Qin Li calmly ate his meal, swaggered back to the room, and ignored the cold and resentful face of his mother-in-law Lin, and was even more angry.

Several red candles in the new house are burning vigorously, illuminating all directions, and the atmosphere is beautiful. Tonight is the night of candles in the cave room, such a beautiful little lady fell from the sky, and the frustration when she had just eaten was swept away, and Qin Li's mood became more and more excited.

After waiting for tea time, Lin Yan'er gently pushed the door in with a wooden barrel. Lin Yan'er had changed out of her bridal dress at this time and wore a pink dress, which made her figure even more slender.

She glanced at Qin Li, her face was like water, she was not happy and carefree, and said softly, "Xianggong must be tired for a day, and the concubine serves Xianggong to wash his feet!" ”

Boom! Qin Li almost couldn't believe his ears, washing his feet? She's going to wash my feet? What a well-behaved and considerate little wife.

Seeing Qin Li's surprised face, Lin Yan'er said calmly, "Xianggong, please take a seat, serving Xianggong is the concubine's job." ”

Without saying anything, he took off Qin Li's shoes and socks and pressed Qin Li's feet into the water. A pair of slippery little hands gently scrubbed.

Qin Li suddenly felt like sitting on the clouds, that feeling, hehe! Three words: cool.

Whether it is in the future or in this life, Qin Li has never received this kind of treatment.

Qin Li closed her eyes beautifully and enjoyed herself.

In later generations, he flattered and welcomed, was courteous, and did not soak in a beautiful girl or make a girlfriend after all his tricks. Do you still expect a beautiful woman to wash her feet? Dream on.

It's good now, in the Ming Dynasty, men were inferior to women for thousands of years, and the status of women had not yet been liberated. Women have no status, and it is natural to serve men.

If the man is not satisfied, a letter of resignation will be the end of a woman's life. Even the mother's family with the woman is in shame.

From this point of view, Daming is still worth traversing.

Qin Li thought so.

"No matter what kind of person the Xianggong is, since the concubine is married to the Xianggong, she will be the Xianggong's person in the future. Rest assured, the concubine will definitely keep her duty and do her job well. Lin Yan'er said softly while wiping Qin Li's feet.

Qin Li opened his eyes, and what caught his eyes was an ancient and expressionless face. Qin Li couldn't help but be stunned, and said secretly, she was just doing her part, as if she had nothing to do with me. I'm his husband, alas! She's still disappointed in me.

From the contact between the two in the afternoon, Qin Li felt that Lin Yan'er was a lively and emotional woman, but now she was acting decently, which made Qin Li's heart feel an indescribable taste.

Qin Li's restless heart immediately settled down.

After all, he is a time-traveler from the next generation, and he still has some moral concepts. When a man and a woman are together without feelings, what happiness can there be?

Qin Li secretly thought that such a beautiful little lady, I must not let her slip away from me, she will be my person sooner or later. I must let her do everything for me willingly, and make her willing to be my wife.

Thinking of this, Qin Li stood up and said with a slight smile, "Yan'er is also tired, you can rest too!" ”

Lin Yan'er had just picked up the copper basin and was about to pour the water for washing her feet, when a "Yan'er" called her, she was stunned.

This "Yan'er" was called very intimately, which made Lin Yan'er's heart warm, and then her face turned red.

After mixing for so long in later generations, observing words and emotions has always been Qin Li's strength. Although Lin Yan'er's face was rosy and her shyness was infinite, there was a kind of indifference and helplessness in her bright eyes, which made Qin Li's heart completely cold.

The next day, he got up early and after breakfast, Qin Li followed Lin Ying towards the gambling house.

Lin Ying naturally didn't pay attention to what Qin Li said last night. In his mind, Qin Li was just a sixteen-year-old boy, and he couldn't have such a great ability to bring the gambling house back to life. But Qin Li begged again and again, and Lin Ying was originally a hearty man, so he agreed.

The Lin family's gambling house was opened on the street from Yueming Bridge to Xishuimen in Yangzhou City. This street is the most prosperous street in Yangzhou during the Ming Dynasty. There are many shops, row upon row, and the crowd is like weaving. "Ten miles long street market, Yueming Bridge to see the gods" is talking about this place.

Immediately next to the West Water Gate, a small hall has a signboard "Lin Family Gambling House" in the wind. Lin Ying looked back at Qin Li and smiled slightly, "Good son-in-law, this is our gambling house." ”

Qin Li had been following closely behind Lin Ying, carefully observing the environment on this street. I secretly wondered, it stands to reason that this is the most prosperous place, and the business of the gambling house will not wither day by day.

Soon Qin Li noticed that there was also a gambling house directly opposite the Lin family gambling house, and there was a large signboard in front of the door, which read: Silver Hook Gambling House.

From the signboard to the shop, it is obviously much more magnificent than the Lin family gambling house.

It's still early, but there are already gamblers at the entrance of the Silver Hook Gambling Room, going in and out, and there is an endless stream.

The corners of Qin Li's mouth raised slightly, revealing a smug smile. It seems that he really thought right, the business of the Lin family's gambling house was robbed.

Since last night, Qin Li has been pondering the reason for the decay of the gambling house. Combined with the experience of later generations, Qin Li feels that it is generally said that the resources of gamblers are very fixed, and the reason why gamblers are scarce in the Lin family gambling house is nothing more than the environment, service attitude and form are not as good as other ones, and gamblers go to other places and do not come here.

The two guys hired by the Lin family's gambling house were standing at the door, looking around to solicit gamblers, and when they saw Lin Ying appearing at the door, they hurriedly flattered Lin Ying and Qin Li in.

