eurekapd Chapter 193: What about sending beggars away?
Chapter 193: What about sending beggars away?
The two crickets fought fiercely, and after about half a cup of tea, the Undefeated God King pressed down hard on the goshawk's head.
The man's face looked a little ugly, but he resisted the urge to stop.
After a while, when the hawk was almost motionless, the man said unconvincedly, "Give up!"
There was a sudden burst of boos from all around, and before Shen Jinglin could react, Yang Jin and several other young masters who came with him hugged his shoulders tightly.
"We won! We really won!"
The waiter in charge pushed a plate of white silver ingots in front of Shen Jinglin and said with a smile: "Congratulations, young master."
Shen Jinglin finally came back to his senses from his daze, looked at the envious eyes of the people around him, raised his head, and felt indescribably proud.
"I said the Undefeated God King is very powerful!"
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After tasting the sweetness, Shen Jinglin went to Furui Building for several days.
Although the Invincible God King is very powerful, there are countless princes and nobles in the capital. How could they not find a more powerful cricket than this one?
Therefore, after winning a lot of money in the first two days, Shen Jinglin started to lose from the third day.
He made a big bet, and he only had the Undefeated God King as his cricket, so even though the Undefeated God King was obviously in poor condition, he still wanted to get his money back.
At the end of the day, the Undefeated God King was dying, and not only had he lost all the money he had won in the past few days, but even the few hundred taels of pocket money he had in his hand were gone.
Yang Jin comforted him in a gentle voice, "This kind of thing has its share of winners and losers, it's normal, and besides, your Shen family doesn't need these few hundred taels of silver, so don't take it to heart."
Another person said, "I have also asked someone to help me search for powerful crickets in the capital. When I find one, I will kill them all and avenge you!"
Shen Jinglin was unconvinced and said, "Who needs you to avenge me? My Undefeated God King is very powerful!"
The other party sneered: "I don't think he will survive tonight, what's so great about him?"
When this was mentioned, Shen Jinglin felt indescribably depressed.
"Okay, okay, it's just a game. Let's not get too involved. I'm just trying to open your eyes. There will be plenty of fun in the future." Yang Jin tried to smooth things over.
Shen Jinglin has been depressed since returning home.
It just so happened that Qin Xuerong had always been afraid that Shen Shuyi would do something bad to him, so she had been keeping a close eye on him these days. As soon as she heard that he was back, she immediately called him to Ruixueyuan.
Shen Jinglin was in a bad mood and sat on the chair naked.
Qin Xuerong frowned and looked at him: "Where did you go to fool around today?"
"Oh mother, how could I be a fool? I just went to the restaurant with Yang Jin and the others, listened to operas, watched some music, and wrote some poems." Shen Jinglin smiled and coaxed Qin Xuerong.
Seeing that they were a few acquaintances and what they did was not much different from what he had done before, Qin Xuerong felt a little relieved, but still had a stern face.
"Have you finished memorizing all your books? Why did you even take a day off from school these past two days?"
Shen Jinglin came close to her, pinching her arm and saying, "Mom, I've been locked up for so long. If you don't let me out for some fresh air, I'll suffocate to death!"
"Nonsense! You're an adult, but you're always talking about life and death!" Qin Xuerong scolded coldly, but looking at her son's likable and clever face, she didn't feel angry at all.
"Mom, I'm a little short of money lately. Can you give me some money?" Shen Jinglin asked in a flattering manner.
Upon hearing this, Qin Xuerong frowned tightly: "You have been under house arrest for so long, and you have no use for silver. Now you have only been out for a few days, why do you want silver again!"
It’s not that Qin Xuerong doesn’t want to give it, it’s just that she is short of money.
The amount of money that Shen Jing'an paid to the Chai family was not a small sum, and she was also very short of money!
Upon hearing this, Shen Jinglin stood up from his chair with an unhappy face: "Second brother caused such a big disaster, and you paid so much money for him but you were reluctant to say a harsh word to him. I just asked you for some pocket money, but you were guarding against me like a thief! So second brother is your only biological son, right!"
Qin Xuerong was very angry: "Look at what nonsense you are saying. You are really becoming more and more unruly!"
Shen Jinglin said again: "I haven't met up with friends for so long. I have to spend money when I go out! If I don't have money, others will look down on me. I can't always eat and drink at others' expense!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Xuerong felt a headache.
She knew the families that Shen Jinglin often played with. They were all families not much different from the Shen family, but the children were not studious and spent their days eating, drinking, and playing chicken and dog fighting.
He is not a bad person, but he doesn't do much serious work and his expenses are quite high.
"Forget it! Just treat me as if you don't have a son like me!"
After saying this, Shen Jinglin's face darkened, and he left Ruixueyuan without looking back, which made Qin Xuerong so angry that she scolded him for a long time: "Evil son! Look at his attitude!"
Nanny Wang advised, "Madam, calm down. Lin Ge'er is still young after all. He is in the stage of playing around now. When he grows up, he will understand your painstaking efforts."
Qin Xuerong said angrily, "Grow up? When will he grow up? When An Ge'er was this old, he could already earn face for me!"
Nanny Wang said in a gentle voice: "The young master is smart and clever. His future path will definitely be different from that of the second young master. This is also a good thing."
Hearing this, Qin Xuerong waved her hands irritably. If possible, she would naturally hope that both of her sons would take the imperial examination and pursue a career in officialdom. However, Lin Ge'er was really a cause for worry, and he was not cut out for study.
After a while, Qin Xuerong sighed and said, "Forget it, let someone take a hundred taels of silver to him."
"Yes, the young master will definitely know that you love him the most." Nanny Wang responded with a smile.
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Since Shen Jinglin returned to his yard, he couldn't help but take out his cricket again.
It would have been better if I hadn’t looked. When I looked, I found that the Undefeated God King was dead!
Shen Jinglin found it hard to accept this. He tried to poke the cricket with a twig for a long time, but the cricket remained motionless.
"You... don't die? You haven't helped me win the money back yet. What should I do if you die!" Shen Jinglin felt that he had lost hope in an instant.
Fortunately, not long after, the servant came in hurriedly and said with a smile: "Young Master, the Madam sent a hundred taels of silver to you."
Shen Jinglin's excitement was different from what Nanny Wang had expected.
For Shen Jinglin, who nowadays easily wins or loses hundreds of taels, this one hundred taels is really not enough, it is just the threshold fee for one game.
"So little? You're just sending away beggars!"
Shen Jinglin spoke irritably, but finally took the banknote.
After a while, he threw the Undefeated God King aside, stood up and said, "Let's go out and take a walk!"
Now that the Invincible God King is gone, he has to find a more powerful cricket. He doesn't believe that others can find one but he can't.
Besides, Yang Jin said before that it is sold in many places, it just depends on whether you know the goods.