"Sanhu, why did it take you so long to come back? The four tigers are all here!"
Lin Erhu had already packed up his stall and was looking forward to it with the bullock cart. When he saw Lin Sanhu finally came back, he couldn't help but rush forward and scolded him.
In the past, Lin Sanhu would have had to talk back to him, or make some excuses to deal with him. However, today, Lin Sanhu didn't say a word, and just climbed into the bullock cart in despair.
On the warm stove, my eyes stared at the sky.
"Third brother, what's wrong with you?" Seeing his appearance, Lin Sihu turned around and asked.
Lin Sanhu remained silent.
Seeing his appearance, Lin Sihu glanced at Lin Erhu. The two brothers looked at each other, confused as to why.
Because they were in a hurry to leave the city, the two brothers didn't ask any more questions. It wasn't until they left the city gate that Lin Sihu turned to look at Lin Sanhu again. Seeing that he was still looking lost and lost, he couldn't help but ask: "Three Hus."
Brother, what’s wrong with you?”
When there was no response, Lin Sihu looked at Lin Erhu again, "Second brother, what happened? Why is third brother looking like this?"
"I don't know." Lin Erhu said while driving the bullock cart.
"Second brother, you and third brother do business together every day. Don't you know what happened to him?"
"Sihu, you don't know that during this period, every time before the stall was set up, your third brother would either say he was hungry and wanted to find something to eat, or he would say he wanted to go somewhere else, and then he would
It's just a whole day. Sometimes we are late to pick you up after school. It's not that business was delayed, but that your third brother was delayed."
"Is it because Third Brother plays leaf cards?" Lin Sihu asked. Obviously he also knew about Lin Sanhu playing leaf cards with others, so he turned to look at Lin Sanhu and said crisply, "Oh, I
Got it, you must have lost money while playing leaf cards with someone and met a master, right?"
"Nonsense, I didn't!"
Lin Sanhu, who had always been like a zombie, became angry when he heard this typing, and immediately denied it.
This matter must not be known to everyone. If everyone knows, he will be finished. His mother will be very angry and will kick him out of the house, or lock him in a small dark room.
When he thought of the three hundred taels of silver he had lost in ignorance, he felt very regretful, self-blame, chagrin, remorse, worry, fear and other emotions lingering in his heart, like a black tide, rushing towards him.
Wrapping him up airtight, as if trying to drown him.
"Looking at Third Brother's appearance, he must be."
Over there, Lin Sihu's voice came over again, and Lin Sanhu suddenly seemed to be crazy, "I didn't lose, I didn't, I didn't lose."
Lin Sihu didn't expect that Lin Sanhu would turn out like this just by saying something casually, and he was a little frightened.
He originally thought that Lin Sanhu must have lost his bet on leaf cards and lost all his personal money, but now that Lin Sanhu's reaction was so strong, it seemed that it was not what he thought.
"Perhaps your third brother is dating a girl during this period." Lin Erhu, who was on the side, saw that the atmosphere was not right, and said, "A few days ago, he told me that he wanted to save money to marry a wife."
"Ah, then was he deceived by some girl?" Lin Sihu also suddenly realized.
"Who knows, let's ignore him and go home first." Lin Erhu said, waving his whip and urging Lao Niu to go faster.
The old cow knows the way and understands human nature. When he saw that it was getting dark, he started running and finally reached his home before it got completely dark.
"Mom, we are back."
After arriving home, Lin Erhu felt a little guilty. They came back too late today. Da Bao and Da Xiong, who were also selling things, had closed their stalls early and were probably having dinner at home now.
He first moved his things to the door. He originally planned to take the bullock cart to the cowshed, but when he arrived at the door, he found some strangers sitting in the house.
He looked up and saw Ye Chuqiu sitting on the side of the table with a gloomy face. His eyes that were as bright as pearls in the past had become extremely dark today.
"mother?"
He shouted uneasily.
Ye Chuqiu looked up at him, and Lin Erhu was immediately frightened by those eyes. Her black eyes were like dark clouds, and there seemed to be thunder brewing in them, and they didn't know when they would fall down.
"Just in time, when your son comes back, you can ask him if these IOUs were made up by me."
Inside the house, an old man spoke, and Lin Erhu recognized him. He was Mr. Zhou Zhou in the village. He always smiled all day long, but he always gave people the feeling of hiding a knife behind his smile. It was said that he specialized in making seals for people.
Sheng is not a good person, and I don’t know why he came to my home.
"Where are the three tigers, three tigers!"
Ye Chuqiu finally spoke. Her voice was not loud, but it gave people a great sense of oppression. Lin Erhu felt his body tremble.
"mother."
Lin Sanhu climbed down from the bullock cart at some point and hid in the shadow behind him. Hearing Ye Chuqiu's voice, he crawled in and knelt down to Ye Chuqiu with a plop.
in front of.
