Xiaolong's tears were hanging in his eyes, his little nose twitched, and gradually stopped crying, staring at the stacks of banknotes on the round table without blinking. Yuan Yazhen was stunned for a long time before she came back to her taste. The expression on her face was very complicated, Xiao Gu. You "...you

I pushed the money to her: "Sister Yuan, stop betting. I have also heard of the person nicknamed Hangzi. He deals with crickets almost every year. To be honest, it is difficult for anyone in Beijing to bet and win him. They are professionally doing this. Well, you can pay back the money for this 100,000 yuan. The remaining 20,000 yuan will pay the rent and Xiaolong's tuition fee. I can survive for a while." After thinking about it, I touched Xiaolong's tender face and said, "If you spend the money in the future, you will tell me that I will definitely help you. You are right. No one can lose the child."

Yuan Yazhen looked at me and pushed the money back: "This doesn't work, I can't ask for it."

I said, "Sister Yuan, don't be polite to me. When is it time? It's important to pay back the money first."

Yuan Yazhen sighed, inserted her hand into her head, and slowly sat down: "Xiao Gu, what are you asking me to say? This is a hundred thousand. If you don't continue to bet, why would I pay you back?"

I said, "I don't plan to ask you to pay it back. To be honest, if you continue to bet with Hangzi, you will only owe more and no one can help you at that time." No one knows better than me about Hangzi and Kaizi. I heard someone tell you that apart from a crushing defeat, Hangzi Kaizi had almost never lost bets this summer, and the one who won them had another master. It was definitely not Yuan Yazhen.

Yuan Yazhen stretched her left hand in her head and supported it on the table. After hesitating for a long time, she grabbed her scalp and raised her eyes: "No, I still can't accept it. Xiao Gu, can you help me when Xiaolong and I are in the most difficult time. I will remember this love for the rest of my life. Thank you, but I have decided, you can take the money back."

I frowned: "You can't win."

Yuan Yazhen fucked her fists decisively. I will win, for Xiaolong and for this family, I will definitely win."

After persuading her for a while, I felt a little angry when I saw Yuan Yazhen not listening to it, but after thinking from the perspective of others, I could understand her very well. Although 100,000 yuan can solve the urgent problem, she couldn't hold on for long. She borrowed too much money and would not be able to pay off the money in one go. It seems that Yuan Yazhen was placing all her money on the cricket. I said, "You go now?"

Looking at the watch, Yuan Yazhen nodded: "First go to the place recommended by the man yesterday to buy a few crickets."

"Where?" I asked subconsciously.

"Not far away, there is a bungalow behind Baoguo Temple in Guang'anmen."

Huh? Didn’t you walk out of the vicinity of Baoguo Temple? But at this time, 80% of it has been bought by someone, right?

I calmed down: "Okay, then I'll go with you." Hangzi fell in love with her, and of course I was not at ease with her alone.

Yuan Yazhen said unexpectedly: "You go too?"

When Xiaolong heard this, he immediately reached out and grabbed the corner of his aunt's shirt: "I'll go too! I'll go too!"

Yuan Yazhen glared at him with a slight face: "What are you going to do? Stay with your home honestly!"

"If they bully my aunt, I can protect you!" Xiaolong hugged Yuan Yazhen's waist tightly: "Take me there!"

Yuan Yazhen refused to let him go, but Xiaolong didn't let go and insisted on following.

I was a little moved. I thought that the mother and mother were no longer simple relationships with aunts and nephews, and the mother and son were just like this. I said, "Let Xiaolong go, he is not at ease with his family alone."

Yuan Yazhen pondered, stroked Xiaolong's face with her hands, and nodded gently.

She took an empty cricket can and a cricket spy. I carried a paper bag worth 100,000 yuan. The noble man took a car to Guang'anmen. He crossed the road and walked to the south gate of Baoguo Temple. He turned around and walked along a thin alley into the alley on the east side. He bent around the bush. Yuan Yazhen, who was looking at the address written on the mobile phone screen, stood in front of a square large courtyard. He looked in and saw that the door was not closed, and the crickets were chirping endlessly. Four or five people were paused under an old poplar tree, holding a cricket spy. It seemed that he was choosing the insect he liked.

