Chapter 5 Repayment
Looking at his father's appearance, Nama couldn't bear to comfort him: "Dad, don't be angry either. Although we guessed two games wrong, Shakru also guessed two games wrong. Didn't his Austria and Egypt win either? He just won one Cameroon, but didn't our Italy win too, so this is a draw."
Buhat explained weakly: "I am confused Nama, the account is not settled like this. Although he only won one game of Cameroon, this game is enough for him to make all the money back, because the odds of Cameroon are 9.5. He can earn 25,000 US dollars in this game alone. Even if the remaining two games are lost, the money he has in hand is enough to pay back us." In fact, Buhat remembered wrongly that Shakru bought not Egypt's victory, but Egypt's draw, so he also got 16,000 US dollars in this game, and together he now has nearly 50,000 US dollars.
Hearing this answer, Nama suddenly collapsed: "What? He has enough money in his hand to pay it back to us? Then, doesn't that mean I don't have the chance to marry him? 555555, I won't do it! I won't do it! Daddy, you must find a way for me!"
Buhat quickly comforted: "Nama, don't worry. Since Shakru has made money in this battle, he will continue to bet in the next battle according to the gambler's heart. I don't believe it. He can still be so lucky in every battle."
This time Buhat was right, and Shakru did not stop, because his purpose was not just to make enough money to return Buhat, but to use it to accumulate the first pot of gold, and then to buy a deal for the Japanese stock market crash that is about to come. He did not have the right to enter the market without hundreds of thousands of dollars in his hand.
However, to be on the verge of caution, Shakhru did not invest all the funds in his hands, but left 20,000 US dollars for emergency needs. Then he bought the remaining money for 5,000 US dollars in one game. Cameroon defeated Romania, Costa Rica defeated Brazil, Egypt drew with Ireland, South Korea defeated Spain and England drew with the Netherlands. Costa Rica and South Korea are used to confuse others, while the remaining three games are high odds to make money. Speaking of which, this World Cup, Cameroon, Egypt, and Costa Rica are really unpopular.
However, before the game started, Shakru did another thing, that is, to come to Buhat's house with 15,000 US dollars. As soon as Buhat saw Shakru, he knew the purpose of his trip. Although he didn't want him to come at this time, he still forced himself to cheer up and said, "Oh, isn't this little Shakru? Are you here to go out to play with Nama today?"
Shakru thought to himself that you were really pretending to be confused. After opening your bag and taking out the US dollar, he said to Buhat: "Mr. Buhat, I am here to repay the previous debt. Please take out the agreement. Let's get the silver goods and write it off!"
Buhat slowly held the agreement and said reluctantly: "Shakrull, why are you so anxious to pay back the money? What if you don't have luck in this battle and need money at that time?"
"Then let's talk about it then, but now I'd better pay back the debt first. I don't like the feeling of owing others money."
After completing the procedures, Shakru turned around and left the Buhat house. Looking at Shakru's departure back, Nama said to her father sadly: "Dadly, do I never have the chance to marry Shakru again?"
Buhat forced himself to say, "No, as long as he loses this game, then according to the nature of a gambler, he will still come to us to borrow money. Then you will still have the chance to change your surname to Pandit!"
Unfortunately, the result of the game was completely different from what Buhat expected. Although it was a two-game wrong, Shakru still made a big profit this time. When everyone thought that Cameroon would win again, Shakru, who had always supported Cameroon, bought Cameroon and lost. Naturally, he made another big profit. By the end of the World Cup, Shakru had already made a huge sum of 400,000 US dollars, so Buhat never had the chance to get involved with Shakru.
Shakhru, who finally completed the first pot of gold mission, was another thing that was to hire servants. The reason was that he felt that he had a little money now, so he should improve his living conditions. What money was for spending, so he first bought a house in a high-end community in southern New Delhi, which is the so-called rich area. This was because he was a Brahmin, otherwise he would not have sold it to him at all. Even if Shudra had money, he would not be able to live in this community.
Speaking of which, the residential communities in India are very strange. Not only are there a huge space between buildings, unlike the domestic communities that are densely built, but there are very few residential buildings or elevator apartments with more than six floors. Most of them are three or four floors, and there are only three households on each floor. This is a luxury for New Delhi, which has a population of over 10 million and many of them live in slums.
What’s more interesting is that the structure of the houses here is different on each floor. Because many people will renovate the house according to their needs, transform two houses into one, or transform one house into two rooms. Shakru bought a house that was transformed by two units. Renting a house, moving, and replacing furniture and appliances are all trivial matters, and the only trouble is hiring servants.
In India, any family who is above the middle class will hire servants. To outsiders, it is very abnormal and very shameless to have no servants. Shakru's family used to not hire because there was no extra money. Now, Shakru has money and is also a very lazy person, so he naturally wants to hire a servant.
In India, there is a tradition of hiring servants. This is because India was once ruled by Britain for a long time, so it was deeply influenced by the British stewardship system. On the other hand, it is because India's racial system. Since power and wealth are occupied by high castes, people of low castes have to become servants of high castes in order to live. Moreover, due to the continuous development of hundreds or thousands of years, although the current "Indian maids" are not as famous as "Filipino maids", the Indian maids have a long history, profound traditions, numerous rules, and strict hierarchies, which are far from comparable to those of Philippine maids.
Chapter completed!