Juanjuan, whose adoptive parents had died, was sold by her uncle for ten silver dollars into the Warlord's Mansion to bring good luck to the severely ill only son, Si Jinchen.
She thought...
Chapter 411 Casino on the Ship
The living conditions of Chinese people are so harsh that in order to support their families, they can only sell themselves as laborers.
However, many workers who go abroad may not have the opportunity to return to their country.
Many people even died in a foreign country and had no way to return to their hometown.
Si Jinchen did not ask this question again. This was something they had no way to solve now. They could only hope that they would be safe!
Juanjuan climbed to the end of the bed. From the window there, she could see the sea outside, but it was pitch black outside and she couldn't see anything.
After watching for a while, I found it boring and just went back to bed.
Siming pulled the quilts over the two children and told them a picture book story. He closed his eyes only after the two children fell asleep.
The next morning, the sun shone through the window and shone right on the three of them.
The warm sunshine made the three of them feel particularly warm.
Siming opened his eyes and saw that it was already dawn outside.
The two children raised their hands to block the sunlight and slowly opened their eyes.
"Juanjuan, look, there are birds outside." Si Jinchen put down his hand and saw the birds flying outside the window.
"It's really a bird." Juanjuan looked at the bird flying outside the window. It was different from a peregrine falcon.
It is white with a red mouth, and it looks pretty good.
"Dad, what kind of bird is this?" It was the first time that Si Jinchen saw such a bird.
"I'm not sure." Si Ming rarely goes out by boat. After all, there are a lot of things to do in Beiyang City.
"Chirp. It's a seagull." The peregrine falcon flew in front of them without them knowing when.
"Dad, Falcon said it was a seagull." Juanjuan happily shared the news with her father and brother.
"It turned out to be a seagull!" Si Jinchen and Si Ming sat with Juanjuan by the bed and watched for a long time.
They didn't look away until the seagulls flew away, then they put on their clothes, washed up and prepared to have breakfast.
Siming told his soldiers that they could go about their business once they got on the boat and there was no need to follow them.
Being too conspicuous is not a good thing.
So when they came out, they did not see the soldiers and Adjutant Qi who came with them.
It was only when I arrived at the restaurant that I saw Adjutant Qi. Opposite him sat Xiang Yutang, and the two were chatting happily.
When he saw them coming, he waved and greeted them.
Siming just nodded at the two of them and took the two children to have breakfast.
After dinner, there was nothing to do, so Siming took them to the cabin for a walk. When they arrived at the casino, they found it was very lively.
Many people looked like they had been playing all night, and their eyes were a little red.
"Dad, is it fun here?" Juanjuan's beautiful big eyes were full of curiosity.
She saw the people inside, some looked excited, some were sad and angry, some were cursing, and some were laughing wildly.
"This is a place for gambling, we can't go there to gamble." Si Jinchen answered Juanjuan seriously.
"Can I win a lot of money?" Juanjuan tilted her head and looked at him.
Si Jinchen thought: "I will lose a lot of money too."
"But Dad is short of money!" Juanjuan blinked her big eyes.
Si Ming was at a loss for words. He didn't know when his precious daughter had started to think that they were short of money.
"Are you afraid that your father can't support you?"
"Hehe!" Juanjuan smiled and showed a row of small white teeth.
"Do you want to try it?" Siming didn't expect to win money in the casino, but he could take the children to see it.
"Is it okay?" Juanjuan's big eyes brightened a little.
"Okay, but we can only play for a short while." Si Ming looked at her with a smile.
Si Jinchen looked at him with some disapproval: "Dad, is this really okay?"
"Just consider it as an experience for you." Si Ming said and walked into the casino with the two children.
There was a guard at the entrance of the casino, and when he saw him come in with two children, he looked at him in surprise.
But there are all kinds of people coming here, and it doesn’t seem so strange to bring children with you.
After entering the door, there is a counter where you can exchange chips.
Siming took out some money and exchanged it for some chips, then handed them to the two children: "Here are your chips. If you lose all of them, you can't play anymore!"
"Okay." The two children looked at the colorful chips in their hands and didn't understand what the use of them was.
The person behind the counter couldn't help but take a second look when he saw him give the chips to the two kids.
He had so much money that he actually let his two children gamble.
The gambling hall has Pai Gow, roulette, playing cards and dice.
There are several tables for each category, and you can bet freely.
However, there are many foreigners here, and some Chinese as well, all of them are well-dressed men and women, and everyone has more or less chips in front of them.
Sima Ming let the two children choose for themselves. They were very interested in the roulette wheel and ran to the roulette wheel.
Because they were smaller, Sima Ming carried them and sat them on a chair nearby.
Juanjuan didn’t know how to play roulette. She just saw that there were chips on many numbers, so she put the chips on the numbers that no one bet on.
Si Jinchen also followed her and put all his chips on it.
The guests at the table were stunned when they saw that the two children were placing the bets.
Everyone started discussing it curiously.
"This is rare. There are children in this gambling place."
"Do children in your country play with these?" A foreigner looked at the two confused children curiously.
"Maybe they have a lot of money, otherwise how could they bet on 00." Many people smiled and shook their heads.
"Buy now and don't hesitate." At this time, the dealer looked at the time and spoke.
Juanjuan and Si Jinchen watched as the roulette wheel began to spin, and a silver marble began to roll in the wheel, passing by one number after another.
When the roulette wheel started to slow down, everyone's emotions started to rise and they shouted out the numbers they had bet on.
Siming looked at the two children stretching their little necks to look at the numbers rolling on the roulette wheel, and just smiled and shook his head.
The probability of roulette is very low. It was introduced from abroad, and most of the winners are the dealer.
After all, there are 38 numbers on the roulette wheel, and you can only win money if you can really bet on them.
Therefore, the amount of bets will not be very high. People like Juanjuan and Si Jinchen are the first to do so.
No wonder it's being talked about by bettors.
The roulette wheel was getting slower and slower. Some people who had no hope were sighing, while those who still had hope were watching the silver ball excitedly as it got closer and closer to their number.
Finally, the silver ball rolled to the 00 position and stopped moving.
Everyone stared with wide eyes at the two confused children.
Juanjuan turned to look at Siming: "Dad, it's 00!"
The dealer was stunned for a moment and then quickly said, "Player bets 00 and wins it all."
After he finished speaking, he pushed all the chips on the table in front of the two children.