Seeing that Tian Guifen didn't seem to care, Chu Yaya seemed to understand something, so she obediently went inside to drink hot water without saying anything.

When Chu Yaya entered the room, Shen Tiantian was drinking water.

"Ya Ya, do you want some water? Sit down, I'll get you some." Shen Tiantian greeted her warmly.

Chu Yaya shook her head: "I can go by myself."

Shen Tiantian quickly said, "You are a guest, how can I let you do all this work? Besides, you don't know where everything is in this house as well as I do."

Shen Tiantian hurriedly grabbed a cup and poured a glass of warm water, adding some brown sugar.

Here, have some.

"Brown sugar water? You can keep it."

Chu Yaya came from a poor background, so of course she knew how precious sugar was.

She's here to work, how can she drink the Shen family's brown sugar?

"I drink it every day, you should drink it too. My mom makes me drink it every day, I can't refuse," Shen Tiantian said happily.

It's like a child who has something unique that others don't have, and they're showing it off.

Chu Yaya looked at Chen Tiantian and nodded: "Oh."

Then I drank the brown sugar water and went outside.

I must say, the brown sugar water is quite delicious.

Shen Tiantian looked at the empty cup, took it out and washed it clean.

Around noon, the village chief came again.

However, this time they didn't come to ask for things or money, but rather to urgently inquire about the situation.

"Laifu hasn't come back yet, Wanli, do you think something might have happened to him?"

Shen Wanli replied, "No, these are familiar roads. It's probably because people walk slowly in the snow, and since Laifu arrived late today, he'll definitely be back late too."

"Even so, they should have been back half an hour ago," the village chief said, still worried.

Then he stated his purpose directly: "When you send your Yishan to the city, please meet him on the way, so that nothing happens to my Laifu."

Upon hearing this, the Shen family members' faces darkened.

Shen Liuliu shouted unhappily, "No, it's so cold, don't let big brother go out."

"I'm worried about Laifu."

"I'm worried about my older brother. You should hurry up and go find him." Taking advantage of her young age, Shen Liuliu said things that her parents couldn't say.

Shen Wanli almost couldn't help but laugh. He curled his lips and said to the village chief, "Maybe Laifu will be back soon..."

The village chief knew that it was only half an hour late, and it wouldn't be right to force Shen Yishan to go and search, so he held back.

But after waiting at home for another hour without her son returning, she anxiously went to the Shen family again.

"Wanli, I'm begging you, please..."

"Village chief, don't say anything more. I'll call Liu Dasheng right now and go to the city to find your Laifu."

Shen Wanli patted his chest, looking as if he could take care of everything: "Don't worry."

The village chief was surprised that Shen Wanli was so easy to talk to, and was immediately satisfied. He cupped his hands and said, "Wanli, I will remember this. You will be rewarded in the future."

"You're being too polite, Uncle."

Shen Wanli can go find Liu Dasheng, explain his purpose, and then the two of them set off together.

The reason why Liu Dasheng had to be brought along was, of course, to have someone as a witness.

They're all from the Shen family; what if things get complicated later?

At this very moment, Laifu, drenched in sweat and having taken off his cotton-padded coat, was engaged in a fierce battle in the city's biggest gambling den!

But in less than half an hour, he had lost all but ten taels of silver!

"Brother Wu, I'm having a bad day, maybe I should head out now?"

Although Laifu had become somewhat addicted to gambling, he still retained some rationality.

He knew his family's circumstances didn't allow him to play such big games.

Angkor put his arm around him and said, "Brother, luck in gambling can change at any time. I think you can win a lot of money today, but it's definitely not good to go bankrupt because of this."

"Well, since you're already here, and you only have ten taels of silver left, why not play a couple more rounds? If you win, great. If you lose, well, you've already lost. Once you've lost everything, go home."

"...Alright."

Seeing that Laifu agreed, Brother Wu gave the other guys a look, and in the next few rounds, Laifu won every single one without any surprise!

In the blink of an eye, ten taels of silver turned into one hundred taels!

Laifu's breathing became heavy; he had just recouped all his losses.

His luck is incredible!

"Brother, let's go home. We'll leave once we win," Brother Wu said with a grin.

Lai Fu would never agree to that.

Now that we've recovered our initial investment, we should definitely take advantage of our good luck and win some more money, right?

"Three more rounds! I'll leave regardless of whether I win or lose."

Laifu figured that he wouldn't lose all his money in three rounds.

But if I win by a small margin, it will be easier for me to explain myself when I go back.

“Okay, we’ll do whatever Bird’s Nest says.” Wu Ge smiled and looked at the other side.

It's time to catch the big fish!

After three rounds, Laifu won four hundred taels!

Laifu was so excited that he was trembling. He looked at the pile of silver in front of him and couldn't help but pinch himself.

"Ouch, it hurts! Is it real? Brother Wu, I... I won so much?"

“Of course it’s true.” Angkor was also happy for Lai Fu.

A person at the next table walked over and said enviously, "If I had that kind of luck, I'd play a few more rounds!"

"Exactly! With such good luck, he must have won at least a thousand or eight hundred taels of silver!"

"I remember that guy had similar luck last time, right? He won three thousand taels of silver!"

Three thousand taels?

Lai Fu's eyes turned a deep, eerie green.

Three thousand taels of silver would be enough for their family to live comfortably for ten years!

With these three thousand taels, what can't he do?

"No, my buddy's leaving. Laifu, let's go." Brother Wu grabbed Laifu and started to leave.

But Lai Fu wouldn't agree.

He grabbed the table and insisted on staying.

Enraged, Angkor shouted, "Fine, if you insist on playing, then play! I'm leaving!"

After Angkor left in anger, the others tacitly surrounded Lai Fu, who was hesitant.

After a string of nice words, Laifu immediately decided to fight to the death!

After playing a few more rounds, Laifu won six hundred taels.

Laifu sat excitedly in the chair, laughing heartily.

"You can place your bets now."

Lai Fu's bets on big or small in these rounds are all about who wins.

So Laifu took out six hundred taels of silver and gambled it all on small!

"...Two, two, one, little one!"

"Hahaha, I won!"

Laifu grinned widely and circled all the winnings in front of him.

Just then, someone nearby said sourly, "If it were me, I'd borrow money and put it all in! To win big!"

Lai Fu's eyes lit up.

yes.

Luck always runs out eventually.

But borrowing money...

"Dude, do you want some? I can lend you money, but you'll have to pay me a little interest."

"...I don't want to borrow money."

"You're having such good luck right now, what are you afraid of?"

"That's right, that's right."

...

Half an hour later, Laifu stared at the empty table, nervously swallowed, and grabbed the arm of the person next to him as if possessed: "You, you lend me some more money, just one hundred taels, I'll double it for you when I win it back!"

“I’ve already lent you three hundred taels, that won’t do… unless you give me some collateral.”

Collateral?