Zhu Yuenuan extinguished the stove, walked out of the kitchen with the medicine that had just been boiled, and came to the door of Chu Chongzhu's room.

"You're all like this, still striking iron?!" Li Yuniang's voice was angry, "Can't you have a good rest?" What can you hit every day? It's good now, it's almost a disaster!! ”

"There are three days left, as long as the list is completed, it will be fine." Chu Chongzhu's voice was thick nasal, and he coughed a few times from time to time.

"But you've just woken up, and you're still hot, do you know how scary it was last night? If it weren't for the warm moon and my in-laws, I would ...... I don't know what to do...... Woo woo woo ...... "Li Yuniang cried like a child.

Zhu Yuenuan's hand that was about to push the door couldn't help but retract back, looked at the medicinal soup in his hand, and turned around to go back to the kitchen.

Chu Chongzhu's voice sounded in the room, with helplessness: "It's me who is not good, I originally thought that this business would be completed, and I could make more entanglements for Tong'er, so that he could have more money on the way to the exam, who would have thought ...... Alas, but now, it's too late to say anything, if we can't deliver on time, we will sell this family and our two old bones, and we can't afford to make up 10,000 taels......"

"So what now?" Li Yuniang asked with a sob.

"I can only find a way to deliver the goods, or else...... If you don't believe in your words, maybe it will affect Tong'er, don't forget jì, he is a gift. Chu Chonghammer sighed in annoyance.

"Why don't we spend some money to collect some from another house?" Li Yuniang suddenly reminded.

"That's ...... Will it ......" Chu Chonghammer hesitated.

"Then it doesn't say that you can't do it, isn't it okay to hand over all the goods?" Li Yuniang disagreed.

"That'...... I'll go. Chu Chongzhu said immediately.

"Okay, okay, you're all like this, drink the medicine and rest. I'll go. Li Yuniang said repeatedly.

Zhu Yuenuan heard her talk about medicine, so she came back and knocked on the door.

Chu Chong sighed heavily, drank the medicine and lay back to rest.

Li Yuniang pulled Zhu Yuenuan out, stood in the courtyard and whispered, "Yuenuan." You are watching the shop at home, I went out to find Er Bing, this bastard boy, he didn't come back all day and all night, if you let your father-in-law know, it will be troublesome to be angry. ”

"Mother-in-law. I'll go find it. Zhu Yuenuan looked at the house and took the initiative to ask, "Father-in-law's fever hasn't completely subsided, you can help him wipe his body at home." ”

Li Yuniang hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yes." You are inconvenient...... So, do you know where to find Erbing? ”

Zhu Yuenuan shook her head.

"The small tavern on Sijigui Street, the small teahouse on Yuegui Street, the opera garden on Dangui Street, he often goes to those places, by the way, there are also the two tigers on the edge of the opera garden, and the bastard boy is with him every day." Li Yuniang told Chu Erbing about the possible places to go.

Half an hour later. Zhu Yuenuan has searched all the places that Li Yuniang said, but she didn't find Chu Erbing, but she was in the opera garden. met a person: "Yo, the sister-in-law of the Chu family also came to see the play?" ”

Zhu Yuenuan looked at the young man in front of him who was about the same age as Chu Erbing, and asked, "Are you the second tiger?" ”

"Does the sister-in-law of the Chu family recognize me?" Erhuzi suddenly raised his eyebrows, jumped down the steps with his eyebrows fluttering, stood in front of Zhu Yuenuan and said, "You don't know. We always admire you, and we actually took down Brother Tong. Hey, hey, awesome. ”

"Thanks for the compliment." Zhu Yuenuan smiled. "Can you do something for me?"

"Sister-in-law Tong just speak." Erhuzi slapped his thin chest loudly, "It's okay to go to the soup and fight the fire!" ”

"Where is Chu Erbing?" Zhu Yuenuan looked at him appreciatively and nodded.

"He ......" Erhuzi's face was a little uncomfortable, and he raised his hand to scratch the back of his head with a smile, "I don't know, I haven't seen him for a few days." ”…

"I really don't know?" Zhu Yuenuan looked at him with a smile.

"I don't know." Erhuzi avoided her eyes, shook his head, and the hand scratching the back of his head moved to the base of his ear.

"Then what are you nervous about?" Zhu Yuenuan looked at him funny.

"No, how could I be nervous...... Uh, okay. Erhuzi raised his head, saw her clear eyes, and changed his words helplessly, "I was nervous when I saw you, Brother Tong is the person I admire the most." ”

"You just said you admired me." Zhu Yuenuan was unmoved.

