The bedroom in room 1105 was filled with smoke and the stove was burning brightly.
There were four people sitting at the square gambling table. Zhang Sheng and Xia Ziqi were sitting face to face, with two other men sitting on both sides.
Zhang Sheng threw away the dice cup in his hand in annoyance and said to Xia Ziqi: "Good job, kid, you are lucky today!"
After saying that, he took out a promissory note from the drawer. Xia Guozhang's name was signed on the note.
Zhang Sheng threw the IOU to Xia Ziqi on the other side and snorted, "Alright, you've won back the 200 kilograms of rice, 10 boxes of ham sausages and 500 kilograms of coal. The debt between us is written off! Here's the IOU, take it and take your father home!"
Although he lost a lot of money, Zhang Sheng didn't look angry at all. He was even in the mood to tease the people next to him. He said to the bald man next to him: "Old Xie, you are not lucky today. You have already lost 100 kilograms of coal."
The bald man called "Old Xie" had a gloomy look on his face. He seemed to be paralyzed. Although the temperature in the room was very low, he was sweating all over his forehead.
Old Xie raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead, forced a smile at Zhang Sheng, and replied: "My luck is bad today. I can't play anymore. I'm going back first."
"I'll bring the 100 kilograms of coal to you later. Don't worry, I won't default on my debt. As you know, I live in 1704."
Zhang Sheng smiled when he heard this and replied, "Brother Xie, what are you talking about? Of course we believe that you won't default on your debt. Goodbye."
After Old Xie left, Zhang Sheng looked at Xia Ziqi who was sitting opposite him and said impatiently, "Why don't you leave? Didn't I give you the IOU? Why are you still sitting here?"
Xia Ziqi tore up the IOU in his hand. He looked at Zhang Sheng and said slowly, "When did I say I was leaving? Let's continue gambling!"
After hearing what Xia Ziqi said, Zhang Sheng and Liu Jie looked at each other and sneered at the same time.
Zhang Sheng sat back in his chair, looked Xia Ziqi up and down, and said with some contempt: "Little brother, we are even now. I don't owe you anything. What do you have to gamble? Can you come up with gambling funds? Money? Supplies? What do you have?"
Xia Ziqi gritted his teeth and replied, "I can write you an IOU! I'll borrow ten kilograms of rice from you first! Let's continue gambling!"
Zhang Sheng couldn't help laughing again. He looked at Xia Ziqi thoughtfully and said in a deep voice, "Little brother, you haven't even grown all your hair yet, and you dare to borrow money from others to gamble? Do you understand the principle of taking advantage of others?"
Xia Ziqi was still young, and there was not much he could do. Zhang Sheng was too lazy to play with him, so he just tried to persuade him.
But Xia Ziqi didn't listen to anything Zhang Sheng said.
Xia Ziqi won battle after battle and felt that he had turned bad luck into good luck and was favored by the "Goddess of Luck". How could he give up easily?
His eyes were full of paranoia, and he said to Zhang Sheng stubbornly: "I am already sixteen years old, I can write an IOU! I must gamble, if you don't let me gamble, I just can't afford it!"
After hearing what Xia Ziqi said, the smile on Zhang Sheng's lips slowly disappeared.
Since Xia Ziqi didn't know what was wrong, there was no need for him to say more.
He nodded to Xia Ziqi and replied, "Tuo, as you wish!"
After Xia Ziqi signed the IOU, the three of them started gambling again.
Xia Ziqi seemed to have really been favored by the "Goddess of Luck". In the next half hour, he seemed to be possessed by the God of Gamblers and the Saint of Gamblers, and won fifty kilograms of rice and fifty kilograms of coal one after another.
"I won again! Keep going! Double the bet next time!" Xia Ziqi had a big smile on his face, and his expression was a little crazy.
At this rate, he will soon be able to win back the 100 kilograms of rice and 100 kilograms of coal!
Xia Ziqi has already thought about it. He only needs to win another 100 kilograms of rice and 100 kilograms of coal. He will stop after winning. He must not be greedy!
With these supplies, he and his family can safely survive this snowstorm...
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