Chapter 28: Gambling

The two were whispering next to each other, and suddenly someone next to them spoke: "You are the guys from outside, aren't you? Hehe, it's no wonder. Although Chen Laojiu is good at playing with insects, he is also a little famous on insect street..."

Hum? When Lin Nan heard something in this person's words, he did not argue at the moment. He just responded vaguely and continued to listen to the man's words. Seeing the brightly dressed young people in front of him, the man immediately felt excited and shook his head slowly and said, "Why do you say that you are here for the first time? It's because you don't even know Chen Laojiu. As long as you have been to the Immortal Street, you must have heard of Chen Laojiu's name. I heard you guessed that these two young men are here to destroy the store and destroy their livelihoods... Hehe, you go to the Immortal Street to inquire, but you dare not say anything else. On the ground of Sijiu City, those who can fight against Chen Laojiu are afraid that they have not yet been born!"

Another man snorted after hearing this: "Don't you brag, Chen Laojiu can be number one in the south city, Qian Mazi from the north city, Gu Laosi from the east city, and Duanping Prince of the west city, are all given for free?"

The man snorted after hearing this: "Who is it? It turns out that it is Wei San. If you say other brothers may not be able to tell you, but if you talk about insects, you will give it to you in vain. Qian Mazi is not a good match for crickets, but his best skills are cockfighting dogs. Although Qian and Chen have never fought, Qian Mazi must not be Chen Laojiu's opponent. Gu Laosi of Dongcheng will not say anything, and they both lost in both games. As for the prince of Xicheng... Hehe, this... everyone is just a tacit understanding... In short, when it comes to fighting crickets, Chen Laojiu is the territory of the capital!"

Lin Nan listened to the man talking for a long time, looked at the old man next to the Eight Immortals Table, and his sense of view changed a little. A person who seemed to be indifferent actually had such skills. Regardless of whether this skill is a right path or a side path, it is not easy to go so far on one path.

The man next to him continued, "Just relying on these two sheep, I want to dismantle Chen Laojiu's signature? Hehe, dream! Brother, it seems you don't know. These two young masters from which mansion were. They came to the cuckoo street for the first time last month. After hearing Chen Laojiu's reputation, they got a cuckoo from where they came back and asked to fight with Chen Laojiu. Who is Chen Laojiu? He is willing to take the initiative if he comes casually? Naturally, he disagreed, but later the other party set the gambling money at twenty taels, and Chen Laojiu agreed to fight the game."

There is a routine for fighting crickets. The newly added insects are usually just a small gambling and fun at the beginning, but if you win a few times, your value will rise, and the gambling money will increase at this time. The insects in Chen Laojiu's hands are carefully selected, and the worst ones are the generals. With Chen Laojiu's golden signboard, the insects that come out of him will be worth five taels of silver. If it is a top-grade general, marshal, or even insect emperor-level insect, the price will be more than several times.

Crickets are also called the hundred-day insect, which means that they can only live for about a hundred days. The best time in their life is only a few dozen days. The fighting period is very short, so the best crickets are very difficult to find, so the price is naturally expensive. The value of a general-level cricket is enough for ordinary people to spend a year or two. Chen Laojiu's cricket is precious, so they rarely release them to fight with others on weekdays. The last time these two young men came to the door, the gambling fee was set for twenty taels, and even if the insect king-level cricket died, it was worth it, so Chen Laojiu responded.

As expected, the worm brought by these two young men was torn off one leg and he saw that he couldn't survive. Chen Laojiu had only one stick of incense, and twenty taels of silver were put into the account, and the value of the worm raised increased by five taels of silver. But unexpectedly, a few days later, the two young men came again. The gambling battle was still 20 taels, so Chen Laojiu naturally took it again, but the result was still the same, and Chen Laojiu won.

But when the other party came to the door for the third time, Chen Laojiu could no longer sit still.

The ancients had three realms of playing with insects: one is called "paying attention to things", like Jia Sidao, playing insects will ruin the country; the other is called "using entertainment as gambling", using cricket fighting as a means of gambling, which is "the poison of Jia Shi"; the third is called "meaning things", which is the highest realm, which is done by many literati and scholars. "You can forget your tiredness when you hear the sound of your voice; you can enjoy your emotions when you watch your fighting." The ancients believed that only the latter could make cricket fighting an entertainment that cultivates interest and cultivates one's own character.

Chen Laojiu plays with insects, which can be said to be "gambling with entertainment", but he relies on this to make a living, so although he is a little unemployed, it is not good to be able to support his family. But not all people who play insects are like Chen Laojiu. Because some people who have a devastating family of gambling are the same as those who make enemies... Therefore, Chen Laojiu rarely gambles with people on weekdays, and usually chooses the best insects to raise and sells them to others to fight.

After these two young men came to make an appointment with each other again and again, Chen Laojiu became a little nervous. If they were older, Chen Laojiu would not be so worried. He was afraid that this was a young man who was not aware of the matter in the mansion and took the silver to play on the insect street. It seemed like he was fascinated. If the people in the family were to investigate, Chen Laojiu would have to be in trouble no matter what. Even if the people in the family didn't investigate, it would not be a good thing to be stared at by these two young men like this...

But Chen Laojiu was worried that he had arrived at the field and asked for a name to fight. He had already taken over the previous battles. If he didn't accept this time, then Chen Laojiu would admit defeat. In the future, Chen Laojiu's signboard on the street would be worthless. No matter what the reason, this rule is in the industry. So although Chen Laojiu was reluctant, he had to accept it because you had to give him a chance to get back the venue!

Today, these two young men came again. After a calculation, it was the fifth time that these two young men had arrived on the insect street...

After listening to the introduction of the person next to him, Lin Nan gained a rough understanding of the matter and also gained a little more interest in this bet. After fighting four times in a row, the worms taken out by both sides must be more powerful and should be more exciting and beautiful when fighting. Besides, what identities and entanglements are between the two sides, it has nothing to do with me. I am just passing by and watching the fun, and I don’t have to worry about many idle things.
Chapter completed!