freenovelworld Chapter 548: Dealing with the ruthless guy who was paid a lot of money
Chapter 548: Dealing with the ruthless guy who was paid a lot of money
The leader, Young Master Zhao, stroked the mutton-fat jade pendant around his waist and said with a forced smile:
"Master Shen, have you brought enough banknotes for your study companion?
A bet of one hundred thousand taels, but don't lose everything you have left."
The five young men behind him laughed. The cricket in the golden cage was shiny all over, and it was obvious that it was a tough guy.
Bai Wanwan tapped the bamboo cage lightly with her fingertips, and the black jade cricket raised its head and chirped, its voice drowning out the whole audience: "One hundred thousand taels? You're sending away beggars? Two hundred thousand per round, do you dare to take it?"
These words startled everyone for a moment, and then they burst into thunderous laughter.
The prince in the red robe laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh:
"Master Shen, is your study partner crazy?
We have six of us and six top-quality crickets. Have you ever calculated how much you'll have to pay for a round of 200,000? Even if we lose everything, it won't be enough!"
The other young masters followed suit, spit flying. "Two hundred thousand taels? How dare you! For six rounds, that would be 120 million taels. Can you come up with that?"
When Shen Tao heard the number 120 million taels, his palms began to sweat.
Although he could come up with the money, it would still take some effort to gather it all at once.
Just as I was hesitating, I saw Bai Wanwan raised her chin towards Chu Yiyi and said, "Give me my bag."
Chuyi nimbly pulled out a cloth bag embroidered with gold thread and pulled out a stack of silver notes from it: "One hundred thousand taels each, twenty notes in total, two million taels."
The silver bills were spread out on the table, with neat handwriting printed on the snow-white paper. The heavy weight of the bills made everyone's eyes widen.
Bai Wanwan stroked her sleeves nonchalantly: "I have the money, but I don't know if you can win."
The scene suddenly became quiet.
Wang Jingheng gritted his teeth and threw out a few banknotes: "Isn't it just money? 30 taels!"
The others looked at each other and scraped together the 100 million taels of silver.
One young man was so anxious that he kept rubbing his hands: "I still have two manors under my name, which should be enough to compensate for it!"
Bai Wanwan waved her hand: "Okay, let's get started once we have enough money."
She put a few bamboo cages on the table, and the crickets in the cages immediately started chirping.
When everyone gathered around and took a look, they saw that these crickets were quite large and had shiny fur, but some people still curled their lips.
Wang Jingheng pushed his gilded cage forward. The cricket inside was purple-black, with large, sharp teeth and wings that were shiny with oil.
"Is that all you can do? I bought this Black Overlord from Shandong at a high price!
The old man who raises insects said that these insects have been eating refined rice mixed with shrimp meat since they were young, drinking dew, and even the pots they live in are fired in old kilns!
It just killed three powerful crickets from another family last month. What can your crickets do to fight it?"
"Where did you get these crickets from?" someone in the crowd asked curiously.
Bai Wanwan leaned on the edge of the table, her fingertips tapping the bamboo cage absentmindedly, her eyes curved with a smile: "Just last night, I caught it in the fields."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a dead silence in the place at first, and then it broke out into thunderous laughter.
Wang Jingheng laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh, tears almost coming out:
"Did you hear that? I caught him in the fields!
Little girl, you dare to say anything."
Young Master Zhao laughed so hard his stomach hurt, and he continued, panting, "I was wondering why you were so arrogant. It seems you think the beggar worms in the fields are treasures!"
The young man in the lake blue shirt waved his folding fan and sneered:
"Has our cricket not cost thousands of taels of silver to maintain?
They eat ginseng powder mixed with millet and live in old clay jars. How can you fight with them with anything you pick up from the ridge of the field?
I'm afraid it can't even knock the teeth of my Golden Winged General!"
The people around laughed as if they had heard a huge joke.
Bai Wanwan was not annoyed. She raised her lips into a meaningful smile and said, "Don't be so quick to laugh. If you lose later, don't cry."
Several of Shen Tao's friends crowded around him and whispered:
"Brother Tao, please stop messing around with your little study partner!
We all know where those crickets come from.
The other day, Master Li spent eight hundred taels on crickets, but he lost all his money fighting them. How can we possibly beat them?"
Another person rubbed his hands anxiously:
"That's right! 120 million taels is not a small amount. How many good crickets can you buy with that?
Why waste time here?"
Others shook their heads and sighed:
"Besides, she said those crickets were caught in the fields. How can wild crickets compare to those carefully raised by others?
Any one of them would be beaten to a pulp!"
Shen Tao frowned as he listened to the various voices arguing in his ears.
He glanced at Bai Wanwan and saw that she was squatting on the ground, carefully feeding grass leaves to the crickets, and she didn't take the discussions around her seriously at all.
He sighed and said, "This banknote is not mine, I can't make the decision, so let her do whatever she wants!"
At the beginning of the game, Bai Wanwan released the cricket with golden light on its back.
Wang Jingheng on the opposite side hurriedly pushed out his "Black Overlord", and the two crickets started fighting as soon as they met.
The sound of legs colliding with legs and teeth knocking against each other in the bamboo tube was so dizzying.
Wang Jingheng clenched his fists and shouted, "Black Overlord! Bite its head! I'll give you a big meal of meat later!"
Bai Wanwan wasn't idle either, picking at the cricket grass and luring it left and right: "Bite it to death! Pull its wings!"
The two of them almost shouted themselves hoarse, and the spectators around them stomped their feet and started to make a noise.
Just as the stalemate was about to begin, Bai Wanwan's cricket suddenly turned over and bit the Black Overlord's hind legs with its pincer-like teeth.
The Black King kicked his legs in pain and dug up all the sand in the bamboo tube.
Wang Jingheng's face flushed crimson, and he slammed the table and shouted, "Let go! Let go!"
But the cricket held on tightly and refused to let go. In a few bites, it knocked the Black King to the ground and tore off a piece of its wing.
The onlookers were stunned. Who would have thought that the crickets caught on the edge of the field could actually beat the "tough guy" that they raised at a high price?
Bai Wanwan raised an eyebrow at Wang Jingheng and said, "I accept the bet and lose. Two hundred thousand taels of silver, give it to me!"
Wang Jingheng pulled out twenty silver bills from his sleeve pocket and slammed them down on the table. "You're lucky! My Black Overlord is the least impressive of these. Don't think I have any real power!"
Bai Wanwan put the cricket into the bamboo tube without saying a word.
The opponent hurriedly pushed out the Purple-faced Overlord. This cricket was terrifyingly large, twice as large as Bai Wanwan's cricket, and its body was shiny purple.
Seeing the huge disparity, the people around couldn't help but shake their heads. Someone whispered, "How can we fight like this?"
As soon as the two crickets met, the purple-faced king became angry.
It kicked up its hind legs and pounced forward like a small cannonball, baring its big teeth and pushing Bai Wanwan's cricket against the wall of the bamboo tube, pressing its entire body on it.
Bai Wanwan's cricket was pressed down and couldn't move, and it couldn't get free even if it kicked its legs.
Wang Jingheng slapped his thigh excitedly and shouted, "Bite it to death! Bite it to death!"
The other young masters also joined in the fun, thinking that they had a sure win in this round.
But Bai Wanwan was not panicked at all. She stared at the bamboo tube with her eyes fixed, holding the cricket grass in her hand, ready to lure it at any time.
The pinned cricket suddenly arched its back, aimed at the soft flesh under the Purple-Faced Overlord's belly, and bit it hard...