West Town, Wharf Intersection.

Mei Tongsheng searched around, but did not find his son, and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that others had misunderstood or misunderstood, and his son did not actually gamble.

Just when Mei Tongsheng was about to go back, he saw a person turning around on the street, it was none other than Mei Xiucai.

It was also Mei Xiucai's good luck that came to an end, he carried the newly obtained two hundred taels of silver, and made up his mind in his heart that as long as he won the money this time, he would stop, and he would not be as greedy as last night. All his thoughts were on the gambling game, where would he notice Mei Tongsheng in the distance.

Mei Tongsheng hadn't seen his son for a few days, and he originally wanted to call someone, but when he saw Mei Xiucai's appearance clearly, he swallowed the words in his mouth again.

It's really that Mei Xiucai's current appearance is wrong, not to mention that she is not neatly dressed, and her expression is also anxious.

After this hesitation, Mei Xiucai turned around from the street corner.

Mei Tongsheng hurriedly chased after him, and when he saw his son enter a gambling house in front, he couldn't help but sink down.

Mei Tongsheng followed in with a black face, and some casino guys had already found out that the old man had just come to look for someone, and he knew that it was trouble to stare at him to prevent him.

There were a few loose tables in the lobby, and Mei Tongsheng buried his head and walked forward, not taking care of the guy, only looking for his son.

The young man said helplessly: "Old man, haven't you looked for it?" ”

Mei Tongsheng stood still, glared at the guy and said, "Where is Mei Qingbai?" ”

Gamblers enter the casino, where is the surname to sign up? The guy frowned and said, "No, no, the old gentleman should go to someone else's house to find it." ”

Mei Tongsheng came in with his son, how can he be willing to go? But with sharp eyes, he saw a private room not far in front of him, ignored the young man, stepped forward a few steps, and pushed the door open.

There were only a few guests inside, but instead of copper plates, they were all silver ingots.

Several people's eyes were on the color cup in the dealer's hand, and they didn't pay attention to the door opening.

The dealer saw it at the door, but he didn't pay attention to the casino guy behind him, and only focused on shaking the cup.

Mei Tongsheng stared straight at his son's back, and after watching the dealer say "buy it and leave", Mei Xiucai took a piece of silver to press the size, and couldn't help it anymore, so he immediately rushed forward to hold Mei Xiucai's hand.

Mei Xiucai was startled, and was about to open her mouth to curse, when she found that it was her own Lao Tzu, she was dumbfounded, and said, "Ah? Father...... You...... How did it come? ”

The two of them moved, and several gamblers next to them frowned.

Seeing that it was not good, the guy who followed took Mei Tongsheng's arm and pleaded: "Old man, come out and speak, come out and speak!" ”

Mei Tongsheng stared at his son, his eyes were scarlet, and he was wheezing.

All of a sudden, Mei Xiucai was also frightened, for fear that his father would be angry, so he took the money indiscriminately and helped Mei Tongsheng out of the private room.

The shouts of various gamblers in the lobby were even more chaotic.

Mei Xiucai took the little guy and helped Mei Tongsheng to the outside of the casino in one go.

Mei Tongsheng had already woken up, raised his hand, and was about to whip his son.

Mei Xiucai was slightly stunned, but she closed her eyes and didn't avoid it.

Mei Tongsheng's arm fell weakly, his shoulder also fell down, and he sighed and said, "How long have you been playing?" How many taels of silver are owed? ”

Mei Xiucai opened her eyes, her heart was also blocked, she wanted to fool her mouth casually, but seeing that her father was wilted, she still said honestly: "It's been almost three months...... I don't owe much, but I owe a hundred taels. ”

When Mei Tongsheng heard the previous words, his body tensed, three months, how much silver do you have to throw in? How much foreign debt does this have to be owed?

After hearing the latter sentence, Mei Tongsheng only felt that he had escaped, although it hurt a hundred taels of silver, but he still said happily: "There is still a few money at home, you take it and pay it back, but don't play it again!" ”

Mei Xiucai didn't nod, but straightened her back.

Seeing that her son was about to be stubborn, Mei Tongsheng stomped his feet and said, "Second child, you shouldn't be so confused!" Isn't that a good gamble, the original richest man in this Xiji Town is not the Hong family, but the Hai family! The Hai family has a big business, but what did they fail later? Isn't it because the eldest young master of the Hai family is involved in gambling? A few shops in the big family have all returned to the Hong family, and now I don't know where they have gone! ”

The story of the Hai family, how come Mei Xiucai hasn't heard of it?

The Hai family did not lose the gamble, but was calculated and defeated by the Hong family.

Before Master Hong made his fortune, he was a distant relative of the Hai family, and he relied on the Hai family to gain a foothold in the town, so the old surnames in the town had a bad impression of the Hong family who would take revenge, and they all said that the Hong family had retribution, and only then did they get a son is a heavenly eunuch.

Mei Xiucai has studied in the town for many years and knows about this past. The Hai family has thousands of family wealth, which is worth calculating; He Mei Qingbai is a country talent, what is worth calculating?

