Chapter 75: Charlatanism

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"Have you been analed?" Xu Taiping crossed the road, came to Zhou Nuo's side, and asked with a smile.

"Alas!" Zhou Nuo sighed, moved the chair off the tricycle, handed a card to Xu Taiping, and said, "Brother Xu, tell me, is my eyes hard to use?"

"Why do you say that?" Xu Taiping asked in surprise.

"I can't seem to see things clearly!" Zhou Nuo scratched his head in confusion, and said, "I can't see things right in front of me."

"Are you nearsighted?" Xu Taiping asked.

"No, it's not the kind of myopia." Zhou Nuo shook his head and said, "It's because the eyes can't keep up with the movements of the hands."

"What happened to you?" Xu Taiping asked curiously.

"I was on the street today, and I met a group of people who were playing a game." Zhou Nuo said, "They took three bowls and put them on the ground, and then randomly put a red ball into a bowl, so that People guess which of the three bowls the ball is in. I think they can guess right, but I can’t guess no matter how I guess. I played there all afternoon today, and I only guessed a few times. , I lost more than 10,000 yuan."

"Three balls in a bowl?" Xu Taiping asked with a strange expression, "Is it possible that the operator is still holding a chopstick in his hand?"

"Yeah, how do you know?" Zhou Nuo asked in surprise.

"That's called Three Immortals Returning to the Cave. You idiot." Xu Taiping patted Zhou Nuo on the head and said, "Why did you play that with others? There's a mystery to it, no matter how good your eyes are, you can't guess it Which hole does he put the ball in, because as long as he opens the cover, he can take the ball away, that is a traditional trick in ancient China, and now some people use that thing to deceive people.”

"But I think many people have made money!" Zhou Nuo said, "Someone bet one or two thousand and won!"

"Don't you know that there is something called betting in this world?" Xu Taiping rolled his eyes and said, "The ones who win the big prize are all betting. Now think about it, is there someone who keeps asking you to bet, saying that it is very profitable?" ?”

"It's true what you said!" Zhou Nuo nodded and said, "I remember that old man next to me kept urging me to place a bet. He made a lot of money, ah, could it be that I was really tricked by someone? right?"

"Didn't your parents tell you not to gamble?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Me, I just thought it was fun at first, and I didn't make big bets. I saw him throw begging into a bowl several times, but who would have thought that there would be no balls after opening the bowl. !” Zhou Nuo said angrily.

"Where do they set up a stall? Is it on our Hechi Street?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Yeah, it's right there on the street. I just lost money and they should still set up a stall. How about I go and get the money back?" Zhou Nuo said.

"Let's go and have a look together. This kind of thing usually kills a bully and then leaves. After killing you, they should not be there, but there is no guarantee that other bullies will take the bait. Let's go and have a look." Xu Taiping said .

"Then I'll take the car away," Zhou Nuo said.

"Why are you still collecting the car? Go and get your 10,000 yuan back." Xu Taiping said as he walked towards the street.

"Yes yes yes!" Zhou Nuo quickly followed Xu Taiping and ran towards the street.

A group of people gathered under the old locust tree on the street.

"Down, place your bet quickly, it's in the bowl on the left, I saw it!"

"I saw it too, in the bowl in the left hand!"

Several people shouted one after another.

An old man holding a black plastic bag tightly clutched a stack of banknotes in his hand, gritted his teeth and was struggling.

"If you don't play, I will!" The people around said and put the money on the bowl in the left hand, and then the person in charge of the operation opened the bowl, and sure enough, the red ball was inside.

"Look, I told you all, the ball is in the left-hand bowl, it's a pity that you don't make money yourself." Those who made money said one after another.

The old man was also very annoyed, if he did what they said just now and suppressed the 10,000 yuan in his hands, then his granddaughter's medical treatment money would not be enough for you!

"Old man, don't hesitate next time, find the right opportunity, hit him a big one and leave!" someone said.

"Okay, we must be more precise this time!" The old man nodded, and then, the man who was squatting on the ground began to transfer the ball from his left and right hands again, and then moved the ball into each bowl seemingly randomly. stuffed once.

It can be clearly seen with the naked eye that he threw the red ball into the bowl in the middle.

"In the middle!" someone shouted immediately.

"I'll press in the middle!!" The old man pressed a stack of 10,000 banknotes onto the bowl in the middle, and said, "If you hit the banknote, you are not allowed to refuse the money!"

"I have been working in this area for so many years, and I have never defaulted on my debt." The operator said proudly.

"Then open the bowl!" said the old man.

