Chapter 95: Sister-in-law can’t lift the knife anymore?
The person who went to check lowered his head and said in a somewhat sullen tone, "The items on the table were all from us. They haven't been swapped. We've been keeping an eye on them the whole time. There's really no problem."
"I asked around. That guy came in and sat down and nearly lost everything. He's just starting to make up for it. I guess his luck just suddenly turned."
After hearing this, the hostility in Uncle Gong's eyes dissipated a lot, and he smiled and said, "That's right."
"They say that after bad times come good times. There are countless opportunities at the gambling table. Sometimes when luck comes, it really is unstoppable. That kid is going to make a fortune."
After he finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to that side, waved to Xu Minghui to come closer, and whispered a few words quickly into his ear.
Xu Minghui's eyes gradually darkened, and he nodded and said yes.
Uncle Gong smiled and said, "How many days can you finish this?"
Xu Minghui readily said, "If Uncle Gong is anxious, it won't take more than three days."
"Then I'll give you three days!"
Uncle Gong smiled and patted his shoulder, praising him: "Do a good job, I won't treat you unfairly if you do it well!"
"Alright, I see you look really bad. Pack up and go out for a walk. Once you've had enough energy, I'll come back and finish the errand I've assigned you. You don't need to stay here today."
Xu Minghui bowed his head and thanked him. After Uncle Gong left, he turned around and heard screams from the crowd.
The gambler who had been so proud and threatening to make Xu Yu lose everything not long ago, now had a face full of cold sweat and fell off the stool without even sitting firmly.
He rolled on the ground like a gourd, breathing rapidly but his hands and feet were weak. He struggled for a few times but couldn't get up from the ground.
On the contrary, Xu Yu won a lot.
He grabbed the silver on the table that hadn't been collected yet and threw it around, then said with a prodigal smile, "Brothers, you've been tired after watching for so long. Take this and buy some wine!"
With a loud bang, the envied people started to quarrel over the silver that had fallen to the ground, shouting and laughing as they scrambled for it: "What a grand gesture!"
"No wonder you win so much!"
Xu Minghui's heart, which had been clenched by an invisible giant hand, loosened silently. He took a deep breath and was almost choked.
Xu Yu casually gathered his things and walked out under countless envious gazes. He even pulled over a gambler and asked, "Brother, do you know any beautiful girls in the building? If so, introduce one to me. There are some benefits for you."
The man took the silver with both hands and smiled lewdly: "Oh, are you anxious to relieve your sexual desire after getting rich?"
Xu Yu smiled ambiguously: "How can we say that this good thing that we both agreed to is a waste of money and a way to relieve sexual desire? We clearly want to be happy, don't you think so, brother?"
"Hahaha! Yes, that's right!"
The person who had benefited spoke very fluently. He was afraid that Xu Yu would not know the direction, so he pulled him to the door and pointed it out.
After Xu Yu walked away, Xu Minghui packed up the things on the table, said goodbye to the people in the gambling house, and walked out through the back door.
In an alley near the gambling house, Xu Yu squatted on the wall and said "Hey" to Xu Minghui below.
"Looking for me?"
Xu Minghui looked up at him expressionlessly: "Is it that Grandfather can no longer swing the whip, or that Sister-in-law can no longer lift the knife?"
"Where's the pretty girl you were looking for?"
Xu Yu, who was counting money, twitched his mouth fiercely, and when he looked again, there was an inexplicable warning in his eyes.
"Brother, there are some things you can't bring home."
It would have been easy for him to just leave after winning a large sum of money, but he had to have a suitable excuse when facing a group of jealous people.
A gambler's first job is to play at the gambling table and his second job is to go to a brothel. If he doesn't find such a shameful excuse, how can he get away with the huge sum of money he won?
Xu Yuying jumped down from the wall with the silver he won in his pocket. Xu Minghui only took one look at him and the veins on his forehead popped out.
"If Grandfather knew you were messing around in the gambling house again, you..."
"Will you let Grandfather know?"
Xu Yu grabbed a ten-liang ingot of silver and threw it into Xu Minghui's hand, saying calmly, "Making money at home is too slow. Why not make some quick money?"
The family's livelihood can only provide for his mouth, but he wants much more than just food and clothing.
If you want to make some arrangements quietly, you must first have a sum of money in your hand that no one knows about.
Gambling money comes the fastest.
Xu Minghui was so angry that his breathing became rapid: "Do you know how much trouble you'll be in if someone finds out you're cheating?!"
"Cheating?"
Xu Yu sighed in a mixture of laughter and tears, and said in a subtle tone, "Who said I was cheating?"
Xu Minghui was stunned: "If you are not cheating, why are you..."
"That's called talent."
"Do you think all those gold leaves I scattered in the Kyoto Casino were in vain?"
