"Buy big."

"Still buying big? I've been driving it twice a lot. ”

"Growing up or growing up is reliable", He Mu said with a smile, took two silver dollars and put them on the big characters, "If you don't believe me, buy something else." ”

Song Chi thought about it, and still put all the money on the small print, who knew that since then, he opened three big ones in a row, and Song Chi lost again. He thought that he would follow this young man to buy it next time, but who knew that the young man would stop gambling.

"Little brother, little brother", Song Chi grabbed He Mu, "Look at what you want, I will follow you to buy whatever you say." ”

He Mu said, "I have won three times in a row today, and my luck has run out, if you want to bet with me, then wait for tomorrow." ”

"Okay, that's okay, you must come tomorrow", Song Chi let go of his hand, He Mu reached out and pinched a silver dollar out of his pocket, "The windfall has to be spent, I see that you have lost all your capital, I hope you don't dislike this." ”

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it", Song Chi hurriedly took it, "Thank you, little brother." ”

He Mu smiled and walked out of the gambling house with his legs raised.

For three days in a row, Song Chi followed He Mu to place a bet, although he won more and lost less, but he made a small bet, and he only won a little money. On the fourth day, Song Chi watched He Mu win a lot of money again, and was envious, "Why didn't I have your life, I knew that I had bet all the money this time." ”

"It's not fate, it's vision", He Mu smiled, "Actually, I think you have a good eye, and there have been several times if you buy it as you say, you will win." But you have less money, even if you buy it, it doesn't have much money, you take out more money, and it will be good. ”

"I want to too, but now it's not as tight as before", Song Chi said embarrassedly, "Last time, in order to repay the debt, I had already turned against my father-in-law." ”

"Then there is no way, although it is said that gambling is not a loss, but since you have no capital, it is better not to gamble, I have heard you say some family things these days, why don't you go back to do business with your father-in-law", He Mu comforted him and said.

"Hey", Song Chi disdainful, "His business, he can't make a lot of money from his busy work all day long." Besides, he already looked at me unpleasantly, I want to work for him again, he won't be more difficult for me, it's better to "Song Chi looked at He Mu, his eyes lit up, "Little brother, you can lend me some money." ”

"This ...... It's not good," He Mu said embarrassedly, "I don't have much money. ”

"Isn't it true that you don't want to help", Song Chi said, "It's in vain for me to treat you as a brother these days." ”

"It's not that I don't want to help", He Mu said hesitantly, "Brother Song, don't think I'm talking straight, it's okay to borrow your money, it's just ......"

"Just what?"

"It's just that if you and I are unlucky and lose everything, what will you pay me back?"

"Look down on people, isn't it", Song Chi patted his chest, "Aren't you afraid that I won't pay back, our shop is on this street, what are you afraid of." ”

"The shop is not fake, but the shop is not yours, you yourself just said that you have already turned against your father-in-law."

"Why isn't the shop mine", Song Chi said, "Don't you say that I haven't remembered it yet, I'm short of money right now, and I don't have anything on the side, but the deed can be given to you." ”

"This ...... Brother Song, since you have something valuable, it is better to take it to the pawnshop, and you can use it as a few more money. ”

"You don't know, the pawnshop owner has some friendship with my father-in-law, if I give him the deed, turn around my father-in-law will know. What's more, I have to redeem the money after I win, but it will only take a few days, so I don't have to bother so much. ”

"That'...... I'll bring more money tomorrow," He Mu said, "and we'll talk about it then." ”

The next day, Song Chi brought the deed of the shop, and He Mu checked it carefully and refused, "This can't be done, no, no." ”

"Why can't you do it", Song Chiman didn't care, "You refused to lend me money yesterday, it's nothing more than no mortgage, how can you shirk it now that you have a mortgage?" ”

"Your deed is too valuable," He Mu said, "I only have twenty taels, which is not suitable." ”

"It's up to me whether it's suitable or not," Song Chi said, "You just have to take it." ”

He Mu looked at him embarrassed and said, "Okay, I'll take this deed first, but it's okay, you have to redeem it before the end of the month." ”

"Got it", Song Chi stuffed the deed into his hand, "It doesn't take the end of the month, my brother will redeem it." ”

"That's naturally the best," He Mu said with a smile.

Song Chi, who has money, is no longer with He Mu, and He Mu is also happy that he doesn't follow, the two of them play their own games, He Mu is still the same as usual, and he will not be greedy when he sees a good thing. That Song Chi is not, originally a few days ago, he often complained that He Mu did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but now that he has the capital, he came by temperament, He Mu saw this, and didn't say anything, said hello to him and left first.

