In the dream-

The ragged Nishino asked for a sign at the Big Buddha Temple in Guangzhou, and the senior monks of the Big Buddha Temple were opposite.

The monk asked: "A fishing rod and 500 catties of fish, which one do you choose?" “

Nishino didn't even think about it: "I want 500 catties of fish!" ”

The monk shook his head and smiled: "The donor is superficial, the fish is gone after eating, and the fishing rod can catch a lot of fish." Do you understand that? ”

Nishino grinned: "You know an egg, 500 catties of fish are sold." 5 yuan a pound a total of 2,500 yuan, 100 yuan a fishing rod, buy 10 with 1,000 yuan, and then take 1,000 yuan to ask 10 people to help me fish, and 500 yuan can call a few friends to fly (also called shortage, four people play the card, 17 dealers). ”

"While releasing the fish, I watched over the fishermen, and then sold the fish I caught. Fish are caught, entertainment is entertained, and money is earned. ”

Monk: "Where are you a pilgrim?" ”

Nishino: "S City." ”

High monk: "Amitabha...... The poor monk doesn't want to talk to you people in S City! The salary income ranks first from the bottom in various cities in the country, and he has a lot of money, many halls, and he smokes the king of hibiscus all day long! ”

Nishino threw the sign to the ground: "What's wrong with the Hibiscus King, you are jealous, old monk!" ”

The senior monk took the case: "Send off the guest-"

Xiye didn't go out of the Big Buddha Temple without looking back, and the old monk chased him out: "Donor, you haven't given the incense money yet-"

In a daze, an unkempt beggar stood in front of him with a wooden stick and a stainless steel bowl in his hand, and poked Nishino with a stick: "Little brother, give me some money, I haven't eaten for a day......"

Nishino got up, rubbed his eyes, and took a closer look, the beggar in front of him was about the same age as him, with sound limbs, tall and big, and he was very disgusted: "I'm poorer than you, you should give me a little!" ”

The beggar looked at Nishino up and down, left and right, for a long time, and then said, "Brother, how can you be poorer than me in a suit and leather shoes?" ”

"Are you annoyed, as soon as Lao Tzu arrived in Guangzhou, he met a thief when he landed, and there was nothing!" Nishino replied with a roar.

"Brother, at least you still have a clean and quiet dress. Better than me—"

"Strong yarn, your today is my tomorrow!" Nishino cried with a sad face.

"There will be gains and losses, and there will be gains and losses." The beggar said coldly.

"I've lost so much and gotten a fart! The thief who stole my box at the train station, I fucked his eighteenth generation aunt and grandmother! ”

"Brother, anger hurts the liver, and if you lose it, you lose it. There is no endless road! ”

"I'm going to kill myself—"

"Hey, the performance of a suicidal coward, I can't help it."

"Don't you want to hear why I'm a beggar?"

"No, no interest."

"Brother...... Yuexiu Park is my home, there are public toilets, very hygienic, there is water in the toilet, you can take a shower; You can sleep on a bench or chair at night, it's cool, there are no mosquitoes, and you don't have to worry about checking your temporary residence permit......"

"You tell me these things have an egg! I want money! ”

"The road of survival, the park is my home. Although I am a beggar, like you, when I left the Guangzhou railway station, I was not careless and lost everything. ”

After hearing this, Nishino jumped up from the chair and grabbed the beggar's dirty hand tightly: "Brother and brother, I finally met a person who is as stupid as me, and he is also a fallen person at the end of the world, so why should I have known each other when we meet." ”

The beggar couldn't cry or laugh: "Brother, I'm really hungry, and I begged for a day's money, but I didn't get a single piece." Or you-"

"Hey, in fact, I'm only a few dozen dollars. I'll give you 10 yuan, and I'll take it to buy an 8 yuan lunch box first. ”

The beggar waved his hand: "Don't do so much, the outside stall has 4 yuan, just give me 4 yuan." ”

"I don't have five yuan, so let's two, just bring me a boxed lunch and add a bottle of water."

