Chapter 8 Fat Heads and Big Ears and Crickets
The noisy street is crowded with people. Unloading the heat of the day, the streets at night exude a hint of coolness, and the weeping willows by the lake support the wind, making people feel a little cool in the scorching heat. Of course, it would be better if you could wear short-sleeved shorts.
"Hey, I said all the time, do you know what you were talking about just now, supervising the epidemic? Do you know that because of the epidemic in the south, two governors of Zhili have died, and you still hit the muzzle of the gun yourself? ”
On the street, a woman dressed in red walked leisurely in front, grabbed an apple from a fruit stall in her hand, rubbed it on her clothes casually, and took a big bite.
Behind her, a woman in green clothes shouted loudly, the corners of her mouth pursed high and her loud voice showed her dissatisfaction with Liang Mantian.
"Okay, I said Chu Ruixue, can't you see it? Just now in the south study, Liang Manyou obviously pushed the southern epidemic on me, and the empress has been worried about it before, Liang Manyou has just returned from the northwest disaster relief, and the second imperial sister has accompanied the imperial grandmother to pray in Xishan and has not come back, who else can afford to travel on behalf of me? Can I get out of the way? ”
Liang Mantian casually threw the half-eaten apple to Chu Ruixue. Chu Ruixue didn't dislike it, she picked it up casually and put it in her mouth and took a bite, and then spit it out with a disgusted face.
"Hey, why is this apple so sour?"
"Hahaha, the sour point is good, invigorate blood and eliminate blood stasis."
Liang Mantian patted Chu Ruixue's shoulder, and saw that the restaurant in front of him was crowded and very lively, so he suddenly had a lot of fun and was ready to take a look.
"Hey, Mantian, you wait for me~"
Chu Ruixue threw the apple that had only been bitten twice to the side of the road, and quickly followed Liang Mantian. Chu Ruixue, the only daughter of the frontier official Chu Wei, can be regarded as the queen of the gate. He has followed Chuwei on the battlefield several times, has a straightforward personality, and is Liang Mantian's confidant and friend, a friend who has grown up together since childhood. Of course, these are the memories of the original owner Liang Mantian, what is the truth, Liang Mantian is ready to verify it by himself.
"Come on, come on, buy and leave~"
As soon as Liang Mantian walked in, there was a strong smell of sweat, the casino was crowded, there were men and women, everyone seemed to be very excited, but this casino was not the same as Liang Mantian originally imagined in his mind.
"Hey, you have Hot Wheels under your feet, running so fast!"
Chu Ruixue hooked Liang Mantian's shoulder a little unhappily, and the action seemed to be done in one go, without the slightest sense of disobedience.
"Hey, what's that?"
In Liang Mantian's cognition, shouldn't the ancient casino have a big table with a big table written on it? Why does this casino put so much grass on the table?
"Cricket, this is the Cricket Club."
Chu Ruixue threw a big white eye at Liang Mantian, as if asking in that look, don't you be a fool, you don't even know this?
"Crickets? Fighting crickets, it's a little interesting~"
When Liang Mantian heard this, she became interested, about the cricket club, she had seen it in the book before. Generally speaking, crickets are also divided into green-backed, silver-backed, gold-backed several grades, the higher the level, the stronger the combat effectiveness, the former famous traitor Jia Yidao loved to fight crickets, and even raised a group of people to catch crickets all over the mountains and fields.
"Huh? It looks like a fierce gamble. ”
Liang Mantian looked at the bets on the table, it was simply the east wind overpowering the west wind, one cricket was thin and small, not very favored at all, and the other cricket, like the pride of the sky, tilted his head up, standing with two long tentacles, looking proud.
"What, you want to bet? Obviously, with that victorious general, you look at the other one, it looks malnourished. ”
Chu Ruixue glanced at Liang Mantian, and took out a gold ingot from her arms, and made a gesture to bet on the gambling table, but was stopped by Liang Mantian.
"Hey, how can it be done, I see, this one is very likely to be the latecomer."
Liang Mantian looked at Chu Ruixue's nouveau riche face, he really wanted to cry without tears, it seems that the original owner Liang Mantian's evaluation of her did not wronged her at all, and what he said was that she was right.
Liang Mantian asked Chu Ruixue to take the gold ingots back, and pressed a few pieces of broken silver with his backhand.
Sure enough, after the game began, the victorious general, who had looked very energetic, suddenly turned over, and was crushed by the sick opponent, and he was bitten off in a few strokes, and those who made heavy bets all looked embarrassed, and they lost their fortunes.
"Ah~ Won! Okay, Liang Mantian, I didn't even know what a cricket would be just now, why is it so fast now? ”
Chu Ruixue laughed and went to the gambling table to get the silver she won, but Liang Mantian stood behind with his arms crossed, unable to laugh at all.
What kind of crickets, this is a black casino!
Just now, Liang Mantian felt that this huge betting gap was too exaggerated, and it wasn't until she saw a fat-headed and big-eared rich businessman giving a thin young man a look that he understood that this was obviously a gambling game set up by the casino owner.
Deliberately put two crickets with a big difference in strength together, so that a discerning person can guess the winner at a glance, and then sit in the village and bet on the skinny one to win, and finally have a big full to eat. As for how they operate, in comparison, the thick grass on the table is where they start, after all, no matter how strong the crickets are, in front of people, they are also like small ants.
"Lucky, take the money, let's go, the air here is really not good!"
Liang Mantian's original good mood to see the excitement was completely destroyed by this black casino, and the reason why she could see it at a glance was because she was a lawyer in her previous life, and the things and tragedies of these casinos. She's seen too much, and she's quite too much. Originally, she thought that this folk gambling game was just playing, but now it seems that as long as there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
"Two distinguished guests, please stay!"
Who would have thought, as soon as Liang Mantian and Chu Ruixue turned around, they were stopped by the fat-headed and big-eared rich businessman just now.
"What, what's the matter with you?"
Although Chu Ruixue's personality is relatively straightforward, but her straight personality does not mean that she is stupid, this back and forth, she also felt that there was something wrong, so she easily protected Liang Mantian behind her.
"Ah, don't get me wrong, I just want to invite you two upstairs for a cup of tea."
The fat head and big ears said with a sincere face, but it seems that Chu Ruixue is a little presumptuous villain.
"No need!"
Liang Mantian sneered at the corner of his mouth, he didn't pay attention to the fat head and big ears at all, just patted Chu Ruixue's shoulder, turned around and walked out.