Chapter 23 23. Meet Laoguan

What I'm going to talk about next is a game of guessing heads and tails of a coin. Tokuko is busy wholesales some mountain products in my city every year, such as fungus, mushrooms, pine nuts, hazelnuts, etc., and occasionally goes back to collect mountain products.Autumn was originally the harvest season for him, but he didn’t go back that year. He set up a small store in the city where I lived, and hired someone to help watch the stall when he had nothing to do, and gambled everywhere by himself.After getting to know me, as long as there is a game of gambling, he will definitely call me and go to make money together.

Generally, Tokuko took me to gamble and never said it was to catch up with the game.It's not to meet this friend, or where is that iron buddy playing, take me to meet and sit down together.But often when you go there, you will find that the gambling game is in full swing.This time, he found me and said that he would take me to meet some fellow villagers. He is from a town of his own, and belongs to the office of the town government here. He has a good relationship with him in his hometown, and he often communicates with each other when he comes here. Take care of each other. The office that Tokuko took me to was located in a nursing home. It was a separate small building with a huge sign: ×× Government Office in ×× City.Dezi took me into the nursing home and came to the office.The door of the small building was open, and there were several offices on the first floor.Tokuko and I wandered around from office to office and found no one, so Tokuko took me to the second floor.The second floor is where I live. Before I go upstairs, I hear the commotion upstairs, and I know it's the voices of gamblers.

We followed the sound and entered a room. The furnishings inside were no different from ordinary hotel rooms, except that the room was very large.There are two single beds, a TV, and a dining table in the middle, surrounded by people.Listening to the accents of these people, they all have the same taste as Tokuko, and they seem to be fellow villagers. Tokuko patted everyone on the shoulder one by one to say hello, and I stood there watching them play: Take a dime and put it in a black plastic cup, pick it up and shake it violently like in the movie, and then put the cup upside down On the table, let everyone guess whether the corner is facing up or the national emblem is facing up.

After reading it for a while, I understood: each bet is at least 100 yuan, and there is no upper limit.The so-called no cap is to see the amount of money placed in front of the dealer, not to bet as much as you want.If you put 10,000 yuan on the desk of the dealer, you can bet 10,000 yuan, and if you put 100,000 yuan on the table, you can bet 100,000 yuan. Bet on the left if the corner is facing up, and bet on the right if the national emblem is facing up. But there are also particularities here: you can bet on both the left and the right, but the difference between the two sides must not exceed the money on the dealer's table.For example, if the banker has 10,000 yuan in his hand, he can bet 10,000 yuan on the left side and 20,000 yuan on the right side.The right side bets 20,000 yuan, and the left side can bet up to 30,000 yuan.In short, the difference between the amount of money bet by the people below must not exceed 10,000 yuan.If the bet on the national emblem face is not won, the bet on the face of the national emblem will be paid to the one who bet on the face up.But if you want to bet on the National Emblem, you can only get you 95 yuan if you bet 100 yuan, that is, the dealer wants to draw.As they say: taxation for the republic.If you win a dime, bet 100 yuan to 100 yuan, no tax.If the coin stands up, all bet money will be killed.That's how the game is roughly played.

A man in his 30s who sits in the manor greets Tokuko when he sees him coming, and Tokuko calls him Laoguan.After Laoguan greeted Dezi, he continued to concentrate on shaking his cup, shaking it loudly, and his posture was the same as that of the God of Gamblers in the movie.He felt that it was almost done, so he put down the cup vigorously, with the mouth of the cup facing down, and asked everyone to deposit money.In fact, when he was shaking, there were already impatient players betting all their money on the side they wanted to bet.After everyone has bet their money, he opens the cup to let everyone see which side is up, and then collects the lost money and pays the winning money.

When I first saw it, I thought these people were a bunch of idiots. How could there be such a gamble.There are two kinds of results to be told: either the national emblem face or a corner face, the probabilities are 50% respectively.And if the coin is to stand up, it is simply sparks hitting the earth.In my opinion, from the point of view of the single probability, betting on the heads and tails of the coin is 50%, and from the overall probability, it is also 50%. If you take one, you will not lose, and you will definitely win money. I am wary of poker, mahjong, Pai Gow or other gambling methods, and I will guard against others' cheating, but I basically don't have much defense against this, so I want to play after watching it for a while.I took out 1,000 yuan and was eager to try.Dezi tugged at me and said, "Lao San, take it easy. I asked you to watch the excitement, not to bet money. Don't look for me if you lose in a while. I don't care." I said, "Just play a few games." Next, if you don’t do it, it will look boring.” Dezi said: “Then don’t bet too much, it’s fun.” I nodded.

