
Narrative of a Northwest Stone Gambler
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My name is Li Shitou. In 2010, I went to Ruili with 500 yuan that my mother had sewn into her cotton-padded jacket, hoping to earn 100,000 yuan by gambling on stones to treat my mother's lung disease. My cousin disappeared, my travel expenses were defrauded, and I was taken in as a laborer by Lao Zhou, who had been in the stone betting business for twenty years. I have seen the ecstasy of making millions overnight, and the despair of losing everything. I went to the Pagan Mine and the Naypyidaw Public Market to find out: There is no magic that can't break the jade, it's all fraud, gangsters, and loan sharking. My cousin was murdered back then. ... Be sure to be careful not to do anything that violates disciplines or laws and regulations!
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