"This one doesn't count. I wasn't serious. Let's do it again!"
For three minutes, the man stopped what he was doing and looked at Chujiu in disbelief, as if he could still get over the tragic defeat.
It can only be described as a disastrous defeat. The victory mechanism of this version is to win three out of five games. On the ninth day, winning three consecutive games ends the game.
The man took out a game coin from his pocket, stuffed it into the game console and started to choose a character.
This time he chose "Long", "Long" is "Ken"'s senior brother, and all his skills are faster than "Ken".
The man smiled with a smile on his face and stared at the warrior dressed in white on the screen.
Once upon a time, he relied on "Long"'s wave punch to hit all the shots and beat all the game arcades in the south of the city without ever encountering an opponent.
There was a "pop" sound!
Three minutes later, the man punched the console of the game console hard, causing the boss to look dissatisfied, but the boss quickly regained his composure.
Another disastrous defeat. The man pulled his collar depressedly, revealing a section of his tattoo. No wonder the boss could swallow his anger. It turned out that he couldn't afford to offend him.
At this time, a young man wearing a plaid T-shirt walked in from the door of the game hall. The young man had red hair and a cigarette in his mouth. When he saw the man sitting next to Chujiu, he called out "Brother Nan".
"Go! Call all the brothers here right now!"
The man known as Brother Nan slapped the console hard again, and asked the red-haired young man to call someone with a fierce look on his face.
Could it be that he can't afford to lose and is ready to take action and have a real battle?
What I thought of was the owner of the game arcade. The owner kept giving me and Chujiu a wink, meaning we should leave quickly.
I took the opportunity to kick Chujiu. Chujiu turned around, smiled, turned to the man next to him and said:
"Hey, are you still playing? If not, I will continue to pass the level?"
"Uh, just kidding! I still don't believe it, Ge."
The man once again took out a game coin and stuffed it into the game machine.
For half an hour, all the game coins in the man's pocket were used up, and he had not won the first round of the Lunar New Year, let alone a single round.
"Boss, I'm calling you."
A dark group of young people rushed in at the door of the game arcade. They were all about the same age as Chujiu and I, and some of them might be a year or two older than us.
The boss, who had just finished cleaning, hurried into the cashier and locked a metal box next to it.
I looked around, looking for self-defense weapons. From a visual inspection, if Chujiu and I actually fought with them, we might not be able to beat them, although Chujiu was particularly good at fighting.
The man sitting next to Chujiu gritted his teeth and stared at Chujiu fiercely. Chujiu curled his lips, stared at the screen of the game console, calmly shook the joystick with one hand, and pressed the control buttons flexibly with the other.
"My dear, all of you, each of you, buy two yuan of game coins and line up for me to take turns fighting him. The one who wins will be my brother, Anan!"
The man stood up suddenly, shouted at the crowd, and pointed at the ninth day of the lunar month.
"Yes, boss!"
More than a dozen young people swarmed to the cashier, rushing to ask the boss to buy game coins.
The boss, who was originally panicking and holding the iron box, ready to run out at any time, now smiled happily and collected the money with one hand and handed out the game coins with the other hand.
"Trash! A bunch of trash! None of my younger brothers can beat me!"
Two hours later, the game hall was completely silent. Dozens of people lowered their heads in response to the man's dissatisfied roar.
Chujiu grinned and told me that it was the first time he had played with one game coin for so long. If he had known better, he would not have asked Deng Deyou to buy so many game coins. He could have played for a whole morning with just 50 cents.
There are a total of twelve characters in the Street Fighter game. According to Chujiu, it only takes half an hour to defeat twelve people in one go.
This time I arrived and played against more than a dozen people at once. Each player played six rounds, and I was so excited on the ninth day of the lunar month.
The man had been venting for a long time. He happened to see the player clearing the game on the ninth day of the lunar month and was about to get up and leave.
The man pushed away the younger brother beside him, stood in front of Chujiu, and looked at Chujiu condescendingly.
Yes, the man is 1.8 meters tall. Standing in front of the thin Chujiu, he is like a high wall.
"What's the matter? If you want to play games, you are welcome to challenge me at any time. If nothing happens, just step aside and delay my return for dinner."
Chujiu frowned, stared at the man in front of him, and said rudely.
"My name is Tiedan, and they all call me Brother Nan, the same Brother Nan in the "Young and Dangerous" comic book. If you defeat me, you will be our boss from now on."
After the man finished speaking, Chujiu was stunned for a long time, not understanding what the man meant.
Tiedan said that these guys hang out in all the game halls and billiard rooms in the city all year round.
Tiedan relied on his gaming talent to become the underground champion of all the game arcades in the south of the city, and was recognized as the boss by these people.
Now that Tiedan lost to Chujiu, naturally Chujiu became their big brother.
"What? I'm not a gangster, so you can go and do what you're supposed to do."
Chujiu touched his hair depressedly, looking helpless and helpless. Playing a game and becoming a gangster brother was too outrageous.
"Brother, we are not a gang. We just help maintain order in some game arcades and entertainment venues. Of course, when we encounter people who are careless and looking for trouble, we will still teach them a lesson. We never do things like murder, arson, deception, abduction, and theft.
