Chapter 2 2. Uncle Six

The next morning, Deshui drove me, Xiaohai, Deben, and the buddies from the Contact Bureau to the bureau in the countryside in that big broken car.When I got there, I realized that, strictly speaking, it was not in the countryside, but on the edge of the national highway.The bureau is located in a shop on the side of the road that specializes in watering cars.Although I went early, the gambling inside was already in full swing.An old man is sitting in the dealership, the game is not big, winning or losing a few thousand yuan, unlike what Deben told me, he can earn hundreds of thousands of yuan if he does it well.But since it's here, there's a game, so it's not bad to take some away.

No one doubted our arrival.This is a running game, drivers passing by can come up and bet a few, and leave when they win, and no one has any objections.However, there are still a lot of local people, and you can tell by the accent. It seems that they are the surrounding residents and doing business on the side of the national highway. As usual, I still look at the bureau first to see if the bureau is dirty.The old man pushed very slowly and dealt the cards very slowly. He liked to touch. He seemed to be an old hand. Basically, he could tell the number of the Pai Gow just by touching it with his hand.He really enjoyed the feeling of getting the number of the Pai Gow in his hand. He had already drawn out the number and the number, and he knew how to match it, but he still touched it again and again with a solemn expression.Looking at his sun-tanned, wrinkled face, and seeing how hard he is at playing Pai Gow, I really want to go up and give him a slap!But I did not bet, and I have no right to urge him.Those who bet money were not in a hurry, they were waiting patiently for him to touch.It was only later that I found out that these bettors have been playing with this old man all year round, and they have been tortured by him for a long time, knowing that it is useless to remind them.

Everyone has already finished matching the cards, and opened the head and tail there, chatting with each other, waiting for him to finish drawing.The old man touched it for a long time, and suddenly his face became more solemn. With his right hand, he took out two of the four Pai Gows held in his left hand, raised them over his head exaggeratedly, and slapped them on the table with the point face up. Move slowly and little by little from front to back so that the dots of the Pai Gow are revealed little by little.He moved so slowly, it was a kind of torture for me.In fact, I can see it when the head is exposed, 5 with 7, 2 o'clock head.But he made it look like a grand ceremony, which can make people collapse.

After showing his head completely, he was still holding the two tail cards in his left hand.With his right hand free, he turned over the top cards of the players one by one. At this time, his movements were not slow. When he opened them one by one, he grinned happily when he found the ones that were less than 2 points, as if he had already won, and used his hands to remove the top cards. After picking up how much people had bet, and finding a head that was over 2 o'clock, I beat the table with my hands hard, as if regretting that I had made a wrong point. After reading the three top cards, he seemed very dissatisfied. He took the two bottom cards in his left hand and slapped them on the table. to reveal the face of the card.The idlers below had grown impatient for a long time, and took the money back in one go.The loser doesn't wait for him to collect the money or turn over his own cards, just throw the money and ask him to take it away.The one who wins doesn't wait for him to turn over his tail cards, he quickly turns them over to him and asks him to pay quickly.But the old man was not in a hurry, he insisted on putting the head and tail of others side by side for a closer look, and then put his own head and tail side by side and looked at it again, to make sure that he was indeed no one bigger than him, so he slowly checked him How much money was bet, and then I took it out one by one from my own money pile.

After collecting all the money that should be collected and losing all the money that should be lost, he still shuffled the cards in a leisurely manner, shuffled them very carefully, and then stacked them one by one slowly, and then made a gesture, meaning It is to ask whether everyone has come to move or collapse.Everyone was expressionless, as if they were completely helpless towards him.But this old man does this every time, no matter whether everyone reacts or not, he will definitely get the procedure in place.After confirming that there is no objection, he opened the door and waited for everyone to bet money, and he would go over and pick up the money bet by others.I've only looked at a few hands and it already feels like I'm going crazy.If someone else pushes, at least ten hands have been pushed, but he may have just pushed half of the second hand.

I was also puzzled, how could he be asked to sit in the manor with such a top leader?Listening to everyone's talk, it should be that there is really no one sitting in the village in the morning, and the old man is going to sit in the village.Those who haven't left since playing the night before are basically people who have lost money and want to get it back.The so-called game does not lose, he does not lose, and this is the case in almost all kinds of gambling games in the country.At this time, not to mention people like the old man sitting in the bank, even if ghosts come to sit in the bank, they can bet.

I watched a few hands, and I can initially confirm that there is nothing wrong with it. The only problem is, how can it be a slow word.Deben stood by my side watching, and couldn't hold back after watching for a while, took out money, and followed others to bet three to five hundred yuan at a time.He bet for a while, and encouraged me to go up and play a few hands.I understand what he means, first ask me to go up and get acquainted, so as to lay the foundation for the future.As soon as you come, you will be in the dealership, and you can't justify anything.But no matter how Deben encouraged me to go up and bet, I would not do it.Because after reading these few cards, I was already driven crazy by this old man.Tell me to detain him?It's better to beat me to death with a stick.