When the national emblem face appeared three times on the field, before Lao Guan shook the coin, everyone rushed to put the money in the betting area for the dime.Laoguan has more than 30,000 yuan in capital in front of him. Everyone, you do the math and I do the math, and you actually bet a corner of the face-up area.I also wanted to bet a corner face up, but it was full.A buddy was going to snatch a corner face up with 2,000 yuan, but he fought with others for a long time, but failed to grab it.He was a little angry, and threw 2,000 yuan in the area where the national emblem was facing up, saying: "I curse you, I curse you to death, and return the national emblem." When I saw that there were 2,000 yuan more on the national emblem, I threw 1,000 yuan in In the corner of the betting area, there is still 1,000 yuan that is directly divided up by some small households.

Lao Guan pawed at the money on the table and saw that the bets were one-sided, so he said: "You want to kill me? I haven't shaken it yet. Why are all the bets full? You take the time machine and go to the front to see?" Everyone Impatient with waiting, he urged Laoguan to shake it quickly. Lao Guan picked up the coin on the table, turned the face of the national emblem to himself, kissed him with his mouth, and said, "Little sweetheart, baby, dear, give me one more time." Noisy, I think he has never kissed his wife so nasty before.The money has flowed through the hands of many people, and there are so many bacteria. He just kissed like this, and it was almost bloody.

Lao Guan kissed the coin a few more times, threw the coin into the cup, and shook his arms, still muttering: "The sky is Lingling, the earth is Lingling, the national emblem and the national emblem come out soon." The coin was in the cup The sound of jingling and collision is no less than Xianle to the gamblers.Everyone held their breath and watched the cup shake nervously. Laoguan has been shaking for a long time, maybe he was tired from shaking, or maybe he felt that it was almost done, so he put the cup on the table, looked at everyone and said, "There is still a chance for the national emblem noodles, is there any more?" Everyone was impatient Urge him to hurry up.Seeing that no one was betting, Lao Guan yelled: "Kill!" and opened the cup.Everyone went to see it one after another: the national emblem was facing up.

Immediately, someone patted the table, beat their chests and feet, and my 1,000 yuan was also in vain.Lao Guan was happy, picked up the coin and kissed his mouth fiercely again, the sensuality can't be described in words. Everyone lost, only the buddy who was forced to bet on the national emblem won.After collecting the money, Laoguan said, "I'll pay for it." The deposit is to put some of the money on the table in your pocket, and leave 20,000 to 30,000 yuan on the table to continue playing. Everyone can only call the money on the table. Can't be called pocket.But everyone quit, and satirized him with words: "Can you do it? Either change people, or don't pay. Have you never seen money?" Some mobilized him, saying: "There is no leopard guts, If you can’t make a fortune, don’t take the money. Others are so lucky to take your money away. Come again and get the money again. It’s a gamble, it’s either yours or mine.” Some said: “You are still the director, usually Always bragging about how powerful you are. Why pay for it?"

