In the middle of the room was a large fan-topped table, covered with a green tablecloth, surrounded by a crowd of people with money in their hands. I've seen it in a movie in Hong Kong, these people should be gamblers, the eldest brother grabbed my sleeve, took out 200 yuan from his pocket and gave it to me, 50 yuan of bottom money, no limit to the number of doors, try your luck, it's 21 o'clock, I guess you will too, the eldest brother stuffed the money into my hand and said. I am no stranger to the way to play poker, my mother likes to play poker, every Chinese New Year, a table on the kang, a table underground, many people while playing cards, while smoking, making the room smoky. With the 200 yuan that my eldest brother gave me, I was reluctant to press it, this is my living expenses for half a month, not to mention that this is my eldest brother's money, my brother-in-law also took out a gong of money from his pocket, and took out two more to give it to me, I said I didn't ask for anything, quickly dodge. None of the gamblers around the table saw the three of us walk in, the table was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and the table could not be seen at all when standing outside, and many people standing in the back handed money to the person in front of them to help place bets. I suddenly thought of Li Tao, remembered the luxury he usually consumed, his money wouldn't be won here, right? I saw him get into the limousines with my own eyes, and I saw the limousines parked outside, and I stood on tiptoe and searched the crowd. I saw him at a glance, he was holding half a deck of pokers in his hand, he was dealing cards, every card that was dealt was on the money that was being placed, he was concentrating on dealing the cards, and he didn't see me, the eldest brother and brother-in-law pulled away the people who bet small and squeezed into the front row.

I remembered what I had seen in gambling movies made in Hong Kong, where the dealers were wearing white shirts and ties, and they were all called peace officials. I remember when I was in elementary school, I watched a gambling TV series at Mr. Song's house, called Invincible in the World, the male protagonist in it is called Shi Zhikang, his cool shuffling actions in the TV series, he can get any cards he wants, he can win whoever he wants, I compare Li Tao with Shi Zhikang, I can't imagine Li Tao as the king of gambling. But if you think about it carefully, you can't write the word bad guy on the door of the bad guy's head. If Li Tao has the word gambling king written on his head, then who would dare to play with him? And play 21 points also let him sit in the bank, the rule of 21 points is that if the number of points is the same, the dealer wins. I heard Loach say before, he heard Li Tao's junior high school classmates say that Li Tao's parents are ordinary workers in the tobacco factory, which must not be fake, just a county-level city has such a small population, but how to explain Li Tao's usual high consumption? . Could it be that this kid is really a gambling king, let whoever you want to win, but I saw Xiao Qi with my own eyes to pick him up with a convoy, but I was very polite to him.

I hold the 200 yuan that my eldest brother gave me in my hand, this is already the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is getting colder and colder, before the winter, if I can buy a leather jacket with a fur collar, it should be more than 300 to be able to buy, I have been fancy it for a long time, how can I bear the conditions not allow, Li Tao, this kid can do it? Do you have that ability, let whoever you want to win, I have a good relationship with him in the class, if I sit on it and press two, will he give me a big card?

I took out 150 yuan from my pocket, a total of 350 yuan squeezed to the front, standing on the edge of the table, I just squeezed to the front and looked up at Li Tao, we just looked at each other, I originally thought it was Li Tao, I would be surprised to see me, but I didn't expect his facial expression and eyes to change at all, and said to me with a smile: I've never seen you before, you are the first time to play, right? Generally, the first time you play is lucky, 50 yuan of money, bet a few to try your luck.

His first sentence said that he had never seen me, obviously because he didn't want others to know that we knew each other, and he also said that I would try my luck by pressing a few handfuls, and let it go, isn't it just this 350 yuan? Usually when I was at home, my mother and they played with a dollar of money. I took out 50 dollars and put it on the table, I was afraid that I was not as calm as Li Tao behaved, so I kept looking down at the table, did not look up at him, Li Tao began to deal cards, I finished in the second house, I picked up the card to see 17 points, this is over, the 50 yuan is a loss, get such a point, and then make up the card is not dare to make up, now 17 points and then a card, directly higher than 21 points The probability is very large, if you no longer want a card, 17 points, it must also be lost, I still have the remaining 300 dollars in my hand, which has already been lost, and I am still hesitant to continue playing, and if I do, whether to play 50 or 100 next time. After Li Tao finished dealing cards, he glanced at the points of his cards and asked if everyone had any cards to make? Then he picked up the cigarette case and lighter that were placed on the table, next to his card, he took a cigarette from the cigarette case, put it in his mouth, and lit it with a disposable lighter. He first put the cigarette case on the table, took the disposable lighter in his right hand and tapped it on the table 4 times in a row, and then put the disposable lighter horizontally on the table, and after doing these actions, he urged everyone to hurry up and look at the cards, and then he began to open the cards of our people one by one.

