Golden Eyes: Unemployed at Midlife, I Strike It Rich with Jade Gambling

When Su Dashan came home, he found that his wife was preparing to hand over their savings to her younger brother for a down payment on a house. Even the thirty thousand yuan he had hidden under the bed boards to pay for his elderly mother’s medical treatment wasn’t spared.

“Dear, that money is for Mom’s treatment...”

Su Dashan had been unemployed for three months. Middle-aged and neither qualified enough for a good job nor suited to a low-paying one, he had run into one dead end after another in his job search. His standing in the family had long since sunk into the dirt.

“Your mother, your mother! Is she the only one who matters?”

his wife screamed.

“My brother is getting married and buying a house. That’s a huge deal! If you, his brother-in-law, don’t help out, how am I supposed to hold my head up around my family?!”

“That’s the last of our money. We still don’t know how we’re going to pay Niannian’s tuition next semester...”

“All you care about is that precious daughter of yours!”

“My brother’s wedding is a big deal! It’s a hundred times more important than your daughter’s schooling! Su Dashan, I’m telling you, you have to hand over that money! If you dare say no, we’re getting divorced!”