Sparrow God Reborn

Competitive Mahjong has been around for decades.

Over the past few decades, technology has advanced, fashion has reincarnated, and even prices have doubled several times.Nothing is set in stone, and neither is the sparrow.

It also took a lot of time from the folks to fight each other to have a regular team, competition system and competition.Now that such a mature and stable bird world has been formed, I don't know how many old rules of play have been eliminated.

The "Sunset Red" team, as the name suggests, has the style of an old art troupe, and it is the earliest professional team in the competitive mahjong.

It is better to say that it is a professional game team of competitive mahjong, rather it is the part that connects the middle of competitive mahjong and folk mahjong.The step from amateur to professional looks simple, but it takes a lot of effort to cross it.The old rules and styles of play were gradually replaced by new ones. Therefore, the earliest batch of teams basically couldn't keep up with the era of rapid development, declined, or were disbanded, or transferred, and gradually disappeared.

"Sunset Red" is one of the eliminated teams.

It’s just that compared to these teams, “Sunset Red” is just like its name. It can no longer compete with the new Zhaoxia. It is obviously on the verge of disappearing, but it refuses to retreat. It is both ridiculous and tragic.

"'Sunset Red' was eliminated in the first domestic mahjong regular season last year, and didn't even qualify for the championship... There are too few reports. There are not many articles and they are all badly written. What?" Fang Dahai checked the information with his mobile phone.

In the car, Yan Yang said while driving: "No, at the beginning of the professional competition, 'Sunset Red' stole the limelight. I heard that any one from the team is really a master. The first few competitions They won all the championships. But... the heroes don't mention the bravery in the past," Yan Yang sighed, "Now it's no longer possible."

Ying Xiuxiu helped the hat that was about to slip off, and asked curiously, "Since you were so good before, why can't you do it now?"

"Sister Xiuxiu, don't you look at how many years ago it was." Yan Yang said disapprovingly: "I was still breastfeeding when they were in the limelight, oh, maybe my dad was still breastfeeding too. Anyway, it was a long time ago, and those top masters are already old. People are old, their memory is declining, and their health is not good. How can they compare with those young people? Besides, those old men don’t understand the current hype, and their commercial value is too high. Low, this is like the difference between an old factory and a new factory, survival of the fittest, natural law."

"It won't happen that their strength drops to the point where they are eliminated in the first game of the regular season," Mrs. Zheng frowned, "unless their strength is adulterated."

"No matter how good the team is, it can't be complacent," Yan Yang said, "It was originally unable to compete with those new teams. I heard that the prices offered are also average, and no newcomers are willing to come in. Without new players, the team How could it be good? The last time I went to see it, the players who went to the game were all crooked melons and cracked dates, just three or two crooked melons and cracked dates, and they wanted to change jobs at any time. Let me tell you, 'Sunset Red' is not really popular, At most two years, sooner or later they will be disbanded." He glanced at Yan Ze in the rearview mirror and muttered dissatisfiedly: "I don't know why I have to push people into the fire pit..."

"It's because the team is free." Ying Rao said, "Hao Meng's style of play is different from the traditional style of play in the professional circle. 'Sunset Red' was originally a non-governmental amateur player, so it might fit well with him. .”

"I admit that they also play Ye Luzi," Yan Yang is still not optimistic, "But Ye Luzi and Hao Meng are not from the same era. And their team... Forget it, I will not talk about it."

"Okay," Hao Meng, the protagonist, said, "Let's not talk too much, just go and have a look."

The "Sunset Red" team that Yan Ze proposed to him, except for Yan Yang's dissatisfaction, everyone else said that they could look at it again. Of course, it may be because other people don't understand what the "Sunset Red" team is at all.

But the sooner the better, the better it is to join the team, preferably before this year's regular season.Hao Meng decided to first investigate what kind of team "Sunset Red" is.

But because the current "Sunset Red" is no different from a third-rate small team, maybe even worse than a third-rate small team, there is no contact person, so the group had to go find it in person.

