Fun?
Jia Dongxu's eyes lit up.
For a disabled person, nothing is more interesting than having fun.
I used to enjoy speeding around the courtyard house, but after a while it got boring.
"Tell me, what fun things are there to do!" Jia Dongxu now has both money and time.
Zhang Laosan smiled mysteriously, whispered a few words in Jia Dongxu's ear, and then patted his shoulder: "I'll take you to broaden your horizons tonight."
"This place is so good, you'll want to go back a second time after you go once."
Jia Dongxu pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
It was past nine o'clock at night.
It was supposed to be bedtime, but Jia Dongxu sat in his wheelchair, dawdling and refusing to get into bed.
Qin Huairu didn't bother with Jia Dongxu. She wiped Banggeng's face with a damp towel and went to bed to rest. She had spent a lot of time tidying up her place today and was eager to sleep.
"Jia Dongxu, are you asleep?"
Suddenly, Zhang Laosan's voice came from the bedroom door, and Qin Huairu subconsciously shrank into the quilt.
They are currently living in an outbuilding of Zhang Laosan's house, and the two families are sharing the rent. Qin Huairu, who is staying in such a place for the first time, seems a little nervous.
The two houses are separated by only one door, so you have to be careful about the noise when you do anything.
"Hey, I wasn't asleep there!"
Jia Dongxu replied, and then said to Qin Huairu, "Zhang Laosan and I are going out for a stroll. You and the child go to sleep first."
Going out for a stroll late at night?
Qin Huairu frowned slightly and said with displeasure, "Don't go out so late at night."
Going out at this time is suspicious to anyone, and Zhang Laosan doesn't have a good reputation in the courtyard, so Qin Huairu doesn't want Jia Dongxu to hang out with him.
Although Jia Dongxu is a good-for-nothing now, Qin Huairu is worried that if he stays out all day and messes around, he will eventually ruin himself.
"Why worry about so much? I'm just going out for a short walk, I'll be right back."
Jia Dongxu gave a reprimand, then pushed his wheelchair out.
have to!
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu simply gave up. Now the Jia family had neither jobs nor houses, so they might as well just let things take their course.
And so, Zhang Laosan pushed Jia Dongxu out of the courtyard. After walking for about ten minutes, the two stopped in front of a small alley.
"It's just ahead."
Zhang Laosan grinned and pushed Jia Dongxu further inside. Soon they heard a commotion.
After turning into a dilapidated courtyard, Jia Dongxu saw a simple thatched shed with a light bulb hanging from it. Below, seven or eight people were gathered around a square table, excitedly waving cards in their hands.
"Hey bro, you're not doing your job! I got a clean sweep this round. Pay up, pay up now!"
This is Zhang Laosan's favorite place. The people here are all friends he met while hanging out on the streets. Every night, they like to gather here to play cards.
Don't be fooled by the simple conditions here. These people can only play cards under the thatched shed because this table is playing the lowest stakes, while the tables inside are playing for higher stakes.
"Pah! Did you step in dog poop on your way out?! You won so much in one hand!"
The atmosphere at the card table was harmonious. The players greeted each other's relatives, and the winner happily started shuffling the cards.
"Hey, isn't this Zhang Laosan? Which woman's been hiding in your bed these past few days and won't come out?"
"Haha, with his character, the women in the alley would never let him into bed."
"Ha ha!!"
Zhang Laosan wasn't angry at all. Instead, he cheerfully pushed Jia Dongxu to the mahjong table: "I just came out of a small alley. I ran into a good buddy, so I brought him here to relieve some boredom."
Upon hearing this, everyone finally looked up and examined Jia Dongxu.
He looked ordinary, wore ordinary clothes, and was a disabled person in a wheelchair; you could tell at a glance that he had no money.
"Zhang Laosan, who is this guy of yours?" the bald man who had just won money asked.
"Hey, my buddy Jia Dongxu, he's quite something. He used to be a proper fitter at the steel rolling mill. He not only made good money, but he also had a beautiful wife. It's just a pity he had bad luck and injured his leg while working at the factory." Zhang Laosan immediately praised Jia Dongxu.
Jia Dongxu felt incredibly pleased to hear that.
He is now being humiliated by Xu Damao every day. Xu calls him a good-for-nothing, an old man named Jia, and even calls him mentally ill.
So Jia Dongxu hasn't heard anyone praise him for a very long time.
"Oh, that was all in the past," Jia Dongxu said modestly, waving his hand.
But the bald man and his companions were immediately intrigued.
This piece of trash was injured while working in the factory, so wouldn't he be able to collect a compensation?
Tsk tsk!
No wonder Zhang Laosan brought a good-for-nothing here; he's actually a fat sheep.
Zhang Laosan had been hanging out with these people for years, and he knew what they meant without them having to say it outright.
"Move aside, make room for my buddy."
Zhang Laosan kicked a dark-skinned, thin man, signaling him to make room for Jia Dongxu.
The dark-skinned, thin man cooperated, smiling obsequiously as he gave up his seat.
"Come on, let's have some fun."
"This guy looks like a capable person. We'll have to let him win when we play cards later."
"That's right, that's right, but please go easy on him."
With the praise of the others, Jia Dongxu felt he had regained his confidence, as if he had returned to the time when he was the most handsome guy in the courtyard.
At that time, he had Yi Zhonghai, his mentor, to help him, and Sha Zhu, that idiot, to bring him food. No one in the entire courtyard was more dazzling than him.
"Hey, buddies!" Jia Dongxu rolled up his sleeves and quickly got into the swing of things.
They were playing the most common cards during Chinese New Year. Jia Dongxu knew the rules of the game very well, so he was very interested.
Whether it was good luck as a novice or Jia Dongxu's superior card skills, he dominated the first round.
"Brother Dongxu, your luck is amazing! You won so much money from me in the first round."
"Ugh, my hands smell awful. I should have washed them properly before leaving the house."
"Washing won't help. With your terrible skills, even if you wash your hands raw, it won't help. You'll still lose to us."
Listening to everyone's praise, Jia Dongxu straightened up in a good mood and prepared to shuffle the cards.
But the next second, he saw the bald man and his gang painfully count out some money and throw it toward him.
"I'm willing to accept defeat, but I'm not convinced, let's continue!" the bald man shouted.
Um?
Jia Dongxu was somewhat bewildered when he saw the money thrown at him.
They actually gave so much?
That's a pretty big hand!
"Hey, let's just play around... don't go all out..." Jia Dongxu hesitated, not wanting to go too far.
But he was very tempted by the money in front of him.
Although I didn't count them exactly, there were at least five or six yuan.
Winning five or six dollars in a single hand of cards is tempting, to say the least.
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