Chapter 162
"Sister, be good. Sleep well."
Dong Shuangshuang held her daughter in her arms, her face as calm as water, even a little numb.
Husband Lu Rong came in, looked at his wife and daughter guiltily, and soon became impatient: "I'm thirsty. Pour me a glass of water."
Dong Shuangshuang hugged the child and continued to coax him.
The daughter hugged her neck, not daring to let go or look at her father.
Lu Rong just pretended not to see it and scolded his wife: "Are you deaf?"
The maid came in and brought tea.
Dong Shuangshuang stopped the maid and said gently: "Take sister out."
"yes."
The maid hugged the child and left. Dong Shuangshuang poured a glass of water for her husband, and then found something at the bottom of the box, a pure gold collar.
"What do you have? Show me!"
Lu Rong took a sip of water and his eyes shone when he looked at Jin Zi.
Dong Shuangshuang hid the collar behind her back, shook her head and said: "This is the dowry my mother left for me before she was alive! Sister... Sister has been married to you casually, and it will be her birthday soon. This is what I gave to you. Don’t even think about the dowry she saved!”
Lu Rong smiled and said: "Look at how you talk. As for my daughter's things, I just want to take a look first."
He came over, grabbed it with his hands, and said, "I just want to see what it is. Can I still want what your mother left for you?"
Dong Shuangshuang refused to let go, but her husband had already opened her fingers one by one.
Lu Rong held the gold collar and beamed: "This collar is made of so much gold!"
Not only is it heavy in gold, it is also inlaid with a piece of Hetian jade in the middle, engraved with Dong Shuangshuang's zodiac sign, and the carving is very exquisite.
Dong Shuangshuang said: "...My mother gave me the injection when I was just born. Including this piece of jade, it cost more than two thousand taels."
Lu Rong clicked his tongue and said, "It's more than this price now."
He has pawned a lot of things and has experience in pawning them. If he takes them to a pawn shop, it won't be a problem to get a thousand taels of them.
"Why haven't I seen you wearing it before?"
Lu Rong smiled.
Dong Shuangshuang stretched out his hand to grab it: "It's too precious. I usually can't bear to wear it. Give it back to me!"
Lu Rong dodged, hid the gold collar and said, "Good Shuang'er, let me discuss something with you. My daughter is still young, so you can just save the dowry for her in the future. Lend this to me first."
"You, you...what do you want to do!"
Dong Shuangshuang was shaking with anger. She could neither quarrel nor curse. She was a very gentle person. When she was angry, she would only grab her husband's arm and cry, "This is what my mother left for me!"
Lu Rong changed his face.
"Bitch! You won't listen to me, right?"
He slapped him casually, not feeling anything in his heart.
This is his woman, he can hit her if he wants, he can take his woman's things if he wants, and no one can say anything.
Dong Shuangshuang refused to let go this time.
The couple fought for a while. Dong Shuangshuang knew that he couldn't get the things back, so he said: "...I'll give it to you. I'll give it to you. But you're not allowed to gamble with it anymore!"
My arms were scratched and bleeding by this crazy woman!
Lu Rong could only say: "Okay, okay. I won't gamble anymore."
Dong Shuangshuang discussed with him: "Li Laosan came to collect debts again. The old lady has already told him to file a lawsuit with us. If you don't want to embarrass yourself in the Yamen, you took this necklace to pawn and pay off the debt first." !”
If the collar is used in this way, it can be regarded as being used on his own head.
Lu Rong said, "I'll go pawn it right away."
Dong Shuangshuang glared at him: "I don't believe you! I'll go find someone to pawn... I'll pawn more money than you. You can come back and get it in the afternoon."
"Otherwise, if you leave this door today... I, you and I will die together!"
She picked up a pair of scissors.
Lu Rong was frightened, clutching the gold collar and said, "Why are you so crazy!"
He knew his wife very well. If she said she wanted to give him the money, she would definitely give him the money. After thinking about it, he took a step back and said, "Here you go! I'll be back before the sun goes down. If you don't see the money, I won't be able to spare you."
Dong Shuangshuang took back the gold collar and had already lost strength.
She sat on the bed and took a bite of the gold collar, leaving a black mark.
"This is not gold at all..."
is fake.
But it doesn’t matter, just accept Lu Rong’s letter.
Dong Shuangshuang put away the collar, sent someone out to pretend to pawn it, came back with a bag of silver, and asked the maid to ask the boy beside Lu Rong: "Where has the uncle gone?"
The wife is soft-tempered and knows that the servants cannot control the uncle, so she never punishes them.
The boy told the truth: "...in the gambling house."
Dong Shuangshuang ordered softly: "Send this to the uncle and tell him that it is used to pay off the debt and tell him not to gamble anymore."
The boy held the silver in his arms, lowered his head and said, "Yes."
Thinking about this money - meat buns beating dogs, there is no return.
Lu Rong was gambling like crazy in the gambling house. When the boy came to see him, he just lost a game and was very angry.
"You blind bitch, can't you see that I'm placing a bet?"
The boy said with a grimace: "...Look at this."
Open a bag of silver and reveal a corner, shining with silver.
Lu Rong's eyes sparkled, and he asked with a smile: "Where did it come from?"
The young man said: "My wife asked me to give it as a gift." He also felt sorry for her and pitied the uncle, so he warned: "Uncle, my wife asked you to use it to pay off your gambling debts, but don't gamble anymore."
"It's your turn to teach me a lesson! You bastard."
Lu Rong kicked the boy's butt, turned around and entered the gambling house with the money in his hands. There was a wine shop in front of him, and a hidden gambling house in the back.
"Play some Pai Gow today, hehe."
Lu Rong returned to the gambling table happily. I have a lot of money in my hand, but I suddenly don’t know which table to squeeze into.
He frowned and looked at several tables and muttered: "No, the location is not good. It will affect my gambling luck."
After thinking for a long time, I suddenly remembered my wife's instructions... How about paying off part of the gambling debt first?
Lu Rong called the boy and said, "Take these five hundred taels and return them to Li Laosan'er. Tell him the rest and tell him that I will return it to him immediately if I win the bet today."
"……yes."
The boy went away with the silver in his arms.
In less than half an hour, something happened in the gambling house.
"The door is closed today, everyone, please go out!"
"Go to the front and have a drink. The dealer invites everyone to drink."
There was a commotion for a while, and the people who were jealous of gambling refused to leave at all.
People outside didn't know what was going on inside. They only heard a burst of noise and a man's scream: "Ah - you dare to hit me! Do you know who I am! I didn't use fake money." ! How could my money be fake! Ah!"
"Mom, I've got a rest. Let's go back."
In the teahouse opposite the gambling house, Lin Yunwan was about to put on her curtain hat and was talking to her mother, the steward of the Lin Mansion's main room.
The mother in charge heard the movement downstairs. She glanced outside and frowned: "Girl, something happened downstairs. You can't go down now. If you get hit, you'll be in trouble."
"What happened?"
Lin Yunwan also took a look outside. This street was full of people, but there were more than three times more pedestrians now than when they came just now.
The mother in charge said: "I don't know either. Girl, please stay well while we go down and take a look."
He went down with two maids.
Lin Yunwan looked at the messy pot of porridge downstairs and smiled lightly.
Can Lu Rong escape this time?
As soon as she looked away, there was a man looking at her on the second floor of the wine shop opposite. They looked at each other across the street.
...Who is it but Qi Lingheng!
"Your Majesty?"
Lin Yunwan was very surprised and called out silently.
Qi Lingheng nodded slightly in response, and then whispered to Ah Fu beside him: "The soldiers are coming soon, you go."
The icing on the cake for her.