I peeked at Li Tao, he still didn't have any expression at all, I said in my heart Brother Tao, I have already lost 50 yuan, are you a god of gambling? Do you have that ability? Whoever you want to win can win, we have a good relationship at school, the Red Universe brand cigarettes in the store at the door, two cents a piece, I don't ask you to smoke it. Even if you can't tell me openly, at least you have to give me a look or a move to make me know whether to continue playing. I started thinking back to every action he'd done since we looked at each other, lighting a cigarette with a lighter, tapping the lighter on the table four times, then placing the lighter across the table, and so on, I seemed to have caught something, it couldn't be some Morse code for agents, right? Brother Tao, can you make something simple, brother, my IQ is not so high, I am in such a hurry! When did this kid play so deeply and play the Moss code? I felt wrong in my heart, if he really wanted to inform me, he would definitely do something I could understand, and he wouldn't tell me something as cumbersome as Morse code as I thought, he knew that I didn't understand this, and he did these actions in vain, I thought carefully about his actions. I suddenly had a flash of inspiration, four short and one long, this is indeed a kind of Morse cipher, but the simplest is the civilian public kind, we used to learn when we were in elementary school, the telegraph is transmitted in this way, if the disposable lighter, as a pen, then he just struck 4 times on the table, that is, 4 points, and then put the lighter horizontally on the table, it represents a line, exactly one, combined together, that is, 4 short and one long.

Good boy, play deep, I'm more sure this guy is the god of gambling, four short and one long is too easy to decipher, that means 3, I suppressed my happy mood, behaved very calmly, slapped the remaining 300 yuan in my hand on the table at once, and said to myself, I don't believe this is still losing, all on this is the last hand, win and lose and go, I deliberately said loudly to the people next to me, if this I really won 300 yuan I immediately took the money away, 300 yuan my leather jacket will come out.

When my eldest brother and brother-in-law saw that I had staked all the rest of the money, my brother-in-law stuck out his head and shouted at me: Okay, brother-in-law, just do it, and come to me to get it when you run out of money in a while.

Everyone put the money down, and Li Tao began to deal the next card again. To be honest, I don't know if my analysis is right, my heart is still jumping, if I think too much, people don't give me a code at all, in case I lose, the leather jacket not only did not win, but also lost one, this is called stealing chickens and rice. I slowly lifted the two playing cards that had just been dealt on the 300 yuan, and when I saw the points, I only felt that the hair on the back of my head stood up, 5 points, it seems that I really thought too much, he didn't send me a signal at all, if he really wanted me to win, shouldn't he let me get the Czech Republic? I'm holding these two cards of poker and don't know what to do? At this time, Li Tao said to me, brother, if the number of points is small, you can make up one, his sentence is very common, you may be able to say it to anyone, I instantly understood, he called me brother, and told me that I can make up one if I am small, he is hinting at me. Okay, bring me one, I said to Li Tao. Li Tao directly put a card in front of me, the card is visible to everyone, I just made up a 3. Then I said, Li Tao threw over a card, or 3, I originally had 5 points in my hand, and made up two threes, that is, 11 points, 21 points of the rules I understand, if you make up three cards, a total of 5 cards, the total number of points added up does not exceed 21 points, that is called five dragons, crops with double. Now I have 4 cards in my hand, and the total number of points is only 11 points, even if it is the last one, and then a 10, I will not lose, do I want more? Li Tao asked me. Before I could answer, a 10 fell in front of me. It's over, the total number of points must be exceeded, people next to me said, I showed the two cards in my hand, not exceeded, a total of 21 points, I said.

The eldest brother and brother-in-law jumped up excitedly, and then everyone next to them shouted. It turns out that they have a rule for playing 21 points, if you want to become a five little dragon, the total value of the 5 cards dealt is exactly 21 points, and the loss is tripled.