After being reborn, Li Yuan has been thinking about a question.

Should we pull my gambling father out of the quagmire, or drive him away from my mother completely?

……

This question is difficult to answer.

He knew that Li Zhenhai had a very pitiful life later, his son was hostile to him, relatives and friends did not want to see him, if it wasn't for Li Xiulan to be by his side from beginning to end, there would not even be anyone to talk to.

But there is something hateful about the poor. Li Zhenhai's tragedy stems from his character, he is free and righteous on the surface, but in fact he is selfish. Even if he quit gambling, will Li Xiulan be happy?

The answer is no.

The biggest contradiction between parents is their character, their values, and their attitude towards life.

One wants to get something for nothing, one wants to get rich through hard work, one wants to climb to the sky one step, and the other wants to be down-to-earth.

How can two people be in tune with each other?

In fact, Li Zhenhai did stop gambling later, but he was obsessed with buying lottery tickets, and his essence was still gambling.

He gambled all his life, always delusional to turn over and raise his eyebrows, until he got older, his dream was finally shattered, and he lost his life.

Li Yuan thought that he also had the idea of making a fortune by lottery, and smiled self-deprecatingly, how much better could he be than Li Zhenhai in his last life?

After thinking about it, Li Yuan felt that it was better to break up the two, and it was a big deal to make up for it later. Otherwise, with his thin water inlet pipe, he really can't catch up with Li Zhenhai's pumping speed.

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There are many gamblers in the four departments, each with its own circle, and each circle has a fixed and unfixed gambling den, either in someone's house or in a certain corner of the factory.

Li Zhenhai does not have a high level of education, he is very angry, he likes to joke indiscriminately, and he often offends people because of his nonsense; on the other hand, he has the character of "only allowing himself to be the first year of junior high school, and not allowing others to be the fifteenth year." If anyone in turn hurts him twice, he can turn his face and fight on the spot.

Because of his unpleasant speech and short temper, there are very few people willing to play cards with him. Li Yuan suspected that those who accepted him were not because they had a similar temper, but because they liked him to be stupid.

Yes, Li Zhenhai is a real person, which is probably one of the few advantages in his character.

Real people really shouldn't gamble, everyone understands the truth, only real people don't understand.

……

Li Zhenhai does not have many players, and Gu Lianghe is one of them.

Gu Lianghe is as addicted to gambling as Li Zhenhai, but his luck is a little better, there is a fierce Hedong lion at home, and his father-in-law is the leader of the factory, so he also plays cards, and his family background is not declining.

As long as you find Guliang River, you can find Li Zhenhai.

……

Li Yuan remembered which district Gulianghe's house was in, but he forgot which household.

He stood downstairs at Gu Lianghe's house, remembering that he was still carrying a kitchen knife in his hand, for fear of scaring people, he picked up two fairly clean newspapers from the garbage bin at the door of the building, wrapped the kitchen knife, took a few steps back, and shouted upstairs: "Gu Long!"

Gu Long is the son of Gu Lianghe, with the same name as the famous martial arts master, his name is very domineering, but he is a stupid little fat man.

Gu Long is two years older than Li Yuan, his brain is very stupid, he has left a grade in elementary and junior high school, and is now in the third year of junior high school like Li Yuan.

Li Yuan had never dealt with him in junior high school in his previous life, but after he went to high school, the two became classmates for a year and became familiar with him.

……

Li Yuan shouted a few times, the window of a house on the third floor opened, and Gu Long's round head poked out of the window, and he asked while looking, "Who?"

"I, Class 8 Li Yuan. ”

Li Yuan didn't care if he recognized himself or not, and beckoned to him, "You come down, I'll ask you something!"

Li Yuan's tone was very unpolite, but he knew that the more unkind you were to an honest person, the more polite he would be to you.

……

Gu Long really knew Li Yuan, to be precise, he just met this afternoon. There was a person named Li Yuan in class eight who scolded the head teacher and didn't do anything, and this matter spread throughout the third year of junior high school.

Gu Long didn't know what was going on with this master, so he hurriedly put on his shoes and ran down.

"Brother, what's the matter with me?"

Gu Long looked flattering, and he didn't think it was wrong to call this classmate two years younger than him brother.

"I'm looking for you to be fine, I'm looking for your dad. Li Yuan squinted at him, his eyes leaking a fierce light.

"Do you know where your dad is?"

Gu Long was stared at by Li Yuan. He had a problem, and as soon as he was nervous, his mouth became stammering: "Know, know." In, in the tube, in the tube, in the tube, in the tube, in the back, in the back, flat, flat, flat......"

Li Yuan didn't wait for him to finish, turned around and left.

Gu Long really knew where his father was.

His father always gave him pocket money, let him act as an eyeliner, monitor the dynamics of the Hedong Lion at home, and decide whether to ventilate or report according to the severity of the situation.

Of course, if the lion is in too good or too bad mood, he doesn't mind selling him.

This is all what Gu Long told Li Yuan personally after he went to high school, and sure enough, the fat man who looks harmless to humans and animals on the surface is the most suitable for being a second or fifth boy.

