On April 12, 2002, at the Jirata Palace in Thailand, Princess Ubon Nara held a small birthday celebration at the Royal Palace.

There were not many guests at the birthday celebration, only about 20 people, half of whom were the princess's college classmates, and the remaining half were royal relatives and friends like Chen Lin who had a good personal relationship with the princess.

Chen Lin and several of the princess's roommates came in with a large cake one meter high with 22 candles on it.

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you" all the guests clapped their hands and sang the birthday song.

"The princess makes a wish first, and then blows out the candles." Chen Lin said with a smile.

Ubon Nara's face was filled with this happy smile, and she closed her eyes and silently made a wish.

"Princess, I don't know what wish you made, can you say it and share it with everyone?"

"I hope that my parents will be healthy, that my country will have smooth weather and that the people will live a healthy life."

After making a wish, Ubon Nara blew out 22 candles in one go, and almost at the same time everyone applauded enthusiastically, and the atmosphere of the birthday celebration reached its peak

The next day, early in the morning, a ray of sunlight shone on the window, and Chen Lin got up, dressed, washed, and ate breakfast.

At 8 o'clock, Princess Ubon Nara came, and this morning the princess acted as a guide to accompany him to the streets and alleys of Thailand.

Ubon Nara wears a school outfit and a peaked cap, and the princess is also a household name in Thailand, and she usually needs to make a simple disguise when she goes out.

Chen Lin and the princess did not take the car, but walked all the way, and several bodyguards were several meters away from the two of them, pretending to be passers-by to follow them.

Bangkok, like Guangzhou, has many urban villages, and the two turned into an urban village alley.

Only in the alleys of cities like this can you see many things with local ethnic characteristics, and Chen Lin asked about the new things he saw as he walked.

Chen Lin soon discovered that there were two Thai boxing gyms in this alley less than 2 kilometers long. What's interesting is that they're playing in the open air right outside.

The competition venue was simple, so a circle with a diameter of more than 10 meters was pulled with hemp rope, and two boxers competed in it, surrounded by a large number of people waving flags and shouting.

"Princess, are these boxers fighting on the streets?" Seeing this scene, Chen Lin asked curiously.

"Yes." "Muay Thai is very popular in our country, but it is no longer a simple boxing, but a kind of entertainment for the common people. You can see this kind of street boxing scene in many cities in Thailand, the more suburban it is, the more common it is in the alleys, and even more so if you go to the countryside. I went to China last year. Seeing many people in your country setting up a table to play mahjong on the streets, Muay Thai is as common in our country as playing mahjong. ”

Seeing that Chen Lin was interested in Muay Thai, Ubon Nara then introduced some knowledge of Muay Thai.

Learning Muay Thai is not difficult, and a person without any foundation will be able to get started with just a few days of practice. The basic moves of Muay Thai are very simple, but they are quite practical because they can be used to defeat the enemy. With just your elbows and knees, you can defeat your enemies in one clean move.

"Practicing Muay Thai is quite physically demanding, both to lose weight and to defend oneself. Kill two birds with one stone. Ubon Nara smiled: "Linzi, you might as well study, I can find a coach to teach you, and you can learn in 20 minutes." ”

"Really. Hurry up. Chen Lin nodded happily in agreement, but then frowned and said, "I heard that practicing Muay Thai is very hard, how can I hear you say this as if it's very simple." ”

"Hehe, I'm just talking about amateur practice. Hard elbows and knees are the foundation of Muay Thai's victory, and there are no shortcuts, only through day in and day out. Boring and tedious practice year after year. ”

"In the countryside of Thailand, children start practicing Muay Thai from a young age." Speaking of the children who started practicing boxing from an early age, Ubon Nara was a little proud and a little sighing, saying: "Some children practice boxing because they love sports, but most of them practice boxing for financial reasons.

