Chapter 97: Buy and leave
The "peaked cap" was crouching on the ground, and a dirty white cloth was placed on the pavement in front of him. On top of the white cloth were three half-worn porcelain teacups, small teacups without handles.
I only heard the "cap" muttering: "Come on, come on, come down, make up your mind to leave, see it, see it! Hurry up, make money early, don't regret it! Horses have no night grass and no fat, people have no foreign wealth and no wealth, and they will earn more and ......."
The mouth of the "cap" seems to be chanting, sentence after sentence, without panting. It's also busy. I saw that he kept moving the three upside-down teacups on the white cloth, swapping their positions, and the technique was so fast that it was impossible to see clearly. As if enchanted, the three teacups dripped and swirled on the white cloth, making people dizzy.
"Stop!" as the Cap snapped off on his own, his hand quickly leaving the three teacups. Then he calmly looked up at the crowd around him, spread his right hand, said "please", and suddenly stopped talking.
Lin Xiaojin understood it at a glance. This is a traditional game of "dice". It is to cover one of the three teacups with one dice, and then move the three teacups so quickly that it is impossible to see where the teacup covering the dice has been moved. The person who bets thinks which teacup is covered with dice and puts the money in front of that teacup.
If you guess correctly, then the bet will be returned to you, and the dealer will pay you the same amount of money. If you bet wrong, your money goes to the dealer. Now, this "cap" is the so-called bookmaker, and he is attracting the surrounding spectators to place bets.
Lin Xiaojin understood, it turned out that the child who robbed the old woman's money came here to gamble after robbing the money.
Sure enough, five or six children couldn't resist the temptation of "caps" and began to bet, including the kid who grabbed the money. Most of them are one- or two-cent coins. There were also a few adults who placed a few dime notes.
When the "cap" saw the dime bill, he couldn't help but be secretly happy. However, he still looked indifferent, did not dare to show a smug look, and continued to shout: "Make up your mind to leave, make up your mind to leave! Is there anything else to go? Is there still a lot of chance, hurry up and get down!"
A few more people hesitantly put the cents or dimes in their hands in front of the teacups.
With Lin Xiaojin's IQ and experience of playing dice on the side of the road, Lin Xiaojin only glanced at it and deduced the following pieces of information:
1. The money staked on the white cloth is four corners and six cents;
Second, if the dice are under the first teacup, the dealer loses six points, earns four corners, and wins four points in total;
3. If the dice are under the second teacup, the dealer loses the triangle, wins a corner of six points, and loses a total of four points of a corner;
Fourth, if the dice are under the third teacup, the dealer loses a corner, wins three six points, and earns a total of two six points.
That is, if the dice are under the first teacup, then it is most beneficial for the "cap".
Lin Xiaojin thought of his "King of a Thousand Kings" skills at this time. The so-called "king of a thousand kings" means that when gambling, you can stop time.
So, he focused his mind a little, activated the time machine, and sure enough, time paused.
Lin Xiaojin calmly opened the teacups one by one. He thought that if the "cap" was out of a thousand, he would definitely put the dice under the first teacup. However, to his surprise, there were no dice under the three teacups. In other words, the dice are simply hidden by the "cap".
So, Lin Xiaojin stared at the sleeve of the "cap". He gently rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, and sure enough, there was a small inner pocket in the sleeve, and a dice was lying firmly in the pocket.
Lin Xiaojin completely understood - obviously, the "peaked cap" would put the dice under the teacup the moment it opened it. Whichever teacup is favorable to the "cap", the "cap" will place the dice under which teacup.
Lin Xiaojin didn't do anything, but let time resume and continued to watch quietly.
The result was that the dice were under the first teacup, and the "cap" won by four points. "Cap" concealed his joy, and said quietly: "Okay, continue to continue!" After speaking, his mouth began to chant again: "Hurry down, hurry down, buy and leave......" His hands were also busy, and another game began......
Lin Xiaojin continued to watch coldly. After six or seven rounds, he couldn't help but secretly sneer, because he quickly saw the cattiness inside. In every game, Lin Xiaojin was like the first game, and he calculated three possible outcomes at a glance. And the result of each game is the one that is most favorable to the "cap".
Lin Xiaojin thought to himself: This "cap" technique is too obvious, and there is no "decoration" for all kinds of people, this is simply a "natural" robbery! It seems that people in the 70s are really easy to deceive.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiaojin suddenly had an idea, and finally had a way to complete the task of earning a dollar. At this time, he saw that the little boy who was robbing the money was about to place a bet, so he quietly stepped forward and pulled the little boy into a small alley.
When the little boy saw it, he knew that Lin Xiaojin was the person who was chasing him from behind just now, so he was so frightened that he ran away. Helplessly, his arm was grabbed by Lin Xiaojin and he couldn't break free.
Seeing him struggling, Lin Xiaojin hurriedly raised his index finger, touched his lips, and made a "shhh" gesture to the little boy.
The little boy knew that he couldn't run, so he didn't struggle anymore.
Lin Xiaojin squatted down, took out the appearance of coaxing the child, and whispered to the little boy: "Don't be afraid, I won't arrest you." However, I want you to take me with me. ”
"Play, what?" asked the little boy, boldly.
Lin Xiaojin pointed to the crowd not far away with his hand and said, "It's just playing gambling money." ”
When it came to gambling money, the little boy thought that Lin Xiaojin had grabbed his handle again, and immediately said nervously: "Big brother, big brother, you spare me." I...... My mother knows...... Yes...... You're going to kill me!" After saying that, the little boy actually whimpered and cried.
While crying, he said, "Tomorrow...... Tomorrow the school has a sports day, and the teacher told us all to wear white sneakers. I...... My mother said that the family had no money and would not buy it for me. I...... I just wanted to earn my own money and buy myself a pair of white sneakers. ”
Lin Xiaojin was silent, and a feeling of pity swelled in his heart. His own family conditions are not good, and Wei Ruolan's family conditions are even worse. In the real world, the life of the poor can sometimes be hopeless.