Chapter VIII Gambling Debts and Repayment

Su Xiaolou, who went home from the lower office, saw the little broken dog he picked up squatting at the door of the house, and when he saw him coming, he ran over wagging his tail and biting the corner of Su Xiaolou's robe.

Feelings, this little broken dog is squatting here in order to drag the corner of my clothes!

Su Xiaolou dragged the little broken dog into the door, and saw a tall man in his thirties standing next to Lai Qian.

"Young Master, you're back." Lai Qian glanced at the people around him, and the man next to him touched his head stupidly, nodded and said, "Less...... Young master, okay, I'm calling ...... Fish...... Yusheng. ”

Lai Qian hurriedly said: "Young master, don't look at Yusheng's stuttering, he has great strength, he is quick to do things, he is honest, he can do anything, he can let him be our coachman, nurse, porter, long-term worker, etc." ”

It sounded like a good value for money, stuttering didn't matter, he didn't expect the servants of the house to socialize, and there were very few people who came to his house.

Then Lai Qian said: "He can do everything except cook." ”

Yu Sheng was a little unconvinced, and defended: "I will, I will do it...... Make mushy porridge...... Wo Wo Tou ...... Delicious. ”

Lai Qian shook his head and said, "The young master hasn't eaten these since he was a child, and he doesn't like to eat white rice very much." ”

"Oh!" Yu Sheng was a little disappointed, and the white rice was something they could only eat once during the Chinese New Year.

Su Xiaolou asked in surprise, "You didn't invite a cook?" So who are we going to cook after that? ”

Lai Qian picked up the abacus and began to calculate the accounts with Su Xiaolou like a bookkeeper: "I returned the Qingyu Gambling House eight hundred taels of silver, bought a carriage and horses, some daily necessities, and repaired the yard in two days, and it was another sum of money, poor cook, young master, you don't like to eat, good wages are too high, young master, the money you gave two days ago has been almost spent, and we still owe Qingyu Gambling House more than a thousand taels of silver, if you can save it, you can save it." ”

Su Xiaolou asked in surprise: "Why hasn't the deed been redeemed?" ”

"The people in Qingyu Gambling House said that they want us to repay the gambling debts first and then redeem the deed, and the house can be temporarily lived in for us first, and the house will be sold to others after half a month if the gambling debts are not paid."

It's really a cunning old fox, he must have come to the money to mention the deed first, and the shopkeeper of the gambling house saw that we cared about the house, and because of his identity as the town government secretary Xiaoqi, he couldn't come hard, so he came up with this trick.

I was going to be a fool when the deed was redeemed, but they didn't dare to do anything anyway, and now it seems that they still have to pay off their gambling debts.

Su Xiaolou touched the dozens of silver that he had cheated from his waist, which was also a drop in the bucket, and finally recognized the reality, sighed, and asked, "Okay!" So what do we eat at night? ”

"Forehead ......"

“???”

"Young master, I forgot to buy vegetables, why don't we eat gray cabbage at night?" The money was full of embarrassment.

“……”

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In the small courtyard, under the locust tree, the three masters and servants drank the wine left over from yesterday and ate the grilled fish, and the little broken dog was biting the fish head under the table.

Fortunately, Yusheng can catch fish, and after going out for a while, he caught two fatty big fish, and the name "Yusheng" is not called in vain, but I didn't expect Yusheng to be roasted with a fresh and smooth fragrance and fragrant.

Yu Sheng was reluctant to serve the table at first, until he saw the money sitting down, and he was very moved and said, "This is ...... Clause...... First ...... Eat...... Meals and hosts' homes. ”

Lai Qian patted Yu Sheng's shoulder and said: "We have a small family, and the young master is also a very easy-going person, I don't like so many rules, so I eat with the master and servant, except for the guests at home." ”

Su Xiaolou nodded and said, "Yes, Yusheng, your fish is really good." ”

"Hey, hey!" Yu Sheng touched the back of his head, revealing his white teeth.

Su Xiaolou looked at the horses in the stable that were grazing with their tails and asked, "Why did you buy a white horse?" ”

"Young master, don't you know, Marco of this color has become popular recently, saying that it is safe and not invaded by demons."

"Really?" Su Xiaolou secretly thought that feudal superstition kills people.

After eating, Su Xiaolou changed his clothes, a wide sleeved robe, which was not the same as his usual dressing style with narrow sleeves and a closed mouth, and went to the Qingyu Gambling House with the silver, and the gambling debts were exchanged for gambling.

The Qingyu Gambling House has a tavern in front, a casino in the back, and a private room in the back, and the further back you go, the bigger the stakes.

With the experience of the last time, Su Xiaolou felt that the kind of place on the first floor was too risky, and if he was not careful, he would lose all his money, so he chose a medium-sized gambling house that rich people used for recreation, and maybe he could bump into a big wrongdoer.

The shopkeeper said in a strange way: "Yo! It's Master Su! Surely you're not bad for money these days? The end of the private room? ”

Su Xiaolou glanced at the shopkeeper's face, remembering that Shouxiao had been unable to bear loneliness and steal a few times during that time, but he only had white eyes to receive him, and now he secretly mentioned that he was a son-in-law, Su Xiaolou looked displeased, and said: "Hurry up and arrange a good position for the master." ”

The shopkeeper saw that Su Xiaolou was a little angry, and immediately changed his face, businessman, who is not afraid of the Shen family, and said with a smile: "What does the master want to play?" ”

"Fried Golden Flower."

"Okay! Sir, please come here. ”

Su Xiaolou was in the backyard upstairs in the elegant room, drinking tea and waiting for the brand.

Fried gold flower is generally two to six people to participate, is a kind of size of the game, each player present is dealt three cards, bet than the size to see who wins.

The first game is dealt by the dealer, and the winner is the dealer in the next hand, and so on.

Players at the table after many rounds of calling, folding, the last two remaining players compare the size, divide the winner, if the cards are the same, who opens whose cards first, who loses.

After a while, two men dressed in Nanyan brocade, with jade pendants hanging around their waists, walked up and jingled, either rich or expensive, Su Xiaolou couldn't wait to start, and the shopkeeper stopped him: "Master, please wait a moment, there is one last guest." ”

Su Xiaolou waited patiently for a while, one more person, and the master won more money today.

I saw that the man didn't come for a long time, and the shelf was quite large.

Su Xiaolou said impatiently: "Don't wait, why don't we open it?" ”

The other two were also a little impatient and nodded in agreement.

One of the men said, "The bet in the backyard starts at 50 yuan, and since we are on the last floor, why don't we start at 100 yuan?" ”

Su Xiaolou raised his eyebrows and said, "How can a hundred Wen be stimulated?" ”

"Two hundred wen?"

“……”

"Three hundred wen?"

"Are you all betting on such a small one?" The woman came from behind the screen, sat on a mahogany chair, a pair of peach blossom eyes were charming, her head was decorated with flowers, and her clothes were embroidered with gold threads.

In this way, it should be a flower girl who has not seen spring.