"Wait, what are you saying again?"
In the small courtyard at No. 284 Zhuanzhu Lane, Lao Lin stopped picking vegetables and picked out his ears, which was incredible.
"Lu Zhihao and Hanajuan said that they are going to have hot pot at home to celebrate later?"
"No, no, the previous sentence."
"Then Teacher Ma agreed to let us take the selection exam for the math league..."
"You said—"you" used blackjack to kill all parties in class 1, and let Teacher Ma let go of class 1 and agreed to "you" taking the selection exam for the number union?" Lao Lin slowly repeated.
"That's right... Dad, tell me, is there a conspiracy here?"
"I think you are the one who is conspiring?" Lao Lin held up a green bean and pointed at her, "Who are those 'men'?"
Lao Lin was too sharp, and their plan to "surprise Dad/Master" lasted for two and a half minutes before being exposed.
Lin Zhaoxi struggled for a while: "It just happened to be 'we'..."
"You can't." Comrade Lao Lin said earnestly, "All gambling is a game of probability. Because of the probability, there is only one kind of person who can be invincible and ignore the probability." Lao Lin put up a green bean, very serious .
"A person who is good at mathematics?" Lin Zhaoxi asked tentatively.
"Unbelievably stupid." Lao Lin patted the stone table, "Of course he is a cheater!"
Lin Zhaoxi: "..."
Lao Lin didn't know why he was very angry. He put down the string beans, rummaged through the pockets of his apron, and finally gave her a hundred-dollar bill angrily.
Lin Zhaoxi looked at the money in his hand, and didn't understand: "Are you going to compensate me for the mental damage of cheating and winning me every day?"
"What are you thinking about? Aren't they coming to eat hot pot? Don't they have any food to drink with the soup base? Hurry up and buy it." Lao Lin was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and waved away people.
Lin Zhaoxi said "Oh", turned her head and took two steps while holding the money. When she was about to reach the door, she picked up the food basket and suddenly turned around: "How do you cheat?"
"We, of course rely on brains." Lao Lin replied.
Lin Zhaoxi felt that she shouldn't have asked this question.
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After going out to the alley, Lin Zhaoxi saw Pei Zhi again at sunset. The young man was carrying a schoolbag, looking up at the bulletin board at the entrance of the alley.
She carried the basket and patted him on the shoulder: "Why don't you come in?"
"You said you were going to give Master a surprise." Pei Zhi looked away, looked down at her face slightly, and said, "But Master should have already guessed it."
You masters and apprentices are really tacit...
"Then go knock on the door and see if he'll startle you when he opens it?" Lin Zhaoxi waved at him, "I'll go shopping first."
Pei Zhi stood there without moving. Lin Zhaoxi looked over, and there was a promotional poster next to the boy's clean profile.
The poster is very anime, and the color conflicts are extremely strong. She made it for the mental arithmetic activities in the community. Seeing the content above, Lin Zhaoxi couldn't help but blush.
Looking around, most of the posters are dominated by the theme of trees and boys. There is a blackboard under the tree, and a middle-aged man who is not like a good person is swindling with his teeth and claws under the tree. It was the scene when she and Pei Zhi first met in Cheese World.
Although the theme is very consistent with "mental arithmetic", it is also a bit obvious...
Feeling guilty, Lin Zhaoxi hurried forward to pull Pei Zhi away and lead him out of the alley.
"Didn't you tell me to knock on the door?" Pei Zhi turned around and asked.
"Come and accompany me to go grocery shopping."
This was purely an excuse for nonsense, so when she really brought Pei Zhi to the vegetable market, she was in trouble again.
The environment of the old street vegetable market is very poor, with rotten vegetable leaves all over the floor, and from time to time, you will be startled by the vegetable snakes in the baskets at your feet. Pei Zhi finally came back, bringing people to this kind of place is really not the way to treat guests.
"Ah, I forgot to ask Dad what to buy, would you like to ask for me?" Lin Zhaoxi held him back.
"After I finish asking, I still have to come in and tell you." Pei Zhi saw through her thoughts at a glance.
Lin Zhaoxi covered her face with one hand, feeling so stupid.
"And you don't need to ask." Pei Zhi started to walk forward.
"ah?"
"Just buy what I like to eat."
He said.
Lin Zhaoxi thought that Pei Zhi was comforting her, so she said it casually. Unexpectedly, Young Master Pei himself was serious about ordering food.
Semi-finished products stand.