Yuan Yazhen said: "The owner of the yard is Lao Qing. I heard that he is very eye-catching and can bring a lot of good insects from Shandong every year." We say that catching crickets is generally about "catching", but the terms in other people's business are often called "taking".

Leading Xiaolong into the courtyard, a man in his forties sitting on a recliner at the door of the north room raised his head and looked at us with his shrewd little eyes: "How many are you?"

Yuan Yazhen looked at him: "Are you Lao Qing? I am someone else introducing glaze red, and I want to pick a cricket."

Lao Qing said oh, and pointed at the squatting young men: "We are all there, pick them."

I walked over and took a look. There was about the first cricket jar among the young people, but it was not a small porcelain jar. They were all clarified cricket jars. They were very particular. Following the cricket spy in the hand of a college student, they looked at the jar. They were at least eight li big insects. The "li" of crickets does not refer to "centimeters" and "li" as a unit of weight. Bali is already considered the largest weight in the cricket army. There is a saying that Qili is king, eight li is treasure, and there is nowhere to find crickets of Jiuli.

I looked at the jar in the hands of several people, and I said in surprise: "All of them are Bali?"

I have never heard from my neighbors about Lao Qing, but I am afraid that Guanyuan Bird Market is not as good as him in so many Bali insects?

A man of twenty-six or seven years old smiled and looked back at me: "Don't you know? Lao Qing only sells 70% to 80% here. Moreover, the 70% to 50% to 70% to 50% to 70% to 50% to 70% to 50% to 70% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to 80% to

Yuan Yazhen handed Xiaolong's hand to me: "Go, come and play with your brother Gu." Then she also squatted under the poplar tree and picked up a cricket jar and tried it with a spy.

I didn't get started, just circled around them a few times, and after reading all the crickets, I couldn't help but shake my head. Of course, I have played with crickets for a few years and have some eyesight, but that is just a simple way to judge the quality of a cricket. As for the specific judgment of a cricket, I can't do it for the time being, of course I can't compare with those who are professional in this. Even Yuan Yazhen may be better than me, right? The reason why I shook my head was that there was no "winning in every battle" among these crickets I wanted to find.

Boy, those guys don't like me?" Lao Qing probably noticed my expression.

I smiled bitterly and said, "No, by the way, are there anything else here? Just these ones?"

Lao Qing touched the teacup and took a sip of water, "Yes, but not all of them are good, they are much worse than their size. They are cheap."

My eyes moved: "Where is it?"

Lao Qing arched a low square table in the corner of the courtyard with his hand holding a teacup, and there were four cricket jars on it. They were not pure mud, but just ordinary small porcelain jars covered with homemade broken iron sheets. They needed to tie rubber bands to cover them tightly.

I took Xiaolong's hand and quickly walked over, let go of him, gently picked up a jar, took off the rubber band, and opened the lid to see, well, it was indeed. The size was much worse than those under the tree. I looked at three, the smallest one was 7 4, and the largest one was only 7 6. This weight was already quite large for ordinary people who played crickets, but when it comes to professional gambling, Qi 4 was basically 7 6.

I picked up the fourth jar without caring, lifted the iron lid and glanced at it, and suddenly my heart stumbled.

Is this "golden head?"

This cricket is not big, even more than seven centimeters than the other three. Its head is yellow, but it is a very light and thin yellow and golden color. I took a grass spy on the square table and tried its teeth and screams. The teeth are ink-colored, and there are some white spots at the roots of the teeth. The screams are very crisp and thick, and it feels particularly energetic.

Wait? Isn’t the “every victory” that maintains a record of more than 20 consecutive games a golden head?

But I have only heard of it. I have not seen it with my own eyes, so I cannot make a clear judgment now.

