Chapter 9 Chongqing Personality Baisha Wharf 9

The eighth senior brother in Yunnan made a fortune. After lunch that day, the aunt suddenly said to the eighth brother, you have been here for two or three years, you can go back. Brother Eight stared at her without saying a word.Since he touched the golden flower, old things dare not touch him.Then of course it becomes trash.But the aunt said again, I will give you a stone, and you ask the old carpenter to gamble a sum of money for you.As he spoke, he opened the drawer.Take your pick, she said. The eighth brother's heart beat faster.He remembered what the old man said, "It's like a big potato, only six kilograms, and there is no green in the whole body."

He scanned the pile of stones.He saw the piece the old man said.That's the most inconspicuous piece, and it's small.He holds it in his hand. The aunt laughed and said that the old dog, he loves you very much! Brother Eight came to the old man's shack at the foot of the mountain.He took the stone out.The old man pursed his mouth and narrowed his eyes, and smiled slightly.Eighth senior brother had never seen such a smile.But he immediately realized that this is the professional laugh of a gambler. The old man said, there is no mistake, it is it.He took the stone outside the door, turned it over and looked at it for a while in the sun, pinched it with his fingernails, and finally muttered "get it out".

What does "to come out" mean?Brother Eight thought about it, but didn't dare to ask right away. The old man dragged out a low bench from under the bed, as well as a lot of tools such as grinding wheels and scrapers. He straddled one end of the bench.He picked up the stone and said, "This is a piece of paraffin shell. There may be a lot of green inside, or there may be little green, or there may be no green."Select a few places outside to rub it, and it will show that there is green inside.That's what the people on your side said, it's for show. Oh.The eighth brother understood a little.

The old man added another reading glass on top of his reading glasses.Brother Eight has never seen someone wearing glasses like this.He felt inexplicably grim. The old man wiped off the paraffin shell with a grinding wheel.The Eighth Senior Brother saw a small spot of faint green.He was overjoyed.It turned out that the green emerald, the emerald more precious than gold, was hidden in the ugly stone like this! If you paint that place again, the green will expand, right?Doesn't it appear that there are more jade in it? Just thinking about it, the old man stopped there.Moreover, he seemed to have read the young man's mind, and said that the stones should not be too greedy. It is very likely that there will only be such a little bit of green, and if you wipe the sassafras again, it will disappear.

Oh, oh, Brother Eight understood a little more. It seems to have been wiped off for several hours.The young Eighth Senior Brother was tired of watching, but the old man was never tired.Finally, he said yes. When the stone was just brought, it was completely different from the same one.It feels like it's full of jade. Inside are jade.Brother Eight couldn't help but said. Or it may be all jade, then this stone is called Shibaoyu; or it may only have such a little green as you see, and there is no more inside, then it is called Yubaoshi.said the old man. Oh oh oh, Brother Eight said repeatedly.Began to appreciate the profundity and mystery of gambling stones.

However, he had a whim, what if someone used an instrument to measure it? This kind of instrument has been around for a long time, but it cannot be used here.People are willing to gamble, not to test. Why? What's the point?Then it means nothing. This time the eighth senior brother didn't say a word.But he understood more, much more. At the end, the old man handed the white wax shell to Brother Eight, and said, the night after tomorrow, there was a stone gambling in the corner room on the second floor of the White Elephant Hotel. I also want to watch the excitement, so you bring this stone.

it is good.Brother Eight's heart was pounding, and his throat suddenly became dry. Remember, you have to pretend that you don't know me, you're just asking me to sell stones. That night, Brother Eight took the white wax shell and went to that room.There seemed to be someone guarding the door, but it was strange, as if he could tell his qualifications just by glancing at him, his eyes looked elsewhere. There were only two people in the room: the old man and a sallow, square-faced man.The old man said it was a friend from Korea.The eighth senior brother also understood.Most of the jade merchants in South Korea are in the jewelry business. To be precise, they are not here to gamble on stones, but to buy jade.

