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Chapter 42 The Ye Family Sisters (Part 2)

Because there are important guests in the temple, many pilgrims simply wander and wait at the foot of the mountain for a while, which makes the already lively small market at the foot of the mountain even more noisy. Li Wei was walking through the lively market, and he actually felt familiar. This feeling seemed like the market in a small county in later generations. Everything was so similar. Those who made candy, those who made noodles, sell snacks, sell wooden knives, guns, swords and halberds, and those who set up stalls to tell fortunes, gathered crowds to gamble, and more of them sell various fragrant wax paper candles, which was very lively.

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from a small stall next to him, as if it was a woman's voice, "Lie! You are clearly lying to someone, but you didn't win twenty times. I can't give this money!"

"You have witnessed this with your own eyes. I have clearly shown you the result every time. How can you cheat? I promised to pay 100 yuan per person, one compensation of three, a total of six taels of silver, and a penny is not enough. Even if you are the daughter of the Jade Emperor, you have to give it."

"My aunt has no money, so what if she doesn't give it to her!"

At this time, Li Weizheng had already heard that the woman was Ye Zitong's voice? He walked up quickly, and the people watching the fun around him surrounded a gambling stall. He squeezed in. It was indeed her. She was cold and half a head taller than the thin stall owner, but her eyes were clearly a little flustered. The person who set up the gambling stall was a man in his thirties, with a thin and treacherous look on his face. There were three bowls on a piece of cloth in front of him, and there was a dice in the bowl. Li Weizheng immediately understood that Ye Zitong was gambling with this man, probably losing twenty consecutive times and had no money to pay off his gambling debts.

Li Weizheng shook his head. Of course he knew the trick in this bowl. How could a maid of a prefect have played with these scammers who are like ghosts. Although he didn't care that Ye Zitong was not like other ladies who live in the inner house all day long, he was not very sympathetic in front of him. The beautiful daughter did not burn incense and fulfill her wish, but came here to gamble. He got this bad habit and ended up in his life. He held his arms with his hands and decided not to care for the time being, so that Ye Zitong would learn a lesson.

The man who set up a stall saw her bet on the debt, also sneered and said, "I dare to come to gamble if I don't have money. It's very simple. Just go to the brothel to pay off your debts for a month. I have some patience to wait for you."

Ye Zitong was surprised when she heard this. She asked in confusion: "What is a raft?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd watching next to her burst into laughter, and some people even shouted in a whisper: "Don't you really know, big girl? Let's go with your brother and make sure you will understand immediately. I don't dislike you if you are so tall."

Li Weizheng's face had already sunk. Ye Zitong's debt may be bad for gambling, but she was just a woman after all. This man could say it well for money, but he shouldn't be naughty. He saw that the panic in Ye Zitong's eyes had turned into fear, and his face was flushed, which made Li Weizheng feel pity for the sake of the beauty. He stood up and smiled faintly at the man and said, "How about I'll bet with you?"

Although Ye Zitong's mouth was fierce, she was extremely scared. She was not stupid. From the malicious laughter of others, she had already understood that the tramp is not a good place. It was probably a place as dirty as a brothel. But she did not dare to reveal the identity of the prefect, so her father knew that she would kill her. When she was panic, she suddenly saw Li Weiming stand out. She seemed to suddenly see her relatives in a desperate situation. She hid behind Li Weiming and trembled in a low voice: "Li Dalang, you want to help me this time."

"Don't worry! I've always been lucky." Li Wei was stepping forward and said to the man: "How about you, do you dare to gamble with me?"

The man looked him up and down, and saw that he was one head taller than him, with a burly figure and a slap as big as a palm fan. The vicious look on his face suddenly went away, and nodded and said, "Then what are you planning to bet?"

"It's very simple. Just follow your rules, you will pay three at a time. I will only place one bet and two taels of silver. If I win, my sister will just write off the gambling debts that my sister owes you." Li Wei took out a piece of broken silver and slapped the stall and said, "How about it, dare you bet?"

"What if you lose?"

Li Weizheng took out another ingot of silver and held it in his hand and said, "This is ten taels of silver, only a lot. If I lose, I will give it to you all, and I have been betting for eight or nine years, and I have always admitted to the gambling."

"Brother Li, don't bet, you will lose!" Ye Zitong behind him whispered in his ear. Li Wei was looking back at her. Seeing that her eyes were full of tension and concern, she was completely different from her fierce attitude towards him last night. The last dissatisfaction with her in his heart disappeared, and he said to her softly: "Don't worry, sister! I will never lose."

He turned around and said coldly to the man: "How about you, dare to gamble this?"

The man had already seen sweat on his forehead, and the other party's confidence made him feel a little nervous. At this time, everyone next to him started to coax, "Do you really dare not? Why are you setting up a stall to gamble? Close the stall as soon as possible and get back!"

