I am the rise of an empire of ants

Chapter 38 The Ugly World

(I was so sleepy last night, I fell asleep while writing, sorry everyone)

Huang Huang was stunned, he didn't expect Li Tong to bet on the poker table with public funds, and Lao Jia's handling of this matter was so vile that he asked him to use public funds to gamble.

There was a voice of talking on the phone, but I couldn't make out what was said, probably scolded Li Tong, and then asked him how much he wanted.

Li Tong replied on the phone: "Twenty thousand!"

"Ah?" Huang Huang was shocked when he heard Li Tong's words. He didn't expect Li Tong to lose so much. What Lao Jia and Zhang Genli did in this matter was really unkind and made him miserable.

There was another chattering sound from the other end of the phone. Finally, Huang Huang saw Li Tong powerlessly put down the phone in his hand, and sat on the bed in a daze.

Seeing his distraught look, Huang Huang knew that he hadn't borrowed money.He really sympathizes with him now, and understands his mood at this moment, because he has also experienced this kind of mood before, it is a kind of despair, a kind of helplessness when he feels powerless to face it.

In the living room outside the room, Li Sihong and the others could hear the noise of playing cards. After Lao Jia left, they continued to play "Fighting the Landlord", but the bet was a little smaller, ten yuan and 20 yuan. That's it, it was still noisy outside. Get red in the face.

Huang Huang saw that Li Tong picked up the phone again, dialed a number on the mobile phone, and then stammered: "Brother Wang, it's me, Li Tong, I want to discuss something with you, my father I'm sick, and I'm in the hospital now, can you lend me some hospital deposit?... [-], waiting to ask for it, I'll give you the money as soon as my father is discharged from the hospital!"

Huang Huang knows that Li Tong has started to lie. When a person is at the end of his life, his ugly side will be shown vividly. Even if this person's essence is good, he will go beyond himself when he is forced to do nothing. moral boundaries.How he will go next, no one will know.

In fact, Huang Huang has done this kind of thing himself. In order to pay off his gambling debts, he told different lies to one person after another more than once, and deceived his relatives again and again. Now seeing Li Tong like this , He couldn't help but think of his original appearance.

What made him such a person, isn't the reason why he did this just a word of gambling?Gambling is the root of all evil. Gambling can make people lose their humanity, dignity, and all the bottom lines of being a human being. It can turn a good-looking person into a beast without shame.

Huang Huang began to regret it, it would be great if she didn't gamble, what can gambling bring to herself, apart from the momentary pleasure, endless troubles follow.If you don't gamble, will you still have five yuan in your pocket and go to beggars?If you don't gamble, is it possible for you to become an ant now?
He suddenly came to his senses, and felt that everything he had done before was so stupid and wasted so much of his time and money needlessly.He stood there silently and took a look at Li Tong. He had realized it, so what about him, would he wake up from this incident.

Li Tong over there talked for a long time with his mobile phone, and finally put down the phone in disappointment.Seeing that he was in a daze, Huang Huang knew that he hadn't borrowed any money. People only know the warmth and coldness of people in this world when they are at their worst. I hope he can really learn some lessons from this matter.Huang Huang shook his head sympathetically, turned and walked away.

The quarrel on Li Sihong's side became louder and louder, and even started to fight. Huang Huang felt that they were annoying, so he went to the kitchen alone to find something to eat.

After walking for a whole day, Huang Huang is hungry and tired now, he really wants to find a place to rest and sleep.The kitchen in the rental house has not changed much from the original one. Huang Huang climbed onto the stove, climbed into a plate of leftovers and ate.

It's been a long time since I ate human food. Although it was leftovers, Huang Huang ate it with relish. A plate of ordinary scrambled eggs with leeks was delicious.Huang Huang hasn't eaten such delicious food for a long time, and this meal he ate was extraordinarily sweet.

After eating, Huang Huang lay down on the stove and began to sleep, now he felt extremely tired, he fell asleep not long after laying there.

When I woke up, it was already dawn, and the people living in the rental house were already awake and washing up there.

Huang Huang walked around the rental house again. For some reason, he suddenly remembered the ant nest. When he was in the ant nest, how many times he could come back here in his dreams, but after actually getting here, he Only then did I realize that the real home in my heart is already an ant nest.

After breakfast, Zhang Genli and the others all went out, leaving Wu Renhua alone at home.

Wu Renhua was busy in the kitchen. After Zhang Genli beat her up last night, she didn't talk to him. The two of them are still arguing until now!
Huang Huang stared at the sky outside the window in a daze, he felt that there was nothing to do, staying here was really boring and boring, and now he missed his ant friends very much.

