coobybook Chapter 225 How to Play Mahjong
Chapter 225 How to Play Mahjong
Because I have to carve something on the box, it takes a long time.
After the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan left, Xu Han held a box and began to carefully carve the shape of a cartoon dog.
Although it looks like a lot, fortunately the patterns are all very simple.
In this way, Xu Han sat there motionless the whole afternoon, carefully carving the mahjong box.
Xu Han didn't even eat dinner. Firstly, she didn't want to eat, and secondly, she was in a good mood and didn't want to stop. She just wanted to finish it in one go.
After Xu Han finished carving, they all finished dinner. Then Xu Han went to have dinner, and Lu Chuan was responsible for completing the remaining processes.
They were busy until ten o'clock in the evening, and the four of them finally finished making all the mahjong. But it was already late today, so they definitely didn't have time to play, so they could only try again tomorrow.
Early the next morning, after Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest came back from their patrol, the four of them quickly had breakfast together.
After breakfast, Xu Han couldn't wait to take out the mahjong. She also put a piece of leather on the table to prevent the noise from playing mahjong from being too loud.
After Xu Han explained the rules of the game, everyone decided to start trying to play a round.
"I haven't heard the rules clearly yet! How do you play it? Do you all understand?" The Taoist priest said in a daze.
"I don't understand it, but I don't. Just play it a few more times and it will be fine." Grandpa Zhao said excitedly.
"Let's play a game first and try it out. You will get it after playing a few more games." Xu Han also said.
So the four of them started the first game of mahjong, and Xu Han explained the rules of the game while playing.
After playing a few rounds like this, the other three people also understood the rules of the game.
"There's no point in playing mahjong like this. Why don't we play for money? We don't have to play big, just a few cents at a time, just for fun." Xu Han suggested.
"Only a few cents for a game, you are too stingy, girl!" The Taoist priest laughed unceremoniously.
"You don't understand. If you play big, it becomes gambling. I prohibit gambling. It's just entertainment." Xu Han said mischievously.
"Okay, let's just have fun." Grandpa Zhao also agreed.
So Xu Han went back to the room, took out a handful of copper coins, gave some to everyone, and then started a new game.
This went on for several days. Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest went out for patrols in the morning and evening. After a nap, they would get up and play mahjong to kill time.
I don’t know how the people living down the mountain are doing now, but the few people on the mountain have been living pretty well in recent times.
The life down the mountain should be completely different from that on the mountain...
At the foot of the mountain, the weather has been getting hotter and hotter in recent times. The sun in the sky is getting bigger and bigger, there is no sign of rain, and the water in the well is becoming less and less.
Now, let alone taking a bath, even drinking water has become a problem. We can no longer have water to drink anytime and anywhere like before.
Instead, you should wait until you are extremely thirsty before taking a small sip.
Those who originally did not plan to escape the famine gradually changed their minds.
Seeing more and more people fleeing famine from the north coming here, many families could no longer sit still and began to pack up their belongings and prepare to embark on the journey to escape the famine.
A poor family is worth a fortune. It may seem that there are not many things in the house, but these things were acquired from generation to generation.
In addition to preparing food and water when fleeing from famine, none of the items acquired over the years can be thrown away.
Whether it is the pots and pans at home, farm tools and cloth, or even a broken jar, they cannot be thrown away casually.
Take away everything that can be taken away. As long as you can settle down, these things can be used.
At that time, there will be no need to waste money on buying new things. After all, after more than a year of drought, many families have almost spent all their savings and have nothing left.
Therefore, you must not lose these things, otherwise you will end up with nothing when you settle down.
In just a few days, there were almost no people left at the foot of the mountain, and almost everyone who could leave had left.
The only people who stay here are some elderly people, or those who cannot leave due to special circumstances.
After these people left, a large group of people fleeing from the north also arrived here.
The two groups of people can be clearly distinguished. The people at the foot of the mountain are still carrying large and small bags, and the families with their children are neatly arranged.
Those who fled from the north had been on the road for more than a month, and they had lost everything they had.
Some people were separated from their families, some were half-naked, and some were extremely thin and covered in dirt.
But more people have numb eyes and cannot see any hope for the future.
Like a walking corpse, he walked forward step by step numbly.
As a result, the number of people fleeing famine increased, and the world became more and more chaotic.
Now, refugees not only have no food, but even drinking water is a luxury.
Among the refugees, there was a horse-drawn carriage that was particularly conspicuous. It followed the group slowly forward.
There were many children in the carriage, the oldest was eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest was only three or four years old.
These children were sold by their own parents. Of course, what they received in exchange was not silver, but ten kilograms of black flour, or a large bucket of water.
Most of those who were replaced were girls, but there were also many boys. Some parents had no choice because there were many children in the family.
In order to allow others to survive, they had to exchange their own children for food.
The exchanged children at least had a chance to survive, whether as slaves or servants, they could always keep their lives, and the food they got in exchange could allow the family members to live longer.
At the beginning, people were disgusted with the idea of exchanging their own children for food and grain, but as the road to escape famine became more and more difficult and more and more incidents occurred, gradually most families chose to become the despised ones.
But there are also many families who would rather starve than exchange their children for food...
Using children to exchange for food is just a normal phenomenon, but even more brutal things are yet to come!
As the time of fleeing famine gets longer and longer, the order of this society becomes more and more chaotic...
One morning, after everyone discovered that someone had been killed, the situation became increasingly worse, and death has become the norm since then.
The reason was that there was a group of desperate criminals who acted recklessly in the fleeing group, burning, killing, looting, raping decent women, and doing all kinds of evil.