Chapter 19: Supreme Treasure Monkey King Pair

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

He counted the heads in his heart: Hearing Xiao Xiao, Azheng, Fatty, Rat, Chen Wei, plus A-Guang who had gone to the pier. The Seven Scoundrels of Bai Sha were all here!

At this time, he was closest to Hearing Xiao Xiao, Azheng, and A-Guang, but not many years later, the three of them would leave, each going their separate ways. Only a few others remained in the village, and they only returned occasionally many years later.

He asked A-Guang's younger sister to boil water, and he took out a bowl, intending to collect the chicken blood in a moment.

He sharpened the kitchen knife a few more times, then skillfully grabbed the rooster's comb, plucked a small tuft of feathers from the big rooster's neck, and with the sharp kitchen knife in hand, he directly slit its throat.

The big rooster struggled desperately, and a few drops of chicken blood splattered, but most of it dripped into the bowl. In a moment, he would add a small spoonful of salt water, let it sit for 20 minutes, and it would become a block of chicken blood. When the time came, stir-frying it with the chicken giblets would also be very fragrant.

The boiling water wasn't ready yet, so Ye Yaodong casually threw the still-twitching big rooster to the side and leaned over to watch them play cards.

"Yo, not playing 50K, switched to Pai Gow?"

"Five people, can't play 50K, can only use playing cards to play Pai Gow. Do you want to bet? This round is about to open, if you want to bet, you have to wait for the next round."

He shook his head, not intending to play. This stuff wasn't like playing cards; if he could avoid touching it, he'd better avoid it. Just watching was fine.

Hearing Xiao Xiao held his two cards, and after speaking casually, he pressed his thumb on the upper left corner of the two cards, and then slowly moved his thumb bit by bit...

And he shouted excitedly, "Heart... Heart... Got it, got it! No edge... no edge... here it comes, here it comes..."

Ye Yaodong stretched his neck, only to see that his first card was a Big King, and the second card, with his thumb revealing a little bit, was a Heart. Pulling it out a little bit more, he could already see there was no edge!

"Damn, no edge, it's either a 2 or a 3. Is the Supreme Treasure coming out?"

They used playing cards to replace Pai Gow. The Big King represented 6, and the Heart 3 represented 3. This combination together was the Supreme Treasure, the Monkey King Pair!

Hearing Xiao Xiao was also extremely excited. Not seeing any flowery edge or number edge, the card had to be either a 2 or a 3.

He merged the two cards he had pulled apart a little bit back together and shouted to the others, "Did any of you grab a 3?"

The others urged, "Don't dawdle. We've all looked at our cards, just waiting for you to open yours. Hurry up, don't waste time."

"That's right, hurry up, is it the Supreme Treasure?"

"Let us help you..."

"No, I'll do it myself!" Hearing Xiao Xiao twisted his body to avoid them.

"Then hurry up, you're going to ruin the cards!"

"What's the rush for a man!"

Hearing Xiao Xiao continued to press his thumb on the number in the upper left corner. Already knowing the card underneath was either a 2 or a 3, he didn't pull to the right, but slowly pulled the first card downward.

After revealing the first Heart, he muttered excitedly again, "3! 3! 3! Heart... Heart... Damn, Supreme Treasure..."

He excitedly threw the two cards on the table. "It really is the Supreme Treasure, Monkey King Pair. Hurry up, money! Money!"

The two cards had been bent by him, and the others clearly saw a Big King and a Heart 3, and they all cursed, "Damn, it really is the Supreme Treasure!"

At this time, A-Guang also returned. From far away, he heard them shouting about the Supreme Treasure, and surprise drove him to run over quickly. "What Supreme Treasure? Who got the Supreme Treasure? So awesome?"

"Hearing Xiao Xiao! Damn, his luck is actually so good, and he's the dealer! He cleaned everyone out!"

"What kind of dog shit luck is that? I even had a Heavenly King card paired with a Mixed Nine card!"

"What do you count that as? I even had a pair of Red 8s, Human cards! I thought I won, but didn't expect to run into the Supreme Treasure. Damn, wasted such good cards! Made me happy for nothing!"

"Hehe, it's a good thing I had a 4 and a 6, died in the right place!"

Azheng also said with a smile, "Same, I had a 5 and a 6, no hope!"

Amidst everyone's cursing, Hearing Xiao Xiao happily pocketed the small bills in front of them, and said with a slight regret, "Played too small, all a few cents, no point~ Wasted my Supreme Treasure~"

"Be content, you cleaned everyone out. We've been playing cards for so long and haven't even grabbed a Supreme Treasure!"

A-Guang was a bit glad he came back late, otherwise he definitely would have bet too.

The Supreme Treasure, escaped a disaster. It seems his luck was a bit good today!

"If we had made an exception and let Dongzi bet just now, we could have had one more head!"

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. "Do you want me to bet two cents?"

"Yes, even a mosquito's leg is meat!"

"Forget it, take advantage of the good luck, hurry up and play a few more rounds!"

"Right, right, right, come again, come again!"

Hearing Xiao Xiao took the cards and prepared to shuffle them to continue, but who knew Fatty wouldn't be happy. "Not coming! Finally grabbed a pair of Red 8s, but actually ran into the Supreme Treasure, bad luck!"

"Oh, anyway, you're not short of money, and we're not playing that big. Small gambling is for fun, continue, continue!"

Being able to grow into a fatty in this day and age shows that Fatty's family conditions were not ordinary, and his whole family was fat!

The reason was that his family members were all cooks. As the old saying goes, if the cook doesn't steal, the five grains won't be harvested, so his family had always had the best food in the whole village.

Fatty's flesh showed that he hadn't eaten less usually!

"Switch to me as the dealer, otherwise I'm not coming!"

"Fine, fine, fine~"

Anyway, they weren't playing that big, and the money coming in and out was all among the few of them. The money won was basically used for food, so no one lost out.

After A-Guang returned, he casually handed the crabs and mantis shrimp he bought to his younger sister, and he also joined in!

In this day and age, there were too few entertainment items for adults in rural areas. They weren't children anymore, and the joy of going up the mountain and down to the sea had all been experienced in childhood. On a hot day, they didn't want to go out and get tanned, so they could only play cards at home.

Ye Yaodong also watched with great interest. Actually, he still had two yuan in his pocket, which should have been won from playing cards yesterday. He wasn't sure, didn't have much memory.

Watching them play, he touched his pants pocket several times, but held back. This was his entire fortune. Pai Gow was too much about luck. He could play cards, his technique was good, and he rarely lost money.

After watching for a while, A-Guang's younger sister told him the water was boiling, so he had to withdraw his gaze and go to work.

"Hiss~ burned me to death."

Ye Yaodong shook his hands as he plucked the rooster's feathers.

This chicken had to be scalded with boiling water to make it easy to pluck, but it really burned him to death. Why had he taken this job before?

Weren't the cards good to watch?

Really, the moment he saw his young old friends, he forgot himself in his excitement.