Gospel of Lazy Cancer

With the sound of firecrackers a year old, the spring breeze sent warmth to Tusu.

This Spring Festival seems to be extraordinarily lively in Beijing, probably because a new card game called Three Kingdoms Kill has become popular among scholars.

It contains many historical figures of the Three Kingdoms period. You can choose your favorite characters, use their related skills and different strategies, and fight at the card table.The characters are designed very interestingly. Not only the appearance and clothing are different, but also the skills are unique, presenting vivid characters and wonderful legends.

"Who is this Lu Meng?" The fifteen-year-old boy moved closer to his brother, who was playing cards with his friends.

The boy looked at the exquisite card on the desk without blinking. On it was a mysterious man wearing a bamboo hat and a cloak. Under the hat, part of his face was faintly covered, revealing a handsome side face and chin. His cold eyes seemed to contain calculations in the darkness.There are many swords and guns behind him, it seems that there are hundreds of thousands of troops, and he looks like a general leading the troops.

The boy has already read a few characters and recognized the character's name, but the characters written on the skills below are too small for him to read clearly. He wanted to take a closer look, but his brother pushed him aside and forbade him to approach.

"I'm just like this. I licked my face and begged that kid from the Pu family for a long time, and even paid me a good horse. You don't care about the weight in your hands, but you have to stay away."

The boy pursed his mouth unhappily: "You don't even show it, how stingy!"

His elder brother was afraid that he would go to his parents to complain, so he explained to him: "Have you heard the allusion of Wuxia Ameng?"

The boy shook his head.

"Master, did you go to sleep in class?"

Regardless of his mocking tone, the boy stared at the beautiful and delicate card with big eyes, and said coquettishly, "Brother, tell me."

His elder brother talked about Lu Meng's life incessantly, and told several allusions, such as admiration, crossing the river in white clothes.

"His skill is called self-restraint, which comes from the "Three Kingdoms". He is brave and decisive, knows military strategies, and he is clever, and he captures Guan Yu. He is the most wonderful. Although he killed lightly at the beginning, he finally restrained himself. He is like a national scholar. quantity……"

The boy was ignorant of what he heard, and he felt very powerful. He caught a key word: "He caught Guan Yu, is he stronger than a martial artist?"

Before his brother could answer, he heard another young man at the poker table snort: "Sun Wu dog thief, how can he be compared with the handsome bearded man who is so righteous? Lu thief's skills are also very harmful to others. He has accumulated so many cards. A gloomy person."

He is playing Guan Yu in this game. On the card, Guan Yunchang is holding the Qinglong Yanyue Saber and riding a horse under his crotch. His eyes are like torches, lifelike, as if he is about to rush to the battlefield in the next second.

"Sun Wu joined forces with Cao Cao to capture Jingzhou. Guan Yu lost to Maicheng and was killed by Ma Zhong. Lu Meng was the governor of Sun Wu at that time, so Guan Yu was defeated by Lu Meng. Why is Lu Meng not as good as Guan Yunchang?" The boy's brother was a little proud , he has already drawn Liannu in this round, and he has accumulated enough killing cards, so he can take the opponent away in one go, and he is sure of winning.

The boy has been completely neglected by the two teenagers, they are fierce and unyielding, and they have allusions at their fingertips. The flames of war spread from individual characters to the Three Kingdoms struggle for hegemony, as well as unofficial and official history, and later generations' comments on the Three Kingdoms.

"Didn't expect you to be Sun Wu?" The young man opposite had a betrayed expression on his face. He is a hardcore Xishu party member, and he usually loves to listen to Taoyuan three knots when he listens to operas. "I want to break up with you!"

"People can go, but the cards stay." Are you pretending that I didn't see you secretly stuffing the cards in your sleeve?

"You just give me the card of Martial Saint! You can still play the whole deck with one less character!"

"I can't do without one, I want the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang to be neat and tidy."

"Then you give me Zhao Zilong."

"Let's break up the relationship!"

After driving away the stinging friends, the boy's elder brother carefully put away the cards, admiring them while returning them.

His family and the Pu family are family friends and relatives. When he saw the exquisite hand-painted cards when he walked around during the New Year's day, he was shocked when he first saw it. He had never seen such a painting method.

The characters' eyebrows are expressive, and their demeanors are outlined with each stroke, or they are glaring, as if they are about to grab a stab, or they are calm and calm, planning a strategy.And the details of the clothes are very eye-catching, even the armors of the generals are different, which perfectly reflect the personality of the characters.

