"This..." If it had been before, the three top three would have definitely continued.
With so much money as a foundation, when he meets a subordinate like Yang's father who likes to book venues, and he has a job, if he doesn't catch such a fat sheep and slaughter it a few times, he himself will feel sorry for himself. It took many beatings to develop this skill.
The only reason he hesitates now is not because he is afraid of being retaliated for screwing Father Yang too hard. Even if it involves gambling, as long as you don't get caught at the card table, you can only consider yourself unlucky.
He also knows what kind of temper Father Yang has, so as long as he is not caught red-handed, Father Yang will have no choice but to admit defeat no matter how much he loses. If after the card game, Yang's father or joining the army came to sue him, he wouldn't have to say anything himself. Others would feel that the two brothers were bullying others. This would be more embarrassing than losing money for a shameless person like Yang's father.
But today he didn't dare to play any fancy tricks. The only reason he won so much money now was really luck. Because Yang Dongxu had been staring at him with a half-smile since he took the throne, which made him feel uncomfortable when he didn't want to play tricks.
"Are you coming or not?" Seeing that the top three were still hesitating, Joining the Army became even more impatient.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you, we're all from the same ancestor, so it's just a matter of fun." The three strongmen gritted their teeth and waved their hands to ask Joining the Army to move Pai Gow over and make way for the banker.
Although they said it beautifully, the three strong men were twitching in their hearts. It was obviously a scene statement for an ancestor to play for fun. As an old gambler, let alone an ancestor, even if they are brothers, even if father and son go to the casino, he will never be vague about whether they can win money.
He had a good chance to win money but had to give it up. It would be strange if he didn't feel sad. However, although he was a little unwilling to give up, he was indeed lucky today and has won more than 300 yuan, which gave him some comfort in giving up.
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The gambling in the granary didn’t end until twelve o’clock, because after twelve o’clock you have to go home to welcome the New Year. If you are betting big, you can finish eating the dumplings and come to the granary to continue. It won’t end until dawn when you start to greet the New Year. .
But Yang's father obviously has no chance to come. Yang's mother has been a little unhappy and let him play for a long time. It is most likely to stay at home after dinner. Yang's mother will definitely fall out if he comes again, even if he has won money now.
"Okay, don't divide it. You can take it yourself." After the last round, he walked out of the granary and looked at the soldiers joining the army and preparing to go home to share the money. Yang's father waved his hand and said.
"How about that?" Joining the army was suddenly unwilling.
If someone else said that, he would say no, but he would definitely be happy in his heart. After all, it was only a few hundred dollars. Compared with losing face and paying more, he would definitely choose the latter without hesitation. However, joining the army in front of his elder brother was becoming more and more about face, not money.
"It's not much. Just take it yourself. Just think of it as the money I gave Xiaojie." Yang's father waved his hand to show that he was not being polite.
Although I didn't do the exact calculation, in addition to the 50 yuan that I and I each contributed to the army at the beginning, we should have won more than 200 yuan, not to mention that each of us got half of it, even if it was all given to him, Father Yang didn't care now.
"That's not possible." Shen Jun stiffened his neck and looked unhappy. He didn't count the money in his hand and stuffed it into Yang Dongxu's arms. "This is the money my uncle gave you to help you. Don't say no."
When I gambled just now, I blushed because I didn't make enough money, but when the cold wind blew when I went out, I no longer acted like a bastard joining the army before. Naturally, I wasn't just immersed in the joy of winning money.
Father Yang doesn't care about more than a hundred yuan, and he doesn't feel so distressed now that his family has so much money. At the same time, he gave all of it to Yang Dongxu as a way to support his waistline. Not only did he not feel distressed, he also felt quite happy. After returning home, his wife would definitely not quarrel with him because of this matter.
"Thank you, uncle." Yang Dongxu did not refuse, but grabbed the money in his arms and counted it with wet saliva on his fingers.
He is not a money fan. Neither Yang's father nor his brother-in-law care about this little money, so he naturally despises it even more. But now the harmonious relationship between the family makes him particularly happy, so even if the money is not much, he is still happy.
"Look at how wealthy you are." Joining the army slapped Yang Dongxu.
I have always felt that in front of my nephew, I am not very tough and join the army. For the first time, I feel like an elder.
When I returned home, there were still many people in the yard. Father Yang, who came back, said hello to several elders, and then began to enter the house to burn incense.
In the past few years, the incense burned by the Yang family has become bigger and bigger every year. This year, Yang’s father even said hello in advance and brought back a 100-pound incense stick. Seeing that the Yang family was busy welcoming the New Year, those still watching TV in the yard reluctantly dispersed.
The incense was so strong that it took two people to slowly carry it to the yard. Dad Yang lit the incense and Yang Dongxu went to the house to move the cannon. The eldest sister helped Yang's mother in the kitchen to boil water and prepare the dumplings, while the younger sister Dandan played with Yang Dongxu. Bring back lanterns.
The lanterns are not lanterns placed in the river, but lanterns carried in the hands for lighting during the New Year. Generally, the lanterns carried by rural children during the New Year are made of paper. The one in Dandan’s hand is powered by electricity, and the light is not only Colorful and with music, this is an absolute treasure for the countryside.
When I first bought it back, Dandan wanted to show it off everywhere, but Yang’s mother scolded her and put it away for fear of running out of battery. She took it out today on New Year’s Eve.
"Mom, are you ready?" Yang Dongxu scattered all the firecrackers at the door and shouted towards the kitchen.
