Text: Zhou Yujiang
Figure: From the network
Twenty years ago, in my hometown village, due to the lack of arable land and the amount of idle time, some farmers were not accustomed to going out to work, so gambling was prevalent for a while.
At that time, mahjong, pai jiu, and dice were all in the villages, and many people were involved.
My neighbor Wang San, who is thin and small, is not good at farming, and is good at eating and lazy. The wild grass in the field is more prosperous than the crops, and it is impossible to get a few dollars a year, and the days are undoubtedly stretched, in order to change the embarrassing status quo, Wang San often ponders some ideas, dreaming of getting rich overnight for him to enjoy.
At that time, in the rural gambling game, winning and losing was based on personal skill, unlike nowadays, setting up a bureau to dig a pit, all by means.
Wang San stepped on the gambling game, because the capital is too small, impatient to maneuver, although there are losses and wins, a long time, it will inevitably be empty.
Wang San has a characteristic of this person, he is always good at extending his thinking no matter what, for example: when he sees a white radish, he thinks of a woman's white thighs, and then extends to the private affair between men and women. This kind of extended thinking is used in the right thing, perhaps a good thing, and it is often the beginning of the tragedy when it is used on the left side of the door.
There is no capital, can not go to the casino, Wang San lay on the bed and thought about it: if there is a way for the dice to always roll six points in their hands, leopards, mahjong can know the other side of the "strips, cakes, ten thousand", playing cards can know the back of the color, points, then it is not easy to get rich.
He also thought that there was nothing impossible in the world, but he hadn't discovered it yet.
Coincidentally.
Since it was the end of the year, the family always had to spend some money, get some good food and drink, and the wife and children also had to buy some clothes, shoes and hats, Wang San thought of his uncle and cousin in the neighboring village.
His cousin worked as a porter at the city's railway station, and he probably came home almost before the New Year.
Before arriving at his cousin's house, he heard the howl of a pig being stabbed in his cousin's courtyard, and Wang San couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking secretly: Tonight there is no doubt that he will have a full meal of pork. Then he flew into his cousin's courtyard.
It turned out that during the Spring Festival, the station was exceptionally busy, and the cousin unit did not take a holiday. Instead, it is arranged for temporary workers in rural areas to take a few days off work in advance, which is considered to be the Spring Festival holiday.
My cousin had a brother in the station porter's office, his family lived near the station, his wife opened a small restaurant and a small hotel, heard that his family had a native pig to be slaughtered for the New Year, so he discussed that he wanted to buy a large part of the pig for the restaurant, and the rest he and his friends used for the New Year. No matter how you calculate the account, it is cheaper than the pork on the market and fresh. This man is extremely calculating.
That night, the cousin cooked a large pot of pig killing dishes, and the three of them ate and drank. Wang San had not seen meat for more than a day, so naturally he devoured it. The cousin also held a large pig bone in his hand, and while nibbling, he asked: "Cousin, it is almost the New Year, you have something to say quickly, tomorrow morning I will go back to the station." Wang San said, "Cousin, I can't live on, you have to help me again, borrow a few money for me for the New Year."
In fact, when Wang San came this time, his cousin understood eight or nine points, although he was reluctant to give him money, and the money that had been borrowed from him had not been returned, but he thought of his elderly aunt (Wang San's mother), and planned to lend him some to let them have a good year.
"Borrow and borrow, can not gamble money anymore, it is a bottomless pit, you have a wife and children, do not dare to come again." 」 The cousin said in a tone of lesson, obviously he had heard about Wang San's gambling money.
"Cousin, my rich gambling is a ten-dollar eight-dollar play, if you have money, you may have turned the book a long time ago." Wang Sanxin said reluctantly.
At this time, my cousin's friend took over and said, "How do you play?" Wang San briefly described the process. My cousin's friend then said: "Stupid play is definitely not to win money, only master the stunt can only win and not lose."
My cousin in the city is undoubtedly well-informed and looks at problems from a high vantage point. He added, "In my little hotel, there is a fifty-year-old man from out of town, and he teaches gambling skills, and if you have the heart, you can let him point it out."
When Wang San heard this, his heart was shocked, and he was like drinking honey, and he secretly wondered: Isn't this what he dreamed of? If he could get his wish, wouldn't he have a lot of money and a worry-free life, so Wang San hurriedly inquired about the detailed address of the hotel and said that he would go to consult.
On the way home, Wang San thought as he walked: This little money lent by his cousin is generous for the New Year, but how to live after the New Year. It is better to learn the skills early, come back and win money, and everything will be solved. In addition, the gambling in the countryside is also the months of idle farming after the year of the year, once the spring ploughing begins, followed by the wheat mouth, until the autumn harvest, there will be no idle people.
But Wang San turned his mind and thought, this living person must not be able to operate, and this master who teaches stunts must make a living from this, we must spend a lot of money to learn, and borrowing this little money from my cousin is definitely not a top thing.
Then, he couldn't help but think of another person, that is, Zhang Wen from a neighboring village.
