The cell phone next to the pillow started buzzing.
As soon as I picked it up, I heard a familiar voice coming from the other side.
"Little old man, haven't you gotten up yet?"
"Um!"
I promised.
The caller was Mr. Wu.
We've known each other for so long.
This was the first time he called me.
"You said that you are a little swindler who wants to learn a skill, but you are still lazy. If you don't wake up at midnight and work hard in the middle of the night, how can you learn flying cards well?"
Old Boss Wu kept chattering.
I know he was just talking nonsense to me.
Usually when I practice.
He often interrupted and asked me to make him tea and water.
At that time, what he said was.
Flying cards is both a skill and a talent.
No need to work so hard.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, Mr. Wu immediately said:
"I'm having breakfast at Huichun Alley in Zhongjie. Come over here and I'll give you some tips..."
Once you hear it, you want to give me some tips.
I immediately agreed and hung up the phone.
I got up and quickly packed up, then took a taxi to Huichun Lane.
When I arrived, Mr. Wu was at a breakfast stall on the street.
Eating Xiao Long Bao and drinking water tofu.
When he saw me arriving, he waved to me.
"Here..."
After not seeing him for a day, the old Mr. Wu looked a little haggard.
Long silver hair, messy and disorderly.
His face was also sallow.
He didn't even notice the gum in the corners of his eyes.
From this look, it’s like staying up all night.
I sat opposite Mr. Wu and was about to order something to eat.
But Boss Wu immediately interrupted me and said:
"Don't eat it yet..."
"Why?"
"You're not hungry!"
"I'm hungry!"
"If I say you're not hungry, you're not hungry!"
Boss Wu kept chattering and hurriedly took out a one-dollar coin from his pocket.
He shook the coin at me and said:
"Guess it's a word or a flower!"
A one-dollar coin has the number 1 on one side and a chrysanthemum on the other side.
As he spoke, he flicked his fingers.
The coins flew high.
Then, it fell on the back of the left hand.
He covered it with his right hand again and asked me:
"Words or flowers?"
To me, this is a child's game.
I don't understand it either.
Why would Mr. Wu want to play such a boring game with me this early in the morning?
But I still answered:
"Character!"
Boss Wu opened his hand.
Sure enough, the word "1" is on it, which is the word "1".
"Come again, try another way of playing!"
As he spoke, he picked up a bowl.
Throw the coin into the bowl.
Cover it with your hands.
"Words or flowers?"
"It's still a word!"
Boss Wu took his hand away.
The coins in the bowl are indeed still words.
Looking up at me, Mr. Wu asked:
"How did you kid do that?"
I didn’t hide anything from Mr. Wu and said directly:
"This relies on eyesight. Ordinary people's eyesight can't do it, but I have practiced it since I was a child, and I can see it clearly..."
Mr. Lao Wu nodded slightly.
"Okay, let's try another way!"
As he said that, he threw the coin into the bowl first.
Covering the mouth of the bowl with his hand.
It started to shake like a dice.
After a while, I put the bowl on the table.
He looked up at me and asked:
"Words or flowers?"
I shook my head.
"have no idea!"
"Aren't you a little old man? How could you not know?"
I'm speechless.
It's true that I'm a con man.
But I am not a god, nor do I have clairvoyance.
How is it possible to know what's inside?
I can hear the number of the dice because the sound of each side of the dice falling on the table is different.
But this is a coin, I can't hear anything at all.
Mr. Wu thought thoughtfully for a while and then said to me:
"It's really weird. That little bastard who is sitting in the bank seems to be able to see both sides of this coin. Little old man, do you think this coin can yield a thousand?"
"able!"
As soon as I finished speaking.
Liu Ye once said.
Anyone who can gamble can make a fortune.
All are without exception.
After listening to this, Boss Wu immediately took out five dollars from his pocket and put it on the table.
Then he stood up and shouted loudly to the boss in the room:
"The money is on the table, no need to look for it!"
With that said, he picked up the purple clay pot and dragged me away.
Just walked a few steps.
The landlady’s voice came from behind:
"You old boss Wu who kills thousands of people, you haven't even paid for breakfast this week..."
"I owe it!"
Boss Lao Wu shouted without looking back.
Out of the alley, I asked Mr. Wu:
"You asked me to come here, didn't you want to teach me a few tricks?"
"I know how to do it. I've taught you everything. Now it's your turn to teach me how to tell when that guy is cheating..."
"Don't you know a thousand arts?"
"I know shit!"
"Then in Tianxiang, how can you tell that there is something wrong with those gambling tables?"
"That's what the old bastard told me!"
Old bastard?
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
It's hard to tell the truth from what this old guy says.
This early in the morning, before I even woke up, I was fooled by him.
He didn't even eat any food, so he dragged him to catch Qian again.
This taste is a bit bitter.
When we were almost there, I asked Mr. Wu again:
"How much did you lose in total?"
Boss Wu made a sad face.
"The coffin itself has been lost!"
"How much is that?"
"one thousand!"
I'm sweating!
His coffin is quite thin.
Mr. Wu is actually a man who is willing to admit defeat.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, the other party cannot pay a thousand dollars.
Otherwise, he wouldn't come to me.
The place Mr. Wu took me to turned out to be a video game arcade.
Because it's morning.
There are not many people playing games.
There are only 98 and Street Fighter machines, and a few people play them.
Inside the game room, there is a separate small room.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw that the small room was filled with smoke and smoke.
Seven or eight disheveled gamblers gathered around a dilapidated table, shouting loudly.
A man in his thirties.
Holding a cigarette in his mouth, he was sitting in the village.
Next to him was a small steel basin.
It's full of one-yuan coins.
Their gameplay is also very simple.
Just put the coins into a black plastic cup.
Shake it a few times and put it on the table.
Guess the word or flower.
When I saw Boss Wu bringing me in, the banker specially greeted him and said:
"Old Boss Wu, are you okay with your body? You've been playing all night, and you're here so early. Why are you bringing someone with you? Who is this person?"
"My grandson!"
Um?
Based on his age, Mr. Wu can indeed be called my grandfather.
But his tone sounded like a curse.
"Hahaha, you two don't look alike either?"
"You don't care whether it looks like it or not, you're so embarrassed!"
As he said that, Old Boss Wu said to me:
"Here, lend me some money!"
I took out two thousand yuan, gave him one thousand yuan, and kept one thousand yuan.
I took the money and watched from the side without worrying about pressing it.
This is the first time I have seen this kind of gameplay.
It seems very fair. I can only choose two doors, one with a flower and one with a word.
The winning rate is 50% each, and the dealer does not take any profit.
Watched it for a while.
This round seems to be really clean and nothing fishy.
Because at the end of each hand, the dealer will throw the coin back into the basin.
Take out another coin and shake it.
If someone thinks the coin-shaking cup is wrong, you can change it.
You can even go out and buy it yourself and let the dealer shake it with your cup.
The table is also an ordinary wooden table.
There wasn't even a mat on top.
Just such a simple game.
It seems like there is no problem at all.
But I don't believe that the banker didn't pay a thousand.