On this day, we came to the night market in high spirits, and now it is lively, with a full flow of people, busy traffic, and bright lights. The cries of various fruit vendors in the pen "Fun" www.biquge.info Pavilion came and went, and we just felt a little unbearable heat and dry mouth, so we waited in front of the fruit stall in front of a queue of people, ready to buy some melons and fruits to eat, only to hear one person in front of me happily say: "Boss, are you selling melons?"

The first time we heard such a term, it was like the second monk was confused, what they were talking about, we didn't understand anything, so we had to wait and see what happened.

The man said I want to buy apples, but I have to give it a try. The shopkeeper said, "Okay. Let's make a bet. I'll write a number here, you can guess, and give you three chances. If you guess right, you will give away ten catties for free, and if you guess wrong, you have to give me twenty cents, and I will only give you one pound of melons. The person in front of him pondered for a long time, hesitated for a long time and said okay, so he began to guess, "Is it five?" The shopkeeper shook his head and said regretfully, no. He guessed twice, but he didn't guess correctly, so he had to go back with a pound of melons in displeasure, and if he hadn't sold it, he could have bought more.

We understood, it turned out to be so meaningful, before rushing by, did not carefully understand the mystery, carefully asked a person next to the old man, only to know that in the Song Dynasty, these watermelons, melons, persimmons, loquat and other melons and fruits can be gambled to sell, the professional term is called "selling" or "Bo selling", but the Song Dynasty people more recognized the way to sell, mainly throwing copper coins, shaking lots, throwing darts these three. In these ways, you can buy fruit for very little money if you win, and get nothing but to pay the seller if you lose, or you can only buy something much more expensive than the market price. Unlike in our modern society, when we buy fruits, we pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and when the transaction ends, everyone is happy.

As soon as we heard this, we suddenly felt that it was full of fun, and it turned out that this fruit can be bought like this. We also decided to buy a watermelon with the boss, all blame for not paying attention to it before, it turns out that there is such a way to sell, it is really unheard of, unseen,

"This is a good idea, I like it the most, look at my-" Xiaofei said confidently, "Boss, I want to buy too." ”

The boss took a closer look at Xiao Fei and said slowly: "I see that you are not very old, so let's have a simple one-throw copper coin, this is very simple, is to take a copper coin and throw it on the ground, see which side of the copper coin is facing up, we now stipulate that the side with the word face up wins, if you throw the word face down, then you have to pay the seller, and at the same time you can't buy anything, willing to gamble and lose, child, do you think it's okay?"

Xiao Fei nodded without thinking, so he gently threw the coin into the air, everyone looked eagerly, and sighed in unison, hey, literally, Xiao Fei gave the money to the happy shopkeeper in annoyance.

Not to be outdone, I tried it impatiently, and I was actually lucky, literally face up, and I got a big watermelon with green skin and red soil.

We devoured watermelon and discussed: "It's unbelievable, you can even gamble on buying a fruit, it's really fun." It is estimated that the life of this Great Song Dynasty is monotonous, so this selling is everywhere. ”

After eating the watermelon, we decided to go shopping everywhere, only to see that the business of the casino is booming, this big Song can't help but Bo, all kinds of ** are surging, business is booming, these people are going on brightly**. The Song people love to gamble, this is not news, it may be related to the world and civilization, economic prosperity, and the people's worry-free food and clothing. But what is unexpected is that even women like it very much, and many brightly dressed Da Song beauties also joined in, having a lot of fun and smiling. I heard that if it is a few days of the first month, those ladies and famous women who live in seclusion will also show up one after another, which is really exciting. It is really "a pair of beauties who are idle, red-toothed carved horses to the plutonium, and jade plates and slender hands are sprinkled as Lu", which is simply a fragrant and glamorous visual feast. However, those who won returned with a full load, the spring breeze was proud, and those who lost were depressed and depressed.

With the development of the economy of the Great Song Dynasty, in order to meet the needs of people's spiritual life, all kinds of entertainment began to appear, in fact, ** has become a public industry in the Song Dynasty market, not only princes and nobles, bureaucrats and doctors gamble among them, "Song History, Kou Zhun Biography" recorded: "The blogger loses all the money, but all the money is out, and it is called a desperate bet." This is where the idiom is all or nothing. Even the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty often drove the luck in person and enjoyed with the people. "A kind of gambling similar to a coin toss" in the pond garden not only treasured utensils, but also "chariots, horses, houses, and kaki and dancing girls all pounced on them at a price".

