Chapter 107: A Fundamental Solution 4
After she said this, Qi Qingyao took the one thousand taels back to her hand.
Zhang Tieyuan saw that and began feeling anxious.
Success was about to slip out of his hands.
Hurriedly, he asked, “What do you want me to bet with then?”
Qi Qingyao said airily, “172 taels, and throw in the lease to your farm and land. If you win, my one thousand taels will go to you, which is equal to me losing a total of 1,172 taels to you today. What do you think?”
When Zhang Cuiyun heard that, the timid girl quickly tried to persuade her father who was still experiencing an adrenaline rush, “Father, no, if we lose, we will have nothing.”
Everyone also felt that the final bet was too much.
However, with one thousand taels, Qi Qingyao’s bet was still worth more.
They did not want Zhang Tieyuan to win Qi Qingyao’s one thousand taels, so they tried to persuade him.
“Yes, Old Man Zhang, you really shouldn’t continue…”
The moment they said that, Zhang Tieyuan whipped his head around like a madman. His eyes were bloodshot and he yelled at the crowd, “All every one of you knows to do every day is to curse me. I’ve already won several times and yet, you’re still trying to curse me? What if I win? My family would be able to move directly to the capital.”
“…”
At the thought of moving to the capital, everyone could not help but lick their dry lips.
There was envy hidden in their eyes.
They thought to themselves.
‘I wonder if the Eleventh Daughter would be willing to take a gamble with us once Zhang Tieyuan was done gambling. We’re also willing to take out the deeds to our land and farm to make the bet!’
Zhang Cuiyun watched her father as he went back to retrieve the deed to the land. She was sitting in her father’s place as she eyed the ten banknotes in the middle of the table. Her feelings were very conflicted.
On one hand, 172 taels were enough.
On the other hand, it really felt like they would win 1172 taels.
However… what if they lost?
Her father had gone back to get the deed to the farm and land. If he lost, their family would lose everything.
They would have nothing.
No home, not even the farm…
There was also the other possibility, that they would win.
Her father had been extremely lucky today.
He had won a lot.
Once he won this round, she would not need to be sold off and their family could start planning to move to the capital.
Not to mention, this Qi Qingyao used to be a fool! If they won her money, she would have deserved it for being so stupid. She had been losing continuously yet was still trying so hard to turn her fortune around. She deserved to lose everything. She had just been lucky to have met a miracle doctor who gave her a prescription. She had just been lucky to cure Heir Pei. That was the money Heir Pei gave her. In fact, she could even consider her family gaining from her as carrying out a good deed.
This was why she often wors.h.i.+ped at the koi temple. The Koi G.o.d had bestowed their blessings on their old Zhang family today.
Just as Zhang Cuiyun had been worrying, Zhang Tieyuan returned. His son and daughter-in-law had also tagged along. The two did not have any intention to talk him out of it as there already were 172 taels that he had won on the table.
Presumably, her father went home and explained the matter to her brother and sister-in-law.
Zhang Cuiyun had a sudden thought.
They would gamble.
And what if they won?
They would gain a huge profit.
Zhang Tieyuan proudly placed his own land deed in the center, then said with delight, “This is the deed to my farm and land. This is the 172 taels. I’m all down. I want to bet with you!”
Qi Qingyao glanced at the certification doc.u.ments and said suddenly, “I don’t want to bet anymore.”
“Why not? Are you finally afraid?” Zhang Tieyuan was immensely pleased with himself.
Qi Qingyao smiled as if it were nothing and said, “As if I’d be afraid, I still have so many taels. What I’m afraid of is that you won’t own up to it if I win. What should I do?”
Zhang Tieyuan snorted coldly, squinting his eyes at her. “Little girl, you’ve already lost a few rounds, yet you dare say such things without any embarra.s.sment?”
…
Jiang Yeqian looked at the middle-aged man who wanted to make a fortune today and shook his head regretfully.
The fish had taken the bait and she would be reeling the net back in soon.