A Card Shark’s World - C2

Learning Thousand Arts from Elder Wang was a coincidence. At that time, I didn’t even know what a Thousand Arts was. One day I went to him as usual, and as soon as I entered his yard I saw him standing in the yard, his arms held flat, his fingers tied with a red string that was full of bells.

I curiously walked over to him and asked, “Uncle, what are you doing?” “Why do you look so much like Lin Zhengying, did you want to become a Taoist as well?”

He ignored me, his expression focused. He saw that there were two coins on the back of his hands. His fingers moved in an orderly manner and the coins seemed to have come to life as they moved along the back of his hands. The bells hanging on his fingers didn’t ring at all.

If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it.

I looked at the coin on the back of his hand with sparkling eyes. After a long while, he quickly turned his hand to grab the coin. After taking off all the red strings, he looked at me complacently and said, “How is it? Is your uncle good at cooking? ”

While clapping my hands, I excitedly said, “Amazing! Amazing! Too amazing!”

As soon as I said this, he asked me if I wanted to learn. When have I ever seen the world? I only thought that if I knew of this technique, then I would be very powerful in the future when I go to school. Thus, I became Elder Wang’s disciple. It was at that time that I began to train with a pair of incomparably nimble hands.

Then I went to Old Wang’s house every day, and stayed at his house as long as I didn’t have to go to school. My dad didn’t say anything at first, but then he asked me, “What are you doing at Uncle Wang’s house every day?”

Without thinking, I replied, “I went to learn magic.”

And because of what I said, my father began to doubt it. Once he pulled a pack of cards out of my bag. He understood that if he dragged me home, it would be a slap in the face. He said that if I didn’t learn well, I would swear badly.

Even when Elder Wang came to my house, my father still maintained a straight face and didn’t seem to care. At that time, I was very fascinated by Elder Wang’s unique skill. How could I give up so easily?

The most important thing was that I took the things Elder Wang Lai taught me and went to the school to perform for the students, they all called me a magician. Even our class flower, usually do not even look at me, also because of my performance those things speak to me, not to mention how happy. How could I give up just because of my old man’s spanking? Impossible.

In order to avoid my father’s surveillance, I began to lie about going to my classmates’ house to study, but every time I went out of the village, I took a detour to Old Wang’s house. Elder Wang didn’t refuse to teach me because of my father, but instead taught me very seriously.

At that time, he always felt very anxious, as if he was eager for me to learn everything at once. At that time, I did not understand. It was only when Elder Wang was buried that I found out that my master already knew he would not live for long …

Speaking of Elder Wang’s death, my heart was in a lot of pain. When he died, no one had helped him with the aftermath, and no one had cared. The coffins were bought by the village chief. Since the money was not enough to buy a coffin, he bought a woman’s coffin. The coffin was too small to fit inside, so it was forced into it by the Village Head and a few other people.

When I saw it, my heart felt like a boulder, crushing me to the point where I couldn’t breathe. At that time, I swore that if I had more money in the future, I would give him a new coffin!

Elder Wang was buried without a tombstone, so he asked our village’s mister to write a wooden tablet. From Elder Wang’s death to his burial, a day had passed. No one from the village had come to see him, nor had anyone burned paper for him. Only my father had my mother prepare a meal and carry a rooster to the grave.

I believe in Elder Wang’s death. Other than me, no other person would be sad. The more I think about it, the more miserable I feel. I feel that I haven’t done enough for him …

The third year after Elder Wang’s death, which was the year of my third year in high school, I started gambling. As I get older, I also know that the things Elder Wang taught me were a thousand techniques, but I never dared to try them on the gambling table. And I didn’t have much money at that time, and I didn’t have access to gambling. Until a fortuitous opportunity…

If it wasn’t for that grandson, Little Fatty Du, I wouldn’t have gotten involved.

Speaking of this Little Fatty Du, he was my big brother since we were young. Other than what Elder Wang taught me, I didn’t teach him, so he knows everything else about me. Of course, although I didn’t teach him Elder Wang’s things, he knew that I had the skills.

