On the ninth day of the third month, early in the morning.

Early in the morning, in the corner of the market, I could already see a young man in a military coat wearing a pair of round ink, and he was familiar with the road to occupy a position.

However, most of the vendors around me have changed from fresh and curious at the beginning to now they are accustomed to it.

I don't know what the picture is, in the past half a month, not to mention business, there are only a handful of people who talk to him, but every day is on time, just here to guard, it is estimated that he is specially here to drink the northwest wind.

From time to time, some people also laugh and talk a few words, and they can talk a few words.

Little by little, time passed.

Gu Chaoyun had nothing to do, sitting in the corner and fiddling with his newly bought mobile phone, thinking about flipping through the recent current affairs.

The world, this is talking about two worlds, most of the people in the rivers and lakes abide by the old rules, and the things they do may not be well known to ordinary people. Interlacing is like a mountain, and today's rapid development of technology is the same for those old rivers and lakes, their eyes are black, and they don't know what they are talking about.

Don't believe it, when the old man was alive, holding a mobile phone was like holding a brick, no matter how he taught him, he couldn't use it, but he used it a few times.

By the way, this thing was called Big Brother back then.

I don't know how long it has been.

Gu Chaoyun was looking down, the light on the screen suddenly dimmed, he subconsciously raised his head, and there was a happy fat man standing in front of him, in his early thirties, with a round head and a round head, a beer belly, and a layer of folds on his chin. Thanks to the good looks, thick eyebrows and big eyes, don't say it, it's not very annoying to look at.

This man made a generous move, and before he said anything, he put down two large bills first.

"Little sir, look at me, can you calculate my recent fortune?"

Seeing that the business came, Gu Chaoyun suddenly had a spirit, narrowed his eyes and looked at it carefully, his eyes only wandered back and forth on the other party, and he already had a little bottom in his heart.

The other party is wearing a set of professional work clothes, don't look at the suit shirt, but the material is cheap, and there are some oil stains on the cuffs, at a glance, you can know that it is not a person who mixes with the upper class, plus this beer belly, it is probably a middle and lower position, and you need to often push the glass on the wine table to change the lamp.

But Gu Chaoyun's next words made the fat man's smile stiffen, "In less than ten days, eldest brother, I am afraid that you will have to go bankrupt and your wife will be separated." ”

The fat man's round face trembled, and he opened his mouth to scold, "Let go of your mother's fart, believe in your evil, I really don't feel happy with myself." ”

But Gu Chaoyun didn't intend to let him go, and he turned a deaf ear to the scolding, but just greeted him lightly: "I took you two hundred yuan, I will always be here these days, but if I guess it, come to me." ”

The fat man glanced back angrily, still scolding in his mouth, and it seemed that he didn't take it to heart at all.

As if just to wait for such a person, Gu Chaoyun saw that the fat man was gone, and he actually closed the stall and left.

The days went on as usual, but only three days passed, and on the morning of the fourth day, Gu Chaoyun came to the stall as usual, and saw the fat man in the corner shrunk in the corner, wearing the clothes of that day, but the clothes were not neat, unkempt, a face was shiny, and his beard was unkempt, like a bum.

Looking at this, I think I was here last night.

Gu Chaoyun looked at the fat man's empty eyes, raised his foot and kicked it, and asked, "How much did you lose?" ”

Seeing Gu Chaoyun, the fat man's eyes gradually regained a bit of brilliance, and he said in a hoarse voice: "It's all gone." ”

"Y-How do you know I'm going to lose?"

But he quickly came back to his senses and looked at Gu Chaoyun.

"Haven't you eaten yet? Let's put it another way. ”

Gu Chaoyun didn't explain much to him, bought some food at the vegetable market by the way, and led the fat man back to where he lived.

Waiting for Gu Chaoyun to fry a few side dishes, as soon as he sat down, the fat man knelt down at him, and pleaded with a handful of snot and tears: "Before, I had eyes and didn't know Mount Tai, you have a lot of them, help me." ”

Gu Chaoyun twisted his eyebrows, put down a bowl of rice in front of the fat man, and beckoned: "Eat first, let's talk while eating." ”

Gu Chaoyun saw the fat man wipe his tears and sit down, so he said softly: "We've met, maybe you haven't paid much attention, I heard them say that you have a sick wife, but I have seen your daughter." ”

The fat man looked up blankly, as if he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Gu Chaoyun said casually while eating: "In the past, you were picky when you bought vegetables, but seven days ago, you suddenly became generous, and then you had dark circles under your eyes, your face was full of oil, your eyes were bloodshot, and there was mud hidden in your right fingernails, so you played mahjong all night." ”

The fat man's action of picking up vegetables stiffened, and before he could speak, Gu Chaoyun continued: "Later, you have been smiling for a few days, the spring breeze is proud, and the vegetables you buy are not as light as usual, and you have a lot of fish and meat, I know that you have won a lot, and you regard yourself as a god of gambling." ”

Gu Chaoyun's words suddenly changed, "You didn't borrow money, did you?" ”

The fat man's lips trembled, he lowered his head when he heard this, and replied in a snort: "I borrowed it, the house has been mortgaged, and my wife's money for treatment and life-saving is gone." ”

As he spoke, he cried again.

Gu Chaoyun really didn't like a big man crying beforehand, so he frowned and said in a deep voice: "If you cry and cry again, it's better to go out and find a big river, jump down and drown." ”

The fat man stopped crying and whispered, "I can't die yet." My wife has leukemia, and the family is about to be emptied, originally I thought that I would stop if I won a little more, and just make up enough for her to pay for the bone marrow transplant, but I didn't expect to lose a clean one, I also have a daughter, only seven years old, and she has no relatives when I die. ”

Gu Chaoyun looked at the poor man, and suddenly said in an astonishing voice: "Do you want to win back what you lost?" ”

The fat man's body shook when he heard this, and he fell silent when he met Gu Chaoyun's fox eyes.

Gu Chaoyun put down the dishes and chopsticks, supported his cheeks, and lightly tapped the table with his index finger, and said softly: "Let me tell you honestly, you have entered the layout of the 'Thousand Gates', if you want to win them by luck alone, don't think about it in this life." But I can help you, and I can help you repay the money you borrowed, provided that you listen to me for everything. ”

The pupils of the fat man's eyes gradually contracted, and he didn't know if it was because of this sentence or something else, first red and then white, and the whole person was a little stunned, his teeth were clenched, and his whole body was twitching.

Gu Chaoyun reminded at the right time: "Don't be in a hurry to agree, it's not easy to win them, if you don't pay attention, you may have to lose your life, think about it." ”

The fat man's teeth creaked, his eyes were bloodshot, his eyes were red, and he hissed, "Do I have any other choice?" It's done, I can't be high or low in this life, I don't have much to offer, I have only this rotten life left, I want to live or die to listen to you, I just ask you to save my wife's life. ”

Gu Chaoyun glanced at the fat man deeply, then closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, hugged his hands, and said slowly: "If you want to win, they can only play the game, cheat nine times out of ten, and tell me as many words as you can think of the people you have met these days, as well as what you have said and done, and tell me word for word." ”

The fat man thought about it seriously, and then remorsefully and angrily recounted his experience during this time, "A few days ago, I met a friend ......"