West Town, pier intersection.

Mei Tongsheng searched for a while but couldn't find his son. He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that someone else had misunderstood or read it wrong, and his son was not actually gambling.

Just when Mei Tongsheng was about to go back, he saw someone turning around on the street, either someone else, but Mei Xiucai.

It was also Mei Xiucai's good luck that ended. He had the newly obtained 200 taels of silver and made up his mind. He would stop as long as he won the money this time, and he would not be as greedy as last night. He was all focused on the gambling game, so he would not notice Mei Tongsheng in the distance.

Mei Tong didn't see her son for a few days after her birth. She originally wanted to call someone, but when she saw Mei Xiucai clearly, she swallowed the words on her mouth again.

It’s really a bad look at Mei Xiucai’s current appearance. He didn’t even say that his clothes were not tidy, and his expression was also anxious.

After this hesitation, Mei Xiucai turned around from the street corner.

Mei Tongsheng hurriedly chased after him, and saw his son entering a gambling shop in front, and he couldn't help but feel sank.

Mei Tongsheng followed in with a dark face. A casino guy had already discovered that the old man had just come to look for someone, and knew that he was asking for trouble to come forward and stare at him to prevent him from making trouble.

There were a few tables in the lobby. Mei Tongsheng walked forward with his head buried, and ignored the mate and just looked for his son.

The young man said helplessly: "Old sir, haven't you looked for it just now?"

Mei Tongsheng stopped and stared at the guy and said, "Where is Mei Qingbai?"

When a gambler entered the casino, where could he register for his surname? The guy frowned and said, "If there is no, there is no, the old man, go to someone else's house to find it."

Mei Tongsheng followed his son in, how could he leave? He saw a private room not far away in front of him, ignored the guy, walked forward a few steps, and pushed open the door.

There were only a few guests inside, but they were not copper plates in front of them, but silver ingots.

The eyes of several people were on the color cup on the dealer's hands, and they didn't pay attention to the door opening.

The dealer saw it facing the door, but seeing the casino guy following behind him, he ignored it and focused on shaking the color cup.

Mei Tongsheng stared straight at his son's back. After watching the dealer say "Buy it and leave", Mei Xiucai took a ingot of silver to press the size. He could no longer help it and rushed forward to grab Mei Xiucai's hand.

Mei Xiucai was frightened and was about to curse, but found out that it was me. He was stunned and stammered: "Ah? Dad... why are you... coming?"

The two men frowned when the movements of the father and the others were all frowning.

Seeing that it was not good, the guy who followed him pulled Mei Tongsheng's arm and begged: "Old sir, come out and talk, come out and talk!"

Mei Tongsheng stared at his son, his eyes were scarlet and he was so angry that he was panting.

For a moment, Mei Xiucai was also scared, afraid that his father would be angry and would take the money randomly and help Mei Tongsheng come out of the private room.

The shouts of gamblers in the lobby were even more chaotic.

Mei Xiucai and the guy helped Mei Tongsheng out of the casino in one breath.

Mei Tongsheng was already awake and raised his hand to suck his son.

Mei Xiucai was slightly stunned, but closed his eyes and did not avoid it.

Mei Tongsheng's arm fell weakly, his shoulders were hunched down, and he sighed, "How long have you been playing? How many taels of silver have you owe?"

Mei Xiucai opened his eyes and felt a little confused. He originally wanted to fool him casually, but seeing his father's despair, he still told the truth: "It's almost three months... I don't owe much, I just owe a hundred taels."

Mei Tongsheng's body became tense when he heard the previous words. After three months, how much money would he have to throw in? How much foreign debt would he owe?

After hearing the latter sentence, Mei Tongsheng felt that he had escaped. Although he felt a hundred taels of silver, he still said happily: "There is still a few dollars at home. You can pay it back, but don't play anymore!"

Mei Xiucai did not nod, but instead straightened his back.

Seeing his son being stubborn, Mei Tongsheng stomped his feet and said, "Second, you shouldn't be so confused! That bet is easy to get involved. The original richest man in Xiji Town is not the Hong family, but the Hai family! What happened to the Hai family's big business? Isn't it because the eldest young master of the Hai family got involved in the gambling? All the shops in the big business have returned to the Hong family, and now I don't know where they have been wandering!"

How come Mei Xiucai has never heard of the story of the Hai family?

The Hai family did not fail in a bet, but was defeated by the Hong family.

Before Mr. Hong became a distant relative of the Hai family, he relied on the Hai family to gain a foothold in the town. Therefore, the old surname in the town had a bad impression of the Hong family, who was kind to repay the grudges and hatred. It was said that the Hong family had received retribution and had a son who was a eunuch.

Mei Xiucai has been studying in the town for many years and has learned about this past. The Hai family has a wealth of wealth, which is worth calculating; Mei Qingbai, a country scholar, is there anything worth calculating about?