He originally thought he could survive a few days, and he also thought about asking Mr. Zhou for a favor and hiding the matter temporarily, but he never expected that Mr. Zhou would bring people to his home to collect debts so quickly.
.
"Is what Mr. Zhou said true? Did you really go gambling and still owe so much money?" Ye Chuqiu's eyes were like daggers, hanging above Lin Sanhu's head.
Lin Sanhu lowered his head and raised his eyelids slightly to glance at Ye Chuqiu. Seeing her gloomy eyes, he did not dare to speak at all. He just knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Ye Chuqiu.
"Is it true? Are you deaf?" Ye Chuqiu raised his voice.
"Yes... it's true." Lin Sanhu responded, his face full of fear and uneasiness, and his head was so low that it almost touched the ground.
"Mom has repeatedly given orders not to allow you to gamble or go to places like that. Have you turned a deaf ear to what I said?"
Ye Chuqiu's slender hands clenched into fists, her chest heaved violently, and her body was shaking with anger. She wished she could raise her fists right now and beat him up!
It's only been a few days since Ansheng's birthday, so why don't they give her any peace of mind!
"Mom, I don't want to either." Lin Sanhu was worried and kept kowtowing, "I just want to win back the money I lost, but I didn't expect that I would lose more and more."
"Then how dare you ask someone to borrow money? How dare you ask someone to borrow so much money!" Ye Chuqiu grabbed a handful of IOUs on the table and threw them in Lin Sanhu's face, "Three hundred taels, this is three hundred taels
Two!"
Lin Sanhu looked at the IOUs on the ground. The pieces of paper seemed to be like reminders, which made him frightened. He picked up the IOUs without thinking, and stuffed them into his mouth as if he was crazy.
Eat it and it's over.
Seeing him like this, Mr. Zhou Zhou on the side laughed, "Look at this kid, this little money scared him crazy. He even started eating the paper. These IOUs are just for your mother to see, they are real IOUs."
It's still in my hands, Third Master, and you have to pay before I can give it to you."
Mr. Zhou makes a living by making money, and those who come to him to borrow money are either gamblers or poor people with no other options.
He had seen this kind of IOU-taking a lot. When he went to collect debts, there were people who took the IOU, some who tore up the IOU, and some who set fire to it. How could he not be on guard?
Hearing Master Zhou's words, Lin Sanhu was stunned. The note he was swallowing was neither spit out nor swallowed. In the end, he spat it out on the ground with a "Wow" and turned to look at Master Zhou.
, kowtowed to him, "Third Master, I beg you, please forgive me this time. I will definitely repay the money I owe you. I don't have the same method as you to collect debts, right?"
What he meant was that Mr. Zhou did not follow common sense and borrowed money in the afternoon and came to his door in the evening. It was too urgent.
"If others come late, it is usury, and the interest is compounded. If you come home at the end of the day, you will get more money.
Third Master treats you as a friend, but he doesn't like the loan sharking scheme. If you ask your mother to pay it back to you earlier, it will save you from compounding the interest, right? In the end, you will sell your son and daughter, right?
Oh, Third Master forgot, you have not married a wife, and you cannot sell your daughter. If you can't pay back the money, you can only sell yourself as a slave. But with your small body, you probably won't make any money by selling yourself as a slave.
, but you look pretty good. If you wear two good clothes, put on some powder, and tidy up, some people who like Mr. Rabbit might be able to like you.
When the time comes, I can serve a few more gentlemen and maybe the money will be repaid."
Master Zhou spoke unhurriedly, but his voice was like a drumbeat, hitting Lin Sanhu's heart. He became more and more frightened and uneasy. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Master Zhou. Under the light, half of his face was hidden in shadow.
In the middle, the sinister and cloudy eyes are indescribably terrifying and disgusting.
He has been on the streets for a while, so he naturally knows what Mr. Rabbit means, that is, he is a man's plaything, worse than a prostitute. He is a man who wants to marry a wife and have children, how can he be reduced to such a state.
When he thought of that, Lin Sanhu felt a chill all over his body and felt that he might as well just die.
"Lin Sanhu, a man has gold under his knees. He kneels to heaven and kneels to his parents. Who asked you to kneel to him?"
Seeing Lin Sanhu like this, Ye Chuqiu became even more angry, "At this point, do you still think he is a good person? Tell me how you met him?"
"We met today. Today I was drinking and having fun with Third Master and the others. Third Master asked me to help him play a few hands, so I went to the casino with him."
Lin Sanhu told Ye Chuqiu exactly what happened to him today. After hearing this, Ye Chuqiu became furious and said, "Sanhu, mother told you not to associate with Ye Yaozu. You really turned a deaf ear to what mother said."
Got it!
Last time my mother kicked the whole family out, do you think Ye Yaozu is a man who repays evil with kindness? Will he really be good to you? My mother never expected that you, who have always been smart, turned out to be the stupidest person in the family.
! You are arrogant and self-righteous. You treat others like a weakling and you pretend to be superior. You are so stupid!"