Gambler plough

Sky Bar is not called Sky Bar, but Hu Menglong. "Tianba" is just the nickname he gave himself in the last two months. Look at this nickname. As soon as people listen to it, they think it means the same as the tianbang rubbed out on the Pai Gow table. Otherwise, what kind of bar are you and Tian doing? Indeed, this is what Tianba wants. He doesn't like that the "omnipotence" given to him by his father and mother is not direct and powerful enough. In the past two years, he used to like the name "magnum". No matter what he does, with the help of the dragon, can he not make a fortune? Before, he talked about his girlfriend, married his wife, had children, bought a house and opened a small shop. It was really smooth all the way. If he got the help of "Dragon", unfortunately, with the passage of his time at the poker table and his pocket money, he found that "Dream Dragon" didn't work. The dragon given to him by his parents seems to have left him step by step, just like the old parents at home in the past two years.

Two months ago, after careful consideration, Hu Menglong finally changed his name to "Tianba". At the poker table again, someone called him "magnum". At first, he explained to others, "I changed my name, not Magnum, but Tianba"; Then, people still call him "magnum", and he will look at others and say "My name is Tianba" by the way. If someone is called "Meng Long" recently, he must be as anxious as others. "Don't you know my name is Tianba?"

The new name "Tianba" has gradually become popular, but it is not because of how loud the name is, but because Tianba has been betting heavily recently, losing more and winning less. Everyone who often gambles at the Japanese bar knows his new name. By the way, everyone should laugh. "Looking for someone?" Looking for Tianba ",the implication is that Tianba is not only good at gambling, but also good at making money.

Tian Ba is not a good gambler, so it must be said that he can gamble. It's limited to getting together with the whole family on holidays, spending time with brother-in-law, padding feet, making up the numbers, playing mahjong or playing cards. In fact, it's just an exciting and happy picture of a big family getting together. This can't be called gambling. It can't be called entertainment. After he really lost his normal business and plunged into the gambling table, he completely became a "gambler" as defined by law.

This matter has to start with his legitimate business two years ago.

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Plough married a good wife, a foreigner from Hubei, and they met in a factory in Guangdong. Tian Bangben is a good young man. He looks dull on the outside, but he works quietly. His wife used to be a quality inspector on the Tianba assembly line, but my little girl somehow took a fancy to this quiet, silent fool who only worked hard.

As the saying goes, men chase women over mountains and mountains, and women chase men, only separated by a layer of yarn. In the long run, the two of them will get along well. At that time, plough and his wife were still young and in their early twenties. They worked hard in the factory for two or three years, and then went back to their hometown to meet their parents, get married and have children. My wife is very competitive. First, she gave birth to a boy with a handle to plough, having fun with plough's parents and herself, and earning enough face in the village. In his father's words, I don't eat or drink, and there is a place to carry on the family line, so I don't panic. Two years later, his wife gave birth to a "little cotton-padded jacket". His parents were happy and praised his daughter-in-law for her skill. A daughter and a son lived together with the word "good"!

In a blink of an eye, the son of plough is going to primary school, and the parents in his hometown said, you bring it back, and we will take it to and from school. As soon as I discuss with my wife, it is always bad for children to leave their parents, so it is better to go home with the whole family. The two ordered a little bank deposit, wondering, and went back to the county to buy a suite. If it is not enough, it is estimated that parents can gather together. As a result, with the support of plough's parents, the young couple went home with their two babies. What should I do if I have a room? The so-called family and career, "home" has been settled, where is the "industry"?

In addition to buying a house for decoration, Tianba actually hid hundreds of thousands from his parents-is everyone like this? Even if you are a son, you will take advantage of the elderly according to the temper of "eat more and occupy more".

It is said that plough discussed with his daughter-in-law, or we would open a grocery store at the gate of the community. After all, this is a serious matter. When his wife analyzed it, she thought it was feasible. The community is a new community. There are not many people staying at present, but it will definitely increase in the future. This business is feasible. So, the young couple rented a small shop next to the main entrance of the community and opened a grocery store.

At first, due to the small population of the community, business was bleak. Mr. and Mrs. Tian Gang are worried. There are two children at home, one is in primary school, the other is in kindergarten, and two old guys live together. I have to eat and spend money every day, and I have to pay shop rent every month. This small shop never makes money. What can be done? Tianba thought of a way to tell his daughter-in-law that we should learn from Guangdong's grocery store and set up a teahouse every other floor. It's a teahouse, but it's actually a mahjong room. Attracted some people to play cards, and it is free, no cost, and pure profit. Hearing this, the wife agreed. This time, the couple complained to their parents together and got 20 thousand to 30 thousand from the two old people. In the second half of the shop, they set up a partition, opened a window, put a coffee table and a row of sofas, and then put two automatic sparrow machines. That's it.