"Okay, the water is boiling." Yang's mother responded in the kitchen.
Yang Dongxu took out a box of matches and started lighting the cannon.
With the sound of crackling firecrackers, Yang’s mother began to put dumplings into the pot in the kitchen, which kicked off the annual New Year celebration.
"Be careful." Before the smoke cleared from the firecrackers, the children who had been waiting for a while began to pick up the barrels with lanterns. Seeing his little sister also moving forward, Yang Dongxu shouted.
The broken cannon paper was pulled apart to make sure that no one was missing, and a group of children ran to the next house with a bang. They know which family is setting off the biggest firecrackers this year.
"Come back, it's time to eat." Yang Dongxu couldn't help shouting as he saw Dandan running to a nearby house with a group of children.
"We'll eat when we come back later." Dandan said without looking back.
Yang Dongxu smiled without stopping, knowing that his little sister was not going to pick up cannons, but just to show off the lanterns. Today is the New Year, so let her be happy.
"Where's your little sister?" Yang's mother came out of the kitchen after putting down the dumplings. She couldn't help but asked when she saw Yang Dongxu helping Yang's father arrange the tributes but not seeing her little daughter.
"Run out to play."
"It's almost time to eat, why are you going out?" Yang's mother, who was originally planning to place tributes together, turned and walked towards the door.
After a while, Dandan, who looked unhappy, was carried back by Yang's mother, and the lantern she was showing off was also in Yang's hands.
When the dumplings are out of the pot, they are first served to the gods in the family so that they can eat them first. Then each person gets a bowl of dumplings and a steamed bun. You don’t have to finish the steamed bun, but you have to take at least one bite. The dumplings must be eaten.
After dinner, Father Yang knew that he would never go out to play cards again, so he placed the incense sticks in the main room and kitchen in safe places. Then he went to the firewood opposite the door and pulled out two sizable tree roots and prepared to burn them in the corner. A fire keeps the year old.
"Dad Shadow has set off the opening and closing cannons." After packing up the trivial things, Yang's mother said to Yang's father, and then turned to look at her children: "If you are sleepy, you can go to bed first."
"I'm not sleepy. Dad, let's play cards, shall we?" Dandan rolled her eyes and said.
In addition to playing cards with outsiders during the New Year, the family will also play cards during the New Year celebrations. There is money to be made from playing cards as a family, but basically the adults coax the children to play. The children who win a few cents can be so excited that they can't sleep all night and are so happy.
"Okay, Ying Ma, why don't you come?" Father Yang naturally agreed because of his daughter's little thoughts, but now there are basically four people playing cards, and there are five people in the family. If all the children come, he and Yang Ma can only go up to one.
"You guys can play, I'll just watch." The smile on Yang's mother's face was very cheerful. Her family was well off and harmonious. She had never dreamed that her life would be so comfortable.
"Mom, you can play, I'll go up and make a call." Yang Dongxu seemed to be smiling. His happiest thing was that his family was harmonious and happy.
"Don't call too many, otherwise you will have to pay a lot of phone bills next month." Yang's mother said a little distressed.
Although the family does not lack the phone money, the cost of making phone calls is really high now. Plus the landline fee and so on, when Yang Dongxu is at home, the phone bill for the next month will definitely be more than 100, because this Yang mother has no shortage nagging.
"I'll just make a few calls and then answer the phone." Yang Dongxu responded and walked upstairs.
Forget it about Hong Kong, his home phone can't reach Hong Kong yet, but Yan Jing's own grandfather, Mr. Xuan, Wu Aibing and others still want to say hello. If the phone can be connected, Chen Weimin also wants to say goodbye In the new year, relationships are formed through mutual contact. Even if we don't contact each other for a long time, and we don't greet each other during holidays, even friends will become estranged over time.
"We agreed first that if we really lose money, we are not allowed to get it back." Father Yang took the money out of the drawer and looked at his little daughter with a smile.
"Seriously, just be serious." Dandan was a little hesitant when he said he couldn't get the money he lost back, but he looked back at his brother who was going upstairs and rolled his eyes and said.
My brother has a lot of money. If he loses and his parents don't return the money to him, he can still ask his brother for it. Anyway, as long as he asks his brother who loves him, he will definitely give it to him.
The fire was lighted and the table was moved over, and the family spent the whole year slowly enjoying themselves.
"Okay, no more playing. If you are sleepy, go to sleep first. Xuzi and I are going to pay New Year greetings." Father Yang said after playing the last hand of cards at dawn.
"Yeah, yeah, but these are all mine. Mom is not allowed to take mine." Dandan nodded happily and circled a small pile of one cent, two cents, five cents or ten cents in front of her. He looked at his mother protectively and vigilantly.
Whenever the money in my hand exceeds a certain amount, my mother always takes it away on the pretext of keeping it for herself. This happens every year.
"What do you do with so much money?" Yang's mother glared at her little daughter.
"You said you're not allowed to go back if you lose." Dandan argued that every year there was always a debate between mother and daughter whether he should keep his New Year's money or whether his mother should keep it for him.
"Let her keep it by herself, but don't spend money randomly." Yang Dongxu said something for his sister, and at the same time, he pulled the money in front of him and put it into his sister's pocket.
After the call, my sister Dandan lost a lot and almost cried, so Yang Dongxu had to play a few games for her. After a while, my sister lost a lot again, so Yang Dongxu played for his sister.
Just like this, Yang's father and Yang's mother, who originally thought they had found a good way to squeeze money from their two daughters and keep it for them, ended up losing the most.
