Survival begins with Red Dead Redemption 2

Chapter 166 Chapter 165, A small gamble for fun?

165,

The air is oppressive,
Even breathing lowered the voice,
Nervous sweat covered his forehead, but his mouth was as dry as the desert outside at noon, so that he couldn't even squeeze out a mouthful of saliva.

Wet palms rubbed against the shiny trousers several times before finally daring to explore forward cautiously and tremblingly.

Fate is uncertain,

A butterfly spreading its wings can set off turbulent waves, and a broken shoe can also overthrow a king who is the lord of a country.

The fate of people is even more so. The fragile trajectory does not require sudden bullets, nor does it need gold mines falling from the sky. Often a choice, a decision or even a sentence is enough to turn a person's fate upside down.

For example, at this moment, what determines the fate of the future is not whether the road to the gold mine can be repaired, nor whether the goods piled up in the tent can be sold out, but the side that he tightly pinches with three fingers Small pieces of wood.

Thumb gently rubbing, feeling,

The uneven marks combined with the experience accumulated in the past few days told him that his lucky day had arrived, but he still suppressed the ecstasy from his heart by clenching his teeth, raised his hand in front of his red eyes, and then Move your thumb away little by little.

First there was a smear of blood-like bright red, and then two horizontal lines as dark as a night. The combination of the two was exactly the [-] that he had been waiting for for a long time.

"Snapped!"

The sound of slapping the table could be heard from far away, and the mahjong in his hand was knocked down in unison while walking with him, followed by excited cheers that spread across more than half of Armadillo Town.

"Dragon! Dragon! A dragon of a color!"

"Open your bastard eyes and take a good look, this is the legend, my god, hurry up and get that damn menu, I want to know how much money I won!"

The excited shouts stimulated the nerves of many people, and the people around squeezed their heads over like paparazzi waiting to be fed, wanting to see the big card that has only been heard and never seen before in mahjong tiles - "a dragon of one color".

Soon, the mahjong menu prepared in each tent was handed over by a good-natured person. The record on it was not a dish, but the numbers corresponding to various mahjong cards such as thirteen yuan, three yuan, and all one-color one-stop, that is, How many times doubling, the smallest number is counted from a dozen.

That is to say, as long as the cards won can match the content on this mahjong menu, the winner of the winning cards is definitely not as simple as winning ten or twenty dollars.Thirteen Yao, who appeared the day before yesterday and was said to be rare, made the other three at the same table go bankrupt on the spot and at the same time signed a large loan.

But today, it is all one dragon, although it is still far away from Thirteen Yao, but from the envious and jealous eyes of everyone around, it can be seen that the value of this card is nothing compared to digging out a piece of gold from a gold mine. What a difference.

How many people care about the gold mines up north if you can win your money back at the poker table.

Today is the second day of talks with the Chinese businessmen in the camp, and it is also the fourth day when everyone is at a loss.

Gold diggers and speculators pouring into New Austin have expanded the original desolate town five or six times with countless tents, but in the center of Armadillo Town, where the original ruins are, the residents of Armadillo Town The number of tents provided for people to spend time has increased by more than ten times, and the lights are brightly lit, day and night.

And the gold diggers gathered here are also subtly divided into three groups.
The first group intends to continue to explore gold mines. Because of the employment price issue, they are negotiating carefully with the representative of the local Chinese workers, Mr. Li from the temporary independent group;
The second wave also intends to continue to explore gold mines, but does not want to pay, and wants to rely on their own strength to solve the problem of hanging cliffs, so they do not hesitate to risk their lives to keep trying;

The third wave is also the wave with the largest number of people. I have long forgotten what a gold mine is, and I can’t dig it for a while anyway. Others have more money.

This is the terrible thing about gambling!
Its harm is not how much money people lose, but how much money people win.When the money in hand comes and goes quickly, and more than once, people will unknowingly have a sense of detachment from the concept of money.

A ten-dollar bill is two months' wages of an ordinary person. It can buy half a case of fine Carrington whiskey, or two sheep or three pigs, enough to feed a family of three for half an hour. The meat of the month.

But in the eyes of a gambler, money is no longer money. No matter how big the face value is, it is just a chip on the gaming table. He can win it back in one night, or lose it in a hand of cards.

Winning, losing, playing, seeing, and owning, I don't care as much as I did at the beginning.

Compared with two months of hard work, they care more about their so-called "luck", and are more willing to spend their time and energy on round after round of never-ending "games".

The sea of ​​people is vast, and in the face of temptation, there are only a few who can control themselves, and those who can persevere in their original goal are more admirable.It's just that people tend to overlook a problem in daily life, that is, everyone is running for the gold mine in Armadillo Town for the same goal.

Which one is not gambling?

Mr. Peel is one of them. In the long game of life, he has won two games, but he still wants to continue to win.

In the bank in Heishui Town, he exchanged the gold he brought from the desert with all his hard work for a fortune that he could not earn in five or six years.He didn't stop there, but after buying a lot of weapons, ammunition and gold panning tools, he returned to Armadillo Town, a place he both loves and hates.

Just because there is someone here,

Follow him, you can get a better future!
That man did not disappoint him, the weapons and ammunition were bought back at a higher price, and the gold digging tools he carried made him easily become a representative of the second wave of gold diggers.

Due to the entry of a large amount of materials, some buildings in Armadillo Town have been rebuilt after changing locations. The largest area is the police station that has just been repaired in Armadillo Town.In just a few days, the manpower of the Armadillo Town Police Department has also expanded from the five or six kittens left at the beginning to the current seven or 80 people to ensure and maintain the peace and harmony of the ever-growing Armadillo Town. order.

While greeting familiar police officers everywhere, Peel walked through the busy police office, and after getting permission, he pushed open an inconspicuous door that was secretly guarded by several people.

There was no light in the room, and in the darkness, the man was waiting for him.

(End of this chapter)