Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 13 Playing Cards

When Li Fei returned to Lin's house, he immediately saw his wife Lin Shiyue who was quietly practicing calligraphy.

The light from outside the window sill reflected Lin Shiyue's originally fair skin with a layer of crystal luster. The already beautiful Lin Shiyue was as beautiful as a fairy descended from the earth.

Li Fei's heart was beating violently uncontrollably, and there was only one thought in his mind, that this was his wife, the wife he hadn't been able to successfully bridal for two consecutive nights.Thinking about it this way, Li Fei's chest was burning hot, and he decided that he must succeed in the bridal chamber tonight, otherwise it would be too much of a failure.

The movement of Li Fei walking forward caused Lin Shiyue to look up.

"My lady." Li Fei called out with a smile.

"Husband." Seeing Li Fei noticed one of Li Fei's panda eyes, Lin Shiyue froze for a moment, then was shocked, put down the pen in her hand, and hurriedly greeted Li Fei: "What's wrong with your eyes, who hit you?" .”

"It's okay, that guy is much worse than your husband." Li Fei laughed.

"Why don't you get in the way? They're all swollen, Huan'er, go and get some ointment." Lin Shiyue was very worried and nervous.

Huan'er brought the ointment, and Lin Shiyue applied the ointment for Li Fei herself.

The jade fingers touched the red and swollen skin around the eyes, with the coolness of ointment and the warmth of fingers.

Lin Shiyue's movements were very gentle, Li Fei was a little moved, it's good to have a wife, and someone cares about the injured.

"My lady, this is a gift I bought for you." After applying the medicine, Li Fei took out the exquisite wooden box and handed it to Lin Shiyue.

"Husband, what is this?" After receiving the wooden box from Li Fei, Lin Shiyue felt a little pleasantly surprised.

"Open it and have a look." Li Fei said softly.

Lin Shiyue nodded, and opened it to see that there was an exquisite walker inside, made of gold and gemstones, the craftsmanship was exquisite and very beautiful, and it suited her temperament and style very well. I have to say that Li Fei has a good eye.

"Thank you, husband." Lin Shiyue was a little moved, she did not expect that her 'little husband' would buy her a gift for the first time when he went out, and his expression showed that it was taken for granted.

Being moved, her heart is soft and her eyes are as charming as water.

However, Lin Shiyue also saw something else, the fineness and craftsmanship of this Bu Yao are top-notch, and the value is at least 20 taels of silver.Didn't she only give Li Fei ten taels of silver? How could she buy back such an expensive Bu Yao?

It seems that her 'little husband' should gain a lot from going out today.It's just that the injury on the eye obviously caused a fight with someone, and I don't know what happened.

Although Li Fei's psychological age is almost forty, but because he is only 16 years old on the surface, he is two years younger than Lin Shiyue, so he is very wronged by Lin Shiyue's "little husband".

"Husband went out today and had a good time. Who beat him?" Li Fei was her husband and was beaten. Of course, she wanted to know who it was and what Li Fei had done.

Li Fei didn't hide anything, he talked about Cao Xiaozhong, and then he talked about playing chess in Chen's Chess House.

After listening to Li Fei's narration, Lin Shiyue was a little dumbfounded. She knew about Cao Xiaozhong's matter, and that guy had been pestering her for a while, and even offered to be her Lin family's son-in-law for her own sake.

You know, at that time, her 'illness' was still not cured, so Cao Xiaozhong's actions had to be a little touching.

It's a pity that Cao Xiaozhong is not the type she likes, and she can't predict whether Cao Xiaozhong is impulsive on a whim, and it is absolutely impossible for the Cao family to agree to such a thing. Later, Cao's father really beat Cao Xiaozhong once, and forbade Cao Xiaozhong to continue to harass With her, things didn't go any further.

Her little husband is also really different, he can win more than 200 taels of silver on the first day of going out.

"Husband knows Go?" Lin Shiyue asked.

"Understanding." Li Fei nodded and replied.

"Husband still has an appointment with Cao Xiaozhong and Zhang Yuanming tomorrow?" Lin Shiyue asked again.

Only then did Li Fei remember that he must immediately prepare the props to be used tomorrow.

"Well, lady, is there any paper that is harder and thicker than rice paper, roughly like this—" Li Fei asked. He was going to make a deck of cards. The personal game is actually Fighting the Landlords.

If you want to say what modern game has the widest range, is simple, and is popular.Not mahjong, not Go, just Doudizhu.Li Fei is very insidious, this kind of game can double the bet ten times or even a hundred times, as long as Zhang Yuanming and Cao Xiaozhong dare to play, they will kill two girls in minutes.

"Husband is talking about the kind of hard paper used in leaf dramas?" Lin Shiyue said.

Leaf play?Li Fei was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought that the predecessor of mahjong and poker was not the evolution of Ye Zixi.

Yezixi seems to have been born in the Tang Dynasty. It is a card game with forty cards divided into four suits: Shiwanguan, Wanguan, Suozi, and Wenqian. Later, it evolved into modern Mahjong.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Marco Polo brought this card game to Europe. After the evolution in Europe, playing cards evolved in Europe.

"It's that kind of hard paper, my lady, where can I find this kind of paper?" Li Fei was very excited. With this kind of hard paper, it would be easy, and he could make a deck of playing cards in minutes.

"I have it at home, I'll ask Huan'er to bring it to my husband." Lin Shiyue's answer made Li Fei even more excited.

After a while, Huan'er brought the hard paper.

Li Fei tried the feel, and it was as expected.The next step is simple, just cut out 54 pieces according to the shape and size, then draw the pattern and write the number.

With the help of Zeng A Niu, Huan Er and his wife Lin Shiyue, 54 cards were cut out in a short while.

Li Fei asked Lin Shiyue for pens and inks again. Black and red inks were necessary. Fortunately, Datang was rich in materials and already had red inks.

Li Fei began to write pictures on the playing cards, all of which were written in Chinese characters from one to nine. After all, no one in the Tang Dynasty could recognize Arabic numerals, and he would have to spend time explaining them if he wanted to use them.

J, Q, K, big and small kings.Then draw spades, hearts, clubs, and diamonds.As well as the patterns on J, Q, K and kings and kings.

Li Fei once specially practiced calligraphy and painting, although not very superb, but not bad.

Lin Shiyue's beautiful eyes are shining. Judging from Li Fei's painting and calligraphy, Li Fei has certain calligraphy and painting skills, which surprised Lin Shiyue.Her little husband is really not simple, she doesn't know how many things are hidden and hasn't been revealed, she has to dig slowly.

After the ink on it dried, Li Fei put the cards in his hands, shuffled them again, and the feeling of playing cards with his roommates in the dormitory all night came back.

"Husband, what is this? Is it a game similar to Ye Zixi?" Lin Shiyue blinked her beautiful eyes and asked curiously.

Li Fei nodded and said, "Well, it's similar to the leaf card game, it's called Fighting the Landlord."
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(End of this chapter)