The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

As the sun sets, the heat of summer fades away completely, and the oncoming breeze makes people feel refreshed.

After dinner was the most relaxing time of the day, and the residents of this small town also started to go out for a walk.Young couples are walking around the mall holding hands, children are playing skateboards in the square, and many elderly people are walking with their pet dogs in the park around the square.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang passed the central square, and saw a group of people surrounded there, not knowing what they were doing.

Soon, a clear voice came from the surrounded crowd: "Good evening, all handsome men, beauties, uncles, aunts, and children! I am a foreigner who came here to travel, and I have spent all my money, so I can only rely on the street. To earn some living expenses, I will sing a few songs for everyone, if you think my singing is not bad, just give me some pocket money, thank you..."

He tuned his guitar and stereo, and started singing right after.

Xiao Lou listened carefully, and found that what the boy sang was the Cantonese version of "Glorious Years".

He plays the guitar and sings at the same time. Although he is too young to sing the vicissitudes of the original singer, he also has his own unique style. blood feeling.

Many young people around swayed their bodies to his rhythm, and children also gathered around to listen.

Because of his presence, the entire central square suddenly became extremely lively.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang glanced at each other, confirming at the same time that it was the hooded boy who had met twice today.

However, he put the hat behind his back at this time, revealing a whole handsome face, with fashionable ripped jeans and canvas shoes underneath, his short black hair flying freely with the wind, singing to the climax, and Close your eyes intoxicated.

The boy who was playing the guitar and singing seemed to be a different person, with a different radiance all over his body.

There was a whistle in the second half of the glory days, and he whistled in a decent manner, which received warm applause from the audience!

After the song ended, the young man bowed deeply to the crowd: "Thank you! I hope that those who have spare money in their hands can give me some pocket money. I'm forced by life, so I'm sorry to disturb everyone..."

There was a cloth bag in front of his small speaker, and many audience members came forward to put coins in him, and some people booed: "One more song!" "Good singing!" "Where did the handsome guy come from? I have never heard of this song , but it really sounds good."

After the applause ended, he played the guitar again and sang a refreshing ballad "Outside the Window"

Goodbye, dear dream girl, I will go far to find the future...

The familiar tune and lyrics made Xiao Lou's eyes slightly warm.

He often listened to this song when he was a child, and the feeling of hearing a familiar song in a strange world is really indescribable.If it weren't for the limited funds in his hands, he would also like to give this young man who worked hard to make money by singing a little money as encouragement.

Xiao Lou took a deep breath, and said to Yu Hanjiang, "He sings really well."

Yu Hanjiang leaned into Xiao Lou's ear and said: "Southern people, the pronunciation of Cantonese is very standard. He is very good at singing and is very skilled in making money from performing arts. In the real world, he may often go to the streets of big cities to sing and sing, or in bars. Stationed, so even in an unfamiliar card world, he will not be stage fright at all."

Team Yu is very accurate in seeing people. This guy can really hold the scene, and he is very good at arousing the audience's atmosphere. After only singing two songs, the gold coins in his front pocket exceeded 10000. The speed of getting money is really enviable. .

Xiao Lou joked, "I also wanted to learn guitar when I was young, but unfortunately I'm tone deaf and my singing is always out of tune."

Yu Hanjiang imagined the scene of Professor Xiao singing out of tune, and the corners of his mouth could not help but slightly raised.

It happened that the boy started to sing the third song again, and Xiao Lou didn't want to keep listening, so he looked at Yu Hanjiang and said, "Captain Yu, let's go, we should go to the supermarket to stock up."

Yu Hanjiang quickly put away his smile and followed Xiao Lou to the supermarket.

In the supermarket at night, there will be more customers, and some vegetables and fruits will be sold at a discount. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang pushed two shopping carts and went straight to the snack area, and started to scan the goods according to the list.

Two boxes of milk, two boxes of chocolates, four boxes of mineral water, four boxes of instant noodles, four boxes of biscuits...

These daily food prices are very cheap, Mr. Shao helps to make money, and they still have 20 gold coins in their hands after paying the room fee of the hotel, which is equivalent to 2000 RMB. It doesn't cost much to buy food.