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The bungalow behind the pipe station, Li Yuan remembers this place.

When he was in elementary school, Li Xiulan once asked him to come over and call Li Zhenhai home for dinner, but Li Yuan hesitated outside for a long time out of fear and didn't dare to go in.

Now that I think about it, if he had been brave at that time and had been a good lubricant between his parents, maybe the relationship between his parents would not have been so broken.

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The pipe station is a factory that produces steel and cement pipes required in the process of oil extraction and transportation.

In recent years, the oil resources in Yingzhou have been gradually exhausted, the infrastructure has been basically completed, the efficiency of the pipe station has become worse and worse, and the situation of not starting construction for several months has occurred from time to time.

In these years, the oil workers generally have a low level of education and have nothing to do at work, most of the women play sweaters, and most of the men play poker.

To play a sweater, you have to buy your own needlework and thread, and play poker - the most indispensable benefit of the unit is playing cards.

Playing cards do not need money, you can play if you want to play, and then get a new one when you break it, four up and down from old to young, only no hand, no will not play cards.

Women play cards for fun, men are competitive, and they can't show their ability just by playing cards, so they start gambling money.

To sum it up: poker doesn't cost money, playing poker costs money.

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The yard behind the pipe station is overgrown with weeds, and rusty iron pipes lie in ambush in the grass, and it is easy to trip over if you are not careful.

At the end of the yard, there is a row of dilapidated bungalows close to the fence, which was built as a dormitory when the factory was first built, and then the factory workers moved into the residential building, and this place was abandoned.

It was forgotten for a long time, and it was not until the gamblers discovered that it came back to life.

This is a natural "casino".

In front of the yard, the field of vision is wide and has a certain strategic depth, even if the police station carries out a surprise attack, you can see it from a distance through the window, there is an ambush in front of the "tripping horse", and outside the back wall is an endless cornfield, the front can block the enemy in a hundred meters, and the rear can retreat to a thousand miles, which is really a blessed land.

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In fact, in addition to the anti-gambling special operation deployed by the higher-level departments, the police at the police station knew that there were people gambling here, but most of them turned a blind eye and would not come over. In the place where the four palms are big, the interpersonal relationships are complicated, who is disturbing the situation, and when you meet them on the road, you don't look good on your face.

Moreover, although everyone shouts that gambling is harmful these days, few people really take this sentence seriously. What more people are thinking in their hearts is, what you love and I want is not murder and arson, as for the upper platform?

The attitude of the people at the police station who do not hold officials accountable has objectively connived at and encouraged the unhealthy trend of gambling.

However, it is almost out of breath, and in a few years, when the money becomes less and less valuable, no one wants to play with money.

When you're done with money, you're done!

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Li Yuan looked through the gray window of the bungalow, from left to right, and there were seven or eight people in more than ten rooms.

Standing outside, you can smell, hear, or see the pungent smell of smoke, the shouting of shouts, and the faces that are either red or pale as paper.

The people inside were immersed in their own world, and no one noticed Li Yuan, or noticed him, but they didn't think that a half-sized man was worth noting.

Li Yuan was unlucky, and he didn't see Li Zhenhai until he saw the last room.

Li Yuan stood outside the door, took a big sip of vinegar, his eyebrows and eyes wrinkled, stretched out again, let out a long breath, threw the vinegar bottle on the ground, held the kitchen knife in his right hand, leaned forward, and kicked the door violently.

"Boom!"

The wooden door nailed to the iron sheet slammed against the wall with a loud bang, then quickly bounced back and shook a few times before stopping.

The noise in the room stopped abruptly, and only the rusty doorway still moaned harshly.

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The sudden noise startled the people in the room, and they all looked at the door, only to see a thin figure walking in with a kitchen knife.

The light bulb hanging from the roof of the house flickered, and even when it was on, it was much darker than the outside.

The darker the room, the brighter the blade became, and the four men who were squatting or sitting all subconsciously leaned back, feeling cold on their necks.

"Heh, what about playing?"

The uninvited guest laughed lightly, and there was a youthful clarity and clarity in his voice.

"Where did you come from, little Wang Balamb!" a man with instant noodles was the first to react, stood up suddenly, and scolded when he opened his mouth.

"Li Yuan?" Li Zhenhai listened to his voice like his own son, and if he looked closely, it was not Li Yuan.

"Brother Hai, who is he?" asked Instant Noodle Head.

"My son, Li Yuan. Li Zhenhai explained, and scolded Li Yuan: "What are you doing here?"

"I'll come and take a look. ”

"Get out! Who told you to come over! Go back!" Li Zhenhai's voice was muffled and fierce. This is not the sound of the vocal cords and the tongue cooperating, but the sound of the air in the lungs being squeezed directly down the throat, two words and one word, heavy in front and light in the back, like nails, and like an airplane flying over the top of the head against the scalp, making people numb.

This kind of roaring method is very capable of taking the lead in snatching people, and when you encounter a timid person, you can even roar away your soul.

Li Yuan's knees were a little cold, this was not caused by psychological fear, but a natural physiological reaction of this body. It is the restraint and restraint between species, hidden in the deepest depths of genes.