Zongwu: The Days of Mixing in the Tongfu Inn

Chapter 16 Bai Zhantang with Gambling Addiction
Zhang Chen got up early this morning, and after running around Qixia Town, he went to the street food to find the special food he wanted to eat today.

Carrying a packed breakfast for everyone in his hand, as soon as he entered the inn, he saw Bai Zhantang leaning on the bench like a landlord, humming a ditty!

Seeing Zhang Chen come in with the breakfast, Bai Zhantang stood up instinctively to take the breakfast, saying "Brother Bai will bring it for you next time".

Zhang Chen looked at Bai Zhantang's outstretched hand with a teasing smile, then Bai Zhantang was taken aback and said with a sneer, "I'm used to it, I'm used to it."

Guo Furong ran over from the backyard to say hello to Zhang Chen, then turned her head and glared at Bai Zhantang and yelled, "Bai Zhantang is lying to your child now, how human are you?"

"I'm willing to bet and admit defeat!" Bai Zhantang said with a relaxed expression while leaning back on the bench.

"Bai Zhantang" Guo Furong gritted her teeth and called out his name as if she wanted to eat him alive.

Zhang Chen saw the two of them bickering and laughing, sitting on the sidelines preparing to watch a play. Zhang Chen was too familiar with Guo Furong's provocative Bai Zhantang from time to time and then being suppressed.

Just as Guo Furong was about to make a move, Bai Zhantang took out the dice from under his body and shook it, saying, "It's not good to use force to fight and kill. Let's play some literature this time. It just so happens that you still want to help Xiaobei win it back."

"Come here, I'm still afraid that you won't succeed!" Zhang Chen knew the final outcome when he saw Bai Zhantang's snickering expression.

Sure enough, after a while, Guo Furong collapsed on the long table and lost a lot of things.

"Little girl, if you don't have the strength, don't force yourself!" Bai Zhantang glanced at Guo Furong and said proudly.

Seeing Bai Zhantang's smug expression, Zhang Chen teased and persuaded him, "I am in the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations that you can be punished for gathering people to gamble. Don't say that brother didn't remind you."

When Bai Zhantang heard Zhang Chen finished speaking, he said indifferently, "We are playing at home and we don't have to gamble for a little snack or other gadgets."

Why!Looking at the already addicted Bai Zhantang and Zhang Chen, he sighed helplessly in his heart, thinking that he could still say that when Big Mouth fucked you up.

No one knows what Bai Zhantang has encountered in the past few days, every day he meets someone who wants to gamble a few times, and he always talks about small bets, betting hurts his body and so on.

"Xiaochen, come and play two cups too!" Bai Zhantang said pesteringly at the side.

Zhang Chen hurried out of the gate and shouted, "I still have something to do, Brother Bai, you can play by yourself".

In the afternoon, Zhang Chen returned to the inn after strolling outside, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Bai Zhantang half-reclining on a chair, with dried sweet potatoes in his mouth and piles of dried fruits, eggs and other items in front of him.

Watching Zhang Chen walk into Bai Zhantang, he said with a smile: "Don't say that you, Brother Bai, don't miss you. Come to eat dried sweet potatoes. Don't look at the shape and taste very good."

"Where did you get these things?" Zhang Chen also picked up a sweet potato and asked curiously.

"Li Dazui! Dazui's mother lost all the things that Dazui brought to Dazui, and she still owes Bai Zhantang a lot. Doesn't Dazui rush home and get together?" Guo Furong said, staring at Bai Zhantang.

It seems that Brother Big Mouth still can't stand Brother Bai's flickering.After feeling a lot of emotion, she thought that the big-mouthed lady would come over to teach Bai Zhantang a lesson soon. Thinking of this, she hurriedly turned around and found a good seat to watch the play.

At night, Lao Bai was still gnawing on dried sweet potatoes, and Xiucai watched eagerly from the side.

"Xiucai takes it, don't be polite to me," handed one to Xiucai Bai Zhantang and said boldly.

"Don't choke to death while you're eating" Guo Furong threatened while rubbing her hands.

Xiucai immediately retracted her arms and said stiffly, "This is something with a big mouth and a man doesn't eat cheap food." After speaking, Xiucai immediately ran to Zhang Chen's side to find a sense of security.

"If you don't eat it, I'll eat it myself." Bai Zhantang recalled that the dried sweet potatoes were not there.

When everyone was helpless, Li Dazui helped the old lady and walked in from the door!

"Hey, old madam, why don't you tell me in advance that we can pick you up when you come here." Bai Zhantang said with a smile on his face.

The old lady didn't respond to Bai Zhantang's words, but said indifferently: "Is it you who bet with my son?".

Bai Zhantang said with a sneer, "Small gambling is fun, small gambling is fun."

Catcher Xing, did you hear someone gather to gamble? How should we deal with it according to the law of the Ming Dynasty? Big Mouth Niang shouted at the inn.

