Chapter Seventy-Five: Charlatanism

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"Did you get analized?" Xu Taiping crossed the road and came to Zhou Nuo's side, and asked with a smile.

"Alas!" Zhou Nuo sighed, moved the chair off the tricycle, handed one to Xu Taiping, and said, "Brother Xu, you said me, are your eyes bad?"

"Why do you say that?" Xu Taiping asked in surprise.

"I don't seem to be able to see things clearly!" Zhou Nuo scratched his head tangled and said, "I can't see the things in front of me." ”

"Are you short-sighted?" asked Xu Taiping.

"No, it's not myopia. Zhou Nuo shook his head and said, "It's that your eyes can't keep up with the movements of people's hands." ”

"What's wrong with you?" Xu Taiping asked curiously.

"Today I was on the other side of the street and I met a group of people who were playing a game. Zhou Nuo said, "It is to take three bowls and put them on the ground, and then a small red ball is put into a bowl at will, so that people can guess which of the three bowls the ball is, I see that they guessed it casually, but I can't guess it, I played there for an afternoon today, and I guessed it a few times, and I lost more than 10,000 yuan." ”

"Three balls in the bowl?" Xu Taiping said with a strange face, "Is the person who operated it still holding a chopstick in his hand?"

"yes, how do you know?" asked Zhou Nuo in surprise.

"That's called the Three Immortals Returning to the Cave. You idiot. Xu Taiping patted Zhou Nuo's head and said, "How do you play that with someone? That's a mystery, even if your eyes are good, you can't guess which hole he put the ball in, because as long as the lid is opened, he can take the ball away, that is the traditional trick of ancient China, and now there are people who use that thing to deceive people." ”

"But I see that many people have made money!" Zhou Nuo said, "Someone pressed one or two thousand and also hit!"

"Don't you know that there is a thing called Tuo in this world!" Xu Taiping rolled his eyes and said, "The ones who win the jackpot are all Tuo, think about it now, is there someone who keeps letting you bet, saying that it is very profitable?"

"You really have that when you say that!" Zhou Nuo nodded, "I remember that the old man next to me kept urging me to bet, and he made a lot of money, ah, could it be that I was really deceived by someone, right?"

"Didn't your parents tell you that you can't gamble?" asked Xu Taiping.

"I, I just thought it was fun at first, and I didn't bet big, he saw him throw the begging into a bowl several times, but who would have thought that there would be no ball after opening the bowl!" Zhou Nuo said angrily.

"Where are they setting up their stalls? are they on our Hechi Street?" asked Xu Taiping.

"yes, it's right there on the street, I just lost my money, they should still be setting up a stall. Why don't I go and get the money back?" Zhou Nuo said.

"Let's take a look together, this kind of general slaughter is to kill a big head and leave, after killing you, they should be gone, but there are no other big people who are wronged, let's go and see." Xu Taiping said.

"Then I'll put the car away. Zhou Nuo said.

"What kind of car do you collect, go and give me your 10,000 yuan to get it back. Xu Taiping said as he walked down the street.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhou Nuo hurriedly followed Xu Taiping's side and ran towards the street.

A group of people gathered under the old locust trees on the street.

"Hurry up and place a bet, it's in this bowl on the left hand, I see it!"

"I saw it too, in the bowl in my left hand!"

Several people shouted.

An old man with a black plastic bag was clutching a stack of banknotes in his hand, gritting his teeth and fighting.

"If you don't get down, I'll go!" said the people around him and pressed the money on the bowl in his left hand, and then the person in charge of the operation opened the bowl, and sure enough, the red ball was inside.

"Look, I told you, the ball is in the bowl in your left hand, and it's a pity that you don't make money yourself. The few people who made the money said one after another.

The old man was also very annoyed, if he had just listened to what they said and pressed down the 10,000 yuan in his hand, would his granddaughter's treatment money not be enough for you!

"Old man, don't hesitate next time, find the right opportunity, and leave if you hit the big one!" someone said.

"Okay, this time you have to be on the right track!" the old man nodded, and then the man who was squatting on the ground began to shift the ball in his left and right hands again, and then stuffed the ball into each bowl again, seemingly randomly.

The naked eye could clearly see that he threw the red ball into the bowl in the middle.

"In the middle!" immediately someone shouted.

"I'll press the middle!!" the old man pressed a stack of 10,000 bills on the bowl in the middle, and then said, "You can't give money if you hit it!"

"I've been working in this area for so many years, and I haven't paid off. The man said proudly.

"Open the bowl!" said the old man.

"Okay, let's go!" the operator lifted the bowl, but the bowl was empty, and then the man opened the bowl on the left, and there was a ball in the bowl on the left!

