Carrying a Jurassic on me-Chapter 1330 - 648: Meddling in Others’ Business_2

"People who say one thing and think another are just like him. Clearly desperate to play, yet pretending otherwise.

Heizi slammed his hand on the table, "Come over and sit down. It’s the holiday season, so what’s wrong with a bit of fun? A dime, two dimes, three dimes, you dare to play or not?"

Lin Haihu was quite modest, "I don’t have much money, let me off easy!"

Still pretending, this guy is the type who only takes in, never gives. Who knows how much he has saved up from the tip money he’s made, and the money he "earns" from Yan Fei usually. There aren’t many places to spend big in Sancha River Township, so I bet he’s got it all stashed away somewhere.

Five minutes later, Lin Haihu shouted, "I won, I won, I’m the landlord, you two pay up..."

Ten minutes later, Heizi yelled, "Pay up, pay up, stop dawdling!"

...

Half an hour later, Lin Haihu struggled to pull out a few coins from his pocket, "That’s really it, that’s all I’ve got..."

Heizi, while handing over money, looked down on him, "Hurry up and pay! It’s better to lose money than lose face. You can earn money back, but once you lose face, it’s hard to pick it back up..."

Another half hour, and Lin Haihu struggled to pull out money again, "I’m truly out this time..."

Heizi, while paying, rolled his eyes, "Who would believe that, just hurry up. Are you fit for the game or not? We’re in the same team, can’t you keep better track of the cards..."

...

At lunch, Yan Fei divided up a pile of money in front of him, "Take what’s yours, everyone! Hahaha..."

Lin Haihu, patting his empty pockets, said defiantly, "Look down on me, do you? If I lose, I lose. Can’t I afford it?"

Heizi was very displeased, "That was all my personal stash! Ah, what a pity. It wasn’t that I wasn’t trying hard; it’s just that the teammate is too dumb!"

Lin Haihu got really angry when he heard this and was about to speak, but Yan Fei slapped the table, "Take it back, quickly, clean up the table, it’s time to eat!"

Seeing Yan Fei was serious, Lin Haihu immediately forgot about his trouble with Heizi and his face lit up with surprise, "You’re really giving it back to us?"

Yan Fei gave him a look and didn’t respond, which immediately excited the man. He grabbed the money on the table, counted out his own share, then handed the rest to Heizi, "Brother Heizi, you keep it too! Xiao Fei is the big boss, he doesn’t care about this little bit of money from us!"

This shameless display had everyone else in the room, who were tidying up the table to eat, laughing out loud...

Some were curious, since Boss Yan was rarely seen playing cards, his move was indeed extraordinary!

Yan Fei chuckled and went to the kitchen to help bring out the food - the cards were not new, played so often that Heizi could probably recognize a fair number by their backs alone. At Yan Fei’s place, it was even tougher; of the fifty-four cards in a deck, he could recognize at least half by the back alone.

Poor Lin Haihu, such a silly kid, actually thought he was calculating without omission, not only losing his pants but also dragging Heizi down with him - and he was intentionally targeting Heizi. When pairing with Yan Fei as peasants, Heizi could almost guess his cards. Lin feared Yan Fei would deal with him, so he always watched Yan Fei’s face. When he was with Heizi, he’d lose all restraint...

No wonder they say "nine out of ten bets are deceits." For those with a good memory playing cards, trapping others don’t even require marked decks - the joint had such decks, brought in by Old Ou and the likes. The patterns on the back were marked, and those who knew could tell at a glance what the cards were. Those who didn’t would lose without knowing how they’d been beaten.

In the afternoon, Heizi, together with Yan Fei and the silly Lin Haihu, all became spectators. The first two were too skilled at cards, and the last one was well-known for dragging down his team, so who would play with them?

It was all the same for Yan Fei, who casually went out, dragging Xiaochao who was holding a little Tibetan Mastiff along the village walls, planning to sneak over to Xu Xiaoyan’s place to see if he could lure the girl out.

As they reached the entrance of the alley, looking at Xu Xiaoyan’s house next door, Yan Fei nudged Xiaochao and whispered, "Start... singing!"

"La la la, la la la, I’m the little newsboy..." Xiaochao started singing loudly.

Right when he reached "Someday the light will come", preparing for the second round, Xu Xiaoyan turned the corner with a radiant smile.

