A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 51 Casino Beacon (for further reading)

The four Pai Gow in front of him were opened two by two. Hua Twelve himself did not know Pai Gow, but he accepted Chong Yang's memory, saw that two were four points, and made up the 'bench' in Pai Gow, and the other two made up 'Miscellaneous Eight', these two pairs are obviously not good cards in his memory.

Sure enough, the banker laughed and revealed his two pairs of cards. The first pair was clubs, and the two cards of the latter pair made up the red heads in Pai Gow:

"Plum blossoms cover the bench, the red head is better than the miscellaneous eight, kill all!"

The dealer laughed not because he won, but because it was finally over. He stretched his waist and shouted:
"knock off!"

Hua Twelve didn't feel lost either, and got up to leave.

But the banker shouted behind him: "Brother Chongyang!"

Hua Twelve turned his head to look, the dealer looked at him and said earnestly:
"You run here every month when you get paid, and you lose cleanly every time. Do you know what those regulars who often come to gamble call you behind their backs?"

Hua Twelve couldn't help wondering, "What do you call me?"

The dealer said helplessly: "You know the bright lights of the casino. It's the kind of wind vane where he bets big, others bet small, and then others are sure to win, and he decides to lose."

Hua Twelve smiled: "You mean I'm the bright light of the casino?"

The dealer shook his head and said, "No, no, you are called the 'casino lighthouse' by those frequent gamblers. You are always bright in the dark."

Hua Twelve couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and couldn't help laughing. It turns out that Chong Yang is an upgraded version of Mingdeng, so what's the use of gambling with this luck.

Seeing him laughing, the banker thought he was laughing at himself, and immediately sighed:

"When others gamble, some say they lose more than they win, and some say they lose nine out of ten bets. Although they lose money, there is always a time to win. Brother Chongyang, you obediently hand over your salary on this day every month, rain or shine, and never lose money." I have won, I heard that you even pawned the quilt at home in the past two days!"

"Our boss has been running a gambling stall for more than 20 years and has always been ruthless. Hearing what happened to you, I feel unbearable. Let me advise you, small gambling is fun, and you always have to save some money to live on."

Hua Twelve raised his eyebrows: "Then you give me some money back today?"

"Bah, that's a good idea!"

The dealer collected the money and shouted, "Close!"

A few sleepy guys heard the sound and lazily started to tidy up.

Hua Twelve chuckled, found a pack of unfiltered cigarettes in the pocket of his coat, lit one, bit it in his mouth and went out.

After leaving the gate of the casino, there are no skyscrapers of later generations in Hong Kong Island, only low-rise houses, at most two or three-storey western-style buildings, and the atmosphere of the old era blows in our face.

In the memory that Hua Twelve had just received, it was just June, and there were still four months before the start of the plot, which was enough time for him to make some preparations.

The so-called preparation is of course not getting involved in the affairs between the Qing court and the Revolutionary Party, but preparing to take back Shen Chongyang's daughter.

Ordinarily, he should go to Li Yutang's house to pick up his daughter right now.

But according to the task Hua Shier received, he had to be a human being before he could pick up his daughter.

It is reasonable to say that, ask yourself why he is going to challenge a wealthy businessman on Hong Kong Island at this time, just because he is now a Chinese policeman who is poor and white, and is a bad gambler!

Before Hua Shier entered the world of this mission, he checked Li Yutang's information, and his historical prototype is not to say that he is the richest Chinese in Hong Kong, but it is almost rare, at least an existence of the same level.

Li Yutang himself is the insurance king of Hong Kong Island, and his insurance companies are all over the ports of the Qing Dynasty and the Nanyang Islands.

In addition to the insurance industry, he also founded two major medicinal materials companies, Jinliyuan and Shuiliyuan, making money every day, doing grain business in Henan, and establishing an electric power company in Guangdong Province.

Such a rich man, Hua Twelve wants to come to the door now and tell Li Yutang that the daughter born to your fourth aunt is actually mine, and you are actually a receiver. Now that I want a daughter, you have to give it back to me. no.

If he really went to say that, he probably didn't know how he died.

Therefore, Hua Shier felt that if he wanted to have a dialogue with such a rich man, he had to have an equal status.

Fortunately, there are still a few months left, and he will use this time to make good preparations, and when the time comes, he will take his daughter back and raise her uprightly.

Hua Twelve took a deep breath of the unpolluted fresh air of this era, and his mood improved.

