Chapter 178 - 32_3
Those who went out to work have all come back to the village for the New Year.
Many people, hesitant to spend money on food and clothes while working away from home, don new clothes and sit at the card table with a fine cigarette bought especially for the New Year, ready to take down everyone around.
Of course, most of the time, they are the ones being defeated.
You see, in nearly every village there are a small group of people who don’t work regularly and just spend their days playing cards, relying on the New Year games to win enough money to live on for the coming year.
And those who work outside the village rarely have the chance to play cards, so their skills can’t match those of the village regulars, not to mention the chance of running into rigged games.
Thus, it’s common for someone to return to the village only to lose all the money they earned in a matter of days, and some not only lose everything but also end up in debt. The worst part is, without even finishing the New Year celebrations, they have to pack up and head back to work.
This is what Runsheng told Li Zhiyuan on the road.
Because Runsheng heard Xiao Yuan say he wanted to play cards, he shared this to dissuade him.
Li Zhiyuan found that Runsheng was truly a peculiar person; simple and honest by nature, yet he also had a delicate side that could see through these tricks. Of course, his ferocity in fights was even more shocking.
"Brother Runsheng, you know Mr. Shan often loses at cards, why don’t you persuade him?"
"He’s my grandfather, I have to listen to him, just like you’re my brother, I have to listen to you too."