Xu Yu continued to count the banknotes in his hand slowly, but a hint of sarcasm escaped from his lips.
He has never been a good student since he was a child in Kyoto.
He was involved in fights before he was ten years old, and started going to gambling houses with his followers and spending money like water when he was in his early teens. He had been hanging around the gambling table for so many years, and no one knew how much gold, silver, and jewelry he had thrown away. Even though he was stupid, he had already mastered the skills of gambling.
He raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the gambling house, saying playfully, "With a dice cup of that quality, I know which direction to shake it just by holding it in my hand, and I can tell the difference between big and small just by listening to it. I only lose because I don't want to win yet, understand?"
"Okay, don't tell anyone about what happened today. I probably won't come here again."
As he was about to leave, he thought for a moment and threw another twenty taels of silver into Xu Minghui's hand.
"Hush money."
Xu Minghui looked at the extra thirty taels of silver in his hand with an expressionless face, his head as heavy as a bucket: "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
He said angrily, "My family is relatively stable now. If you don't come here to win these few hundred taels of silver, we can still make a living. Why do you have to..."
"Am I the one who doesn't enjoy the peaceful light?"
Xu Yu glanced at him sideways, half-smiling, and said coldly, "If you think your current stability is good, why do you work as a consultant for the gambling house owner in addition to being a bookkeeper?"
Xu Minghui's angry expression suddenly froze.
Xu Yu was inexplicably irritated. "The last time I came to help you find a job, it was Uncle San who showed up. I later found out about that Gong guy. He's a murderer and robber. If you get involved too much, you might get stuck in the mud."
Xu Minghui hadn't expected him to find out such inside information. He paused and said stiffly, "I didn't kill him."
"So handing over the knife is not a crime, right?"
Xu Yu sneered and said lazily, "What I want to do is none of your business. Just keep your mouth shut."
"Let's go. I'm going back."
Xu Minghui held the hot hush money in his hand, his handsome face filled with anger for no reason: "I won several hundred taels, and you want to shut me up with thirty taels?!"
"You loser, stop spreading your money around in crowds. That's enough for me to earn in a year!"
"Xu Yu, you are a loser!!!"
The prodigal son Xu Yu sneezed in the cold wind, and finally arrived at the destination on time after galloping on his horse.
He threw the promised silver to the horse owner: "It's the promised two taels of silver, thank you very much."
The man was sitting on his back and was shaken all the way back. He was so shaken that his soul almost flew out of his mouth.
He hurriedly grabbed the silver and said with a wry smile: "You said it wasn't far, brother, you were in such a hurry, I thought..."
"Of course I'm anxious to go home."
Xu Yu waved his hand and said perfunctorily: "Okay, I'll find you next time if I need you."
The owner of the horse walked away while holding back his retching. Xu Yu stepped into the woods and rushed towards home using his lightness skills.
He braved the wind and snow to climb in through the window. Just as he closed the window, Xu Wenxiu's voice rang out from outside: "Xia Xia, are you back?"
Xu Yu inexplicably heard Xu Minghui's malicious words in his ears. He shuddered and decisively began to take off his clothes.
He wrapped up his changed clothes and stuffed them under the bed, and hid the ill-gotten silver there as well.
Sang Zhixia's voice was getting closer and closer, and it was too late to put on clothes.
Xu Yu pulled out the bolt that was stuck behind the door, made up his mind, lifted the quilt and wrapped himself in it.
There was a muffled creak as Sang Zhixia pushed the door open. Seeing Xu Yu with only his head exposed, she was a little surprised: "You've been lying here all this time?"
Xu Yu coughed weakly, lowered his eyes and said weakly, "No, I watched some of the kids practice for a while this morning."
Sang Zhixia frowned slightly, and before she could say anything, she noticed Xu Yu's somewhat cold face.
She walked closer and placed her hand on Xu Yu's forehead. Her expression immediately changed: "Why is it so cold?"
Xu Yu thought to himself: I just rushed back in a freezing cold wind, it would be a miracle if it wasn't icy.
In fact, he rubbed his forehead affectionately against Sang Zhixia's palm and said softly, "I've been lying down and feeling hot and cold. I've sweated a lot, and now I feel weak and uncomfortable."
"Zhizhi, you're back now, are you still going out? Are you not going out anymore?"
Sang Zhixia looked at him with an indescribable expression and said solemnly, "Your illness is really strange. You can't go on like this."
"Why don't you just lie down and I'll go get the doctor. It'll save you the trouble..."
"Need not."
Xu Yu, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, pulled her hand away and put it against his forehead as if to prove himself. He smiled and said, "You can touch me, I'm not hot."
"Please stay with me for a while and tell me how the greenhouse in the field is going?"
"I've been waiting for you at home all day. You don't know how boring I am."
"Zhizhi, please talk to me."
"If you stay with me for a while longer, I might be well again tomorrow."
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