novelhk Chapter 270 A Plan Comes to Mind
Chapter 270 A Plan Comes to Mind
At the beginning, everything went too smoothly, and I won almost nine out of ten times. The person on the other side lost so much, but he didn't react at all.
Now I think he must have known that he would lose later, so he was so calm. Later, when he started losing money, he also thought about stopping playing.
The gentleman opposite him started to provoke him, saying that he couldn't afford to play, and that he was here to save face. And the few people who had been betting beside him seemed a little abnormal when he thought about it now.
Whenever he wanted to back out, she would give him all kinds of compliments and praises, asking him to continue playing, either explicitly or implicitly, as if he would be disappointed if he didn't play. She would also keep telling him in his ears that he would win the next round and his money would come back.
So unknowingly, he gambled again and again, and lost again and again, until finally he lost all the one thousand taels he had borrowed, and the people around him disappeared without a trace.
And the owner of the gambling house must be in cahoots with them. Thinking of this, Si Chengren was so angry that he wanted to kill someone. But even though he knew this, he didn't dare go back to argue with them alone.
These were just his own guesses. If the gambling house refused to admit it, what could he do? Anger and regret were constantly intertwined, making his mind a mess.
When he looked up again, he had arrived at the gate of the marquis's mansion, and the servant at the door hurried to greet him.
Si Chengren ignored him and returned to his residence in a daze. The two thousand taels his mother gave him, plus the one thousand taels he borrowed in the afternoon, not counting the jade pendant he lost and the loose money he had on him, he lost more than three thousand taels in just one afternoon.
That was more than three thousand taels of silver. He regretted it very much at this moment, but no matter how much he regretted, he couldn't get his money back.
I didn’t eat any dinner at night. I just lay down on the bed in a daze. I don’t know when I fell asleep and I had a confused dream all night long.
In his dreams, he couldn't pay back the money, and the people from the gambling house chased him and wanted to beat him and kill him. They cut off one of his hands, and he lay on the ground wailing in pain. Then the people from the gambling house still didn't let him go, and swung their knives at him again, and the shiny big knife was about to hit his head.
Si Chengren suddenly sat up from the bed, sweating profusely with fear, his chest heaving violently, but the dream just now was too real, as if it had really happened.
He subconsciously looked at his hands. Fortunately, his hands were still there. If he couldn't pay the money back, would the people in the gambling house really cut off his hands?
He simply didn't dare to think any further. He was so frightened that he couldn't fall asleep in bed and kept his eyes open until dawn.
Tang Xiuwen was partial to Si Chengyi, but as an old woman, how much money could she have? Besides, her favorite was Qiao Yueru, and she had given her many gifts over the years.
Therefore, Si Chengyi only got 500 taels of silver from Tang Xiuwen, no more. Adding his original total of 1,300 taels, he still needed 1,700 taels.
Si Chengyi is smarter than Si Chengren. If he asked Wang Qiuhe for money, he would definitely not say that he wanted to open a shop. That would be too fake. If Si Wei Zhong knew about it, the lie would be exposed in an instant, and it would be difficult to end it then.
He had to think of a way to get the money without arousing suspicion, but before that, he had to go and borrow money from a few of his friends.
The few people who got along well with him were not married yet, so they probably didn't have much money. In the end, the seven or eight of them only borrowed two hundred taels of silver in total.
That still leaves half of the money. Si Chengyi has a headache. What should he do with the remaining money? He comes to the street in a distracted state, looks at the crowded streets, and walks aimlessly with a frown on his face.
As I was walking, I suddenly saw two kids fighting. One of the boys picked up a stone on the ground and threw it at a girl.
The girl did not dodge, and the stone hit her head. Blood oozed out immediately and the girl burst into tears.
Hearing the girl's crying, a woman came running over in a hurry. When she saw the girl's appearance, she screamed in fright.
"Oh, my child, who the hell did this to you?" The woman wanted to cover the child's wound with her hand, but how could she cover the wound when it was buried in her hair? She was so anxious that tears were about to fall.
The girl pointed at the boy beside her while crying. The boy obviously didn't expect it to be so serious and he stood there in fear with a pale face.
Looking in the direction of the girl's finger, the woman screamed in frustration: "Go call your mother over here and ask her to give me some money to treat my girl."
The boy was so scared that he didn't dare to say a word. He turned and walked into a yard. Soon a woman followed him. She was the boy's mother.
As soon as they got home, the boy told her what happened. The woman was so angry that she wanted to slap him, but she first looked at how serious the girl's injuries were, took the silver and ran out in a panic.
As he ran, he cursed, "You naughty child, I'll come back and deal with you later."
The final result was that the boy's mother took out one or two taels of silver to compensate the girl, and the boy was beaten.
Si Chengyi saw the whole process. The moment the girl's mother reached out to take the silver, a bold idea suddenly came into Si Chengyi's mind.
About an hour later, Si Chengyi returned to the Marquis' Mansion. He walked hurriedly, his clothes were disheveled, and he strode towards Wang Qiuhe's yard with an anxious look on his face.
The maids and servants along the way saw this and looked at him sideways. What happened to their second young master? Why was he like this? Even though they were confused, they were servants and he was the master, so no one dared to ask.
After entering the Marquis' Mansion, Si Chengyi rushed all the way and soon arrived at Wang Qiuhe's courtyard. She was a concubine and her courtyard was much smaller than the old lady's.
When I arrived, Wang Qiuhuo was having lunch. On the plate in front of her were a roast chicken, a pig's trotter, and two plates of vegetables.
Only half of the roast chicken was left, the pig's trotter was almost eaten up, there were two empty rice bowls with a few grains of rice visible on them, and the two vegetables in front of them were hardly touched.
When he came over, Wang Qiuhe was gnawing on a chicken foot. Seeing her son coming over, she put the chicken foot back on the plate, took out a handkerchief from her arms, and wiped the oil stains left at the corners of her mouth.
Just after putting the chicken feet back on the plate, she suddenly raised her head as if she had thought of something and looked at her son. What happened to her son today? Did he have a fight with someone?
Wang Qiuhe stood up from her seat, walked a few steps, came to Si Chengyi, and asked with concern: "Chengyi, what happened to you? Why are you like this?"
Hearing Wang Qiuhe's words, Si Chengyi, who had been brewing all the way, almost burst into tears: "Mom, I am an unfilial son and have caused a big disaster. Please help me."