Moreover, these are not worth mentioning. My aunt seems to lack nothing except money.

Therefore, Su Yan wanted to earn more money for her aunt so that she could show more filial piety to her. Otherwise, she always felt like she was just someone who was good at acting cute and freeloading, which was a very subtle feeling.

Su Yan didn't know where the feeling came from, but she felt really embarrassed to be eating for free all day.

Perhaps, just like in the fairy tales I read in a past life, animals are all capable of repaying kindness.

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What are you standing there for?

After Auntie finished settling the final payment for Lao Zhang, she jumped down from the upper floor of the building, went to the lobby, patted Su Yan on the head, and asked him what he was doing there.

"Nothing much, just thinking about how to make money," Su Yan said, turning to look at his aunt with an embarrassed expression. "I've made my aunt's wallet suffer again."

"Whoa—"

The aunt exclaimed in surprise, then laughed and said, "Since you know my wallet is bleeding like crazy, what are you still doing sitting here? Hurry up and go help Nanwu and the others!"

The brothel has now been renovated. Thanks to the little fox's clever idea, a water heating system has been added to the brothel, making the temperature inside very comfortable, at least very suitable for humans to live in.

The aunt naturally planned to reopen the business and wrote invitations to the ladies she knew, asking them all to come and see the little fox's tricks in her brothel.

In this way, when the harsh winter came, Goulan was the most suitable place to spend the winter, and the lady no longer needed to travel to the southern or western states every winter.

In a winter like this, are you sure you don't want to come here to play mahjong or pai gow for a couple of rounds?

The brothel is now like a lock, keeping those ladies who are afraid of the cold but procrastinate and haven't had time to go out to escape the cold inside.

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After receiving a head pat from her aunt, Su Yan also went to help write the invitations. However, apart from her name, which she could write in a flamboyant style, Su Yan's calligraphy was really mediocre. Helpless, Su Yan could only help seal the letters into the invitations.

"squeak"

With the brothel preparing to reopen, everyone was busy, including the three clever monkeys, though their aunt assigned them the task of purchasing supplies.

The three clever monkeys were exasperated. They looked at the snow falling outside the backyard, then glanced back at the group of people dressed in light summer clothes, chattering amongst themselves.

Finally, one of the clever monkeys made a tough decision, lifted its foot and stepped out of the water circulation area, onto the snow. It felt a jolt as if it had been electrocuted, and it sprang back.

"Squeak—!"

After being electrocuted, the monkey shook its head frantically and raised its hand as if preparing to play rock-paper-scissors.

It's obvious that going out is not a good thing. Better to die for a fellow Daoist than for me. Let's decide life and death with rock-paper-scissors!

One game decides the winner, three games decide the winner, and after five games decide the winner, one of the clever monkeys was kicked out of the house by another monkey who jumped up in mid-air. The third monkey quickly threw out a money bag and a cart to lock the back gate.

The clever monkey, which had landed on the snow, sprang up and ran to the door, banging on it frantically: "Coat! Coat! Coat!"

Everyone in the brothels wore summer clothes, and the monkeys were no exception.

When the unlucky monkey was kicked out, his clothes were so thin that it was unbearable to look at. As soon as he landed on the snow and felt the harsh winter's blow, he was so anxious that he started talking and frantically knocking on the door to get a set of clothes to wear.

Their main job is as cooks, and they need to shave their fur to prevent it from falling into the dishes.

Otherwise, for customers of brothels, finding hair in their food would be a very serious matter, and reporting it to the authorities could result in the business being shut down and fined.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 53 can also be considered a way of repaying a debt of gratitude.

"Yes, yes, that's it!"

The next afternoon, before it snowed, my aunt stood in front of the brothel gate and directed the carpenters to hang the signboard, which had been made overnight and whose varnish was still wet, in its original place.

My aunt's original name for the brothel was 'Goulan Washe', which was very ordinary and had no special features; it was just a general term for brothels.

However, due to the water heating system and Su Yan's complaints, Auntie had the carpenter work overnight to make a new signboard. Today, the brothel is officially renamed "Ruchun Garden", which means spring-like all year round and can also be interpreted as a garden full of spring colors.

Su Yan watched in disbelief, and casually remarked that her aunt had actually used it as an idea.

"The location is right. Just lift the red cloth. Changing the shop name doesn't mean changing the manager. Keep everything simple."

After the carpenters positioned the signboard correctly, my aunt looked it over and nodded in satisfaction. She then told the carpenters to come down the stairs and lift the red veil to complete the work.

"What do you think of the new name your aunt chose?"

"The demon race characteristics are very strong! It looks like a black shop no matter how you look at it," Su Yan said.

What was clearly not a risqué matter seemed rather off after my aunt recounted it, with her words conveying a "Come on, let's have some fun" vibe.

"Special features of the demon race?" Auntie was taken aback, not noticing the sarcastic tone in Su Yan's words. She looked up at the signboard of Ruchun Garden again: "There's nothing special about it! Demon race brothels usually have male beasts sitting at the tables, and female beasts going in with sticks to choose their husbands. I don't hang knives, spears, halberds, axes, or forks in front of the brothel."

"You've been to the brothels of the demon race?"

Su Yan: "."

Shouldn't the brothels of the demon race be a million times more open and uninhibited than those of the human race? Why are there such incongruous things as knives, forks, swords, and halberds?

Are the brothels run by the demon race actually breeding stables?!

