Xu Laosi adjusted his mentality, took a breath, and continued to place bets.

In the noisy and noisy atmosphere, with spittle flying everywhere, time passed quietly, and lights began to be lit around the yard.

"big!"

"Little! Little!"

Xu Laosi's face was now shiny. He raised his sleeves and wiped his face carelessly. When he reached into his arms again, he found that his pockets were empty.

what happened?

Xu Laosi was suddenly shocked. Did he lose all his money? How much effort did this take? He looked up at the sky and found that it was already dark and the lights were on.

He suddenly woke up and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

More than thirty taels of silver! All lost now?!

What will he do in the future? What will he do in business?

He anxiously pushed away the crowd and looked around, but found no one from Liu Gen, nor Chen Erpi. He asked people watching the scene, and others replied that he hadn't come back yet, or maybe he wouldn't come over.

I kindly suggested that if he ran out of capital, he could borrow money from a gambling house.

Xu Laosi was filled with regret at this time. How could he still have the mood to borrow money? He left the gambling house in despair.

After half a day of screaming and howling, his stomach was growling with hunger, but he didn't have half a coin in his pocket. He could only drool while staring at the steamed buns in other people's shops.

Fortunately, he still remembered the way to the inn, and walked slowly for a while. When he arrived at the inn, he didn't bother to wash his face, so he threw himself on the bed, tired and hungry, and fell asleep quickly.

The next day, Xu Laosi woke up before dawn.

Woke up hungry.

I had a drink yesterday and didn't eat much. After such a long time, I was really hungry.

But compared to being hungry, the heaviness in my heart was even worse.

I came all the way to a foreign land. I originally planned to do business to make money and return home in glory. But now it's all over. I don't have a single copper penny, and I don't have money to eat. What business can I do?

At this moment, he thought of the porters. The porters had no capital and could still earn some money for food. But he was so hungry that he probably couldn't even carry the load.

what to do?

Xu Laosi felt endless regret at this moment. I shouldn't have, I shouldn't have, I should have stopped earlier if I had known, but I didn't listen to Chen Erpi.

By the way! Chen Erpi, he thought of the two brothers. Liu Gen didn't know where they were, but Chen Erpi was a bookkeeper at the gambling house. You can go find him! If it doesn't work, you can borrow some money to make money.

Xu Laosi felt a little more energetic, and it was getting light now, so he asked the waiter for some cold water, drank a few sips, calmed his stomach, and went to the Lucky Gambling House.

When he arrived at the entrance of the gambling house, he was told that Chen Erpi had gone out again. He didn't know where he had gone and when he would be back.

Xu Laosi felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him, so he had no choice but to walk back in a daze.

He didn't know where he should go, so he just walked aimlessly. He just walked slower and slower, and the more he walked, the hungrier he became, and finally he was so hungry that he felt panicked.

Two wild dogs were biting and grabbing a bone. Xu Laosi looked carefully and saw that there was no meat on the bone.

"Take a piece of dry bone, you bitch!"

He just thought about this sentence in his heart, and he didn't even want to curse, it was so laborious.

Where can we get some food? Do we have to beg for food? Xu Laosi himself was shocked when the idea came out. He was once a famous shopkeeper, how could he have ever thought that he would be here today?

But if this goes on, he will starve to death. Xu Laosi’s eyes turned green, and he suddenly noticed a bun shop. This shop was located in a remote location. There was only one old man coming in and out. What was important was that there were several steamed buns in the steamer at the door.

A big bun!

Xu Laosi glanced around and slowly approached. When the old man turned around and went in again, he grabbed a big bun with one hand, turned around and ran away.

"Hey, stop!" Before he could run a few steps, the old man noticed him and quickly chased after him.

Xu Laosi was unwilling to listen and ran faster.

"You idiot, you stole my steamed buns, stop!" The old man shouted and chased after me.

Xu Laosi lowered his head and just ran, but he hadn't eaten for a long time. He was so hungry and exhausted. He didn't run very far when the old man caught up with him and grabbed him. "You're still running! You thief, look at where you are going."

Where to run!"

In panic, Xu Laosi pushed hard, and the old man fell backwards, his head happened to hit a stone, and he yelled "Ah!"

Xu Laosi was shocked. He took a closer look and saw that the old man was lying there, covering his head and groaning. A trace of blood seeped out from his fingers.

hiss!

Before Xu Laosi could figure out what to do, two men rushed up, grabbed him, and struck him with fists covering his head and face. The buns he held tightly in his hands were also beaten until they fell.

where it goes.

"You thief, you dare to hurt my father, I will beat you to death today!"

After a fist fight, one of them helped the old man up and asked, "Dad, how are you?"

"My... head seems to be broken." The old man rubbed his head, put down his hand and saw that there was indeed a lot of blood.

The man turned around and punched and kicked Xu Laosi again, "You bastard! You broke my father's head! Pay for it! Pay for it quickly!"

"Yes, you who deserve to be killed should at least pay twenty taels of silver! Otherwise I won't spare you!"

Xu Laosi held his head and let them beat him. The beating caused great pain all over his body. He screamed and finally replied weakly, "I have no money."

"No money? If you don't have money, I'll beat you to death!"

The two men were beaten again.

There were many people on the street. At this time, many people gathered around and watched the thief curiously.

"Please step aside and let me take a look. Is this a tramp? He has neither arms nor legs. How can he be a thief?"

"That's right, at this age, there's nothing wrong to do. I have to be a thief. It's really shameless!"

"What else can a tramp do? If he's not lazy, how can he be a tramp?"

"It's time to hit!"

"That's it, beat him up first and then see if he dares to steal things in the future!"

The crowd was furious, shouting that the thief should be beaten.

Xu Laosi's face was red, he just lowered his head, and was too embarrassed to tell where he was from, so he gritted his teeth and was beaten. In the end, his head was dizzy and his consciousness was blurred.

In the end, the old man stopped the two brothers and said, forget it, beating is useless, and we can't just beat the person to death, send him to the government, let him go to jail, and let the officials deal with him.

So the father and son, plus some onlookers, tied up Xu Laosi and pushed and pulled him to the Yamen.

The Yamen master was not here, and a homeless man was not worthy of passing through the hall, so the guards immediately put Xu Laosi in jail.

Xu Laosi fell to the ground, his body was in great pain, his head was dizzy, he couldn't open his eyelids, and he fell asleep.

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Chapter completed!