In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 510 - 509: Even One Less Son Won’t Compensate!_1

Chapter 510: Chapter 509: Even One Less Son Won’t Compensate!_1

"Are you going to speak up? Why aren’t you going on?"

She said this menacingly.

Seeing Qin Yi remaining silent, she glared at him a few times: "If you’ve nothing to say, follow me!"

Qin Yi, naturally, didn’t dare to say more, so he followed her from behind.

Outside, it was already dark, and Su Pan’er was leading him through the alleyways.

Now was the beginning of winter, and as night fell, the temperature dropped sharply, causing one to shiver involuntarily.

However, it seemed as if Su Pan’er was completely unaffected, strolling enthusiastically through the streets without any signs of stopping.

Qin Yi was utterly bewildered at the sight.

"Pan’er, it’s getting darker and colder. Shouldn’t we go back? Tomorrow, I can have a look around the dock, perhaps..."

"You want to carry sacks?"

Su Pan’er glances at him, a teasing smile playing on her lips.

Qin Yi: "..."

Who would want to carry sacks? This was obviously the last resort.

"If you don’t want to carry sacks, just quietly follow me."

Saying so, Su Pan’er swaggered into a shop.

Qin Yi hurriedly followed her in. Upon entry, he instantly regretted his decision!

He hadn’t looked at the shop sign or banner before entering, but now, given the present situation, was there anything else he needed to understand?

This was unmistakably a gambling house!

If people knew that he, the County Magistrate, had entered a gambling house, wouldn’t his small official career be over once the information reached His Majesty?!

Besides, if they summed up their total wealth at the moment, it was nothing but a few hundred copper coins.

Coming to a gambling house like this, wasn’t this... inviting death?

Thinking about this, he hurriedly reached out to hold Pan’er’s hand.

"Pan’er, this is not a place we should be. Let’s get out of here quickly!"

Su Pan’er was busy surveying the crowd, her eyes frequently darting towards the gambling table. Hearing this, she turned back at him and retorted.

"Don’t you need money?"

"Yes."

"Don’t you want to earn money?"

"Yes."

"Don’t you want to get rich overnight?"

"..."

"Have you given up on going to Shengjing?"

"...Of course, I want to go to Shengjing!"

Su Pan’er rolled her eyes at him: "Since you desire all of that, then shut your mouth. Just follow me and watch."

With that, she turned around and moved towards a gambling table.

This gambling house was not very large, consisting of only four floors.

The ground floor followed an open plan layout, centered around an air well, with numerous gambling tables scattered around, for playing dice, buying big and small, cricket fighting, drawing nine cards...

Each gambling table was surrounded by a crowd of all sorts, comprising all walks of life.

The place was bustling with noise and activity.

The air was occasionally filled with vile curses and cheers of encouragement.

The gambling table in front of Su Pan’er was playing the betting game with the size of dice numbers. This game attracted many people, and the wins and losses were determined quickly. In the moments of Qin Yi’s hesitation, three rounds on the gambling table had already passed.

Those who won silvers were laughing heartily; those who lost were cursing and crying nearby.

Su Pan’er paid no attention to all these people.

Her gaze was fixed on the dealer’s hands in front of her. After a while, she suddenly smiled, turned around, and stretched her hand out towards Qin Yi.

"How much money do you have left?"

Beads of sweat appeared on Qin Yi’s forehead as he noticed people around him staring. He lowered his voice and spoke hastily, "Pan’er, stop this! Let’s leave..."

As he said this, he reached out to take her hand to lead her away.

But Su Pan’er wrenched her hand away as she said, "Just get on with it, quit dawdling!"

Noticing her resolved stance, Qin Yi quietly sighed, gritted his teeth and removed the jade hairpin from his bun.

"All we have left is a few hundred copper coins. So, shall we stake this jade hairpin instead?"

This hairpin could not be pawned. If they were to lose it, at least they would still have some money for steamed buns in the morning.

Su Pan’er took the hairpin, hesitated briefly, and then laughed at the sight of Qin Yi’s disheveled hair. "Done, let’s stake the jade hairpin!"

She then turned and slammed the hairpin onto the gambling table with an ostentatious display.

"Bet on small!"

Su Pan’er’s strikingly beautiful appearance combined with her pregnant belly had already made her the center of everyone’s attention in the gambling house. But no rogue dared to approach as Qin Yi was always close by.

Seeing Su Pan’er even gambling with the jade hairpin from her man’s hair bun, the crowd’s expressions were extremely complicated.

The dealer was taken aback. He picked up the jade hairpin, inspected it, and recognized its worth.

"Madam, how much silver do you wish to pawn this for?"

"Not much, just consider it as a hundred taels!" Su Pan’er responded indifferently.

"A hundred taels? Madam, please don’t joke with me."

The dealer looked down on her, "This piece of trash at best can be pawned for ten taels. Not a penny more! If Madam feels it’s unfair, feel free to decline."

Ten taels?

Qin Yi raised an eyebrow.

The pawnshop had only offered a tael of silver during the day! Now at this place, the dealer’s initial offer was already ten taels, making his heart pound in his chest!

"Scumbag!"

Su Pan’er indignantly rose to her feet and reached out to retrieve the jade hairpin. "This is a jade hairpin made of mutton fat jade and you’re only offering ten taels of silver? I originally bought it for eight hundred taels of silver! I want one hundred taels, not a penny less!"

The dealer quickly dodged Su Pan’er’s hand. "The most I can do is twenty taels, if it’s not to Madam’s liking, she is free to do as she pleases."

Twenty taels?

The offer had doubled in the midst of negotiation.

Qin Yi stared dumbfounded.

Su Pan’er seemed torn, but after a while, she gritted her teeth and broke into a sudden smile. "Fine, twenty taels it is! As long as you don’t regret it."

The dealer wouldn’t promise any more, it seemed. But no matter, as long as they got the money.

Su Pan’er’s agreement thrilled the dealer for a moment. He carefully placed the jade hairpin on the table and eagerly turned to the crowd.

"Does anyone else wish to place a bet?"

He asked three times in a row, and those who had initially bet on ’small’ switched to betting on ’big’. Now, only Su Pan’er was left betting on ’small’.

No one else spoke.

The dealer placed his hand over the overturned dice cup, smiling smugly at Su Pan’er, clearly confident of victory. It was as if the jade hairpin was already in his pocket.

"Open!"

"Wow! Woah—"

The crowd erupted in an uproar!

The three dice in the cup showed one, two, and one, respectively. The sum equaled four, which was ’small’.

"One, two, one... small!"

The dealer was breaking out in a cold sweat. How could it be small? He had clearly rigged it, the result should have been ’big’. What in the world happened?

"We won, we won! Pan’er, we won, Yay!"

A thrilled Qin Yi couldn’t help himself, letting out shouts of joy.

Su Pan’er’s face did not show a hint of excitement. On the contrary, in a nonchalant manner, she prompted the dealer.

"Sorry, it was small. Hand over the silver!"

The dealer mopped his sweat and reluctantly handed over twenty taels of silver to Su Pan’er, admitting defeat.