Xu Laosi adjusted his mentality, took a breath, and continued to bet.

In an atmosphere of noisy and spittle, time passed quietly, and lights began to light all around the courtyard.

"Great!"

"Small! Small! ”

Xu Laosi's face was oily at this time, he raised his sleeves and wiped his face indiscriminately, and when he put his hand into his arms again, he found that his pocket was empty.

What's going on?

Xu Laosi was suddenly shocked, could it be that he had lost all his money? How much effort is this? He looked up at the sky, only to see that it was already dark and the lights were on.

He came to his senses and a cold sweat oozed from his head.

More than thirty taels of silver! It's all lost now?!

What will he do next? What about doing business?

He hurriedly pushed away the crowd and looked around, but he didn't find Liu Gen's people, nor did he find Chen Erpi. I asked the people who watched the field, and others replied that they hadn't come back yet, and maybe they hadn't come, and they were kind enough to introduce that if he had no capital, he could borrow money from the gambling house.

Xu Laosi was remorseful at this time, how could he still be in the mood to borrow silver, and he walked out of the gambling house in despair.

After half a day of screaming and howling, his stomach was rumbling with hunger, but he didn't have half a copper plate in his pocket, so he could only stare at the steamed buns in other people's shops and drool.

Fortunately, he still remembered the road to the inn, walked slowly for a while, and when he arrived at the inn, he didn't bother to wash his face, threw himself on the bed, tired and hungry, and quickly fell asleep.

The next day, before dawn, Xu Laosi woke up.

Woke up hungry.

I drank a meal yesterday and didn't eat much, and after so long, I was really hungry.

But the heaviness of my heart is worse than that of hunger.

Came all the way to a foreign land, originally planning to do business to make money, and return home in a beautiful scenery. Now it's all over, there is not a single copper plate, there is no money to eat, what kind of business are you doing?

At this time, he remembered the porter, the porter does not need capital, and it is still possible to earn some money for food. But he was so hungry that he probably couldn't even carry the burden.

What to do?

Xu Laosi had endless regrets at this time. I shouldn't have done it, I should have stopped it sooner if I knew it, I didn't listen to Chen Erpi's words.

That's right! Chen Erpi, he remembered the two brothers, Liu Gen didn't know where they were, but Chen Erpi was watching the gambling house, so he could go to him! No matter how bad it is, it's okay to borrow some money to turn around.

Xu Laosi came to the spirit, and the sky was bright at this time, so he asked Xiao Er for some cold water to drink a few sips, so he pressed his stomach and went to the Good Luck Gambling House.

When he arrived at the door of the gambling house, he was told that Chen Erpi had gone out again, and he didn't know where he went and when he would come back.

Xu Laosi felt like he had been poured a basin of cold water on his head, so he had to walk back in a daze.

He didn't know where to go, so he walked aimlessly, but the more he walked, the more hungry he became, and finally he was so hungry that he panicked.

The two wild dogs were biting and grabbing a bone, Xu Laosi looked at it carefully, and there was no meat on the bone.

"A piece of dry bone to grab a fart,!"

This sentence was just thinking about it in his heart, and he didn't want to scold anymore, and it took a lot of effort.

Where to get something to eat? Do you want to beg for food? As soon as this thought came out, Xu Laosi himself was startled. He used to be the dignified shopkeeper of the scenery, how could he have thought that there would be today?

But if you don't go on like this, you'll starve to death. Xu Laosi's eyes were green, and he suddenly noticed a steamed bun shop, this shop is in a partial location, there is only one old man in and out, and the important thing is that there are several big buns in the steamer at the door!

Xu Laosi glanced around, slowly approached, and when the old man turned around again, he grabbed a big bun with one hand, turned around and ran.

"Hey, stop!" Before he could run a few steps, the old man behind him found out and chased him out quickly.

Where is Xu Laosi willing to listen, he ran faster.

"You kill embryos, steal my buns, stop!" The old man shouted and chased after him.

Xu Laosi lowered his head and only ran, but he hadn't eaten for a long time, he was so hungry that he panicked, his whole body was weak, and he didn't run far, but he was caught up by the old man and grabbed him, "Still running!" You thief, look where you're going! ”

Xu Laosi panicked and pushed hard, the old man fell backwards, and his head happened to hit a stone, "Ah! The ground screamed.

Xu Laosi was shocked, and looked at it, the old man was lying there, covering his head and moaning, and a trace of blood seeped out from his fingers.

Hiss!

Before Xu Laosi could think about what to do, two men rushed up, grabbed him, and beckoned him with his fist that covered his head and face. The bun he was holding tightly in his hand was also beaten and fell somewhere.

"You thief, you dare to hurt my father, Lao Tzu will beat you to death today!"

After a punch and kick, one of them helped the old man up, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I ...... The head seems to be broken. The old man rubbed his head, put down his hand and saw that there was indeed a lot of blood.

The man turned around and punched and kicked Xu Laosi again, "Bastard! Broke my daddy's head! Money! Hurry up and lose money! ”

"Yes, you should be killed, at least twenty taels of silver! Otherwise, I won't be able to spare you! ”

Xu Laosi held his head and let them beat, he was beaten to the point of great pain, screaming, and finally replied weakly, "I don't have any money." ”

"No money? If you don't have money, I'll beat you to death! ”

The two men beat again.

There were many idlers on the streets, and at this time many people gathered around, curiously watching the thief.

"Excuse me, let me see, this is a bum, right? Don't you lack arms or legs, how can you be a thief? ”

"That's it, at this age, what's wrong to do, you have to be a thief, it's really shameless!"

"What else can a homeless man do, isn't it lazy to do, can he be a homeless?"

"It's time to fight!"

"That's it, let's beat him honestly first, and see if he dares to steal anything in the future!"

The crowd was furious, and they were all shouting that the thief should be beaten.

Xu Laosi's face was flushed, he only lowered his head, and he didn't have the face to say where he was from, so he gritted his teeth and was beaten. By the end, my head was dizzy and my consciousness was blurred.

In the end, it was the old man who stopped the two brothers, saying forget it, it was useless to beat him, and he couldn't just beat the person to death, send him to the government, let him go to prison, and let the official master deal with him.

So the father and son added some people who watched the excitement, tied up Xu Laosi and Wuhua, pushed and pulled, and pushed him to the yamen.

The master of the yamen was not there, and a homeless man was not worth passing through the hall, so the servant directly put Xu Laosi in prison.

Xu Laosi fell to the ground, his body was in great pain, his head was dizzy, his eyelids couldn't be opened, and he fell asleep directly.

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After Xu Jiaojiao sent Xu Laosan to the county liquor store, she replaced Liao Qing back.