The spring is bright, the begonia tree is blooming in the courtyard, under the begonia tree, there are two children, but four or five years old, both have the same hairstyle, comb the braids, one tall, one short, one thin, one fat. They are all dressed in red silk, with a bright gold collar around their necks, and their appearances are somewhat similar, if they are not tall, short, fat and thin, they look like twin brothers.

The short and fat one among them, smiling a little proudly, was holding a nine-link in his hand to play.

Nine links are common folk toys, but the little fat dun in his hand is different, because it is made of jasper, gold is the chain, the color is gorgeous, not to mention, the jade sound is also crisp, not to mention children, even adults can't take their eyes off it.

The tall and thin one, with his fingers on his head, whispered, "I want to play ......"

The little chubby dun raised his chin and said proudly: "Only this one, it's my ......"

"I want to play with ...... too," the tall and thin boy said again in a milky voice.

Little Fat Dun looked down at the object in his hand and hesitated: "This thing is brittle and easy to break, you have to be careful, I don't dare to play with it at will......"

The tall and thin child had a pout, his face was already aggrieved, and tears were rolling in his eyes, but when he saw the figure not far away, he already said with joy: "Grandmother......"

Hearing this, Little Fat Dun raised his head, and faced several servants, and surrounded a middle-aged woman and a young man

The tall and thin child had already pounced, and said, "Grandmother"

The middle-aged woman took his little hand with a look of pity on her face: "Why is Brother Xiaodong here?" Oops, are you going to shed tears? How can you be wronged like this? But bullied? After speaking of the most lush, he looked at another little chubby dun, his expression turned cold, and his voice was already annoyed.

Little Fat Dun stood there, looking a little at a loss, and muttered, "Madam, second brother ......"

When the thin and tall boy saw that the backer was coming, he felt more and more aggrieved, pouted, and choked up: "Grandmother, woo, I want to play that too, and the fifth uncle won't play with me......"

The middle-aged woman looked at the little fat dun and asked sharply, "You are an uncle, why don't you let your nephew?"

The little fat dun grasped his hand tighter, straightened his neck and said, "There is only this one child, and it is something that is afraid of breaking."

When the tall and thin boy heard this, he cried "whining".

The middle-aged woman's face became more and more impatient: "You can't be willful, don't you play with your nephew?" ”

Little Chubby raised his head, blushed and said, "This is a child's child's."

Seeing this, the tall and thin boy cried more and more.

The middle-aged woman was distressed, and immediately urged: "Can't you be sensible?" It's really ruthless, and you're used to it, so you let your nephew cry? ”

Little Fat Dun hugged Jiulian in his arms, his face was unconvinced, and he did not answer.

The middle-aged woman was impatient and said to the young man next to her, "Why don't you take it for Brother Xiaodong?" If you cry again, your voice will be hoarse."

The young man hesitated, with embarrassment on his face: "Mrs., since you are the fifth brother's beloved, why don't you find something else for Brother Xiaodong?" ”

The thin and tall boy was clever, and seeing that things could not be done, he took the middle-aged woman's hand and choked up: "Grandmother, grandmother, I want this ......"

The middle-aged woman was distressed, and she no longer urged the young man around her, and immediately stepped forward and dragged the nine links from the arms of the little fat dun, and stuffed it into the hands of the thin and tall boy with her backhand.

"Hee-hee fun......" The tall and thin boy held the jasper nine rings, breaking into tears and laughing.

Xiao Chubby Dun was furious: "You bully people, I'm going to tell my grandfather, Brother Xiaodong robbed me of my nine rings"

The tall and thin boy was startled, and hurriedly looked up at the middle-aged woman: "Grandmother......"

The middle-aged woman's face was like frost and she looked at the little fat pier.

The young man next to him persuaded in a low voice: "Madam, let's return it to the fifth brother." The fifth brother is tall, but he is half a year younger than Brother Xiaodong, and when he makes trouble with the grandfather, it doesn't look good in two times......"

The middle-aged woman only felt that her heart was in turmoil, so she took the nine rings from the thin and tall boy and threw them on the ground: "Take it back, who is rare"

The blue bricks in the courtyard were paved with bricks, and the jasper nine consecutive rings fell, and immediately broke a few sections and scattered all over the ground.

The little chubby dun couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the middle-aged woman sneered, took the slender boy's hand and turned away.

Behind him, the howls of children rang out......

Looking at the jasper nine rings in the brocade box, Shen retracted his thoughts and sighed heavily.

At that time, it seemed that there was a dispute between two children, but the consequences were quite serious, Shen Jue was ill, and the grandfather knew the reason, and scolded the eldest daughter-in-law without saying anything, and did not allow her to see Brother Jue casually. It didn't take long for the good news to come from the capital, and Brother Xiaodong was sent to the capital by the grandfather with his grandmother.

Shen was a bystander back then, and he only felt that the eldest lady's disgust for her younger brother was unreasonable and too mean. For the sake of the eldest wife's attitude, Shen still doubted Shen Jue's background back then, and cautiously inquired around, although he knew the answer, but it was the opposite.

Although Shen sympathizes with his brother, his son does not say anything about his mother, except for persuading peace on the side, he can't say anything about the side.

It wasn't until Shen Jue was taken away by the Xu family that the eldest lady showed remorse here, and Shen looked embarrassed.