"Okay, let's go!" The person who operated opened the bowl, but the bowl was empty, and then the person opened the bowl on the left, and there was a ball in the bowl on the left!

"Sorry old man, you read wrong, the ball is on the left, I took the money!" The operator smiled triumphantly and picked up the banknote, but the old man grabbed the banknote and called Said, "I don't play anymore, I don't play anymore, what happened just now doesn't count."

"Old man, you are willing to bet and admit defeat. It's not good for you to do this!" A young man stood up and said immediately.

"Yeah, it doesn't make sense not to give money if you lose!" Another person stood up and said.

"This is money for a granddaughter's life-saving. I, I was deceived by lard just now. Please, give me the money. I will kneel down for you!" The old man knelt down on the ground as he said.

"There are no fathers and sons in the casino. Don't tell me about life-saving money. Since you want to gamble, you have to admit defeat and bring the money to me!" The operator sneered, and pulled the money away with a violent tug. When he came over, the old man lost his balance and fell directly to the ground.

"Pay back my money, pay me back quickly, it's my granddaughter's life-saving money!" the old man cried, but no one stood up around him. That's why they didn't dare to stand up, and some people simply felt that they were willing to gamble and admit defeat, so they didn't say anything.

"The old man is so pitiful, you can return the money to him." Xu Taiping pushed away from the crowd, walked up to the old man, and said while helping the old man up.

The operator ignored Xu Taiping, he started to clean up the things on the ground, today he has earned more than 20,000 yuan, and there are still several thousand yuan to share with his friends, it will take a while, so he plans to run away up.

"Old man, get up first, I will try to win your money back." Xu Taiping said to the crying old man.

"Really?" The old man grabbed Xu Taiping's hand as if grabbing a life-saving straw.

"Of course." Xu Taiping smiled and said, "But after I win the money back, you can't gamble with it anymore. You can see your granddaughter's illness first."

"As long as you can help me get the money back, I will promise not to be greedy for cheap!" The old man said excitedly.

"That's fine!" Xu Taiping nodded, then looked at the person opposite, and said, "Come on, how about playing two games? I'm confident that my eyesight is pretty good."

"You want to play too?" The man looked at Xu Taiping jokingly, and said, "Let me tell you first, if you want to bet, you have to admit defeat, don't be like this old man who can't afford to lose."

"Then how could it be!" Xu Taiping shook his head, then took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, put them on the ground, and said, "Here is 10,000 yuan, let's play once, lose to you, win You give me ten thousand."

"Okay, that's what you said!" The man smiled, rearranged the things, and started fiddling with the ball.

Xu Taiping saw with his own eyes that he stuffed the ball into the bowl on the right.

"On the right." Xu Taiping pressed the money into the bowl on the right, and said, "It's right here."

"Is it on the right or not? I want to open it!" the man said, reaching out to open the bowl.

At this moment, Xu Taiping suddenly stretched out his hand one step ahead of him, and directly opened the bowl.

"Haha, it really is here!" Xu Taiping smiled and pointed to the red ball under the bowl and said, "I pressed it right!"

"How the hell can you touch my bowl? I can only touch this bowl!" the man shouted angrily.

"You didn't tell me either!" Xu Taiping shrugged helplessly, and said, "You didn't tell me in advance, and whether or not this thing is in it has already been decided, so it doesn't matter if I drive it or you drive it? Ten thousand Give me a dollar."

"It doesn't count, I have to drive it!" said the man.

"Why do you have to drive it? Is it possible to fake it if you drive it?" Xu Taiping asked.

"That's impossible. I've been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, relying on integrity!" The man shook his head.

"Then why do you have to drive it and not someone else? I really don't understand!" Xu Taiping said.

"This is the rule of the game!!" said the man.

"But you didn't tell me." Xu Taiping shrugged and said, "Now that the bowl is out and there is a ball in it, you pay me!"

"It doesn't count!"

"Are you trying to cheat?" Xu Taiping stared at the other party and said, "If you want to cheat, just say it, there are so many pairs of eyes watching here, cheating can't be justified!"

"You!!" The man frowned, glanced at the accomplices standing around Xu Taiping, and was about to ask them to do something, but Xu Taiping said, "Give me ten thousand yuan first, I'll press it again, this time let you open!"

"That's what you said!" The man sneered, threw the 10,000 yuan he won from the old man to Xu Taiping, and said, "Come on, keep pressing. Can you be so lucky! I am known as the ghost hand Kato Taka by everyone in the world!"

"Go on!" Xu Taiping held two stacks of banknotes in his hands and said, "It just so happens that I also have a nickname in the Jianghu, called Slim Eyed Tony Damu."