"Word—"

With a loud shout, the five copper coins were thrown into a large bowl with a pop, collided with a few muffled sounds, and after a few struggles, they lay still at the bottom of the bowl.

The onlookers laughed together, and scolded loudly: "Straight thief, Liu Dahu, you are also a talent, you can throw only one word out of five coins, it's a laughing person-"

Liu Dahu, who was wearing an open placket and rolled up his trouser legs, stepped on a small stool with one foot, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and he looked at the copper coins in the bowl, as if he suddenly didn't recognize them.

A big man with unkempt hair on the opposite side pushed Liu Dahu: "Are you pretending to be stupid?" Give money! ”

Liu Dahu was pushed, as if he came back to life, suddenly bent down and grabbed the copper coin in the bowl again, and shouted loudly: "This one doesn't count, I'll throw it again!" ”

"If you don't count, you don't count? Are you begging for a fight? ”

Before the words fell, the big man stretched out his palm and threw himself on Liu Dahu's neck, knocking him to the ground.

Liu Dahu on the ground grabbed the copper coin tightly and said to Dahan: "Second Brother Tian, my hand slipped just now, how about letting me throw it again?" ”

The big man took a sip: "Take out the money you lost to me first, before and after, you owe me a hundred dollars!" If you don't pay back, don't say throw it again, I'll peel you now! ”

After speaking, Dahan took a step and stepped on Liu Dahu's hand holding the copper coin, but squeezed out the copper coin in his hand.

The big man bent down and picked up the copper coin, and took a sip: "The poor ghost still learns to gamble money, bad luck!" ”

As soon as he turned around, Liu Dahu on the ground suddenly pounced on his leg and hugged his legs, and shouted in a hissed voice: "Second Brother Tian, let me throw it again, this one must be full of words!" ”

The big man raised his leg and kicked Liu Dahu away: "You guy is very angry, who has no money to bet with you!" ”

A lewd man next to him shouted in a dumb voice: "Second Brother Tian, why don't you spare him, Liu Da doesn't have a concubine in this family, just let you sleep and settle the account!" ”

Everyone laughed together when they heard this, and pouted Tian Er: "That's it, that mother-in-law looks a little good, Tian Er, it's not a loss for you to roll a few times on the bed with her!" ”

Tian Er was a little moved when he heard this, and turned around and asked Liu Dahu on the ground: "Are you willing to gamble with your concubine?" I've heard that the girl isn't a serious person either, and there are a lot of men in the town who provoke me, so I'll suffer a little loss. ”

The lewd man said to Liu Dahu again: "Liu Da, women can't compare to rice, they can't compare to noodles, and if you eat rice noodles, you will have one scoop less, and women will be slept with by others, and they won't be yours the next day?" And there's a lot of it! ”

Everyone laughed and said yes.

Liu Dahu couldn't figure it out, got up from the ground, patted his butt and asked Tian Er: "Just like that, my woman let you sleep once, how about you spare me ten more?" ”

"Fart! How much does it cost me to find a sister in town? Are you not a woman made of flesh and skin? If you are willing, you will be asked to throw it again, and the accounts in front of you will be cleared, and if you are not willing, you will pay back the money as soon as possible! ”

After speaking, Tian Er turned his head and returned to his seat.

Liu Dahu was not annoyed, he stepped forward with an arrow step, and stretched out his hand in front of Tian Er: "This one is going to let me throw it first!" All the bad luck in front of me is gone, and I will never lose again! ”

Tian Er sprinkled the copper coin in his hand on Liu Dahu's hand: "What if you let you be a fool?" ”

Liu Dahu blew in his hand, raised his hand to sprinkle the copper coin in the bowl, bent down and stared closely, watching the copper coin spin in the bowl, and didn't even dare to breathe.

The copper coin fell in the bowl, Liu Dahu stretched his neck to take a look, slapped his hands, and jumped up and turned in a circle: "Three words and two scenes, this is my win!" Give the money quickly! ”

Tian Er ignored him, picked up the copper coin in his hand, covered it with both hands, puffed out his mouth and blew into it, and raised his hands: "God bless!" ”

Copper coins clanged in the bowl.

Liu Dahu turned around and ran to the bowl, stretched out his hand and pointed to the bowl, and shouted: "There is no word-"

Before the words were finished, the copper coins in the bowl stopped jumping around, and they were fixed, but they were five words face up.

Liu Dahu seemed to have been immobilized, looked at the copper coins in the bowl in a daze, and was speechless.

Tian Er sneered and patted Liu Dahu on the shoulder: "It's not early, and it's going to be dispersed today." Let's go, let's go to your concubine together, the money owed at the gambling table is not happy to stay overnight. ”

Liu Dahu was excited, slammed Tian Er's hand away, and shouted hoarsely: "I don't accept it!" How can there be such a coincidence? You must have deceived you! ”

Tian Er kicked Liu Dahu in the crotch violently, kicked him to the ground, stepped on his chest, and shouted: "Straight lady thief, you are a cheap bone, you just don't want to admit it?" Watch me peel your skin alive, and I know my Tian Er's methods! ”

The gambler watching from the side hurriedly came up to persuade him, and the previous lewd man squatted down and said to Liu Dahu: "Why are you so dead-eyed?" Your concubine is not a woman with three chastity and nine spirits, I don't know how many men I have slept with outside, and I am still missing Second Brother Tian this time. ”

Liu Dahu rolled his eyes when he was trampled on by Tian Er, and said weakly: "I'm not afraid that my mother-in-law will be slept with by Tian Erge, you also said that women are not rice noodles, and they sleep a lot." That mother-in-law is not a fuel-efficient lamp, I don't have the money to take it back, and I want her to accompany the man without taking the money, it's not like tearing down my bones? ”

Tian Er listened, withdrew his foot from Liu Dahu's body, and spit out at him: "I also said that you don't let others touch your woman, it turns out that I am afraid that the woman will be suspicious." Don't worry, second brother, I have the means, keep him obedient, and thank you for finding her a good man! ”

After that, Tian Er pinched Liu Dahu's collar and carried him out of the room.

