Is the beginning of a catastrophe? The little farm cook is raising a family with a full warehouse.

"How dare you mention that! Your little daughter is a complete jinx!"

"I should have known that with someone as unlucky as you, the feng shui of your home is naturally not that good. Taking someone from your family in is like bringing bad feng shui into my home."

"I'm too lazy to waste time talking to you now. Just give me the rest of the money right now!"

Xu Hu's chest was heaving, he was breathing heavily, his hands were clenched into fists, veins bulging, like iron. It was obvious that he was extremely angry, and he wanted to pour out all his anger on the cowering figure of Cheng Feng in front of him.

The ferocious-looking men behind him were waving sticks in the air, making a sound of breaking through the air, and their eyes revealed threats.

"Brother Hu, what do you mean by this? I don't understand at all!"

"Did my little Li do something disobedient and make you angry? How about this, if it really doesn't work out, I'll give you my eldest daughter as a loan."

"She's older and more agile, so she can help with a lot of the work."

Cheng Feng walked forward and lay on the ground, hugged Xu Hu's calf, raised his head and begged, with a flattering look on his face.

"go away!"

Xu Hu kicked him away impatiently, and seeing Cheng Feng rolling on the ground holding his waist and wailing, he looked down at him and ridiculed him.

"Cheng Feng, if you still have some backbone and ability, you wouldn't be reduced to using your daughter to pay off debts."

"I think I've made it very clear. I want money! I want hard cash!"

"When I first lent you the money, you promised me you'd pay it back within a month. Now look at how long it's been going on! Huh?"

"If you don't give me back the money, I'll chop off your hands and feet and feed them to the dogs!"

Xu Hu's voice was like thunder, causing the air in the gambling house to stagnate.

"Brother Hu, I...I don't have any money on me right now."

"If you don't want to take her in directly, then I'll sell her and give her to you in exchange for silver. My eldest daughter is beautiful and will definitely fetch a good price if she's sold to a brothel."

"Just give me a few more days, let me go home and try to figure it out. As soon as I get the money together, I'll definitely send it to you right away, okay?"

Cheng Feng was so frightened that he spoke incoherently and even his teeth began to chatter.

Looking at Cheng Feng who looked cowardly, Xu Hu sneered.

"Go home to deal with it? It seems like you've been having so much fun outside these days that you don't even know what's going on at home."

"What kind of home do you even have? I found this place from yours. That shabby house was burned down a long time ago. There's not even a ghost left!"

"Your mother and your two children were burned to death long ago. If there really were ghosts in this world, you would be the first one they would come after!"

"You're still selling your daughter? If you have the guts, contact the underworld and see if there's a brothel down there that can take her in."

Cheng Feng's face turned pale in an instant, as if covered with frost. His pupils suddenly widened, as if about to burst out of their sockets. His lips and teeth trembled slightly, and he was speechless for a long time. Only the turbulent waves in his heart were surging.

"You...what did you say? They were all burned to death?"

"Brother Hu, are you kidding me? This joke is really not funny at all."

Xu Hu said nothing, but the serious expression on his face clearly told Cheng Feng that this news could not be wrong.

"It's all gone... the people are gone, the old house is gone..." Cheng Feng's eyes became empty again. His gambling nature had worn away his understanding of human nature for a long time. Instead of pain, he felt more confused.

He has always relied on his blood-sucking family to maintain his life. Now the blood bags he sucked disappeared overnight, and Cheng Feng felt a little helpless.

Seeing Cheng Feng's dumbfounded look, Xu Hu thought for a moment and suddenly changed his tone.

"I changed my mind. I won't cut off your hands and feet."

Hearing this, Cheng Feng thought that things had taken a turn for the better, and he immediately perked up and widened his eyes.

"Keep your arms and legs; they'll be of greater use."

"I have a brother who works as a supervisor at the mine. I'll send you to work there. As for the wages, just give them directly to me."

"I'll let you go when you've paid off your debt. Don't even think about causing any more trouble until you've paid it off!"

Cheng Feng's legs went weak and he fell back to the ground. Everyone knew that working in a mine was extremely hard physical work. Not only was it done in the dark all day, it was also very dangerous. If the mine collapsed, there was no way he would get out alive.

He has been lazy and gluttonous for so many years, and has never even cooked a meal for himself, but now he is forced to go down to the mine to do hard labor.

Moreover, once this mine is mined, it will take many years, which is obviously going to waste his entire youth!

An indescribable fear and resistance surged in Cheng Feng's heart, as if he saw himself toiling in the dark mine day after day until he was exhausted to death.

He was about to argue for himself, but Xu Hu didn't give him a chance to talk nonsense. With a wave of his hand, two of his men came forward, picked up the man, and dragged him out of the gambling house.

"No! Brother Hu! Give me another chance!"

"I will win! When I win the money, I will pay you back! Give me another chance!"

Facing Cheng Feng's plea for mercy, Xu Hu turned a blind eye. He had been wandering in this gray area for so many years and knew very well that the words of a gambler were the least trustworthy.

He is not a philanthropist, so why would he spend time and energy waiting for a gambler to make back his money, not to mention that there are no real winners in gambling.

Winning a temporary advantage may bring you a moment of happiness and vanity, but it is ultimately nothing but a mirage and will not last long.

On the ever-changing gambling table, there are always people who are driven by desire, constantly reincarnating, and eventually lose all their wealth and their original intentions.

If it weren't for the recent unrest at home, Xu Hu would have really looked down on Cheng Feng's trivial matters and would have just killed him with a knife. It made him upset just to watch him.

Because he was annoying and kept making noise, Cheng Feng was knocked unconscious by a punch before he even left the gambling house. He was thrown onto a cart and taken away like a dead dog.

Xu Hu looked around, grinned, raised his hand to signal everyone to continue playing, then turned around and led his men out to collect the next debt.

After watching this farce, the crowd was noisy again, just like the beach becomes bustling again after the tide recedes.

The gamblers were either laughing or cursing, happy or sad, all immersed in their own gambling games, as if what had just happened was just a wisp of smoke that was blown away by the wind.

The sounds of dice, shouts, and laughter intertwine together to form a symphony of all aspects of human life.

Inside the gambling house, the lights were bright and the noise was bustling. Everything was as usual, as if the momentary disturbance had never existed.