Ten Days End

When the six people returned to the round table with their chips, the ground monkey discovered Qi Xia's clues.

"Why, your physical condition is so bad now?" The ground monkey asked with a cigarette in his mouth. His eyelids kept drooping, and he looked even less energetic than Qi Xia.

"Now"...?" Qi Xia tried to open his eyes and look at him, "Was I better before than now?"

"Ha..." The ground monkey shook his head, "I have to say... you have really changed a lot, I almost didn't recognize you."

"Change?" Qi Xia felt that this statement was a bit interesting.

I have met many people in the "Land of the End", but no one has ever talked about their "changes".

"What has changed?" Qi Xia asked.

"It's hard to say." The ground monkey stretched out his hand and scratched his face, "Is it the "state of mind"? Is it the "attitude"? Is it the "thought"? "

"It's more mysterious than the other." Qi Xia snorted, "Let's start. "

The ground monkey nodded, reached out and picked up the deck of cards. When he was about to deal the cards, Qiao Jiajin called him.

"Wait a minute."

Qiao Jiajin reached out and pinched the ground monkey's wrist, and whispered: "Fat Monkey, what's the hurry?"

The ground monkey slowly frowned: "Why, aren't we going to start?"

"Shuffle the cards." Qiao Jiajin said, "How can someone just pick up the deck and deal it?"

"I shuffled it." The ground monkey shook off Qiao Jiajin's hand, "But I don't mind shuffling it again."

He divided the cards into two piles, mixed them together neatly, and then used the card-cutting technique to turn them over several times, and finally placed the cards neatly in front of everyone.

"Is this okay?"

Qiao Jiajin stared at the cards and slowly smiled. He had seen the card-cutting technique countless times. The man in front of him could not be considered a master at cutting cards, but only considered it okay.

"We have to shuffle them too. ”

“Oh?”

“According to the casino rules, everyone shuffles their cards once.” Qiao Jiajin said, “Fat Maliu, you run a casino, so you should know this rule better than me.”

Dihou felt that the man in front of him had some tricks, and he seemed to know casinos better than he did.

Qi Xia knew what Qiao Jiajin meant, and decisively picked up the deck from the table, quickly fiddled with it in his hands for a few times, and then divided the deck into two piles with the face up. When he mixed them together, he took the opportunity to look at the cards. This deck of cards was indeed similar to what he thought, with both the twenty-four solar terms and traditional festivals.

But what does "New Moon" mean?

Several people took turns shuffling the cards. When the deck was handed back to Dihou, he just curled his lips slightly, and then put the cards on the table.

“Now we can start.” Qiao Jiajin said.

“Now, please hand in a "Tao" each, which will be counted as the chips at the beginning of this game.”

Everyone put their own "Tao" on the table.

After everyone placed their chips, the ground monkey reached out and picked up a card, and showed its face on the table.

"Zhongyuan".

"Zhongyuan...?" Chen Junnan was stunned, "What the hell is Zhongyuan?"

"Zhongyuan Festival." Qi Xia said in a deep voice, "People often say 'Ghost Festival'."

"Oh... I understand when you say 'Ghost Festival'." Chen Junnan thought for a while, "July 15th!"

"Yeah."

The ground monkey ignored everyone, just pointed to the "Zhongyuan" and said: "This is the 'public card' of this game."

Then the ground monkey picked up a card and put it in front of him, and then showed the face of the card.

"Summer Solstice".

"Next, I will deal the cards in turn clockwise. This is the 'open card' of this round." The ground monkey said again.

According to the clockwise direction, the person on the left hand of the ground monkey is Zheng Yingxiong. The ground monkey took down a card, turned it over and handed it to him.

"Frost Descent".

Next came Tiantian, who got a "Da Xue" card from Dihou.

Then came Xiao Cheng, who was given a "Qing Ming" card by Dihou.

Chen Junnan got a "Li Chun".

Qiao Jiajin got a "Da Shu".

Finally, it was Qi Xia's turn.

Dihou picked up Qi Xia's card and threw it to him with a smile.

Qi Xia took it and saw that it said "Qi Xi" on the card.

Although everyone got their cards smoothly, the situation became complicated. If nothing unexpected happened, they would start "betting" soon, but how could they tell the size of the cards in their hands?

"Let's start with the card with the largest date." Dihou reached out and patted the table, "Da Xue."

Tiantian looked at the "Da Xue" in her hand and was completely clueless at this time.

Although she couldn't remember the exact date of the "heavy snow", she knew that the date must be very large. After all, it was already deep winter, and it would not lose to the "summer solstice" in the hands of the ground monkey.So she thought for a while and said, "Bet one."

After hearing this, Xiao Cheng stared at the "Qingming" in his hand and slowly frowned.

If I remember correctly, the days of "Qingming" are mostly in March and April, which seems a bit too small if it is a date comparison.

Since Dihou said that the "biggest date" will start betting in each round, it almost implies that the "big and small" of this game is definitely related to the date. No matter how you think about it, it is not suitable to "bet" in this round.

"I quit this round." Xiao Cheng said, "I won't follow."

He pushed the "Qingming" and the "Tao" in front of him back together, then sat up straight and leaned back on the chair. The first round of the game had nothing to do with him.

Qi Xia glanced at Xiao Cheng and then nodded.

Since the date is very small, it is naturally a good thing to quit after losing a "Tao". Now the situation is not clear, and continuing to follow will only cause greater losses.

Next, it was Chen Junnan's turn to choose. He has been moving with his head down under the table, and I don't know what he is busy with.

"Handsome boy, it's your turn." Qiao Jiajin reminded.

"Here I come."

Chen Junnan looked at the cards in his hand, and after a few seconds he showed an extremely awkward smile.

"What the hell am I playing with..."

Everyone turned their heads and saw that he had "Lichun" in his hand.

"If I remember correctly..."Lichun" is the first of the 24 solar terms, right? This thing is either January or February, right?" He kept waving the cards in his hand and yelling, "Brother Monkey, do you know how to deal cards? Aren't you going to give us a game experience?"

"After all, it's gambling." The ground monkey nodded and said, "I'm willing to accept the loss, and you may not lose."

"Okay! Just based on what you said!" Chen Junnan nodded, "To be honest, Brother Monkey, I felt that I had a good impression of you when I saw you for the first time. I always feel that we knew each other in our previous life."

"Oh? So you are Bajie? "The ground monkey laughed.

"As long as I can be your younger brother, I am willing to be either Bajie or Laosha." Chen Junnan also laughed, "Since my Monkey brother said that I may not lose, I will go all in this round."

"What...?" The ground monkey frowned after hearing this, "You are going all in with a "Lichun" card?"

"I'm going to play a trust in Brother Monkey!" Chen Junnan said, "I'm going to show off my ugliness, and I'm going to bet everything on it!"

"You..."

Before the ground monkey could answer, there was a "pop" sound, and two black things were thrown on the table.

Everyone looked closely and found that they were two dirty socks.