Chapter 106: Chapter 106 Let’s Play Too
The Yue family’s dinner was exceptionally quiet.
Only Yue Xiaohu and Yue Xingxing occasionally spoke a few words, had their heads patted by family members, and then continued to bow their heads and focus on their rice bowls.
Speaking of fear, Yue Jiannan was certainly scared.
But he didn’t think he was wrong.
Indeed, gambling was not a good thing, but since he was on the winning side and the money hadn’t left his pocket, how could he be scolded for being a wastrel?
Having barely managed to eat his meal with trepidation, Lin Chunju turned around to collect the bowls.
This, however, made Yue Jiannan feel even more uncomfortable.
If Lin Chunju had just beaten him without a word, he definitely wouldn’t have thought much of it.
But now, caught in uncertainty, he was unclear about what his mother intended to do, and fear began to layer in his heart.
He finally couldn’t take it anymore and whispered to Yue Jiandong.
“Big brother, can you just tell me what mother is planning to do?”
Death is only a stroke beyond the line, what’s the meaning of leaving him hanging ?
Yue Jiandong replied irritably, “Who knows.”
After speaking, he ignored Jiannan. His brother was smart, but sometimes he was so impetuous that it made one feel like giving him a beating.
Yue Jiannan then went to ask his second brother, but Yue Jianxi didn’t pay any attention to him at all and turned to take the two children back to the room.
Yue Jiannan stood there, feeling somewhat upset.
He had only gone out to play for two days and even brought back winnings, yet his family was treating him with such an attitude.
Finally, Lin Chunju came back from the kitchen and said indifferently to Yue Jiannan, “Come with me.”
Yue Jiannan let out a sigh of relief, picking up the broom on the ground.
Lin Chunju frowned, “What are you doing with that? Put it down.”
Yue Jiannan put the broom back in the corner, it seemed that today his mother was preparing to beat him with something else.
Yue Qingqing also followed into the room, trotting with her short legs.
Yue Jiannan instinctively wanted to pick her up, but Yue Qingqing dodged past him and even stuck out her tongue at him.
Yue Jiannan could only lower his head and follow behind.
After entering the room, he found that there wasn’t any “torture device” set up inside, and everything looked as usual. Yue Jiannan finally broke down.
“Mother, just get it over with,” he pleaded.
Lin Chunju looked at him and took something out of the wardrobe.
Yue Jiannan looked closely and was surprised to see something very familiar – it was the deck of playing cards he had been using recently.
Lin Chunju leisurely opened the pack, “I had your second brother rush out to buy these. You like playing cards, right? Let’s play too.”
Yue Jiannan felt a chill, “What are you planning to do?”
Lin Chunju glanced at him and started shuffling the cards.
It was evident that Lin Chunju hadn’t played much before, as her movements were clumsy and several cards flew out.
Yue Jiannan picked them up from the floor and placed them back in the deck.
Yue Qingqing sat obediently next to her grandmother, her large, grape-like eyes glancing now at the cards, now at Yue Jiannan.
It took a while for Lin Chunju to deal the new deck and place it on the table.
“I’ve never played this thing before, I don’t know how to do it, let’s just play the simplest game of high card wins,” she suggested.
Seeing that his mother really wanted to play cards with him, Yue Jiannan was petrified and remained silent for a long time.
It was Lin Chunju again who urged him, “How much money do you have in your pocket? We need a stake to play cards, right?”
Yue Jiannan just let go, partly out of spite, and took out all the money in his pocket. He counted it in front of Lin Chunju.
It added up to seventeen yuan and three jiao, which was quite a bit more than the pocket money Lin Chunju had originally given him.
“It’s all here,” he said.
Yue Jiannan deliberately placed the money in front of Lin Chunju with a hint of pride on his face.
Lin Chunju glanced at it and grunted, then took out some money from the cabinet.
“Then let’s begin. We’ll just play high card wins, one yuan per bet,” she declared.
Yue Jiannan nodded casually, “Okay.”
As he watched his mother getting ready to play cards, Yue Jiannan finally relaxed.
However, he didn’t notice the sweet, yet definitely malicious smile appearing on Yue Qingqing’s face as she sat next to Lin Chunju.