The ten taels of silver per ingot, even if it was converted into three pieces, one piece would still be several taels, and Song Sanxiao felt weak in his heart.
Song Sanxiao was so nervous that his forehead was covered in sweat, and his eyes were unblinkingly fixed on the dice in the dealer’s hand.
“Big.”
The dealer lifted the dice cup, saw that it was the number of points, and shouted out the word big.
Song San Xiao looked at Song Ming in disbelief, and then at the silver he had bet on “Big”.
“What are you still doing, these are all yours.”
Song Ming took all the silver that the dealer had staked on the word “big” and pushed it in front of him.
Song Sanxiao was still a little bit confused, “All, all of them are mine, mine?”
“Of course, look how lucky you are, you won several taels in one go, at this rate, you will win several hundred taels by the end of the night!”
Song San Xiao visibly gulped, “Several, several hundred taels?”
“Yes, but you have to play a bit more, play more to win more.”
Song San Xiao seemed to have taken Song Ming’s words to heart, extending his hand, and after only a slight hesitation, he bet all the silver he had just won on the big again, the fervour belonging to a gambler slowly bursting out in his eyes, “I’ll listen to Brother Ming.”
“That’s right, I’ve been eating and drinking well all these years, all because I came here to gamble a few times. Today I’m giving you this great opportunity, don’t forget to share some of your silver with brother when you win.”
“Don’t worry ……”
Song San Xiao stared closely at the silver, his eyes not blinking, “No matter how much I win, I will share half of it with brother.”
“That’s what makes a good brother.”
Song Ming happily patted him on the shoulder and smoothly gave a wink to the steward standing at the side, who glanced at the dealer, who understood and reshuffled the dice.
It was big again.
There were wails around the table, only Song San Xiao jumped up with joy, “Win, win again!”
Song Ming laughed loudly after him and pulled all the silver on the table to Song Sanxiao, his face glowing red, “Third brother, you are very lucky today, come on, let’s bet again.”
“Wait, wait ……”
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re getting into.
Originally he won the silver, the losers had fire in their hearts, and when they saw him like this, they laughed at him for being a rustic who had never seen the world.
Song Ming really did pinch him on the arm, with such force that Song San Xiao’s tears flew out of his eyes, but he was overjoyed, “Brother, it’s true, we won the silver! It’s not a dream.”
Looking at him in a daze, Song Ming was overjoyed and continued to coax, “Of course you’re not dreaming, I’m telling you, bet more and win more.
“All of it?”
“Yes, all of it.”
“Just do as my brother says.”
Song San Xiao was so dizzy from winning that he thought nothing of taking out the remaining silver in his arms and betting it all on the big again, along with the ones he had won earlier.
The other people at the table also followed suit, they were all regular customers of the gambling house and naturally they could see that Song Sanxiao was a first timer, such a person would either have good luck or would lose all his money, some of them had a lot of heart to follow suit and bet on the small side.
This time he bet his entire fortune, and Song Sanxiao became even more excited, gripping the edge of the table with both hands, the veins on his hands all bulging out.
The dealer lifted the dice cup and it was big again!
Song Ming was also “excited”, “Third brother, your luck is too good today, don’t stop, keep betting, bet it all, whether our brothers can eat and drink well in the future, all depends on you.”
Song Sanxiao’s hands were shaking with excitement, and he picked up the silver pieces that the dealer brought to him, and counted them carefully.
“What’s the point of slowing down? You have to strike while the iron is hot.
As he said that, Song Ming was about to push the silver in his hand, Song San Xiao leaned down and pulled it all in front of him, “Brother, brother, brother, let me see more, I haven’t seen so much silver since I was a child.”
“Look at you. ……”, Song Ming’s heart was burning with anxiety, as long as this bet went on, Song San Xiao would fall into his trap, and when the time came to owe a large sum of silver, he did not believe that his eldest aunt would sit idly by and watch San Xiao be killed?
The only way out then was to agree to the marriage with the Gu family and let the Gu family fill in the silver money. The thought of losing 50 taels for nothing made Song Ming’s heart ache, but he couldn’t spare the child, he had to beg his brother-in-law, but 50 taels was not bad, it was enough for him to eat and drink for a long time.
“Brother, I want to go to the toilet, I, I can’t hold my breath a bit.”
Song Ming despised him in his heart and smiled on his face, “You’re at least in the county, how come you’re so poor?”
“I’ve never seen so much silver before.”
As he said, Song Sanxiao tucked all the silver on the table into his arms and tugged on Song Ming’s arm, “Brother, go with me, so much silver, what if someone is looking at it?”
The toilet in the gambling house was not a good place, it stank to high heaven, Song Ming didn’t want to go, “Look at you, you’re so petty, this is a gambling house, who doesn’t have a lot of silver on them, why would they look at this amount of silver on you?”
Song Ming really didn’t want to go, he wanted to say that he should put the silver down and watch it for him, but he was afraid that he would become suspicious, so he looked at the steward and saw him nodding invisibly, so he reluctantly agreed, “Alright, I will go with you.”
The two of them went to the latrine behind the gambling house, Song Ming waited outside the latrine while Song San Xiao went in alone.
The latrine was next to the wall, with only a wooden board on top. After entering the latrine, Song Sanxiao quickly observed it, then took out the broken silver from his arms, making up ten taels, and put it on the floor.
He put the rest in his arms and tied his belt tightly to prevent it from falling out, then carefully moved the wooden board above the latrine and went up the wall sharply and tumbled out.
When he landed on the ground, he ran in one breath back to where he had set up his stall and saw that the table, chairs and stools were still there, and then he gasped and laughed.
Having been in the county for so many years, he had long heard that anyone who went to a gambling house for the first time would be allowed by the dealer to win three in a row, thereby trapping the person, followed by making them lose their fortune.
Although he didn’t know why Song Ming would do this to him, he would be a fool not to get some silver back if this was a good thing! As for Song Ming, whatever happens to him, he deserves it.
Song Ming waited outside the latrine, but when no one came out, he tried to call out, but no one answered, so he ran into the latrine and saw only a few pieces of silver on the ground, but no sign of Song San Xiao.