.It is said in the "Young and Dangerous" comics that there must be loyalty in the world!"
The man spoke for a long time in one breath and stood in front of Chujiu. It seemed that Chujiu did not agree and was determined not to let Chujiu leave.
"As your boss, what are you going to do?" Chujiu shook his head and asked helplessly.
"If people from other places come to us for a duel in the game, just show up and fight a few games. You don't need to do anything else."
The men were afraid that Chujiu would not agree, so they skipped any other work related to their survival. It seemed that they were really conquered by Chujiu's gaming skills.
"Is it really just these barbarities?"
Chujiu asked doubtfully, if it was just to play games, he would be very happy.
"That's really all, brother, you just need to represent us in the underground league in the game arcade every year. As for other things, I take care of everything."
When the man saw that Chujiu was still hesitating, Brick shouted to the dozens of people behind him and quickly said hello to his elder brother.
"Brother!"
The chorus of shouts made my ears numb.
Chujiu was completely speechless, and he inexplicably became the boss of a group of bad boys.
"Guo Guo, give me the remaining game coins first."
Chujiu gave all the remaining game coins to Tiedan.
When I left the game hall and passed by the cashier, the owner of the game hall said with a smile that he would bring more boys to take care of the business after the ninth day of the lunar month.
Chujiu glared at the boss angrily. He happened to find the last game coin left in his pocket, stuffed it into the slot machine next to the cashier, and pressed a big king button.
The slot machine made a pleasant sound and the marquee light came on.
"Dudududu~"
The marquee lights lit up circle after circle. Finally, with a burst of loud celebration music, the lanterns stopped on the king's image, and the number "1000" was displayed directly on the top of the screen.
Under the stunned expression of the boss and the cheers of dozens of people behind him, Chujiu pointed at Tiedan and said to the boss:
"Give him the bonus, and I'll treat everyone to a Coke!"
On the way back to the Chamber of Commerce, I asked Chujiu how he knew he would win a bonus of 1,000 yuan.
Chujiu rolled his eyes at me. If he had known, he would have become famous and bought a car exactly like Uncle Ding's.
I originally thought that having a game coin in my pocket would be a hindrance, so I just stuffed it into the slot machine and threw it away, but I didn't know that there was a one in ten thousand chance that I would get it.
"That's a thousand yuan. Are you really going to give it away like this?"
"Guo Guo, I can't get that money. It's probably because so many people's luck was concentrated on me at that time. I don't want to bear the blame and become a gangster."
There are four dishes, one soup and two bowls of rice on Uncle Ding's office table.
"Why did you come back? We have all eaten."
Uncle Ding urged Chujiu and I to eat quickly. Wang Shi came back before dinner and reported the young Taoist priest's request to Deng Deyou, and the two of them went to buy things together.
The young Taoist priest asked Deng Deyou to place a altar in the courtyard of the warehouse to perform rituals to invite gods and drive away ghosts.
There are special instructions on the altar that the size of the fruit should not be less than 20 kilograms, the cooked beef, sheep and pork should be 20 kilograms each, and the snacks and pastries should be 20 kilograms each.
"Aren't you afraid of eating him to death?"
Chujiu, who was immersed in eating, muttered, "There are so many even numbers, it seems that this kid is very tough."
"On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, why is life so hard? Tell me about it and give me some insight."
Uncle Ding's curiosity was aroused by Chujiu's disdainful remarks. He put down the newspaper in his hand and asked with a smile what the significance of Chujiu's altar was.
Chujiu saw me staring at him, and as soon as his proud expression showed, I slapped him on the forehead.
"It's just three meats, three vegetarians, and six attributes. What's there to say?"
Seeing me raising my hand again, Chujiu shrank his neck and started to tell us.
The three meat dishes on the table generally refer to pork, poultry, and whole fish.
Sansu is not three kinds of vegetarian dishes, but green vegetable noodles, which contains tofu, fenugreek and bean sprouts.
The six attributes are six cups of wine, six bowls of rice, and six pairs of chopsticks.
The above items are arranged on three sides. Light incense candles on the front, and place some fruits and cakes on both sides of the incense candles.
Offer one or two incense first, and then burn the paper money after the memorial ceremony.
There are quantitative requirements for offerings, which should be three or a multiple of three, but not an even number.
This was also Chujiu's disdainful reaction after hearing so many "twenties". It was obviously in the name of a sacrifice, and in the end he took it back to enjoy for himself and competed with the gods for food. It would definitely not end well.
"It turns out there are so many things to pay attention to. Eat the food quickly and don't worry about it. The food will be cold after a while. Today, Boss Deng specially asked the kitchen to cook the food carefully."
We chatted while eating, and when we talked about cows, Uncle Ding sighed and said that he stayed in the United States for a few years and left only a few days after returning.
After being away for a month, I called back once and it seemed that I had found a foreign boyfriend.
With a "click" sound, Chujiu laughed at me, saying that for such a big person, I could still drop my chopsticks on the floor while eating.