After a while, two more people came one after another.One is to see the stone, and the other is to see the excitement.Watching the excitement is for gaining knowledge, so that you can see it for yourself in the future. The old man said, look at a white wax shell today, little old man, did you bring your stone?Brother Eight took out the stone and put it on the table. The person who looked at the stone took the white wax shell in his hand, turned it over and looked at it.After a while, I smeared some saliva here and there, took it to a dark place to have a look, and took it to a bright place to have a look.At the end, I lit a cigarette, took a puff, spit it out, coughed, and said, thirty-eight thousand.

Eighth Senior Brother was taken aback.What he thought was that it would be good if he could sell it for 3,500 yuan.He didn't dare to say anything, everything was waiting for the old man to decide. The old man said it was worth 80,000 yuan. The other party shook his head and said, add eight thousand, forty-three thousand. The old man said, look at the python in the middle (a kind of banded pattern that shows that there may be jade in it). The other party said, if it wasn't for the python, it wouldn't be worth a thousand dollars. The old man said you add a little more. The other party said softly, it is full.

The old man sighed, and said to the person who came to see the fun, please go and call Li Laosan. Unexpectedly, the guy said, 80,000 is 80,000, and I want this stone.While talking, Zhen also pulled out a pocket for money from somewhere behind him. The eighth senior brother was stunned.For a while, I developed an inexplicable insight. The boy counted out eight heads of the old man, and reached out to get the stone. At this time, the Korean businessman who had been silent for a while suddenly said, you, young man, do you dare to express your opinion? Brother Eight immediately understood what he meant.He'd heard of the betting solution.It was a thrilling process.It often happens that a stone costing hundreds of thousands of yuan is cut open and found to have no green (no jade) inside and is worthless.Of course, the reverse situation - a sudden solution to a big rise - is also commonplace.