The two guys, one tall and one short, were in their twenties, and they looked neat and smart.

The hall was empty with six square tables, each with a pair of horse tags, and it was empty.

The tall guy said with a sad face, "Master Lin, this really can't go on, no one, they all ran to the other side, it's really sad to die!" I have to hurry up and think of a way. ”

Lin Ying's face was full of sadness, and he sighed helplessly. said, "What can I do, it seems that I, Lin Ying, am not the material for business." ”

His gaze swept over Qin Li, intentionally or unintentionally.

Qin Li sat down at a table, called over to the tall guy, and asked, "There are horse cranes on every table, why aren't there any other gambling equipment?" ”

The guy was stunned for a moment, showing a confused expression.

The short guy may be well-informed and proficient in gambling, so he came up and said, "Maybe the son doesn't know yet, our Yangzhou City is a good horse hanging." It's an obsession to play with horses and cranes. Roll the dice, the leaf drama can't be eaten in our Yangzhou. ”

Qin Li nodded lightly, but his heart was ecstatic.

The original owner of this body was a loser, eating, drinking and having fun, and in the end, all the family fortunes were lost in a gamble. It's this horse crane that's playing.

When Qin Lijiu followed Tang Bohu after occupying the magpie's nest, he also went to the gambling house several times. Therefore, the method of playing with horse cranes can be said to be very proficient.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no plastic, and the horse crane was made of bone and bamboo back. There are 40 cards in the whole deck, which are divided into 4 suits: 100,000 guan, 10,000 guan, suozi, and wenqian.

Among them, the two colors of Wanguan and Suozi are one from one to nine; 100,000 is from 200,000 to 900,000, and even one for million, 10 million, and 10,000; The money is from one to nine, and even half and zero money. The 100,000 and 10,000 cards are painted with portraits of the heroes of "Water Margin". Suozi and Wen Qian are drawn on the cards of Suozi and money.

The horse tag is played by four people, each person takes eight cards first, and the remaining eight are placed in the middle of the table. Four people take turns to play cards, take cards, and play cards to hit big and small. There are bankers and players. Zhuang has no fixed owner, and can take turns to sit.

Lin Ying was already very depressed when he saw Qin Li pretending to ask this and that, and he was even more angry at this time. Lin Ying walked over with her shoulders crossed, smiled contemptuously, and asked, "Didn't the good son-in-law say that you can let our gambling house get money rolling in, I don't know what method I have thought of now?" ”

In fact, Qin Li could immediately see from his indifferent face that his father-in-law Lin Ying did not have any hope for himself. It's just that I want to make fun of myself, and I even have the taste of teasing myself.

Although he has not been in contact with this old man for a long time, Qin Li has a good impression of him. Lin Ying is a heroic man, hearty and scheming, Qin Li feels very down-to-earth when he is with him.

On a whim, Qin Li deliberately pretended to have a sad face, frowning and frowning, giving Lin Ying a helpless and helpless illusion.

"Humph! I know you won't be able to do anything! Lin Ying immediately reprimanded.

Unexpectedly, Qin Li's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said proudly, "What the little son-in-law said will definitely be counted, since he said that he wants the gambling house to come back to life, there will naturally be a way." The number of horse hangs is too small, it is very simple and boring to play, and the son-in-law has figured out a kind of thing that is more than the number of horse hanging, which is hundreds of times more fun, called mahjong. As soon as the son-in-law comes out, our gambling house will be overcrowded. ”

Lin Ying was stunned for a moment, frowned, and scolded, "At this time, your kid is still hard-mouthed, and he is talking nonsense with your father-in-law, I want to see what novelty you can come up with." ”

Qin Li didn't care, smiled indifferently, asked the tall guy for a pen and paper, spread it out on the table, and began to draw the pictures of mahjong in later generations clearly.

He followed Tang Bohu for half a year, Tang Bohu was excellent in both calligraphy and painting, although he did not teach Qin Li calligraphy and painting skills. But Qin Li was familiar with it, and his paintings were still presentable.

Mahjong originates from horse cranes, although it is much more complicated than horse cranes, but it is much more interesting than horse cranes. Its basic style of play is simple and easy to learn, but there are many variations, and the combinations vary from person to person, so there is no reason why it is not attractive and not popular.

Moreover, Yangzhou people are particularly obsessed with horse hanging, and they will definitely love mahjong even more.

It took half an hour for Qin Li to draw the figure, and said to Lin Ying with a smile, "There are a total of one hundred and thirty-six cards for this thing. The son-in-law still needs the father-in-law to spend a few taels of silver, so that the craftsman can make a few pairs according to the drawing, with this thing, our gambling house will definitely have a surplus of customers. ”

"That's it, can this work?" Lin Ying stared at him and said suspiciously.

Without waiting for Qin Li to speak, the short guy said, "Master Lin, I think it's okay, this is a novelty, but it has a lot to do with horse hangings." It's better to give it a try as Childe said. ”

Lin Ying hesitantly picked up the picture, held the psychology of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and went out to find a craftsman to make mahjong.

Then Qin Li dipped his pen and ink and wrote down the basic playing style of mahjong on the paper in detail. The short fellow watched and nodded. Said excitedly, "It's really a novel way to play, okay, it will definitely work, I believe that this mahjong will soon become popular in our Yangzhou, replacing the horse hanging, this time we have a casino to save it!" ”

At this time, Qin Li had just finished writing the mahjong instruction manual with confidence, and when he heard this, there was a roar in his head, and he was stunned for a moment.