Lao Jiu is indeed a gangster.

As early as when he was a student, he began to mix on the streets, and he also had a group of brothers who mixed together.

Because he ranks ninth among the brothers, everyone calls him the ninth child.

mixed up, but few people know his real name.

But speaking of which, he and his brothers belong to the kind of people who have no future, except for fighting and showing off, they have not mixed up any economic benefits.

It's really not an option.

After mixing in their twenties, because of the pressure of starting a family, Lao Jiu and his brothers began to "retire".

Because he couldn't find a suitable job and liked to play billiards, Lao Jiu opened a billiards room in his shop on the street.

The billiards room is not large, and there are only 4 small tables in total for fancy billiards.

But business is not bad.

Because of its proximity to No. 1 Middle School, in addition to the unemployed young people in the vicinity who often play here, many students from No. 1 Middle School are also frequent visitors here.

Generally speaking, game halls, billiard rooms, and other places where unemployed young people are mixed, tend to be chaotic, and fights are common.

But Lao Jiu's billiard room doesn't have to worry about this problem.

Even if he retires, he is still well-known in this area, and he can still calm people, and basically no one dares to make trouble with him.

Therefore, after opening this billiard room, Lao Jiu's small life is still very nourishing.

Although the money is not much, it is enough to live a small life.

But things have changed a little.

Because Lao Jiu talked about a girlfriend.

After talking about his girlfriend, Lao Jiu found that the money was a little insufficient to spend.

What to do?

Lao Jiu is a thoughtful person, and he found that in terms of making money, the most profitable thing in his billiard room is naturally not to collect table fees, but to gamble.

Because his ball skills were not bad, Lao Jiu began to gamble with others.

The gambling is not big, a game of three or five yuan, a larger bet of ten yuan and eight yuan, is considered a small bet on pleasure, will not lead to major conflicts.

In this way, Lao Jiu found that his income had indeed increased significantly.

But it didn't last long.

The reason is simple.

Those who come here to play are often those old customers, after everyone is familiar with it, the technology is not as good as Lao Jiu, so they no longer bet with him, and Lao Jiu is not sure, he does not gamble with others.

Slowly, his income began to decrease again.

That's not what you want.

So what to do?

Lao Jiu began to learn to wear a cage, that is, a lower set.

When a newcomer comes to gamble with him, he no longer shows his true level, but gives people hope.

For example, after he wins two or three games, he will deliberately lose the previous game. When you win, you don't win too much, just win one or two goals.

In this way, the other party will feel that it is a matter of luck and will not admit defeat.

Li Jianming, a stunned man who refuses to admit defeat, is like this.

For those students in No. 1 Middle School, Lao Jiu is not afraid of them being in debt.

This is called running monks, and they can't run away from the temple.

In the vicinity of No. 1 Middle School, no one dared to owe him money and not pay it back.

Lao Jiu didn't expect that there would be people who dared to come to his store to find trouble.

For example, today.

Wu Xiaozheng took Li Jianming to Lao Jiu's shop.

Wu Xiaozheng is indeed not a stranger to Lao Jiu, and he has dealt with him several times in his previous life.

This origin comes from Li Xiangyi, that is, Brother Piao.

And the reason for this origin is very simple, because Lao Jiu also graduated from the cradle of gangsters No. 10 Middle School, and is only two years higher than Li Xiangyi.

Xiangshui is so big, and the senior brothers and students who have all mixed up on the street naturally have contacts, plus Li Xiangyi is also in the north of the city to help people watch the billiard room, and after coming and going, the relationship is familiar.

It's just that Wu Xiaozheng can't confirm that in this life, have Lao Jiu and Li Xiangyi established a deep friendship?

No matter what, Wu Xiaozheng decided to follow his own ideas.

He didn't rush to help the second dwarf find the field, but first asked for a table and played with the second dwarf.

It's been a long time since I've played billiards!

Wu Xiaozheng is actually no stranger to billiards.

In his previous life, Wu Xiao played billiards, and Lao Jiu also played the unofficial American fifteen-ball here, but he played more snooker, which became popular later.

Wu Xiaozheng remembered that snooker should have only become popular in the last two years, and it was only popular in big cities for the time being.

"Zhenghan, can you play? Do you want me to teach you well?"

As soon as he touched his beloved billiards, the second dwarf began to pull it up again.

Dare to gamble with a master like Lao Jiu, the second dwarf is still relatively confident in his skills.

In his impression, Wu Xiaozheng had never played billiards, so he immediately had the idea of being a good teacher.

"How do you play? Score or grab the black eight?"

Wu Xiaozheng ignored Li Jianming's drag.

He's here to help him find a place, and he doesn't have much time to spend here with him, and he'll have to take his sister home later.

And the reason why he is playing with the second dwarf now is to get familiar with the ball feeling, after all, he hasn't played for a long time.

In Xiangshui County, this kind of American billiards is popular in two ways.

The first is to grab the black eight.

The so-called grab the black eight, is the two sides of the ball through the kick-off first set a kind of ball (full color or suit), and then hit their own ball bag, after their own suit is played, you can play black eight, first hit the black eight down the bag or hit the black eight bag through their own ball to win.

As for scoring, it's a little more complicated.

Both sides of the confrontation start from the No. 1 ball, hit the target ball into the pocket, or through the target ball pass into the bag, the number of the ball is counted as many points, and finally through the accumulation of points to compare the winners and losers.

"Grab the black eight, you haven't played it, let's play the rules simpler first. Li Jianming continued to say confidently.

Next, he wanted to explain the rules to Wu Xiaozheng.

"Tee off, don't talk so much nonsense. ”

"Damn, I'm going to beat you to the point where you lose your temper. The second dwarf was furious.

He started teeing off.

Wu Xiaozheng saw that the two dwarfs used the most typical violent style of street billiards, and they used as much force as they could.

This is because I haven't played snooker.

Those who have played snooker know that different target balls use different strengths, and "just right" is the most clever way to play.

This is also the sadness of billiards in China.

In foreign countries, billiards is a gentleman's sport, but in China it has become a tool for street gangsters to gamble, which makes Chinese people for a long time, when it comes to playing billiards, even if they are professional players, they have a feeling of not doing their job.

Wu Xiaozheng basically knew it in his heart.

The purpose of his and Li Jianming's fight was just to familiarize himself with this non-standard billiard table.

After Li Jianming shot down two balls into the pocket, he walked up slowly.

At this time, Lao Jiu also came over.

There was a newcomer in the store, and he was a student who was relatively good at wearing cages, so he naturally had to come over and observe to see if there was any opportunity to make money.

It's good to come, Wu Xiaozheng can't wait for this.