Chapter 156 Xiuzhu's Inferiority (1,000 words added)
"Do you want it or not? Do you want it or not? Hurry up, if you don't want it, I will become the landlord!" Xiuzhu urged.
"No, I don't want this round." Cui'er looked at the cards in her hand, feeling a little unconfident.
"I want it." Xiuzhu quickly snatched the three hole cards, but after looking at the cards, her face turned a little ugly.
"The landlord plays a card." Cui'er waited for a while, and seeing that Xiuzhu had not played a card yet, she began to urge her.
She was a little reserved at first, but after playing two rounds, she started to have fun.
This playing card game is so interesting. Comrade Lin is not only beautiful, but the game she came up with is also very fun.
Xiuzhu was thinking that there were three women at home, and they were short of one person to play mahjong, so they could just play a game of Landlord.
Although she hadn't played it for a long time, she still used her half-baked skills to teach the other two women in the family who were born in the 1960s, and then the three of them started playing with great interest.
Xiuzhu felt very superior. After all, she was the only one present who had played before, and she had won the first two games. She became more ambitious and tried to play to win money.
Gu Tong loves to play and has a strong addiction, so he agreed without hesitation.
But Cui'er was reluctant to spend the money. She wanted to save more for herself, so she kept refusing.
In the end, she couldn't resist the encouragement of the two people next to her, and Xiuzhu's words made her blood boil.
"Take a chance, 5 yuan can become 10 yuan, take a chance, and walking can become riding a bike."
Listen, this is so attractive!
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The rules of the game were not difficult, and after a few rounds the other two also learned them and began to break the situation where Xiuzhu was the only one winning.
And the further it went, the more difficult it became for Xiuzhu.
She frowned and didn't remember how many games she had lost. Cui'er was like a cheat, killing everyone. Gu Tong also won a few games.
The only exception is Xiuzhu. Since she started playing for money, she hasn't won a single game.
Now she is a little impatient, always wanting to win a big hand, and always scrambling to be the landlord, but in fact, the cards she has are very bad...
This cycle repeated itself over and over again, and as it grew dark, she had lost all the two dollars she had taken out.
In fact, the first time they played poker, their wins and losses were not big, only one cent at a time, but Xiuzhu later suggested a way to double the money by using a bomb.
In the end, more and more...
"Comrade Lin, I'll make whatever you want to eat tonight." Cui'er said in a clear voice, with an unstoppable smile on her face.
"I think we have fish at home, so let's make some fish in sauce." Xiuzhu said weakly, lying on the kang.
She wanted to turn her grief and anger into appetite and fight again tomorrow.
"Okay." Cui'er walked with the wind, humming a little tune as she went to the kitchen to work.
In fact, she was a little embarrassed to accept the money, she just regarded it as everyone's entertainment, after all, they were all so familiar with each other. But Comrade Lin said, "There is no father and son in the card game", this is the rule, so she did not refuse.
She won a full three dollars this afternoon. If she did this every day, she would have won ninety dollars in a month.
Oh my God, that’s enough for her Dazhuang’s two months’ salary!
Cui'er worked even harder. She knocked the fish unconscious, removed the scales and dug out the internal organs of the fish in the wooden barrel. The series of actions were smooth and seamless, and she completed them in one go.
However, human joys and sorrows are not the same.
Xiuzhu doubted her life in the house and even developed an inferiority complex. You know, she is a very confident and narcissistic person.
"Inferiority complex", these two words appeared for the first time in her two lives...
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After arriving in Ding'an County, Gu Yu felt very relaxed and comfortable. He took Wang Meng, also known as Wang Quezi, to stroll around the county town every day. They went to department stores, vegetable markets, grain stations and other crowded places, and ate every meal in state-owned restaurants.
Although Wang Meng was puzzled by his actions, he did not ask too many questions and obeyed his superiors' orders.
Mao Shun was sent by Gu Yu to find out the identities and family backgrounds of the thieves.
That kid has good observation and adaptability skills and can bring back useful information.
As for Wang Meng who was following him, although he was a bit taciturn, he had good reconnaissance skills and was obedient.
I heard from Director Jin before that Wang Meng used to be a scout in the army, but later he retired and returned to his hometown because of a leg injury.
Also, because of his disability, even though he was assigned a good job, he was not given much importance and had to stay in the logistics department doing odd jobs.
"Wang Meng, how is Ding'an County? What did you see? Did you find anything?" Gu Yu paused and suddenly spoke.
Wang Meng also stopped, his face heavy, silent for a moment, then replied, "The consumer group in the county is ridiculously small. In the past two days, we went to the department store, vegetable market, and grain market, and almost no one came in.
Gu Yu nodded, his face expressionless, and said slowly: "Go on, tell me everything you know about Ding'an County in the past few days."
Upon hearing this, Wang Meng did not hesitate any longer and reported everything he had seen truthfully.
"These past two days we've been waiting for the workers to get off work before going to the food store, but there's still a lot of meat left and almost no one is buying it. It's not like in our city, where there's always a shortage of supply and what's left are the few dishes that no one likes to eat."
"There are still many children on the street without shoes, running barefoot on the ground, and most of the pedestrians on the road have pale faces, as if they have not had enough food for a long time."
“Ding’an County is very poor.”
"Director Gu, these are all I saw, nothing else." Wang Meng said it all in one breath.
There was some confusion in his eyes as to why everyone was hungry but there were still so many vegetables left in the store.
Although some people may not be able to afford it, Ding'an County is a county after all, and there are still many workers.
They receive a salary and cash every month, but they would rather starve than buy meat or vegetables. So where does their money go?
Everyone's living standards are poor now, but apart from food and drink, he really can't find anything else that needs to be spent.
After all, eating and drinking enough is the serious matter!
"Let's go. I'll treat you to a big meal at the state-owned restaurant tonight." After saying this, Gu Yu strode forward.
He ignored the people behind him, thinking about what he had heard in the state-owned restaurant in the past few days, and decided to sit back and wait.
State-owned restaurants and bathhouses are important places to obtain information.
Wang Meng felt a little dissatisfied. What was wrong with Director Gu? Why did he say nothing after he finished speaking?
So what's the point of saying these?
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