Chapter 61: A tearful farewell

Hao Zhifen replied casually: As long as the kung fu is deep, the iron rod can also be sharpened into an embroidery needle, and the correction of gamblers also has to be deep. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info then she told the story that happened at home -

When I was in secondary school, my mother farmed contracted fields at home, and my father worked in the factory. My father had money in his pocket, and after work and rest, he went out to gamble by working overtime, and the boss owed wages and had no money to take home. My mother didn't suspect it at first, but it dawned on her when an acquaintance told her. Gambling addiction is going to ruin the family, and the whole family is anxious, but it is not good to take measures without evidence. In a hurry, I joined forces with my mother, called a taxi, and hid in front of my father's factory to wait. As expected, my father didn't work overtime, and when he got off work, he drove a motorcycle, and as the flow of people came out, my father was in front, and the taxi we hired was unaware of it. When we came to a street, my father parked his motorcycle and walked in. We paid and got out of the car. There were many storefronts on the street, but the place where my father went in was a corridor separated from the storefront, he may have gone to meet friends, we didn't dare to follow up, but we waited outside for half an hour and didn't see my father come out, besides, people often walked in, we were impatient and dared to go in the corridor. At the end of the corridor is the staircase, we walked up the stairs, it turned out that the second floor was a chess and card room. At that time, chess and card rooms were everywhere, high-sounding, business was booming, there were many people in and out, and they were very free to enter and exit, and we also walked in in a big way. The waiter saw us, like a hostess, politely bent over, stretched out his hand, and said, "Welcome."

My mother and I walked around, and there were more than a dozen tables of people playing mahjong, but there was no father. Hell, I saw him come in, where did he go? The inquiry was also unclear, and we only learned that we were bored and retreated, and came outside to wait. When I was impatient, I saw a middle-aged boss in his forties with a big belly and a well-dressed person, I knew him, and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello: Hello Boss Du!

Boss Du asked: Your mother and daughter came to find Master Hao, right?

I answered truthfully: Yes, yes, but I saw my father come in, but I couldn't find him in the chess room.

Boss Du sneered and blurted out: There are marijuana generals on the third floor, and there are even more exciting ones.

The speaker has no intention of listening, and we have concluded that my father must have gone to the third floor to rub marijuana, no wonder we couldn't find him. I improvised and said: Boss Du, let's go up to the third floor together.

Boss Du smiled and said: There is a secret passage at the entrance on the third floor, some people stand guard and stand guard, strangers can't go up casually, and they have to be introduced by acquaintances.

I lied and pleaded, saying, "We have a relative who is dying of breath, and we are waiting to see my father for the last time, and I am in a hurry, so you can take us up in a good way."

It is indeed an urgent matter, so it is easy to say, Boss Du was moved, he said: But the sentry has to be dealt with. My mother and I scraped together only 300 yuan, so I gave it all to him. He agreed to take us in. Boss Du takes care of it, if you say that you are in a hurry to find someone when you go in, you will not be allowed to enter. I get it. When we arrived in the dark passage, the guards didn't let us in. Boss Du hurriedly explained: They are my acquaintances, and they are also here to participate in gambling, to put it bluntly, they are here to send money, and there will never be an accident.

I patted the bulging bag on my back and agreed: Yes, we are here to gamble.

Boss Du hurriedly gave the security guard 300 yuan. Boss Du is a frequent visitor here, and the security guard believes it to be true before letting us in.

When I got to the third floor, I was dumbfounded, all the people who went there were rich people, bosses, wives, and young ladies, and they had a lot of money, and a game of mahjong was a hundred, or even thousands. I shook my head, not wanting to look any further. I searched everywhere for my father, but there was still no sign of him. I asked Boss Du, is there anything else on it?

Boss Du informed: There are also pai gow, 28 bars, fighting landlords, eating crabs, etc., and playing other more exciting ones, do you want me to take you up to see?