"Of course, you are more powerful than Brother Tong......" Erhuzi said with a laugh.

"My father-in-law is sick." Zhu Yuenuan interrupted him, "My mother-in-law asked me to find Erbing back, if you see him, remember to inform him and ask him to come back quickly." ”

"Huh? Uncle Chu is sick!! Okay, okay, I'll help you find it. Erhuzi was startled and pointed in a random direction, "I'll go here, you go there, and we'll look for it separately." ”

Zhu Yuenuan looked at him steadily, nodded for a while, and walked in the direction that Erhuzi said.

"Whew~~ It's so stressful...... It's even more powerful than Brother Tong. Erhuzi watched her walk away, and then stroked her chest and exhaled a long breath, "No, I have to find Er Bing quickly." ”

With that, he turned around and ran down the alley.

Zhu Yuenuan watched him leave from a distance, turned around and followed quickly.

In the small alley at the end of Sijigui Street, in front of the Universiade Gambling House, Erhuzi didn't want to get in.

Zhu Yuenuan stood in front of the door, staring up at the plaque for a long time before raising her legs and walking in.

As soon as he entered the door, he was stopped: "Girl, this is not the place for you to come." ”

Zhu Yuenuan just glanced at him, took out a small ingot of silver from the money bag on his waist and handed it over: "Can you come?" ”

“…… Yes! Yes! The man was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he took the silver with a dog-legged smile.

Zhu Yuenuan ignored him and went in.

The man took a bite of the silver with a look of surprise, but then, he looked at Zhu Yuenuan's back and muttered, "Why is this girl so familiar...... Where have you seen it? ”

Zhu Yuenuan had already opened the curtain and entered inside.

A large room, the light is dim, the smell of charcoal from the brazier is mixed with the smell of sweat, and there is a faint smell of urine, which is strange and unpleasant.

The room was full of people, but it was as if they didn't smell it. They were all gathered in one place, and from time to time there was the surprise of the winner and the annoyed sigh of the loser.

Zhu Yuenuan walked in the crowd expressionlessly, looking for Chu Erbing's figure, bypassing a few tables of pai gow, she saw Erhuzi approaching the center. Squeezed in.

"Erbing, Erbing." As Erhuzi's voice sounded, Zhu Yuenuan saw Chu Erbing, who was standing in the center of the table, staring at the dice cup on the table with his eyes dead, his face haggard.

"Small!!" The dealer opened the cup. There are losses and wins, but Chu Erbing's was taken over, he couldn't help but curse in annoyance, shook his hand, and turned his head to look at Erhuzi: "Why are you here?" ”

"Your dad is sick. Sister-in-law Tong is looking for you everywhere. The room was full of people, and Erhuzi had no choice but to lean into Chu Erbing's ear and say loudly.

"What?!" Chu Erbing showed a hint of anxiety and turned around to leave.

"Hey, Er Bing, why did you leave?" A rat-bearded man next to the dealer immediately shouted, "Today's momentum, the dealer is about to collapse, and the opportunity is rare." You don't play two anymore? You know, that's one of a few rare things. ”

Chu Erbing stopped and turned his head to look. There was a hint of hesitation on his face.

"Maybe you'll be able to turn over." The rat-whiskered man continued, "You've lost all night, so maybe it's time to get started?" You don't want to win all your losses back? ”

Chu Erbing gritted his teeth and thought about it. …

"Is there no silver? It's okay, brother lends you. The rat-whiskered man threw out a stack of silver tickets very boldly, "Use it casually." ”

"No, you don't." Chu Erbing stared at the stack of silver tickets for a long time. He shook his head and looked down at the dozen copper coins in his hand. Turning around and approaching the table again, he put all the copper coins in his hand on the "small".

"Sell it and leave it~~" The dealer shouted at this time.

Zhu Yuenuan stood behind and listened clearly. But he couldn't see the situation, thought about it, and reached out and patted the person in front of him: "Trouble let me go." ”

The person in front of him turned around and saw Zhu Yuenuan dressed in red, and he was stunned to step aside, and he didn't forget to signal to the people around him.

Zhu Yuenuan came to Chu Erbing's back smoothly in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Open~~ Big!!" The dealer exaggerated the lid of the cup, and the strange thing is that except for Chu Erbing and a few people, the rest of the people were all pressed.

