Happy Little Farmer
Chapter 135: Yu Hong Dou’s Dilemma

Chapter 135: Chapter 135: Yu Hong Dou’s Dilemma

Yang Fan looked at Yu Hong Dou, incredulous as she was sandwiched between three women.

At that moment, he could barely control his expression. What exactly was this girl’s deal?

He had just rescued her from the deep pit of Tian Gaofei, and now she had jumped into the cage of selling her body.

"What’s all this about?" Out of respect for the acquaintance, Yang Fan couldn’t help but ask.

Yu Hong Dou’s face turned red, her expression filled with embarrassment and nervousness.

Encountering Yang Fan, an acquaintance, in such a situation seemed to make her extremely uncomfortable.

The woman who had been chiming in immediately said with a smile, "Handsome, you’ve got great taste. This girl has been here for less than an hour. If you pick her, you’d be her first man."

"However, this girl hasn’t worked in our field before. If you want that kind of package, it might not work out, as she’s inexperienced. How about you pick another person? Have both, and let our experienced girl guide the newbie."

"As for the price, we’ll settle at nine hundred. You get your comfort, and we earn our money; it’s a win-win, right?"

"Nine hundred is fine, but I only want her," Yang Fan said sternly.

"Generous handsome man, it’s a deal then," the supporting woman shouted with joy, "Looks like the handsome man prefers beauty over service. It’s true, being with a pretty girl does lift the spirits."

"Can she go out with me?" Yang Fan asked.

"Of course she can! Here we can only do simple stuff, but for an overnight or additional packages, we go elsewhere. It’s inconvenient here." The supporting woman explained, "There’s a small two-story in the alley behind; you can go there."

Yang Fan nodded.

Actually, he intended to take Yu Hong Dou out for a chat.

Nevertheless, it seemed they had their own procedures here, so he decided to go along with their way.

"Handsome, let’s finish the donkey hide gelatin deal first, and let Hong Dou head over," said the supporting woman, who seemed to be the boss. A Mei only spoke a couple of sentences, and afterwards, the boss took over completely.

This woman, appearing to be in her late thirties, was a mature and voluptuous beauty.

Although she was a bit older than the woman sitting at the door earlier, she was more attractive and had more charisma.

Yang Fan sold the seven jin and two taels of donkey hide gelatin for six thousand fifty, subtracting the initial capital of four thousand eight, making a profit of one thousand seven.

With Uncle Qin working sporadically, Yang Fan could pretty much rely on having a full meal each time.

If not for Uncle Qin’s old age, Yang Fan would have even liked to stick by him constantly, urging him to work more often.

After A Mei had paid him, Yang Fan left the simple-looking but deceptively complex little store and made his way to the alley behind.

The tea market was not as organized as the Herb Market, mingled with numerous residential buildings, most of which were rented out to others.

Yang Fan looked around and immediately spotted the low two-story building squeezed among many three-to-five-story buildings.

The front door was wide open, and Yang Fan walked straight in.

Yu Hong Dou was sitting on the living room sofa, looking nervous. When she saw Yang Fan come in, she immediately stood up.

"You switching jobs like this is quite jarring, I can hardly see through you anymore. Aren’t you a student?" Yang Fan asked lightly as he lit a cigarette and surveyed the surroundings of the house.

"I didn’t want to, but my grandfather needs money for his medical treatment..." Yu Hong Dou said, forcefully pursing her lips.

"Don’t the other members of your family care?" Yang Fan asked in surprise.

Yu Hong Dou appeared heavily burdened as she somberly said, "My eldest uncle disowned us long ago, and my second and third uncle are out of town. They occasionally call, but whenever they hear my grandfather is in the hospital, the calls don’t go through anymore. My dad... died early, and my grandfather raised me. I can’t just ignore him."

Yang Fan’s head spun as he first heard of her family’s issues.

All the sons shunned their duties, whereas the granddaughter had become the pillar of the family.

No wonder Yu Hong Dou first sold her grandfather’s collection of substandard quality Cordyceps, and now had thrown herself into this pit of fire—it must have been a last resort.

"Do you urgently need money?" Yang Fan asked.

Yu Hong Dou meekly nodded, "The hospital said that conservatively, the ensuing treatment might need thirty thousand. Although it’s not very urgent at the moment, I only have about ten days to gather the funds. Otherwise, we’ll start accumulating unpaid hospital bills."

"I’ve taken out loans, borrowed from everyone I could, and I’ve sold everything valuable we had. I managed to gather two hundred thousand but this remaining thirty thousand, I really don’t know where else to turn to."

"That day, I came here to sell the two tea bricks my grandfather had collected, and stumbled upon this shop by chance, so I took the risk. I figured out that we can make at least one hundred and fifty yuan from one client; twenty in a day means I could earn three thousand. In ten days, I could earn the money needed for the treatment."

"Although selling my body is really terrible, I thought about it for several days, and I couldn’t think of any other way out."

Yang Fan crunched the numbers in his head, "My goodness, that numbers are rather horrifying—two hundred people!"

Blushing, Yu Hong Dou hung her head and fumbled with her glasses as she hesitated, "But I really have no other option. If there were even the slightest possibility of another way, I definitely wouldn’t be doing this. My grandfather already underwent surgery, and now it’s just about the follow-up treatment. I can’t give up."

Yang Fan pinched his temples and sighed deeply.

An old man raised four sons, but when he fell ill and needed hospital care, it all fell on the slender shoulders of his granddaughter.

The situation could almost be described as ridiculous.

"Brother Fanzi, let’s go upstairs. They just assigned me a room up there; I’m not very familiar with it yet, so please don’t mind," Yu Hong Dou said softly. "Also, could you maybe show me how to do it later? I’m slightly more comfortable with you, and it makes me feel a bit better than having to learn it with them around... I feel uneasy," she added.

Yang Fan only caught the part about going upstairs, completely missing Her subsequent words.

His mind was wholly occupied with how to help Yu Hong Dou.

The thought of such a sweet girl being handled by two hundred people was painfully regrettable to him.

He did have thirty thousand in savings now, but he dared not lend it.

Besides borrowing money, the other option was to sue Yu Hong Dou’s uncles for not fulfilling their duty of care.

But the legal process would take more than ten days, definitely delaying the old man’s treatment.

With all this on his mind, Yang Fan followed Yu Hong Dou upstairs.

Yu Hong Dou was clearly unfamiliar with the place too. After entering the room, she first checked the bed, then rummaged through the wardrobes and drawers for a while, seemingly unable to find what she was looking for.

"Brother Fanzi, please have a seat for a while, I’ll go look for that thing. They said it should be in the room, but I can’t find it," Yu Hong Dou said, embarrassed and somewhat helpless.