Dou Laosi sneaked home, bypassing his small yard, he heard the heavy sound of his lady cleaning up the stone mill, and he could also imagine how she was supporting her waist and tired. Maybe she will be tired and tired, think of her daughter, and cry bitterly when she leaves the guy.

It's been like this for the past few days.

But he wasn't going to help her or comfort her.

He was afraid that the lady would not let go of scolding him again, and he was also afraid that she would scold him for why he came back in the morning after gambling in the gambling house all night, and now he was dizzy from gambling, so he still secretly went to sleep.

was walking into the house, and suddenly heard the youngest son's "Dad", his heart was cold, and he was about to turn around to silence his son, but he heard the younger son's sharp children's voice: "Mother! Daddy is back! ”

Then his wife pounced on him like a whirlwind, and scolded with a cry: "You dead ghost! You still have the face to come back! You've gone to gamble for another day, haven't you! How much did you lose? You're going to kill me! Give my daughter back ......"

Dou Laosi covered his face, for fear of being caught by the lady, and said, "Don't, aren't I also here to turn the book?" If you win the money, you can redeem your daughter...... Don't fight, don't fight, I didn't go to Xinyi Casino, I went to a small casino, played small, and didn't lose much......"

The lady of the Dou family stopped fighting, covered her face and cried and said, "Why am I so miserable, I met such a bad gambler like you, what a daughter......" said and raised her face, "I heard that this morning's guest said that Yulan was bought by Qiao Hong'er and those people." ”

Dou Laosi was taken aback: "Qiao Hong'er? ......" He was relieved, even if his daughter was bought to be Qiao Hong'er's concubine, it would be better than selling it to Hualou.

The lady of the Dou family wiped her tears, "Isn't the junior of the Lu family next door better with Qiao Hong'er?" You go to his house and ask, maybe the third child asked Qiao Hong'er to save our Yulan? ”

Dou Laosi agreed, cowered and went out of the door, went to knock on the door next door, and waited for the next door Lu Niangzi to open the door, and saw that it was him, so he made a straight face, Dou Laosi laughed with him, and asked her if the third child was not at home.

Lu Niangzi was suddenly angry and said, "That kid is willing to go home!" It's not with Qiao Hong'er yet! A bunch of little boys who don't do their jobs! …… You say, I kindly found him an apprentice in Buzhuang, but he didn't do it! What kind of ranger are you still a ranger? Can you eat or drink! ……”

Dou Laosi dealt with a few words, thought about it, and walked towards Qiao's courtyard.

Qiao Honger's father was a famous wealthy businessman, and there were many fields outside the city, but he fell ill four years ago, and his mother had a difficult birth when she gave birth to him, so Qiao Honger was unmanaged, so she could squander such a vast family fortune. However, although Qiao Honger is famous for his righteousness and light money, he has not squandered all his family wealth, and the big shopkeeper he uses has always been loyal and makes a lot of money, and the land and property are also there, and he can collect a lot of rent every year, and if there is more money earned every year, he uses most of it to buy real estate and land, so although he is not as rich as when his father was alive, he is still a rich family.

Qiao's house is a three-way courtyard, because there are no female dependents, Qiao Hong'er in the inner courtyard is locked, and his sons and daughters often gather in the front yard of his house to drink and dance swords, talk and laugh.

Dou Laosi arrived at the door of Qiao's house and wandered left and right for a long time.

Because Qiao Hong'er was alone, he sent most of the former servants, leaving only a family of three servants, a cook, and a janitor, and their children were also in their teens, just for Qiao Hong'er to run errands.

Dou Laosi waited for the errand boy to come out, then he covered it, pulled the little brother's sleeve and said, "Good brother, you go and help me ask if Lu Xiaosan is here, if so, help me pass it on, uncle will eat you candy." ”

The little guy rolled his eyes, raised his head and said, "Who are you?" ”

Dou Laosi said with a smile.

The little guy let out an "oh" and said, "It turns out that you are Dou Yulan's eighth father who sold her to the rotten gambling ghost king!" ”

Dou Laosi couldn't hold it on his face, he couldn't even make up for it, but he didn't dare to get angry.

The little guy raised his hand and said: "Sensei, since your daughter has been sold, it is not your family, our young master bought it, naturally our young master is in charge, what is the use of you rotten gambler coming to the door!" ”

Dou Laosi reluctantly smiled and said "yes", and saw that there was really no hope, so he walked outside.

Unexpectedly, he walked not far away, but bumped into a young man, the young man first scolded a few words, saw him, and said, "Isn't this Dou Laosi who sells tofu?" ”

Dou Laosi smiled and apologized, and nodded.

