jdhmnovel Chapter 167 Don’t cry if you lose!
Chapter 167 Don’t cry if you lose!
The skinny monkey patted his chest and said, "Brother Hai, you can trust me to do the job!"
"So, should I leave now?"
Li Shanghai said, "Hmm," and said, "If there's anything wrong, come back first and don't alert the enemy."
After the skinny monkey left, Li Shanghai said, "Brother Yuan, why don't we follow him and see?"
Chen Yuan nodded and agreed to Li Shanghai's suggestion, "Let's go and watch the fun from a distance."
It is not difficult to find Zhang Hao in the county. There is a stone table in the corner of the Happiness Square in the county. Zhang Hao comes here from time to time to play chess and Pai Gow.
Especially after that incident, Zhang Hao spent every day in Happiness Square and stopped hanging out on the streets.
The skinny monkey covered his face and slowly walked to Zhang Hao, pretending to look at the cards.
Today, Zhang Hao happened to be playing chess with his opponent Sang Biao. The two of them have disliked each other for a long time.
"Zhang Hao, why are you not good at that anymore? You can't even play chess anymore?"
As soon as Sang Biao finished speaking, the whole audience burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Brother Biao is awesome!"
"Zhang Hao made such a bad move! If you didn't know better, you'd think he was just playing into a trap!"
"Oh my, I laughed so hard that tears came out!"
"..."
Zhang Hao's face turned green with anger. "Sang Biao, why are you so arrogant? I haven't lost yet, have I?"
Zhang Hao had just finished speaking when he heard Sang Biao shout from the opposite side: "General!"
The wooden chess pieces were knocked loudly, and the sound of merciless laughter from Sang Biao and his gang reached Zhang Hao's ears.
"Damn it! You're taking advantage of someone's misfortune! This round doesn't count!"
After saying that, Zhang Hao was about to regret his move.
Sang Biao snorted coldly, "You're a grown man, but you still can't stand losing! You really have no shame!"
Sang Biao's younger brothers immediately nodded in agreement, looking at Zhang Hao and his gang with arrogance.
"As a county bully, you can't afford to lose even fifty cents, right?"
"That's right! You can't afford to lose, right?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, this married man's money is controlled by his wife!"
"What? He's just incompetent and henpecked!"
"..."
Sang Biao and his gang were complacent and arrogantly provocative.
In contrast, Zhang Hao and his group hung their heads, unable to raise their heads due to the shame.
Zhang Hao angrily took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, which looked like about four or five yuan, and slammed it on the table.
"Who said I can't afford to play? It's just fifty cents, you're talking like I owe you five dollars!"
"Come on, keep going! If I don't beat you today, I'm not even named Zhang!"
Sang Biao took the money and accepted Zhang Hao's declaration of war.
"Alright! Then I'll make you cry for your parents after losing!"
For three consecutive rounds, Zhang Hao was beaten without any chance to fight back.
There is an unwritten rule among them: if you lose in the first round, you have to double, quadruple, or even six times your winnings if you lose consecutively... until you win, and then the calculation starts over.
But Zhang Hao usually played big, with bets of fifty cents! After three rounds, Zhang Hao had lost twenty-one yuan, equivalent to a worker's monthly salary.
A thin layer of sweat seeped out of Zhang Hao's forehead, and his hands and feet were cold. Why was he so unlucky today?
Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have cared much about losing the money, but after getting married, all the money in the family was managed by his wife, and the money he had in his hands could be counted on his ten fingers.
"I'm not playing anymore! I'm not lucky today!"
After saying that, Zhang Hao was about to leave, but was stopped by Sang Biao's men.
Sang Biao tutted, "Zhang Hao, the money hasn't been settled yet, and you want to leave?"
"Are you still a man?"
Zhang Hao didn't want to lose face, so he said, "I didn't bring that much money today, I'll give it to you next time!"
Sang Biao was not annoyed, and pointed to Zhang Hao's seat with a smile.
"How about this, let's play two more rounds of Pai Gow. If you win, our debt will be written off!"
When Zhang Hao heard this, he immediately felt itchy. He had just had bad luck playing chess, so maybe he would be lucky playing Pai Gow.
"Okay! Then just watch and see how I, Grandpa, beat you!"
Pai Gow requires four people. In addition to Zhang Hao and Sang Biao, two groups each sent one more person.
In the first game, Zhang Hao narrowly won.
"Hahaha! Sang Biao, see? I can't kill you today!"
But before Zhang Hao could laugh for long, he lost the next three rounds.
Including the losses from playing chess, Zhang Hao lost a total of more than 40 yuan to Sang Biao.
Sang Biao lit a cigarette and looked at Zhang Hao provocatively.
"Ouch, sorry, I won again."
"Since we know each other so well, I'll let you lose forty dollars today."
Zhang Hao now had less than five yuan in his pocket. He said awkwardly, "I really didn't bring any money today. I'll give it to you next time."
Sang Biao obviously didn't believe Zhang Hao's nonsense and directly asked him to pay an IOU.
After leaving Happiness Plaza, Zhang Hao looked at the IOU in his hand with a headache. Where could he get the forty yuan?
At this time, the skinny monkey slowly approached Zhang Hao and asked in a low voice, "Brother, do you have any precision parts to sell me? I need them urgently and can pay a high price!"
Skinny Monkey's words seemed to give Zhang Hao a hint, and Zhang Hao slapped his thigh in sudden realization.
"That's right! Why didn't I think of that!"
Without thinking too much, Zhang Hao quickly replied: "I have it, we can talk about it."
……
On the other side, Sang Biao looked at the IOU in his hand happily.
"Brothers, let's go to the state-owned restaurant and have a good meal later!"
Sang Biao's men cheered.
"Woohoo! Big brother is so amazing, he won so much with just one move!"
"Zhang Hao is a fool with lots of money, and he still wants to fight us!"
"Brother, since we have so much money, how about we have some more drinks to celebrate?"
"..."
Everyone was discussing how to spend the money, and they seemed to have forgotten that Zhang Hao was writing an IOU.
Chen Yuan and Li Shanghai walked forward slowly and sat directly opposite Sang Biao.
Chen Yuan looked at Sang Biao and said with a smile, "I've heard of Brother Sang Biao's great name for a long time. Seeing him today, I can see that he is indeed extraordinary."
Sang Biao didn't recognize Chen Yuan and Li Shanghai at all, so he frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
Li Shanghai chuckled, "Let's meet you! Do you dare to play a few games of chess?"
As soon as Li Shanghai finished speaking, he heard a burst of laughter.
"What? Just the two of them, and they want to challenge our boss?"
"How come there are still people willing to give money these days?"
"Boss, let them see how powerful you are!"
"..."
When Sang Biao heard this, he immediately became interested.
"My two little brothers, don't cry if you lose later!"
Chen Yuan curled the corners of his lips and said with a smile: "We should be the ones asking you this."
"50 cents per round, double the money if you lose, that's the rule, right?"
Sang Biao nodded. He didn't expect that Chen Yuan was so familiar with their rules.
"Since you all know the rules, I won't say much, let's get started!"