Chapter 55: Banishing the Gamblers
There is a gambler in the market, who originally had a solid family, married a good wife, and later had a pair of lovely children, and his life was quite healthy. Later, the gambler became addicted to gambling, so that his family wealth was scattered, his debts were high, and finally his wife was separated and he died on the street. When he was dying, the scenes of the past flashed in front of his eyes one by one, the gentle wife, the lovely children, and the gambler felt remorseful in his heart.
Time goes back, everything is the same, and gamblers are still addicted to gambling.
This time, though, the gamblers didn't die on the streets.
The gambler wakes up on the street to find that he is not dead, and a group of debt collectors just beat him up and urge him to pay back the money quickly.
When the gambler got up, the first thing he did was to find his wife and children and confess to them.
His wife forgave him, and he decided to change his mind and become a new man from now on.
The old man funded him with a sum of money to let him do a small business to support his family, and he agreed.
Passing by the gambling house for the third time, the gambler finally couldn't help but walk in again.
He repeatedly told himself that he was just trying to win more money, and that he would stop gambling after paying off his debts.
Sure enough, the gambler's luck today was not too bad, and he won several bets in a row, and the money he won was enough to pay off his debts.
However, looking at the remaining silver money in his hand, he thought that he had good luck today, maybe he could win more, so he would use the extra money as the principal to do business.
So, in the end, the gambler lost all the money in his hands.
The gambler left the gambling hall empty-handed, wandered aimlessly around the market, and did not find a suitable livelihood until dark.
When he returned home and saw his wife's expectant eyes, the gambler regretted it a little, so he had to find a reason to prevaricate. In this way, while feeling remorseful in his heart, but involuntarily under his feet, the gambler began to go back and forth to the gambling house again.
Chang'an followed the gambler every day, watching him tangled in contradictions, and he couldn't control his appearance.
Gamblers go up and down every day in the gambling house, and even if they occasionally win money with good luck, they will definitely have zero income when they leave the gambling house, and sometimes they will even go into debt.
Occasionally, Chang'an will let him win a little money, so that the family will not starve to death, but there will be no spare money to keep.
Gamblers gamble in the gambling house for a long time, and no amount of money won can arouse excitement, because they will still lose in the end.
In this way, the gambler's gambling career made no progress, and as the days passed, the gambler was a little tired.
On this day, the gambler returned empty-handed, and walked to the door hesitantly not daring to enter.
Because just the day before, he solemnly swore to his wife that he would definitely work hard to find a job and let his wife and children live a good life. However, the next day, he still couldn't resist the temptation to go to the gambling house.
The gambler stood in the doorway, and the dim light in the room shone through the crack in the door, reflecting on the gambler's face.
The gambler heard his wife teaching his children in the house, and their father was working hard for the family, and asked them not to bother their father when he returned, and the children promised their mother in a childish voice that they would never disturb their father.
The gambler's eyes moistened, and at this moment he woke up, regretting his previous behavior, and really quit gambling.
Later, with the help of relatives, he really started a small business, and the family lived a stable and peaceful life.
The human heart is a very complicated thing.