The bad thing is the shelf compartment and the pantry. The gambling in Sky Bar was evoked bit by bit in the "tea room" behind this small shop.

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At first, Tianba devoted himself to how to revitalize the business of "tea room". He often brings good tea and cigarettes. When people from the community come in, they welcome people to drink tea and smoke in the trunk. When people go up, they see everything there. This clearly shows that they can go to this kind of "recreation". One to two, several men who love to rub cards came here to play, and the semi-teahouse with two belts and four belts was actually activated by him.

"Boss Hu, three are short of one, come and pad a foot." At the beginning, occasionally someone shouted "Tianba", but Tianba couldn't go, because his heart was like a mirror: I want you to play and earn some money by collecting your Taiwan fee. Drag me to the table. What's wrong? If I lose, I won't be thankless, but I will lose my legitimate business outside. Later, the regulars shouted the same thing, and the bar began to get impatient. Why? Regular customers showed said to him:

"We occasionally few people, have to ask your boss hu to pay the bill. Otherwise, you guys will sit here tonight and watch you sell melon seeds? "

After a period of time, plough found that the business of "teahouse" gradually faded. This will ruin his harvest. How come? You can find the reason by analysis: when the time is ripe, you should be able to go to school by yourself, and no one will come to play. Where can you find the Taiwan fee?

If someone comes to play again, plough will take the initiative to encourage others to call Zhang San Li Si. Isn't this a table? I really can't, I'll give you a mat today!

The bar is really starting to serve. At first, the regulars just regarded him as a footstool, but in the long run, no one took him as a footstool anymore. Everyone tacitly put him into the card friend sequence, and it is the kind of "iron foot" that goes at any time and is always there.

Supposedly, as long as the chips are roughly the same, you will win or lose for a while if you play more cards. Sometimes you win more points, sometimes you lose more points. It is not surprising that the so-called "feng shui turns" and "Hexi in 30 years and Hedong in 30 years". The key point is that these regular customers found a very serious problem while playing: every afternoon and evening, everyone plays around with a lot of money, and the money in their hands is getting less and less. Did Zhang San win? Calculate the general ledger for a certain time span, Zhang San said, and I lost two thousand! Li Si won? Li Si tried to curse and lost for a week in a row. You said I won the money? Wang Liu looked at each other, and we didn't win money either! Where is the money? Several people looked at each other and froze for a while. Everyone said "Oh" and understood, and they were all taken away. Two games a day, one hundred each. They came to pay tribute to Sky Bar, 200 yuan Day. Isn't there less and less money in everyone's pockets?

Some people are hard-hearted. Several people were whispering in a pile, and everyone agreed. The next day, the bar will be served, and it really should be the sentence: ten bets and nine losses.

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The plough family had a good time here. With the improvement of the teahouse business and the continuous growth of the community population, both businesses are thriving, and the couple's small pockets are gradually bulging. The family is discussing about going to town to buy a car one day. If you have money, you have to take time to take the elderly and children out for a walk to see how convenient it is to have your own car.

Plough's dream of buying a car was shattered after four nights.

Speaking of a few regular customers, on the first night, they shouted "mat" on the bar. As expected, I lost a lot at the bar; On the second night, Tianba still lost a lot. He thought to himself, without justice, one car, two nights, four wheels missing, how can this be done? We must get it back!

On the third night, Tianba proposed to increase the price and play bigger. After some half-hearted affectation, it is not surprising that everyone agreed. Tianba and Zhang San or Li Si sitting in his hand have lost all their cash-they will definitely not let Tianba lose alone. Otherwise, the game made by three people will not be too obvious.

"Continue tomorrow, guys." Before the end of the program, Tian Banghong focused on a few regular customers.

In fact, let alone four wheels at this time. It is estimated that all the guys except the engine of a car have been exported by Tianbang. He was afraid to tell his daughter-in-law, so he thought, "I must win it back tomorrow."

On the fourth night, plough quietly took out all the money in the bank card and put it in his pocket.

I still played mahjong at first, but the chips were a little big. As usual, before playing in the store, Tianba's daughter-in-law closed the door with her baby, but Tianba still lost more and won less. Because Tianba is still losing money, my heart has long been unhappy. As he listened to the sound of his daughter-in-law closing the door, he thought to himself that it was too slow to win back the money he lost these days. Besides, his luck may not always be good. You must play Pai Gow. This thing comes and goes quickly. Make up your mind, and when the daughter-in-law and the baby close the door, the mahjong tiles will be scattered all over the table.

