Chapter 19: Supreme Treasure? Monkey King?

Ye Yaodong held the chicken and looked at his childhood friends sitting around the table. His eyes were full of smiles. Whether they were rich or poor, being happy was the most important thing!

He counted the heads silently in his heart. Xiaoxiao, Azheng, Fatty, Haozi, Chen Wei, plus Aguang who went to the dock, the seven villains of Baisha were all together!

At this time, he was best friends with Xiaoxiao, Azheng and Aguang, but not many years later, the three of them left and went their separate ways. Only a few others were left in the village, and they only came back occasionally many years later.

He asked Aguang’s sister to boil water, and he took out a bowl to collect the chicken blood later.

He sharpened the kitchen knife a few more times, then he grabbed the comb and plucked a small bunch of chicken feathers from the big rooster’s neck, and then he used the sharp kitchen knife to kill it directly.

The big rooster struggled desperately, and a few drops of blood spilled, but most of it dripped into the bowl. I’ll add a small spoonful of salt water and let it sit for 20 minutes until it becomes chicken blood cubes. I’ll stir-fry it with chicken offal and it’ll be delicious.

Before the water was boiled, Ye Yaodong threw the still twitching big rooster aside and went over to watch them play cards.

“Hey, you’re not playing 50K, but Pai Gow instead?”

“Five people, we can’t play 50K, so we can only play Pai Gow with playing cards. Do you want to bet? This hand is about to be opened, and you have to wait for the next hand if you want to bet.”

He shook his head and didn’t plan to play. This thing is not like playing cards. If you can avoid it, don’t touch it. Just watch it.

Xiaoxiao grabbed his two cards, and after he finished speaking, he pressed the upper left corner of the two cards with his thumb, and then slowly moved his thumb a little bit…

And he shouted excitedly: “Hearts… Hearts… Got it! No edge… No edge… Here it comes…”

Ye Yaodong stretched his head and saw that his first card was the King. The second card, with his thumb slightly exposed, was the Heart. Pulling it out a little bit, it was already clear that there was no edge!

“Fuck, no edge, it’s either 2 or 3, is it going to be the Supreme Treasure?”

They used poker instead of Pai Gow. The King represents 6, and the 3 of Hearts represents 3. This pair together is the Supreme Treasure, the Monkey King pair!

Xiaoxiao was also very excited. He didn’t see any lace or number edges, so this card was either 2 or 3.

He put the two cards that were pulled apart a little bit together again and shouted to the others: “Did you catch 3?”

Others urged, “Don’t waste time, we have all seen the cards, just waiting for you to open the cards, hurry up, don’t waste time.”

“Yes, hurry up, right, Supreme Treasure!”

“Let us help you…”

“No, I’ll do it myself!” Xiaoxiao twisted his body to avoid them.

“Then hurry up, you broke the cards!”

“What’s the hurry for a man!”

Xiaoxiao continued to press the number on the upper left corner with his finger. He knew that the card below was either 2 or 3, so he did not pull it to the right, but slowly pulled the first card down.

After revealing the first heart, he excitedly chanted: “3! 3! 3! Hearts… Hearts… Damn, Supreme Treasure…”

He threw the two cards on the table excitedly, “It’s really Supreme Treasure, Monkey King, come on, money! Money!”

The two cards had been bent by him, and the others also clearly saw a king and a three of hearts, and cursed: “Fuck, it’s really Supreme Treasure!”

At this time, A Guang also came back, and heard them shouting about Supreme Treasure from a distance. Surprised, he ran over quickly, “What Supreme Treasure? Who got Supreme Treasure? So awesome?”

“Xiao Xiao! Damn, the luck is so good, and he is the banker! He won everything!”

“What kind of shit luck do you know? I got the King of Kings with a variety of cards. Nine cards!”

“What’s that? I got a pair of red 8s, human cards! I thought I won, but I didn’t expect to play against Zhizunbao. Damn, such good cards were wasted! I was so happy for nothing!”

“Haha, luckily I got a 4 and a 6, and I died a good death!”

A Zheng also smiled and said: “Same, I got a 5 and a 6, no hope!”

Amid everyone’s cursing, Xiao Xiao happily pocketed all the money in front of them, and said with a little regret: “You play too small, just a few cents, no point~ I wasted my Zhizunbao~”

“Be content, you have killed all of them, we have played for so long and still haven’t caught Zhizunbao!”

A Guang was a little glad that he came back late, otherwise he would definitely bet.

Zhizunbao escaped a disaster, it seems that he has a good luck today!
“It would have been better if I had made an exception and let Dongzi bet, so that we could have had more heads!”

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, “Do you want me to bet two cents?”

“Yes, a mosquito leg is still meat!”

“Come on, while you’re lucky, play a few more games!”

“Right, right, right, come again!”

Xiaoxiao took the cards and prepared to shuffle them, but Fatty was not happy, “No more! I finally caught a pair of red 8s, but I bumped into Zhizunbao, what bad luck!”

“Oh, you’re not short of money anyway, and we’re not playing that big, so just a little gambling is fun, let’s keep going!”

In this day and age, he can still eat his way into a fat man, which shows that Fatty’s family is not ordinary, and his family is full of fat people!

The reason is that his family members are all cooks. As the old saying goes, if the cook doesn’t steal, the crops won’t be harvested, so his family has always had the best food in the village.

The fat man’s body is so full that it’s obvious that he eats a lot!
“Let me be the banker, or I won’t come!”

“Okay, okay~”

Anyway, they didn’t play much, and all the money they got in and out belonged to them. They basically ate the money they won, so no one lost.

After Ah Guang came back, he handed the crabs and mantis shrimps he bought to his sister, and he also joined in!

These days, there are too few entertainment activities for adults in the countryside. They are not children anymore. They have experienced the joy of climbing mountains and diving in the sea in their childhood. They don’t want to go out in the hot weather, so they can only play cards at home.

Ye Yaodong also watched with great interest. In fact, he still had two dollars in his pocket. It should be the money he won from playing cards yesterday. He is not sure because he has no memory.

Watching them play, he also touched his trouser pockets several times, but he held back. This was all his belongings. Pai Gow was too much of a gamble. He could play cards, as he had good skills and rarely lost money.

After watching for a while, A Guang’s sister told him that the water was boiling, so he had to look away and get back to work.

“Hiss~ It’s scalding me to death.”

Ye Yaodong plucked the rooster with shaking hands.

This chicken must be scalded with boiling water before it can be plucked, but it really scalded him to death. Why did he take on this job before?
Are the cards not good-looking?
Really, he was so happy to see his young old friends.

(End)