Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 1150 The Old Uncle's History

Another thing worth mentioning is my uncle's gambling skills. I still don't understand how he can conjure poker cards out of thin air in his hand. As long as I want, he can conjure them at any time. My idol, wherever he goes, I will follow.

The fancy tricks in the Hong Kong film "God of Gamblers" that was broadcast later, in my uncle's opinion, are just pediatrics. Indeed, I remember that my old uncle performed a lot of tricks before I watched "God of Gamblers". Show us poker tricks.He also gave me a few tricks, such as how to change the first card in your hand to the last one, how to shuffle the cards so that you have one more card in your hand. At that time, my hands were small and I was always seen. It becomes very easy when you have a big back hand. This made it easier for me to play upgrades, single dunks, and golden flowers with my classmates when I was in college, and I earned a lot of money.

When I went, my uncle was teaching Yaoyang how to play mahjong without losing. That is to say, he played 21 tiles. Others only had 17 tiles, but he could hold 21 tiles for a long time.

I finally knew why Yaoyang had to live in my uncle's house, because he was fascinated by my uncle's ability to make money, and he must find a way to learn it. Seeing Yaoyang's clumsy tricks, I teased: "You can count Well, with your technique, you won’t be able to learn it next year. Besides, what’s the use of your learning? Who can you call? Who are you planning to cheat? Is it our mother or father? The next old lady and old man?"

Yaoyang was sullen, ignored me, and asked my old uncle, "Uncle, I stole 4 cards at once, and the little mahjong is okay. Southerners like to play mahjong now. I can't put it down at all, since I can put it down, it's not convenient to draw cards and play cards!"

My old uncle smiled and guided: "Under normal circumstances, it is not necessary to put four cards in your hand, but that you can replace the four cards in front of you at any time! As soon as you move the cards, you can put them in your hand. The 4 cards that were not needed were changed out, and if it didn’t work, just change it again, so if you are slower than others, no one can blame you!”

Yaoyang suddenly enlightened: "Ah, I understand, it's not about keeping the cards in your hand, but you can exchange 4 cards at any time! This trick is amazing! Then, old man, don't you just win but not lose when you play cards?"

The old uncle shook his head and said, "Where is that going? Who will play with you then! After one game, you can't win too much. After ten games, you can win four games and lose six games. You can do the math yourself. Winning one game is the biggest." Yes, just keep your capital or win a little in the other three games, and lose in the rest, so you can lose less, so that you will have poker friends for a long time!"

Yaoyang nodded frequently: "It makes sense!"

I helped my old uncle to boast: "If my old uncle really wanted to make a lot of money, he would have won the car, the house, and the villa long ago! It's just that he doesn't want to do that! There is a way to steal!"

The old uncle gave me a blank look and said: "You think, money will be so easy to win! My trick is that it's okay to play with the neighbors in the usual time, but I dare not make a move in big scenes! There are too many experts! I I’ve been careful all my life, and just like that, the neighbors don’t want to play with me now! Small bets are fun, but big bets hurt feelings. It’s okay to play around, but if it’s serious, it’s shooting yourself in the foot up!

12 years ago, I was born as a child, and I was born different from ordinary people, with extremely long fingers. The adults said that this child was either playing the piano or a thief!Later, I became a gambler, and I dared to gamble from 1 yuan to hundreds of thousands. My lifelong dream is to be able to gamble on the gambling boats in Macau.The dream came true, and I saved 100 million through hard work and cheating.At that time, 100 million yuan could buy a few houses, but he was just greedy, and he must have wanted to experience the feeling of spending a lot of money.

After I went there, I gambled honestly at the beginning, but after I gambled completely, I moved my mind, borrowed 50 usury loans, and cheated, thinking that my methods were flawless, but I didn’t know that high-tech surveillance plus watching the scene The expert, how could he have a chance?He was caught before playing two games.Two hands, 4 fingers on each hand were cut off at the same time. I was the one who picked him up. It was your father who helped me find him!That time was very motivating to me. After that time, no matter what the game, I would never get out of the way. I really dare not. When I think about one hand and one finger, I am sweating all over my body! "

Yaoyang said with a groan; "Old uncle is right! By the way, old uncle, I heard about the water incident in Old Dove before you? Tell us about it!"