"Don't play mahjong, dizzy. Let's do something simple, row nine! "

Hearing this, the crowd shook their heads. "No, no, boss hu! We are all ordinary people, how dare we play with that thing? We just kill time. "

"How is that possible? Why not? " Tian bar got up early, went downstairs to get dark, and went to the front shelf to touch two playing cards.

"I dare not play, boss hu. This thing comes and goes quickly, and it is easy to get angry. " Some people are still persuading Tian, and I believe this is also a fact.

"I'm afraid of a bird, and I don't play every day. Play with me today, "Tian Gang added. "I have been addicted to my hands. This is exciting. "

"Hu boss, for such a big chip to play mahjong with you, we are all scared. I'm afraid we can't control it today. " Some people are still telling the truth to persuade plough.

"Don't be afraid, just play once." Tian Gang didn't stop. He took away the mahjong, took out a card and picked out 32 Pai Jiu cards. Not difficult. During the Chinese New Year holiday, I played at home with relatives and friends, and I still know about Tian Gang these days.

They looked at each other as if it were beyond their control, so everyone was at a loss.

"That's good, but we have to make an appointment. The biggest chip should be fixed and we can't bet on it. " Someone agreed in advance and everyone agreed.

The four people in the seat, except Tian Ba, are anxious to win back the money they lost a few days ago. There is no reason for the remaining few people to send back the money they have already got. So at first, except Tian, they played more aggressively than one, and the other three were very calm, wandering on the edge of the smallest chip.

One of the charms of Paijiu is probably that it can arouse people's great desire, and naturally they want to get more points if they win. I always want to win back when I lose.

Because the top bar betting is more radical, you lose more and lose faster, and the speed of taking out stacks of red tickets from your pocket is good. They stared at his bulging pocket, and finally gradually revealed the greedy nature-it turned out that they are also idle people who often mix at the mahjong table, and they are associated with gambling every day, but they don't gamble much, but the gambler's mind is actually all there.

Under the guidance and lure of Tianba's aggressive betting mode and bulging wallet, the remaining three people finally lost patience and began to play, and everyone tacitly increased their chips. Prior agreement? Nobody mentioned it again.

Pai Gow is a clean and instant game, which can win or lose in an instant, and it is very appetizing for gamblers. If you lose the game, improve it and expect to win it again. Re-input and re-add; If you lose again and raise again, as long as you win one hand, you can not only get your money back, but often make a lot of money; It's just the number of rounds. Look at the dealer's face. In order to put an end to this infinite cycle, Paijiu has a rule that the first three crops cannot be closed. After the third season, the dealer can close at any time.

It is said that when the four men were playing in the east, the sky was a fish-belly grey, and all of them were still flushed and in high spirits, and they were "killing" happily. After a night of fierce fighting, Tianba has a short time, not far from recovering the cost of these days, but it has not been able to break through the new high. Looking up at the white sky outside the window, Tianba became more and more anxious.

At this time, the banknotes on the table basically gathered in front of Tian Ba and the opposite Zhang San.

"One will win and one will lose!" Sky bar finally shouted out the thoughts in my heart. "You guys also know that I lost a little a few days ago and am going to buy a car with tens of thousands of dollars. Today, you gave me a chance, lost, I think, won, I still want to buy a car. "

"My family doesn't know about it." Tian Lan added a sentence.

Zhang San turned around and thought, it's your money anyway. If you lose, I should pay you back. If you win, I deserve this life. So I replied:

"Come on, I'll help you today!"

The remaining two people listened to their words and made the smallest chip as a foil. All four people stared nervously at the top bar and the two cards covered on Zhang San's desktop.

No one dared to open the card first, but they all expected the other party to open it first, so they had a good idea.

The remaining two people opened their cards early, and none of them worked. This is a foil. Tian Gang and Zhang San remained silent. The remaining two people dare not catch their breath, staring at the sky bar for a while and Zhang San for a while.

So silent for a while, at the edge of the two people finally can't stand the torture of silence:

"We'll show you the cards and open them at the same time!"

Tianba nodded slightly and agreed. Zhang San also nodded, took out a lighter and lit it trembling, with a pair of eyes staring at the two decks of cards on the table.

"open!" The remaining two people played cards at the same time. Four people, eight eyes, brush and look forward together.

