Chapter 151: Humans and 'Ghosts'
Hearing Chen Zhonghai's words, I couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from my forehead.
Fortunately, I didn't ask him much just now if those things were going to be given to me, in case I did, how embarrassing the picture would be, Chen Zhonghai thought I was trying to grab food from the mouths of the homeless man, where could I reason with me?
Thinking of this, I hurriedly changed the subject and asked, "What about the bad gamblers?" It's not easy to pass away with alcohol, right? Do you want to give them money to gamble? Or give them a deck of mahjong tiles? ”
Chen Zhonghai shook his head and said: "Drunkards and gamblers, in 'desire. The 'hope' aspect is actually two extremes, especially for those who have already mixed up to this point. The drunkard is good to dismiss, give him a bottle of wine, let him enjoy it, and he will happily promise you everything; The gambler is not, if you give the gambler ten dollars, he will want a hundred, give him a hundred, he will want a thousand... It's not about you, it's money, hehe, in short, the desire of a gambler. Wang is like a black hole that can never be filled, so I only asked Xiao Cai to prepare liquor and cooked food, which was enough to buy those drunkards; As for gamblers, sometimes, using fists is more effective than using money, because the more desired. The more respectful people are, the less grateful they are, and of course, those who don't know how to be grateful often don't hold grudges. 'Light hatred must be unkind'. But at the end of the day, man is a very complex and contradictory creature, and many of them are mixed up like this, they are both gamblers and drunkards, alas, people's hearts..."
Although I didn't dare to say that I understood 100%, Chen Zhonghai's words still made me feel quite reasonable, and at the same time, I also thought of the drunkard in my hometown and the rotten gambler in Wang Yang's family.
My heart swelled for a while, and I suddenly felt that this was not the place to be sad, so I said haha: "Haha, it's also funny, Brother Chen, why do you say people like to call these people 'ghosts'?" Drunkards, smokers, gamblers..."
Chen Zhonghai said: "There is an idiom called 'ghost obsessed with the mind', in fact, the word 'ghost' is the same word as the 'ghost' of gamblers and drunkards, 'ghosts are in people's hearts'." Besides, look at this, who would a normal person live in such a place? Only these people who are not ghosts and ghosts will live here, they have ghosts... There isn't much difference anymore. The three major karmic obstacles that Buddhists love to talk about people are 'greed, hatred, and ignorance', and these people who live as 'ghosts' are all guilty of the three precepts, and many of them have no relatives, no friends, and no identity, saying that they are not ghosts... What could it be? ”
A scream suddenly sounded in the depths of the ruins, and in this environment, if it weren't for the fact that there were so many people around, I guess I would have been scared away directly when I heard this sound.
"Looks like I've met a gambler, hehe."
Chen Zhonghai said nonchalantly.
The screams were also mixed with Cai Liang's scolding, and in this 'background music', Chen Zhonghai and I just chatted to pass the time, waiting for Xiao Cai and them to finish.
With the chat, I gradually felt that although Chen Zhonghai was in the business of fighting and killing, and opened a night club with no connotation and only pleasure, he himself was quite connotative, and it was by no means the deliberately subservient and elegant connotation of Zhu Bajie.
When chatting with him, he also explained many truths in simple terms, which was easy to understand, and did not make people feel like a 'big boss', nor did he feel that he was deliberately pretending.
After about half an hour, Cai Liang and the others finally came back.
They were followed by two ragged homeless men with mud and long, dirty hair.
One of the two men had a dull gaze, no look, and his clothes were stained with vomit of all kinds, and he could smell the smell of wine before he came close; The other looked evasive, and there seemed to be a hint of lewdness in his eyes, but there was a lot of fear.
"Boss, both of them claim to have seen this car driven into here before." Cai Liang said.
Chen Zhonghai nodded and didn't speak, Cai Liang didn't need his command, he took two steps forward and yelled at the two homeless men with great eyesight: "Tell me everything you know!" ”
The two homeless men were a little frightened and didn't dare to speak, Cai Liang kicked one of the homeless men in the stomach, directly kicked him to the ground, and scolded at the same time: "you. Uncle, didn't you two hear what you two said?! ”
Chen Zhonghai hurriedly said to stop: "Xiao Cai, don't be like this, don't make it look like we're bad guys, ask questions well." ”
Cai Liang hurriedly agreed, trotted a few steps to pull back the homeless man who was kicked over by him, and then shouted: "Hurry up!" ”
The bum, whose eyes were shining, rushed to say: "I said, I said, just seven or eight days ago, one night, in the middle of the night, before I was sleeping, this car drove in, you can also see, there is no car in this place, I thought it was strange, so I looked out of the window, and saw this car driving in with black headlights..."
The homeless man paused for a moment, and to be honest, I was a little surprised. But not for what he said, but for his accent.
This man's accent sounds like an authentic old Marina City native.
I thought that homeless people were wanderers from other places, so they were called 'homeless'.
Xiao Cai nodded and said, "Well, go on." ”
The homeless man continued, "Then I saw the driver get out of the car, but it was too dark for me to see what he looked like..."
Xiao Cai asked, "What are the characteristics of that person?" The homeless man rolled his eyes and replied, "Features... It's true, a few uncles are okay, I haven't eaten for a few days, can you reward me for eating? ”
Unexpectedly, he also submitted a change of conditions.
Xiao Cai glanced back at Chen Zhonghai with a little crying and laughing, Chen Zhonghai nodded, and Xiao Cai immediately took out a bag of bread and a big ham from the shopping bag carried by the younger brother on the side and handed them to the homeless man.
Unexpectedly, the homeless man not only didn't answer, but actually said: "What, a few masters, you give me some money and I'll buy it myself, don't worry about you..."
This time I couldn't laugh or cry, this is obviously a gambler, and it's a very desperate kind.
Xiao Cai was just about to have a seizure, Chen Zhonghai took a few steps forward, took out a bag of vacuum-packed roast chicken from his shopping bag, and took out a bottle of cheap liquor. As soon as he took out these two things, the dull-eyed homeless man's gaze was no longer dull, and even brighter than the eyes of the gambler homeless man.
Chen Zhonghai ignored the gambler, walked directly to another homeless man with food and drink, handed the things in his hand forward and asked, "What about you?" What do you see? ”
The homeless man didn't answer Chen Zhonghai's question, but first asked rhetorically: "This thing, this is for me?" ”
Also a local accent.