Today, Yang Dong was supposed to follow the fish cart to town to deliver fish, but ran into Li Chuntao, which led him to turn back.

After asking his sister-in-law for help, he went along with the fish cart to town.

After delivering the fish, he strolled around the town, thinking of checking if anything was needed at home to buy them back.

Somehow, he found himself wandering to the front of a brothel.

He felt quite disdainful and hastened his steps to leave.

But then he heard an "ouch".

There was a thud, and someone was thrown out from the brothel.

Originally, he wasn’t one to enjoy watching the commotion, and it was common for people to be tossed out of the brothel anyway; certainly, it was someone trying to freeload without paying and got thrown out.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard the man start speaking.

The man shouted, "How dare you throw me out? I have Silver, so why not let me in?"

This voice made Yang Dong pause because he recognized it; it was Yang Daniu from the same village.

Turning his head, he saw a lady with a gaudy flower headpiece and heavy makeup come out. She looked older and clearly was the madam. She waved her handkerchief at Yang Daniu disdainfully and said, "Sir, how dare you claim to have Silver; just look at your patched coarse cloth clothing. Before, you said you had Silver, so I let you in. And what happened? Didn’t you just enjoy the girl for free?"

The madam glanced at Yang Daniu with contempt and continued, "And today you dare to come again. I’m already generous for just tossing you out and not breaking your legs. Know your place and scram as far as you can; don’t blame us for being unfriendly."

Yang Daniu stood up from the ground, and somehow filled with confidence, he tilted his head towards the madam, so much so that his head was practically facing the sky, "Madam, don’t look down on people. Who said I don’t have any Silver? I have Silver today."

The madam crossed her arms, speaking with disdain, "Oh? Really? You have Silver? Then show me?"

Yang Daniu took out a silver hairpin from his pocket and boasted, "See? See? This is a silver hairpin, worth several taels of Silver. And you still say I don’t have Silver. You really underestimate people."

Seeing that silver hairpin, the madam looked with disdain. Though a silver hairpin was worth a few taels, the madam had seen plenty. What was a poor hillbilly flaunting for? That single silver hairpin was barely enough to cover what he owed for the free service earlier.

And now, he was acting so boastfully, thinking himself important, even wanting to visit the ladies again. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Since he came, leaving just like this wasn’t an option; she had to get her hands on that silver hairpin to settle the previous debt.

The madam, experienced in this trade for many years, knew well how to talk to different people to achieve their goals. She was determined to get that silver hairpin. Her attitude changed immediately, putting on a flattering smile, and she said, "Oh, sir, I didn’t expect you had Silver. If only you had said earlier, we wouldn’t have thrown you out, no?"

The madam reached out to take the silver hairpin from Yang Daniu’s hand as she spoke.

At this moment, facing the madam’s new attitude, Yang Daniu’s ego swelled, thinking himself truly like a lord, and boastfully said, "Can I go in now?"

The madam’s eyes were filled with scorn, but she kept smiling, humbly saying, "Yes, yes, right this way, sir."