Chapter 8 The Unwashed Man
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The next day, Lin Yue woke up from his sweet dream and went to the restaurant under the hotel only to find that He Youzang was already there.
"I got up quite early." Lin Yue casually pulled out a chair and sat across from He Youzang.
He Youzang just said a faint "Yes" and continued to eat his own without even raising his head.
Lin Yue called the waiter and ordered his own food. After the food was served, Lin Yue asked: "Are you still going to Jade Street today?"
He Youzang listened to the words, raised his head and glanced at Lin Yue lightly, then lowered his head and continued eating.
Lin Yue touched his nose in embarrassment. He understood the meaning in He Youzang's eyes. What he said was indeed nonsense. If you didn't go to Jade Street, you would come here just to gamble on stones.
After dinner, Lin Yue and He Youzang came to Jade Street again. Just like yesterday, they separated at the entrance of the street. They still agreed to meet here at six o'clock in the afternoon. As for lunch... In He Youzang's words: "The mouth is long"
On yourself.
Looking at He Youzang's indifferent back, Lin Yue couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook his head. He felt that the other person was not so cold inside, it seemed that he just didn't know how to communicate with others. Maybe it was because he often dealt with jade wool when he was a child.
Lin Yue thought of the little devil He Lanyue again and couldn't help but smile bitterly. These two brothers and sisters just have completely opposite personalities.
What a fun family!
Lin Yue shook his head and continued his journey. This time he went directly to the place he visited yesterday afternoon and continued walking.
He casually came to one of the stalls, glanced at it and kept walking, but there was no good wool. There were so many wools in Tengchong's Jade Street that there were not many good wools. Lin Yue couldn't help but feel disappointed. He also knew that there were thousands of wools.
, it was not enough to get the jade out of the blue, but he still wanted to see one at a glance, which seemed a bit greedy.
Lin Yue visited a few more stalls and found that the better-performing woolen fabrics were all in the hands of people looking at the goods at the stalls, and he couldn't get involved at all. You can't grab goods in this business. If someone sees a piece of woolen fabric, others can't grab it.
You can only make an offer unless the other party doesn't want to buy it. Even if you see that there is 100% jade inside, you can only stare blankly.
There's no way this is the rule.
Everyone must comply.
Although gambling on stones is called gambling, better rules are needed because of gambling. Just like this jade stone street, there are many millionaires everywhere but there are not many local thieves, because if the thieves are caught, their hands will be chopped off.
, even if the police come. So no one dares to come.
Lin Yue learned all this from He Youzang, and at the same time he felt funny about yesterday's caution.
Lin Yue was walking casually and suddenly found an unkempt man in a corner. His whole body was dirty and oily. He was still wearing thick clothes on a hot day. He didn't seem to know the cold or heat at all. He looked like a beggar and a psycho.
A disordered person. His eyes are dull, his face is covered with dust, his age cannot be discerned, and he is always making gestures with his hands, as if he were cutting with a knife.
Seeing such a person, Lin Yue felt pity in his heart and showed a look of sympathy on his face.
So Lin Yue walked to a stall selling woolen materials, pointed at the person in the corner and asked: "Who is this person??"
Seeing the direction of Lin Yue's finger, the stall owner sighed heavily and said: "No one knows who this person is, but he has been on this street for many years, and everyone selling wool on this street knows him. He
He is delirious. If the people here hadn't given him some food every day, he would have starved to death. He...well, he might as well not have said anything!"
The stall owner waved his hand at Lin Yue, as if he had something to hide.
"Do you know why he became like this?" Lin Yue asked.
"I know, everyone here knows that there are many people who have lost their money through gambling, and he is not the only one who is crazy. Even if you are crazy, you don't know the pain." The stall owner's expression was full of sighs.
"Can you tell me something?" Lin Yue knelt down and asked.
The stall owner saw that Lin Yue was so young, so he sighed and said, "Seeing that you are so young, I will teach you a lesson. Originally, I, a seller of woolen materials, shouldn't have said that. After all, in this business, only gambling increases
If you don’t spread the word, you will be ruined.”
Later, the stall owner told in detail what happened a few years ago:
"This man came here nine years ago to gamble on stones, but he brought all his belongings, which should be more than hundreds of thousands. He stayed here for a full month before choosing a piece of wool. As a result, he cut it with a single cut and it collapsed. He lost everything. This
The knife also cut off his nerves. From then on, he became mentally abnormal. He kept making gestures like cutting stones with his hands, and he could no longer take care of himself. No one knew where he came from or where he lived.
He has been on this street for more than ten years."
Speaking of this, the stall owner paused and sighed: "This is also a living example of gambling failure. Everyone who comes here to gamble on stones will see him, but no one will take warning. These dozen
Almost every day, people are bankrupted by gambling, and there are not a few who lose their entire family, and there are also people who commit suicide by jumping off buildings. It doesn’t matter if they are delirious like him, just stay alive! Young man, you are still young, and the stone gambling industry is too deep, and you are young and weak.
Wouldn't it be great to find another job and live a peaceful life? Why bet on stones? I have been on this street for more than 20 years and have seen many people. Take my advice, this industry is too advanced and not suitable for you.
.These words are indeed inappropriate to come from the mouth of a wool seller like me, but what I say is the truth. This business is too deep..."
Lin Yue could hear the sincere admonishment between the lines of the stall owner's words and sighed in his heart.
Not all businessmen are profiteers, at least not the one in front of me.
Lin Yue couldn't tell the other party that he had undefeated powers, but the stall owner's words penetrated into his heart. Apart from him, who would dare to say that he has been undefeated in the stone gambling industry, and not even the Jade Kings?
Dare to say it.
Knowing the risks of gambling on stones, but stepping into the gambling market like a moth to a flame, perhaps with the mentality of getting rich overnight, or perhaps seeking wealth through risk.
But, what's wrong with finding a job smoothly?
Lin Yue has always lived a subsistence life. He feels that his life is sufficient. He doesn't understand why those rich people have so much money but ask for more. He doesn't understand them, and they don't understand him.
Lin Yue glanced at the man who was still gesticulating in the corner, his heart was full of sympathy, and his compassion arose again.
He nodded towards the stall owner: "Junior, thank you for the reminder. I want to ask you something. Do you know the phone number of the nearby welfare home?"
Orphanage?
Chapter completed!