Two grown men and a kid, all snickering, walked down the alley towards the village walls, with Xiaochao looking guilty as a thief - his brother said they had to call out their sister-in-law quietly, without letting others know.

After taking a few steps, Xu Xiaoyan complained, "Only you would come up with such a crazy idea, making Xiaochao sing at the top of his lungs in this freezing weather..."

Yan Fei chuckled heartily, "If I were the one singing, I’m afraid everyone on the street would come to gawk!"

Xu Xiaoyan, picturing the scene he described, couldn’t help but laugh even more.

As they were nearing the village wall, Xu Xiaoyan was chatting with Yan Chao when a woman burst out of a house, her face streaked with tears and snot.

The moment the woman caught sight of the three of them, she ran over, crying out loud while running, "Boss Yan, you’ve got to help us! That bastard Da Gui has lost his mind to the devil, he’s taken our passbook and gone gambling!"

Da Gui was a pig butcher and now also moonlighted as a cattle butcher at the market, which was why the woman called out to them as soon as she saw them.

Yan Fei really didn’t want to get involved in other people’s business today and offered the woman advice, "Go to the police station and have them lock him up for a few days to see if he’ll change."

The woman immediately felt troubled when she heard this, "We’re all neighbors here, is it appropriate for me to go to the police station? Besides, with Da Gui’s temper, if he finds out I called the police, he might just kill me when he gets back!"

Yan Fei said impatiently, "If he beats you, just say I told you to go, now get on with it! They call themselves neighbors yet they still gamble with the savings; are those really neighbors?"

The woman still didn’t want to go, "The police station will arrest him and fine us..."

"That’s still better than losing everything to gambling, right?" Yan Fei glared at her. "Or should I call the station?"

He had only said that offhandedly, but to his surprise, the woman was truly afraid for her husband. After hesitating, she said, "Then you can’t say that it was me who came to you and that’s why you called, okay?"

Yan Fei was so exasperated he found it funny, looking at the woman’s meek and distressed state and feeling too lazy to get involved in such a trifle.

However, Xu Xiaoyan couldn’t stand by, "Did they gamble big?"

"It started with dimes, but as they played, it went up to a tael or two. My man lost quite a lot last night, and after visiting the grave today, he went back to play again. I don’t know how big they played, but I saw him take the passbook from the house," the woman replied.

Xu Xiaoyan inquired further, "Are there many others who gamble like they do?"

The woman looked confused for a moment, "I don’t know about other families, but during the New Year, there’s quite a few who gamble. Though others just play for fun, not like my man..."

"Yanfei, look..." Xu Xiaoyan was tender-hearted, and upon seeing the woman’s helpless look, she felt a pang of pity. But she didn’t want to speak out directly against Yan Fei, so she whispered a word.

Yan Fei knew he couldn’t avoid it, but with his own family to consider, he didn’t want to make a fuss. After thinking for a moment, he said to the woman, "Go tell Da Gui that I’m waiting here for him. If he wants to come, come; if not, forget it."

With this assurance from Yan Fei, the woman wiped her tears and turned around, heading back to her house with renewed vigor.

After a while, they saw a man being dragged out reluctantly by the woman. As soon as he saw Yan Fei standing there, the man subdued the anger on his face—There were quite a few with rural household registration in the town, and families like Da Gui’s had fields nearby.

It was a well-known fact that farming didn’t bring in much money, and Da Gui made some extra by butchering pigs. Now with plenty of work available at the cattle farm, he was earning more in a year than he used to earn in several years of killing pigs. The last thing he wanted was to irritate Yan Fei and lose the job at the farm.

Seeing him approach, Yan Fei didn’t want to say much, "Alright, since you came out, I’ll let it go. Go home and live a good life."

Even though Da Gui was reluctant, he didn’t dare to offend Yan Fei and simply nodded, "I understand, Boss Yan!"

"I didn’t want to intervene in this matter, but since I ran into it, consider yourself unlucky. From now on, don’t gamble anymore; we don’t want gamblers working at the farm," Yan Fei waved his hand dismissively. "Go on back home."

Da Gui hung his head and nodded again, turning around while shooting a glare at his wife and trudging dejectedly home.

As Yan Fei watched him leave and was about to signal Yan Chao and Xu Xiaoyan to continue on, he suddenly thought of something, "Oh, Da Gui, who else gambles in your card games?" fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

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