The gambler's trickery

  Unless you're a special forces soldier who has been through life and death tests, nobody can remain unmoved when a group of mice crawl over their body.

  And these crazy mice, aren't delicate rich young ladies on an outing in the garden, but instead directly attack the groin, perineum and other mysterious and dreamy parts, stretching out their sinful white teeth...

  These rodents were frantically gnawing, the thugs soon reached the verge of collapse, one by one desperately flailing about, physically interpreting what it means to be heartbroken.

  Seeing the thugs only crying and shouting for their parents, Bai Huan suddenly felt greatly disappointed, gave a "nothing more than that" look, then walked up and lightly finished them off.

  He didn't kick them when they were down, but rather took precautions in case these people, under the pressure of great fear, did something irrational.

  Five people, five heavy punches, and they all fell to the ground with ease.

  The people behind Hui Zi, plus a little girl with tears still hanging from the corner of her eye, were all worshiping them to death. Those thugs didn't have much intimidating power left, but there were still rats scurrying around on their bodies, who would dare get close?

  Bai Guang didn't show any fear, instead he calmly walked forward and finished him off, truly a ruthless person.

  "What? Don't just lie there! Hurry up and go to the town hospital for emergency treatment, you need to get tetanus and rabies shots too. If you get infected, it'll be bad." Bai Huan felt that after beating someone up, he was still reminding his opponent to seek medical attention in a timely manner, which was really a very responsible thing to do. Of course, it's possible that his fists were a bit heavy, so none of the thugs could get up, but that wasn't something he considered.

  ……

  "Huang Ge, you were too awesome just now!" Xiao Bin saw that Bai Huang's bottle was empty and immediately opened another one to send over. At the same time, he was beaming with excitement and speaking with flying colors: "I watched and my scalp went numb, only you dare to go up."

  Several people next to him nodded vigorously, and Hui Zi swallowed a mouthful of shrimp meat and exclaimed, "And at the very beginning, that one knife, my eyes were still blurry and hadn't reacted yet, but Shuang Ge had already blocked the fire tongs, so awesome!"

  Bai Huan waved his hand dismissively, thinking that they were just a few ordinary thugs, nothing special to talk about...

  But thinking of this, he suddenly let out a mighty roar. An ordinary person? Have I also started to not consider myself an ordinary person?

  Is this really the so-called strong person's enlightenment?

  A few people were young and vigorous, with a huge appetite, having been hungry since noon, and now they were in high spirits, after two or three rounds of attack, the pots and plates on the table were quickly emptied.

  "What else can we want? Help yourselves!" Bai Huan and several others nodded their heads, indicating that they had opened up the food.

  Just as Hui Zi and others were discussing, the chubby boss came over with a big hot pot in his hands, about the size of a face basin.

  A layer of shiny red oil covered the top, accompanied by dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, five-spice powder, and segments of green and red bell peppers, as well as scallions... Just one sniff made people's tongues tremble with anticipation. The reddish-brown meat chunks with soft and tender skin were even more violently stirring up the taste buds of Bai Hua and the others.

  It's not just Bai Huan who was attracted by the fragrance, but also the customers at the next table, who couldn't help but keep glancing over here, with many of them swallowing hard.

  "White rice!" Xiao Bin was a foodie no less than Bai Huan. His nose twitched twice, and he recognized what was in the pot.

  The fat boss chuckled: "Little brother has a good eye, the white pigeon was sent by my old cousin last night and was killed this afternoon. It's fresh and fat! This pot is on me, thanks to you little brothers!"

  Those mice just came strangely, and the boss couldn't think of anything related to Bai Huan, but was secretly suspicious.

  However, Bai Huan took the initiative to help him solve these troubles, and he had seen all of this. If he let those rascals continue to act recklessly, not only would he have to treat these people to food and drink for nothing, but more importantly, his daughter would also be affected.

  So he couldn't help but feel grateful to Bai Huan, and as soon as he saw that the table on this side was empty, he immediately took out his best things and served them to Bai Huan and the others.

  Báimǐzi is a local dialect of Xijiang, actually referring to the hog badger. This thing tastes delicious and is an excellent wild game, and unlike the fruit civet in the south, it doesn't carry all sorts of viruses.

  "Boss, we understand your intention..."

  Bai Huan stood up, first taking over the hot pot and then waving his hand to block the boss's words: "At first, I didn't know the situation. Seeing that your daughter only recognized money but not people, I felt a bit uncomfortable in my heart. Just now, my friend told me that she wanted to earn more money to pay for her high school tuition fees, so this hot pot can't be given away for free... otherwise, let's all go together and have a drink."