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"My little fox! I've missed you so much!"

As the brothel opened, Su Yan began greeting customers as usual. After a brief separation, the ladies and young women all preferred Su Yan.

Because after their brief separation, the strange fragrance they had caught on Su Yan completely disappeared.

The man who used to be so fierce he could break the bed frame now greeted his wife with a refined and respectful demeanor, like a sage who had studied the classics. His wife urged him to work overtime to have a son for the family, but the husband smiled and said, "Wife, don't be in such a hurry. Let me finish reading this 'Records of the History of Yu the Great' first."

The girls' charm has also begun to decline, and they can no longer attract the attention of the young men on the street as usual.

They all realized that worshipping the fox spirit wasn't just superstition; during this period of snow, they hadn't touched the fox spirit, and their luck in finding love had vanished.

Even the relationship between husband and wife became disharmonious, and they could no longer make a sound that would make the neighbors grind their teeth in envy.

Therefore, after receiving their aunt's invitation, the ladies who had nothing to do recently all came to give Su Yan money to renew his subscription.

"Fox Baby!"

Madam Li took out a silver note from her storage ring, stuffed it into Su Yan's arms, patted his shoulder hard, and said with a serious and earnest expression, "Bless me to have a child, boy or girl doesn't matter, the most important thing is to have a son!"

Su Yan: "I wish my wife a speedy delivery of a son, auspicious dragon and phoenix, harmonious marriage, and a prosperous and peaceful family."

"Thank you for your kind suggestion, I'll stack two rounds first."

After paying to renew her membership, Madam Li smiled with great satisfaction. As soon as she entered the brothel, she felt something was off. The temperature here was probably around 25 or 26 degrees Celsius, and she felt very hot as soon as she entered, dressed in a leopard fur coat.

"Madam, this way."

Xiao Bai, standing at the entrance of the lobby, naturally greeted Madam Li as she entered the room.

"Is this the repairs the shopkeeper was talking about? It's certainly very interesting."

Madam Li looked around, slowly took off the leopard fur coat she was wearing, and said with great interest, "There's no smoky, foul smell in the main hall, nor is it dry, hot, or painful to breathe in. The things you've renovated are truly interesting."

"Which craftsmen did you hire to build this? I'll have someone build one for my home too."

Although the snowstorm outside had temporarily stopped, the snow on the road showed no signs of melting and even seemed to be freezing. The fact that the van she was riding in, with its spiked wheels, was slipping slightly proved that the outside temperature was still below zero.

The temperature inside the brothel was so hot that you wanted to take off your clothes; it was as warm as standing in front of a stove with a raging fire.

The things that have been renovated in the brothel are quite interesting.

"This was Little Fox's idea. The place he used to live in was spring-like all year round, and he couldn't adapt to snowy weather, so he came up with some kind of hot and cold circulation system to ensure that our brothel is warm in winter and cool in summer, so that we can keep doing business."

Xiao Bai smiled and explained to Madam Li, "The decorations of the brothel may look the same, but the manager has spent hundreds of pounds of spirit stones on them."

"Hundreds of kilograms of spirit stones?"

Madam Li pondered for a while and then asked, "Does that thing that keeps things warm in winter and cool in summer have any subsequent costs? Like the formations set up by high-level cultivators?"

The lady didn't understand hot and cold water circulation, but she recognized the device that could do such a thing. There was such a permanent constant temperature array in the imperial city, but the subsequent consumption of spirit stones and spiritual energy was extremely terrifying. Even an ordinary wealthy family couldn't withstand such a consumption of spirit stones.

"It seems like there's not much consumption involved, it just requires connecting the fire well and a lot of water, and it also requires manpower to clean it regularly, right?" Xiaobai said.

"Excellent! Give me one too." Madam Li nodded and said to Xiaobai, "Tell the shopkeeper, we're all old acquaintances, let's not keep this to ourselves. Share this winter essential; the winters have really been getting colder and colder these past few years."

"Shall I go ask the shopkeeper?"

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"Little fox, come here for a moment."

Today, because it was reopening after renovations, Su Yan, as the chief deity of the Fox Fairy Temple, spent almost the entire day at the entrance welcoming a constant stream of ladies and young women of all kinds. Although it was really strange, Ru Chun Yuan could now be considered to have reopened.

Seeing that there were no guests outside, Su Yan returned to the warm interior from the front door. As soon as he entered, his aunt waved to him and asked him to come to the fourth floor.

"Is there something you need, Auntie?"

Su Yan strolled upstairs, a cheerful expression on her face, and approached her aunt to ask her questions.

Now that the brothel has reopened, the ladies are giving generous fees and tips, which can help her aunt earn money, and Su Yan is quite happy about it.

"Don't let a dozen ladies keep asking how we managed to make our brothel warm in winter and cool in summer, asking if we'd sell you the idea of ​​creating a temperature-cooling system."

The aunt waved the paper in her hand and said, "They even wrote down the size of their house, saying they wanted to see how many spirit stones it would cost to renovate their house as well."

Su Yan looked at the papers in her aunt's hand, and three question marks appeared on her forehead.

After the Fox Fairy Temple and the Horse Hanging Hall, is our team ready to venture into the decoration industry?

"If it weren't for Auntie, it would be fine if brothels didn't have lecherous thieves abducting talented women, drinking, or cultivators fighting. Do we really have to compete with artisans for our livelihood now?"

"But they really offered a lot! And they just asked us to name a price, would you sell?"