He Mu walked out of Xinxing Street, walked to the miscellaneous market, sat down at Sister-in-law Tian's stall, asked for two steamed buns with pork and cabbage stuffing and a bowl of porridge, and before he could eat, Lin Hongwen sat down opposite.

He Mu took out the deed and pressed it on the table, Lin Hongwen reached out and wanted to take it over, but he didn't take it, "What do you mean?" ”

"There's something I don't understand, and I want to hear from you."

"What's the matter?"

"He doesn't know you, you want to pit him and do it yourself, why are you looking for me?"

Lin Hongwen frowned, "I asked you to do something, you agreed, I gave the money, and you also accepted it, why do you ask so much?" ”

He Mu looked at him and said slowly, "I told you ten days ago that there was a new person at the intersection who asked for food, like a child of a rich family, I guess you should have gone to find him that day." Because later, I saw the two of you go to Peach Blossom Lane together, presumably he is really a young master from a rich family. ”

"What do you want to say?" Lin Hongwen asked.

"Soon after that, you came to me and asked me to pit Song Chi, but I didn't show up", He Mu's fingers knocked on the wooden table covered with oil stains one by one, "I think you probably don't want people to know, although I don't know why yet, it should have something to do with that young master." ”

Lin Hongwen looked at He Mu calmly, "Can I ask you one thing first?" ”

"Say."

"Why are you asking about this?" Lin Hongwen asked, "You can say what you want, maybe I will promise you directly." ”

He Mu clicked on the deed, "You spend half a day to get it, it's not for rent, I know you're going to do business, I want you to hire me." ”

"I don't like others to threaten me", Lin Hongwen squinted his eyes slightly and looked at him, "You threaten me and let me hire you?" Do you think I'd be stupid enough to grab a mouse and put it in my own rice bowl? ”

"I can't threaten you anything", He Mu said, "You can rest assured that I will go to the gambling house, naturally you know my details." ”

"I didn't know at first, but I didn't think you were like those who worked hard, so I inquired, and the result was really surprising", Lin Hongwen said with a smile, "I didn't expect that as soon as I looked for it, I found someone who cooperated with someone to set up a gambling game to cheat money." ”

"Then you should also know that I have long stopped doing that", He Mu said with some excitement, "I don't want to threaten you, I just want to eat with you, as long as you agree, I won't say a word about the previous and the after." ”

"What if I don't say yes?" Lin Hongwen's face sank, and he looked at him gloomily, "If I don't agree, what are you going to do?" ”

He Mu was frightened by those eyes, "I don't plan to do anything, I just know that you probably want to hide it from him, but even if I go to sue him for what you have done, I won't get any benefit", he grabbed Lin Hongwen's cuffs and pleaded, "I beg you, let me eat with you, I don't want to threaten you, I just don't want to live like this again, you don't know ......"

"Next time I ask for someone, be more direct, and say it nicely", Lin Hongwen interrupted him, pulled back his sleeves, picked up the deed on the table and stood up, "I took the deed, you can tell whoever you want." ”

He Mu looked at his back, his eyes full of despair.

33.

Although Lin Hongwen didn't want to be threatened by others, he was a little restless when he thought that He Mu might really harm others and himself, and told Zhou Shiying about this matter. After three days of suffering, he finally went to the corner of Xinxing Street again. He hoped that He Mu was no longer there, and it was best to leave the Fu family shop already.

Before Lin Hongwen walked to the corner of the street, he heard the scolding, and when he got closer, he saw that the people who were standing at the corner of the street on weekdays looking for odd jobs were gathering in a circle to watch the excitement. Lin Hongwen relied on his height and stood on tiptoe to look inside. There was a fight inside, one man was pressed to the ground, three or four people were beating him, and the beaten man was already powerless to fight back, just protecting his head with his hands. Lin Hongwen was shocked when he saw that the person was dressed, and squeezed in through the crowd, "Don't fight, let's kill people again." ”

Those few people turned to look at Lin Hongwen, "Who are you?" ”

"I hired him to do things for me before", Lin Hongwen said, "I can't help but ask if I met him today, why did you beat him?" There has to be a reason, right? ”

"Of course, he owes us money," the man at the head said, rightly.

"What money?"

"How do we know what he's doing with the money," the man snorted and spat on the ground, "He begged us to lend him money that day, saying that he was waiting for money to save his life, and we wanted to be poor people here, and we would help if we could." As a result, more than ten days have passed, and I haven't seen a single child. That's all our hard-earned money, I heard that he won a lot of money in the gambling house a few days ago, but he didn't pay it back. ”