This is so beautiful, I'm covered

"it's getting dark."

Kou Yi glanced casually out of the window and said.

Pei Yuli lifted the lid of the blue-patterned lotus pod bowl in front of him, and saw a golden thick soup lying inside, with abalone, sea cucumber, scallops, and fish lips piled on top of the soup.He stirred it with a spoon, only to see some pork, mutton, chicken, and tripe hidden underneath.

Rich and noble people always talk about cards when chartering a boat, and the first appetizer is Buddha Jumping Over the Wall.

"Let's eat and drink this time, the round-trip journey is worth it." Pei Yuli said as he pulled the food bowl in front of Kou Yi to his side, curled his mouth, and poured it into the soup. One by one, he picked up all the meat and meat in Kou Yi's bowl.

"...What kind of foodie and drinker are you?" Kou Yi said.

"Forget it," Pei Yuli continued to move without raising his head, "If you eat it, I eat it too, it's the same."

Kou Yi didn't listen to him talking nonsense, stretched out his hand and pulled the food bowl back, and asked, "Are you really not allowed to eat meat?"

Pei Yuli raised his head: "No, it's just that I'm not used to eating."

"No one is used to your picky habit," Kou Yi said, "Eat whatever is given to you."

"...Oh." Pei Yuli didn't care too much, took a sip of the soup with a spoon, looked in the direction facing the second floor, and said, "It's started."

The beautiful lady in the light gauze was still standing on the second floor talking about good food and drink. Dozens of uniformly dressed servants poured out from the tail of the cabin together, holding various utensils, and using the low screen to hold the The main cabin is divided into different gaming areas.

"This time the main game is fighting, the bosses on the second floor each carry a hundred heads, a total of four hundred, and put up a sign to show."

The 400 people who huddled together took out their wooden plaques one after another and hung them around their necks.

The name of their master's family is written on the wooden sign.

Before boarding the ship, the live dealers each received the same amount of generous principal from the master. During the four months of round trip, they had to rely on this money, no matter if they won a lot of money or lost money. The bankruptcy of the family is all borne by oneself.

The rules of all kinds of fighting games are the same as those of gambling houses, [-]% of luck is [-]% of the cost, and the future and fate are all tied to the gambling table.

And the final winner is judged according to the wooden sign, whichever boss belongs to the family, whichever boss wins.

There is no reward or punishment for winning or losing. The rich and powerful sons and daughters are having fun and fighting for face.

Leaving aside the road collusion inside, entertainment is the top priority during the journey.

Of course, this entertainment is only for a few bosses.For the poor, one step forward is life or death, and one step backward is sure to die.

This is a decision they made early on.

"The rest of the distinguished guests, please feel free to enjoy the food and watch the game; you can also participate in it and enjoy yourself." The girl continued.

Pei Yuli put down the spoon, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Kang Xing is happy, that sounds really nice."

Kou Yi saw that the soup in his bowl hadn't touched a few mouthfuls, and all the dry goods were left, so he endured it, patted his forearm, and said, "I didn't eat much at noon, drink this while it's hot." over."

"Hmm..." Pei Yuli glanced at him, "Don't you have dinner later?"

"Dinner starts at night, and Kuang can't rest all night," Kou Yi continued with inexplicable patience, "You eat first, or you will be cold at night."

Pei Yuli was stunned for a moment, with a smile in the corner of his eyes: "If you're worried that I'm hungry, you can tell me straight up, why are you blaming me for being picky eaters?"

Kou Yi completely gave up his stubborn struggle, and said, "How can I never pay attention to your body?"

In the weather of the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, the appetite is small, and the food is eaten slowly. Every time I go back, I have to let the hot food cool down, and then put down my chopsticks and say that I am full.

Soup and meat are mixed in one pot, everyone likes to choose the meat first, but he doesn't want to pick out all the things that nourish the body and eat the bland and tasteless ones.

If you don't make up for it when you recover from a serious illness, you won't be able to make up for it later.

Not to mention that he was so skinny.

too skinny.

Every time Kou Yi looked at him more, he would think this way in his heart.

And Pei Yuli was silent for a long time when he heard him ask this question, and there was a faint tenderness in his eyes.

He turned around, concealed the tenderness that was not obvious at all, picked up the spoon, and continued to eat without saying a word.

The lines of his side face are very soft, and the curvature of his facial features seems to be carefully designed and perfect.

Kou Yi couldn't help but look at it for a while longer before looking away.

On the left side of the second floor, there are three wealthy households sitting on the three sides of the long table, with jade plates and delicacies in front of them, and all the various forms on the first floor are also in their eyes.

There should have been four of them, but one was delayed for some unknown reason and has yet to show up.

Those few seemed to be young men in their twenties, with good wine in their stomachs, beauties in their arms, and their faces were radiant.

They chatted casually, and they also diverted their attention to the poor workers downstairs.

The workers were in different divisions, playing different fighting games, and the noise filled the entire cabin.