Going around, the car drove to the outskirts and didn't know where it was, so Yanyang stopped the car, finally found a place to park the car, and the group got out of the car.

"Just this place?" Fang Dahai looked around, "I can't believe it."

"It's really... so broken..." Ying Xiuxiu said.

Like a market in a small county town?Anyway, not in the urban area, I am used to seeing the studios of ordinary teams in office buildings and commercial buildings. At first glance, this atmosphere close to life, everyone is a bit unaccustomed to it.

Yan Ze glanced at the phone: "It's nearby, look for it."

10 minute later.

"This is 'Sunset Red'?" Fang Dahai asked, "Did we go wrong?"

"It should be the wrong way." Yan Yang stood in front of the door, turned his head and said, "It should be just the same name, isn't it Yan Ze?"

Yan Ze: "That's right."

In front of the group was an old-fashioned community, with two red lanterns hanging at the entrance of the old-fashioned community, the residential buildings were not high, and the community was full of narrow alleys and alleys.Not far from the guard room, there is a chess and card room for the elderly. The door is broken, and a sign is hung on it. I wrote the words "Sunset Red Elderly Activity Center" crookedly with a brush.

"Is this an activity center for the elderly?" Ying Xiuxiu asked, "Is the activity center for the elderly the same as the racing team?"

"Their team no longer has a separate training room." Yan Ze pushed open the door and said, "Go in and have a look."

Once inside, everyone was a little dazed.

There are more than ten large tables, full of people.All of them were grandpas and aunts, wearing old men's vests and flowered sarongs, holding cattail fans and teacups, the ceiling fans on their heads were blowing "hush, wheezy", and there was the sound of "crackling" shuffling cards, some with grandson.Laughing and cursing, the atmosphere of the market is strong, making people go back to many years ago, when I was a child, the days when my grandparents led me to play cards...

Hao Meng, a group of young people standing in the middle of it, seems to be people from two eras, clearly incompatible.

An aunt who was wearing reading glasses and knitting a sweater saw them and came over and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Hao Meng stared at the red woolen yarn and wooden needle in her hand, swallowing her saliva even on a hot day, and said, "Let's find Dou Zongming."

Dou Zongming is the person in charge and captain of the "Sunset Red" team.In today's sparrow world, the person in charge often doesn't understand sparrows, let alone being the captain himself.But in that era, it was different.

"Brother Zong Ming?" The aunt's tone suddenly changed, and she began to look eagerly at Hao Meng and his party. She asked, "What are you looking for Brother Zong Ming for? Are you his relatives?"

Hao Meng was so startled by the phrase "Brother Zong Ming" that his goosebumps dropped all over the floor, he collected himself, and then returned: "Well, we have something to discuss with him, how can I contact him? Do you have his mobile phone? "

"Ouch," the aunt who was knitting a sweater covered her mouth and smiled: "We are all very old, what kind of mobile phone do we use, we don't have any."

Ying Xiuxiu whispered to Ying Rao, "If she said otherwise, I thought she was eighteen this year."

"Then do you know where he lives?" Hao Meng asked, "How to contact him."

The aunt looked suspiciously at Hao Meng again, then at Yan Ze, then at Ying Rao, her eyes swept over one by one, she probably felt that this group of handsome men and beauties didn't look like bad guys, so she reached in. Pointing in a direction, he said: "Here, it's the innermost building, the third floor, where he lives. If you have anything to do, you can go to his house to look for it." He added: "We have very good security here!"

Hao Meng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, thanked the aunt, and went to the building inside.

"Why do I feel so unreliable?" Fang Dahai said: "This training room is a chess and card center for the elderly? Don't tell me that those old men in it are players? Why don't we go back?"

"Agreed." Yan Yang said immediately, "I agree."

"Don't you understand the truth about bullying young people and being poor?" Hao Meng walked upstairs and said, "Feng Shui takes turns, if it's not good now, it doesn't mean it's not good in the future, right?"

