flstandardbreds Chapter 163 Making Playing Cards
Chapter 163 Making Playing Cards
After lunch, we continued on our journey and it would take another hour to reach Qingshui County.
After lunch, Zheng Zhimin and the other two were so sleepy that they went back to their carriages to rest.
Several maids were finally able to come back to serve the county lady. Seeing that everyone was fine and riding in a carriage was indeed boring, Zheng Sisi took out a bundle that she had prepared long ago.
There were two pairs of scissors and some white cardboard inside, which was what Grandpa used to write. There was still a lot of unused cardboard that had been kept in the cabinet, so she secretly took some out. This kind of cardboard is very suitable for making playing cards.
When the maids saw the bag that she had prepared, they thought she had bought it on the street and did not suspect anything.
On the opening day of the restaurant, several aunts sat there and chatted while waiting for grandma. They couldn't move around, and there wasn't much to talk about, so Zheng Sisi thought of modern mahjong and playing cards, which are great ways to kill time.
Zheng Sisi has nothing to do in the car today, so she plans to make her own playing cards.
She used scissors to cut a piece of cardboard the size of her palm, and then cut four more cards according to the template.
After cutting the hair, she taught several maids to cut according to the cards, making sure the hair was cut evenly.
She took out a pen and ink and painted on one side of the card, diamonds, hearts, spades, clubs, and drew a complete deck of cards according to the pattern of modern playing cards. Unfortunately, the conditions were limited and there was no other colored ink.
Several maids watched the county lady writing and drawing, and were very curious as each drawing was different.
Rose asked: "County Lady, what are you drawing?"
Zheng Sisi didn't look up, but continued with her work. She also replied, "I'm going to make a deck of cards that you can play with. I'll teach you how to play when I'm done. It's really fun. You can use it to kill time when you're riding in a carriage in the future."
Dongzhi also said: "County Lady, it's so magical that you can play with a few pieces of paper."
Zheng Sisi: "Of course. Do you see the words above? Can you recognize a few of them? Read them to me."
The four maids stood up straight, starting with Qiuxiang, who pointed at the words on the cards. Because they had just been drawn and the ink was not dry yet, they were all arranged in order. Qiuxiang pointed out numbers 2 to 10.
After the four people took turns recognizing the words, they all looked at Zheng Sisi with anticipation, asking if she had read them correctly.
Zheng Sisi was very satisfied. These maids were all very smart, but they lacked guidance, otherwise they would not have been just maids.
She said affirmatively: "Oh, how come there are so many smart people around me who can recognize Arabic numerals so quickly."
The four maids knew that they had answered correctly, and they also knew that the county lady was teasing them.
Dongzhi said aggrievedly: "The county lady only knows how to tease us. The smartest person around us is of course you, the county lady. You taught us all the knowledge."
The other three nodded in unison.
Zheng Sisi blew on the quickly-drying ink, pointed to a few words on the cards and said, "This is the "A" in this deck, which is pronounced as "jian", and the "J" is pronounced as "gou", the pronunciation of "hook". This "Q" is pronounced as "dan", the pronunciation of "egg", and this "K" is pronounced as "ke", the pronunciation of "ke" in "overcome".
She arranged the cards according to the size of the cards that ran fastest, and told them: "In the next card game, 3 is the smallest, followed by 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A, 2. The largest is 2.
Zheng Sisi explained the rules of playing Run Fast to everyone, and the ink on the cards had just dried.
Zheng Sisi collected all the cards, shuffled them, and messed up the order of the cards.
Next, it was time to teach the four maids how to play cards. Running fast is a game for three people. Rose, Lily, and Dongzhi volunteered to try it first.
Zheng Sisi taught them how to pick up cards, how to insert cards, spread out the cards of all three parties, and then taught them how to play cards.
After playing four rounds like this, three of them found the feeling and said they had learned it. Zheng Sisi asked them not to show their cards and she could only look at her own cards to see who learned the best and fastest.
After playing a few games, Zheng Sisi announced that they had learned the basics, but they still needed to practice if they wanted to play with experts.
Even so, several maids were already very excited; they had already learned how to play poker.