While I was thinking about it, a familiar voice came from behind, "Lao Qing, did you take the new insect?" When I looked back, it turned out to be Hangzi who had just met. There was also a middle-aged man in a plaid shirt next to him, short and thin, probably Kaizi.

"No, it's still those." Lao Qing replied lightly.

Suddenly, Hangzi, whose eyes fell on Xiaolong and I, exclaimed, and his and Kaizi's eyes immediately found Yuan Yazhen under the poplar tree. Both of them laughed: "Yeah. Are you here too?" Of course, Yuan Yazhen also saw them, raised her eyelids, turned around and continued to try the cricket, without saying a word.

There were two young people over there and said respectfully: "Brother Hang, Brother Kai."

"Ye Xiao Zhou Xiaoliu is here too." Hangzi and the others smiled and nodded, then walked behind Yuan Yazhen with a swagger: "I guess you won't come before afternoon, so I plan to come to Lao Qing's place to see the insects first, and then go back to the yard to wait for you at noon. Hey, I didn't expect it was quite a coincidence. What's going on? I plan to buy one from here?"

Yuan Yazhen seemed to have not heard of it, and looked at it with a cricket jar without saying a word.

Kaizi smiled and blatantly glanced at Yuan Yazhen's tight buttocks in his professional dress: "You are not big, but they are very good in shape, well, good." I don't know if he was talking about crickets or ass, "Little Yuan, I heard from my brother that you want to continue playing? Why don't I go back and bring crickets. Let's not have the yard, just here, right?"

Yuan Yazhen didn't look back: "Whatever."

Hangzi turned his eyes to Lao Qing when inquiring: "Lao Qing, is it convenient?"

Lao Qing looked outside the courtyard and nodded slightly: "Old rules." When he bets, Lao Qing must take some risks. I guess Hangzi will give him some of the venue fees. It seems that the two of them have had many dealings.

Hangzi said happily: "Okay. The old rules, Kaizi, call Liu Zi and ask him to bring us crickets and tell him to be careful on the road, and don't make you slut if you hit him or you're not going to make you slut." We usually call crickets that lose or lose their fighting spirit "slutty". Crickets are very afraid of being frightened, for example, gently shake it in the jar and toss a few times, and the insect will probably not be able to open its teeth again. Even if we raise our fighting spirit again, the momentum will definitely be worse than before.

When Kaizi was picking up the phone, Xiao Zhou Xiaoliu on the other side stopped picking crickets and walked to Hangzi to talk and laugh.

Yuan Yazhen seemed to have chosen it, and stood up with a cricket jar in her arms. "How much does this cost?"

Lao Qing sat up from the recliner with his eyes narrowed and put down the teacup. He fanned the palm-leaf fan and looked at it: "Yeah, 15,000."

Yuan Yazhen frowned and said, "Is it expensive? It's cheaper."

"The insects here have always been like this." Lao Qing shook his head: "Bring a jar. Don't bargain."

Yuan Yazhen thought for a moment, reached into her bag and counted 15,000 cash for him. Lao Qing didn't count, and put it on the table and continued to drink tea. I put down the cricket that I couldn't grasp and met Xiaolong. The little guy held my hand tightly, staring at Hangzi chatting aside with angrily. He seemed to want to go up and bite him a few bites.

"Sister Yuan asked, "How is it?"

Yuan Yazhen held the cricket jar on her palm: "This one looks good and will definitely beat Hangzi's black and red teeth."

After a while, a man in his thirties walked into the courtyard with a few cricket jars carefully. Hangzi called Liu Zi, then passed by with Kaizi, gently took the cricket jar and put it on the table, and tried his teeth with the spy. Judging from their expressions, the cricket jar should not have any problems on the road.

"Wait for my black and red teeth to take a break." Hangzi looked at Yuan Yazhen with a smile: "Old Qing has something to do, so let your crickets be weighed first, I don't need to weigh them, right? You saw it with your own eyes yesterday, Balier." As soon as he finished speaking, several young people who chose crickets gathered to watch the fun.

