"Hey, you lost, hand over the meatballs!" A treacherous boy stared at the half-headed child in front of him and said fiercely.

"You are cheating, you are a little bit winning, but you are a little bit winning, but you are a little bit bigger?" The child held his pocket tightly and refused to hand over the meatballs.

"I am the dealer, I have the final say!"

"That's not the case..."

Chu Ci was drinking tea with interest while listening to the quarrel between the two children. As soon as they came out of the Sea God Temple, Dahu couldn't wait to go to the temple fair. Chu Ci wanted to go when he saw Chang Xiao and Fu Mingan.

, so he gave the money to let the three of them go for a walk.

When the three of them saw that Chu Ci was not leaving, they were a little hesitant. Chu Ci said he was a little tired and asked them to go in and play. He was waiting in a nearby teahouse.

Chu Ci ordered a pot of tea, another stack of salted peanuts and a plate of melon seeds. The temple fair is very big, and he has to prepare for a long-term war of resistance. He thought it would be boring to sit here, but he didn't expect to see two sevens

The eight-year-old boy was guarding next to a broken bowl, and there were three old dices picked up from somewhere. He was playing gambling games with Niwan as a bet, and then he started arguing because the rules were unclear.

Chu Ci smiled, called the teahouse owner to settle the bill, then took the oil paper, wrapped the salted peanuts and melon seeds, and walked towards them.

The two children noticed someone approaching and immediately became alert and took a few steps back. When they saw that they were a young man who was dressed well and looked good, their vigilance was immediately eliminated.

"What are the two friends playing? Can you please join me?" Chu Ci bent his knees and squatted, discussing with them.

Never had an adult talked to them like this. The two children felt a little strange and had a feeling that they couldn't say it.

The older child looked at Chu Ci and asked, "Do you have meatballs? If you don't have one, you can't play with us."

"I don't have one, can you lend me a few first?"

"No! A transaction that is not incapable of doing nothing!" The older child flatly refused, don't think that they are easy to cheat when they are young.

Very energetic? Chu Ci laughed in his heart. He pretended to be distressed and thought for a while, then brows relaxed: "I bought peanuts and melon seeds. How about I play with you with them?" As he said that, he put the oil paper

When I opened it, a large bag of salted peanuts and five-spice melon seeds appeared in front of the two children. The smaller one couldn't help swallowing, and the larger one couldn't take his sight away.

"You are not allowed to cheat!" said the older child, "If you lose, you have to give it to us."

"That's right, don't cheat!" The smaller ones also came to help.

"I will never cheat. If I cheat, I will compensate you all this pack." Chu Ci said generously.

"If you lie, you will be a puppy." The older child was skeptical, hoping to get Chu Ci's guarantee.

"Okay, whoever lies with others is a puppy. But how can we change it? If I exchange a melon seed for another meatball, then you will suffer a loss. If I exchange a handful of melon seeds for another meatball, I will suffer a loss. How about it

What should I do?"

This is indeed a problem. The older child frowned and pulled the younger one over to discuss it for a while. Finally, he decided to exchange two peanuts and ten melon seeds for one meatball.

Chu Ci agreed, and then he was the dealer and started playing games. Nowadays, people usually play guessing the size of the gambling house, so the two children learned so much. Chu Ci used the broken tiles they picked up to cover the bowl.

A shaking, and then let the two of them bet.

The older child thought about it and pressed a mud ball on the larger side. The smaller one wanted to follow him, but the older child stared at him. He could only put the smaller side unwillingly.

"Okay, buy it and leave, let's go!" Chu Ci called out a little exaggeratedly, then uncovered the tiles, "Three Three Five, big!"

Chu Ci took out two peanuts and ten melon seeds and gave them to the older child, and then took away the mud balls in front of the child.

"It's not a loss if you take one and you're going to lose one." Chu Ci said with a smile, and Yu Guang found that the little child's mouth had been flattened.

"Come again!" Chu Ci shook the dice again. This time, the smaller ones had to place the same bet as the older child. Sure enough, this time the big ones were made again.

The younger child got the peanuts and melon seeds from Chu Ci, and was so happy that he smiled. He imitated the older child and put them in his small shoulder bag.

"Oh, I'm not lucky this time, come again!" Chu Ci pretended to be angry.

He lost several times in a row. Only half of the peanut seeds in the oil paper bag were left. Chu Ci sighed and said, "Oh, it seems that his luck is too bad today. I will leave if I have the last one.

Now.”

When the two children heard this, they showed a reluctant expression. In the past, they could not encounter such a sucker. The mud balls could be rubbed out everywhere, but the peanuts and melon seeds were bought with real money! Seeing that Chu Ci was still left

The two of them made a decision at the same time as half of the oil-paper bag.

