Thirty-three, stones

Walking all the way in all directions, fortunately I grew up in the mountains, when I was hungry, I would dig some wild vegetables, and now I also know martial arts, and occasionally I can get some game; when I am sleepy, the sky is a bed, and the earth is a bed, and I will deal with the past when I lie down casually.

For fear that the woman would lie, Cheng Sifang inquired about the road to Jingzhou again, and traveled all the way for more than ten days, and when he arrived at Xiangyang City, Jingzhou, his clothes were so dirty that he was in the sand, and he looked worse than a beggar.

Although he arrived in Jingzhou, and Jingzhou was indeed prosperous, Cheng Sifang still didn't see Xiao Zhihan, and he was melancholy in his heart, and the six gods entered Xiangyang City without a master.

When the guards saw Cheng Sifang coming, they shouted: "Displaced people are not allowed to enter!" Cheng Sifang saluted: "This military master, I am not a vagrant, my name is Cheng Sifang, and I am a merchant." "This is no longer Cao Cao's sphere of influence, so Cheng Quartet can say his name generously.

When the guard heard this, he laughed: "You dare to say that you are a merchant? With that, he pushed Cheng Quartet out. Cheng Sifang shouted: "I am really a merchant! Let me go into the city, my friends are still waiting for me in the city!"

Cheng Sifang's friend is Xiao Zhihan, but Cheng Sifang himself knows that it is just "maybe" in the city.

Three good-looking men from the city came and stopped when they saw this. The bearded man smiled: "This homeless person thinks that he can enter the city if he claims to be a merchant." The man with the long beard said, "Big brother, let's go back quickly, there are still many things to take care of." The short-bearded man in the lead smiled: "Second brother, third brother, be patient, this man seems to be going into the city no matter what, I want to see what he will do." ”

Cheng Quartet and the guards pushed for a long time, but they couldn't enter the city, and at this time, a man who looked like a military general carried twenty carts of grain out of the city, and he didn't know where to transport it. Cheng Quartet said: "They are good, they can enter if they want to, and they can go out if they want to." Seeing that ten of the twenty carts of grain were covered with black cloth, and the remaining ten were covered with yellow cloth, a flash of inspiration flashed in all directions: "Hey!

Cheng Sifang picked up twenty stones, wrote "ten" on ten stones with mud, and "five" on the other ten stones, put them into a bowl of cooking wild vegetables stolen from the farmer's house, and said to the guard: "Master Jun, I will make a bet with you, and if you lose, let me into the city." ”

When there is nothing to do in the army, the favorite thing is gambling, and this guard is no exception, sneering: "How to bet, what to bet?" Cheng Quartet said: "I have twenty stones here, you see, I wrote ten ten, ten five, military master, you don't look at it, touch ten stones, add up the scores, if it is seventy, seventy-five, eighty, I win, if it is other results, you win, how?"

The guard thought about it, ten ten, ten five, and ten stones came out, and there were a total of fifty, fifty-five, sixty, sixty-five, seventy, seventy-five, eighty, eighty-five, ninety, ninety-five, and one hundred, and only the three results of seventy, seventy-five, and eighty were counted as their own losses, and the others all won, and eight of the eleven results were all wins, so he said: "Okay, I will gamble with you, and if you lose, don't bother me anymore!" Cheng Quartet said again and again: "Okay, okay, as long as you win, I am willing to gamble and lose." ”

The guards were afraid of being deceived in all directions, so they carefully examined each stone, and it was indeed ten tens, ten fives, but they were still afraid of being deceived in all directions, so they took the bowl in their hands, closed their eyes, and touched ten numbers.

Cheng Sifang smiled and said, "Master Jun, let's add one, shall we?" The guard said, "You are doomed." So the numbers were added, and the result was seventy-five, which was much more than the guard expected, and Cheng Quartet smiled and said, "Master Jun, you lost, let me in?" The guard was dumbfounded, and said, "This ...... This ......"

Of the eleven numbers, only three of them will lose, but they will lose, and the guards only feel that the luck of the four sides is too good. I only heard Cheng Quartet and said: "Master Jun, I am willing to lose the bet." The guards had no choice but to enter the city in all directions: "Go in, go in, remember, don't make trouble!"

When the three people watching from the side saw this result, they were all stunned, and they also picked up twenty stones, wrote ten and five respectively, and drew them around, and most of them were seventy, seventy-five, and eighty, and occasionally there were a few sixty-five and eighty-five. The man with the ringed beard said, "What's the matter? Even though there are only three counts, but you still draw those three numbers?" The leader laughed and said, "Interesting, interesting, second brother and third brother, let's go up and have a look, maybe there are other interesting things." ”

Cheng Sifang arrived in the city and looked for Xiao Zhihan everywhere, but looking around, there was no Xiao Zhihan at all, Cheng Sifang sighed and said, "Where did Xiao Han go?" Although he was lost in his heart, Cheng Sifang was a businessman after all, and when he saw Xiangyang City so prosperous, he came up with the idea of doing business: "If I do business here, I will be able to have a world, but ...... I don't have a penny right now. ”

Cheng Sifang sighed: "Alas, if I have two cents now, I can earn a hundred times in an hour, and I will do a good job, and I will ask someone to find Xiaohan, it will definitely be easy to find." ”

When he was distressed, the leader of the three people walked up, handed ten yuan to Cheng Sifang, and said, "I will give you ten yuan, and you can earn a hundred times in an hour." Cheng Sifang looked at this person, only to feel that this person was extraordinary, smiled, and said: "Thank you, but ......" Cheng Sifang only took two cents and said, "I only need two cents." The man smiled and stepped aside.

Cheng Sifang had two pennies, sat on the ground with confidence, and saw a gorgeously dressed person walking by, so he said, "That gentleman, how about a bet with me?" The man saw that Cheng Sifang was in tatters, and he was disgusted at first, and asked impatiently: "What are you betting on?"

Cheng Sifang said: "I have twenty stones here, and I wrote ten tens, ten fives, and if you don't look at them, take ten of them, if they add up to the three numbers of seventy, seventy-five, and eighty, you will lose me two cents, and if it is other numbers, I will lose you two cents, how about it?"

The man thought for a moment, and thought of going with the guard, and when he saw that he had two pennies to be earned, he said, "Okay! I'll make a bet with you!" and then he examined the stones and the bowl, and felt the stones, just like the guard.

The bearded man smiled, "This man is going to lose." These three people have tried many times before, and the odds of adding up to those three numbers are very high, and when they see the person answer, they know that Cheng Quartet has won.

"It adds up to eighty, sir, you lost, two pennies, thank you. Cheng Sifang said with a smile on his face.