The old uncle's eyes drifted out of the window, as if he was recalling the past, and said with emotion: "What can be so prestige? It was because I was ignorant when I was young, and I didn't know how to live or die. It's ridiculous to think about it now!"

But after repeated pleadings from Yaoyang and Xiaowei, my uncle said: "I used to be an honest boy, I remember the first time I got into a fight, it was when I was a child and didn't graduate from technical secondary school, so I went to work in a grain store. At that time, I was short, and I was a newcomer. I was always bullied by the masters of the grain store. They called me when they loaded the goods and unloaded the truck. I was not as tall as the car. Unconvinced, I quarreled with the master for a few words.

They scolded me at first, but then they felt puzzled, so they beat me with their hands, four or five times, and bullied me when I was young. When it was three, he just knelt down for me! "

Yaoyang asked in horror: "Is that person not dead?"

The old uncle said proudly: "I'm not dead. If I were dead, I would still be here talking to you for nothing! Your uncle works in a slaughterhouse. He told me since I was a child, what is the most vulnerable part of a person, but not It’s fatal, as long as you don’t stab the deadly organs, you’ll be fine! I stabbed it only when I was looking for it, and the two people I stabbed just had a few stitches on their stomachs, and they still went to work the next day!”

Yaoyang asked again: "Did they not call the police?"

The old uncle nodded and said: "How could it be possible not to call the police? When the police came, they saw that I was just a child, and I had a runny nose and tears, saying how they beat me and how they bullied me. The police at the police station investigated , It is indeed what I said, if you see that no one is killed, you don't bother to care about it!"

Yaoyang wanted to ask a question, but I interrupted: "Why are you a hundred thousand? Are you still listening?"

Yaoyang curled his lips, and then motioned for the old uncle to continue talking.

The old uncle recalled again: "After that time, I almost didn't do anything, but our film spread, saying that I was a life-threatening master, and no one dared to mess with me! In addition, your uncle is in The slaughterhouse is also a bully, and our two brothers combined, no one dares to bully us! The gangsters on the street are all bullying and fearing the hard, we have a good reputation, and they run away when they see us! The gangsters are afraid of us, so there are still people who dare to bully We! Your uncle will bring meat to the house, and I will bring food. At that time, our family's life was much better than other families!" After finishing speaking, he smiled to himself for a while.

Then his face changed: "Until the grain store was restructured, I was caught stealing grain and fired by the new director at that time. How could I swallow this breath at that time? I went to find it with a screwdriver. Director, originally wanted to scare him, but who knew he was never afraid of me, just grabbed my screwdriver and gave me a fat beating. , but when I met someone who really knew how to fight, he beat me to the ground in one round! I was not convinced, so I called your uncle over, thinking that this time the chances of winning were sure, but you couldn't beat the uncle. He beat his teeth all over the ground by himself! Only after that time did we know that there are people out there, and it’s not enough to be ruthless! It’s much more honest!"

I said with emotion: "So my uncle is also a bully? I really didn't see it!"

Yaoyang praised: "Old uncle, what happened later, how did you learn how to gamble?"

The old uncle said with a smile: "First I went to Hefa Elementary School, and then I learned from the old swindler on the side of the road! When the old swindler lied to others, he was discovered and his hand was broken. He was on the side of our street. , set up a booth to play chess, and we kept playing with him when we had nothing to do. Once we came and went, we became familiar with him, and brought him some food from time to time. In this way, he taught us some tricks, but warned us that we could only play small games. Little troublemakers, don’t dare to cheat big money!”

I then asked: "Then are you really so obedient? Really don't want to make a lot of money?"

The old uncle smiled and said: "Really, we were very innocent at that time, and we never thought of crooked ways. Learning that gambling technique is also fun, fighting and playing hard, there is no way, and we were bullied! Plus later I found out For such a small matter, I have already lost my courage!"

Yaoyang rumored with emotion: "I wish I had been born at that time! Happy Jianghu! It's like now, everything is timid! You've been bullied, and it's up to you to fight back every minute. The key point is the crime of ten or eight years!"