"Where the hell is this young? People who are half buried in the ground are still young? We don't have such a young boy in our family." Fang Dahai said: "What do you say?"

"I think it's okay," Ying Xiuxiu said, "It's just that this place is a little broken."

There was no elevator in the old-fashioned residential building. Fortunately, the floors were not high. When they climbed to the third floor, Hao Meng reached out and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened, and a big boy in a white T-shirt stood at the door and looked at them.

The boy was in his early twenties at most. He showed a pair of small canine teeth when he spoke, looked a little dazed, and was holding a watering pot for flowers.Seeing so many people, he seemed a little surprised, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, is this Dou Zongming's home?" Hao Meng asked, "Let's find Dou Zongming."

The boy was even more surprised when he heard the words, and said, "Are you looking for my grandpa?" He was embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, my grandpa has gone out and is not at home."

went out?

Yan Ze asked: "Do you know when he will come back?"

"It's hard to tell," the boy said enthusiastically, "Why don't you come in and sit down, and I'll make you a pot of tea."

Everyone followed the boy into the house.

Although the house is small, it is surprisingly tidy.A row of flowers were planted on the balcony. As soon as everyone entered, the small living room was packed to the brim.There is a row of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall of the TV in the living room. The letter on the far right reads "Live as long as the heaven and earth, and shine as brightly as the sun and the moon".

Dou Zongming's grandson came over to pour tea, saw everyone's eyes, and said, "This is written by my grandfather himself. By the way," he remembered something and smiled, "I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Dou Dou."

"Doudou?" Hao Meng said, "My name is Hao Meng, and this is Yanze." He introduced others to Doudou one by one.

Fang Dahai said to Tang Xiaolong: "This kid is really familiar."

This was heard by Dou Dou, and he explained with a smile: "It's not Dou Dou, it's Dou, whose name is Dou. I would like to ask, why are you here looking for my grandfather?"

Hao Meng and Yan Ze looked at each other, Hao Meng said: "It's like this, your grandfather has a team, right? I don't know if the team is still recruiting, we want to see."

As soon as these words came out, Dou Dou's expression became very strange, and he said, "You don't think you want to join my grandpa's team, do you?"

"There are plans for this."

Dou Dou looked at Hao Meng with some doubts, and suddenly moved a little closer, as if he wanted to take a closer look at Hao Meng. After a few seconds, he suddenly gasped and said, "You, you are from the rookie competition not long ago. Champion? I saw you on TV!"

Hao Meng didn't expect that he would still be famous here, he said, "Well, it's just luck."

Dou Dou glanced past Hao Meng again, as if he saw Yan Ze's face clearly at this moment, he froze for a moment: "Yan... Yan..."

"Yan Ze." Yan Yang kindly reminded him.

"You are a rookie champion, come to my grandfather's team?" Dou Dou was dumbfounded for a moment, then thought of something, looked at Hao Meng and shook his head, "You...you should give up."

"Why do you say that?" Hao Meng wondered.

"My grandfather won't agree." Dou Dou sighed.

"Wu Dou, are you right?" Yan Yang couldn't help but said, "This is the champion of the rookie competition. You don't know how many people are vying for him now! Why doesn't your grandfather agree? We have never been the only ones who don't agree." Promise to others? Your grandpa is quite high-sighted!"

"It's not like this..." Dou Dou hurriedly waved his hands, as if he wanted to explain, but he couldn't explain clearly, and finally fell silent, and said in a low voice, "Anyway... I'm sorry."

"No need to apologize." Yan Ze said, "Let's talk about it after your grandfather comes back."

Time passed by, and everyone was crowded in the small living room of Dou Zongming's house. The others were fine, but Dou Dou was worried and looked very disturbed, sitting on the side was very pitiful.

In the evening, people suddenly heard voices outside.

Dou Dou stood up suddenly and said, "My grandpa is back!"

