Chef's Knife

In an instant, the abacus pearls crackled.

"The total is 61 taels. You just hand over the money, and we can talk about anything. Otherwise..." The gold-toothed nose snorted, and in the blink of an eye, it was full of viciousness. Don't even think about stepping out of this door!"

When the words fell, seventeen or eight thugs with burly backs and tattoos on their arms blocked the way out tightly.

Those who heard it all gasped, such exorbitant prices are rambling that the world is gradually declining, even if it is put into the unprecedented prosperity of the first year of Kaiyuan, 60 silver is by no means a small number.

"..." Luo Sheng didn't speak, but quietly looked at the catkins on the ground.

"Wuuu...Uncle Luo, I was wrong! I, I was infatuated for a while, so I muddled...borrowed the usury from the gambling house. Originally, it didn't have much! Who knows, it snowballed and committed dozens of crimes later. Fan'er..." Liu Xuzhi, who knew she had caused a catastrophe, knelt on the ground and couldn't continue, her voice became softer and her head sank into the ground, her shoulders shrugged and sobbed, "Woo... ...When I found out, it was too late to regret it... I had to keep gambling, just, just... woo woo woo... Uncle Luo! Don't leave me behind..."

A rough calculation shows that the 5000 taels that Luo Sheng gave out earlier are worth more than half a year's income from Baiweilou; while the 60 taels may take more than [-] years to earn such a large amount of money.

"Uncle Luo! I, I'm a bastard! I'm not a thing! I, I'm not as good as a beast! But, but..." Liu Xuzhi slapped himself twice, then slammed on the ground "But I really can't do anything about it! I know I'm wrong! I, I'll change! I'll definitely change! Huh... I, my mother died early, and my father has long disliked me for being worthless; now I marry After I became a stepmother and gave birth to a son, you don’t recognize me, and you want to kick me out... I, I have lost all my relatives! You watched me grow up, Uncle Luo! You are worse than my own uncle! Dear... I remember when I was young, you made me crispy cheese, woo woo woo...Uncle Luo, don't you even want me? woo woo..."

Liu Xuzhi cried so much that his face was covered with snot and tears, and the blood dripping from his forehead mixed together, making him look extremely sloppy and pitiful.

"Oh my god! Help me...I was wrong! Please give me a way to survive! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

"Boss Luo, you should think about it clearly, this muddy water is not so easy to swim in! It's all right for this kid to break his hands and feet and sell them to the brothel to pay off his debts. If you take this trouble, it's not worth it... "

"Hey, that's a lot of money! Even if you pick up guests day and night and die, you may not be able to pay back half of it, right?" The spectators, who have nothing to do with themselves, couldn't help teasing.

"Hey, that's not necessarily true!" The spectators never think it's a big deal, "I see if this kid's appearance is an ordinary one, he might become a top brand in a few months if he sells it to the waiter's house! Hehe, when the time comes, let's wait A poor man may not be able to support this field..."

"This is your luck, Mr. Liu Xiaolang! Thanks to your parents for giving you a good face, others want to sell their ass to pay off their debts, and they don't have the capital yet!"

"If you're lucky enough to meet a big benefactor, hundreds of thousands won't be an unfinished business, right—"

"In the future, you will wear gold and silver, and you can gamble as you want, hahahaha..."

Laughter and whistles came and went, Liu Xuzhi's face was pale and trembling, his spirit was on the verge of collapse.He curled up on the ground, holding his body subconsciously and murmuring.

"Luo, Uncle Luo...no, I don't want..."

He looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and he looked like an ignorant teenager.He wiped his face with his sleeve fiercely, and forced a smile that was uglier than crying.

"I...I'm a piece of trash...Let me die..."

Chu Yuanzhong was convinced that at the moment Liu Xuzhi raised his face, Luo Sheng seemed to have seen someone's shadow from the poor boy curled up in the corner.

In short, Luo Sheng's expression loosened, as if a soft corner had been touched.Looking at Liu Xuzhi, he was helpless and helpless.

"How about this, Boss Luo, I won't make things difficult for you until now, and I will save people from talking about me, Jin Wanjiu, as a bully in the future." That gold tooth flicked his abacus, with a hypocritical face, and the emerald wrench on his thumb issued " There was a crisp snap, "I'm doing a gambling house here, so since it's on my territory today, follow my rules. If you dare, let's take a gamble and win." Lah, you just take people away, and all gambling debts will be written off... I, Jin Wanjiu, will do what I say, and I will never go back on my word, it depends on whether you dare or not!"