Last year, when I went to Nanjing to visit relatives, Shen unintentionally saw the jasper nine links in front of him in a cultural shop in the Confucius Temple, although it was not as delicate as the one that the eldest lady fell back then, it also had the meaning of seven or eight points.

Shen thought of the grievances his brother suffered when he was young, so he bought this jasper nine rings, thinking that he would give it to him when he got the opportunity in the future.

I didn't expect to send each other in such a situation, and I haven't sent it out yet.

Shen smiled bitterly and shook his head, closing the brocade box again......

On the canal, the grain ships stopped and went, and before I knew it, August was over, and by mid-September, the journey was already halfway over.

In the tenth month, Shen Rui, Shen Jue, and Shen Quan not only regained their old friendship with Shen Huan, a former classmate, but also got acquainted with Shen Yu and Lu Sanlang.

The boat is boring, and in their spare time, everyone wipes dominoes to kill time.

Shen Yu has a high rank and a lot of trivial things, so he does not participate in the clan and nephews; Shen Jue was only swept by the side because of his filial piety, and there were only four left: Shen Rui, Shen Huan, Shen Quan and Lu Sanlang.

Although Lu Sanlang is a little older than the sons of the Shen family, he is a lively and transparent person, not rigid and dogmatic, and can get together when he talks and has fun with everyone. Otherwise, even if Shen Rui had an old relationship with him, everyone would not be so familiar with it for a long time.

Seeing that Lu Sanlang had piled up a lot of copper coins in front of him, Shen Huan wailed and said, "It's Lu Sange who won again."

Lu Sanlang smiled: "Look at the way you guys look, you haven't been to the casino...... You are also getting older, and even if you don't want to learn to gamble, you should also know what you should know...... Wait, I'll fetch something to play with you......"

By the time he returned to the cabin, he had a dice holder in his hand.

Shen Huan was unconvinced: "Isn't this just dice, who hasn't seen it?" When I was a child, whether I played Shuanglu or accompanied my sisters to play horses, I played this ......."

Lu Saburo smiled and didn't answer, but rolled up his sleeves and didn't take a seat, just stood in front of the table and shook the dice

Seeing this, everyone also stood up and watched Lu Saburo act.

When the dice tube was revealed, six dice were revealed, all of which were red hearts.

Shen Rui said with admiration on his face: "Third Brother Lu is really powerful......

Lu Saburo smiled, moved his wrist, put the dice away, and shook it again.

When the dice tube was opened again, there were six sixes inside, and a leopard was shaken.

"I'll try it too" Shen Huan couldn't hold it anymore for a long time, and grinded his fists to intervene.

Lu Sanlang got out of the way and handed the dice tube to Shen Huan.

Shen Huan smiled and said, "I don't want a leopard either, as long as it comes out big......

"Bang la, bang", the dice shook wildly, and the dice surface that came out was naturally neat.

"One, two, two, four, four, six...... Ha, it's really big" Shen Huan counted the dice noodles, with a little excitement, and said to everyone.

Shen Quan shook his head with a smile and said, "Third Brother Lu is a skill, and Brother Huan is a blind cat meeting a dead mouse."

Although Shen Huan was not convinced, he shook it twice, big or small, and it was really "as he wanted".

Shen Jue said with curiosity: "Third Brother Lu shakes so well, this is something that practice makes perfect, this is specially learned?" ”

Lu Sanlang shook his head and said with a smile: "I really want to talk about it, but I have a hobby of small tricks since I was a child, I like yellow and white things, even if it is not my own, I am willing to look at it twice......"

If you really have such a hobby, you will definitely look greedy and vulgar. Lu Sanlang is gentle and elegant, a noble son, and he doesn't seem to be compatible with the copper smell.

When the young masters of the Shen clan heard this, they only felt novel, and they were not disdainful.

"When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, the elders of the clan opened a casino. The casino is full of real money, and in my eyes, it is naturally good everywhere. At that time, I thought that the best place in the world was the casino, and I was reluctant to leave every day...... When the elder saw me, he did not stop drinking, but took me with him, and did not shy away from anything...... In less than two months, I understood what was going on in the casino, and I had seen several tragic incidents of bankrupting my family and selling my children and daughters due to gambling, so I put out my mind about gambling...... But I learned the little trick of playing dice......" Lu Saburo said.

Shen Quan said thoughtfully: "Third Brother Lu's elder is a wise elder, and he enlightens Third Brother Lu like this...... If you stop it directly, I'm afraid it won't work, but I'm more curious......"

Lu Saburo nodded and said, "Who said it wasn't ......?"

Shen Rui thought for a while and said, "The Lu family elders don't shy away from casinos, so except for the third brother Lu, the other juniors have slipped around?" ”

Lu Sanlang looked at Shen Rui, nodded with a smile, and said, "Let Brother Rui speak." It was only later that I learned that before the descendants of the Lu family became Ding, the elders had to take them to the casino several times, even before the Lu family opened the casino...... The elders said that when the son is older, it is inevitable that there will be sinister people outside when he leaves home, and he often comes to confuse people, but 'wine,' lust, these things...... Those who should have seen have seen it, so it is not easy to be fooled by others, and they will suffer in this regard......"

Shen Quan was speechless: "I can't complain about the amount of alcohol that Third Brother Lu has, it turns out that it is also a ...... experience."

Shen Huan was fourteen or five years old, when he was a young man, and he held back a smile and said: "I have learned wine and gambling, so how can I learn it?" ”