According to Chong Yang's memory, he was off duty today, so he gambled all night, and immediately walked through the streets and returned to his small second floor. When he entered the door, he couldn't help but smile wryly. This is exactly what the family said.

A wooden bed with no pillows or quilts. As far as I remember, the pillows and quilts are all pawned.

Two broken wooden chairs that didn't look very stable, and a wooden table covered with sludge.

There are peanut shells and cockroaches everywhere on the ground. The peanuts were sent by the cripple from the grocery store downstairs as a tribute, in order to thank his neighbor, who is a Chinese policeman, for protecting him from harassment by hooligans.

From the point of view of taking care of the neighbors, Chongyang is not bad.

Hua Shishi was a little worried, this house was unlivable, the cockroaches on the ground were alive and kicking, and they didn't have the experience of sleeping on the garbage dump for two months, so it was really uncomfortable to live in.

Wanting to find a hotel outside, he touched his pocket and smiled wryly.

Not a penny.

He wanted to go out to borrow some, and then he found in Shen Chongyang's memory that everyone who could borrow had borrowed it. Now when his friends saw him, they all avoided him. Even the colleagues who had made good friends in the past stayed away from him, for fear that he would borrow money. Open your mouth to borrow money.

"It's really hard for a penny to beat a hero!"

This body stayed up all night, and now sleepiness hit, Hua Twelve had no choice but to sleep on the stool, and this sleep lasted from daytime to late night.

'squeak'

The sound of the door slamming awakened the sleeping Hua Twelve. Turning his head sleepily, he saw the door behind him being pushed open, and a thin black man in a black coat came in with a kerosene lamp.

Seeing Hua Twelve turned his head, the man raised the corner of his mouth and said with a light smile:
"Did you gamble again yesterday?"

When he was speaking, he had already walked up to Hua Twelve and put the kerosene lamp on the table, but when he saw the environment in the room, he couldn't help but frown, with a look of disgust on his face: "Can't you clean it up?"

This person is called Hou Sheng. In the original plot, he was the one who bridged Chongyang and the Qing court.

But in the movie, this Hou Sheng beat and scolded Shen Yangdong without any respect.

Hua Twelve can also know from Chongyang's memory that Chongyang really hates this Hou Sheng.

In Shen Chongyang's memory, Hou Sheng was originally a member of Hong Kongfu's Hongmen. He was kicked out of Hongmen because of a mistake, and then he took refuge in the Qing court and scouted information for the Tartars in Hong Kongfu.

And it is such a person who is currently Chongyang's parents.

The reason is that Shen Yang, who has become impoverished due to gambling, is acting as an eyeliner for this guy in order to earn some extra money.

Hua Twelve shook his head, he hated Chongyang in his heart, being a running dog for the Tartars is enough to make people despise, but you are a running dog of a running dog, this is a bit too much.

Seeing him in a daze, Hou Sheng seemed to have gotten used to it and didn't care. He still asked with that sneering smile:

"Yesterday was the pay day, did you lose again?"

Hua Twelve nodded, took out another cigarette and lit it up, took a deep breath, and asked Chong Yang in the way he remembered:

"What are you looking for me for?"

Hou Sheng didn't answer his words, but looked around, tsk-tsk:
"It seems that there is something missing from my last visit. Hey, it turns out that you pawned off the bedding!"

After he finished speaking, he showed a look of resentment and said:
"Thinking of you, the majestic three-time martial arts champion in the police force on Hong Kong Island, you have been playing for so many years and you are still a big-headed green suit, and the more you play, the worse you get. Look at Smith, who entered the industry two or three years earlier than you, and you can't fight. Become the deputy of the Central District Police Department, and become the boss of your immediate boss!"

Hua Shier knew that Smith was the character played by Zeng Zhiwei, and the assistant in the police force means "supervisor" in Hong Kong movies.

Hou Sheng probably enjoyed this bossy look very much, so he even nodded Hua Twelve's head when he said this:
"This man, fighting and killing won't make a difference, so use your brain more!"

After he finished speaking, Hua Twelve's face showed anger, and he spread his hands:
"I said this to you out of kindness, but it seems useless, because you have no brains, ah ha ha ha"

　Thanks to: 08a, Ghosts and Holy Spirits, Dingsheng Huaxia, Youyou Piaoxu, and several brothers for their rewards, thanks for the support of a pack of 200 yuan brothers, thanks to the brothers who voted monthly and recommended tickets, and thanks to the brothers who read books and collected them , thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)