Capítulo 1452: Chapter 1451: A Word to Awaken the Drear
The won who had visited last ti entered the courtyard at the back, and imdiately a maid ca to lead them to the side room.
The side room was warm and bustling; as soon as they entered, they couldn’t keep their heavy clothing on.
After taking off their outer cloaks, they were promptly served warm jujube ginger tea, which was sweet and dispelled the chill from their bodies.
Lady Chen and Lady Qu were among the earliest to arrive. Being more familiar with Wang Yongzhu, they exchanged a few words of banter, but when they were about to sit down as host and guests, they noticed the reception room was unlike usual?
There was a square table set in the middle, covered with a thick dark green felt mat, and on it was a pile of small, white, glossy tiles?
What is this? Lady Chen asked candidly.
Wang Yongzhu laughed and said, “Isn’t it because of the cold weather, with it freezing cold outside, we can’t go out, and staying indoors all day is quite boring! It reminded that in Capital City, during winter, when the elders at ho were bored, they had sothing to pass the ti with.”
“So I had people make these, so I could accompany my mother in passing the ti at ho. Today, as we’re hosting a banquet, listening to the sa old stories isn’t very novel, and my courtyard is too small for opera, besides, it’s cold and people would freeze. ”
“So I thought of bringing this out for so fun. I hope everyone won’t disdain it!”
Upon hearing Wang Yongzhu’s words, they were intrigued to know that those small tiles were things from Capital City.
For the won of Chicheng County, Capital City was an unreachable place.
Things from Capital City, even if just a piece of paper, carried more prestige than elsewhere.
Not to ntion the pasti of the capital’s won; if they learned it, they’d be almost like won of Capital City when rounded up.
Hence the first batch of guests expressed their eagerness to witness this Capital City ladies’ pasti.
Seeing this, Wang Yongzhu smoothly invited three female guests to sit down, and called over Gu Yu and Li Xia to first teach them to recognize the tiles.
Once they could rember, she began explaining the rules.
When everyone more or less rembered, they tried a practice round.
With Gu Yu and Li Xia offering tips and reminders, the won quickly got the hang of it.
Although so won were illiterate, they found the tiles easy to rember and recognize, as they were like pictures: one circle was one dot, two circles were two dots, and so on.
The east, south, west, north, red, green, and white tiles only required a little effort to rember.
After a round, not only did the three female guests present claim to have learned it, but the onlookers were eager to try, thinking they could play too.
Wang Yongzhu gracefully stepped back, letting the guests take her place.
Two won nearly got into a fight over the seat.
Wang Yongzhu advised them to wait a mont, watch two rounds first, as other guests would arrive, and another table would open.
As more guests arrived, initially, Wang Yongzhu had to introduce them, but soon enough, she wasn’t needed; whenever a guest arrived, soone would enthusiastically introduce them to the ga.
When all the guests had arrived, there was no other sound except for the shuffling of tiles in all the side rooms.
Occasionally, the room echoed with calls of “Pung—”, “Chow—”, and “Mahjong—”.
By lunchti, when people were invited to the al, they were reluctant to leave, wishing they could bring the mahjong to their als.
Everyone ate lunch quickly, even their conversations were about: that last round should’ve been my win, but I played the wrong tile—
Oh, I could’ve won with a pure suit earlier, but I was just a bit timid—
…
Wang Yongzhu sat at the head, her mouth twitching; she anticipated the opening, but didn’t expect the won to beco so obsessed?
But, for her plan, she could only smile and signal to Li Xia.
Sure enough, Li Xia cheerfully reassured, saying it’s fine, as there’s no betting involved, and winning is enough, it doesn’t delay anything. If there were stakes, now that would be distressing and so on.
This did remind the won.
Right, why didn’t they think of placing bets!
They felt sothing was missing, and this realization was like awakening a drear!
Suddenly, their minds weren’t on the al anymore; they barely took a few bites before grabbing their table mates, suggesting let’s go for another three hundred rounds, with stakes!
It was a rallying call.
A al that could take two hours was finished in the ti it takes an incense stick to burn.
After wiping their mouths, they excitedly rushed back to the gaming tables.
Wang Yongzhu quickly instructed the maid and servant to be tily with tea, pastries, and fruit, not to neglect them.
She hadn’t even finished the instructions when Lady Qu and others dragged her to the table.
There were stakes now, though small since it was the first ti, but the fun was different.
After a few rounds, Wang Yongzhu played while chatting idly with those at the table.
Talking about family size, how old the children were, if they were married, any troubles, and so on.
Honestly, if it were usual, if Wang Yongzhu sat at the head asking, these won would hesitate before speaking.
But at the gaming table, they felt closer, and spoke more freely.
Even things usually considered family sha were easily ntioned.
While listening, Wang Yongzhu casually offered advice or comforting words.
Although young, she often seed to console to the point, and even her advice hit the mark.
Her congenial attitude while playing and speaking casually made people sincerely listen.
After several rounds, if not for a shred of sanity, these won nearly wanted to swear sisterhood with Wang Yongzhu.
By the afternoon, it was Lady Chen, after drinking too much tea, who rose to attend to nature, realizing it was getting late outside.
The cold wind sobered her up when she stepped out.
She hurried back saying it was late, they’d intruded for almost a whole day, and it was ti to bid farewell.
Conveniently, so older won felt they could play for another hundred years ntally, but their waist and arms disagreed, unable to continue, and threatened rebellion if pushed further.
So they got up, agreed, and prepared to leave.
The event thus dispersed.
Those who won stakes left beaming; whether more or less, it’s good fortune.
Those who lost were disgruntled, planning how to recover their losses.
Reluctantly, they eyed the mahjong on the table.
Understanding their thoughts, Wang Yongzhu said, “Today I invited everyone to admire the snowy landscape, but unexpectedly, we didn’t appreciate the snow. Originally, it was just ant as a pasti, but seeing everyone’s enjoynt, if you don’t mind, anyone who fancies these mahjong sets, feel free to take them ho to amuse yourself—”
Before she finished, Lady Chen and Lady Qu, leveraging their rapport with Wang Yongzhu, had already wrapped up the table with the felt and mahjong together: “Thank you, Madam, for the gift! So we won’t be polite!”
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