"Wow, I'm sure you put so many down?" Chu Ci looked at them taking out all the mud balls on their bodies and begging Xiao, and then asked in surprise.

"Do you can't afford to play? If you don't dare to play, just forget it, coward!"

Huh, how to provoke? Chu Ci couldn't help but be happy when he saw the older child pretending to be calm. This kid is really a lot of scheming.

"Who said he couldn't dare, just play!" He picked up the bowl and shook it up and down. This time it took a long time. The two children stared at the bowl nervously, and their eyes were almost exhausted.

"Give you another chance, do you want to change another bet?"

The younger child was about to shake his head, but the older child suddenly pulled him and ran to the side while whispering something, while saying something, while looking here.

After a while, the two children ran back and divided the Niwan into two halves, half of which was the big one and the small one.

It turned out that this was the idea. Chu Ci was happy, but he was silent on the surface.

"Buy it and leave it, open it!" Chu Ci shouted, "Liu Liu, leopard will be killed!"

Chu Ci laughed and pulled their mud balls to his side, completely ignoring the confused expressions of the two children.

"Oh, I won so much. It seems that my luck is OK today. How about you, are you still here?" Chu Ci asked casually while counting the Niwan.

"Come again!" The two children were dissatisfied, they had just won so many times.

"But you don't have any nickel balls."

"How many do you lend us?" the older child asked tentatively.

Chu Ci glared: "I won't do business without foundation!"

"Then... I'll take these melon seeds and peanuts to you, lend me a few, and I'll repay you if you win." The older child stared at Chu Ci, and as long as he wins again, he can get them all back.

The younger child was a little reluctant to leave, but he also wanted more, so he followed the older child and took out his peanuts and melon seeds.

That's now!

Chu Ci agreed reluctantly, and then played with them again. This time, he killed three and one again. He looked at the shoulder bag that was cleaner than his face, and looked at Chu Ci's pile of

The peanuts, melon seeds and Niwan on the hill could no longer cry. The bigger tiger's eyes were filled with tears, and they looked as if they wanted to cry but were embarrassed.

Chu Ci understood them very much. It would be the least for them to not get them. It was the most annoying thing about losing them when they got them!

"Hey, I'm willing to accept the loss, why are you crying? Are you a man?"

But a man is still sad without peanuts and melon seeds! The younger child cried even louder.

"Okay, okay, don't cry. This way, I'll treat you to food. Can you answer my questions?" Chu Ci comforted.

After a while, the two children washed their hands and sat on the stone behind the teahouse and peeled peanuts.

"What are your names?"

"My name is Erzhu, and his name is Xiaopang."

"How old are you?"

"I'm eight years old, and little fat is six years old."

"So young? Then how could you play this game?"

"I learned from my father, he always plays. They don't want me to pick up the dice." Erzhu was happy to eat, so he naturally knew everything and said everything. Xiaopang lowered his head and ate hard, not caring about Chu Ci's question at all.

What happened.

"Do your dad often go to the gambling house?"

"What is a gambling shop? They are all playing under the bridge hole. My father goes to play every day after finishing his work." They are all like this. It's the Chinese New Year now, and they play day and night.

Chu Ci shook his head in his heart. The court prohibited private gambling shops from setting up private gambling shops, and the requirements for those formal gambling shops were very strict. After knocking on the gong, he had to close the doors and doors, just to avoid people being addicted to it. It would be better here.

Not only adults are addicted, but even children are affected. It turns out that the people are so tough!

"What do you usually do?"

Erzhu thought for a while and replied: "Help my mother dry the fish, play, it's gone."

"Don't you study? Do you have a private school there?"

"Private school? Yes. I heard from them that the master there was very fierce, and he used such thick bamboo slices to hit his palms." Erzhu said, "Anyway, studying is useless. He doesn't care about food or clothing, and he has to pay.

I won't go to study."

Chu Ci frowned because he could see that the child was sincere in saying this. It seems that some people in Fujian do not have a good impression of reading. Reading is not a one-day achievement, perhaps because long-term efforts are not rewarded.

So I simply abandoned this road.

"Do you still want to eat these things?" Chu Ci asked.

Erzhu and Xiaopang nodded. Xiaopang also looked at the purse on Chu Ci's waist, as if his things were hidden inside.

"But I have a condition, and if you can do it, I will give you something."

Erzhu said: "I will rub balls when I go back, so that they are all big and round."

"I'll rub it too!" Xiaopang said loudly with a blushing face. In fact, the child's face was just a little flesh, and his name was vain.

"No, I don't want the nickel balls anymore. I want to give my things to smart children, and I will give them to whoever is smart."

Erzhu and Xiaopang showed confusion expressions. How can they be considered smart?
To be continued...