Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Billiard Hall
It's like a road that can only go forward and cannot turn back. Once you join Angkor's team, you can only obey him.
Shi Jun is not even a younger brother in Brother Wu's gang, at best he is just an errand boy.
"Brother Wu said..."
"You still call him Brother Wu!" Shi Xiangming said in a cold tone, with a hint of mockery in his voice: "It seems like you quite like being on friendly terms with him?"
“No… No…” Shi Jun waved his hands repeatedly, his eyes widened like a frightened bird: “It’s Wu Lao San, it’s Wu Lao San.”
Wu Laosan is a nickname given to him by the public. He came to Anhuai from another place a few years ago and used to make a living by helping people collect debts.
In recent years, the name of the Wu Gang has become famous in the Shangyang Street area, and Wu Laosan took the opportunity to open a billiard hall, which is mostly frequented by idle people in society.
"Wu Laosan asked us to play billiard with him. If we win, we can leave..."
Wu Laosan knew very well that he could not keep someone who was not loyal, so he made a special rule.
Those who want to leave Wu Bang can decide whether to stay or leave by playing a billiard game with him. If they win, they can leave immediately and promise not to cause trouble in the future. If they lose, they can write an IOU and continue to help with work.
"So...how many times did you lose?" Shi Xiangming couldn't help but press his eyebrows.
I used to think that Shi Jun was spoiled by his family and had no sense of right and wrong, but I didn't expect that he was so stupid and didn't even know his own weight.
"Twice!" Shi Jun raised two fingers, and confessed in a gloomy voice with a tearful face: "I will never dare to challenge again."
"How much was the total amount of the IOUs written in both times?" Wang Nian asked.
"Five thousand."
“…”
"You...ah!" All he could say was a sigh. Wang Nian looked at Shi Xiangming, asking for his opinion: "Should we ask Meng Cheng to solve it or what?"
No matter how much they disliked Shi Jun, he was still a family member to Shi Xiangming after all. The couple couldn't just stand by and watch him continue to sink deeper into the quagmire.
"The IOU has already been written. If I go to Meng Cheng, it will give Wu Lao San something to hold against me. If this affects Meng Cheng's career, it will harm him."
Shi Xiangming knew very well that Wu Laosan was able to run the billiard hall safely and steadily under such severe crackdowns. Either there was someone behind him or he was extremely careful and did not leave any evidence.
Shi Jun's legs suddenly went limp, and he could only look at Shi Xiangming with pleading eyes.
He knew very well that if his uncle and aunt didn't help, he might be stuck there for the rest of his life. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that he had to seize this rare opportunity.
Wang Nian rubbed the tip of his nose, a little embarrassed: "How about I try it?"
"Try what?" Shi Xiangming, who was trying to find someone, was stunned. He obviously didn't understand what Wang Nian meant.
"Billiard." Wang Nian gestured to play billiard with a faint smile on his face: "I know a little bit about billiard, why don't you give it a try first? If you think you can do it, we can go and win back Shi Jun's IOU."
With the first place in the provincial amateur snooker competition in the previous life, it shouldn't be a problem for him to beat up a thug who cheated kids.
Shi Xiangming opened his lips, wanting to ask Wang Nian when she learned to play billiard, but suddenly felt that he shouldn't ask in front of Shi Jun, so he quickly looked away with doubt and nodded.
"Then let's find a billiard hall to try it out first, and then go back to find Meng Cheng..." Wang Nian smiled.
We can't let Meng Cheng help to deal with Wu Lao San, but we can let him help to stabilize the situation to prevent the other party from refusing to admit his defeat.
Shi Xiangming said "hmm" with mixed feelings.
"Auntie, you..."
The expression in Shi Jun's eyes was very clear - you, a housewife, know how to play billiard?
Wang Nian was too lazy to pay attention to him. She took Shi Xiangming's arm and whispered a lie about why she could play billiard.
It all started when I lived in Changshengpo.
When the production team is not busy with farming, they will organize some group entertainment activities for the team members, one of which is a very ancient game called Tangqi.
The game involves hitting chess pieces with a stick, and requires not only accuracy but also the deployment of troops.
Wang Nian developed his basic skills through playing Go. After that, when he came to Anhuai City and saw billiards for the first time, he discovered that the two had many similarities.
"I only played once, but the owner of the billiard hall wanted me to be his 'goalkeeper' and even offered me a salary!"
Here comes the truth. Wang Nian felt his hands itchy at the time, so he played a few times to try to get the feeling he had when he practiced before.
The result was that just one hand was enough to amaze the owner of the billiard hall, and he insisted on hiring Wang Nian as the "door god" of the store - if anyone came to provoke him, he would be responsible for defeating them and attracting more customers to play.
"Looks like we can also consider opening a billiard hall." Shi Xiangming smiled.
It seems that Wang Nian’s talent lies not only in cooking and planting, but also in billiard.
After talking to Hu Wenli about the situation, the group of people lost interest in shopping and quickly took a taxi back to Guanghua Street.
"Why bother?" Meng Cheng said carelessly, "I can just go and get the IOU back. Why should I be afraid that he will report me?"
"Don't be impulsive." Shi Xiangming quickly advised: "If it were normal, I would definitely not stop you, but now is a special period. You should know better than me how strict the investigation is now. Don't lose the big picture for the small one!"
Being able to hold the position of minister at such a young age, Meng Cheng will surely have the opportunity to move up in the career, but he must not leave any record of abusing his power.
"When it comes to being attentive, you're the best."
After thinking about it carefully, Meng Cheng had to admit that Shi Xiangming was right, but this did not mean that he intended to develop the bad habit of preferring less trouble.
He waved at Shi Jun impatiently and sent him aside, then suddenly lowered his voice and whispered to Shi Xiangming.
Wang Nian didn't have time to go over and listen to what they were talking about. At that moment, he was borrowing a pool table from a music store to practice his skills.
"Are you Shi Feiying's mother? Feel free to use it, it doesn't cost any money..."
The owners of the video store were a young couple who looked very smart. When they heard Wang Nian wanted to play two games of billiard, they refused to charge him anything.
If you want to know the reason...it's all thanks to Shi Feiying.
"Feiying is the lucky star of our store. Every time he comes, the business is booming." The proprietress said happily.
It's not that the proprietress is superstitious. Shi Feiying's little mouth is really good at talking. Most passers-by will come into the store after being coaxed by him with a few words.
The little kid who is just in kindergarten has no idea where he gets his good eyesight from, but he can always hit the target accurately every time he calls out to the customer.
The boss has just been married for a year, and he really wants to have a child as smart as Shi Feiying.
Wang Nian smiled.
Most of the billiard games nowadays are black eight billiard games.
Seven full-color balls, seven fancy-color balls, and one black ball.
The rules are actually very simple. Whoever scores the first ball can only play balls of the same suit. In the end, whoever can hit the eight ball first wins.
The rules are much simpler than snooker, and the ball is also a size bigger.
Wang Nian picked out a relatively handy club from the few available and tried it out. The minimum requirement was that the club did not get deformed.
I don’t even know where this second-hand billiard table came from. It doesn’t even have a billiard bag. The mouth of the bag is actually a net bag hung by the boss’s wife.
Can't ask for so much more...