The young man's eyes were facing him, and his attitude was very arrogant and rude: "I heard that you are also good at gambling, and you are still old to Xinyi Gambling House?" ”

Dou Laosi broke out in a cold sweat, wiped his sweat and said: "I don't dare to go now, I always go to Cheng's house in the east of the city to gamble these days......"

The young man laughed and said, "You stupid quail, Xinyi Gambling House is a place to send money, but Ah Cheng's family is also extremely unclean, you come with me, I will take you to a place to gamble." ”

Dou Laosi changed his gambling location in this way.

For three days in a row, he was a small win, and he was happy in his heart: sure enough, the places he went to before were all out of thousands of ghosts, but this changed to a serious place to play, and it was different.

On the fourth day, he lost a little bit, and comforted himself that it was normal, there were losses and wins, and it was not difficult to win again.

On the fifth day, he won a lot at once, and he was so happy that he even bought a box of rouge for his wife and a pack of sesame crisp for his two sons.

On the sixth day, it was a big loss. Not only did he lose all the money he had won before, but he also owed a lot of money.

On the seventh day, he gritted his teeth and decided to turn it over, and was convinced that he would do it, but he owed a lot more.

When he went again on the eighth day, he was restrained by some of the gambling companions, and several more teenagers came out and demanded that he pay back the money.

Dou Laosi already owes eleven taels of silver, where can he come out at this time?

He didn't have any land, the house he lived in was rented, and the guys who grinded tofu were not worth two or three taels of silver, and they couldn't afford to pay back all their belongings after they were sold.

The young man at the head scolded the gamblers with him: "Let such a poor ghost owe so much money, do you have pig brains?" ”

The man was not convinced: "Just let him take the deed." ”

"I ...... My house ...... It's a leased ......" Dou Laosi swallowed.

The man was stunned for a moment and said, "Then take his mother-in-law to pay the debt." ”

The young man at the head sneered: ", who wants an old woman who sells tofu?" ”

said and sighed: "After all, it is a loss-making business, that's it, you are killed and thrown to the mass grave in the south of the city, you," pointing to the person who gambled with Dou Laosi, "You pay the silver!" ”

The man shouted again and again, and pushed Dou Lao Si again: "Hurry up and think of a way, otherwise you will die if I lose money." ”

Dou Laosi was already stupid with fright, and said in a daze at the moment: "I...... I also have two sons......"

The young man sneered again: "You look like this, can your son see anywhere?" Where can such a kid be sold for a dozen taels of silver? After he finished laughing, he looked at Dou Laosi and said, "Count yourself lucky, I just had a friend who wants to buy an adult man to help him guard the empty house, and you sell yourself." ”

Dou Laosi was originally a cowardly and afraid of death, he was coerced by everyone, and he thought that looking at the house was not a heavy job, so he had to sign a deed of sale.

On the other side, in Qiao's courtyard, the young man took Dou Laosi's deed of sale to Qiao Hong'er.

Qiao Hong'er was drinking with a group of brothers, and she felt bored, and Dou Yulan, who had been redeemed before, served him affectionately on the side and poured wine for him.

After getting the deed of sale, Qiao Hong'er showed it to Dou Yulan, laughed, and said, "How is it?" Your father has already sold himself, and I will let people resell him, and after that, your mother and your brother will live a hard life, although it will be harder, but they will not be ruined. ”

Dou Yulan couldn't read, just stared at the bright red handprint.

She didn't recognize her deed of sale at the beginning, but she just watched her ruthless and incompetent father, trembling and pressing a handprint that was as bright red as this moment, clear and abnormal.

She blinked her eyes and blinked away her tears: "Thank you, Childe," she said softly, "and ask Childe not to sell him to the saltworks and mines, and to leave him with a dead end...... It's the slave's own father......" said in a choked voice.

After being taught by the servants of the Qiao family for an afternoon, she already knew that she wanted to call her son and call herself a slave.

"Okay," Qiao Hong'er generously agreed, and instructed his subordinates: "Sell him far away, don't sell him to a place where you do too heavy physical work, and tell the sù family when you sell it, this person is selling himself after losing the gamble." ”

Qiao Hong'er's brother agreed.

The tears on Dou Yulan's eyelashes finally fell, and she snuggled into Qiao Hong'er's arms, trembling and said, "Thank you Gongzi for saving me, and saving my mother and brother......"

The surrounding teenagers were coaxing.

The beauty was in her arms, and Qiao Honger felt that she should do something.

But he didn't know why, but he didn't want to do anything.

Is there something wrong with you?

He smiled and looked around, trying his best to make a more bold appearance, and even pinched Dou Yulan's little face.

But he still didn't want to do anything.

He cleared his throat, intending to say something to distract the younger brothers, but suddenly he felt black in front of him.

He fainted.