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The banker shouted, and the table fell silent.Even the sound of swallowing saliva can be heard.

The dice spun around on the table, drawing the fanatical eyes of a dozen or so gamblers.As its speed gradually slowed down, everyone's expressions had fallen into an abstract state. Without it, many people wanted to follow suit, and invested a lot of money to follow the "little" that Li Erlang bet on.

Li Erlang wasn't completely sober at all, so he was nervous at this moment, but with the drunken anesthesia, he seemed a little more relaxed.

The first dice slowed down first, and then stopped on the table, with five dots facing up.This is simply a bad omen for this group of gamblers. Five is the number of bets, and the probability has been reduced by half.Many people frowned tightly, holding the edge of the table with both fists, wishing to use their strength or anger to overturn the dice and turn it to a dot.

The second dice was also tired from dancing wildly. It turned a small arc and slowly spun on the table. It looked like it was either "five" or "six".If it is "five", the two dice add up to ten, which is "small", and everyone will win a big victory; if it is "six", the sum of the two dice is "eleven", which is already "big". category.

"Five! Five! Five!" Somebody watched the dice fluctuate and shouted, and everyone gradually became in unison, like thunder.

Li Erlang was also infected by his surroundings, and shouted desperately "Five!"

The dice seemed to have heard the call of the crowd, and gradually fell towards the side with five dots centered on the edge point touching the table.Immediately, someone cheered, seeing that a big victory is imminent!

"Quiet!" I don't know who yelled, and everyone looked again in doubt, and the dice turned to "five", and after rolling halfway, it turned to "six"!

"Hey——" Many people gasped, and then began to yell at the sky, filthy words were endless, and the saliva was flooding.The betting table was about to explode.

"How could this be? How could this be!" Erlang rubbed his eyes vigorously, the second dice lying flat on the table remained unchanged, showing the six dots stiffly to everyone.

"What stinky hands! Dung hands!"

"You ****, are you cooperating with the dealer to coax us!"

"Following you, it's a bloody bad luck for eight lifetimes!"

Everyone's anger gradually turned to Li Erlang, and they cursed all kinds of ugly words.Li Erlang couldn't argue with his words, thinking that if you want to follow me, it's none of my business?Seeing the enthusiasm of the crowd, he howled like a castrated donkey, smashed the remaining silver on the "little", and shouted: "only those who have children and have no children will coax you with the banker!" , I'm all in!"

Everyone looked at this half-aged "lunatic" and sneered. They gambled so much that they left their trousers reluctant to leave. Those who still had some money basically bet on "big", and those who bet on "small" were very rare.

The dealer didn't argue, he took the dice, weighed it in his hand, lightly threw it into the bowl and flipped it upside down, and shook the sea bowl vigorously.

The "jingle" sounded again, but this time it tightened Li Erlang's heartstrings.He couldn't help but not be nervous, he had lost at least 50 taels of silver before, and was scolded by everyone, if he loses again, he would want to be shot to death.

But the world often jokes, when the dealer takes the bowl away, the two dice stop after spinning a few times.It adds up to as many as "twelve o'clock"!

Everyone cheered, Erlang wanted to cry.He quietly raised his head to look at the crowd, the teasing eyes surrounding him seemed to kill him.

"No, I want my money back! I want face!" He shouted a few times in his heart and touched the bag containing the money, but he couldn't find a single penny after searching all over the sky. Then he suddenly realized that he was gifted by Wu Chi Silver gambled away.

I hurriedly touched my waist, I didn't want to spend any money when I went out today, the plan was to go to the restaurant and then go back to Di's mansion, so it can be said that my pockets are shy, there are only a few very small pieces of silver, which add up to less than one or two silver.

"Wu Chi..." He turned around and looked anxiously and earnestly at the local hooligan who had given the silver to him earlier.Before he could open his mouth, Wu Chi took out a piece of five taels of silver from his pocket with his left hand and his right hand, and said with a wry smile, "Brother Zheng Yu is really sorry, I only have so much here, look... .”

"A lot, a lot!" Erlang seemed to have seen a life-saving straw. He thanked him first, grabbed five taels of silver from Wu Chi, and threw them all on the "big". He muttered something like "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva who saves suffering...".

The dice seemed to be mocking him. After two turns, one was "one" and the other was "two", and it was only three points.

Li Erlang cursed angrily: "My god, you are playing with me."He was on the verge of madness at this moment, turned around and yelled at Wu Chi: "Is there any more! Bring it! I'll pay you back when I'm done!"

Wu Chi shrank his neck and said with a wry smile: "It's really gone, it's all for you, just..."

"Just what?! Bring some valuables, I'm afraid I won't pay you back!" Li Erlang continued to roar as if he had eaten a firecracker, almost on the verge of losing control.

Wu Chi looked awkwardly at the people who were looking around, and fumbled to take out a piece of paper, which turned out to be a contract. "That's all that's left. I just ordered jade and jadeite for someone yesterday. I paid a deposit of 400 taels... If it doesn't work, I'll borrow some from my elder brother. You wait for me."

"What are you waiting for? Wait until the day lily is completely cool." Li Erlang ignored the astonished eyes of the people around him, grabbed it with his hands and patted it on the table and asked loudly, "Maybe this is a bet!?"