At that time, he thought that if the painter's name was known, the threshold would be broken.

Park Jiayan didn't invite him to play at first, because a certain cousin of the Pu family was fat and prone to sweating, so he insisted not to let him touch it, and asked himself to replace him.They played a few rounds together, and they were all addicted to it, unable to extricate themselves.

He was one of the first group of people who got the engraved edition. At the beginning, Pu Jiayan had only one copy in his hand. Later, he couldn't stand their troubles, so he sent people from the book printing workshop to engrave and print. Because of the time-consuming and laborious color printing, he has only obtained dozens of sets so far. .

It is said that this chess and card game also came from Jinyang. In recent years, Jinyang has been very lively, and the drum car is also from there. It can be said that there are outstanding people.In fact, many people secretly wondered if it had something to do with the old man who had already retired the house.

While tidying up, the sleeves were pulled by Xiao Douding.

"Brother, tell me about the Three Kingdoms again."

Seeing that the usually mischievous younger brother was rarely obedient and begged himself so much, he agreed, picked up his younger brother and let him sit on his lap, showed him one by one, and told the story while watching.

In addition to generals, there are also women.

"Mrs. Sun actually looks like this!"

"Big Joe and Little Joe are so beautiful!"

"I like Zhen Mi the most."

After appreciating all the characters, the boy thought deeply: "Brother, I think they are even more beautiful than the oiran ladies."

Brother, you are really talented. "When did you meet the oiran?"

"Last year's Lantern Festival, they performed at Washe, and our whole family went."

His brother coughed lightly: "It's really beautiful." There are beauties here, and I forget the vulgarity when I see them.

If this card is painted according to a real person...

Then Yao Chen will get cramped by the little wolf dog.

In fact, the first letter he received after the Spring Festival was the sour questioning of the little wolf dog.

Before parting, he only had time to give the card to Pu Jiayan. Pu Jiayan hurried on his way without time to read it carefully. He opened the gift halfway. Although he felt very surprised, he almost didn't let the driver turn around and come back immediately. Fortunately, there was Fang's family in the convoy. The housekeeper tried his best to persuade him, so that the trip was not delayed.

But he wrote a letter eloquently, and every sentence of questioning hit the depths of his soul.

Why did Zhen Mi show her arms?Indecent!

Cao Cao is a dwarf, not so tall and mighty at all.

Guo Jia's clothes are wide open, is it the distortion of human nature or the loss of morality...

To sum it up in one sentence: I like you so much, why do you pretend to be other handsome men and beautiful women in your mind?

Yao Chen didn't expect that Park Jiayan would receive the letter after leaving for only two days. He was still a little surprised. The capital is at least ten days away from here, so why did he arrive so quickly?After taking it apart and looking at it, it showed a puzzled expression.

He calmly replied: Baby, I love you the most, you are the only one, okay.

Park Jiayan was not comforted at all.

Little Rabbit has excellent drawing skills and has a style of his own. The more he looks at that deck, the more he likes it, and the more he likes it, the angrier he gets.

That's right, he even eats the vinegar of the ancients.

Little Rabbit hasn't painted a portrait of himself yet... I feel wronged.

Just thinking about this, he suddenly saw a small portrait drawn on the back of the letter paper. The head was big and round, and the body was about the same size as the head. It has a tail, it's neither a dog nor a human, it's a little weird, but also a little cute.

The person in the painting has a vivid demeanor. He looks outside with a fierce expression, as if he is staring at the person watching the painting. However, his face is plump and his appearance is very cute, which does not make people feel fierce at all.

As if afraid that people who looked at the painting would not recognize it, the painter wrote a small word on its clothes.

Little Wolf Dog: This painting is definitely not me!

Yao Chen: It's you, it's you, it's you!

Yao Chen originally thought that writing letters would be relatively dull, or he didn't know what to write. After all, his life was lacking, and Park Jiayan knew about the big and small things around him.

He never expected that Park Jiayan would react to his painstaking gift in such a way. The two wrote tens of thousands of words back and forth on the characters on the card—mainly Park Jiayan was writing. It is not good for his reputation to spread it out, so check back and forth with critical eyes, giving examples one, two and three.

Yao Chen felt a little wronged.