"Ha ha ha ha." Zhang San finally burst out laughing. Obviously, he won.

Tianbang rubbed his eyes, leaned down and stared at it to confirm that he had lost. So he collapsed in his chair, his face livid, his mouth pursed and he didn't speak.

Silent for a while, Zhang San began to reach for a big stack of red tickets in front of Tian Gang. He seems to have some sympathy. The remaining two just stared at Zhang San's dancing hands silently, and no one spoke.

Finally, it seems that everyone has calmed down from the infinite excitement just now. There is still no one to talk. Zhang Sanjing quietly counted the red bills in his hand, and everyone just stared at him to count the money. The clash of bills seems a bit abrupt.

"This back to you. Boss Hu, you scared me to death today. " Zhang San handed Tian Gang a stack of red tickets, breaking the silence of a room. "We dare not play with you in the future."

"Yes, yes." The other two people hurriedly replied.

"If you want to change books, I guess you can only go to Hongfu Hotel." Zhang San stood up and dropped a sentence.

"Hongfu Hotel?" Sky Bar is still silent, almost muttering, "Hongfu Hotel, Hongfu Hotel."

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Hongfu Hotel is located in the north of this beautiful county. There is a straight road in front, but only a few hundred meters to the north. There is a big river flowing through the county. Turn left on the avenue for 30-50 meters, which is the most prosperous tourist pier in the county. Hongfu Hotel sits in the southwest and faces the northeast, so almost all rooms and windows can see the river not far from their windows, or the difference between the upper section and the lower section. On the big river, there are colorful cruise ships with small sails. The hotel has seven floors. The first floor is the lobby, the second floor is the restaurant, and the second floor is the KTV box. There are guest rooms from the third floor to the sixth floor, and the top floor and door are always closed. On the two thick pale white fire doors, the words "warehouse is important" and "no admittance for idle people" are conspicuously posted on the left and right.

When the plough came for the first time, he remembered what Zhang San told him, "Go to the top floor and say, I'm here to get firewood."

Plough is also called Hu Menglong. After knocking on the door several times, there was a deep voice in the "no admittance":

"What are you doing? The warehouse is important, and no idle people can enter! "

"I, I'm here to collect firewood." Sky Bar whispered to the closed door.

For a long time, there was a small gap between "warehouse area" and "no admittance for idle people", only one eye was missed:

"What did you say?" The deep voice asked again.

"I'm going to collect firewood." Plough honestly said it again.

There seems to be more than one person inside, and Tianba hears footsteps from far and near. After a long time, Tianba heard a slightly gentle voice inside and said, "Let him come in and ask again."

The heavy fire door opened a crack, which just let the top bar move to the side.

"Hurry up!" A deep male voice greeted him.

In front of the Sky Bar stood a big man in a suit and tie. He caught a glimpse of a small bronze medal of Huang Jingjing hanging on the man's left chest: "Hongfu Hotel" was written in fine print on the top line, and "Warehouse keeper" was written in slightly larger font on the bottom line.

"Where are people? What are you doing here? " The bruiser put his hands on his chest and closed the door and asked.

"As far as locals are concerned, I want to get firewood." Heaven and earth are back.

"firewood, what firewood?" The big fellow asked again.

"firewood, what firewood?" Day stick face a hot, "I don't know what firewood, zhang SAN told me to come here and have a look. Say you can pull this book. "

"Which Zhang San?"

"Zhang San of my community."

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After some questioning, the big man copied down Tianba's ID card information and finally took him into the innermost room along the long corridor.

This is an underground casino. The revelers were hysterical in this secluded inner room. Some people see the blue veins on their necks, some people bow their heads in thought, some people shout, and some people sit quietly by the house. Seven or eight tables, at first glance, are all red, all big bills.

In fact, the regulars here can eat and live here without leaving the top floor of the building, and even stay here for a month or even two months without going downstairs-Tianba stayed here for the longest two months without stepping out of the two thick fire doors.

Within two years, plough successively gave the grocery store at the entrance of the community and his own house to the "potholes" in the venue-the so-called "potholes" are people who specialize in lending in the venue, and the people inside call lending "jumping into the fire pit".

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Tianba changed his name at this time, just after he gave the house to the "pothole". A new house with a market value of 400 thousand, he got 200 thousand from the "addict", but the loan says 280 thousand That 80 thousand yuan is the so-called "beheading interest" If you don't pay back 280 thousand within three months, the house will become a "pothole"

Plough has not seen his wife and children for half a year. At this time, his wife has taken her daughter back to her mother's home in Hubei, and her son was taken back to the countryside by her elderly parents. His wife divorced him when he went back six months ago. He didn't stay for half a day and returned to Hongfu Hotel. When the wife couldn't find anyone else, she said that she would take the baby back to her mother's house. His old parents worked hard not to let his grandson go, so they forcibly robbed his grandson to go back to his hometown in the countryside.