The eighth senior brother was in a mess.The 80,000 yuan of happiness came too fast for him to enjoy it, and this sudden challenge, or temptation, made him even more at a loss. Of course the old man understands his feelings, you take a break and think about it, don't rush you. Later—only later, Brother Eight realized that he had thought of everything and everyone in that short moment—only four words can describe his feelings at that time: it’s hard to describe. But the eighth senior brother who was the former first violinist didn't just sit around the table doing the so-called fierce ideological struggle.He stared at the old man, swallowed his saliva, and asked Daddy, if the 80,000 stones belonged to you, would you see it? Everyone around laughed.The old man laughed himself.Brother Eight suddenly remembered that the old guy lost all his wives because he couldn't help but want to gamble as soon as he got a stone.Can't help laughing too. But the old man's laugh stopped quickly.He said this time is this time.His voice was very weak, and he seemed to have no confidence.But there was something in his eyes.This thing was interpreted by the eighth brother.That is to say, the old man's previous bets were based on his addiction to "see what happened", but this time, it was a confident judgment of a stone gambler. Brother Eight used the Yunnan dialect: Untie it. Those who paid 80,000 yuan said, think about it well, once you saw it down, you might lose everything! The old man looked at him too.Of course he understood that if he didn't gamble, there would be 80,000-----but he only hesitated for a second before firmly saying, untie.In that second, he thought, I am not even afraid of getting leprosy, but I am afraid that the money that I don't have in the first place will still be gone? The guy who said it was full when the price reached 43,000 got excited all of a sudden, jumped up like a switch, fell to the bedside, and dragged out something.Brother Eight saw that it was a chainsaw.The guy looks happy.The joy of schadenfreude. This other person's happiness made him hesitate for a moment.It was as if he was facing an unfamiliar sheet music and suddenly encountered a fingering choice—the playing could not be stopped, but the correct fingering was not marked, so he had to think about it.At this moment, he made up his mind: if he is broke, he will only bet on stone gambling from now on; The chainsaw was placed in front of the old man.The old man glanced at him.It was the look of an executioner.Brother Eight patted his chest inexplicably, as if to say come on, come here. The old man stuck the stone with the clip on the machine and started the chainsaw.The eighth senior brother watched closely.Nor did he fixate on it a few years ago when he first saw the coveted score for the Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major. He could see that the old man slowly moved the saw disc closer to the python on the stone.Is he going to cut it close to the python? While sawing, sprinkle betel nut water.The saw disc is spinning, and the water splashes create rainbows under the lamp. Looking at the others, the last two were just like me, with flashy eyes, but the Korean only closed his eyes, as if resting his mind.He is listening. Brother Eight suddenly thought that this Korean is very old and treacherous - he doesn't gamble with stones, he only buys jade that can be seen and felt.For this reason, he encourages others to gamble, and entrusts others with their sorrows and joys, and he will earn his money steadily. After an unknown period of time, suddenly, the half of the stone that was not stuck seemed to jump. The old man stretched out his hand and stretched it out, and the stone landed lightly in his palm. The eighth senior brother was waiting to take a look, but he heard the old man firmly yelling to turn off the light, turn off the light. The lights are off.It was pitch black.Two balls of green light.I don't know who cried out, "Oh my god, it's full of green."Then there was no sound, only breathing. The eighth senior brother suddenly became in a trance, there was a Dianchi Lake on the left and a Dianchi Lake on the right, and he was on the path between the two Dianchi Lakes.The path trembled as soon as one stepped on it, and it was about to sink to the bottom of the lake.In the blink of an eye, I saw two big dewdrops again, which would roll away when touched-----that kind of green, like the plexiglass that the second senior brother used to make desk lamps for others, but it was far from comparable to that, and the person's head moved , it is flowing like water, with dazzling waves------- The lights are on. Solution up.soared. Five hundred and sixty thousand, a Korean businessman bought it.The money was immediately piled up on the table, then swept into a linen bag, and handed over to Brother Eight. Amid the soft congratulations from everyone, Brother Eight couldn't help reaching out for the pocket.For the first time in his life, he discovered that paper money actually had weight. Then, according to the rules, the niche outside the door greeted the food and drink, and everyone who gambled tonight had to eat and drink. While eating and drinking, the old man suggested to the eighth senior brother in public that he would take out half of the money and bet another stone.He said that someone showed him a piece of yellow sand skin from Sitong Kachangkou, bought it, and rubbed it slowly, it can be wiped off.The day after tomorrow, still here, he said, just bring half of the money. . But the eighth senior brother didn't want to gamble anymore.All he wanted was a sum of money.Although he is very young, he also knows the power of "addiction".He didn't want to be at the mercy of this thing, just a gambler all his life.He originally wanted to tell the old man that he was not busy, but when he met the old man's eyes, the former chief immediately realized that there was a trick in it.He generously promised, saying loudly, "Okay, okay, please come and join in the fun