Laoguan couldn't bear to be squeezed so hard by people's words. He hesitated for a while, and said as if he had made up his mind: "Okay, I won't pay you anymore, and you bastards can still rebel. Come on." , give me another one.” When everyone heard that he would not be able to pay, they rushed to grab the next corner facing upwards.There are now more than 60,000 yuan on the table.The national emblem has been displayed four times in a row, and everyone is sure that this time the corner must be facing upwards.The scrambling is back to the scrambling, but they are still very friendly with each other, and they all let the face-up person who lost in the previous hand bet first.I also bet 2,000 yuan. Needless to say, 60,000 yuan was immediately fully bet.No one would bet on the side where the national emblem was face up, including the buddy who won money there.He folded his arms and looked at it, and said in his mouth: "Damn it, you can't even keep up with the hot ones." He was sulking there. Lao Guan picked up the coin and kissed again, very piously, kissed again and again, endlessly.Everyone became impatient and urged him to shake it quickly.He said dissatisfiedly: "You still don't let me kiss? Besides, I won't sit in the bank if you offend me." After finishing speaking, he continued to kiss the coin fiercely. After kissing for a while, Lao Guan threw the coins into the cup, looked at the betting money on the table again, gritted his teeth and said, "I love you so much, if you give me another dime, I'll take it from you." I'm going to refine it." "Refining" is a dialect in Jilin, and it usually means that a person is sent to a cremation furnace after death, and the "refinement" he said meant that the coin would be melted. After speaking, he shook the cup, and the coins jingled in it.He shook it up and down for a while, then left and right, and then tilted it again until he was sweating, and then he put the cup on the table.He pressed the cup hard, seemed very nervous, gulped his saliva, and said, "Grandpa bless you, grandma bless you." Everyone urged him to open it, and some people came to break his hand in a hurry and asked him to take the cup away. Lao Guan vigorously knocked away the hand that came to break his hand, and said, "Why are you so anxious? I am more anxious than you. What can I do?"The sharp-eyed bets below booed.It turned out that they saw which side of the coin was up.Judging by the expression and the boos, it should be a miss.I was also anxious and stretched my neck to look.Lao Guan also saw that the national emblem was still facing up, so he threw the cup away in joy, grabbed the coin and kissed it fiercely, as sensual as it could be.While kissing, he said: "Oh, baby, you have such a long face. Be careful, Daddy loves you so much." Everyone was also disgusted by him.Some may be embarrassed to say it, frowning; some people say: "Is the coin born by your wife or cut it? Look at you, you are disgusting. If you win, you win. I have never seen money." Laoguan didn't care what others said about him, he put the coins on the table, received the money bets from others in front of him, and said, "I'll pay you some money." He put out 10,000 yuan as a new Gambling capital, the rest was put into storage by him.But everyone was not happy, and they all asked him to do it again and pay the money again.Laoguan retorted: "It is agreed that you can enter the warehouse once if you pass 20,000 yuan. Why are you still not finished?" Everyone continued to ask, Laoguan threw the cup away, pulled his own money and said, "Go to you uncles, I'm not going to play anymore, whoever you like to sit in the manor will sit well, I am satisfied." As he spoke, he put money in order. A kid with a three to seven parted hair saw that Laoguan was no longer playing, and grabbed the cup and coins in his hands to show that he wanted to be the banker.Those who wanted to sit in the manor went to grab the cup from him, and he tried his best to protect the cup from being snatched by others.Others saw that they couldn't grab it, so they had to let it go.The buddy who split the money took out 10,000 yuan, saying that it was his capital, and let everyone bet it, and the situation became violent again. Lao Guan sat on the bed with the money in his hands and began to count.When I entered the room, he had a deposit of 30,000 yuan, but now it is 120,000 yuan.He counted the money ostentatiously, and when someone came up to ask for Xiqian, he would throw one away, and would not give any more money.He finished counting, was satisfied with the result, took the money and went out, saying that it was locked in the safe.After a while, he came back again, still holding more than 20,000 yuan in his hand. When he saw Tokuko standing there watching the fun, he ordered 1,000 yuan to Tokuko and said, "Take it, brother, buy cigarettes. Happy money." Tokuko also You're welcome, pick it up and put it in your pocket.The two of them stood there talking, as if they were talking about applying for a certificate.I continue to watch everyone gamble. Originally, I still wanted to get my capital back, but after thinking about it, let it go, don't fall into it.I went out today with more than 4,000 yuan in my pocket. If I lose all of it, I will be laughed at by Tokuko. I continue to watch the fun.The 37-year-old buddy was won away with capital after he didn't sit in the banker for a few hands, and another buddy was in the dealership.After watching for about an hour, it was time for lunch.Everyone took stock of their wins and losses and walked downstairs together, and Tokuko also dragged me out. They seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they all went out together. It turned out that there was a designated restaurant for dinner.After leaving the gate of the nursing home, a few tens of meters away is a restaurant: Northeast Killing Pig Cuisine.The hotel has a small facade, there are only two private rooms inside, and there are about a dozen tables outside, and food is placed in both private rooms.The restaurant owner had been among us gamblers all along, and