Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0593 Mahjong Table on the Train
Nan Yi and Chen Lu were chatting idly. Chen Lu was just a high school student who had never seen the world, and the questions he asked were rather naive. As the chat went on longer, Nan Yi unconsciously put himself into the role of "father", and the place where they chatted changed to the guardrail in the corridor.
"I am the Minister of Arts and Culture in school. I will participate in any arts activities in school."
As Chen Lu spoke, she looked at Nan Yi with watery eyes full of expectation, as if she was saying "Dad, praise me."
After chatting with Chen Lu, Nan Yi vaguely felt that she was a "cross-generational socializer".
Some people have liked to follow older kids since childhood and don’t like to play with people of their own age. As they grow older, they may gradually play with people of their own age. It is also possible that they will maintain cross-generational social interactions, and their circle of friends will be filled with people who are one generation older than themselves.
However, Nan Yi was not sure. It was possible that Chen Lu simply regarded him as a "person from the outside world". Seventeen or eighteen years old was the age when people yearned for the outside world.
"Very good." Nan Yi praised and said, "So are you good at singing or dancing?"
"Both are fine, but I'm better at dancing than singing. I often go on stage to dance solo. I can do many kinds of dances... The best one I can do is 'Laundry Song'."
"'Laundry Song', I haven't seen it for years, I'd love to see you dance it if I get a chance."
"You accompany me and I'll dance for you." Chen Lu said eagerly.
"Is this appropriate here?"
"It's okay. I used to dance here all the time."
"Okay, give me a beat."
"Well, wait a minute." Chen Lu said, lifting her chest, leaning forward, raising her toes, and making gestures with her hands, "123, let's go, warm sun..."
Nan Yi continued to sing along with Chen Lu's beat, "The snow-capped mountains are shining, the Yarlung Zangbo River is shining with golden light, and flowers are blooming on both sides of the road..."
As the human karaoke machine made noises, Chen Lu placed one hand on his chest and used the other hand to pull his entire body, swaying left and right, lifting and releasing his feet, taking rhythmic steps, one step at a time, revolving around Nan Yi as the center of the circle. After a few steps, Chen Lu would even rotate gracefully.
"Ga La Yang Zhuororoni, Ge Sang Mei Duo Sang... came to our hometown, came to our hometown."
Nan Yi stopped singing at this point, and then entered the interactive performance part. Either he joined in, or stopped here.
Nan Yi stopped, and Chen Lu also stopped with a feeling of wanting more.
“Do I dance well?”
"It's so good that it can even be performed on the Spring Festival Gala."
“Cluck, cluck, cluck!”
Chen Lu covered her mouth and laughed happily. Her laughter was so sweet that it attracted Chen Yuzhang.
"Manager Nan, I can leave work now. Let's go back to my house now."
The accountant who went to transfer the money has returned. The transaction was successfully completed and there is still hope for the future. Chen Yuzhang is in a good mood.
"good."
Nan Yi was not worried about being impolite by going to the Chen family empty-handed, because his travel bag contained not only cigarettes and alcohol, but also some small gadgets.
I didn't see Chen Yuzhang smoking, so he doesn't have to take it out later. I didn't see him drinking either, but there are not many men who don't drink at the moment, so anyone can drink a little. Besides, if the deputy section chief of the supply and marketing department can't drink, how can he do his job?
Although the signs of the eating and drinking trend have not yet emerged, many units do not have the concept of "entertainment expenses". People in the supply and marketing department can only be reimbursed for normal travel expenses when they are out on business, and all other unnecessary expenses will not be recognized. But this does not mean that their stomachs do not have to be prepared at all times.
There are only two states for employees in the Supply and Marketing Department: one is drinking, and the other is preparing to drink.
Arriving at Chen's house, Nan Yi experienced being introduced, greeting, chatting and waiting for the meal, being invited and pretending to decline, and eating...
Mother Chen and Chen Lu ate very quickly, and the fight was resolved in just a few minutes. They put away their bowls and chopsticks, and left the dining table and even the living room to the head of the family and the guest, Nan Yi.
At that time, there was a not-so-good rule that was popular [mainly in rural areas]. When guests came to the house, women and children were not allowed to eat at the table. If the kitchen and the living room were separated, they could eat in the kitchen. If not, they had to wait for the guests to finish eating while hungry before eating secretly.
Is this feudal thinking?
Is this male chauvinism?
Neither, this is poverty.
When guests come, the hostess will always put her heart and soul into preparing some delicious dishes, dishes that children will never see on the dinner table at home, except during festivals.