Liu Dahu couldn't struggle, staggered to Tian Er's side, and walked all the way forward. After walking for more than a mile, we arrived at the Zuojiang ferry.

Forcefully grabbed Tian Er's hand and broke it away, Liu Dahu said: "Brother, after crossing the river, it is Taipingzhai, you let me go." The village has set up a sugar business, and the general judgment of the state is raised, and the law is strict, and there are people who come and go to inspect day and night, and they are afraid to be suspicious when they see us looking embarrassed. Moreover, I am also a person with a head and face in the village, and I was seen by acquaintances and did not look good on my face. ”

Tian Er turned around and looked Liu Dahu up and down: "You still have a head and face in the village?" Is it that you owe too much money to others, so everyone around you knows you? ”

Liu Dahu blushed rarely: "What did the second brother say?" Am I casually owing money to people? Naturally, because my identity is unusual, even the soldiers on patrol have to say hello when they see me. ”

"You're scaring me?" Tian Er looked at Liu Dahu with a sneering look, "What if the patrol soldiers know you?" It's a matter of course to repay debts, don't think that the debts owed at the gambling table are not debts! ”

"Second brother, stop it!" Liu Dahu was so anxious when he heard this, "Bet on this word, don't say it again!" You can say that I owe any debt, just don't mention gambling! Since the sentence has come here, gambling is strictly prohibited, and if you are caught, you will really be exiled with a rod! ”

Although Tian Er rarely came to the village, he had heard about it, and turned his head with a half-believing look, ignoring Liu Dahu and looking at the ferry slowly coming here in the river.

Taipingzhai is no longer what it used to be, and the old walled city is in a corner and is cramped. The neat dwellings outside the walled city are the residences of the newly arrived Fujian immigrants and the more vigilant soldiers who have withdrawn from the military. Not far from these houses, there are all kinds of shops along the streets, all of which are gathered here to do business in the nearby prefectures and counties along the Yujiang River, and in just over a year, they have become extremely prosperous. Although it looks a little messy, the scale is larger than the original town in Ruhe County.

Here in Taipingzhai, the Zuojiang River has made four or five bends, forming a large area of fertile paddy fields, which have now been reclaimed and set on both sides of the river like emerald gems. The surrounding plateau slopes are planted with sugar cane, which is as endless as the ocean and connects with the green hills in the distance.

Not far from the wharf on the riverbank, on the opposite side of the Zuojiang River where the willows are gently blowing, there are a series of hotels, all of which open their doors to the avenue by the river, and sell all kinds of wine and meat to eat under the guise of the door.

Under the willow tree next to the river is an open-air teahouse, with five or six sets of tables and stools, an old man and his mother are greeting, and guests are sitting in twos and threes.

Tian Er took a sip of tea, squinted at the hotel opposite, the façade is not big, but it is very tidy, compared with other homes, the courtyard is also deep, and there are no human figures in sight, and the four gardenia lamps in front of the door are covered with some bamboo shoot skins and the like.

"Your concubine is in this shop?"

Tian Er seemed to be smiling, and looked at Liu Dahu a little ambiguously.

Liu Dahu's face was embarrassed, and he said curtly: "The second brother is laughing, and he is eating wine with the guests inside." ”

Tian Er looked around, bent down and probed in front of Liu Dahu, slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "Straight lady thief!" Are you deceiving me, Tian Er has never seen the world? This hotel, which sister is not for sale! I'll pay 100 yuan to sleep with your concubine, that's the price of a little lady from a good family, you dare to take a female prostitute to cover me! ”

Liu Dahu hurriedly said: "Second brother is angry, my woman is indeed a good family, and she is just drinking and singing a little song with others, how can she do such dirty things?" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about! How many restaurants can't go to singing songs, you have to come here! Do you dare to set up an archway as a, when I am blind? This kind of woman can be worth a hundred dollars, and your brain has been gnawed by pigs! That's it, I'll go in and try it later, and I'll count you fifty wen when I'm happy, and I'll calculate the rest of the account later! ”

Liu Dahu was anxious when he heard this: "Why is the second brother like this?" Even if you go in normally, plus wine and food, you won't be able to get out for a hundred dollars. Besides, I will say to the woman, how can it not be worth a hundred dollars to flatter you! ”

The sun has turned behind the mountain, and the cool breeze blows from the river, blowing through the fluttering willow branches, and hitting people's faces, with a refreshing coolness.

Under the willow branches, Tian Er and Liu Dahu talked about the price back and forth, like two serious businessmen, but they didn't want them to talk about that kind of dirty thing.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a difference between prostitutes and prostitutes, female prostitutes in restaurants and other occasions were selling their arts, not selling their bodies, and female prostitutes who specialized in the skin and meat business were all doing business at home, of course, there were many prostitutes during the day and prostitutes at night. In between the two is this kind of hermitage hotel, with beds in small hidden pavilions and live transactions. This kind of nunnery hotel is neither on the table nor in accordance with the law, and it depends on the government to live in the gray area with a blind eye, specializing in the business of low-level people such as dock coolies.

Liu Dahu, a person who gambles and owes debts every day, how can there be a serious woman to stick to her, and he is blessed to be able to partner with the woman in this hotel.