Chapter 208: Cockfighting
Ruan Jiaojiao and Ruan Xiuwen came downstairs to watch the cockfight together, Ruan Xiuwen came prepared today. Xiao Yan followed closely behind Ruan Jiaojiao like a follower.
"Yo, Ruan Gongzi has gone downstairs, come and play two?" The fat shopkeeper had a smile on his face.
Ruan Xiuwen: "Since you're here, you naturally want to play." ”
The fat shopkeeper looked at Xiao Yan again, thought about the money he had earned in the cockfighting ring before, and silently did not speak.
However, Xiao Yan didn't seem to have any intention of playing today, and his eyes were all fixed on Ruan Jiaojiao.
The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Yan, then at Ruan Jiaojiao, and said in his heart: Does this gentleman have a crush on the woman next to Ruan Gongzi again?
In a place like the cockfighting platform, there are not many women who come, and Ruan Jiaojiao is also the first time to come, so the shopkeeper doesn't know that she is Ruan Xiuwen's sister.
The chicken brought by Ruan Xiuwen still had a bandage around its neck, to be precise, Ruan Jiaojiao also tied a bow to it.
The shopkeeper looked at the black chicken, which seemed to be a little familiar, but the chicken looked a little wilted because it had been injured. The shopkeeper didn't care too much, but just said to Ruan Xiuwen: "Young Master Ruan, don't you have a scarf on this cockfighting field." ”
Everyone laughed, because Ruan Xiuwen had often lost cockfights before. Everyone thinks that Ruan Xiuwen wrapped gauze around the neck of the chicken to protect the chicken's neck.
Ruan Xiuwen frowned and said, "My chicken was just injured a while ago, and the scar on his neck is not yet healed. ”
The crowd laughed even more when they heard this explanation. But because Ruan Xiuwen was the son of the General's Mansion, he didn't say anything too ridiculous.
The fat shopkeeper smiled and said to the little guy: "Then let Ruan Gongzi's cockfighting come to the stage." ”
There are two options for cockfighting, you can fight with the customers who also come to the store to play, or you can fight with the shopkeeper's.
Ruan Xiuwen has lost a lot of money here one after another, and most of them have lost to this fat shopkeeper.
So when the shopkeeper asked him how he was going to play? Ruan Xiuwen said: "Take out the chicken in your store, let's warm up first." ”
The shopkeeper squinted happily and hurriedly asked the little guy to pick up the cockfight. But generally in the first game, the shopkeeper will let Ruan Xiuwen win. This is the sweetness given by the casino. Once the gambler tastes the sweetness, he doesn't want to stop later.
Ruan Jiaojiao had never seen a cockfight, and although she saw that the shopkeeper was chubby and looked kind, there was shrewdness in those small eyes.
She was silent and stood behind Ruan Xiuwen, wanting to see how he owed a huge gambling debt.
Ruan Xiuwen's chicken looked wilting when he was in his arms, Ruan Xiuwen thought that this chicken was also a winning general, and he would always be in good spirits when he arrived on the field.
After he put the chicken on the field, the black rooster was still standing motionless on the table, stunned.
The other party's chickens were already clucking and starting to provoke, and General Chang Sheng was hanging his head here, not knowing what he was thinking.
Ruan Xiuwen was a little anxious, "Chong, General, go on!" He remembered seeing the ruthlessness of General Chang Sheng in the cockfighting arena before, and he vowed not to give up until the other party was farting and urinating.
The people around him have begun to whisper, "Ruan Gongzi's chicken is not very good......"
"Poof, if I could, I wouldn't be wearing a scarf. How many games he's lost here. I don't know how much silver I folded into it. ”
Ruan Xiuwen was annoyed when he heard the gossip, glared at the other party fiercely, and then turned his head to look at Xiao Yan.
"Brother Xiao, why is this chicken like this?"
Xiao Yan frowned and looked at the chicken, slowly shook his head and said, "It's not good......"
Ruan Xiuwen was nervous, he was counting on this chicken, "What's wrong?" Isn't it ......" Is it that the chicken has been injured and has recently lost its fighting spirit?