In fact, he has restrained himself a lot, not to mention his chest and legs are not exposed, women's body shape should always be more charming and coquettish, commensurate with male characters with different postures, not too much difference.Moreover, he also did some special research to adjust the character image according to the current aesthetics and standards, such as Diao Chan, one of the four beauties of the legendary Blue Star Planting Flowers, because this era has not heard of it, so he can only give up.

Taking a step back, this is for Pu Jiayan's private enjoyment, at most, he will know about it with a few friends, and will not spread it.

He was a little angry at the little wolf dog's ignorance, so he drew two pictures of letting himself go, and sent them out in a letter.

Yao Chen snorted: "Let me show you what the real indecent looks like."

Of course, he still has points. He only painted women, but he didn't dare to draw men.

Before receiving a reply, Yao Chen saw that he and his relatives had almost finished their New Year greetings, so he packed up and went back to the city to help reopen the family shop.His mother Zhou didn't come back with her when she returned to the city this time. She was diagnosed as pregnant and was raising her baby at home.

In order to give back to customers during the Chinese New Year, the Yao family specially made two ovens of chicken cakes to give away, and a small piece will be given away when they spend [-] Wen.For a breakfast of twenty renminbi, the millet bought is enough for an ordinary family of four to feed for a day, which is quite luxurious enough in the city.It's just that there are many rich people in the city, so I don't have to worry about not being able to send them out.

Although Yao's chicken cakes are not for sale, they are well-known among a small number of people, and the sweetness of the baked cakes is very attractive. Usually, those who are reluctant to buy too much early can't help but buy [-] cents.

Those who came here often like Yan Duizheng even bought three or four baskets of cooking cakes for his subordinates to eat, and took the gift cakes back to his mother-in-law.

"This cake smells delicious and tastes even more delicious. It smells like eggs. It's so sweet. You put a lot of sugar in it, right?"

Yao Erlang nodded, he was very polite to the general, usually he would take care of everything on the street, even idlers and rangers would not dare to provoke him.While packing the snacks, he said auspicious words such as "step by step" and "Gong Xi Fa Cai" to Team Yan.

"Boss, if you don't like sweets, you can give them to us!" His soldiers had a bold joke.

"Masters eat very sweet food, and the biscuits are not enough to fill your stomach?" Team Yan was waving them away like flies.

Even so, after he went back, he still took a piece of it under the strange eyes of his daughter-in-law.

These days, sugar is very expensive and has little sweetness. Sweets like chicken cakes are suitable for all ages, men and women alike.

Someone heard the news and came, only to find that they had already been delivered.

"Is there still delivery tomorrow?"

"There are some, and they will disappear after the first lunar month." Yao Erlang replied.

Others were not disappointed when they heard that they were still available until the Lantern Festival, and secretly decided to get up early tomorrow to buy them.

For several days, people who came for the cakes lined up in front of the shop.

Seeing that the business is so good, Mrs. Li intends to make cakes and sell them, but the manpower is really insufficient. If the cake business is added, it is necessary to hire people, and the cost of eggs, stone honey, etc. is really not low, although it seems that they are not worried about selling. , but the elders have to nod.

Yao Chen thought for a while: "The morning is too busy. If you really want to sell, you might as well use the afternoon. You have to be careful in hiring people, so as not to teach people to learn the recipe."

"That's the reason."

Near noon, Yao Chen was looking at the shop outside, while his family was busy inside, so it was relatively free at this time, he was flipping through the books while taking care of the business.If there is no Zhou family in the shop, he will take over.

Yao Chen: I wasted a vacation, it's time to make up my homework.

Someone came over and asked, "Xiao Langjun, do you still have pastries at home?"

"No more." The chicken cakes in the shop at home had already been delivered by now.

Yao Chen raised his head to look at the person while he was answering the question, only to realize that the person who was asking the question was an octogenarian man, who seemed to be older than his grandfather, with gray temples and a hale and hearty spirit.Although he was dressed plainly, Yao Chen dared not be rude.

One is that the average life expectancy is very short at this time, only about 50 years old, and sixty can be called a long lifespan. At that time, people respected the elderly very much, and the government gave gifts to the local elderly people every year and festival; The calluses of farm work do not have the temperament of merchants. They should be scholars and dare not neglect.

"The old man is very polite." Yao Chen saw that the old man brought his servants, who seemed to come here specially, thought for a while and said, "My pastry is not sold, but only given away, for the good luck of the New Year. It is true that the pastry has been distributed this morning, and there are still some cakes left at home. A few yuan, if you don’t mind, I’ll give it to you if you buy over [-] Wen.”