"Come again!" Chu Erbing's eyes were blazing and staring at the dealer's dice cup, but he touched his money bag, his face became embarrassed, the money bag had already been deflated, he lowered his head and stalemate for a while, bit the Erhuzi who looked at the side of him, and stretched out his hand, "Is there one?" ”

Erhuzi hesitated, but still took out all the copper coins on his body, and put them together, there were more than 20 articles.

Chu Erbing didn't think about it, and threw it all on the "small": "I don't believe it, it's been open all night, can you still be big?!" ”

Zhu Yuenuan propped up her elbows thoughtfully, held her cheeks and watched, ignoring the pointing behind her.

Chu Erbing's attention was all on the table, and he didn't notice the abnormality around him for a while.

The dealer and the rat-bearded man saw it, looked at Zhu Yuenuan's quiet waiting, and didn't care.

The dice cup is open again, and it is still big!

Chu Erbing closed his eyes in annoyance and shook his head, slammed the table heavily, and turned around to leave.

"Hey, don't go." The rat-bearded man shouted again, "I don't have enough money, I have it here." ”

"No, it's better to go back to ......" Chu Erbing shook his head and insisted on not using his silver.

"Suppress small." Zhu Yuenuan suddenly made a move, clasped Chu Erbing's right wrist, and pressed it directly on the word "small".

Chu Erbing was caught off guard, was pressed to the table, and turned his head to look at Zhu Yuenuan in shock: "Sister-in-law...... Why are you here?! ”

The second tiger on the side was already with his mouth open, and he raised his hand to cover his face.

Chu Erbing turned to Erhuzi violently and glared fiercely.

Erhuzi quietly loosened his fingers, flattened his mouth innocently at Chu Erbing, and tightened it again.

"Girl, you ...... Not good. The dealer looked at Zhu Yuenuan in astonishment, then looked at Chu Erbing's hand, and said with a smile, "There is no such rule." ”

"The rules are made by men." Zhu Yuenuan clasped Chu Erbing's right hand, stared at the dealer lightly, and said, "What? What rules do you have that says you can't gamble with goods? ”

"This ......" the dealer suddenly knotted, looked at the rat-bearded man beside him, and said helplessly, "No." ”

"Crush his right hand, and if I lose, the right hand is yours, and if I win, a penny." Zhu Yuenuan evoked a smile, but the smile was not as good as the bottom of her eyes, and she said lightly.

"What?! Is my hand worth a penny? When Chu Erbing heard this, he couldn't help but be anxious.

"And how much do you think you're worth?" Zhu Yuenuan immediately looked at it with disdain and asked.

"Sister-in-law, this ...... It's not good. Erhuzi didn't care about the embarrassment at this time, and hurriedly persuaded him.

His voice immediately caused everyone to discuss: "I remember, she is the eldest lady of the Zhu family, the one who fought and married the eldest son of the Chu family before." ”

"Sister-in-law holding the little uncle's hand? It's ......"

"This eldest lady of the Zhu family is really bold, and she is ...... Tsk, this is not a fight, who doesn't know that the aunt of the Chu family is like her life, and now, she won't be able to please her when she goes back. ”…

Zhu Yuenuan ignored these discussions and looked at the dealer lightly: "Have you thought about it?" ”

"Miss Zhu, this ...... You better stop playing, if in case...... You won't be able to explain to your mother-in-law when you go back. When the dealer heard everyone's discussion, he smiled and softened his tone.

"That's my business." Zhu Yuenuan seemed to have made up her mind, and her voice sank, "Open!" ”

This sound suddenly silenced the hustle and bustle of the room, and everyone on the side involuntarily stepped back, looking at Chu Erbing lying on the table sympathetically.

The dealer and the rat-whiskered man looked at each other, and the rat-whiskered man suddenly raised his eyes to look behind Zhu Yuenuan, and glanced at the dealer almost imperceptibly.

"That'...... Well, don't regret it. The dealer knew the slight jaw and said to Zhu Yuenuan with helplessness.

"I'm not a gentleman, but I've always said the same." Zhu Yuenuan was unmoved, and only raised her chin towards him.

When Chu Erbing heard this, the hand that was still resisting was weakly loosened, he closed his eyes, and simply lay on his stomach and did not move.

The dealer sighed and reached for the dice cup to slowly lift the lid of the dice.

Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, and their eyes were all focused on the dealer's hand. (To be continued)

PS: Thank you for the pink ticket of Suiyuan SLX, Yu Yuyu, and Yang Zhenxing~~~