"I'm in a bad mood, General Chang Sheng is in a bad mood today."
Jiaojiao Ruan: ...... This chicken will be in a bad mood too.
"That'...... So what to do? Ruan Xiuwen asked Xiao Yan.
"It's okay, it's right home to worry about." Xiao Yan said calmly.
As soon as the words fell, I heard a terrible rooster crow from the field, "Cluck! ”
"Oops, this chicken is too ruthless."
"One hit!"
"Besides, it's just blind, right?"
Ruan Xiuwen and the others then set their eyes on the cockfighting ring, only to see that the black rooster had pecked the other party's eyes and was chasing the opponent all over the field, while the other chicken was covered with blood on one side of his cheek, obviously injured.
Originally, it is common to be nagged by opponents during cockfighting, but it is not a trivial matter to be pecked in the eyes.
If a chicken is blind, it is estimated that it will not be able to escape the fate of being stewed in the future.
"Hey! He is truly a victorious general! Ruan Xiuwen patted Xiao Yan's shoulder fiercely, "Thank you, Brother Xiao." ”
Xiao Yan waved his hand, not caring about a chicken. He just looked at Ruan Jiaojiao with a sad face. And Ruan Jiaojiao was watching the cockfight with great interest.
Neither brother nor sister understood Xiao Yan's suffering.
This time, Ruan Xiuwen won. Won ten taels of silver.
The stakes were not big, and the shopkeeper quickly took the silver and asked with a smile: "Is Ruan Gongzi still playing?" ”
"Play, the master is on the rise, why don't you play."
The fat shopkeeper smiled slightly, "Okay." ”
I'm not afraid that you won't win, I'm afraid that you won't play.
Generally, the routine of the cockfighting table is to let the guests win one or two games first, and then slowly increase the stakes.
In fact, the chickens sent by the shopkeeper at the beginning were not very strong in combat. They are used to drain the strength of the cockfight. It's the real guy who comes out in the next few games.
Not long after Ruan Xiuwen started playing cockfighting, he didn't know much about these twists and turns, so he lost so much silver. In the cockfighting arena alone, he lost more than 500 taels, plus the losses to others, a total of more than 1,000 taels.
This is not a small amount, although this amount of money will not be impossible for the Ruan Mansion to come up with. But Ruan Xiuwen's private money has been emptied. He still has credit here at the cockfighting platform, and he owes the boss three hundred taels.
Ruan Xiuwen got ten taels of silver, and handed over five taels to Ruan Jiaojiao. Ruan Jiaojiao didn't expect him to be so refreshing, but in fact, it doesn't have to be like this, it's okay to go back.
The second cockfight soon began, and as expected, Nguyen Xiuwen won again. This time the bet was twenty taels.
The fat shopkeeper had already handed him the silver with a smile. The rule of the cockfighting ring is to settle one by one.
Ruan Jiaojiao received fifteen taels of silver in a blink of an eye, and her heart blossomed, this money is too easy to earn. She doesn't have to do anything, she has money just by looking at it. The chicken sent by Xiao Yan is really powerful, and I have to make up for this chicken when I go back.
There is also Xiao Yan's matter, can I help ...... She's willing to help, too. But Ruan Jiaojiao turned her head to look around, Xiao Yan didn't know when she was gone.
Probably going to look elsewhere, she didn't pay much attention to it. The boss here has already increased the bet on the third game to fifty taels.
Ruan Jiaojiao felt that something was wrong, the stakes were getting bigger and bigger, if she lost, wouldn't it be a return to before liberation?
But Ruan Xiuwen is on the rise, and ordinary people persuade him to accept it when he sees it. Ruan Jiaojiao suddenly understood the cattiness of the cockfighting platform.
She looked at the third chicken, a big red rooster with a strong physique and shiny hair, and it was a difficult one to deal with.
Ruan Jiaojiao said in her heart: If you bring an ordinary rooster today, I'm afraid Ruan Xiuwen will lose money again! It's just that I don't know if this winning general will fight or not.
Ruan Jiaojiao pulled Ruan Xiuwen's sleeve and said, "You don't give the chicken a rest, you take it down, and I'll give him a big tonic pill." ”