However, the most popular gambling method among the people is "Guan Pu". Suitable for all ages, it is all the rage. The government of the Northern Song Dynasty conformed to the will of the people and ordered the three major festivals of New Year's Day, Winter Solstice, and Cold Food every year to indulge the people and care for the people. I heard them say that on the first day of the first lunar month, Kaifeng was released for three days, and it was very lively at that time. "All set up a color shed, laying out crown combs, pearls, heads, clothes, flowers, collar wipes, boots and shoes, play well, etc., all kinds of items can be turned off. "Ordinary people came one after another, and it was a lively scene.

Xiao Fei and I took a closer look, and those who gambled a lot of money were really "the eight-foot platform plate is new, and the spirit of a thousand gold is thrown; "But we came at will, the silver is not much, and during this time Xiaofei built a refrigerator and made a piano, the cost was not small, and I borrowed a lot of money, there was not much left, so I had to make a small bet, the so-called small gambling pleasure, big gambling hurts, and occasionally playing is not a plaything. However, it's best not to be known by the gang leader, he has repeatedly ordered and forbidden, but despite this, there are still many people who secretly come to play, and it is really prohibited, so the gang leader has to open his eyes and close his eyes. However, Xiao Fei was very lucky, he lost many times in a row, and he sighed, "If I had known, I would have brought the penetrating glasses in my house, and I would have won every battle, and I wouldn't be as unlucky as today." I smiled and said, "But what's the point, even if you win, it's not a victory, and it's not just a bright one." ”

I won a lot first, and then I lost all the money on my body, we had to "love proud, casino frustrated" to talk about **, but the actual situation should be the casino, love are frustrated, along the way by chance to meet some unclothed fleeing called Hanako, they projected the pitiful eyes of the aisle, helplessly looking at us. We dug into our pockets and wanted to get the money, but we were too shy to do so.

Just as the two of us were dejected and walking back empty-handed, I suddenly had an idea and said happily to Xiaofei: "By the way, why don't we just issue ** welfare tickets, anyway, the Song people are good at gambling, instead of gambling aimlessly, it is better to ask them to help more people in need with this money, which is more meaningful." ”

Xiao Fei shook his head and said: "Your idea is good, but this ** seems to be issued with a unified license from the state, and individual distribution is not allowed, otherwise it will be messed up, you say that we publish it privately like this, will we be arrested and put in prison?"

I smiled and said: "Boss,We are in the Great Song Dynasty,Now Fucai has not appeared,Anyway, there is no ban on personal issuance,And the earliest to the Southern Song Dynasty to appear,Or bet on who high school,And here is the poor countryside of Lizhou,The mountain is high and the emperor is far away,The emperor can't manage so far,Besides, we are a small-scale distribution,It should be okay,The most important thing is to help others,Let people also participate in it,Kill two birds with one stone,Right? We need to use this money to help those who have been displaced. Xiao Fei hurriedly agreed, probably remembering his life in ancient times, and the hard-working villagers who faced the loess, turned their backs to the sky, and had no food, and his parents and brothers in ancient times.

We immediately went back to print countless lottery tickets, fortunately the Song Dynasty already has printing, saved a lot of things, so it was done, and then we began to sell it in the bazaar, ** tickets are not expensive, just a penny a lottery ticket, but also a clear notice, first prize, two, Tokyo ten-day tour, second prize 5, a refrigerator, third prize 10, Louis Vuitton suitcase, and so on - but at first no one cared, after a while, a few people came to watch, some said: "What is this, welfare lottery?" Some said, "Isn't it a lie?" Is it possible for us to win the jackpot so little? Isn't it possible to go to Tokyo for three or five taels of silver?" and some said, "Are you little dolls talking and fooling us adults?"

Xiao Fei swore and said: "Please rest assured, in order to ensure transparency and openness, the names of all our winners are public, and the whereabouts of all the prizes will also be explained to everyone, and the rest of the money, we have set up a relief fund, which will be donated to those who need them." Those people just didn't say anything, just watched from afar, and no one came to buy, but fortunately I saw a familiar figure - Di Su, he walked over aimlessly, and when he saw us, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Is there really such a good thing, and a penny may go to Tokyo?" Di Su said happily, "This is a BMW, great, I won the jackpot, this kind of opportunity is really rare and unwanted, God bless me, my mother-in-law doesn't know how happy she is." He immediately rushed home with the heavy refrigerator on his back.

Others looked at him with envy and jealousy, for a while, opened the scene, countless people poured in, people who came to buy lottery tickets were endless, one passed ten, ten passed hundreds, and the people who came to buy were more crowded, although there were happy foaming at the mouth after winning the award, there were also angry, but everyone focused on participation, did not spend much, and personally supervised, all of them could not help but be convinced.

We took the money to help more toiling people, all the way, all the way to scatter money, like fairies scattering flowers, hearing the grateful voice of those suffering Song Dynasty people, I feel more comfortable than when I spend money like flowing water, I feel that the ancients said very reasonable-"If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are rich, you will help the world." ”

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