Yuan Yazhen nodded and spread her hands to the side. Xiaolong immediately let out my hand and ran over and held his aunt.

Lao Qing closed the gate of the courtyard, went back to the house, took the scale and the bucket cage and came out, and asked her, "Come on, I'll do it?"

Yuan Yazhen said, come on. Lao Qing professionally sent the cage into the cricket jar, and used a spy to click it, and then brought the cricket into the cage, then lifted it up and put it on the scale. The atmosphere on the scene was quite tense, and no one chatted anymore, and they focused on the electronic numbers on the scale, Didi 118 liters!

Hangzi smiled and said, "Okay, the weight is the same, there is no need to pay the price anymore, start?"

Xiaolong pulled his aunt's hand and said, "Come on, aunt." Yuan Yazhen said, "Start."

Hangzi said: "Let Lao Qing be the referee be the one. He and the people in the circle are also the most important. Make sure they are fair. Well, is anyone playing in the outfield?" He glanced around the yard and saw no one saying anything, Hangzi shrugged: "There are not many people today, forget it, come on, please come out with my black and red teeth."

The child named Xiao Liu immediately took the jar and delivered it to Lao Qing. As soon as he walked past the cage, Lao Qing raised the cricket and slowly put it into a transparent glass jar prepared in advance. This jar is specially used for fighting crickets. It is larger than the jar and is transparent around it, making it easy for others to watch.

After asking Yuan Yazhen's meaning, Lao Qing raised her hand and also sent her cricket into the jar. However, a plastic plate was inserted in the center of the jar, and the two insects were one on the left and one on the right, and they could not meet each other. There are many things to pay attention to playing with crickets, which is called adapting to the venue.

Taking advantage of this time, Kaizi looked at Yuan Yazhen's chest in a daze: "How much does it take?"

Yuan Yazhen glanced at him in disgust: 30,000."

"Wait first." Hangzi frowned and took out a note and said, "This is the 80,000 IOU you wrote to me. Should you clear the account before playing? Otherwise, if you write one by one, when will you be the leader? That won't work!"

"Finish this!"

"You are making money from nothing. There is no such good thing in the world. If this happens, I will take back the black and red teeth. Whoever you like to play with you?" Hangzi made a move and asked Kaizi to get the cricket back.

Yuan Yazhen gritted her teeth and looked at me. Xiaolong also turned his pitiful eyes to me.

I sighed in my heart, took out eight stacks of RMB 100 yuan from the paper bag and threw it on the table, and stretched out my hand: "IOU."

Hangzi looked at me in surprise, took over the money, and gave me the IOU with a smile: "Are you her friend or her relative?"

"Does it have anything to do with you?" I didn't even look at him and put the IOU in my pocket.

Yuan Yazhen looked over with gratitude: "I'll return it to you later." After that, she took a deep breath, staring at Hangzi with a expressionless face and said: The bet has changed, 200,000, do you dare?" If it is 30,000, it doesn't matter if you win, and if you lose, Hangzi might not bet with her. I'm afraid that Yuan Yazhen would bet on her directly after considering these things.

I said, "Sister Yuan! You!" She raised her hand and signaled me not to persuade me.

Hangzi and Kaizi laughed in silence and said, "You can't afford even 80,000, but you still need 200,000?"

Yuan Yazhen said calmly: "Hurry up, do you think you will come in a word?"

Hangzi's eyes rolled and knocked on the table, and suddenly looked up and said, "Okay, 200,000 is 200,000, but I'm going to say ugly things first. You know, we brothers don't need these tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. If you lose and can't afford to write an IOU, I don't have the intention to wait for you to raise money and pay it back. Let's calculate it according to the day, five thousand a day. In other words, if you lose, I don't want your penny. You can play with me for forty days and write the accounts off. Isn't it fair?"

Xiao Zhou Xiaoliu then burst into laughter, and the other young people also looked at Yuan Yazhen with ambiguous eyes.
To be continued...