The banker took it out and looked at it carefully, and still had that dying smile: "It's possible, but it's not worth 400 taels, it can only be counted as 300 taels."

"300 taels is 300 taels, where did you come from so much nonsense, roll your dice!" Li Erlang saw that no one was pleasing to the eye, so he slammed the contract on "little".

The dealer nodded with a smile, and once again glanced at Wu Chi behind Li Erlang intentionally or unintentionally.Wu Chi nodded imperceptibly, and then hid himself a little from the crowd.

The dice are flying, and the dealer sings.Ouyang stared at the dice desperately, feeling suffocated and uncomfortable in his chest.

"Twelve! It's twelve again!" The gambler who had bet "big" shouted, and hurriedly returned the money in front of him.

"This, how is this possible? What can we do?" Erlang murmured twice, his legs weakened, he took two steps back, and bumped into Wu Chi's body.He was completely sober at this time, but the sad thing was that he lost all this large sum of money, which shocked him into a ignorant and dumbfounded situation, and he couldn't recover for a while.

Wu Chi supported Erlang's limp body with all his strength, and anxiously shouted: "What should I do? Someone else gave me the money for him, and he will return to Jinyang tomorrow, how can I explain it?"

Erlang was filled with remorse, why did he lose five or six hundred taels of silver in a bet all of a sudden, what should I do?Di's monthly salary is 600 taels, of which the two sons spend seven or seventy-eight eighty-eight in the family. Before that, he had a little savings, but after Li Wang gave him a restaurant share deed, he felt that he had the bottom line, so he spent a lot of money for a while. A very small restaurant given to him by his ancestors when he came to Jinyang earlier was also sold behind everyone's back, and the money in exchange was pretended to be rich for a while.Don't say 500 taels of silver at home now, even 50 taels may not be taken out at once.

"What should I do? What should I do?" He kept asking himself all the way, unknowingly being dragged by Wu Chi back to the private room of the brothel in the front yard.

At this time, the two leading names in the private room were no longer there, and the huge space seemed so deserted. If Wu Chi hadn't handed over a cup of hot tea, he still wouldn't have recovered.

"Brother Zhengyu, I didn't mean you...Here, I don't have to pay back my more than a hundred taels of silver, but the 400 taels of the deed is for tomorrow. What do you think I should do? Just now Zhengyu Didn’t the eldest brother say that you want to pay me back, then you will have to work with the elder brother.” Wu Chi looked impeccable and humble, as if he was in a difficult situation, and begged Erlang softly.

"This..." Erlang only said one word and couldn't continue. He fell into a demon just now, but he still remembered the sentence he said he wanted to pay back. He invited his own gambling money of more than a hundred taels of silver.If I pat my ass and leave now, am I still a man?Still a big butler?

"I really can't make up the 400 taels right now, why don't you wait for me for two days? You know, my brothers and sisters are all here in Jinyang, for sure..." He said here Can't go on anymore, the word "sure" is almost inaudible.Because in his heart, he didn't have a good reason to borrow money from his younger brothers, that would be too shameful.Besides, I heard that the renovation of the restaurant seems to have cost a lot of money.

"Brother Zhengyu, are you sure? It's not that I'm urging you, but that I'm going to hand it back to someone tomorrow. Brother, I really can't delay..."

"Don't worry! Let me think about it!" Li Erlang frowned, holding Shang Wen's teacup tightly with both hands, as if the coldness of his body could only be made up by the temperature of this cup of tea.

Wu Chi didn't say anything, just looked at him.The grievance and anxiety on his face became more and more real, but his heart was full of joy.

Li Erlang finally set his goal on the half-share deed of the restaurant given to him by his old mother Li Wang, but he wanted to find his family to raise the money. Even if Ouyang was not there, it was Yunniang who made the decision and would still be exposed.If it is only transferred to others in the form of mortgage or discount, then that person will run away with the stock deed, and it will be even more messed up.

"No, no...this one doesn't work either!" Li Erlang's eyes were red, and he grabbed his hair with both hands.

"Brother Zhengyu, brother Zhengyu?" Wu Chi said softly at this time, for fear that Li Erlang would go crazy, and his previous investment would be completely in vain.

"What are you doing! Oh, brother Wuchi, what's the matter?" Li Erlang roared angrily, and immediately realized that he was in front of a creditor, and immediately wilted like a beaten eggplant.

Wu Chi smiled awkwardly, and said in a low voice: "I have a way, but..."

"Just what? If you have a way, just say it. If you still remember my kindness back then, then give me a hand!"

"It's just, I'm just afraid that there will be some twists and turns, and it's not easy to do."

Li Erlang seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, so he jumped from kneeling to standing, and said excitedly: "Finally, as long as it's not murder, arson, rape, and robbery, I will admit the rest!"

"That's right. Earlier, I heard from Brother Zhengyu that your brother-in-law brewed the best wine. Just now when I was about to taste it, a friend called me outside. After I went out, he also tasted it and praised the wine. He It is not sincere to be willing to buy this recipe for wine making at 800 taels. But this wine belongs to your brother-in-law. It might be a way." Wu Chi watched Li Erlang's face, and slowly expressed his thoughts.

"No!!" Li Erlang hopped up like a rabbit whose tail had been stepped on.