Wu Renhua's cell phone rang, and she answered the phone. There was a man's voice on the phone, as if asking if she was at home.She said to the phone: "Yes, I'm alone!" and hung up the phone.

Huang Huang felt a little strange. He looked at the quartz clock hanging on the wall. It was ten o'clock in the morning. Who would come to Wu Renhua at this time?And looking at Wu Renhua's expression on answering the phone, it seemed very mysterious.

After a while, someone knocked on the door outside, and Wu Renhua ran to open the door. As soon as the door opened, Huang Huang saw that the person who came in turned out to be Lao Jia.

How did he come here?Huang Huang stood in the kitchen and looked towards the living room. He felt a little strange. It was working time, which should be Lao Jia's busiest time. Didn't he ask Li Tong to meet him at nine o'clock yesterday?
As soon as Lao Jia entered the door, he hugged Wu Renhua, touched and kissed him, and didn't even have time to close the door.

Wu Renhua pushed him away forcefully, and scolded him: "You are a dead ghost, you are going crazy again, the door is not closed yet!"

There was a "buzz" in Huanghuang's head, and he was suddenly stunned by the scene in front of him.Lao Jia actually had an affair with Wu Renhua, which was something he never thought of. It stands to reason that Wu Renhua should be Lao Jia's niece and daughter-in-law, and they really...

The more Huang Huang thought about it, the more disgusted he felt, he even wanted to spit it out.

Lao Jia hugged Wu Renhua, and said to her with a smile: "You don't know, I made a big deal today, and I'm so happy now!"

Wu Renhua seemed indifferent to his matter, she turned around and walked towards the kitchen, saying as she walked, "It's none of my business whether you make a big business or not!"

Lao Jia grabbed her, took out a thick stack of tickets from his pocket, put it in Wu Renhua's hand, and then said to her with a smile: "Here, I will give you all the money from winning Li Tong yesterday. It's your business now, right?"

Wu Renhua was taken aback when she got the money, and she asked Lao Jia: "I heard yesterday that you lost, didn't you? Zhang Genli won alone!"

"Fool!" Lao Jia touched Wu Renhua's chin and said to her, "That was for Li Tong. The three of us have already made up our minds. We worked together to lie to him. The money we earned was for the three of us." Individual points."

Old Jia paused for a moment, then continued: "If you want to blame it, blame him for being greedy. He used the money his master gave him to buy materials to bet with us. At first, he wanted to be the owner, but he lost 1 in two days. Wan Duo, later he didn’t dare to come, so I deliberately encouraged him to tell him not to be a landlord, but to ask Zhang Genli and the others to become landlords. We joined forces to deceive Zhang Genli, but he believed it again, haha, it happened again yesterday He's close to ten thousand."

When Lao Jia said this, he had a smug smile on his face, and there was no trace of guilt on his face.The shock in Huang Huang's heart can be imagined, he couldn't believe that Lao Jia was such a person, looking at his chubby face, he suddenly felt sick.

Wu Renhua pinched the stack of banknotes in her hand, and she smiled happily. She feigned hammering Lao Jia with her fist, and scolded with a smile: "You stupid things just want to deceive people. Li Tong will be screwed by you this time." damn!"

Lao Jia shook his head: "I don't want the child to be caught by a wolf. If I don't give him a hard time, how can I get this big business? Do you know who helped me with the business I'm talking about today? ?”

Wu Renhua is not interested in knowing, she is only looking at the money in her hand now.She counted the money and shook her head.

"Let me tell you, it's Li Tong!" Lao Jia said proudly, "His master's engineering team bid for the same project with us. Li Tong knew the quotation from his master. He came here today and told me the price. , I have accepted this project this time!" After Lao Jia finished speaking, he burst out laughing.

Huang Huang now fully understands that Lao Jia's deliberate plan to cheat Li Tong is because of the project in his master's engineering team. This old Jia is too sinister and vicious. Such a chain meter has been designed.He called Li Tong to come to him this morning yesterday, and he must have bought Li Tong with the 2 yuan.

Huang Huang suddenly felt very sad. He also knew that Li Tong had no choice but to do so. In the decoration team, the relationship between master and apprentice was like that of father and son. Li Tong's ability to know the project quotation of the decoration team showed the relationship between him and his master. It must be very good, Li Tong just sold his master just for this mere 2 yuan!
After Lao Jia finished laughing, he hugged Wu Renhua and walked into her room. The door was closed afterward.The moment the door was closed, Huang Huang suddenly felt very uncomfortable. He didn't want to stay in this place for a minute. Now he really wanted to leave here, leave this disturbing world, and go to the ant nest that belonged to him, looking for something peace and happiness.

(End of this chapter)