Chapter 375
"I'll go with you!"
Seeing Sigui's insistence, Xu Dasheng did not refuse anymore. The two pretended to be slightly drunk and walked through the cabin, supporting each other as they walked into the corridor inside.
As they walked through the long corridor, the music behind them gradually died down. When they were almost at the stern, they heard another kind of noise.
Xu Dasheng grabbed Sigui who was about to move forward and listened to the sounds coming from the room with his ear tilted.
"Oh, why is it small again!"
"Come on, come on, place your bets quickly."
"Are you done yet? Oh, what's the big deal about losing? There are wins and losses, right? If you lose, just stack it up and you'll make back your money in one go."
"Is it ready? Is there anyone else? If there is no one, I will open it."
"What, no money? Oh, brother, I saw you were lucky at the beginning, how come you lost so much? Then this trip to the sea would have been in vain. Keep going and make up for it!"
"Well, you can borrow some money from Brother Chen, and then pay him back after you win back what you lost."
"What are you afraid of? We are all brothers!"
"Brother Chen is very easy to talk to. It's just a matter of signing an IOU!"
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The shouting and enticing sounds from inside were still coming out intermittently. Xu Dasheng and Sigui looked at each other and instantly understood something.
Just as the two men turned to leave, the door creaked open and a sailor, who had lost everything, walked out.
Xu Dasheng knew him. He was from the same village as him. They had met and chatted for a few minutes when they first registered.
I heard that my mother was sick and needed money, so I took the risk and went out to sea with her.
"Hey, Brother Danniu, don't you want to play anymore? You've lost a lot. Maybe you can make it back if you borrow some money from Brother Chen." A man in a black coat chased out.
Danniu mechanically turned around and gave a wry smile. "Forget it, I'm not playing anymore. My luck isn't very good today. Anyway, I still have a long way to go before I get home. I'll take a break first. I'll see if my luck improves tomorrow and then try to make up for it."
"Okay, okay, then come back to me when you're lucky."
After the man turned around and went back, Daniu looked at Xu Dasheng with a dead look on his face, "You, you guys also..."
"Go away, go away, don't go in, don't go in."
Da Niu waved his hands wildly at the two of them, with a look of madness on his face.
Xu Dasheng looked at Daniu who had suddenly lost his mind and quickly supported him, "Brother Daniu, calm down, calm down."
Sigui and Xu Dasheng looked at each other, then they restrained Daniu and dragged him towards their respective rooms.
Da Niu drank a glass of cold water and slowly calmed down.
My hands were shaking unconsciously.
"They took us to roll the dice and play Pai Gow. Everyone won a little at first, but then slowly started losing. Many people lost the last thousand yuan and started asking Brother Chen for money."
"They were so lost that they didn't even have time to look at the IOU."
"It said that if I couldn't pay them back later, I would have to work for them to pay them back. I knew a few words, and when I saw that, I knew something was wrong."
Da Niu's eyes were red. "Brother Dasheng, they, they are setting a trap for us. They are targeting our lives."
"I was wondering how the captain, a stingy man, could be willing to give us such a big feast with wine and meat. He usually doesn't even bother to feed us when we're working, but now he's suddenly so generous..."
"So there's a trick waiting for us here. We're all drunk and dizzy..."
At this point, Da Niu choked up and covered his face with his hands.
I managed to save my life with great difficulty, but lost the thousand dollars I spent on it.
How could he have the face to go home to see his wife and parents?
Xu Dasheng suppressed his inner anger, patted Daniu on the shoulder and said reassuringly, "Earn a lesson and learn from it."
"If you lose, you lose. As long as you are still alive, you can earn the money back later."
"You didn't borrow money from them to sign that contract, did you?"
Daniel shook his head, "No!"
Xu Dasheng breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. As long as we get back to shore, we'll be free. Now we're on someone else's territory, and they have guns. We'd better stay put. The old and young at home still need us. There's no need to risk our lives."
Sigui said angrily, "Uncle Dasheng, this is not a matter for us to hide. They won't let us go easily."
Xu Dasheng also knew that what Sigui said was right, but he had no way to deal with it. The other side not only had more people than them, but also had a lot of guns.
If you had a conflict with them at this time, you might be beaten to death and thrown into the sea to feed the fish before the fight even starts.
The following days.
Except for going out to get food and water, Xu Dasheng and Sigui spent most of their time in their rooms.
In the tidy and quiet office, the captain took the stack of "IOUs" handed over by the tall man, with a smile on his face.
He flipped through the materials in his hand and said, "Well done!"
“Hahahaha~”
"Those who have signed a few, don't play along with them. We don't know if they have such a tough life!"
"There are still six or seven people who haven't taken the bait yet. Let's focus our energy on these people."
The tall man listened to his elder brother's praise, and a smile spread across his face. "Don't worry, elder brother. I will collect everyone's indentures before the ship docks."
"From now on, they can only work for us honestly for free!"
.......
The weather on the sea is ever-changing. It may be calm and sunny one second, but the sky will be dark the next.
After a while, the sky seemed to have broken open, and heavy rain poured down.
There were thunder and lightning, and the sea breeze roared, sweeping up waves that were more than ten meters high.
At this time, the helmsman was still lying on the gambling table excitedly, shouting loudly, "Big big, big big!"
The noisy sound drowned out the thunder and lightning outside.
An apprentice at the helm in the control room was stunned by the huge waves that were rolling in front of him.
With a loud crash.
Huge waves hit the hull, and the whole ship shook violently.
The people and belongings in the boat were scattered all over the ground. The lights above were flickering, and the sound of objects falling and people screaming were everywhere.
"What's going on?"
The tall man supported the captain and said, "Brother, are you okay?"
"It must be the waves. I'll go out and take a look."
The dumbfounded apprentice in the control room finally came to his senses and quickly steered the boat across the oncoming huge waves.
The sea breeze blew even stronger.
The whole ship was pushed forward quickly.
The helmsman who was thrown out of the gambling room also came to his senses, climbed up with a grim expression, and staggered towards the front cabin.
But before he could reach the control room, another huge wave hit the ship, and with a violent shaking, he was thrown out again.
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