You are unlucky and I am tough

Brother Bao slapped Wei Changgui on the head again. "You have money to drink but no money to pay back the money, right? Wei Changgui, what did you say before? The three-day grace period has passed, where's the money?"

Wei Changgui knelt down with a mournful look on his face, and groveled at Brother Bao's feet. "Brother Bao, please, please give me some more time. My family runs a shop in the city and can earn more than one or two taels of silver every day. I'm sure I can pay it back."

"The interest of more than one or two taels a day is not enough." Brother Leopard kicked him in the stomach, "Either give me the money, or I'll chop off one of your fingers today to pay for three days' interest, and then I'll give you three more days."

"One month, give me another month, and I will definitely pay you back." Wei Changgui begged, clutching his stomach. Suddenly, he thought of something and took out ten taels of silver from his pocket. "Here are ten taels. Take them first. I've been lucky lately, and I'll soon win back the money I put in with interest."

The shop earns more than one tael every day, which means he can go to the casino once a day. He won ten taels yesterday. As long as he bets a few more times, he will win.

Brother Bao weighed the ten taels of silver in his hand and said, "You borrowed three hundred taels from me. Now a month has passed, plus interest, you have to pay back five hundred taels. I'll give you another month, but according to the rules, you have to pay me back one thousand taels after a month."

"One thousand taels? How can it be so much?" Wei Changgui shouted in horror, feeling as if the sky was falling.

He only borrowed three hundred taels, how come it became one thousand taels? Even if he was beaten to death, he couldn't win that much.

"Wei Changgui, if you gamble with small amounts of money, even if you win, it won't be much. Let me teach you." Brother Bao crossed his arms and gave him some advice, "You can sell your family's land and valuables, use the money to bet on a few big bets, maybe you can win."

The thugs also joined in the fun. Their goal was to drain all the gamblers' property, leaving not a single penny.

"But..." Wei Changgui's face turned pale. "The family's land was sold a long time ago, and the money was used to do business. Now, apart from a rented shop, there is nothing valuable left at home."

"You're wasting my breath, aren't you?" Brother Leopard got angry when he heard that and said to the little brother beside him, "Beat him until you pay."

A group of younger brothers immediately surrounded him and started punching and kicking him. Wei Changgui held his head and screamed in pain. The two families next door heard the screams and came out of their homes, wondering if Wei Changgui had beaten his children again.

Wei Changgui was beaten severely, his head was broken and blood was all over his face and nose. He couldn't bear it anymore and begged for mercy loudly, "Brother Bao, Brother Bao, stop hitting me, I have a solution."

Brother Leopard, who had already pulled a stool and sat down, raised his hand, and a group of younger brothers immediately stopped.

Wei Changgui curled up on the ground like a dead dog, his teeth stained with blood. He said weakly, "My son is rich. I have another son. Although the family has split up, he has a workshop in the big blue-tiled house behind my house. He can make a lot of money every month, at least a few hundred taels."

"With your character, how could you have a son who can earn hundreds of taels a month?" Brother Leopard looked incredulous.

Wei Changgui's tears and snot streamed down his face. "What I said is true. There are a lot of goods in that workshop. It seems to be called soap. A piece of soap can be sold for hundreds of coins in the city. You can move the soap to pay off your debt."

"What the hell is soap?" Leopard said impatiently, "I'm not a rag collector."

"I know." A younger brother raised his hand. "It's a piece of stuff you can use to wash your face, hair, and body. It cleans really well and smells really good. Lots of people in the city are rushing to buy it. My mom even bought two pieces. They cost about five or six hundred coins each."

"Yes, Brother Bao, how could I dare to lie to you." Wei Changgui seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, "It's a good thing. People in the city like it very much. The people in the workshop behind are making this stuff. Brother Bao, you can move it as you like."

Brother Bao was thoughtful. If a piece of this soap could be sold for five or six hundred coins, he could bring back two or three hundred taels of goods, and continue to make interest on the rest. Then he could come back next month to bring more goods to pay off the debt.

If he keeps going like this, it won't be long before the workshop is his.

"Let's go and take a look." Brother Leopard became very interested in the workshop and stood up to walk out.

Wei Changgui was also dragged out by his two younger brothers by the back of his neck.