he called the waiter to serve rice.There are five simple stir-fried dishes on each table, and there are two big plates full of steamed buns. Those who don’t want to eat rice can eat steamed stuffed buns. Everyone was eating happily, and it was only at this time that I gradually became acquainted with everyone.Tokuko and I both eat buns.The steamed stuffed bun is stuffed with shredded radish and shrimp skin, and it tastes good.Some people asked for beer, and Tokuko also asked for two bottles. He opened one and handed it to me, but I didn't take it.The dishes on the table are all dinner dishes, such as stir-fried green peppers with potato chips, fried eggplant, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. The only meat is fried pork with garlic sprouts, and there are not a few pieces of meat.How can you drink with such a dish?Seeing that I don’t want it, Tokuko laughed at me: “You won’t lose 3,000 yuan and get angry.” I said, “3,000 won’t make me angry, right?” Dezi pushed the beer to me and said: “ Drink it, third child, this bottle of wine is worth 3000." After the meal, everyone talked to each other, and the topic was inseparable from the game of guessing coins.Who won how much money, who made the best bets, who rolled the dime eight times, and so on.It can be heard that fellow villagers like Dezi are very wealthy, and they all have business here, some run small restaurants, some run sauna rooms, some sell wild goods, and some work as small foremen on construction sites. After eating, everyone returned to the office in twos and threes, and the bureau was set up again.Everyone asked Lao Guan to sit in the bank, because many people lost money to him and wanted to get it back from him.But the old detainees are charged one or two thousand yuan, which makes people very uncomfortable. Laoguan declined a few words, but couldn't hold back everyone's enthusiasm, so he took out 10,000 yuan to sit in the village.I continue to watch the fun.Dezi saw that I had stopped betting, so he came over and asked me in a low voice: "Xiao Mian, did you lose? I told you not to bet, just watch the excitement. Why don't you listen?" I squinted at him, no Said angrily: "Damn, you lied to me to lose money. If you lose, you don't comfort me, but you come to mock me. Go, stay here, I'm too lazy to talk to you." Dezi laughed even more after hearing this, Said: "Didn't I give you a bottle of beer? You bought the beer for 3,000 yuan to prolong your life." As he spoke, he took out 10,000 yuan from his bag without ordering it. Two copies, one of which was put up.He put a dime up and said, "Look here. I've won and I'll treat you to dinner tonight." Laoguan had already shaken several hands at that time, and there was not much win or loss with each other, and there was basically no one-sided situation.Tokuko turned around with his arm and I asked, "Hey! Third, where do you think I should bet?" I didn't bother to care where he bet, so I said, "Who cares where you bet, you let me go." The best here." Tokuko made a gesture to put the money in my pocket, but he didn't put it.He said: "You are not a beautiful little sister, why should I put the money in your pocket? You think I am young." As he spoke, he bet the money. As soon as Dezi put the money up, Lao Guan grabbed his money, turned around and threw it on the bed, saying: "How many times have I told you that I won't take you to play, why are you so shameless?" Sophistry said: "My buddy lost, I won it back for him. Why don't you look at his face." I am a person, I only gamble well, and if I lose, I lose. It is absolutely impossible to be angry and depressed.And I didn't pull my face, but Dezi actually said that to me.I happened to be standing next to the bed, and Tokuko and the bed were separated from me.I saw that it was time to buy and sell, and as soon as I bent down, I picked up the money that Lao Guan had left on the bed and put it in my pocket. Tokuko looked at me hard, and several forehead lines appeared on his forehead.He said, "What are you talking about, the third child? That's my money, why are you holding it?" I said, "Can I borrow your money and use it?" Dezi said, "It doesn't look like this I borrowed it. I didn’t even ask, I just picked it up. Did you treat yourself as an outsider?” I said whatever he wanted, but kept silent, covered my pockets, and continued to watch the excitement.Dezi circled around me, seeing that there was really nowhere to start, so he stopped insisting.He wanted Lao Guan to pay him back, and he said it very reasonably: "Lao Guan, I'm betting on your money. I don't care if you give it away. You have to give me the money." Lao Guan also saw that our relationship was very good, and said with a smile, "You, whoever you want to go to. I don't care about the things between you two." I, pretending to give the half of the money left in my hand, said: "Just make up the whole thing and take it all."Dezi opened my hand and said, "I can see that you are really thick-skinned." As he spoke, he seemed to be afraid that I would come up to snatch it, so he quickly put the money in his pocket, and took the money without worrying about it. I patted it and said: "It was bulging, but it suddenly collapsed. How many mushrooms do I have to sell to get it back." Whatever he said, I ignored him, the money was in my pocket to be real. After watching for a while, Tokuko said that he would book a room for his uncle's children.It turned out that a child of his uncle’s family, that is, a cousin of Dezi’s, was going to take the college entrance examination, and the place where the exam was taken was a little far away from home, so he wanted to find a hotel or a hotel nearby, so that he would not have to travel back and forth, and he could pass the exam nearby. rest well.So Tokuko wanted to go to the test place to see which one had an ideal environment.I didn't deposit money, just watched the fun, so Dezi took me as a driver to help him watch.I can't help you with a lot of help, and I still have to help with this kind of help, so Tokuko and I left the nursing home to find a hotel.