Of course, Yang Laohan also played cards. The farm is very idle, and everyone will touch two handfuls when they have nothing to do during the festival. But unlike the popular mahjong in most regions, there are very few local mahjong players, about the Sichuan mahjong game, and generally young people play more, and the old people's favorite is to play "flower cards".

A pair of mahjong 136, it is not a small amount of money to buy, not to mention, it is not so convenient to play. Be strict with square tables and chairs, and sit down to play mahjong in a serious manner. Playing mahjong needs the "code Great Wall", in the era when there is no mahjong machine, rubbing mahjong for a long time is a physical work, the flower card is not, it is a kind of solitaire that is popular in Jingzhou, Zhijiang and other regions, similar to the "willow leaf card", but the card is completely different.

The flower plaques (also known as "Shang Daren") are in the form of long strips, about a handful long and half an inch wide, made of cardboard and varnish (all of which were later molded). Each deck of cards is 110 cards, and people in this era jokingly called playing flower cards "learning 110 kinds". It is composed of Shang, Da, Ren, Ke, Zhi, Li, Kong, B, Ji, Hua, Three, Qian, Seven, Ten, Earth, Eight, Nine, Zi, Two, Four, Five, Six, etc. The gist of the word in the flower card is "Ancient Lord, Kong Qiu is just one person; He taught 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages; ”

Outsiders, such as Zhou Pinzheng, can't even read the words on the card, because this kind of text that seems to be subordinate and non-subordinate, like a seal and not a seal, is between the line and cursive. Brush writing, rigorous structure, priority, lingering. It is a special font that cannot be found in ancient and modern calligraphy dictionaries. Of course, the locals have been holding the knees of their elders since they were young, and they have been familiar with "Shangda" and "Kong Yiji" since they were young.

Coincidentally, this seemingly difficult to read character was so easy to popularize that even illiterate peasants would quickly master the application in a very short period of time. The strange thing is that in a stack of cards, as long as a little word pops up, you can accurately identify what card it is, which is really clumsy and clever, and clever in the show. Flower cards are more ever-changing than mahjong, counting the scriptures, counting Hu, counting the slope, but also "round", which means that the card surface is no matter how combined, in the end can only leave a mouth, and the others must be rounded.

The meaning is endless, and once you indulge in it, you can't extricate yourself. Flower cards 3 people can play, 4 people are the best, one of them sits "wake up", specifically counting cards, everyone can take turns to rest. Therefore, Yang Laohan was very happy to join the game. Everyone complained while playing cards, "It's not that I'm idle today, I feel like we old men are idle, and we have to eat and wait for death!"

Tell the truth. Now that they have begun to engage in economic agriculture and pay attention to scientific planting in everything, they are useless old men who only have one strength. Like Yang Laohan's feeling, there are no familiar crops, and the traditional model has been subverted, and these people who have worked hard in the soil all their lives are at a loss. In addition to bringing grandchildren to feed the chickens and ducks at home, there is only the rhythm of playing cards in groups of three or five.

This is not bad, and when seeds, fertilizers, etc. are updated, mechanization is promoted, and there are more and more surplus labor in the countryside, resulting in all the large and small mahjong tables and flower card tables in the countryside all day long. Gradually, the agricultural leisure and entertainment turned into a gambling vice, and I don't know how many people fell into the pit. In the era when only a few people could manage dozens of acres of land, the extra peasants had to go to the city to seek development.

The charm of the flower card is not trivial, Yang Laohan now has money in his pocket, and he doesn't have to worry about the work at home, he accidentally played until the evening, or Yang Xiaobei They came home from work and didn't see anyone, so they came over, "Dad! Go back to eat! It's rare to play cards to fill your stomach, it's almost dark!"

The old brothers just left the scene and went home. Usually other children don't dare to say Yang Laohan, but the little sister likes to nag him, "It's good to play cards if you have nothing to do, pass the time, but you can't forget to eat, and you can't play at night, you don't finish up, and staying up late for a long time is not good for your health." By the way, the money is smaller, just have fun, like Uncle Han's family will have to quarrel when he goes home if he loses too much. ”

The late returning buffalo walked slowly along the country lanes with its tail flicking, and the children from school frolicked together, and sometimes a frightened hare burst out of the grass by the roadside, causing the children to chase after them with screams. The brilliant sunset has covered the vegetable greenhouses in the field with a layer of golden light, and it is extremely gorgeous from afar. With the chattering care of his young daughter in his ears, and the cooked meals waiting for him at home, Yang Laohan thought to himself, the so-called happy old age is nothing more than that!

This is also very good, the child is busy to help with the baby, have time to play the favorite flower card, food, clothing, housing and transportation The children are properly taken care of, and he doesn't have to worry about it at all. It's still uncomfortable, what do you want?" "Got it! Let's play with a dime and a slope, it's not big at all!" Yang Laohan said softly, and he didn't know when the long-standing anger would disappear.

Since Zhou Pinzheng came back, he took over the responsibility of bringing the baby and supported his wife's work with practical actions. However, even the second brother Yi has an opinion every day, "I said Xiao Zhou, I don't object to you taking a baby, but I don't have the heart to do big things with a baby all day long, it's not good to go on like this, it's not good!"

Wang Dacheng said that he had no opinion, and Yi Huixiang would get married at the end of the year after getting engaged, and the single dog who had been single for many years said how happy he was to have a baby! If possible, he also wanted to take the baby out to drive a big truck, that guy, his son was absolutely happy...... I didn't think about the possibility of being a daughter at all, so he later received a "big surprise" little padded jacket, and he was dumbfounded - what about driving and flying together?

Zhou Pinzheng ignored Second Brother Yi's complaints, and peeled apples for his son all the time, no way, his son is sticking to himself now, and he is also very helpless, and when he goes out, he holds his thighs, and his poor little eyes ...... It's true that it's inconvenient to bring the baby over, but he's happy to enjoy it. Yes......

"Second brother, don't just talk about me. I heard Dacheng say that you haven't been home for more than a month, what's the matter?" Zhou Pinzheng asked seriously. The Yi family is also Xiaobei's relatives, and she has always valued it, so she definitely doesn't want their family to be in trouble.

Second Brother Yi frowned, sighed, and smoked for a long time without speaking. Wang Dacheng spread his hands, and he also persuaded him, isn't it this virtue?

It seems that the problem is not small, and in the evening, Zhou Pin is pulling Second Brother Yi home for dinner, on the grounds that he is back to get together. This reason was too strong to refuse, and when Second Brother Yi arrived at the Yang family, he knew that it was the killing of the "Three Halls Trial", and it was too late, so he had to confide in his heart.