After touching the bag of flour, Shen Qiushu suddenly realized that he had hidden the bag of flour in the firewood pile in the yard, and the bag of cornmeal in the cupboard was too heavy and he couldn't take it out.
Cursing himself for being careless, he could only gently close the cabinet door and go to the yard to get his bag of flour first.
When Chen Qiushu opened the door and came to the yard, the northwest wind blew at night, and he shivered violently because of the cold in only a cotton-padded jacket.
Because it was too dark, Chen Qiushu took great effort to pull out the bag of flour he had hidden in the firewood pile, and then quickly returned to the house.
He opened the cupboard again and took out three handfuls of cornmeal.
He locked the padlock again and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After hiding the bag and returning to the kang, Shen Qiushu realized that he couldn't remember where his father had tied the key.
If asked if it was okay to just find a random place on the waistband to tie it back, Shen Qiushu would definitely shake his head. His father sometimes paid special attention to details, especially such an important key.
After thinking about it, I decided that instead of finding a random place to tie it back, I might as well put the key under my cotton pants.
In this way, his father might think that the key was not fastened properly and fell off by itself.
Thinking and doing it, Shen Qiushu stuffed Old Man Shen's cotton jacket and trousers back into the mattress at his feet, and then returned to his own bed.
After all this trouble, Chen Qiushu was frozen to death.
The next day, when Old Man Shen gave Li Xiang the key to open the cabinet and get food, Shen Qiushu's heart was pounding.
He nervously watched his second sister-in-law open the cabinet, and after scooping a bowl as usual, he didn't find anything unusual, so he locked the cabinet again.
Until this time, Shen Qiushu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
While no one was paying attention, Shen Qiushu took out the cornmeal he had hidden and weighed it, and found that it was probably less than a pound.
That night, he used the same trick again and stole two more.
I felt like I had finally collected one pound, so after breakfast, I quickly took it to Ergouzi's house and weighed it, and it was one pound and one ounce.
Er Gouzi looked at Chen Qiushu with a smile and said, "6 cents a pound, these are 6 cents and 6 cents in total, but since this is your first time, let's say 7 cents, and next time we'll just charge whatever it is!"
Chen Qiushu excitedly took the 7 cents. It was not the first time he had received money in his life.
But the money his parents gave him in the past was used to buy certain things, with no extra money.
Now, these 7 cents were actually money he could spend, so of course he was happy.
After exchanging the money, Chen Qiushu sat anxiously at Ergouzi's house waiting. He couldn't wait for enough people to gather for a table and start.
Seeing his anxious look, Er Gouzi couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, it's still early. It's not that fast to get on the bed after just finishing breakfast!"
Chen Qiushu rubbed his hands together and said, "I'm short of money lately, so I'm counting on making some money from this!"
Hearing him say this, Er Gouzi paused and said, "When you play with money, you can win or lose. You have to be mentally prepared!"
Chen Qiushu waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's just that little trick, I've figured it out a long time ago, I'm not bragging, it was me who didn't get on the table before, now that I'm going to get on the table, what do they have to do with it?"
Seeing his confidence, Ergouzi didn't say anything. Anyway, no matter who wins or loses at the table, he will definitely make money.
After waiting for a while, a few people finally arrived one after another.
These guys usually play together. Today, when they saw that the third son of the Shen family was going to the table, one of them teased him, "Your family is really rich now. The third son can finally play a few tricks!"
Everyone in the village knows that the Shen family received 8 yuan as a dowry when they married their daughter.
Although everyone said that his family was selling their daughter and didn't care whether she lived or died, I couldn't help but envy her behind her back. After all, it was only 8 yuan, which was enough for other families to have two wives.
The other three people looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
It was the first time that Chen Qiushu played with money, and he was a little nervous at first.
My hands were shaking a little when I touched the cards.
I have already touched the cards in my hand and arranged them in a mess.
One of them accidentally fell, and he quickly picked it up in panic, then looked up at the other three.
He was relieved when he found that they didn't seem to have seen his cards.
In the first game, as the rounds went by, Shen Qiushu became more and more excited.
Whatever he lacked, others would play it. Within a few minutes, Shen Qiushu stood up excitedly and shouted, "I won, I won, hahahaha, give me money, give me money."
Looking at the annoyed expressions of the other three, Shen Qiushu was particularly proud: "Thank you, thank you, hahaha."
If he wasn't afraid that the three of them would leave the table, Shen Qiushu really wanted to yell, "Did you see? I told you that as long as I'm at the table, no one else will win."
In the next few rounds, Shen Qiushu won again.
He, who had been restrained at the beginning, was now completely immersed in the excitement of winning money and began to speak arrogantly.
Looking at the cents in front of him, Shen Qiushu counted them while others were shuffling the cards. There were ten in total, which meant that he had won 10 cents.
Adding the original 7 cents, he would soon have 20 cents.
It’s only been a short time. If he insists on sitting for a whole day, getting 1 dollar is not a dream.
Then he can save up 5 dollars in just 5 days.
The more Chen Qiushu thought about it, the more excited he became. He was completely immersed in the fantasy of winning money and didn't notice the strange smiles from the other three people.
Starting from the 5th game, Shen Qiushu found that his originally very good luck was suddenly gone.
He rarely gets to eat the cards that others play.
He couldn't use what he touched, and he felt like he had fallen from heaven to hell, which was totally unacceptable to him.
Especially after losing three games in a row, sweat gradually started to appear on the tip of my nose.
"Er Gouzi, did the wind blow your firewood here? Why is the kang so hot?"
Chen Qiushu felt very hot under his butt, as if he was sitting on a stove. He was so hot that he was irritated and couldn't help complaining to Ergouzi.
The person sitting opposite him was called Liu Cheng, a few years older than Shen Qiushu.
He knew why he was nagging and couldn't help but sneer at him: "Just play cards, why are you complaining to Er Gouzi? Next time if he doesn't heat the kang, we'll come after you!"
Chen Qiushu was already feeling annoyed, and wanted to lose his temper when he heard him say that.
Someone nearby quickly tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, stop talking. We finally got together at the table. If you guys start quarreling, I won't play anymore."
When he heard that he didn't want to play, Shen Qiushu said, "How can that be? We've only played a few rounds. I wasn't paying attention just now and let you win a few times. I won't let you win next time!"
Liu Cheng deliberately provoked him: "I don't accept what you said. It's not certain who is giving way to whom. Come on, come on, let's see who is giving way to whom."
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