Zhang Wen was in his forties and as delicate as a monkey. There is a small chicken factory built in the village, the gambling is in his chicken farm, he in addition to gambling also draws, generally one hundred miles, although not profiteering, but the days are long, the income is also considerable, therefore, Zhang Wen is not bad money.
Wang San thought, why not sum up with Zhang Wen, let him give some funds, and then return the money to him after winning, such a good thing, I think the shrewd he should not refuse.
Therefore, the Wang San family did not return, and went directly to Zhang Wen's chicken farm.
After listening carefully to Wang San's account, Zhang Wen was not as elated as Wang San expected, but agreed, but only said that money is not a problem, mainly to learn the real skills at home. Now there are many scammers, in order to prevent being deceived, first learn the art and then pay money, if not, we would rather give up. Wang San had to admire his sophistication and shrewdness.
In a small hotel in the middle of town at the train station, very remote and dirty, they met real people. This person has a foreign accent, barely understands his speech, and only has big and little fingers in his right hand, probably because he was punished for playing in the casino.
In fact, the so-called stunt, it is very simple, is a layer of window paper, a poke is broken, a statement is clear, the fee is reasonable, he is mainly selling gambling equipment, a pair of transparent mahjong five hundred yuan (including transparent glasses and potions), a pair of magic playing cards 10 yuan, a pair of "pull" dice 100 yuan, how much, how much, one hand to pay, one hand delivery.
The use of transparent mahjong is: you wear special glasses soaked in the potion, and you can see everything on the bottom of the mahjong. Magic poker is simpler, the back of the playing card pattern has a mark that only you can identify, just use the eye to skim, the color of the card, the number of points at the bottom.
That is, the dice are more complicated, to fill the back of the dice with iron sand, put the dice bowl, secretly buried the magnet, the use of same-sex repulsion, the principle of opposite sex attraction, as long as you roll the dice, put the bowl in the part with the magnet, it is all out of the six points and the leopard. After a few minutes the two learned.
Wang San also specially tested it, and it was not false. He paid the money happily, took the goods, thanked the man again, and hurried back.
After returning home, the two immediately implemented it, decided to start from the dice bureau first, thinking that rolling the dice would be known for a few seconds, and the bet could not be capped, and the money would come quickly and the money would be fierce. I am also afraid of arousing suspicion, so I will give up the small to take the big, rather than win everything.
After a few months, the two of them earned a pot full of pots. The situation is getting bigger and bigger, attracting some individual owners, brick and tile factory owners, big breeders, etc. in the vicinity, Wang San and Zhang Wen also feel that they have won almost, worried about accidents, and also want to close. But when they see the flowers and green tickets, they are greedy and make them want to stop.
Joy is often sad. It was a pig slayer.
At that time, the local pig killers were from the farmer's home, brought pigs on credit, and only gave money after selling the meat, so when they saw that the pig killer had a lot of money in his hand, it was actually the cost.
Most of the pig killers are unrestrained in temperament, dare to fight, and when they hear that Zhang Wen's gambling game in the chicken farm is too grand, they also rush with passion, wanting to show their skills, but where does he know that there is deception, naturally he loses his family and loses everything.
One of them sold hundreds of pigs on credit, and lost everything in a few days, causing his wife to feel hopeless and abandon her family with her son.
When Wang San found out, he was also afraid that the pig slayer would find him to settle the account, so he took some money to comfort him and let him find his wife.
The local people are simple and simple, believing that they owe debts to repay money, and are willing to gamble and lose, which is natural and righteous. Therefore, this pig slayer was very grateful to Wang San for his approach.
The pig slayer searched for several days at the city station, and not only did he not find his wife and daughter, but he led to a shocking case.
Coincidentally, when the pig killer occasionally went to a remote place to urinate, he looked up and saw the small advertisement that taught the gambling skill, and he couldn't help but giggle, there are still people in the world who teach people to learn this, it is difficult to lose money fraudulently.
Thinking of this, the blood was gushing on his head, so he quickly found the fifty-year-old man who taught Wang San a special skill.
Under high pressure, the old man had to tell the truth.
Anger rises from the heart, evil comes from the side of the bold, a kind of shame and humiliation of being deceived and tricked, filling the chest of the pig killer.
After returning to the village, his family did not return, so he went straight to the casino, and when he saw Wang San rolling his dice with his eyebrows flying, he couldn't help but say, lifted a brick and slapped it Wang San's head. Suddenly, Wang San's brain plasma burst open and he died on the spot. The other gamblers saw the situation, shouted in shock, and ran out.
Zhang Wensheng should not be desperate, because of the incident to go out to avoid a disaster. Natural pig killers were also punished by law and eventually sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution.
The right way on earth is vicissitudes. Ill-gotten and unfulfilled, good earnings are not good to spend. People do not see the heavens, and those who do bad things will one day get corresponding retribution.
The lesson of blood finally woke people up. Today, in my hometown, I never see any gamblers again.