Dou Tong picked up his three-month-old daughter from the cradle and walked out, which angered the bedridden old Dou so much that he coughed up blood and cried for help. Dou Tong couldn't bear it and walked to the door and lingered.
Jia Dongxu stepped forward and said, "Brother, betting on big wins you everything, betting on small makes the house lose you all. You should think carefully before you place your bet!"
“But this is a matter of life and death, not a gamble. If I really anger my father to death, I will be an unfilial son…” Dou Tong hesitated.
To say that Dou Tong lacked ambition would be truly untrue.
He does everything half-heartedly, only working on it for three days and resting on it for two, ultimately giving up halfway through.
But he also knew his own bad habits: he lacked willpower, was lazy and loved to eat, drink, gamble, and smoke, and had no interest in anything serious. He was hopeless.
But even with such a terrible fate, Old Dou never abandoned him, spoiled him, and tried his best to persuade him to walk the right path. He went to great lengths and worried himself sick over it.
Dou Tong was fully aware of this, but the day after resolving to reform himself, he was provoked into gambling the next day, putting his serious business aside and setting his sights on one goal: to win the world and be filial to his elderly father!
Gambling is exciting and makes money fast!
Without putting in the effort to learn knowledge and skills, you can spend your whole life busy but still end up with nothing to show for it, wasting your life.
Once you win a lot of money gambling, you'll be set for life?
By then, opening casinos, doing business, and building large factories will be a piece of cake. That's when you'll be living the high life!
This was something Dou Tong had always dreamed of.
Jia Dongxu didn't want him to back down halfway, causing the whole plan to fail, so he waved his hand to interrupt him: "Brother, we are both gamblers. Gambling on an ideal future is what we are pursuing."
You know that casinos don't have gamblers who quit halfway through?
If you back down now, you'll miss out on everything.
At that time, your father still won't approve of what you've done, and your wife Liu Lan will be taken home by Sha Zhu to be kept and played with.
You don't want your family to be destroyed, you to be all alone, and you to die because of the casino, do you?
"And if you take that first step, you'll win everything!"
"Fine, I'll take the gamble!" Dou Tong understood the threat in his voice and felt that this gamble could turn things around. He could then return to take care of his father and live with his wife Liu Lan. Everything could be salvaged, so he gritted his teeth and took the gamble.
So Dou Tong ignored his father's coughing up blood, picked up his daughter and walked out, with Jia Dongxu accompanying him the whole time.
Old Dou, suffering from a stroke, vomited blood and died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
Located in an impoverished area, the houses were entirely built by the locals themselves, repairing abandoned houses that had been bombed by planes and artillery during the war and turning them into their own homes.
This is also because during the Korean War, people across the country donated money and materials, but there were no financial or material resources to build housing areas. This left the people to build their own houses. Now that the basic structure is basically complete, if the housing areas are demolished and rebuilt, it will not be a problem that can be solved with a sum of money.
First, the unresolved issue of resident resettlement has hindered the demolition and reconstruction process.
Secondly, the country was experiencing a year of famine, with people fleeing the famine flocking to these housing areas, making the reconstruction of these areas even more difficult.
Ultimately, the residents didn't have the money to move and relocate, and public opinion wouldn't allow the area to be demolished and rebuilt.
Therefore, the residents living in this housing area are basically all struggling to make a living and do not return home until late at night.
This directly led to Lao Dou vomiting blood and dying. The neighbor wasn't home, leaving Lao Dou to die unjustly at home, with no one to care.
Dou Tong, carrying the child, followed Jia Dongxu into the abandoned house, where they were greeted by Xu Damao: "Buddy, you're all here!"
"Shall we prepare to take action then?"
"Right, right, right, at this time, Sha Zhu and Liu Lan should be off work. Let's hurry up and get ready to knock him out!" Jia Dongxu urged excitedly.
Dou Tong and Xu Damao placed the children in a corner of the abandoned house. The two children, under the influence of the sedative, fell into a deep sleep and did not make a sound to interfere with their actions.
Sha Zhu and Liu Lan were completely unaware of this. After getting off work, they rushed to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought some gifts, and hurried home.
The main concern is that the baby is still young and will cry if he doesn't eat for a long time. It would be impossible for Lao Dou, an elderly man who is bedridden, to take care of him.
In their haste, the two forgot about the perilous situation ahead, and by the time they approached the residential area, it was completely dark.
When the weather is pitch black, it's the time when you can't see your hand in front of your face, and humans enter the blind spot of night.
Relying entirely on her familiarity with the area, Liu Lan led Sha Zhu forward, completely unaware that Dou Tong and his two companions were lurking in the alley around the corner, each armed with a stick, watching Liu Lan and Sha Zhu as they entered the ambush zone.
At this moment, Dou Tong recognized Liu Lan and Sha Zhu's voices. Overwhelmed with anger, he grabbed a stick and rushed over before Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu could even call out to him.
Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu followed closely, meeting Sha Zhu head-on and raising their sticks to strike: "Whoosh, crack!"
"Ah, Lanzi, be careful..." Sha Zhu was focused on protecting Liu Lan, using his back to take the attack of three sticks. He was knocked down in just one exchange.
It wasn't that Sha Zhu was too weak, but rather that he was focused on protecting Liu Lan, and it was too dark. He was also unfamiliar with the roads, and Dou Tong and his two companions, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, beat him unconscious with sticks. Sha Zhu suffered an undeserved disaster.
To everyone's surprise, even Liu Lan was stunned. She threw herself at Sha Zhu and cried, "Sha Zhu, what's wrong? Tell me!"
With a "bang," Xu Damao swung his stick and knocked Liu Lan unconscious.
This angered Dou Tong, who raised his stick to hit Xu Damao, but Jia Dongxu stopped him, saying, "Brother, don't get excited. Xu Damao is right to hit him."
If Liu Lan isn't knocked unconscious and her screams alert the nearby residents, our plan will fall apart!
"Yes, yes, brother, don't get excited. Quickly lend a hand and make them look like they're having an affair, then put on a show so people will come and catch them in the act!" Xu Damao tried to calm the furious Dou Tong while pushing and pulling Sha Zhu's collar and kicking Sha Zhu a few times to vent his anger.
Jia Dongxu followed suit, wishing he could kick Sha Zhu to death. If Dou Tong hadn't intervened, the two of them probably would have crippled Sha Zhu.
The three of them hurriedly dragged Sha Zhu and Liu Lan into an abandoned house, and set up a scene of adultery.
Xu Damao secretly left a note to contact Qi Guaizi, and also left behind a codebook that appeared to be used by enemy agents for radio communication. He stuffed all of this into Shazhu's inner pocket and then quietly left.
After leaving the crime scene, regardless of how Jia Dongxu and Dou Tong tried to deal with them, they simply left.
When Jia Dongxu discovered that Xu Damao was missing, his heart skipped a beat. "Damn it," he thought, "that Xu Damao is trying to use someone else to do his dirty work. He's going to deny everything and frame me and Dou Tong for this."
How shameless! In his panic, Jia Dongxu shouted and ran away: "Caught in the act! Dou Tong's wife is cheating on him..."
"Damn it, you son of a bitch..." By the time Dou Tong noticed, Jia Dongxu had already run far away. Dou Tong was stunned and wanted to shout but didn't dare to.
Shouting would have given them away; the sensible thing to do was to slip away without shouting. Dou Tong decisively made his escape.
Leaving behind a mess, the neighbors had to clean it up...
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