Pei Yuli managed to finish the whole bowl of food, raised his hand to poke Kou Yi's shoulder, and asked, "Master Kou, do you have money?"

Kou Yi paused, then turned sideways and asked, "You want to participate too?"

Pei Yuli wiped his mouth and said, "I'll win some money for you and come back."

"..." Kou Yi replied with black hair, "No need, I have enough money."

This is true.

The Tiankun Gang is a big gang entrenched in one side. It has been both black and white for so many years, and has made a lot of treasures and cash.

Kou Yi is not only one of the most capable people in Tian Kun, but also Boss Fan's confidant, and he has never worried about food and clothing.

In other words, he is really not short of money.

Pei Yuli said again: "Since it's enough, please lend me some, and I'll return it to you in a while."

Gambling is not something that can be won by just talking. Although Kou Yi is an amateur, he also understands the risks involved.

but...

He thought about it again, it was a small gamble for fun, and the dinner was really boring, so letting Pei Yu leave to join in the fun...seems like nothing.

"Master Kou?" Pei Yuli tugged at his sleeve again, as if being coquettish, "If I win, I'll give it all to you; if I lose, you just scold me."

Kou Yixin said that if I scold you, what good am I gaining?

Silently, he still took out a bulging purse and handed it over, and said lightly: "Enough is enough, don't play too much."

"It doesn't need to be so much." Pei Yuli took the purse, took out two pieces of silver slowly, hesitated again, put the broken silver back, and hung the purse on his waist buckle.

"..."

"Look, there are many gambling prostitutes and maids here, who only like to pick up handsome and generous men to make money," Pei Yuli explained with a smile, "Let me keep it for you."

Kou Yi was dumb for a moment, and after a while, he turned his face away, not bothering to pay attention to him.

Only then did Pei Yuli get up from the chair, and plunged into the crowd in two or three steps.

Each low screen encloses a different gambling game, and the upper body of the crowd can be seen from each other, and the content of the game can also be seen.

Pei Yuli walked around the hanging head area, just by casually glancing at it, he had already seen many kinds of fighting scenes.

There are more elegant hidden hooks, winnowing coins, and lances, and more vulgar lackeys, cockfights, and competitions.

However, I only saw the venue for dogfighting and cockfighting, and I haven't seen real chickens and dogs yet.

Hundreds of live hanging heads are shoulder to shoulder, and it is easy to bump into people when walking.

Pei Yuli found someone casually and asked, "Are there really chickens and dogs on this boat? Why is it just a runway here?"

The man was a few inches shorter than Pei Yuli, and he could only hear a voice above his head.

Turning around and looking up, his entire expression froze, and he said after a long while: "Today's Lantern Festival, chickens and dogs are restless because it has a bad meaning, so we don't let chickens and dogs go."

Pei Yuli nodded and said, "I see, thank you."

The man babbled and answered yes several times, and watched Pei Yuli go to the big gambling table on the right.

The big gambling table is made of mahogany, and the hollow carvings are in the shape of peonies, which are very delicate.

Around the gaming table was a circle of wide and comfortable chairs with carved patterns. Most of the richly dressed merchants sat on the chairs, unwilling to even use the strength to hold a dice cup, and all the servants around them did it for them.

Pei Yuli was too familiar with the feeling of rolling the dice for the master's family.

In the past, he would be called to shake by the young masters of the Li family.

Sure enough, as soon as he got to a certain place, he saw a stick with the thick legs of a bench fall on the lap of some unlucky servant. The servant fell to the ground with a thud, and the master loudly clamored to detain him for three months. silver.

This is already considered kind, Pei Yuli thought.

In this way, the two sides of the casino on the first floor were divided into two completely different worlds.

They are all vulgar in nature, but they are also vulgar.

But why did Pei Yuli care about this?His peripheral vision never left the two Xiong brothers who had passed through the rudder hatch from the very beginning.

Just like the eyes of those two stupid bears never left the girls walking around in the cabin.

Eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling are always inseparable from each other.

The gambling prostitutes in the arena are a bright spot, and many men are thinking about it.

It's a pity that gambling prostitutes are all exquisite and exquisite, and they only play with distinguished guests.

Xiong Rui was on fire for a long time, standing on the rudder hatch and rubbing his hands anxiously: "Let's go for a gamble too, don't care if we win or not, as long as it's cool to be a wife!"

Xiong Yu stretched out his head to take a look, and said hesitantly: "It makes sense, we have twenty people here, and only he, Kou Yi, is still standing still, and the others have already plunged into the gambling game."

"It doesn't matter at all," Xiong Rui yelled, wanting to move forward, "I haven't even gone out to the southeast waters yet, so why are there any pirates in the calm sea, let's play with us!"

Pei Yuli looked at them through the slits in his eyes, and he could clearly guess what the two brothers were jumping up and down at a distance of nearly a hundred meters.

He picked up a chair casually, chose a corner of the gaming table and sat down.

Since you want to play, let's play with them first.