"Muay Thai comes with money quickly, money comes easily. So many children will become professional boxers when they grow up, fighting for money. ”

"However, it is not so easy to eat by boxing. In addition to practicing boxing every day, you also have to practice beating repeatedly, because standing in the ring will inevitably be beaten, if you don't have a strong ability to resist blows, how can you knock down the opponent? ”

There is no need for Ubon Nara to go on, Chen Lin has experienced the difficulties of professional Muay Thai fighters from her simple words, the intensity of training, and some inevitable injuries, the vast majority of professional fighters are no longer suitable to compete by the age of 30.

Ubon Nara said that in Thailand there is a saying that "ten men, nine boxers" and that there are tens of thousands of registered professional boxers in the country. A boxer like this who is not registered on the street is even more like a carp crossing the river.

"Lin Zi, if you want to watch a professional boxing match, we can go to the professional boxing gym to watch it."

"No, I think this kind of street boxing is quite interesting, let's go see it."

Chen Lin walked towards the nearest street boxing ring as he spoke, and Ubon Nara followed with a slight smile.

Walking into the crowd of onlookers, it was good that the last game was over at this time, and everyone was waiting for the start of the next game.

Chen Lin looked around, this street boxing gym also provided some tea seats for those who were willing to spend money to sit, and even set up several rows of tables and chairs upstairs, Chen Lin and the princess picked a clean tea seat and sat down to enjoy the next match.

At this time, a waiter gave them a newspaper after adding tea, "&@#^@......" The waiter chattered and said a bunch of words that Chen Lin didn't understand, and then walked away.

"Princess, what is this for?" Chen Lin looked puzzled and held the newspaper, which was written in Thai, and he couldn't read a word.

"Here's the number and information of the fighters who participated in today's fight." Ubon Nala smiled: "These materials are all reference materials for betting, if you want to press who wins, you can bet before the game." ”

Isn't that just gambling? Chen Lin understood, and after looking at it again, the onlookers all had a copy of such information, and they placed bets when they were optimistic, and the boxing gym itself was specially responsible for registering gambling funds.

Now Chen Lin knows a little bit about what Muay Thai will integrate into the life and entertainment of Thai people, and this habit of gambling is probably also an important reason.

"Who's next?" Chen Lin asked curiously, he was going to take a small gamble.

Ubon Nara looked at the information and said: "The next two boxers, one is called Carbon and the other is called Brown Yilin. Both are 65kg boxers, this Carbron is an experienced boxer with more than 80 fights, and this Bronjlin has little information, he is a challenger. ”

"With such a little information, how many wins and losses have you not pressed the bet?"

"Hehe, that's it for street boxing, unlike how many fights a registered professional boxer has fought, how many victories and defeats, and even any nirvana are complete, but these street fights can't do this, just like this Brown Yilin who knows where he came from, and his strength is unknown."

"Maybe this Bronjlin is a master, maybe it's nothing, the strength is unknown, full of suspense, which is also the highlight of the street game."

"That makes sense." Chen Lin nodded in agreement.

At this time, two boxers appeared, both of the same height and weight, one named Carbon and the other named Brown Yrin.

When Chen Lin saw Brown Yilin, his eyes suddenly dilated, and his eyeballs almost protruded, and it took a full minute for the shocked look on his face to be put away, and he hurriedly ordered a bodyguard next to him: "Give me 50,000 baht, I bet on this Brown Yilin to win." ”

50,000 baht is equivalent to 10,000 yuan, which is a lot of money.

"Lin Zi, just take a small gamble, why are you pressing so much?"

"Hehe" Chen Lin smiled mysteriously: "I suddenly have a lot of confidence in this Brown Yilin, he will definitely win, and the princess will not press him if you don't." ”

"I bet 5,000 baht on Carblanc to win, this Brown Yilin information is unknown, I don't take risks."

"Hahaha, princess, if you don't listen to me, just wait to lose money."

"Giggles, the game hasn't started yet, is it too early to win or lose?" (To be continued......)