Xiulan: "Girls can't pay New Year's greetings. Only married people can do so."
Huang Wanzhen asked again: "What about the boy?"
Xiulan: "Boys can do this from a young age."
Huang Wanzhen curled her lips, "It's not fair."
Xiulan: "It's always been like this. What's unfair about it?"
Huang Wanzhen looked at her seriously, "Don't you think it's unfair?"
Xiulan shook her head in confusion, "No."
Huang Wanzhen was stunned for a moment, then said solemnly: "Xiu Lan, let me teach you how to read?"
Xiulan subconsciously refused, "No, learning to read is too expensive."
Huang Wanzhen: "I won't charge you tuition."
Xiulan: "Then we need to buy paper and pen."
Huang Wanzhen: "You can use my pencils. As for paper, I'll give it to you for free."
Xiulan still didn't want to learn to read, thinking it was too much of a waste of time.
Huang Wanzhen talked about many benefits of literacy, and finally Xiulan was moved by the opportunity to make money.
The Zheng family's New Year's Eve dinner was very sumptuous, with chicken, duck, fish and meat all served. Before eating, Zheng Liu raised her cup and
Said: "Today is the last day of the year. Our Zheng family has one more person. That's right, the table is a little deserted. If this time next year, we can hear the crying of children, that would be even better."
After saying this, he glanced at Huang Wanzhen meaningfully.
Huang Wanzhen sat there obediently, not moving, until Zheng Liushi shouted, "Cheers."
She then picked up the wine glass and gestured.
During the New Year's Eve dinner, Zheng Ruqing did not follow the rule of "no talking while eating and no talking while sleeping". He raised his glass frequently and talked about his bright prospects for the next year.
Huang Wanzhen ignored it and just focused on eating her food.
Let's have dinner. Everyone wants to stay up all night together. Zheng Liu arranged to play mahjong. "Speaking of playing mahjong, it's not something that everyone can do. Section Chief Xu's wife doesn't know how to play it. But the Deputy Minister's wife especially invited me to play. For this, the master even set up a phone for me."
Zheng Yuli dismantled her desk, "Dad installed it for the convenience of work, otherwise why would he install it in this hall? It's so that the servants can answer the phone and avoid missing important calls."
Zheng Liu gave her a sidelong glance in anger, "You little girl, how dare you argue? I said it was put on for me, and it was put on for me."
"Come on, let's get some mahjong."
Zheng Ruqing is not participating. In previous years, they couldn't get four people together, and three people weren't fun enough. This year, they finally got four people together, and Zheng Liu was planning to play all night.
When the mahjong tiles were brought and the three of them sat down at the table, they discovered that one side was empty.
Zheng Liu turned around to look for Huang Wanzhen, and saw her sitting on the chair on the east side with a book in her hand. She was furious.
"Sang Ge's wife, why are you pretending? I know that the Huang family doesn't allow girls to be literate. Do you understand?!"
Without even looking up, Huang Wanzhen recited aloud, "Turning the axis and plucking the strings a few times, the melody is already filled with emotion. Each string is suppressed and each note is full of thoughts, as if telling of a lifetime of frustration."
Zheng Liushi taunted her, "Come on, stop pretending. You're getting more and more embarrassed the more you talk."
Zheng Yuli tugged at Zheng Liushi's sleeve and said, "Mom, my sister-in-law is reciting 'Pipa Xing'."
Zheng Liu turned to look at Zheng Yusang with surprise. Seeing Zheng Yusang nodded affirmatively, she let out an "ouch", stood up, and walked to Huang Wanzhen.
"Sang Ge's wife, can you really read?"
Huang Wanzhen resisted the urge to roll her eyes, turned a page and continued reading.
Zheng Liu stood up straight, put her hands on her hips, and was about to teach her daughter-in-law a lesson when Zheng Yuli and Zheng Yusang came over and grabbed her arms.
"Mom, don't bother with her. She's just a blockhead. How could she play mahjong? Let's play with three of us." Zheng Yusang said with disdain at Huang Wanzhen with a cold face.
Huang Wanzhen didn't want to cause trouble for these people, but she didn't expect that these three people still thought it was their fault.
"I'm afraid I'll make you cry and then you'll accuse me of being inconsiderate."
"Hey? Who are you looking down on? Last time I lost more than a hundred dollars to the deputy minister's wife, and I didn't even blink." Zheng Liu said unconvinced.
Zheng Yuli held her forehead helplessly, "Mom, why are you telling me what you said before the fight even started? This..."
Zheng Yusang sneered with disdain, "I didn't know the Huang family's daughter was so boastful."
"Pah—" Huang Wanzhen closed the book, looked up at them and said, "Let me make it clear first, I don't like playing with people who have bad poker habits. Whoever loses must admit it. No cheating, and certainly no looking for a payout."
Zheng Liu's eyes sparkled. "Alright! Whoever cheats, I'll punish him!"
Soon, several people gathered around the table and started playing cards. Zheng Yusang sat below Huang Wanzhen, Zheng Yuli was her upper brother, and Zheng Liu sat opposite her.
Soon everyone called out their cards.
West Wind
"Get rich"
"Red Center"
"bump!"
Zheng Liu glared at Zheng Yusang fiercely, "Brother Sang really knows how to help his wife."
Zheng Yusang touched his nose awkwardly, "It's just the first lap, who knows!"
Zheng Liu curled her lips and threw out a red middle.
After four rounds, Huang Wanzhen didn't take anyone else's cards. Zheng Liu happily played a "Nine Tongs."
Huang Wanzhen: "That's wrong."
Zheng Liushi cried out, "Impossible."
Huang Wanzhen directly pushed down the cards and said, "Give me the money."
The other three: "..."
Starting again, the truth is always heartbreaking, another round of "lose".
Huang Wanzhen took the money and said softly, "You guys should work hard. What's the point of me winning alone?"
The other three: "..."
The third round, the fourth round, the fifth round...
"Are you cheating?" Zheng Liu stared at Huang Wanzhen suspiciously.
Huang Wanzhen spread her hands, looking nonchalant, "Body."
Zheng Liu's face turned pale as she started the next round.
Zheng Ruqing strolled in and asked, "Who won?"
The other three: "..."
Huang Wanzhen said it lightly and gently, "They didn't bother me. I felt embarrassed. I touched myself!"
Zheng Liushi felt the urge to curse. She was simply a devil...
Since sitting at the card table, the three of them have had almost no ability to fight back.
Zheng Yuli had a sad face and said, "Dad, I have the least pocket money. Can you give me some money?"
Zheng Ruqing smiled and stroked his beard, "What a kid! It's just a few bucks. If you lose, it's dad's, and if you win, it's yours."
"Really? Dad is the best." Zheng Yuli's face smiled again, and she played her cards with more force, as if she had a backer.
Although Zheng Ruqing didn't play, he still watched. After a while, he saw that Huang Wanzhen won three games in a row, and he couldn't help but exclaimed "Huh".
"Sang Ge's wife, how did you fight?"
Huang Wanzhen didn't hide it, "Counting cards! Counting while playing!"
Zheng Ruqing: "Can you remember so many cards?"
Huang Wanzhen: "It's easier to remember if you sort it out. There are a total of 144 cards. There are 36 Wan cards, 36 Tong cards, and 36 Tiao cards. There are 16 Feng cards, 28 Arrow cards, and 8 Hua cards."
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