Chapter 65: A Gambling Encounter
"Oh, there are so many people here,"
As soon as he walked out of the house, Zhao Yao was attracted by a large shopping mall two hundred meters in front of him, because it was almost the New Year, many people were buying New Year's goods, and this shopping mall is the largest and most affordable shopping mall within four or five kilometers nearby, so many people will choose to come here to buy things for the New Year.
After walking into the mall with the flow of people, feeling the warm air blowing from the central air conditioning in the mall, and then looking at the charming and bright smile of the salesman in the store, Zhao Yao really felt that the people who lived here were really good.
"Hey, sir, what kind of mobile phone do you need, we have a new product just produced by Nokia N82 here, with 4G expansion capacity, the camera has 5 million pixels, and there is also a Bluetooth function, do you want to take a look."
"Hehe, I'm sorry, this phone is too expensive, is there anything cheaper."
"Oh, wait a minute."
Zhao Yao just walked into the mall, and there was a big exhibition hall in front of him, where dozens of display cabinets were neatly arranged into a big hollow shape, and there were three or four people pointing at the mobile phone inside in front of each counter, curious, Zhao Yao raised his foot and walked over, just approached, he heard a salesman introducing a Nokia mobile phone to a young man wearing a suit and combing his hair separately, but after hearing the young man say that the price was expensive, there was no change in his face, Instead, he asked with a smile on his face
"Then I don't know what price point you want to buy, sir?"
"I want ......"
Walking through this counter, Zhao Yao walked to the next counter, looking at the tablets, flip covers, slide covers and other mobile phones of various brands placed in the counter, his heart was also a little itchy, but when he saw the prices on these things, he decisively chose to retreat, if it was before seeing his grandfather, Zhao Yao, who received the 200,000 yuan from Bai Guangwei's family, would definitely decisively choose a mobile phone for himself, but now, he can only think about it in his heart.
Because Zhao Yao was dressed plainly and had a rustic face, although Zhao Yao walked around the store for more than an hour, no salesman came to sell him anything.
After walking around the store, Zhao Yao found that the things here were good, and the variety was also very complete, but the price made Zhao Yao a little discouraged, for Zhao Yao, who had only a dozen yuan at most, although he now had 20,000 yuan, but the habit of picking the door engraved in his bones since he was a child still made him choose to only look at it and not buy it.
Coming out of the store and seeing that it was already past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Yao found a ramen restaurant nearby, drank a bowl of ramen, and then strolled along the road.
"Hey, pressed and pressed Ha, bet one to two, bet one to two, bet more to make a lot of money, and counted the money on the spot,"
"Hey, this, that's it, I'll bet two hundred!"
"I'll Bet a Hundred"
Just when Zhao Yao was walking on the road, at the mouth of the small alley more than 20 meters in front of him, there was a sudden noise, Chinese people have a good habit, that is, to watch the excitement, Zhao Yao walked in and took a look, seven or eight people were forming a circle, and in the middle of the circle was a thin-looking young man.
The young man squatted on the ground, holding a thick stack of banknotes in his hand, which was preliminarily estimated to be three or four thousand yuan, and in front of him was a boxy white cloth, on which were placed four ordinary small bowls for eating and a small black glass ball.
After the young man's hand stopped moving, the shouting people who stood around immediately stepped on the small bowl where they thought the ball was most likely to be, and then took out one or two hundred-dollar bills from their pockets and handed them to the young man, if he guessed correctly, then the young man would return the money he had just given him double, and if he guessed wrong, then sorry, the money belonged to him.
"Bet on the bet, bet on the ha, bet on the more to win Doha"
Zhao Yao watched for four or five minutes on the side, in his opinion, this kind of game is impossible to lose, because this young man's speed is not very fast, as long as he is not a fool, he will be able to guess, but what he didn't expect is that it is such a slow speed, there are still people who can guess wrong, and he also found an interesting thing, that is, if someone guesses the bowl and does not step on it with his foot, the young man will quickly take the ball in the small bowl and put it into another bowl at the moment you take the money. And some people seem to be waiting for this opportunity, once the young man finishes changing the ball, someone immediately steps on the bowl that just contains the ball with his foot, pays money, and wins.