Canned yellow peaches, canned bayberries, canned oranges, canned pears...

Once the power is off, fresh fruits will not be able to store without a refrigerator. The price of canned fruits is a bit expensive. Buy two cans of each kind for spare. This is not a necessity, but after eating staple foods such as biscuits and instant noodles, have another refreshing and sweet Canned fruit is also a treat.

Yu Hanjiang admired Xiao Lou's lifestyle very much, and the food list he made was really rich.

I also bought some meat snacks such as chicken feet with pickled peppers, braised chicken legs, beef jerky, canned fish, a paper towel, a lighter, candles, disposable garbage bags, disposable lunch boxes, travel backpacks, sleeping bags...

The two shopping carts were quickly filled, and Yu Hanjiang pushed two more carts over.

When the customers around saw them buying so many things, they would glance at them in surprise, Xiao Lou smiled back politely, and everyone stopped looking at them.

The two bought all the items on the list, and found that there were two girls not far away who were also frantically scanning the goods like them. They bought instant noodles, chocolates and mineral water-this is the challenger.

The two sides looked at each other and quickly moved away, pretending not to know anything.

Not long after, Shao Qingge also came to the supermarket. After finding Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, he was taken aback by the six shopping carts filled with them. He couldn't help touching his nose and saying, "Buy so much?"

Xiao Lou said in a low voice: "Money is the most valuable today, and it is the most cost-effective to buy things now. We have almost spent 20 yuan, leaving only 4 yuan for emergencies. We have to go to the pharmacy to buy some common medicines later."

Shao Qingge glanced at Xiao Lou's list, and gave a thumbs up: "The supplies are complete, and it will be fine if you are thrown to a deserted island for half a month without water or electricity."

Xiao Lou smiled and said, "Mr. Shao, do you want to join?"

Shao Qingge raised his eyebrows: "You mean...to share supplies with you?"

Xiao Lou nodded: "We bought enough to eat, and you can't finish it all by yourself. Keep your money first, and see what happens next. The best result is that we can use these supplies to pass the spade customs smoothly. 3 copies, all your money can be taken out of the secret room and used later.”

Yu Hanjiang discovered that Professor Xiao was really good at calculating.

The two of them really couldn't finish the things they bought, so if Shao Qingge joins the group temporarily, Shao Qingge doesn't need to collect supplies, and the money of the three of them will be used together, so even if something happens later, Shao Qingge still has 20 cash in hand , can also have the ability to cope.

Shao Qingge is obviously a smart person, so he said straightforwardly: "This is the best, I will eat and drink with the two of you for the past seven days." He glanced at the shopping carts of the two, and lowered his voice: "It's just that you buy With so many materials, the goal is too big, if everything is put together, it will be troublesome if it is robbed, all eggs cannot be put in the same basket."

Anyone who invests often knows the principle of "diversifying investment" and "diversifying risks".If you only buy one stock, if you lose it, you will go bankrupt.

Putting so many materials together would be quite dangerous.

With Team Yu here, they are not afraid of being robbed, but what if there is a fire? !

Yu Hanjiang also agreed with Shao Qingge's opinion, and said in a low voice: "I have an idea, divide the materials into three parts, put one in my room with Professor Xiao, and one in Mr. Shao's, we only keep it for a few days Enough to eat, and most of the supplies moved to a safe place."

Xiao Lou asked, "Does Mr. Shao live in Shanshui B&B?"

Shao Qingge shook his head: "When I went, there were no rooms there, and there were many challengers staying there. I went to find a hotel nearby, which was more expensive than Shanshui B&B, 1 gold coins per night."

Yu Hanjiang thought for a while, and said, "You guys line up to check out first, and I'll go buy packing boxes and medicines."

He asked Xiao Lou and Shao Qingge to line up at the exit of the supermarket, while he himself left the supermarket and went to a nearby cigarette shop, bought several large empty cardboard boxes with money, and tore off all the labels on the cardboard boxes.Then follow the list and go to the nearby pharmacy to buy all the medicines.