After 11 o'clock, the number of people gradually increased, and gamblers from all walks of life came here to gather.Seeing the old man playing, everyone showed a helpless expression, but they didn't deposit any money, and stood there indifferently watching the fun.There have always been just a few people in custody in this old man's village, each of them staring at the small eyes that were reddened by the boil, occasionally passing by outside to throw a few stones, but the gamblers who came from behind were all watching there, and no one came up to participate. After watching them for a while and listening to them greet each other, I discovered a big problem: many people were called Demou.Like Derun, Deye, Dehai, Deze, Deping, Deyi, Deyou, etc., I also have Deben and Deshui by my side.My mother ("Niangqin" is their local dialect, which means very surprised. I learned this sentence when I went there, and said it very slippery after learning), it turned out to be all, I seemed to suddenly Walked into the clan of a large Manchu family.

These people all call this slow old man uncle, presumably their elders.Some people are embarrassed to ask the old man to let Zhuang out, but they joked with him very tactfully: "Uncle, it's already noon, why don't you go home for dinner?" Dissatisfied, he said: "What are you doing so noisy? I lost more than 5,000. I can't leave. I must get it back before I leave." Hearing what he said, many people chose to go for a stroll outside.Someone stood behind the old man, winking and telling the players below who bet on the old man's money to stop betting.Although the bettors saw everyone's expressions, they were embarrassed not to bet. They won some money from the old man, and they were a little embarrassed to leave, and wanted to give him a win.The old man was still pushing slowly, as if everything had nothing to do with him, and he would push if he wanted to bet.

I saw that the old man had at least seven or eight thousand yuan in his hand, and there were hundreds of yuan in bets below.At this speed, whether the old man wins back his capital and stops playing, or loses everything, it will be a long process.I couldn't hold it in for so long, so I just stepped out to the side of the road to look at the cars and people passing by. If I saw a beautiful woman or something, at least it would be seductive. Seeing me coming out, De Shui followed suit.He also came from this town, and many people came and went to say hello to him.De Shui took me to a nearby store that sells and recharges batteries and found a chair to sit and smoke and chat.During the conversation, I learned that they are indeed a large Manchu ethnic group. Everyone in this town belongs to one branch and belongs to the children of the Eight Banners. People of their generation have the word "de" in their names.

The old man was their elder, and everyone was afraid of him, because he was a rascal, who could not be provoked, beat or scolded.You just push him, and he can lie in front of your house for a whole day.If you scold him, your family will be unlucky, maybe the donkey that is tied to the family is released today, it is because of his kindness.In the past, a family member provoked the old man, and in the middle of the night, the ass of the donkey was chopped to a bloody mess.After some people provoked him, the haystacks were set ablaze in the middle of the night.There were even cases where gasoline was poured into the well at home after provoking the old man.He is such a character, and he is very stubborn.So everyone has nothing to do with him, and no one is willing to rob him of his estate.There are very few people who bet on him as a banker, except for those who want to continue to make money after losing.And the old man knew it too, so he always came over early in the morning to catch up with the game, to see that no one was sitting on the banker, so he sat on the banker safely and had a good time.For him, playing Pai Gow is a kind of enjoyment. I deliberately asked Deshui in circles: "You have so many brothers in the clan. If I go up to play, what should I do if I win your cousin or the cousin's money? Should I return it to them?" Because I put Don't let people of their German generation have anything to do with them. If they win money, they will say how much their cousins ​​have lost on it, and ask me to return it. It seems reasonable, so I will be in vain, so I need to ask this first. Deshui didn't answer me directly, but asked me: "Do they have money for me to spend?" I said, "Then who knows if they will give you money?" Deshui said: "Fuck. I can't borrow 1,000 yuan." I can’t borrow it.” After finishing speaking, he seemed to remember my question, and continued: “Since they won’t spend or lend me money, why should I pay them back what they won. Who do I know? "After listening to De Shui say this, I feel a little more at ease in my heart, the nest is not compatible, hehe, there is a door. I deliberately teased De Shui and said, "Then what if I get into trouble with you De Shui buddies. Are you not good at showing up?" De Shui snorted and said disdainfully, "I'm used to their stinking problems." Whoever dares to provoke the buddy I brought, I can't kill him." After finishing speaking, he snorted again, as if to give me a reassurance.While talking, Deben came to see us.I asked Deben: "Did you win? You won a dividend." Deben held up the 100 yuan in his hand and said, "I won 100 yuan, and I was so tired." Deshui asked Deben: "Uncle Six Don’t push it anymore?” Only then did I realize that everyone was calling that old man Uncle Six.Deben said: "You don't know him yet? Not only that, but you don't see any benefits, can you not push?" It seems that this old man is really capable of fighting, and he is still in charge there.