The beggar collected the money, gently put the stainless steel rice bowl on the chair, threw the stick on the ground, and reported to the door: "Brother, my name is Hua Loubai." You wait here for me, don't go away, I'll be back in a minute. ”

"Flower Loubai? You have a good name, only one word different from the French short story master Flaubert, who gave you such a meaningful name? Nishino is a person who likes to associate with each other, and there is no difference between F and H in the pronunciation of "flower" and "fu" in the southern dialect, so it is not surprising that Hua Loubai and Flaubert are associated together.

"Is there a problem with my flower daddy's name?" Hua Loubai looked back, and Nishino was lying on the bench again, looking at the sky stupidly.

"Oh, no. Go ahead, there will be no lunch box when it's late. Nishino kicked off his shoes and stretched out his stinking feet.

"Then I'll go to the gear." Hua Loubai's dark face only showed two eyes, which was almost the same as Robinson on the desert island, and he saw his mouth open and open, "Brother, your feet stink......"

"No matter how stinky it is, it doesn't stink like you! Please go to the public toilet and wash your face. Your hands are too dirty, especially the sludge in your nails, and if you don't wash your hands, I'll be unappetizing with the lunch box you bought. Nishino straightened his proud "Jinlilai" tie and put on his leather shoes again.

"Wow, return the gold to the tie! You must have invested in a rich family in your life! Hua Loubai stretched out his black fingers to touch the tie.

"Don't touch it, your hands are too dirty." Nishino blocked Hua Loubai's black hand.

"If you don't let you touch it, you won't touch it, can't I wash my hands?" The huffing Hua Loubai withdrew his hand and went to the public toilet in the park.

"you, buy one yourself!" Nishino shouted at Hua Loubai's back.

Hua Loubai came out of the public toilet, did not return to the bench, and went directly out of the park, it seemed that he was a little angry.

After a while, Hua Loubai came back with a boxed lunch and water, still holding a thick stack of code newspapers in his hand, and shook it in front of Xiye's eyes: "Brother, do you want to take a look?" ”

"What horse newspaper? The Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre? "Although Nishino has been mixed in Baoding Middle School for a few years, he knows a little about the Jockey Club of Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"It's not that horse! It's a code word code, stupid. Hua Loubai couldn't cry or laugh.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Nishino has never been averse to new things.

"This code newspaper is a copy sent from Hong Kong,Buy code to put it bluntly, buy code is Mark Six. In Hong Kong, the code will pay taxes legally, and the mainland side is an underground Mark Six lottery that does not pay taxes, which is an illegal business and is severely cracked down. Hua Loubai spread out the code newspaper and began to pretend to study it.

"Do you understand? Flower Loubai. ”

"There's nothing I don't understand, my requirements are not high, I just hope that a special code is good, and solving the problem of eating is the last word."

"Special code?"

"Ugh. This code is the zodiac code, the reincarnation of the zodiac, there are flat codes, special codes. It is divided into three categories: red wave, green wave, and blue wave. Each zodiac has 4 numbers, a total of 48 numbers, plus the special code, there are 49 numbers. ”

"How do I place a bet?"

"In Hong Kong's legal Mark Six lottery, only in the second, fourth, sixth prize to play some role (must be selected at the same time other 5, 4, 3 flat codes), the first prize winner must choose 6 flat codes, there is no special code, in Hong Kong legal Mark Six lottery in the special code does not make much sense."

"And what else are you looking at?"

"You listen to me finish my story. In the illegal Mark Six lottery, most gamblers gamble on special codes and gamble the most crazy. The role of Tema in illegal Mark Six gambling is very important and extraordinary. As long as you select a special code, the odds are 1:40, you bet 1 yuan, and you will lose 40 yuan if you win. ”

"Did you go to junior high school?"