Instant noodles, milk, and canned fruit, these outer packagings are too obvious. When carrying so many things back, it is almost necessary to write four words "come and grab me" on the forehead.

Yu Hanjiang bought large cardboard boxes and sorted the materials into the cardboard boxes so that they would not attract too much attention.

**

Eight o'clock in the evening is not considered the peak period of the supermarket, and there are not many people in the queue. Xiao Lou and Shao Qingge waited in line for a few minutes, and then they finished paying and came out...Of course, the girl at the cash register took a few glances at them. The security guard also ran over to stare at them. If they hadn't paid the money honestly, they would have thought they were here to rob the supermarket.

Yu Hanjiang called the two of them to a corner where no one was around, unpacked all the items, put them into a large cardboard box, and sealed them with transparent glue.Then, he took out a thick black pen and wrote on the surface of the box: "There is glass inside, fragile, handle with care."

Xiao Lou and Shao Qingge: "..."

Team Yu is absolutely amazing!It seems that he, who often fights wits with criminals, is very good at disguising his identity.In this way, from the surface, the three of them belonged to the decoration company, carrying several large boxes of glass.

After making a good camouflage on the outer packaging, Xiao Lou followed up and asked, "How do you find the safe place that Captain Yu said?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Go to the decoration market, rent a temporary warehouse, and put our 'glass' in the warehouse."

Xiao Lou was stunned for a moment, and soon laughed: "Good idea. So many 'glasses', if they are placed in the warehouse of the decoration market, they will not arouse suspicion."

Shao Qingge gave a thumbs up in admiration.

Yu Hanjiang said: "Mr. Shao, let's split up. Professor Xiao and I are going to put this batch of 'glass'. You carry your travel backpack, take away the medicine, and bring two boxes of supplies back to the hotel first. We will come to you in the evening."

Shao Qingge nodded, and told them the location of his residence.

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou directly called the moving company and set off for the decoration market with a dozen large cardboard boxes.

Shao Qingge moved separately, called a taxi, carried a travel backpack, and brought two boxes marked "cigarette" and "alcohol" back to the hotel.

Sure enough, there are many temporary warehouses in the decoration market for storing all kinds of furniture. Yu Hanjiang rented a small warehouse of about 4 square meters.

Since there are cans and meat in each box when sorting materials, the boxes will not be very light to attract suspicion.

The moment the big iron door was locked, looking at the key in his hand, Xiao Lou's heart finally returned to his stomach.

No one would have thought that in the underground warehouse of the decoration market, the dozens of large cardboard boxes filled with "glass inside, handle with care" are all filled with life-saving materials after the financial crisis broke out.

***

As night fell, the residents in the central square went back home. The boy who sold the song put the gold coins he had won into his pocket, turned around and bought a big hiking bag, and then went to the nearby 24-hour convenience store, and began to walk quietly. buy food.

The street lights on the streets were turned on, the small city gradually became quiet, and the lights of the residential buildings were turned off one by one.

At night, Shao Qingge, carrying an oversized travel bag, joined Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, and handed over food for the next few days to them.

Xiao Lou asked softly, "How is the situation where you live?"

Shao Qingge said: "I found several challengers, carrying milk, mineral water and instant noodles upstairs. There are more challengers in this world than I expected."

Shanshui B&B is full, and there are many challengers in this slightly expensive hotel nearby...

The Chamber of Spades likely adjusted the flow of time to deliberately match a large number of challengers together.The more people there are, the more chaotic the world will be, and the difficulty of customs clearance will naturally increase.

However, the supplies were abundant enough to be divided into three batches, so they were not worried at all.

After saying goodbye to Shao Qingge and making an appointment for tomorrow's meeting, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang turned back to the hotel to stay.

That night, everyone slept soundly, and it was already dawn when they woke up again.

The next morning, eight o'clock.

The moment all the challengers woke up, a reminder appeared in the floating box at the same time——

3 of Spades Chamber of Secrets·Financial Crisis·Day [-].

Affected by the financial turmoil, prices in your city have doubled, and stocks have fallen to 50% of yesterday's closing price.

Xiao Lou: "..."

I thought it would rise slowly, but the price doubled on the first day? !