At that time, the senior year of high school was extremely poor, only fifty yuan a month. If he didn’t save on flowers, he would starve in less than half a month. I remember the most clearly one time was when Little Fatty and I ran out of food expenses. The two of us didn’t have anything to eat, so when we arrived at the cafeteria, we stood at the stairs with a bowl in our hands. As soon as someone returned from eating, we pretended to ask, “What are you eating today? “Aiyo, braised potatoes, let me try …”

For a long time, we muddled along with this “try to eat” trick. Of course, fame slowly turned to stink. After that, other people would rather eat on the sports field than go back to the dorm to eat.

Eating is good, but no matter what, we won’t starve to death. However, there is one thing that Fatty Du and I would rather die than do, and that is to play Legend rank!

That was when legend was at its best, and Little Fatty Du and I were also hooked on this popular online game. As long as they had money, they had to go to the Internet Cafe to play. Moreover, they had to think of a way to cheat money from their family.

Even our textbooks, we sold them for money to buy some cards. But if this goes on, it will just be a drop in the bucket. In the end, we’ll be at the end of the line. If we can’t afford it, we won’t even have the money to go to the Internet Cafe.

That day, the two of us sat on a stone bench in the park, smoking the last cigarette we had.

“Old Fatty, do you think we should go somewhere and get some money?” I took a drag on my cigarette and handed it to him.

Little Fatty Du squinted his eyes and rolled his eyes a few times, “Let me tell you, did you see that construction site across from our school?”

I nodded and asked him what was wrong. He smiled maliciously and said, “Do you know about cards? The one that got stuck on the steel pipe? One can sell for five dollars! ”

After saying that, I slapped him on the head. “What are you thinking? Didn’t I tell you not to do it! If my dad knew about this, I’d definitely be beaten to death. ”

He pursed his lips in dissatisfaction, “Alright, alright, I was just saying it. “Look at your cowardly appearance …”

“You’re looking for a beating, aren’t you?” Before I could raise my hand to hit him, his eyes suddenly lit up as he stared at my hand.

For some reason, I thought I had something in my hand. I turned my head to see that there was nothing in my hand. Just when I was wondering what was going on, Little Fatty Du grabbed my hand and started sizing me up.

I shook him off. “Are you sick? This old man is not that good! ”

He lewdly smiled at me and said, “Ah, my son, I have thought of a way to earn money. However, it will depend on whether you are willing to or not.”

I frowned and thought for a while before saying, “As long as it’s not something like stealing from a chicken or a dog …”

Before I could finish, he interrupted me, “It’s definitely not a matter of poaching a chicken or dog. Don’t worry, as long as you’re willing, we won’t need to worry about you in the future. We’ll even be able to stay at the Wild Wolf’s Internet Cafe!”

After hearing what he said, I said doubtfully, “Then tell me, what do you want me to do?”

“Didn’t you know a thousand techniques? I’m telling you, just our school’s Chen San’er and her bunch of grandsons are really good at playing Gold Blast Flower. You used to win a few hundred dollars from them, but tell me, do you think we don’t have to worry about anything anymore? ” Little Fatty Du said happily, spittle flying all over his body.

After hearing what he said, I also considered that Chen San’er’s group is famous for being the rich second generation. His family did not lack money and he did not eat at school. He would often go out to eat. The most frightening thing is that the women beside the grandchildren are all extremely attractive, they are all the top beauties in our school.

These people not only had money, but they also had power. They even knew some of the society’s people. They were domineering in school, whipping whoever they saw they didn’t like. But I’m not afraid of him. He has his own circle, I have my own circle, and the poor students in the school have a very good relationship with me. The main reason is that I’ve long since disliked these bunch of grandsons, so I was rather tempted by what Fatty Du had to say. However, I didn’t have any confidence. At that time, I had never actually bet money on anyone.

Seeing that I was a bit hesitant, Little Fatty Du started to whisper in my ear. Whatever I say to them, it’s just like playing around, there’s no need to worry at all. After being praised like this, my self-confidence starts to rise. Just say if it’s okay, then go and do it!