I curled my lips and said, "Don't think about it. If you were in the past, you would have been shot ten times or eight times. One charge of hooliganism was enough! At that time, as long as you were not married, it was considered illegal cohabitation! How dare you Happy rivers and lakes?"

The old uncle laughed loudly and said, "That's not that exaggerated! It's more relaxed than it is now."

We were talking and laughing when Ren Xiaoqi arrived. After I picked him up, I was a little surprised when I saw my uncle’s house. I guess he had never seen such a house since he was a child. The room goes to bed, and everyone sits on the floor.

Ren Xiaoqi stood at the door and didn't know what to do?Thinking about taking off your shoes?But after looking at the ground, he hesitated for a moment, wanting to find a sofa to sit on, but there was none!

I pulled him to sit on the ground and said, "What are you looking at? The ground is not that dirty, sit down and drink!"

Ren Xiaoqi was dressed in a straight suit, and just sat down on the ground.

My old uncle knew that he might be a big shot, so he was not so casual, and said politely: "Why don't you take off your suit first, because sitting on the floor will wrinkle the suit! I'll find you a cushion!"

This made Ren Xiaoqi a little embarrassed and said: "It's okay, it's okay! No, no!"

I rescued him and said, "It's uncomfortable for you to sit on the ground like this, and it's not cold at home, so take it off! Don't make your suit dirty. It's not easy to wash. Do you drink beer, or is it white?"

Ren Xiaoqi asked, "Can I have some red wine?"

I looked at my uncle, who hurriedly took out a bottle of red wine from the cabinet and handed it to me.

I looked at it without saying a word, and handed it to Ren Xiaoqi. Ren Xiaoqi really didn't understand the world, so he looked at the wine and immediately said, "This is wine, not red wine!"

The old uncle hurriedly looked at it in embarrassment and said, "Ah, I'm sorry, I only have this kind of wine at home!"

Only then did Ren Xiaoqi realize that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly waved his hands: "I didn't mean that, the wine is also very good!"

I smiled and said, "Don't be so embarrassed, what kind of red wine do you drink, you have to drink white when you come here, and the worst thing is to drink beer!"

Ren Xiaoqi murmured: "I'm not very good at drinking! Can I..."

I shook my head and said: "No! There are not many people who can come to my house. If you can come to my house, it means that I am your own person. I like you very much because you are straightforward and straightforward. That's why I called you to come to my house. Why do you seem to understand nothing? It shouldn’t be, what do you say, it’s also honed in a big company!”

Ren Xiaoqi said ashamedly; "I joined my own company as soon as I graduated. How can I hone my skills? No one will embarrass me because of my identity. I have no chance to hone it! What you are talking about is my shortcoming. That’s why I came to study with you!”

Xiao Wei asked curiously from the side: "Which company does this young man work for? What is his position?"

I smiled and replied: "The prince of Haqi!"

Xiao Wei was so shocked that he almost threw the cup on the ground, and said in surprise, "Isn't it? Why did you let him come here?"

I asked puzzledly: "What's wrong with coming to our place? Isn't it very nice here? I have to find a big hotel to greet me?"

Xiao Wei hurriedly said: "It's good, it's not suitable for him to come, is it? After all, the identity is there!"

Now Ren Xiaoqi said a little displeased: "Why am I not suitable to come? I am not a very expensive person, I really don't want to go to a big hotel!"

Xiao Wei sighed and said, "That's not what I meant, what I mean is that common people like us have nothing to do, so it's really not suitable to greet guests like you!"

I smiled and said, "Xiao Wei, put away your official polite words, it's okay to use outside, but it's not necessary for your own home! It looks very fake!"

Xiao Wei blushed, and said with some shame: "It's the first time I'm greeting a person of this status at home? If it's really negligent, how can this be good? Don't delay your important event!"

I said displeasedly: "You, you are good at everything, you do everything well, and you are careful and cautious in doing things, but these are also your shortcomings. How many real friends can you make with people like this? You are fake, and you are fake. Only if you are true, after a long time, people will be true to you! No matter who he is or what status he is, they are all the same!"

(End of this chapter)