  Bai Huan's proposal was immediately responded by others, one after another stood up with a smile, holding the wine bottle and clinking together.

  Seeing the young man's righteousness and reason, the fat boss was also stirred up in his heart. His mouth moved a few times, but the words of gratitude were swallowed back, and he quickly picked up a bottle of beer, first toasting with a loud "cheers" before tilting his head back to drink.

  "Dad! Your blood lipid is high, you can't always drink alcohol."

  The little girl was standing far away at first, but after seeing her father drinking, she immediately came over with a bad expression.

  Xiao Bin, with the help of a few drinks, plucked up the courage to tease the young girl with a smile: "Beauty, it's because you have high blood lipids that you need to drink beer. Beer is like bread, nutritious and not greasy..."

  The words had barely left his lips when he was given a stern glance, which instantly sobered him up a bit, and he sulkily pursed his lips.

  The little girl glared for a moment, then immediately withdrew her gaze, but as her line of sight swept across Bai Huan's body, her slightly sweaty face flew up with an almost imperceptible faint redness, and she let out a heavy hum from her nose before turning around and running away.

  ……

  After eating and drinking for two hours, several people were full of food and wine, and then they set off on their way back.

  No one got drunk, but everyone was in high spirits. Along the way, only Bai Huan spoke a little less, while the others didn't close their mouths at all, and who knows how many small animals' good dreams were disturbed.

  "Alright, let's head back home and get some rest!" Standing at the village entrance, Bai Huan suddenly remembered something and said in advance, "I have something to take care of tomorrow, you guys go have fun on your own, no need to come find me."

  According to his original plan, he was going to enter the mountain and see if there were any other spiritual objects like the old locust tree.

  Today was supposed to be a fight with Old Zhang, but in the afternoon I went to town and had a corrupt meal, so my original plan fell through.

  Luckily, I coincidentally acquired a new skill and also got back the small knife that I had been craving for a long time; otherwise, it would have been a completely uneventful day.

  But next, Bai Huan didn't plan to waste any more time and had to enter the mountain to carefully survey it once.

  And while he was absorbing the power of nature, although there was no danger of being possessed by a demon, it wasn't good to be seen staring blankly all the time either, so he still decided to act alone.

  Hui Zi and the others heard Bai Huan say this, although they were somewhat disappointed, but also nodded honestly, promised his orders, and then the two groups of people separated.

  Bai Huan naturally went straight home without mentioning it, while Hui Zi Xiao Bin and his gang were still excited to this day, walking into the village while continuously laughing and bragging.

  "Wow, it's Hui Zi and Bin Bin! What's going on? Why are you so excited?"

  Five or six people were chatting happily, each boasting that they had finished several bottles of beer, and so-and-so actually only drank a few bottles, etc., but didn't notice that on the fork in the road leading to the old temple in the village, a thin man was standing there with a sly expression, his small eyes darting back and forth.

  "It's Zeng Qizi..."

  A group of young people looked over together, and after seeing the newcomer clearly, they stepped in unison and sneered twice: "What's it to you? Are you the team leader now? Or have you been hired as a joint defense officer?"

  He was called Zeng Kuaizi, a thin and dry man. He was an inverted gate in Nanmu Valley. When his elders and wife were alive, he barely managed to get by, but after they all passed away one after another, he immediately exposed his lazy nature, often going to the town to gamble and losing everything, leaving him with nothing.

  It was precisely because of these actions that no one in the entire Nanmu Valley could stand him.

  Zeng, who had been kidnapped by a few kids, was despised and secretly resented, but still smiled and looked at Hui and others: "Just kidding, when did Nanmu Valley get to me speaking? I just see you guys so happy, just asking casually."

  Two bigger ones didn't plan to reason with him, hummed and were about to leave, but the two little kids next to them couldn't hold back their words, very proudly shouting loudly: "Huang Ge is back from making a fortune outside, inviting us to have midnight snacks in town, how can it not be okay?!"

  "Go on, go on! How can it be that after reading books and becoming successful, you've also made a fortune..."

  He smiled and chuckled, not at all like a man in his forties, and repeatedly responded with a humble tone.

  But after a group of half-sized children passed by, a thread of ill intention immediately appeared on his dry and unpleasant face.

  Standing at the crossroads, he gazed far away at the house on the hillside of Bai Hua's home, and after a long time, Zeng Huaizi finally shrank his head and slipped back home.