He doesn't want a wife and children. He just lies in the standard room of that hotel in the middle of the night, but his mind always feels ashamed to go back. "How can I face losing so much money and so much property?" Tianba always hopes that one day, if he is lucky, he will take back everything he exported in the past.

"How can I live like this ghost?" In the dead of night, Sky Bar can't sleep night after night. He remembered the good times when he worked in Guangdong when he was young, the good times when his gentle and lovely wife chased him, his son in the third grade and his daughter who was about to go to elementary school, and his gray-haired rural parents. All thoughts haunted him like ghosts, making him unable to sleep well. He always makes up his mind every time: gamble tomorrow and go home if he wins!

Many "tomorrows" passed, and Tianba didn't go home. Opening in the afternoon, until late at night, in the bustling venue, he sat at the table with a red face.

It is said that after Tianba was renamed, the name "Tianba" did not bring him much good luck. The "returning to nature" that he has been thinking about has not been realized, but the capital in his hand is getting less and less. People say "sitting on an empty mountain", although he can't call it sitting on an empty mountain, it is also like a basin full of water. There is a small opening at the bottom of the basin, which can't get in, or much less can't get in. So slowly, the floor drain can't stand the waste of time, and the more it leaks, the less it leaks until it leaks completely.

When Tian Gang came out of Hongfu Hotel, it was completely dark outside. He is wearing a sloppy short sleeve and carrying a pack of light summer clothes-this is a change of clothes he bought when he won a shopping trip two months ago.

It's fall here. On a cool autumn night, a slightly cold north wind blows. Sky Bar had a cold war unconsciously. Under the street light, he saw a sesame-like chicken skin bulging on his bare hands and arms and then calmed down.

After leaving Hongfu Hotel, Tianbang has nowhere to go. I can't get into my own house. My head is hot at the thought of the house. It's only half a month before the three-month loan period. If I don't pay back the 280 thousand, the house has nothing to do with him at all.

Tian Ba walked blindly in the neon-lit street, dressed in sloppy clothes, which made many passers-by look askance. He smiled. Are you all reading my jokes? Look, yes, I am a beggar, no, a dog that is not even as good as a beggar!

In a short time, plough completed the 100-meter avenue leading to the river in front of Hongfu Hotel. He continued to walk towards the river.

There is a stronger river wind blowing by the wide river. He came to the water, squatted down, put down the plastic bag in his right hand, reached into the cold river and washed his face with cold water. He raised his head, and the river wind blew over, making his head comfortable. On the river in the distance, a fishing boat with sparks slowly drifted by, and he suddenly wanted to be a boatman on that fishing boat. "Fishing today, selling today, how free!" "His heart suddenly warmed up.

So he squatted by the water, and spent a long time thinking. When he stood up again, he tripped and almost fell into the microwave-filled river. "If you really fall, you will be pulled down if you die!"

Looking back, there was no one in the street, only cars that occasionally flew by and the "click" sound of car tires rolling over the road. Car, he remembers the happy and exciting scene when he excitedly planned to buy a car with his parents, wife and family two years ago ... a dream, a dream!

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When Tianba woke up from a bridge opening not far from his community, it seemed as if a cold morning sun was shining on him. He opened his misty eyes, and there was silence except for the sound of cars running over the bridge deck overhead. He clearly felt the slight vibration of the bridge.

"Will such a strong bridge tremble?" He wants to know silently. Nowhere to go, he packed the only suit he brought back from Hongfu Hotel. He kicked off the broken cardboard he picked up at night and got up and walked aimlessly to his hometown.

"Go home anyway, I want to go home!" This is the only thought left in Tianba's heart. He wants to go home.

At noon, he returned to the village. The familiar small village now looks so calm and gentle. As he approached the door, he heard the old man coughing in the room.

"Dad, I'm back." He didn't dare to enter the door. He stood at the gate and cried in a low voice to the room, with tears in his eyes.

"Dad!" His son rushed out, "Dad, you're back!" " My son threw himself into his arms regardless of the sour smell. Tears, like a broken pearl, he "wow" and couldn't help crying. The parents standing in the house, red-eyed and tearful, staggered out of the door and held him and his son tightly to their chests.