The chopsticks in Xue Dong's hand fell to the ground with a bang.
The piece of meat also rolled on the ground, and Xue Rong and Xue Nan hurried to grab it.
He asked absentmindedly, "Mom, how could you do this? You borrowed money from my aunt to pay off gambling debts, but now you want Dad to gamble again. You're lying."
Xue Guibao slapped Xue Dong and said, "What do you know, little brat? If I pay off my gambling debts now, when will we be able to pay back your aunt? I'm sure I'll win this time. Not only will I be able to pay off the debts, but I'll also make a lot of money for our family. You guys can just wait and enjoy the good life in the future."
The boy clenched his fists tightly. Ever since Xue Guibao started gambling, his already poor family had become even poorer. He even dared not go to school. He did not expect Xue Guibao to win money to improve their lives, but only hoped that his family would be safe.
It's okay for his parents to be lazy or greedy. When he grows up, he'll go out to work and support them and his sister. But his father gambles! The teacher said that gambling can ruin a family.
Tears welled up in the boy's eyes, but he tried hard to hold them back.
He turned and ran.
On a country road, a thinly dressed boy was walking hurriedly in the cold wind.
In the casino, Wang Mazi and Du Laosi greeted Xue Guibao with a sly grin.
Du Laosi is an old bachelor in the village. He has been coveting Xue Guixiang for a long time and thinks that a widow and a bachelor are a perfect match. However, Xue Guixiang ignores him completely, so he has never succeeded.
It was not until Xue Guixiang lent him a hundred yuan for her son's wedding that he felt the opportunity had come. He asked Lin Qingqing to sign a document, promising to use the house as collateral if she could not pay back the money.
He calculated that Xue Guixiang could not repay the debt, and she had to compromise with him in order to keep the house.
Unexpectedly, his plan turned out to be a success, but he didn't expect that Lin Qingqing would pay back the 150 yuan including principal and interest within a month.
When Du Laosi was furious at not getting the widow, Wang Mazi told him that the widow's daughter-in-law had made a fortune collecting pears in Xiaoma Village.
Wang Mazi also said that the widow's only brother Xue Guibao was a poor man who was lazy and could get money through him.
If he couldn't get the money, sleeping with Xue Guibao's woman wouldn't be a bad idea. Although she was in her thirties, she was lazy and didn't work in the fields much. She was better off than the average woman in the village.
When Du Laosi heard this, he seemed to see a glimmer of hope.
The two looked at each other and a sinister plan came up.
At this time, Wang Mazi was picking his teeth while holding a teacup, smiling maliciously: "I knew Guibao had the ability to get money, isn't it here? From now on, if anyone dares to call Guibao a poor guy, he will have to get past me first!"
Xue Guibao was flattered by Wang Mazi's flattery and took out all the money in his pocket to bet.
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The cold wind blew into Xue Dong's tattered cotton jacket. He shrank his neck and trotted to catch up with his aunt.
Xue Guixiang was walking so fast that Xue Dong caught up with her when she was almost at the village entrance.
"Aunt, aunt!" Xue Dong shouted, panting.
Xue Guixiang turned around and saw that it was her nephew, and hurriedly stopped: "What's wrong?"
Xue Dong was choked by the cold wind and coughed continuously. He bent over and coughed a few times before speaking: "Aunt, something happened... You should go and check it out. The 500 yuan you lent to my mother was used by my father to gamble..."
"What!" Xue Guixiang's eyes widened and her heart suddenly tightened.
"Aunt, I'm telling the truth. Go quickly, it will be too late..."
Xue Guixiang grabbed Xue Dong's arm and jogged back.
She didn't care about anything else, she just wanted to stop Xue Guibao and not let him enter the casino!
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