"Good." Hearing that, the servant hurried forward to pay.

"Wait a minute, I'll fetch it for you."

Yao Chen skillfully packed the old man.

"Why do you only give it away and not sell it?" the old man asked kindly.

I'm afraid of being tired, and I don't understand hunger marketing.

Yao Chen didn't tell the truth, but said: "A gentleman loves money with a degree."

This is a cliché that conforms to public values, but the old man sees it through at a glance: "I don't think so. After the cost is taken into account in the past few days, your family should be earning more than usual."

Yao Chen profusely: old and fine.

"Old man, I will give you the rest, but you have to keep it secret for my family."

The old man was very happy.

Servant: "..." This is probably the cheapest bribe I have ever received in my life.

The old man was none other than Pu Jiayan's great-grandfather, Mrs. Fang.He went out this time at random, and no one knew about it. On the way, he heard people talking about the excitement of Yao's shop recently, so he came here on a whim.

Seeing Yao Chen not letting go of the book during his spare time at work, he was secretly satisfied: he is simple and eager to learn.After talking with him, I found that he is not a pedantic person, but has a flexible mind and a straightforward and lovely heart. That brat did not misunderstand the person.

"How do you see him?" Old Master Fang asked the servants beside him in a good mood.

The servant he brought out had also been with him for many years, and it was obvious that the master had a good impression of the young man.

"The old slave can see anything, but seeing that you and the young master both like it, I think it's great."

Mrs. Fang also felt a bit of a headache when he thought of Pu Jiayan. This time it was hard to restrain himself when he returned to Beijing, and it seemed that there was a big commotion again. He also gave himself a printed set of Three Kingdoms chess cards, which were indeed quite interesting, but the old man was old When I grew up, I usually lacked energy, so I gave it to a younger generation. I heard that young people like it very much, so I didn't care about it later.

As a result, this card game was spread from Jinyang to the capital, and then from the capital back to the city. It spread quietly, and when Yao Chen found out, it had become popular and pirated copies were everywhere.

Yao Chen found out that this matter was still at Zheng Hao's house.He came to visit according to the time appointed in the previous post. Under Zheng Hao's recommendation, he met his parents and seniors, and greeted his peers. There were also a few classmates from the school.

When Yao Chen arrived, they were commenting on the heroes of the Three Kingdoms.

"...Cao Mengde is skilled in military tactics and good at poetry. I think this accompanying text is just right, 'Mountains never get too high, and seas never get too deep. The Duke of Zhou vomits his nourishment, and the world returns to his heart'."

It was normal up to here, but then Yao Chen felt something was wrong.

"Emperor Wei Wu is very talented, but this skill is called traitorous hero. You can immediately get cards that cause damage to him. Some people think that although the skill is good, the traitorous hero's evaluation is unfair."

Some people echoed: "At that time, people respected Liu and demoted Cao. When they heard Liu Xuande's defeat, those who burst into tears when they heard Cao Cao's defeat, they were happy to sing happily... It is said that once Liu Bei's benevolent skills are released, you will lose two cards in your hand and recover a little bit. Physical strength is really a headache."

"If it matches with Mrs. Sun, it will be even more powerful!"

"Extremely so."

Yao Chen: "..."

Several people discussed the drawing skills of the cards again.

"I've never seen this kind of painting. This card is exquisitely made. Which bookstore bought it? The workmanship of the one in the east of the city is really inferior."

"What is this? The expressions of the characters are dull, and the armor and clothing are all the same. You have never seen the reprinted version from Fang Jiajing. It is almost the same as the original version, and it is said to be lifelike."

Someone asked Yao Chen: "You have a very close relationship with Park Jiayan, have you met?"

"No." Yao Chen took a sip of his tea.

Niu Xiaoding wanted to say: I have seen it!

He has also collected several sets in the past few days, but they are far inferior to the set played at Yao Chen's place. He is not confused about big things, and he doesn't say it easily, but he can't brag in front of relatives and friends, and he is really panicked.

So when Yao Chen came to visit, Niu Xiaoding took his little friend and begged his grandpa to tell his grandma to ask for it. He didn't dare to think about the original version, but the reprinted version in Beijing can come in seven or eight sets.

Yao Chen: You really dare to open your mouth. I don’t even have one!