New Fanguan for Lunch

I went to lunch with the physics teacher at my school.  On my way, we passed what I thought was a church.  We walked inside to find that it had been converted to a hospital at some point.

While walking I asked him about different Chinese words for hotel and restaurant.  He explained that different words describe different levels of service for hotels.

I casually said "so is that a fanguan too".  He calmly said, "no that is where you go to have a sex with the woman."  

I was kind of shocked, because prostitution is illegal in China.  He explained that the shop is a massage parlor.  Customers can go in, and seek extra services.  They then go to a separate room.  He said that someone waits at the massage parlor in case the police come, and call the masseuse and her client so they can sneak out the back.

This is some highly illegal activity.  I wonder if it operates like that Zumba fitness brothel I heard about not long ago. I continue to be amazed about this socialist workers paradise.

At the restaurant we went to, we ordered some very tasty beef with peppers and lotus root as well as some pig stomachs with onions and spices.  All of this served with alot of white rice.  It was very tasty.

While waiting for our food, a random old woman walked by my table.  She and I made eye contact, so she came over and gave me a handful of the sunflower seeds she was eating, along with a toothy grin. It seems I truly am the ambassador of mankind.

While eating, the grandmother of the shop literally dragged her 6-7 year old granddaughter over to our table so the grand daughter could practice some english.  Needless to say, within 30 seconds of yanking and cajoling, the young tyke was wailing and crying.  A chuckling grandmother carried her outside the restaurant.  It was pretty humorous.  I suppose grandmothers also torture their grandchildren with epic feats of embarrassment here in China too.