The next day, Aunt Xu deliberately chose to wait for Zhao Yiming on the road he had to take when leaving the government office. She took the opportunity to tell him about Zhao Ningsong's visit to the Maternity and Child Health Hospital to harass Zhao Shuhua, and her own request.
Zhao Yiming did not react much to this. He just told her to hurry up. If she could really get Zhao Ningsong to sign the document to release the concubine, he would help with the establishment of the female household and Zhao Shuhua's household registration.
Before Aunt Xu left, he asked Chi Wei to help her secretly to prevent any accidents from happening during the confrontation between her and Zhao Ningsong, which would make Tian An worry as well.
Aunt Xu was extremely grateful, and after getting Zhao Yiming's promise, she sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhao Ningsong that same day.
After all, she had slept in the same bed with Zhao Ningsong for so many years and knew his character, so she did not show up in person. She just said that if he agreed, he could sign the document and she would have someone deliver all the silver.
After Zhao Ningsong showed Aunt Xu's letter to Old Lady Cao, the mother and son scolded Aunt Xu in the house.
"What do you think about this, mother?" Zhao Ningsong sat down angrily on an old chair in the room.
"Of course we can't let her have her way. That bitch has been out for so long, and now she's threatening to pay money to redeem herself. I'm afraid she took advantage of the housekeeper to get a lot of benefits.
"Hmph! Only that idiot Tian An is so foolish as to befriend these two mother and daughter." Cao said with a mean look on her face, looking down on everyone.
"Okay, then listen to mother. If you want to get rid of me, forget it. Even if Xu dies, my surname, Zhao Ningsong, must be on her tombstone." Zhao Ningsong said viciously, turned around and tore the letter sent by Aunt Xu into pieces, and then threw it away.
Aunt Xu didn't receive a reply from Zhao Ningsong for two consecutive days, and she knew that he really disagreed as she thought.
He sighed and said to Chi Wei: "Then let's start implementing our plan!"
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Ever since Zhao Ningsong pawned Mrs. Cao's last piece of gorgeous clothing, Mrs. Cao has been urging him to go out and find a job every day.
He couldn't stand Mrs. Cao's nagging, so he could only go out for a walk after breakfast every day.
He was also afraid of being humiliated if he met old acquaintances, so he always acted like a rat crossing the street, with a shifty look on his face wherever he went. Even the street vendors were afraid that he was up to something and were always on guard against him.
Zhao Ningsong was originally a lazy person. He had been used to a comfortable life since he was a child. Not to mention working, he didn't even know where to find a job.
After wandering around the streets for a few days, he found no work and had almost spent all the money he had earned from selling fancy clothes and from Zhao Shuhua.
After coming out of the restaurant at noon, he looked at the last few pieces of silver in his hand, sighed, and wondered whether he should go to Zhao Shuhua to ask for some more silver.
Just as he was about to raise his foot, the noise from a nearby alley caught his attention.
"As expected of Brother Leopard! He even dares to gamble on a leopard."
"That's right, that's right. The few copper coins I lost just now were nothing. Not only did I make it all back this time, I even won more than ten taels of silver."
Listening to the compliments around him, the man known as Brother Leopard said indifferently, "Oh! This is nothing. Back then, when the gambling dens heard my name, their faces turned as ugly as if they had eaten feces. Every time I went there, I had to bring a cloth bag to carry my silver.
If I hadn't retired from gambling these years, would those gambling houses still be around?"
Listening to Brother Leopard's bold words, Zhao Ningsong subconsciously walked towards the group of people.
"Brother Leopard, please show us some more of your skills!" A lackey next to him encouraged Brother Leopard.
Brother Leopard was also unambiguous, "Sure! As long as this kid is willing to spend money."
After saying that, he looked smugly at the elegantly dressed young man sitting across from him and said, "How about another round?"
The young man did not disappoint everyone. He raised his head and said stubbornly, "Come on, I have plenty of money. I am not afraid of you."
"Okay! This time, let's see who rolls the bigger dice."
The young man agreed without thinking, then picked up the dice cup on the ground, put three dice in it, and began to shake it left and right and up and down.
He shook the dice for a long time until the onlookers started to urge him, then he slammed the dice cup to the ground, and then nervously opened the dice cup amid the crowd's cheers.
"Four, five, six, fifteen." The young man excitedly read out the number of the dice, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with the result.
However, Brother Leopard just smiled contemptuously.
Then I saw Brother Leopard pick up the dice cup on the ground, pass over the dice, and with a swipe, he collected the dice on the ground into the dice cup like flowing water.
Then, after a series of extremely pleasing dice-shaking moves, he placed the dice cup on the ground and folded his arms across his chest.
Before even opening the dice cup, he confidently curled his lips and said, "Five five six, sixteen, just a little bigger than yours, I win."
The young man didn't believe it, so he took the dice cup himself and looked at the ground with wide eyes. Seeing that it was just as Brother Leopard said, his confidence disappeared in an instant and his shoulders slumped immediately.
There was a lackey beside him who helped Brother Leopard to get back the money he won in this round. Brother Leopard looked so confident of winning throughout the whole process that he almost blinded Zhao Ningsong's eyes.
He walked closer and closer, and finally squeezed into the crowd and stood behind Brother Leopard.
At this time, the young master was not convinced and wanted to gamble again. Brother Leopard naturally accompanied him and still let him roll the dice first.
However, after a few games, no matter what number Young Master got, Brother Leopard could always win by a narrow margin.
At this time, the people on the side also realized that Brother Leopard was doing this on purpose. He could obviously shake a bigger number, but he just controlled the dice, and each time it was only slightly bigger than Brother Young Master's. It was obvious that he was just trying to trick him!
But the young master refused to believe it and insisted that Brother Leopard had only won by luck and asked to continue gambling.
But this time, he thought he was smart and let Brother Leopard roll the dice first.
Brother Leopard didn't bother with him. He picked up the dice and started to operate them in a pleasing manner, and finally shook out three sixes.
Looking at the dice cup on the ground, the young man's face turned pale. This time he finally believed what others said.
Without even rolling the dice, he respectfully handed the bet money to Brother Bao, "I am blind to recognize the great man, and Lord Bao, you don't care about the good people. Let's stop playing after this round!"
Brother Leopard waved his hands and said in a very pleasant manner, "I'm showing off my skills today just because everyone wants to see me. It's getting late, so let's all go! Let's go! Ah!"
Upon seeing this, the young master hurriedly left with his servant in disgrace.
The crowd slowly dispersed as he left, and finally only Brother Leopard was left there.
Seeing Brother Bao getting up to leave, Zhao Ningsong hurried forward to stop him, with a flattering look on his face: "Brother Bao, please stay."
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