Before everyone could react, they heard the sound of keys opening the door. Everyone stood up from the sofa and saw three people walking in from the door.

All three are old men.

The old man on the far left is a little shorter, smiling, holding a cattail fan in his hand, humming a little tune from some country, the tune is quite mild, and he stopped suddenly when he saw so many people in the living room.

The old man on the far right is very thin, with high cheekbones, thick and bushy eyebrows, and piercing eyes. I don't know if it is hot, his cheeks are flushed, and the vest he is wearing is almost stuck to his body.He still held a pipe in his right hand and a wine bottle in his left, looking quite calm and pretentious.

The old man standing in the middle is a little taller than the other two.Although he is old, he is full of energy.He was neither friendly nor fierce, his eyebrows were somewhat similar to Dou Dou's, but deeper like the sea, with an indescribable temperament, and looked at everyone very calmly.

Although these three people are already old and their clothes are very ordinary, but they are three very energetic old men. The three outstanding handsome men.

"Who are they?" asked the old man in the middle.

"Grandpa," Dou Dou hurriedly said, "They are here to look for you." He then introduced to Hao Meng and the others: "This is my grandpa."

Hao Meng looked at the old man in the middle, and it turned out that this was "Brother Zong Ming", Dou Zongming.

Dou Zongming put down the vegetable basket in his hand, and then asked them: "What do you want from me?"

"Mr. Dou is the person in charge of the 'Sunset Red' team," Yan Ze said, "My friend wants to join the team, so come and have a look."

"Join the team?" Dou Zongming was startled, and asked slowly: "Join, our team?"

"Did I hear you right?" The smiling old man plucked his ears, shook his cattail fan again, and said, "Is there anyone else who wants to join the team now? Young man, who wants to join our team?"

The old man's tone was teasing, and he was smiling. At first glance, he was somewhat similar to Yan Kunying's always amiable look, but it was different.Yan Kunying's smile is a bit slick and sophisticated, which makes people feel uneasy.The old man's smile is clever and cunning, making people vigilant.

"It's me." Hao Meng said.

The old man looked at Hao Meng with a smile, and said, "Not bad, not bad, he looks clean." He said, "Captain, do you want to think about it? Our team hasn't entered for several years. Newcomer. It’s rare to have such a discerning young man.”

"Are you kidding me!" The old man holding a pipe and looking a bit violent interrupted him immediately, and said, "He's another bastard who came here to cheat food and drink," he sneered, looking at Hao Meng's There was also a hint of unkindness in the eyes, "All cats and dogs are here!"

"Speak with respect." Mrs. Zheng immediately retorted, "Who would come here to cheat food and drink with such a poor condition? My dad's tea garden branch opened in the countryside is [-] times better than this!"

"Well said!" Fang Dahai applauded: "That's great!"

"Grandpa," Ying Xiuxiu said, "my brother didn't come here to cheat. I don't know if you watched the Mahjong Rookie Challenge some time ago. My brother was the champion. There are so many teams vying for him, but there is no one." Is it necessary to come to your place to cheat food and drink?"

The irritable old man blushed and turned pale, snorted, and stopped talking.

"Are you that champion?" Hearing this, Dou Zongming seemed a little surprised, but soon, he regained his composure, and said calmly: "No matter what, the team is no longer recruiting new players. You should go back, with your Conditions, picking any team at random is much better than being here."

"Can I ask why?" Yan Ze smiled and said, "As for the price, we can discuss it."

As soon as he spoke, the three old men were stunned. They were all in the circle, and Yan Ze's face was no stranger.But after all, he is a senior who has lived for so many years. Although it was unexpected, he didn't show it too much.

Dou Dou hesitated to speak, but Dou Zongming shook his head and said, "It's not for this reason."

"Why is that?" Hao Meng asked.

"The 'Sunset Red' team will be disbanded soon." Dou Zongming said slowly, "We have no way to recruit new players."