Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm

Chapter 1314: Chapter 1113: Gambling is an Abyss_1 Chapter 1314: Chapter 1113: Gambling is an Abyss_1 Suddenly coming into possession of more than a hundred thousand taels of silver, Tong Xingda was over the moon.

Even though his family had been wealthy before, that money hadn’t been earned by him, so it didn’t feel special. But the stack of banknotes in front of him, earned through his own shouting and hard work selling watermelons, gave him a tremendous sense of achievement!

With a wad of banknotes in his bosom, he felt confident in anything he did. Tong Xingda strolled the streets with his hands clasped behind his back and his chest puffed up.

The sights of Capital City were the same as always. Before, he found it very interesting to wander around with a few thousand taels of silver in his pocket, but now that the amount had ballooned to more than a hundred thousand, the appeal had vanished.

Playing with cats, teasing dogs, and watching monkey shows, he grew tired of it all.

Having grown weary of these common diversions, he sought out excitement, and so he entered a Gambling House.

Yu Ang had people keeping an eye on him constantly. But on the day he entered the Gambling House, the person watching over him was absent due to a family matter and had slackened just for a day, which led to trouble.

In the Gambling House, his luck started off strong, netting him a few thousand taels. Thrilled, he began to gamble with higher and higher stakes.

Gambling is such that when you win, you want to keep winning.

When you lose, you want to win back what you’ve lost.

In any case, regardless of the outcome, it’s an endless cycle, a bottomless pit. Once you fall in, it’s not easy to climb out.

Tong Xingda not only lost the few thousand he had won but also threw in the more than a hundred thousand he had made selling watermelons.

To get rich overnight, and then to lose it all just as quickly, the soaring highs and plummeting lows were quite the thrill.

Tong Xingda was so engrossed in gambling that he used his association as the son-in-law of Qiao Xiaomai to ask the people at the Gambling House for a loan to continue betting. Tong Xingda was not a notable figure on his own, commonly known just as Xiaomai’s husband, but Xiaomai’s reputation was huge. She was considered a reincarnation of the Goddess of Wealth, a figure known by everyone in Capital City.

As the father of the Goddess of Wealth’s husband, Tong Xingda’s face still had to be considered, and so they lent him the money!

Tong Xingda borrowed more silver to keep gambling, hoping to win back what he had previously lost. But gambling was all left to fate, and the more he gambled, the more he lost. The more he lost, the more he wanted to gamble. Caught in this vicious cycle, he eventually lost ten million taels.

Ten million taels of silver, enough to create a mountain of silver that could crush him, had shaken his confidence. Yet clinging to a glimmer of hope, he wanted to borrow more, thinking the next hand might change his luck, that he might win!

But while he wanted to borrow more, the Gambling House’s owner was no longer willing to lend it. With such a staggering amount of money, even Xiaomai’s influence was not persuasive enough. They demanded repayment first.

Repay the money?

He was at a loss.

Ten million taels, he couldn’t cover it even if he sold himself. With no options left, he could only send someone to seek help from Shopkeeper Hong.

At that moment, Shopkeeper Hong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Tong Xingda had disappeared for a whole day and night–should anything happen to him, Shopkeeper Hong couldn’t bear the responsibility.

Just as he was about to report the matter to Yu Ang, someone from the Gambling House arrived: Tong Xingda hadn’t gone missing, nor was he suffering from any illness or misfortune; instead, he was in the Gambling House, frivolously squandering money like water.

Squandering indeed–a stunning ten million taels lost in a single day and night!

After hearing the full account from the Gambling House’s representative, Shopkeeper Hong nearly fainted.

This was disastrous, absolutely disastrous!

Shaking uncontrollably, he followed the Gambling House’s man there and laid eyes on Tong Xingda, whose bloodshot eyes revealed utter despair.

What use was such a master? One who only held you back!

He made a barrage of promises to the Gambling House’s proprietor and assured them he would immediately send word to Xiaomai and Tong Xingda, imploring them not to harm Tong Xingda. Having placated the Gambling House’s owner, Shopkeeper Hong left right away for the residence of the Minister to the Left.

Upon hearing of the situation, Yu Ang personally went to the Gambling House to inquire about the circumstances. Confirmed that Tong Xingda really had lost ten million taels of silver, Yu Ang didn’t say much, only instructing the Gambling House’s staff not to harm Tong Xingda, then he wrote to Xiaomai and Tong Xingda.

He had already handed over his many years of savings to the Yang Family, and all the money earned by the restaurant last winter had been given to the Royal Family. Ten million taels–he truly couldn’t come up with that sum.