As soon as this remark came out, the venue was completely blown up.Everyone here is a gambler regardless of whether they gamble big or small. How can one not make one's blood swell after hearing this statement?Everyone patted the table and yelled and booed.

"Bet! Bet!"

"It's a man, hurry up! It's a bet!"

"Come on! Why hesitate! Bet!"

"Hey! We all heard it! Jin Daya, you must count your words—"

"..."

To gamble, or not to gamble?

Luo Sheng stood where he was and didn't express his opinion immediately, but his expression was thoughtful.

Liu Xuzhi seemed to see a glimmer of life, he shed his tears, and grabbed the light green corner of his clothes like a life-saving straw.

Luo Sheng could feel that the hand holding the hem of his clothes was still trembling.

"Uncle Luo, Uncle Luo..." Liu Xuzhi murmured, "Help me, please... I, I know a lot... By the way..."

As if he remembered something, his breathing became disordered with excitement.

"That's right, that's right! I know it! Uncle Luo! I know that medicine... that medicine! I know where my father hides the formula!"

Luo Sheng was taken aback.

"I really know! Uncle Luo! You believe me once! Uncle Luo——"

Liu Xuzhi's words got stuck in his throat, and Luo Sheng made a booing gesture, as if he had made up his mind.

Can't escape and can't hide, this is a game that invites you into the urn.

"Okay, I bet."

Luo Sheng took out a piece of folded old yellowed paper from his pocket, and slapped it on the table.Although the paper was old, the handwriting on it was quite clear, and everyone was dumbfounded when they saw it—it was the land deed of Baiweilou.

"Is this enough to bet?"

****

Chuning's injuries were obviously not serious, with multiple cracks and fractures, and countless sporadic flesh injuries.The most serious thing was that the brain suffered multiple impacts, and the congestion accumulated in the brain caused his vision to be damaged, and the nearby things began to be blurred.

"But the most important thing is here." Na Liu Langzhong pointed to the position of the heart, "He has been stimulated, and he is still young, and his mind is not complete. This is a disease, but no one can cure it."

"You're right." The young man nodded and thanked him sincerely, "I'm so grateful for bothering you to come here at such a late hour."

While he was talking, his eyes drifted to the boy who fell asleep after drinking the medicine.

The wound on the boy's head has been bandaged; the white jade-like face is perfectly formed, and at this moment, one can glimpse the clues of a handsome man. Who would have thought that when he became an adult, he would grow into a ruthless and ungrateful little boy.

Are you sick?If it can't be cured, it won't be cured, he thought, it doesn't matter if it is a lunatic or a fool, he will take good care of it.

However, when he witnessed Chuning waking up from nightmares again and again, he began to feel distressed again, hating himself for not finding him sooner.

"No... Dad!"

When Chuning opened his eyes, his dark pupils were out of focus, panting heavily, his hands and feet were cold, and he spit out a series of vague sentences.

"Blood...a lot of blood...why...don't die...don't...leave me..."

He hugged the boy's twitching body and wiped the cold sweat off his brow.

Chu Ning, who was breathing gradually evenly, realized that when he was hugged by the boy, he tensed up again and shrank into a ball. The boy had no choice but to let go of his hand.

The young man smelled of oil, salt, firewood and herbs, and Chuning subconsciously bit his lower lip to remember this smell.

What is more tormenting than being awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night is a headache.

Chu Ning rolled down from the bed in pain and squatted on the ground holding his head in pain, his ears were buzzing, his head seemed to be split open.

When the boy came in with the soup, what he saw was the scene of the boy trying to bang his head against the wall in pain.

In the short moment when the pain stopped, Chuning felt as if someone was hugging him, but the next moment he fell into this seemingly endless torture again.He tried to touch the wall with his head again, but what he didn't want to hit was a soft place.There was no longer a simple buzzing in his ears, he seemed to hear another sound, making 'bang bang' sounds again and again.His face was pressed against the soft 'wall', he couldn't think about what the sound was, he just bit his cracked lip and kept bumping his head, trying to find out why.

The young man's chest was so painful that he was at a loss, but he hugged the boy tightly, and refused to let go even to the death.

Hit it, hit it, he said silently, pressing the boy's head on his chest pitifully.

——I am not afraid of pain, but I am reluctant to make you hurt.