Peizhi's pork belly and fat lamb rolls each asked for a catty, and he bought a whole bag of various quick-frozen meatballs. Among all the meats, only beef was not eaten, because he was tired of eating abroad.
The stall owner's aunt was very happy to see the handsome boy, and packed everything as he said.
"Pork belly is 12, mutton rolls are 18, and the quick-frozen meatballs should be weighed by category." The auntie of the stall owner put the quick-frozen meatballs on the scale.
After weighing everything, the stall owner took out his calculator and wanted to calculate the total for them.
Lin Zhaoxi took out the banknote and handed it over, but she was calculating quickly in her heart, but Pei Zhi's report was still faster: "Seventy-three yuan and four."
The auntie of the stall owner paused while pressing her finger on the calculator, and said in surprise, "Amazing, how fast is it?"
"It's pretty fast." Lin Zhaoxi finally got the same number and smiled helplessly.
"The children are all smart now." The stall owner's aunt put down the computer, wiped her wet hands on her clothes, happily took the money, gave her the change according to Pei Zhi's calculation, and gave them a box of egg dumplings. But I didn't press the calculator to confirm from the beginning to the end.
Pei Zhi took two bags of heavy hot pot ingredients and said, "Thank you."
"You're so smart, you have to study hard~" Auntie finished speaking, turned her head with a smile, and went to greet the next guest.
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"Don't be fooled by auntie, she is not convinced by your IQ, she is purely because of your handsome looks."
Seeing that Pei Zhi was carrying big bags and small bags, Lin Zhaoxi was embarrassed to be empty-handed, so she bought a handful of chestnuts fried in sugar, and peeled and ate them while walking, "I've been counting before, but she has to press the calculator to confirm it from the beginning every time."
"Um."
"But next time you eat hot pot, you will come to buy vegetables, maybe you can cheat something else."
"good."
"Actually, I tried. No matter how hard I practice, my mental arithmetic will always take time to calculate. You seem to be able to get the answer directly."
She threw the chestnut shells into a plastic bag, and peeled another one, "I revealed the truth just now, because Comrade Lao Lin said it was impossible when he heard that I was killing everyone in Class 1."
"Why?"
"He said that there is only one kind of person who can truly ignore probability—"
"Cheater?" Pei Zhi continued.
Lin Zhaoxi hissed, "How do you know?"
"I played blackjack with my master once in primary school. In the end, the master threw the cards away and scolded me for cheating." Pei Zhi was a little helpless.
Lin Zhaoxi almost laughed out loud: "Old Comrade Lin is too narrow-minded!"
"Is this considered cheating?" Pei Zhi asked seriously.
"Why not? For ordinary players, the probability of defeating the dealer after mastering the basic strategy is 49%, but as long as you sit there, the probability of winning may be 80%?" She paused, "Isn't 80% a little bit?" few?"
"Actually... as long as there are enough games, I should always win some money."
"How much should this be?"
"99.5%."
"It's too bullying." Lin Zhaoxi held up a chestnut to protest, "Oh my God, it's too unfair, this is not considered cheating, we ordinary people can't reach this probability in our lifetime, what does this person think? "
"Sure, it can still be achieved." Pei Zhi said.
"How?"
"I don't know." Pei Zhi said, "but if you know the answer someday, please tell me."
—
As the sun was setting, there were more and more people, Lin Zhaoxi was so crowded that he could only stay next to Pei Zhi. Pei Zhi asked her to walk on the inside, which was convenient for buying vegetables and had more room for action.
She kept thinking about Pei Zhi's last words, but she found that there might be no answer to this question.
It is obviously a very noisy environment, but because of the crowds of people and the sound of bargaining, under the light of the setting sun, there is the most authentic atmosphere of fireworks in the world.
"What else do you want to eat?" Lin Zhaoxi decided not to think about it, but raised her head and asked Pei Zhi.
The boy lowered his head and leaned closer to answer: "Cabbage, mushrooms, vermicelli, potatoes..."
Lin Zhaoxi: "You report less, the money is not enough."
"That's enough."
"You don't know, the food has gone up a lot recently." Lin Zhaoxi trembled holding the only 12 yuan left.
"There is a column of today's vegetable prices at the entrance of the vegetable market, I read it." Pei Zhi said seriously.
Lin Zhaoxi was stunned at that moment, you didn't read it, you just remembered it casually after reading it.
"You cheaters."
She laughed almost helplessly.