The workshop at the back was large and conspicuous. When Brother Bao entered the village, he saw it and thought it was a residence. He thought that this village must be quite wealthy, as there were only three blue-tiled houses at the entrance of the village.

"Yunxi Soap Workshop." When they arrived at the workshop door, Brother Bao put his hands on his hips and read out the words on the plaque above.

"Who are you?" The gatekeeper, Old Man Wu, came out to ask when he saw someone coming to the door.

"Are you here to pick up the goods? Where are you from?" Old Man Wu was puzzled by these people's ferocious looks and asked, "Where are your transport vehicles?"

Brother Leopard didn't expect that there was someone guarding the door, and said impatiently, "Yes, we are here to move the goods."

"Then please show me the delivery note so I can give it to the manager for verification.

Old Man Wu didn't notice Wei Changgui being escorted from behind, and he actually thought they were merchants coming to pick up goods.

A group of thugs laughed, and the one in the front pushed Old Man Wu. "What pick-up order? We don't have one. My eldest brother is your creditor."

"Grandpa Wu, is someone here to pick up the goods?" Cheng Pan, who was doing accounts in the workshop at the entrance, heard the noise and thought that someone had come to pick up the goods, so he opened the door and walked out.

But when she came out, she saw that the group of people at the door did not look like businessmen, but more like thugs who bully men and women on the street. She was so scared that she took her foot back after stepping out of the threshold.

When the people outside saw the beautiful girl, their eyes lit up.

Brother Leopard walked forward with a chuckle, "Little sister, are you the one in charge here?"

"Who are you?" Cheng Pan asked bravely.

"I am your creditor." Brother Leopard touched his chin with a lewd look on his face.

This little girl is really pretty. If I use her to pay off my debt, I can get about ten or eight taels of silver. Wouldn't it be nice to take her home and have her as my concubine?

"Creditor?" Cheng Pan shook his head. "Impossible. My family doesn't owe anyone money."

Brother Bao asked his younger brother to bring Wei Changgui up and push him to the ground.

The leading thug yelled, "Stop talking nonsense! That bastard Wei Changgui owes my boss five hundred taels of silver, and he wants to pay it off with the soap from this workshop!"

Wei Changgui's head and face were covered in blood, and both Old Man Wu and Cheng Pan were shocked.

Cheng Pan took two steps back. "He owes you money. It has nothing to do with our family. You've got the wrong person."

"You didn't find the wrong person." Wei Changgui, fearing he would be beaten again, pulled at Brother Bao's trouser leg. "This is truly my son's business. We just split up because of a disagreement. You can use the goods inside to pay off your debts. Don't worry about this damn girl. She's just my son's sister-in-law. Her words don't count."

"It turns out to be my sister-in-law."

Then he can't be arrested to pay off the debt. Brother Bao felt it was a pity and shouted in an unhappy tone, "I don't want to bother with your family affairs. It's only natural that a son pays his father's debts. If the matter is brought to the government, the county magistrate will make the same judgment."

After shouting, he said to the group of younger brothers behind him, "What are you all standing there for? Go in and move the things."

Old man Wu rushed forward to stop them, but he was too old to do any farm work, so he came here to help watch the door, and was pushed to the ground.

Cheng Pan rushed to help and watched as more than a dozen people rushed in from the gate and shouted, "Help, someone is robbing!"

After helping Old Man Wu up, she turned around and ran home to report the news.

"Sister, something happened. A group of people broke into the workshop to steal things." Cheng Pan almost broke open the small door on the side and ran in, his face full of panic.

The yard was busy. Cheng Shuang was teaching her two cousins ​​how to make preserved eggs. Others also helped out. Even He Zhou rolled up his sleeves to help wrap the duck eggs in rice bran.

Looking at the person who suddenly ran in, Cheng Shuang was not sure if she had heard it correctly, "What? Someone is stealing something?"

Cheng Pan nodded. "They were the people Uncle Chang Gui brought with him." She looked at Wei Nanxing. "They said Uncle Chang Gui owed them money and wanted to use our soap to pay it off."

"I gonna go see."

Wei Nanxing's expression changed instantly, and he jumped up and ran out.

Cheng Shuang frowned, remembering what Wei Qinglang had said to her not long ago. It seemed to be true.

After becoming addicted to gambling, Wei Changgui is completely ruined.