Chapter 17 Fifth Brother, Don’t Go to the Gambling House Tomorrow
Bai Shi'an and Li Suining, one big and one small, looked sad all day and didn't eat much for dinner. Bai Yunfeng was very worried, but no matter how he asked, the two little guys kept their mouths shut.
Bai Yunfeng couldn't help but mutter to Wei Ranzhu, "What should I do? Our Suining is only three years old and already has his own little worries, and he has to keep them secret from me."
"Okay, let the kids go. With the fourth child accompanying them, there won't be any big problems." Wei Ranzhu laughed at him for being a daughter slave. When Xiao Suining gets married, he might cry his eyes out.
"No way." Bai Yunfeng puffed out his chest. "Men don't cry easily. Besides, my daughter getting married is a good thing. I won't cry."
Wei Ranzhu smiled without saying anything. She really wished there was something that could record Bai Yunfeng's current stubbornness, and wait until Li Suining got married to show it to him, and see if he would be embarrassed to cry then.
After the stars came out, Li Suining immediately climbed out of bed and ran to the yard. Seeing the scene in the night sky, she ran to Bai Ruian's yard without looking back.
The maid who was responsible for taking care of her hurriedly followed carefully behind.
"Fifth brother, fifth brother!" Li Suining ran to the door of the room, stood on tiptoe, and knocked on the door with her little hands, "Fifth brother, come out quickly!"
At this time, Bai Ruian was ready to go to bed. When he heard that his sister had come, he quickly got up to greet her.
"Sister, why are you here? It's cold outside, come in!" Bai Ruian took Li Suining's hand, led her to the fireplace, and carried her to a chair.
"Sister, did you not eat enough tonight?" He immediately asked the maid to bring some snacks. "Hurry, eat."
Li Suining looked at the snacks and swallowed her saliva. She was indeed not full for dinner, but business was more important now.
She forced herself to look away from the snacks, looked at Bai Ruian mysteriously and said, "Fifth brother, let them all go out. Sui Ning has something to tell you."
"Okay." Bai Ruian chuckled and asked the servants to leave. He leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Sister, what do you want to say?"
"Fifth brother, you can't go to the gambling house tomorrow." Li Suining warned very seriously.
Bai Ruian's expression changed. He didn't expect Li Suining to be so smart. He really planned to go to the gambling house secretly again tomorrow. After all, his fourth brother was really not suitable for making money. After thinking about it for a whole day, he definitely couldn't come up with a solution.
He laughed innocently, "Don't worry, sister. Fifth brother has already promised fourth brother that he won't go."
"Really?" Li Suining thought of what Xingxing had told him, and reminded Bai Ruian, "Fifth brother, if you go to the gambling house again tomorrow, you will definitely be caught by Daddy, and he will definitely beat you severely."
"Don't worry, Fifth Brother won't go." Bai Ruian still had the same expression and agreed very readily.
In fact, how could Bai Yunfeng find the gambling house?
The reason why Bai Ruian went to the gambling house to make money by counting people's accounts was that he only counted money for rich people, who were generous and gave more tips;
The second reason, and also the main reason, was that the people in the General's Mansion had no dealings with gamblers, so no acquaintances would see him and come to the General's Mansion to complain. Therefore, Bai Yunfeng had no idea that he had been in the gambling house for half a month.
The gambling house was safe for him.
Li Suining saw that his fifth brother looked sincere and didn't seem like a liar, so he believed him.
Her big eyes rolled around and soon fell on the snacks, obviously she was greedy.
"Sister, come and eat quickly. Do you want some milk? I'll ask them to heat up a cup." Bai Ruian said enthusiastically.
"Thank you, Fifth Brother. I won't be polite then." Li Suining felt that he had finally helped a little, and his appetite improved. He ate happily with a piece of dessert in each of his two little hands.
Soon, the maid brought another large cup of hot milk. She held it and drank most of the cup, which made her belly full.
"Don't worry, sister. My five brothers will drink the rest." Although Bai Ruian didn't have much contact with Li Suining, he knew that the child didn't want to waste.
"Thank you, Fifth Brother." The little guy climbed down from the chair carefully. "Fifth Brother, I'm going back now. Remember, don't go to the gambling house tomorrow. Don't go."
"Don't worry." Lao Wu smiled and sent the person away.
The next morning, after Bai Ruian arrived at the school, he immediately found an opportunity to slip away and went directly to Jujinlou. He must earn enough money to buy good ginseng for his mother.
Several of his customers at Jujinlou were sons of famous merchants in the imperial city. They were all wealthy and gave generous tips.
When Bai Ruian arrived at the place, he quickly got busy. He was young and looked naive, but he calculated accounts quickly and accurately, and everyone liked him.
These sons of merchants only knew him as Xiao Anzi and had no idea that he was a child of the general's mansion.
Every time, these people teased him.
"Xiao Anzi, come and play a few rounds. You're quick-witted and will definitely win more money than you can earn by calculating."
"Yes, Xiao Anzi, come on, play for me. If you win, it's yours, and if you lose, it's mine."
"Xiao Anzi, once you've tasted the sweetness, you'll understand. What's the point of counting money for others? Counting your own winnings is more satisfying."
Everyone encouraged him and burst into laughter.
"No, no, the money from you brothers is enough to make me happy for a day." Bai Ruian smiled innocently and waved his hand to refuse, "I can't do it. I'm unlucky and destined to settle accounts. Brothers, you guys can have fun."
He had been in and out of here for half a month, and had seen many people lose everything they had, and also seen many people win a lot of money and be so happy that they were going crazy, but he had never thought of gambling, not even once.
Even though he knew that he would win once he sat down at the gambling table, he had already seen through the tricks.
But he couldn't, he couldn't cheat other people out of their money when he knew he would win.
He also didn't like to get something for nothing; this was a rule of the General's Mansion that was ingrained in him.
Bai Ruian really enjoyed the joy of calculation. Even though he had to run around all the time and was sweating profusely every day, he still enjoyed it.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise at the door, and with a "clang", the door of Jujin Building was kicked down by someone.
The noisy crowd all quieted down and looked towards the door in shock.
Bai Ruian also looked over, and when he saw the person at the door, his face turned pale with fright.
"Bai Ruian, you little bastard, get out here right now! Don't let me go in and catch you!"
Bai Yunfeng's roar resounded throughout the Jujin Building.
Today, the school sent news that Bai Ruian had skipped school again, and then a relative of the housekeeper said that he saw Bai Ruian enter Jujin Building early in the morning.
He was really mad.
He didn't expect that a general's mansion would actually raise a ten-year-old gambler. He must break Bai Ruian's legs today!
When everyone heard that the visitor was looking for someone with the surname Bai, they all looked at each other in confusion. After all, the General's Mansion was the only family with the surname Bai in the entire imperial city.
Soon, everyone saw the little fat boy who was ordered around by them every day walked out reluctantly and knelt down in front of the newcomer.
"Dad, Ryan knows he's wrong!"
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