"I'm sorry old man, you read it wrong, the ball is on the left, I took the money!" The operator smiled proudly and picked up the banknote, but the old man grabbed the banknote and shouted, "I won't play, I won't play, just now doesn't count." ”

"Old man, you are willing to gamble and lose, it's not good for you to do this!" said a young man who immediately stood up and said.

"Yes, it doesn't make sense to refuse to give money if you lose!" someone stood up and said.

"This is a granddaughter's life-saving money, I, I was blinded by lard just now, please, give me the money, I'll kneel for you!" said the old man and knelt on the ground.

"There is no father and son in the casino, don't tell me anything about life-saving money, since you want to gamble, you have to be willing to gamble and lose, and give the money to Lao Tzu!" The operator sneered, and pulled the money over with a fierce pull, and the old man was unstable and fell directly to the ground.

"Pay me back, pay me back quickly, that's my granddaughter's life-saving money!" the old man cried, but no one around stood up, some people saw that this was a scam, but they were cautious that there were many people on the other side, so they didn't dare to stand up, and some people simply felt that they were willing to gamble and lose, and they didn't speak.

"The old man is pitiful, so you can return the money to others. Xu Taiping pushed away the crowd, walked to the old man's side, and said while helping the old man up.

The operator didn't pay attention to Xu Taiping, he began to pack up the things on the ground, today he has earned more than 20,000 yuan, and he can still have several thousand yuan with his accomplices, which is enough to spend a while, so he plans to run away.

"Old man, you get up first, and I'll try to win you back your money. Xu Taiping said to the crying old man.

"Really?" The old man grabbed Xu Taiping's hand as if he were grasping a life-saving straw.

"Of course. Xu Taiping smiled and said, "But after I win the money back, you can't use it to gamble anymore, first take care of your granddaughter's illness." ”

"As long as you can help me get the money back, I will definitely promise not to be greedy again!" the old man said excitedly.

"That's okay!" Xu Taiping nodded, then looked at the person opposite, and said, "Come on, how about playing two?" I'm confident that my eyes are still pretty good. ”

"Do you want to play too?" the man looked at Xu Taiping playfully and said, "I can tell you first, if you are willing to gamble, you have to admit defeat, don't be like this old man who can't afford to lose." ”

"How can that be!" Xu Taiping shook his head, then took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, put them on the ground, and said, "There are 10,000 yuan here, let's play it once, if you lose, you will give me 10,000 if you win." ”

"Well, that's what you said!" the man smiled, put things back in place, and began fiddling with the ball.

Xu Taiping saw him stuff the ball into the bowl on the right.

"Right. Xu Taiping pressed the money into the bowl on the right and said, "It's here." ”

"I'm not on the right side, I'm going to open it!" said the man, reaching out to open the bowl.

At this moment, Xu Taiping suddenly stretched out his hand one step ahead of him and opened the bowl directly.

"Haha, it's really here!" Xu Taiping smiled and pointed to the red ball under the bowl and said, "I'm right!"

"How the hell can you touch my bowl, I can only touch this bowl!" the man shouted angrily.

"You didn't say it either!" Xu Taiping shrugged helplessly and said, "You didn't tell me in advance, and this thing has already been decided if it's not in it, so it's no different from you if I open it, right?" 10,000 yuan, give it to me." ”

"It doesn't count, I'll have to open it!" the man said.

"Why do you have to open it? Is it possible to fake it if you open it?" asked Xu Taiping.

"That's impossible, I've been walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, and I rely on integrity!" the man shook his head.

"Then why do you have to open it, not someone else? I really don't understand!" Xu Taiping said.

"It's the rules of the game!!" the man said.

"But you didn't tell me. Xu Taiping shrugged his shoulders and said, "Now that the bowl is open, there is a ball in it, you give money!"

"It doesn't count!"

"Are you going to cheat?" Xu Taiping stared at the other party and said, "If you want to cheat, you can just say it, there are so many pairs of eyes here, you can't talk about cheating!"

"You!!" The man frowned, glanced at a few accomplices standing around Xu Taiping, and just wanted to say that they should do something, but Xu Taiping said, "You give me 10,000 yuan first, and I will press it again, and let you open it this time!"

"That's what you said!" The man sneered, threw the 10,000 yuan he won from the old man to Xu Taiping, and said, "Come, you continue to press, I want to see if you can be so lucky!

"You continue!" Xu Taiping took the two stacks of banknotes in his hand and said, "It just so happens that Lao Tzu also has a nickname in the rivers and lakes, called Squinting Eye Tony Damu." ”