Now, I really can't stop.

Seeing that he was talking hard about all this and his son was not lost yet, Mei Tongsheng was also annoyed and pulled Mei Xiucai's arm and said, "Follow my house! I'm not dead yet. I will stare at you tomorrow, let's see how you can play?"

Mei Xiucai sighed heavily and said, "Dad, you can't stop, at least you can't stop at this time!"

Mei Tongsheng thought that his son felt sorry for the 100 taels of silver as he did, and said, "Second, I will give up the 100 taels of silver, just think that he spends money to buy peace! If you continue to bet, you will be really addicted!"

"Dad, it's not just one hundred taels!" Mei Xiucai originally wanted to hide the fifty-five acres of land, but when he saw that he didn't make it clear, his father would definitely take him back and said quickly.

Mei Tongsheng's face turned blue and said, "One hundred taels are not enough? Do you still owe it? How much is that?"

The family only has dozens of acres of land, and they all rented out. The rent was all grain in a year, and they couldn't sell a few silver. One hundred taels were profits of several years, and they had to save some time.

"I bought all the fifty-five acres of land!" Mei Xiucai said with his head down.

Mei Tongsheng widened his eyes and looked dazed. It took him a long time to realize what his son was saying. His face suddenly turned blue and purple, and his body couldn't stand steadily. His fingers trembled, pointed at his son, rolled his eyes, and his body suddenly became soft.

"Dad!" Mei Xiucai hurriedly supported her, and her face was frightened and defeated.

If this makes his father angry because of gambling, his future will end.

With the help of two enthusiastic passers-by, Mei Xiucai helped Mei Tongsheng to the clinic.

Fortunately, the phlegm was just confusing the mind. The doctor pricked a few silver needles, and Mei Tong woke up after a while. But he was old and his hands and feet were weak. He saw the big bubbles on the corners of his mouth.

My real father is like this. Mei Xiucai is not a beast. How could he have the intention to go to the casino, ask the doctor to prescribe a prescription for conditioning, grab a few doses of medicine, and then hire a car to take his father back to Mujia Village in person.

*

Du Ji Fabric Village, lobby.

Mr. Du's face turned pale and sat on a chair with a few strong servants lined up with swallow wings beside him, looking at everything in front of him.

There were only a few worthless floral cloth left on the counter, and nothing else was seen.

A healthy servant turned around and came in the back door, bowed and replied, "Master, the warehouse is empty, that guy Zhang Fu is gone!"

This result is not surprising.

When everyone came just now, they saw that the good shop closed, and they found something wrong.

"But find out clearly, what's going on?" Mr. Du said gritting his teeth.

I was cheated on the autumn tax incident yesterday, and Mr. Du suspected that his old friend Zhang Fu was on the head. For such a major event as duty-free, the village will not get any news, and the town will not get any news.

This morning, Mr. Du remembered this incident and specifically asked his wife Zhang Fu's son Baisui. Li said that Zhang Fu's family was uncomfortable and called Baisui in the town.

When Master Du heard this, he realized something was wrong and called on his hands to hurry to the town, but he was one step late.

Not only did Zhang Fu's family run away, but before running away, they sold all the inventory in the cloth shop at a low price.

Duri was suppressing his anger and felt even more alert.

Zhang Fu's family of three are all slaves from the Du family. Zhang Fu has followed him for more than 30 years, but now he is a fugitive slave. If Zhang Fu is just greedy for money, it would be fine. If he colludes with outsiders, there will be endless troubles.

"Master, I just asked about it. The cloth shop was still open normally in the morning, and Zhang Fu was there. Later, the old man from the Mei family came and left, so Zhang Fu asked someone to close the shop." A healthy servant asked around outside and came back to report.

"Mei, follow, good!" Du Lizheng said word by word: "Okay, I want to see what's going on!"

Although Du Lizheng knew in his heart that the Mei family would not have the courage to plot against him, he couldn't help but take his anger to the Mei family.

The group came and left in a hurry. The cloth shop did not take into account the follow-ups for the time being, and the shop was still closed.

In less than half a day, many neighbors learned about the business of Du's shop, Guiwu, and learned that the shopkeeper of Duji Buzhuang had sent money and ran away.

"How strange, Zhang Fu brought his family to Beijing!" Gui Wu noticed something was wrong with Zhang Fu, so he asked someone to stare at him. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet Zhang Fu's family and escape, so he asked someone to tie him behind him and got Zhang Fu's place to settle down.

*

Mujia Village, at dusk.

Gui Chongyang stayed in the village school until he finished school and returned home with Mei Xiaoba. As a result, he happened to meet the Du family's carriage whizzing past the village.

"Then is not the direction of the Du family?" Mei Xiaoba said curiously: "Many followers, so arrogant!"

Gui Chongyang looked at the healthy servants and his heart sank.
Chapter completed!