Chapter 27 The Soul of The Casino (2/2)

”And is there a tattoo more powerful than the Yin and Yang fish?” Zhang was looking at me strangely.

I was a little panicked.

What the hell was this, Niu Xiao’er? You forced me to do ”ghost hands catch the money”, but I really did not want to have a second person do this Yin and Yang embroidery, especially Brother Zhang.

I said yes, yes, yes.

I was thinking of how to persuade him not to do this tattoo.

However, I did not have to speak, as Zhang held up his thumb and said, ”Shui, you have ability, really have ability. I have some things to do, so I’ll go.”

”Brother Zhang, walk slowly.” I hastened to greet him.

I was afraid he was angry because I did not tell him about the tattoo; he was not happy to go.

So when he left, I followed.

I walked to the tattoo shop doorway, pulled him and said, ”Brother, don't blame me. It is not that I didn't want to tell you about the tattoo…I…really is... Alas... That Yin Tattoo is too weird. When ‘ghost grasping money’ is on the body, I do not know what will happen. You are considerate of me.”

”Ha.” Zhang listened to my explanation, laughed, and said to me, ”Shui, you are afraid I’ll blame you, ah? I’ll tell you the truth, the Yin and Yang fish has been very useful, and if something is more useful than the Yin and Yang fish, I will definitely not want it tattooed.”

I didn't know what he meant.

He pointed to the tattoo shop and said to me, ”Shui, a straight forward person does not resort to insinuations. I have no culture, but know one thing: ten bet, nine lose... So I just play small cards, so as to entertain. If you gamble professionally, you're a millionaire and you have to put it all on the table.”

”Yes, yes,” I nodded. Zhang was an enlightened person.

Zhang said again, ”I’ll tell you directly, you cannot make friends with that person... He must be a person who is addicted to gambling. When he heard about gambling, he was very interested. By the way, I advise you... Don't let your friends gamble again, and don't give your friends the Yin and Yang Tattoo of the ‘ghost hands catch the money’.”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

Zhang smiled and said, ”The people at the gambling table, they are criminals. You think that if you have a Yin and Yang Tattoo, you will be able to win more money?”

“With ghost hands catch the money”, you should be able to win every bet,” I said to him.

Zhang laughed, laughing while walking. Before leaving, he said: “Brother Shui, if you often lose? You just lose your money. If you often win, you lose your life... Win or lose, do not lose at the poker table, but lose outside the table.”

His saying, I did not understand it at that time, until Niu Xiao’er had an accident. Then I understood what he meant.

Zhang also said, ”This thing, it's OK just to have fun, but if you expect to rely on it to gain wealth, it is complete nonsense.”

I learned a lesson. I went back to the room and said to Niu Xiao’er, ”Brother, I advise you again, really do not get the ‘ghost hands catch the money’ tattoo. Also do not gamble. Finding a job is the right path.”

He didn't listen to my advice. He said to me coldly, ”You don't care so much... Do the tattoo. Well, this time, if I win plenty of money, I’ll give you all the money for your mum's surgery fee.”

He said that, but I did not believe it. Last night he won two hundred thousand, but he has given me one hundred Yuan.

”All right, since you want the tattoo, then I’ll do it.”

I sighed with disappointment, grabbed the needle, and gave him the tattoo.

That night, Liu the Sixth sent me the fierce soul to do the tattoo.

The soul itself, there was a story about it.

He told me that the fierce soul, in life, was a gambler called Ma Liu... He was like Niu Xiao’er, regarding gambling as his life.

Ma Liu liked playing a game of Pai Gow called ‘Jiu Wu Hou’. Pai Gow is like a domino with Pai Gow points on.

The rules of Jiu Wu Hou are very simple, belong to ”bigger than size”, like ”zagin” and ”soha.”

His addiction was always big, and one night he was playing with some gamblers in the county town.

On that day he was angry. He soon lost his money, but he didn't say any words, and just bet on his house property certificate, wanting to have the last gamble.

His chose ”soha”, bet all the chips, and then he waited for the card.

Two Pai Gow cards, Ma Liu first read one of them... That card was a nine point, it was super big.

He was full of confidence, and secretly looked at the other Pai Gow card. He glanced at a two point.

He took a deep breath and turned the Pai Gow card over to the other side... Another two point. His second card was a four point.

His cards were nine and four. In Jiu Wu Hou, nine and four is called ‘the bench’... The winning probability is very small, similar to a double four in the landlord.

He knew this card had no hope of winning, so Ma Liu made an excuse and went to the toilet, temporarily not revealing the card.

But when he was found, he had hanged himself in the toilet.

”This person bet to the end and jumped to commit suicide…Why?” I said to Liu.

Liu the Sixth smiled and asked me, ”You think it is over? I tell you, this is not the reason this is a fierce soul. There are other reasons.”

”What? What do you mean?” I asked Liu the Sixth.

Liu the Sixth smiled and said, ”I tell you, Ma Liu's death was very undeserved. In fact, he did not lose with that card.”