She was already thin, and this torn cotton jacket was left over from Du Fanghui's wear, and she was still a little empty when she usually wore it. Now I put the paper around my waist and belly, and it is just right to put on a cotton jacket, and I don't see bloated at all.

She then walked back, bought a meat bun on the side of the road, and ate it as she walked.

This morning, Chen was still cooking breakfast in the cowshed, and she only ate a bowl of white rice porridge and a few pieces of pickles, and by this time she was already tired. In modern times, she is used to three meals a day, and in ancient times, she wore two bowls of gruel in the morning and evening every day, and she really couldn't stand it.

She wanted to buy one for each of the Chen family and her three sisters, but the goal was too big, so that the Niu family found out that it was not fun. And about her selling scripts, Chen was worried that Du Fangling and Du Fanghui were not strict-mouthed, and told her not to tell her sisters, so where did the money come from to buy steamed buns, and it was difficult to explain, so she simply didn't buy it.

Anyway, under her planning, the separation should not be far away, and there will be good days in the future, and it is not a good time to eat good things.

When she was almost finished eating a meat bun, she was close to the city gate.

"Huh." Seeing a familiar back, Du Jinning was stunned for a moment, quickly flashed into the alley, and then stretched out his head to look outside.

If she had stayed a few days ago, she wouldn't have recognized Du Yunnian very much. Although there is such a person in the memory of the original owner, he usually has little time to take pictures, and his memory is also vague.

But she also had a meal with Du Yunnian last night, and she naturally recognized Du Yunnian at a glance.

At this time, Du Yunnian's appearance was a little embarrassed: the usually neat and clean cotton jacket was torn through a gap, revealing the cotton wool inside, and there were a few mud marks on it; The hair tied with a headband on his head was now all scattered, and it was all messy by the cold wind.

At this time, his right hand covered his left hand, and he limped outside, and several fierce-looking men were chasing after him, led by one by one, and slapped Du Yunnian a few times.

"Brother Biao, stop fighting, please stop fighting. I will definitely pay back the money, I will definitely pay it back. Du Yunnian was beaten to his knees and begged again and again.

"Will it be returned?" The man named Brother Biao looked angry, "Who believes those with empty mouths and white teeth?" With your character of wanting to steal money when you lose, can we believe your words? ”

"So, what does Brother Biao want?"

Brother Biao took a piece of paper from the hand of a thin man behind him and fanned it in front of Du Yunnian: "Come, make a handprint on it." ”

Although Du Yunnian said that he couldn't write or write, he had studied in private school for a few years. He took the piece of paper and looked at it, looked up in surprise and asked, "Is it a mistake?" I owe you only fifteen taels of silver. ”

"Huh, fifteen taels? If you had honestly repaid the money just now, fifteen taels would have been fifteen taels. But who told you to sneak away just now? It's so bad that a few of our brothers are chasing after it for their lives, who are we going to go to this account? Now it's twice as much as yours, and it's still light. If I write a hundred taels of silver on it, do you dare not press your handprint? ”

Du Yunnian knew that he had planted it today.

He usually doesn't do anything at home, but only picks up a load of vegetables to sell in the city from time to time. The money for selling vegetables every day has to be handed over to Niu's, but a little bit can always be deducted. With money in hand, he will occasionally eat a meat bun in the city, and even go down to a tavern to drink two or two wines.

After coming and going, he got to know the idlers in the city. At first, these idlers only chatted with him and bragged, but then led him into the casino and gambled with a small amount of money.

People who run casinos have their own set of routines to attract gamblers. Like Du Yunnian, although the clothes on his body are not satin, they are muslin cloth and have no patches, and he is idle all day long, which shows that he does not have to worry about food and clothing, and he has a small family background. The idler is also a nursery raised by the casino, and in the small talk, he found out Du Yunnian's family background clearly, knowing that his family has a small property, and he has no backing and backstage, he is an ordinary villager in a nearby village, and he is the best target of the pit.

So the casino tricked him little by little, first letting him lose two games and win three or four games, hooking up his gambling addiction, and then causing him to gamble bigger and bigger, and finally when he lost red-eyed, he let the child care be stimulated, so that he owed the casino a lot of money.

Fortunately, Du Yunnian has Niu's stingy and fierce mother, Niu's can do anything for money, Du Yunnian is worried that he owes heavy debts, and his mother angrily called his nephew to cripple him, and there is a place to be afraid of it, and when he hesitated when betting, he didn't dare to borrow fifty taels of silver, and only borrowed fifteen taels.

This is the scene that Du Jinning saw.

Du Yunnian knew that if he didn't press this handprint today, he wouldn't be able to return home safely. He gritted his teeth and pressed his handprint on the piece of paper, and then limped away.

Brother Biao also shouted at his back: "Five days, give you five days to raise money, otherwise we will come to the door to ask for silver." When the time comes, everyone in the village will know about it, so don't blame us. ”

Du Yunnian stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

Du Jinning hid in the alley, until he saw Du Yunnian walking out of the distance and couldn't see, and Brother Biao and the others also went back to the casino, so he got up and left.

In order to separate the family, she already had a plan. Now that I see that Du Yunnian owes gambling debts, this matter is more secure, and I can't help but be very happy.

In order not to meet Du Yunnian, she didn't look for Zheng Lin's mule cart, but walked home directly.

She was vigilant all the way, and when she heard the movement of mule carts and horse-drawn carts in the distance, she quickly hid in the bushes on the side of the road, and she was relieved when she saw that Lin Yunyi really took Zheng Lin's mule cart home, and the mule cart gradually moved away.

With that meat bun at the bottom, Du Jinning walked much faster this time. After only half an hour, she returned to the village.

At this time, it was almost evening, Du Jinning came home and found that the Chen family had not come back, Du Jinshou had already finished school, threw off his schoolbag and ran out. When he saw Du Jinning coming in, he didn't dare to provoke anymore, he just "hummed" in his nose and flew past Du Jinning.

Before Du Jinning entered his room, he deliberately paid attention to the movement of Du Yunnian's room next door. She could hear a soft voice inside, and she couldn't hear what she was saying outside. She didn't stop, opened the door and entered the house.

That night, Xiao Sanfang's family still went to the upper room for dinner, and the dinner was still made by Yao's. This time, both the men's and women's tables ate white rice. Except for an extra plate of meat dishes on the men's table, everything else is the same. Du Jinning did not refuse Du Chensheng's invitation again this time, and went directly to the men's table to eat.

"What about the second uncle? Why don't you see him come to dinner? I didn't see Du Yunnian, Du Jinning asked.

She wanted to know how Du Yunnian explained his injury.

PS: Thank you for listening to the spring and autumn rewards, Mo Da~