"I've been there, and I've also studied accounting. If the gambler bets 100 yuan to buy the special code, the dealer must pay 4100 yuan. Such high odds are quite tempting for bettors, with odds of up to 41 times once the buy is won. ”

"What if you don't get it? A gambler bets 100 times, each time choose a number, guess only twice, the probability of buying a special code is not high. ”

"I can list all 25 odd numbers one by one: 1, 3, 5, 7...... 47, 49, or change the name of the order, divide the 24 numbers into 2 parts, use different names, bet on the same dealer, buy 40 yuan for each number, a total of 40x25 = 1000 yuan.

If you guess correctly, you can win 40x41=1640, minus the 1000 invested, and make a net profit of 1640-1000=640. Haha-" The more Hua Loubai spoke, the more excited he became, and his spit was splashing.

"Haven't you thought about the consequences of not guessing?" Nishino looked at Hua Loubai with a serious face.

"Nope." Hua Loubai muttered.

"Then let me ask you, how many times have you bought a special code? How many times have you been hit? ”

"I don't have any money. All the money from picking up garbage went in......"

"How much did you lose in total?"

"I don't dare to bet too much, a few hundred......"

"You've picked up garbage, asked for food to get by, and you still have the heart to study the code, it seems that you are hopeless"

"Brother, I'm sure of it tonight, 8 tails, there will be 38!"

"The devil believes you—"

"I'm also sure that you're a dead 38!"

"Hey, brother, you will believe me once. Lend me $50, and if you win, I'll give you half of the money. ”

"Really?"

"Ugh."

"Are you sure you won't change it?"

"Ugh. Don't change it. ”

"I think you look like a grandson monkey, and there is a number 28 in the monkey, why don't you buy it?"

"A monkey brother just came out in the last issue, it won't be such a coincidence, even out of the 28th."

"Hua Loubai, if you come out with a special code of 28, I will break your legs and ask you to kneel on the ground and ask for food." Nishino reluctantly threw out 50 yuan.

"Okay, if you lose the bet this time, you and I can chop off your hands." Hua Loubai took the money and quickly walked out of Yuexiu Park.

After Hua Loubai left, Nishino continued to lie on the bench, looking at the people who came in and out, and his heart was very confused: There are only 32 yuan in his pocket, how will he spend tomorrow? Damn Hua Loubai, I'd rather you lose than you win. The 50 yuan can be enough for two people to eat a boxed lunch for two days. Hualou worship, Hualou worship, you are whimsical, you fall to the point of asking for food, you deserve it!

Nishino was bored, waiting for the greedy Hua Loubai to come back, and waited for more than three hours, but there was no trace of him. The lights in the park were faintly lit and began to be lively, and the men and women who passed by Nishino threw all the bottles of Jianlibao or mineral water near the bench where he slept, and people thought he was a real beggar.

He couldn't sleep anymore, so he got up a few times to refresh his muscles and bones, and paced up and down in the park: Could it be that guy Hua Loubai ran away? Look at him like that, he is quite honest and honest, not like a liar. Even if he takes 50 yuan, he won't be able to go to Singapore? So what are you going to do? Or did you go drinking alone in a stall?

The big clock in Yuexiu Park Square is time: nine o'clock in the evening -

Maybe it was too much of a coincidence, as soon as the sound of the time fell, Hua Loubai appeared, holding a woven bag in his hand, and found the bench where Nishino slept without saying a word, and sat there with a dull gaze, like a frosted eggplant.

Xiye went to the public toilet to take a shower and came out, and at a glance he saw Hua Loubai, who was addicted to special codes, languishing, and knew that he had lost again: "Hua Loubai, you are really capable, buy a code and report for most of the day!" But I was so anxious that I thought you had been taken away by the vigilantes! ”

"The vigilantes don't catch beggars." Hua Loubai replied weakly, sighing, "Ahh.....h

"I opened the code at half past eight, so why did you come back now?"

"There are many people who buy it, and the code is delayed."

"How many people have bought it?"