Now, I really can't stop it.

Seeing that he was talking bitterly, and his son had not yet lost his way and returned, Mei Tongsheng was also annoyed, and pulled Mei Xiucai's arm and said, "Go with my house!" Lao Tzu is not dead yet, I will be staring at you from tomorrow to see how you are still playing? ”

Mei Xiucai sighed heavily and said, "Dad, you can't stop it, at least not at this time!" ”

Mei Tongsheng only felt as sorry for the one hundred taels of silver as his son, and said: "Second child, the one hundred taels will be given up, just spend money to buy peace!" If you continue to gamble, you will be really addicted! ”

"Dad, it's not just a hundred taels!" Mei Xiucai originally wanted to hide the matter of the fifty-five acres of land, but seeing that he didn't make it clear, his father would definitely pull him back, and hurriedly said.

Mei Tongsheng's face turned blue and said, "One hundred taels is not enough?" Still owed? How much is that? ”

The family only has dozens of acres of land, all of which are rented out, and the annual rent is all grain, and it can't be sold for a few silver. One hundred taels is a few years' income, and you have to save some days.

"I bought all the fifty-five acres of land!" Mei Xiucai lowered her head and said.

Mei Tongsheng's eyes widened, his expression was in a trance, and it took a long time to react to what his son said, his face suddenly turned purple, his body was unstable, his fingers trembled, pointing at his son, rolling his eyes, and his body softened suddenly.

"Daddy!" Mei Xiucai hurriedly held on, and her face was frightened.

If this is because of gambling and his father will be angry, then his future will come to an end.

In a hurry, with the help of two enthusiastic passers-by, Mei Xiucai helped Mei Tongsheng to the hospital.

Fortunately, it was just phlegm, the doctor pricked a few stitches with a silver needle, and Mei Tongsheng woke up, but in the end, he was old, and his hands and feet were weak, not to mention, and he saw the big bubbles at the corners of his mouth.

My father is like this, Mei Xiucai is not a beast in the end, how can he still have the heart to go to the casino, asked the doctor to prescribe a prescription for conditioning, grabbed a few medicines, and then hired a car to personally send my father back to Mujia Village.

*

To Kee Bu Zhuang, lobby.

Master Du's face was pale, sitting on a chair, with a few healthy servants lined up with swallow wings around him, looking at everything in front of him.

The only pieces of cloth on the counter were a few worthless pieces of floral cloth, and nothing else was there.

A healthy servant turned around and came in from the back door, bowed down and said, "Master, the treasury is empty, and that guy Zhang Fu is gone!" ”

This result is not unexpected.

When everyone came, they saw that the good shop was closed, and they realized that something was wrong.

"But I can ask clearly, what's going on?" Master Du gritted his teeth and said.

Yesterday, he was cheated once because of the autumn tax, and Master Du was suspicious of the old man Zhang Fu. For such a major event as tax exemption, the village will not get any news, and the town will not get any news.

This morning, Master Du remembered this incident and specially asked his wife Zhang Fu's son about his 100-year-old son. Li said that Zhang Fujia's health was not comfortable, and he called a hundred years old in the town.

As soon as Master Du heard this, he sensed that something was wrong, and called people to hurry to the town, but he was a step too late.

Zhang Fu's family ran away, not to mention, and sold all the inventory in the cloth village at a low price before running.

Duri was suppressing his anger, and his heart was more vigilant.

Zhang Fu's family of three is a slave of the Du family, of which Zhang Fu has followed him for more than 30 years, but now he is a fugitive slave. If Zhang Fu is just greedy for money, if he colludes with outsiders, there will be endless troubles.

"Master, I inquired just now, Buzhuang was still open normally in the morning, and Zhang Fu was also there, and then the old man of the Mei family came and left, and Zhang Fu asked someone to close the shop." A servant inquired outside and came back to report.

"Mei, Cong, Shan!" Du Li Zheng said word by word: "Okay, I want to see what the hell is going on!" ”

Although Du Li Zheng also knew in his heart that the Mei family would not have the courage to calculate himself, he couldn't help but be angry with the Mei family.

The group came and went in a hurry, and Buzhuang couldn't take care of the follow-up for the time being, and still closed the shop.

Within half a day's effort, many neighbors knew about the business of Du's shop, Gui Wu, and knew that the shopkeeper of Du Ji Buzhuang had rolled up the money and ran away.

"It's weird, Zhang Fu brought his family to Beijing!" Gui Wu noticed that something was wrong with Zhang Fu before, so he asked people to stare at him, but he didn't expect to meet Zhang Fu's family fleeing, so he asked people to stay behind and get Zhang Fu's place to stay.

*

Mujia Village, at dusk.

Gui Chongyang stayed up at the village school until school before going home with Mei Xiaoba, but he happened to encounter the Du family's carriage whizzing past the village.

"It's not the direction of the Du family over there?" Mei Xiaoba said curiously: "There are a lot of followers, and they are magnificent!" ”

Gui Chongyang looked at those healthy servants, and his heart sank.

Where are these servants raised? Not before.