Xianjin solemnly put down the bowl and buns in his hands, supported his knees with his hands, and talked to Chen Fu very seriously.
Three hours later.
The sun shines brightly in early spring, and the willow buds on Wenzheng Street in Xuancheng Prefecture are sprouting new branches that are as green as silk.
Behind two rows of willow trees, a row of bungalows with flying eaves and gray walls was built on the edge of the dark blue and calm water. Occasionally, a small black-shedded boat would paddle past on the waves, and its poles would cut through the water, leaving traces of varying depths.
Chen Fu stood in front of the bungalow in amazement, watching the crowds of people. Men in twos and threes hurriedly came in and out of the bungalow.
Chen Fu swallowed hard, "...The reason we came to Xuancheng is to gamble?"
A gold-painted mahogany plaque with the words "Wealth comes from all directions" hangs on the bungalow, and a seal "Fu Shun Bao Zhai" is engraved below it.
"Bao Zhai" was just a compliment given to gambling houses by people at that time.
There are four or five bungalows here, all of which are gambling houses.
The gamblers who come and go in a hurry may have black foreheads, black lips, unkempt hair and dirty faces, or shifty eyes.
Xianjin stood beside Chen Fu with his hands behind his back, and nodded with a relaxed look, "Yes, let's go gamble. I'll give you three hundred taels of silver. You gamble for five days in a row. We'll go back on the eighth day of the first lunar month. When you lose all the three hundred taels of silver, you can exchange them for chips worth two thousand taels of silver."
Chen Fu looked at Xian Jin in disbelief, "You gave me three hundred taels, and you asked me to change it for two thousand taels. What am I going to do with the remaining seventeen thousand? What the hell?"
Xianjin pursed his lips and smiled, then opened his lips slightly, "Go borrow money from the guy who lends money at high interest in the casino, the one named Huo."
Chen Laowu's extremely favored concubine, known as Huo Xiaoniang.
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