As soon as the words fell, Catcher Xing held a knife in his left hand and held chains in his right. As soon as he entered the door, he held Bai Zhantang in his mouth and said, "I'm sorry, Lao Bai! According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, if you gather a crowd to gamble, if it is light, the staff will be [-] heavy, and your hands will be chopped off."

Zhang Chen pretended to be sad and said: "Brother Bai, go all the way, the amount of money involved in your case must not be sentenced lightly, go at ease! I will take good care of everyone."

"Ah! Ah! Xiaochen, don't scare me. If you have so much money, what kind of money is involved in the case? Just order dried sweet potatoes, figs, stupid eggs, and at most add a candied haws," Bai Zhantang said sadly.

"Bon voyage!" Zhang Chen gloated as if he hadn't heard Bai Zhantang's words.

When Jie Zuo was about to push Bai Zhantang away, the old lady suddenly said: "Since it is a gathering of people to gamble, how can it be one person, and then pushed Li Dazui out."

Mother!Li Dazui yelled at the old lady in a panic, and she didn't soften her heart at all.

Zhang Chen admired in his heart that this senior who had withdrawn from the arena for a long time loves his son but does not drown him.

Seeing Catcher Xing dragging the two away, Zhang Chen stepped forward to support them and said, "Don't worry, old lady, just take this opportunity to educate them."

The rest of the people also stepped forward to persuade them to prevent their bodies from getting angry.

After a while, Li Dazui and Bai Zhantang walked into the inn step by step. Tong Xiangyu saw Bai Zhantang's moving steps and asked worriedly: "Zhantang...are you okay!."

"What is this? I have also practiced horizontal kung fu. I just sat on the chair." Bai Zhantang said to Tong Xiangyu with a relaxed expression after hearing Tong Xiangyu's concern.

"Brother Bai, why do I feel that you are trembling!" Zhang Chen asked with a smile.

"Yes, you may have misread it! It's still a bit cold today," Bai Zhantang said through gritted teeth.

Li Dazui knelt down in front of the old lady and just called out his mother...then the old lady slapped everyone and made everyone jump.

Li Dazui called his mother aggrieved... and the old lady said: "See if you still gamble in the future! Don't call me mother next time."

After hearing what the old lady said, Li Dazui kowtowed in panic and said, "Don't dare again."

The old lady nodded and turned to Bai Zhantang and said, "This young man Bai! How about I block you twice."

Everyone was taken aback!Hearing that he wanted to gamble, he immediately persuaded: "Forget it, old lady, it is inconvenient to move just after playing the board."

"No matter what, I have to stop a few rounds today, otherwise my family will not say anything that they owe. Although my family is poor, we must keep our promises."

After hearing these words, everyone had no choice but to withdraw and let Bai Zhantang face the old lady. Bai Zhantang couldn't wait to answer and said, "What a ambition! Let's just entertain the old lady and don't take it seriously."

With the clinking sound of dice, Mahjong and Pai Gow, everyone spent the night, and during this night, Bai Zhantang lost more and more game after game. When everyone woke up, Bai Zhantang had lost red eyes and said while holding the dice cup: " If you still lose my hand this time, I will give it to you."

After the dice cup was opened, Bai Zhantang murmured "impossible, impossible".

Then, with a pale face, he stretched out his arms and closed his eyes and shouted: "Let's gamble and admit defeat!".

That old man is welcome!The old lady raised the kitchen knife and dropped it.

Feeling the kitchen knife fall down, Bai Zhantang let out an ah, opened his eyes and found the kitchen knife next to his arm, and shouted happily!

"What was the last thing you were thinking when the knife went down?" Dazui Niang asked.

"I regret the bet! It's not this game, but I really shouldn't bet. At that moment, I suddenly thought that my life just started, and there are so many friends who care about me around me," Bai Zhantang said bitterly.

"Well, old lady! I swear to God that I will never gamble again from now on," Bai Zhantang said solemnly.

"That's good!".

"Son, let's go home!" The old lady waved her hand and said.

Can I know the name of the senior? I will never forget it.

"I haven't mentioned my name for a long time, but I almost forgot my surname, but I remember my surname Xuanyuan again." The voice of the old lady resounded through the street as the figure disappeared.

It turned out that it was no wonder that he would lose, Bai Zhantang suddenly realized.

"She is the legendary Severed Finger Xuanyuan, but isn't the legendary Six Fingers?" Guo Furong said in surprise from the side.

"Is it possible that the old lady was born with six fingers, or where did the legend of six fingers come from?" Zhang Chen answered from the side.

"Everyone, go back and rest! I haven't slept all night, I want to sleep well," Tong Xiangyu said with a sigh.

Everyone nodded and turned back to the inn to rest.Only Bai Zhantang was left sitting by the side of the road and shouted to help me up!I don't dare anymore...

(End of this chapter)