The townsfolk broke into smiles when they saw the group arrive as promised. After yesterday, the two stalls had already made quite a name for themselves. Many people had come early to wait, and the crowd was even larger than before.
The appearance of these two stalls had turned the entire market street into something resembling a grand gathering.
Interestingly, a middle-aged man nearby had copied them and opened an identical stall. But he lacked Du Yu's nerve: his grand prize for "eight-four-zero" was only thirty copper coins. Naturally, visitors were few and far between; you could have caught sparrows at his door.
The moment the two stalls were set up, the crowd swarmed around them.
They did not rush to start. Du Yu and Xie Bi'an each took a stack of yellow paper from their pockets and set it on the table. Every sheet bore the words "discount voucher." Du Yu had stayed up making them after their sworn brotherhood ceremony last night.
"Discount vouchers... what are those?" someone asked.
"I believe everyone already knows the rules of our game," Du Yu said. "Yesterday, a lot of people drew 'five-four-three' and lost ten copper coins. We're all neighbors here, and it truly pained us to see that. So today, we've hurriedly introduced a new benefit: discount vouchers."
The townsfolk still did not quite understand. "Then how do we use these vouchers?"
"It's very simple," Du Yu said. "Just invite five friends or relatives to come play, and you'll receive one voucher for free. Each voucher cancels out one ten-coin loss. In other words, you can only win, never lose."
At his nearby stall, Xie Bi'an also explained the voucher rules to the townsfolk. After hearing them, everyone quietly thought it over. This really was a profitable deal with no