Children only see meat a few times a year and their stomachs don't have much oil and water. We can't expect every child to be mature at a young age. If the food is served at the table, it is very likely that all the food will go into the children's stomachs before the guests even take a few bites. This is very rude to the host.
Therefore, children are not allowed to sit at the table, and the hostess is responsible for looking after the children, so they are not allowed to sit at the table. Over time, this has evolved into a rule, deviating from its original intention.
Nan Yi and Chen Yuzhang were just casual acquaintances. Even if they were drunk, they would not bring up their own privacy as a topic. They could only test the topic one by one and finally locked on football.
Then……
"What the hell? I almost smashed the TV that day. Four years, and I've been waiting for another four years, but it's all stinky shit, stinky shit... The Xiangkeng team is worthless, can't they let them off? They can qualify as long as they draw. Four years, and I have to wait for another four years." Chen Yuzhang howled in agony.
"I was at the Workers' Stadium that day. I tell you, I rushed to the side of the court with a bottle of wine. If I hadn't been held down by the security guards, I would have definitely cracked Zeng's head."
"What a pity, what a pity, he should be punished. Before the game, I thought I could at least beat the Xiangzhen team by three goals. Sigh!" Chen Yuzhang took a sip of wine and said, "Do you think we can make it to the next round?"
"Yes, I can!"
Nan Yi told a white lie.
"Yes, I can. I definitely can." Chen Yuzhang perked up and pointed to a bowl of black stuff on the table and said , "Manager Nan, eat it. My friend brought it to me from the beach. It seems quite expensive."
"It's not cheap. Sea cucumbers are good stuff. I'm still young and don't need them. Chief Chen, you can eat two yourself." Nan Yi said modestly.
"Okay, I'll eat..."
The two of them didn't drink for too long. Near eight o'clock, Nan Yi said goodbye.
Hearing the noise, Chen's mother came out of the bedroom and exchanged some polite words with Nan Yi that had a standard answer. Then she told Chen Lu to send Nan Yi downstairs, while she stayed to take care of Chen Yuzhang.
"Brother Nanyi, when are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow afternoon."
"Will you come again?"
The lights were broken, and only soft moonlight was shining in the corridor. People's shadows were hazy and their faces were even more blurry.
"I think so."
"Can I write to you?"
Chen Lu's little deer jumped around.
"Do you have a pen pal?" Nan Yi asked instead of answering.
"No."
"Me neither, so how about we be each other's first pen pals?"
"OK."
"Where should I send my letter?"
"School, no, no, please send it to my home. My home address..."
"Needless to say, I already know it. My address is No. 88 Yannanyuan, Beijing City, zip code 100,000. If I update my address in the future, I will tell you in the letter."
"Yes, I will tell you in the letter."
"Okay, it's time for you to go up." When they reached the stairs downstairs, Nan Yi stopped and said to Chen Lu, "Student Chen Lu, study hard and make progress every day."
"Hehe, Brother Nan Yi, work hard."
"Goodbye."
"goodbye!"
After a good night's sleep, Nan Yi took advantage of the time to visit a few more places and took a quick tour of the Guangxin Economic Zone. When he got on the train, he couldn't even get a hard sleeper, but only a hard seat.
Nan Yi was riding on a Hongqi train, which was also a train heading to Beijing. The train was pulled by a diesel locomotive, so it was not that noisy; the service was particularly good. Less than an hour after getting on the train, Nan Yi had already seen the conductor sew buttons on two passengers.
In June, the weather had become sultry, especially in the relatively closed hard sleeper carriages which had more heat sources. From time to time, the radio would broadcast announcements calling for doctors.
Heatstroke was a serious disease that could not be ignored in the early 1980s.
The reason is related to the distribution of land to households. In the past, when it was still a production team, if a member went to see a doctor but could not pay for it himself, the team was obliged to pay for it first. If there was famine, the work points would be slowly deducted from the work points. For the members, there was such a place where they could borrow life-saving money at any time.
When the brigade was transformed into a village, all that was due was distributed. The village had no money and seemingly no obligation to advance the villagers' medical expenses. Farmers who were not well-off had to endure minor illnesses, rely on hardship, and rely on luck for major illnesses.
If there is some health problem, people will use various folk remedies to deal with it. If they are lucky, the remedies will work and the disease will be cured. If they are unlucky, the body will be left with hidden diseases and they will die directly from heat exhaustion or heat cramps after being exposed to the sun.
In this situation, the situation in the city will be much better. No matter what your family situation is, if you want to survive in the city, you will always have some living money on hand. Plus, there aren't many good local remedies in the city. If you are too sick to bear it, you have to go to the hospital.
