Chai Yan chatted with Yang Chengyi and Chen Xiang for a while, and then left Rende Pharmacy.
Chen Xiang originally wanted to inform his boss to come over and meet Chai Yan, but Chai Yan declined due to time constraints and just asked the two of them to say goodbye to Gao Heng on his behalf.
After leaving the semicolon, Chai Yan did not return to the dock immediately. Instead, he went shopping in some markets in the city. Considering that it would take more than ten days to return to Beijing, and it was difficult to supply supplies on the road, so what about pig blood, sheep
Blood, cow's blood, as long as it's not dog's blood, Chai Yan will treat them all without hesitation.
By the time Chai Yan returned to the dock, it was almost noon.
When walking towards the official ship, Chai Yan spotted Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun.
At this time, the two of them were watching a bunch of people gambling on the pier. They were watching intently and with great interest. They didn't even notice that Chai Yan was gradually approaching behind them.
Chai Yan did not rush to call them, but first leaned out and looked into the crowd.
In the crowd, an elderly, skinny man was sitting. There were three white porcelain bowls on the ground in front of him, and all three bowls were turned upside down.
The skinny man held a small black ball in his left hand, about the size of his thumb. He held a chopstick in his right hand and kept tapping the bottom of the porcelain bowl. He shouted: "Everyone, watch out.
, see clearly, I will be faster this time..."
After saying that, the skinny man put the small black ball on his left hand under the first porcelain bowl, then tapped the bottoms of the three porcelain bowls one by one with chopsticks, and repeated the words he just said.
As soon as the voice came out, more and more people agreed, and everyone was urging the skinny man to start quickly.
Upon seeing this, the skinny man apologized profusely, then put down his chopsticks, and began to move the three porcelain bowls with his hands, changing their positions.
During this process, everyone around them opened their eyes wide, all staring at the porcelain bowl covered with black balls, fearing that it would escape in the blink of an eye.
The skinny man's hand speed is very skillful. The porcelain bowl is moved back and forth under his control, and the speed is gradually increasing. If someone is distracted or not careful, all that will be left in front of him is the dazzling shadow of his hand.
Although he only watched it for a short while, Chai Yan vaguely felt the style of "Ghost Hand". He felt that this skinny man must be a master, and his skills were so powerful that he had definitely reached the point where he wanted the black ball to appear under which bowl.
, just let it appear under which bowl!
Otherwise, how could people dare to set up gambling stalls on the pier to earn a living?
After a while, the skinny man stopped. He lined up the three porcelain bowls in a straight line, picked up the chopsticks next to his hand, pointed at the bowl and said, "Do you all see clearly? As long as you can see clearly, that's fine.
The more you buy, the more you win. Come on, bet boldly..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the people around began to put copper coins and small pieces of silver in front of the three porcelain bowls...
At this time, a loser man suddenly took a picture of a larger piece of broken silver. It looked like one or two taels, which was very eye-catching among the piles of bets.
The next scene surprised Chai Yan. The skinny man setting up the gambling stall actually picked up the piece of silver and gave it back to the man. The reason was very simple. He was just setting up the stall here to play small bets, and he felt like he had won.
Well, the loser won't be hurt, so he won't accept a slightly larger bet.
Chai Yan thought to himself that this man knew how to run a business, and he made everyone's money without annoying the people on the dock. It was the best of both worlds.
After a while, there were bet money in front of the three porcelain bowls, but the amount was different.
Guan Maochun said with itching heart: "Fourth brother, I'm sure it's in the second bowl. How about we buy a handful too?"
Cheng Jiu hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "If you want to bet, you bet, but I won't bet anyway."
Guan Maochun said in surprise: "Fourth brother, why? You used to love gambling the most, why don't you gamble now?"
Cheng Jiudao: "I promised Situ Jing that I won't gamble anymore. I'm a man, can I keep my word?"
Chai Yan couldn't help but smile after hearing this, thinking that Situ Jing was quite powerful and could actually make Cheng Jiu be so obedient.
Guan Maochun muttered: "Fourth brother, my sister-in-law can't see her, so let's just play. God knows and the earth knows that you know and I know. It doesn't matter."
In fact, Cheng Jiu had also thought about gambling addiction, but after thinking about it again and again, he finally shook his head and said: "No, no, I won't gamble if I say I won't gamble. You can gamble by yourself."
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Cheng Jiu, Guan Maochun had no choice but to say: "Then I can play by myself..."
With that said, Guan Maochun took out a broken piece of silver and tried to squeeze it in and press it in front of the second porcelain bowl.
But at this time, the skinny man had already shouted: "Everyone, everyone, buy it and leave, it's on, it's on..."
As the skinny man opened the porcelain bowls one by one, the small black ball appeared under the second bowl.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of the gambling stall. There were people who were happy when they bought right, and disappointed when they bought wrong. There were different expressions.
Guan Maochun also felt it was a pity. He held the money and regretted: "Oh, just be a little slower, otherwise you will make a profit..."
Cheng Jiu smiled and said, "Who told you to dawdle by yourself?"
Guan Maochun turned around and wanted to say something to Cheng Jiu, but as soon as he turned around, Chai Yan's face appeared in front of him.
"Sir?" Guan Maochun was startled and quickly hid the hand holding the money behind his back.
Although Chai Yan did not explicitly prohibit them from gambling, he did not want them to get into the bad habit of gambling. Therefore, Guan Maochun felt extremely nervous the moment he saw Chai Yan.
Cheng Jiu looked back when he saw this, and then immediately raised his hands and said: "Sir, why are you back?"
"Things went smoothly, so I came back early..."
Chai Yan replied calmly, then looked at Guan Maochun and asked with a smile: "How are you lucky? How much did you win..."
Guan Maochun quickly shook his head and said: "No, no, no, sir, we didn't gamble. We really didn't gamble. We were just a little bored on the boat, so we came down to take a look at the excitement..."
Cheng Jiu immediately proved to Guan Maochun that they just watched and did not gamble.
"Everyone, keep your eyes open and look carefully..."
At this time, the skinny man shouted, placed the black ball under a porcelain bowl, and then quickly moved the porcelain bowl to start a new gambling game.
Chai Yan glanced at the skinny man who was working hard to make the game, and warned Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun: "Remember, if you don't gamble, you will win!"
"Remember, sir." Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun responded in unison.
Chai Yan shook his head slightly and said: "Let's go, it's time to get on the boat..."
Then, Chai Yan, Cheng Jiu, and Guan Maochun left the crowd and boarded the official ship.
In front of the skinny man's gambling stall, there was still a lively and noisy scene...