"No, no, how could I do something sorry to them? It's just that I'm a little embarrassed to talk about it, so I hope you can keep it a secret for me."
Lao Li still had some concerns.
"I said, Lao Li, when did you become such a mother-in-law? Tell me quickly, what's going on?".
"Okay, that's it. My daughter will take the college entrance examination next year. Several of her good classmates plan to apply for a university abroad. She also wants to go. Her grades have always been good. I also support it."
"But then I checked online and found that the tuition fee for the university they wanted to go to was more than 300,000 yuan per year, and my savings were only enough for one year."
"Are you sick, Lao Li? Then you use gambling to help her earn tuition?".
Huang Ming interjected.
"No, no, I never thought about gambling. Didn't we go to Shangri-La to look for meteorites together last time and find them later? We each also shared a sum of money, so, so I...".
"So what? Can you stop hesitating and speak quickly, brother?"
"So, so I want to find meteorites again."
Lao Li finally told the reason why he took leave to come here.
"Are you looking for meteorites again?".
Huang Ming touched his chin. He knew this. The TV news had already broadcast it.
It is said that several meteorites fell in Menghai County in Banna some time ago. One of them fell in a field, and the other fell directly into a villager's home, damaging the roof.
"Yes, I watched the news that night and it was said that another meteorite fell in Banna. I was tempted at that time. As long as I could find a piece of my daughter's tuition, it was enough. I was afraid that Shen Hu and Lao Su didn't want to come, so I took leave and came by myself. ".
When Lao Li said this, his eyes flickered.
"You are not afraid that they will not want to come, but you are afraid that they will share the money together when they come."
Huang Ming pointed it out deliberately.
"This..., hehe...".
Lao Li smiled awkwardly and continued.
"But as soon as I arrived in Menghai, I heard that the meteorite had been found, alas...".
"Now that the meteorite has been found, you can go back. You can slowly figure out the money matter, not to mention that your daughter will go to school next year."
Huang Ming was a little confused.
"I thought so at the time, but then I saw a piece of information about the Little Mengla City Casino opposite the small hotel where I was staying, so I wanted to give it a try."
Lao Li lowered his head.
"Hey, Lao Li, what do you want me to say to you? You are right to care about your daughter. I can understand a little selfishness, but why do you want to gamble?"
"Don't mention that you will definitely lose. Even if you win, you can't take the money. They will definitely say that you are a cheater. Can you have some common sense?"
Looking at the embarrassed pig-headed old Li, Huang Ming felt mixed emotions in his heart. What a pity for the parents in the world.
"I didn't know at the time. I thought this casino was very formal. It wasn't until I actually won money and they said I was a cheat that I realized I was wrong."
Lao Li said this with regret on his face.
"Ah, you really won money? How much did you win?".
Huang Ming gossiped for a while.
"It's not much. I've been losing from the beginning, and I've lost more than 100,000 yuan. Then I decided to give it a final bet, no matter whether I win or lose, so I changed my chips to another 10,000 yuan, and once again bet on the multiplier. superior".
When Lao Li said this, he became very excited. It seemed that gambling was really exciting.
"Don't tell me that I was successful this time and then was detained."
Huang Ming interjected.
"How do you know? The last time I bet was on the sieve cup points. I remember I bet on seven points, which can be doubled twelve times, and the result really came out, and I won my money back."
"But just like you said, they said I was cheating and they beat me up and asked me to pay a fine of 500,000 yuan. I didn't have that much money, so I called you."
When Lao Li said this, he quietly lowered his head again.
"Hey, Lao Li, why don't you call someone else about this kind of thing? Are you really a friend?"
"Didn't I go looking for the meteorite behind Shen Hu and Lao Su's back? It would be difficult to call them. My other friends couldn't afford half a million at once, so I thought of you."
"Damn it, is it my fault that I have money? Hey, can't you talk to those people about the conditions, or tell the truth and say that you don't have that much money?"
Huang Ming continued to tease Lao Li.
"I said it, but it's okay if I don't. Look at my face. It's because I said I didn't have money that I became like this."
As Lao Li said this, he pointed at his face, which had been beaten into a pig's head.
Looking at Lao Li's pig head and panda eyes, Huang Ming suddenly couldn't bear to tease him anymore.
"Forget it, forget it, just be fine. Now that you're back, let's go back in the afternoon."
"Okay, Lao Ming, there are a few things I haven't been able to figure out. How did you find me? How did you get them to let me go? Also, why did they give us money?"
Lao Li asked a lot of questions.
"Did they pay you back?".
This time it was Huang Ming's turn to be confused.
"Yes, when he let me back just now, the person who sent me through the border gave me a card and said that there were 500,000 yuan on the card, which we deserved. I think the 'we' he said should be said It's you."
"Huh? This cage boy is quite good at doing things. Well, yes, we really deserve this money, so just accept it and treat it as your daughter's tuition."
"Ah? How can this be done? No, no, I can't have it?".
Lao Li was startled and waved his hands repeatedly.
"Why don't you want this? Let me tell you, Lao Li, the reason why I was able to find you is because I found a big shot in their Shan State through connections."
"It was the big shot who came forward to settle the matter. The money was actually paid to the big shot by the casino, but the big shot was not short of money at all, so we don't want it in vain."
Huang Ming didn't want to talk too much to Lao Li, so he made up an excuse.
"Ah? Do you know the big shots in Shan State?".
Lao Li was stunned.
"It doesn't count as acquaintance, I know the people here. I asked the people here to find the people over there, and then asked the people over there to find the big shot over there, and the big shot over there found someone to take care of the casino. people".
Huang Ming deliberately made his words convoluted so that Lao Li couldn't understand for a while.
"ah?".
Lao Li touched his head and found that he didn't understand.
"Then this money should be yours, I can't take it."
"I said, Lao Li, why are you talking so much nonsense? It's not easy for you to raise a child alone. It's not easy for your daughter to grow up and study abroad. You should give her full support."
"Otherwise, if you don't dare to ask for the money, just think that I am lending it to you, and you will pay me back when you have the money. Is that okay?"
Huang Ming knew what Lao Li was like, so he could lend it to him, but if it was for free, he would definitely not dare to ask for it.
Sure enough, when Huang Ming asked to lend it to him, Lao Li was moved.
"Well, aren't you short of money?"
"Nonsense, why are you not in need? Who in this world is not in need of money? It's just that I don't have to support my family now, and I have a salary at the hot pot restaurant. Plus, I haven't used any of the money I made from selling meteorites last time. I haven't used it for a while. Don’t wait to use it, okay, just stop being so verbose, that’s it.”
Huang Ming was so drooling that he turned into pills.
"Well, that's okay, just think of it as something I borrowed from you, and I will definitely pay it back in the future."
Lao Li finally accepted it.
After that, the two of them stopped talking about these unhappy things, simply packed up and took the afternoon bus back to Jinghong.
Since the tickets for the day were sold out, they returned to Spring City the next morning.