As for how severe the famine will be after the treatment, that will be a matter for later.
Therefore, the train attendants at this time attach great importance to the issue of heatstroke in passengers. Passengers who often travel by train on business can also experience various ways of treating diseases on the train, including folk remedies, acupuncture, bloodletting, qigong therapy, and incantations.
Nan Yi watched a patient suffering from heatstroke not far from him being held down from behind and then fed a bowl of talisman water. He slowly woke up and showed obvious signs of improvement. He couldn't figure out whether the patient survived on his own or was saved by qigong or talismans.
He doesn't know medicine, nor does he know anything about qigong or talismans, so he can only watch the fun as a spectator.
Suddenly, Nan Yi's eyes went dark. A woman in her thirties with a folding board on her back walked up to him and stood still. "Comrade, do you want to play mahjong?"
"I don't gamble." Nan Yi shook his head.
When the woman heard what Nan Yi said, she said, "I don't want to pay you. I have nothing to do on the train, so I'll just kill some time."
"Anyone?"
"Yes, yes, I'll go and call."
When the woman heard there was a door, she nodded hurriedly and turned to call someone.
Soon, the woman brought a man and a woman over and introduced them to Nan Yi, "This is Xiao Li, and this is Xiao Tian. I called them in the car. You can call me Yao Mei."
"My last name is Nan, you can call me Xiaonan." Nan Yi introduced himself.
" Stop introducing yourself, just get started."
The youngest sister shouted anxiously and went to coordinate with the passenger next to Nan Yi about changing seats.
There are four passengers in total. The youngest sister only needs to convince two of them, and for the remaining two, Nan Yi can just nod.
After the seats were coordinated, the youngest sister took off the folding board on her back. When she spread it out, it became a board with two legs, one end of which could be placed on the train table. It seemed to be custom-made for playing mahjong on the train.
"Aunt Yao, you are so awesome that you even made a table just for playing mahjong." Nan Yi said with emotion.
The youngest sister took out the mahjong tiles from her bag and said angrily, "What do you mean by youngest aunt? Call me youngest sister."
"Okay, okay, I'll be your youngest sister."
What the youngest sister took out was actually a set of National Flower Mahjong, also known as Taicun Mahjong, made of fiberglass. It is not cheap and is very rare nowadays. It was the first time that Nan Yi saw it in China.
The mahjong tiles were poured onto the "mahjong table". Without saying anything, the four of them immediately started to sort the cards.
"What cards are you playing?" Nan Yi asked while sorting the cards .
"It's Lao Kan Mahjong, you don't understand how we play it." The youngest sister replied.
Lao Kan Mahjong is the old Mahjong. The playing methods are generally the same across the country, except that each place has incorporated some of its own rules.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, mahjong disappeared for a while, and it was not until the 1970s that it was revived as an entertainment tool. As for its use as a gambling tool, it has only been in the past two years. Mahjong has just entered the early stage of regional differentiation in terms of playing methods, and most places are still playing the old mahjong.
For example, the youngest sister in front of him, with a Wuchuan accent and a mahjong addiction, Nan Yi guessed that she was most likely from Chengdu.
In later generations, there is a very famous mahjong playing method in Chengdu called "Blood Battle to the End". At present, this playing method has not yet been formed. Chengdu has only abandoned the wind cards and listening cards, and none of the playing methods has been completely finalized.
"Put on a note?" After the cards were sorted, the youngest sister said again.
"Can."
"OK."
"no problem."
"Gang plus one card, no big cards, no banker."
Nan Yi and the other two all agreed.
"Roll the dice."
As she said that, the youngest sister threw two dice onto the table.
The dice spun a few times and then stopped. One was a four, and the other was a five, which added up to nine, and was in my hand.
Pass four piers and take photos...
As soon as she picked up the cards, the youngest sister's face was full of joy, and it seemed that she had caught a good hand.
" Red center."
"Bang!"
Nan Yi pushed out three red cards, picked up the red cards in the pond, and touched a card at the end of the deck. He wiped the surface of the card with his thumb and directly showed the mahjong tiles, "Chrysanthemum, sorry, I have to make up the flower."
As he spoke, Nan Yi picked up another card from the end of the deck.
Just because Nan Yi doesn't gamble doesn't mean he doesn't know how to play mahjong. In fact, he is a top player at playing beautiful mahjong. He can often make a beautiful girl lose so much that she takes off her pants with just one hand of cards. In addition, he also plays business mahjong a lot.
"Breasts... two cakes."
Bang, a second tube was hit out by Nan Yi.
