But as he continued, Liu Dashi saw too many people winning money gambling, and his hands started itching to gamble too!
From then on, he could never quit. Over the years, his family has sold everything they own to pay off his debts, and they are now penniless!
Liu Dashi finally won a bet recently, which improved his family's situation and allowed him to give his daughter five taels of silver for her wedding.
This time, she's in a hurry to find a wife for her son, hoping he'll settle down and stop gambling!
The girl said she saw Liu Dashi talking to his sister in town.
Knowing her son as she did, she knew he might not come back even if she won the gamble.
He will only go home to ask for money if he loses the bet!
Liu's mother was in a panic and was about to forcefully change the subject when she heard Lili say, "I heard him ask Aunt Li for money, saying that he can't pay off his gambling debts!"
This was a bolt from the blue for Liu's mother.
After Lili finished speaking, she asked Aunt Zhang with a puzzled look, "Grandma Zhang, what is gambling debt?"
Liu's mother turned deathly pale. It's all over, all over!
Hearing Lili's words, not only Aunt Zhang, but even Matchmaker Huang was stunned.
Aunt Zhang's eyes were full of astonishment as she asked, "Lili, you're not lying, are you? Did he really say that?"
Lili felt a little wronged: "That's what he said... How could Lili lie?"
With a stern face, Liu's mother accidentally knocked over the tea in her haste. She stood up abruptly, pointed at Lili, and said sternly, "You little brat, what nonsense are you spouting!"
Ah Niu quickly stepped in front of Li Li, protecting her, saying, "Grandma Liu, what are you doing? Li Li is not even three years old yet. How could someone so young lie?"
A Niu's mother came out with a plate of flatbreads and sensed that something was wrong. She saw that Liu's mother's face had turned liver-colored and that her mother-in-law's chest was heaving with anger.
Ah Niu stood with his arms outstretched in front of Li Li. Ah Niu's mother thought Li Li had caused trouble, so she quickly put down the plate and went to talk to Li Li.
"What's wrong?" Aunt Liu asked with a smile, trying to ease the tension. "The two children are still young. Aunt Liu, what are you doing? You'll scare them."
Lili tugged at Aniu's clothes and poked her head out, looking aggrieved. She said to Aniu, "Auntie, I was just telling you what I saw in town that day. Is it wrong to tell the truth?"
A Niu's mother was taken aback: "What are you talking about?"
The matchmaker's face turned pale and then red.
Although she accepted money from the Liu family to find a good marriage for their son, she was merely fulfilling her duty by making Liu's mother's words sound more pleasant.
It was clearly Liu's mother who said that Liu Dashi worked as a shop assistant in the city.
Unexpectedly, in the end, I wasn't working in the city at all.
He's clearly a gambling addict in the city!
Now, it's all become evidence that what she said helped Liu's mother deceive people.
She'd been a matchmaker for over a decade, arranging countless relationships, but this was the first time she'd ever encountered something like this!
She's a matchmaker, not a brothel madam. What's the difference between her and tricking innocent girls into going to a brothel?
Huang the matchmaker gritted her teeth in anger, and glared at Liu's mother, demanding, "Sister Liu, go ask around the surrounding villages and see how many matches I, Huang the matchmaker, have made over the years! I'm not saying every match brings a beautiful woman, but I'm not so blind as to match a gambler with a good girl. You're going to ruin my reputation that I've built up over so many years!"
Liu's mother's face turned deathly pale instantly, as if all the blood had been drained from her. Her lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't utter a single word.
Those eyes, which had been shining brightly, were now filled with fear and panic. Their pupils darted around anxiously, trying to find an excuse to cover up the situation.
"I think you're all confused, believing the one-sided story of a little kid!" Liu's mother glared fiercely at Lili.
Ah Niu's mother was getting more and more confused: "What gambling addict? It can't be..."
Aunt Zhang snorted coldly, picked up the cup from the ground with annoyance, and threw it aside.
"What other kind of gambling addict could he be? Liu Dashi, the youngest son of the Liu family who is being considered by Xiaocui, is a gambler—he's down-to-earth, capable, hardworking, diligent, filial, and obedient!"
Aunt Zhang spoke loudly, enunciating each word clearly. She was old, but she wasn't stupid, nor was she blind.
Such a young and well-behaved child, it's obvious he wouldn't lie.
Besides, if it were true or false, why would Liu's mother react so strongly?
Do they really think the Zhang family is a sucker?
She actually wanted her gambling-addicted son to marry her daughter!
Ah Niu told his mother everything, and after being shocked, his mother breathed a sigh of relief.
No wonder, no wonder she had a strange sense of aversion to this Aunt Liu from the very beginning.
I never imagined that the Liu family would be this kind of people!
A Niu's mother already disliked her, and now that she knew about the Liu family's scheme, she became even less polite.
"I was wondering why the Yang family stared at us so intently when they sent us some things. They even went to great lengths to find out if we were in debt from gambling and desperately needed to borrow money?"
"Gamblers can't quit gambling! You want someone else to suffer with your gambling son? Ha!"
Lili hid behind Aniu and chuckled. This aunt and Grandma Zhang were both so sarcastic and sarcastic.
Liu's mother was utterly humiliated and knew she couldn't hide it any longer; she also knew she was in the wrong.
Although she also felt that getting involved in gambling was a bad thing, she really couldn't bear to see her son being belittled like that.
"What are you saying! My son is not a gambler, he's just young and hasn't settled down yet! Once he gets married and has a family, his heart will naturally settle down!" Liu's mother shouted, hands on her hips. "My son doesn't owe any money, and he's very lucky! His sister's five taels of dowry was from winning the bet!"
“But Lili clearly heard him ask Aunt Li for money. Aunt Li said she had no money and even advised him to find a stable job!”
Lili righteously and sternly corrected her, which made Liu's mother furious.
"You little bitch, you're already talking nonsense at such a young age, I'll strangle you!"
Liu's mother was so angry that she was about to hit Lili, but as soon as she took a step, both A Niu's mother and Zhang Da Niang reached out to stop her. The next second, Liu's mother tripped over her own feet and fell heavily to the ground.
"Oh dear, Grandma Liu, you were so careless!" Lili suppressed her smile and pretended to look at her in surprise.
Liu's mother fell and hurt her bottom. She was angry and embarrassed. When she looked up, no one seemed to care to help her up.
With a determined look, Liu's mother scrambled to her feet and stormed off.
Without saying a word, Liu's mother slammed the door and left.
After Liu's mother left, the matchmaker, Huang, took Zhang's hand apologetically and said, "Oh, Sister Zhang, I was just following the rules to arrange a marriage for the Liu family. Everything I said was told to me by Sister Liu herself. I didn't know her son was a gambler!"
Although Aunt Zhang was angry, she knew that Matchmaker Huang was just doing her job for money, which was what she was supposed to do as a matchmaker.
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