People are born with a gambling nature, and our life is like a huge gamble, every time you are gambling, if you bet right, then you will soar, if you bet wrong, then you will be destitute, Zhao Yao, who watched for four or five minutes next to him, is now very itchy in his heart, because this kind of game is obviously a game of money, and it is a person who has a little greed in his heart to play, Zhao Yao is no exception, but because these people play relatively large, starting at 100 yuan, so although Zhao Yao wants to play very much, but he is still not willing, After doing a long day of ideological struggle, habit finally defeated nature, Zhao Yao slowly turned around and was about to leave.
"Hey, don't move, I'll bet this, I'll bet two hundred, hey, little brother, you help me step on it, and if you win, I'll give you a penny"
At the moment when Zhao Yao was about to leave, the middle-aged man who had been playing grabbed Zhao Yao's arm who was about to leave, and asked Zhao Yao to help him step on the small bowl he had just taken care of, so as to prevent the young man from replacing it, regardless of whether Zhao Yao agreed or not, he pulled Zhao Yao over, and Zhao Yao also took advantage of the situation to put his feet on the small bowl.
Immediately afterwards, the middle-aged man took out two hundred-yuan bills from his pocket and handed them to the young man, saying
"I'll bet this, two hundred, and, help me bring a hundred dollars to this young man,"
After the young man took the money handed over by everyone, the middle-aged man really won, and then the young man paid the middle-aged man four hundred yuan very happily, and then the middle-aged man said to the young man
"Hey, there's a hundred dollars for this little brother, you have to give it."
"Oh,"
After the young man agreed, he lowered his head and took out two hundred-yuan bills from his hands and prepared to hand them out, Zhao Yao saw that he could have two hundred yuan in the account just by helping to step on it, and the excitement in his eyes was overflowing, but just when he was about to reach out to pick up the two hundred-yuan bills handed over by the young man, the young man seemed to think of something, quickly took back the money in his hand, and said to the middle-aged man
"Hey, no, this little brother didn't give me money just now, so I can't compensate him unless he can come up with the money."
"Hey, I said why are you like this, you see that the young man is from the countryside, he looks down on people, right, I just said, help this little brother bring a hundred, why don't you give money now that we win, you can't look like this."
"Yes, you hurry up and lose money, hurry up and start the game, we're all waiting."
"Hey, no, no, we see that money counts, he doesn't have any money at all, just rely on your mouth and say, I'll give him money, why, no, no, no, unless he comes up with money, I won't give it to him."
Hearing the middle-aged man say this, and seeing that the young man was not ready to lose money, the others also followed, urging the young man to quickly pay Zhao Yao money, so as to start a new gambling game, but who knew that the young man just bit Zhao Yao to death and had no money on him, and said that he would not pay Zhao Yao anything, unless Zhao Yao could come up with money to prove that he had money on him
"Little brother, do you have any money on you, if you have money, you can take it out and let him see it, so that he can give you the two hundred yuan."
Hearing the middle-aged man and the people around him say this, and seeing the disbelieving look on the young man's face, Zhao Yao thought of the hundred yuan he could get by taking out the money, and couldn't help but reach out and take out a hundred-yuan bill from his jacket pocket, and at the moment when Zhao Yao took out the money, the surrounding crowd pushed and shoved, squeezing Zhao Yao's feet from the top of the small bowl, and Zhao Yao, who was bent on making money, didn't notice these at all.
But he didn't know that the moment his feet left the small bowl, the young man had already taken the ball out of which bowl, but Zhao Yao didn't notice all this, and thought that the ball was in the small bowl under his feet.
"Look, it's money, I've got it."
Zhao Yao took out the money, stretched out his hand and handed it to the young man, in his opinion, he took out the money just to let the young man know that he had money, and then he paid himself the two hundred yuan, but who knew that as soon as he handed over the money, the young man grabbed it in his hand quickly, and shouted in his mouth at the same time
"Buy and leave, open."
When he finished saying this, he stretched out his hand and opened the small bowl that Zhao Yao had been stepping on just now, and now the small ball had been replaced, so it was empty, and he said to Zhao Yao and everyone
"Your money is mine, it's the money you just won."
confiscated Zhao Yao's money, paid the money of the person who bet again, and the gambling game was as usual, in this way, Zhao Yao was completely stupid, he thought this was an opportunity to make money, but he was so stunned, and he lost a hundred yuan, how big the gap is before and after, but until this moment Zhao Yao didn't realize that this was completely a scam, and thought that he had just carelessly let the young man replace the ball in his bowl, after all, this kind of behavior of young people, he had seen it several times just now.