the day after tomorrow."The others also said that it was coming. After eating and drinking, everyone breaks up.The old man accompanied the eighth senior brother back to the aunt's hotel.According to the rules of stone gambling, the old man should get a certain percentage of commission according to the transaction amount, so he came to the hotel to count his own commission. However, the old man closed the door, and before he could sit still, he whispered to the eighth senior brother, you have to leave this point quickly. Eighth Senior Brother immediately understood.A foreigner, with no roots and no bottom, suddenly has hundreds of thousands! when?he asks. At this time, the old man resolutely said, before the news spreads widely, hurry up, otherwise, if you don't gamble all this little money here, you won't be able to get out of Pianxiang Town. Eighth Senior Brother fully understands.He suddenly thought of Jin Hua, and a burst of intense reluctance passed through his chest.The old man saw through him, and said sternly that he could not take care of anyone now, and the future would be long. What about my violin?Brother Eight suddenly thought of it, and his heart twitched again. You can't hold it even more. Once you take it, others will see that you have escaped. If you put it here, no one will take a look at it. Think about it.It's just that he hasn't been separated from his violin yet.He thought it was a world-class piano! Well, he said, how do I go? The old man pulled out a back sling from the corner.It seems that the old man is already prepared. Put the bag of money into the back strap, and the old man put medicinal materials on it.The eighth brother said that Daddy, you should get a share of the money, and you can get as much as you want.Pulled the bag out again. The old man pressed his pocket back, smiled and said that I don't rely on sharing your little money, you use it to fight your world.The eighth senior brother saw that what he said was so sincere, so he stopped forcing it.Not only that, the old man also gave him a handful of change, saying that this is enough for you to live in a guest house.The old man covered the opening of the back sash with a large plastic cloth, and tied it tightly with a rope.At first glance, it is a bag of medicinal materials. Then the two went back to the table and sat down.The old man dipped in the tea and drew him a map: I went east from Pianpian Town overnight, but couldn't go to Kunming. When I arrived at Zujie Town, I suddenly looked north and turned to Baoshan.Baoshan is a big place, you have to stay in the guest house of the city government, and stay there for two days without going out.Then from Dali in the north, Lijiang, Xichang in Sichuan, and from Chengdu back to Chongqing.When you enter Sichuan, you don't need to take a car, but take a train, so you can take a detour from Chengdu instead of going straight to Yibin. The eighth senior brother wrote down one by one. Put the strap on your back and follow me, the old man ordered. The old and the young walked out of the town sideways and came to a dilapidated auto repair shop.There were still two light bulbs on in the corner of the yard, and a few dirty workers were still busy beating and knocking.A master in his forties was sitting on an oil barrel smoking a cigarette. When he saw the old man, he immediately walked over. The eighth senior brother thought, it must have been agreed first. In this way, I got into a dilapidated passenger car.The old man stuffed the shoulder bag with a huge amount of money under a seat casually, and then said, "Come on, send a telegram", and left without looking back. The car started.The eighth senior brother left without saying goodbye to the border town that took him in and made him a windfall. For two hundred kilometers and six or seven hours, the two men in the car didn't say a word.Baoshan has arrived. The eighth senior brother followed his advice, stayed in the nest for two days, and started heading north on the third day. After the train entered Sichuan, the eighth senior brother felt at ease and began to miss Jinhua. The strange thing is, there is always a song that has nothing to do with the golden flower in his head, no, to be precise, it is the melody. But the melody does have lyrics. -------- Yanshui is turbid, Yanshui is clear, and my lover's brother is going to be a soldier.To be a soldier is to be an anti-Japanese army.Yanshui is clear, Yanshui is turbid, the little girl is here to see off Brother Lang, brother, you are going to fight ahead, and you have to fight the devils to the death ------ This song is called "Yan Shui Ballad", and the melody is very sweet. After hearing this song sung by a woman, it is impossible for a man not to have the urge to sign up for the army.Brother Eight first played an exercise on an elementary violin tutorial compiled by Chinese musicians, and he deeply liked the melody. Later, he learned the lyrics by accident and was even more shocked by it. There is a refrain at the end of each verse of this song: My sister is busy giving birth in the rear, she has cotton clothes in winter and food in summer, Mo feels sorry for her. For a moment he had doubts: Should I just stay by her side?He reached the late stage of that disease together, and died together after drinking that kind of medicinal wine, his eighth senior brother would never be afraid.In fairness, I love Jinhua more than I love the princess. The old man will tell Jin Hua everything.Jinhua has also said many times that you should leave as soon as you have money.She would never complain that he left without saying goodbye.She also said that you should leave me when I was beautiful and never see me again.She said that only once. -------The train drills a hole for a while, and then drills a hole for a while.Brother Eight understood that he was returning to the Sichuan Basin from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.He remembered the old proverb that the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.