I couldn't ask for it, so I replied quickly: Okay!

We followed Boss Du up to the fourth floor. Seeing that his father was indeed there, his mother pulled him out by the ear without saying anything.

I found the owner of the chess and card room, and pointed out in a strict manner: Boss, we are working people who can't afford gambling and squandering, you see clearly, he is my father, if you don't let him in in the future, we will not let him in the well, and the next time you let him in, I will report the gambling in the chess and card room.

The boss was frightened when he heard this, so he promised: Girl, don't worry, next time it will be a chess and card room, and he will not let him in. The boss also took a picture of my father, and my father was blacklisted for gambling from this time.

My father took a month off, he changed places to gamble, we went to follow him again, and he was blacklisted again. We also went to various chess and card rooms and places with a large flow of people to post announcements, printed a photo of my father, saying that my father was addicted to gambling, and whoever allowed my father to gamble, the family would secretly follow and report, and put my father on the blacklist, so that no one in the chess and card room and underground gambling place within a radius of five miles dared to take my father into gambling.

My father had nowhere to gamble, and I found him restless and upset, and he was in danger of relapsing at any time. After discussing with my mother, I took the following measures: first, hold on to his stomach tightly, and cook delicious food every day, which is better than the snacks in the restaurant, so that he wants to come back to eat delicious food after work. Second, create an atmosphere of quitting gambling at home, play quitting gambling songs, and post gambling cessation proverbs everywhere in the home to paste his gambling cessation pledge. Third, take my father's money bag, no longer let him be in charge, take care of him in the factory, put my salary on my mother's card, and only give my father Wu Baiyuan pocket money every month, of course, I will give him money for special purposes. If he has no money to gamble, he will never be able to open a gap for him to repay his gambling debts, and declare to the outside world (including relatives and friends) that whoever lends him money to gamble will resolutely refuse to repay his gambling debts, and will bear the consequences. My father was blacklisted for borrowing money, and no one lent him money to gamble in the future. Fourth, can not let the father have free time to gamble, after the father got off work his mother has prepared for him snacks and farm work, at the same time try to do some pasting cartons at home, stacking ingots and other manual work, we accompany him to do manual work, all the money earned belongs to him, he makes steady money in his spare time, plus the wheel keeps turning, no time, he will not go to gamble. Fifth, accompany him to travel and relax during the long vacation. Sixth, be good at solving problems for your father, so that he is in a happy mood, no worries, no depression. Seventh, engage in some small entertainment at home, play cards, and make up four people to rub small mahjong. Eighth, peanuts, melon seeds, candy, fried soybeans, spiced beans and other snacks at home are constant, so that my father is not idle when he is free. Ninth, refuse all gambling addicts to come to the door to deceive people, declare that whoever comes to call his father to participate in gambling will go to his house to make noise, and at the same time never allow his father to go to the gambling addict's house. Tenth, the house was locked after dinner, and the three of us had to go out with a key, but my father didn't have a key, so he couldn't go out at night. Now my father hasn't gambled for six years, he has quit gambling, and he is a family member again, and we all respect him.

Wang Chunlan thought of herself and asked: Girl, did your father ever borrow usury for gambling?

Hao Zhifen replied without concealment: If he borrowed, he fell deeper and deeper in order to repay the loan shark.

Wang Chunlan couldn't wait to ask: Then how did you deal with it?

Hao Zhifen replied with a smile: One day after work, my father did not come home on time, and waited for an hour and did not come home. It turned out that the creditor saw that my father was not going to gamble, so he blocked my father who came home from work at the factory gate to ask for debts, but my father had no money around him, and the two sides were deadlocked. The debtor was anxious for the debt, so he took my father to the house to ask for the debt. My father never talked about debts, and we were unprepared, and the creditors were fierce and threatening, and there were only two ways for your family to do so, one was to help him pay his debts honestly, and the other was to watch him cripple if he didn't, and the money he would have to pay more to go to the hospital than this debt.