The man couldn't save face, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I'll bet on this with you."

He immediately squatted down and rolled the dice in the bowl, which kept dripping around, "You're fine, if you find this dice, you'll win."

As he said that, three bowls quickly exchanged on the cloth quickly, getting faster and faster, dazzling. In the end, they were as fast as lightning. Only a shadow flashed by, and the bowl could not be seen at all. Even Li Weizheng was secretly amazed. Although his methods were not very brilliant, they were indeed the ingredients for eating this bowl of rice.

The man's hand suddenly stopped, and three bowls were neatly placed on the tablecloth. He said with a blue face: "Okay, come and place the bet!"

Li Wei turned around and smiled at Ye Zitong and said, "Do you see which one it is?"

Ye Zitong shook her head, "I was so dizzy when I saw it. How could I know which one it was?"

"I saw it."

"Really!" Ye Zitong was very surprised, "Do you really know which one it is?"

"If you don't believe it, we will make a bet." Li Weizheng smiled and said, "If I win, you will promise me something, what about?"

Ye Zitong's face suddenly turned red. She nodded gently, as if she agreed. Li Wei was in high spirits. He whispered to the people around him: "My friends will give me a certificate and see how Lao Li's gambling is."

Everyone laughed and shouted: "Don't worry, Lao Li, we can all testify!"

"Okay! Then I'll start betting."

Li Wei was squatting down, and he pointed to the small bowl on the left and said, "I saw it very clearly just now. This bowl is empty, so I won't bet on this bowl."

As he said that, he turned the bowl over, and it was indeed empty. He smiled and pointed to the bowl on the right and said, "I can see this bowl very clearly, and it is also empty, so I still won't bet on this bowl."

He turned the bowl over again, and it was still empty. At this time, Li Wei was putting all the silver on the middle bowl, staring at the man's eyes and said, "Since it's not the left or the right, it must be the middle."

The man's face was flushed and sweat had already flowed down his forehead. He stared at the other party's bet, unable to say a word. However, Li Weizheng asked relentlessly: "Do you think I still need to turn it over?"

The man's face turned pale and red. He suddenly bowed deeply to Li Weizheng and said, "Brother, if you win, I will lose to you for her six taels of silver."

Li Weizheng no longer exposed him. He put the silver in his arms again, turned around and smiled at Ye Zitong, "Let's go! I'll buy a clay man to give you, which is to suppress you."

Ye Zitong's eyes were both admiration and doubt. Seeing that Li Wei was already walking away, she hurriedly caught up and asked, "Brother Li, how did you see it? Your eyesight is really amazing!"

Li Wei was laughing, "Tell you the truth! I didn't even look at him when he was turning."

"I didn't see it, how could I know if I didn't see it?" Ye Zitong became even more confused. What was going on. Suddenly, she suddenly realized and jumped up and wanted to settle the score with the stall. But the man had already slipped away and there was no one. "Big liar! God will definitely kill you with lightning." Ye Zitong was so angry that she cursed, but she had no choice.

Li Weizheng bought two fairy clay men and handed them to her and said, "One sends you and the other sends you to your sister. I won't go to the temple anymore. You give it to her."

"Are you leaving?" Ye Zitong suddenly felt a little disappointed in her heart.

Li Weizheng smiled and said, "I have something to do, by the way, you promised me something just now!"

Ye Zitong blushed and lowered her head. She shook her body gently, pinched the corner of her clothes and whispered: "What do Brother Li want me to do?"

"I want to know where to buy the jade Pixiu you gave to my father?"

Ye Zitong was stunned. She didn't expect that Li Weizheng was asking about this. She felt a little disappointed. She thought for a while and said, "I accidentally found it at the Jiedian Shop of Yuanzhuang in Hanyang. I spent all my savings to buy it."

Li Weizheng was overjoyed and bowed to her, "Thank you, sister."

Ye Zitong scratched her head and asked in confusion: "What are you doing for this?"

Without waiting for his answer, she suddenly remembered something, and said, "Ah!", turned around and ran towards the other side of the road in a panic.

Li Wei was just not sure what happened, so he quickly followed Ye Zitong. When he found Ye Zitong, he was stunned. He saw Ye Zitong kneeling in front of a thin girl. The girl was about seven or eight years old, with a vegetable face, ragged clothes, a grass mark on her head, and four words were written on a dirty rag next to her: Sell her body to bury her mother.

Ye Zitong took out a handful of money from her arms and stuffed it to the little girl. She sighed and said, "Sister is not capable and can't give you more money. You can accept this little money first. I will give you money tomorrow. Don't sell it anymore, do you know?"

Suddenly, Ye Zitong felt something. When she turned her head, she found that there was a ingot of silver on her shoulder. She picked up the silver and stood up slowly, staring blankly at Li Wei's tall back gradually fading away. A feeling that had never been seen in twenty years quietly poured into her heart.


















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