eurekapd Chapter 224 Playing Mahjong
Chapter 224 Playing Mahjong
When Lu Chuan handed the grapes to Xu Han, Xu Han's eyes immediately lit up. The Taoist priest next to him gritted his teeth at the sight. Just thinking about it made his teeth ache. Forget it, he decided not to look at it!
After Xu Han finished eating the grapes, she said to Lu Chuan, "Lu Chuan, please make me a set of mahjong! We are just sitting around at home doing nothing, why not play some mahjong!"
"Mahjong? What is Mahjong?" Lu Chuan asked puzzledly.
Xu Han couldn't explain it clearly, so he took out a piece of paper and started drawing.
"Isn't this just playing Mahjong?" the Taoist priest shouted after seeing it.
"Have you seen the Taoist priest? Do you know how to play?" Xu Han asked.
"Yes, I have seen it! But it seems different from this. But you know what, I really don't know how to play it." After saying that, he laughed.
"You don't know that Taoist Yi has no friends in Beijing because of his personality. No one wants to play with him." Grandpa Zhao teased.
"You talk as if you have someone to play with. Over the years, I am the only one who pities you and drags you along to do everything."
"I am busy, okay? There are so many people waiting for me to treat them all day long! You are not so idle every day."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Lu Chuan quickly asked, "What is this mahjong made of, wood or bamboo?"
"Anything is fine. If there's hard wood, that will do. If there's no wood, bamboo will be fine too," said Xu Han.
"Then let's use wood! Wood is easier to make, and we still have some hardwood from making furniture at home! I'll get the tools and we'll do it in the main room." After Lu Chuan said that, he walked out of the main room and headed towards the backyard.
Now all the tools for carpentry are in the backyard! The backyard is large and no one lives there yet, so it is very convenient for storing things and making furniture.
Because the weather has been hot recently, all work except daily inspections has been stopped, and even Xu Han has been cooking less. It's really too hot to stay in the kitchen.
At present, some furniture in the backyard has not been completed, but the basic supplies are all there, so it is barely possible to move in.
I will continue making furniture when I have time or when I have some free time! Anyway, I am not in a hurry to move in now.
When Lu Chuan brought the tools and wood from the backyard, Xu Han had also finished drawing the basic patterns. Although the drawings were not good-looking, you could still tell what they were.
There are many ways to play mahjong, and different ways require different numbers of mahjong tiles. Xu Han wants to make 136 mahjong tiles, which is not difficult and is also quite fun.
"We need to first make 136 mahjong tiles of the same size but different sizes. The thickness should be about this size, and it will be this size." Xu Han said as he gestured to indicate the size.
Lu Chuan began to divide the wood blocks according to the sizes indicated by Xu Han. He wanted to divide them into larger pieces so that they would become smaller when he refined them later.
After Lu Chuan divided the mahjong pieces, everyone started to work together and began to adjust the size and thickness of the mahjong pieces according to the lines drawn in advance.
After everything has been trimmed, start drawing the mahjong blocks according to the pattern drawn in advance, and finally carve out the pattern and polish it until it is smooth.
In order to prevent the mahjong tiles from being damaged, Lu Chuan prepared some extra mahjong tiles.
Carving mahjong tiles is very demanding of patience. Lu Chuan was a little slower at this step. His big hands seemed fake and he could not control the carving knife at all.
Of course, the things he carved out looked weird, and finally Lu Chuan gave up.
On the contrary, although the Taoist priest is usually quite irritable, he actually works well, at least he can keep his composure. He is indeed a Taoist priest, this is different.
After trying several times, although Lu Chuan did not do well, he did not give up and began to carve some simpler patterns, which turned out to be quite good in the end.
In this way, the four of them worked together to make mahjong in their free time every day. Finally, on the fifth day, they made a set of purely handmade mahjong.
Each one is made by myself, and all of them are made of good wood from the mountains. The results are really good.
"Wow! These are so beautiful!" Xu Han looked carefully at the mahjong tiles in front of her. Each one was very exquisite.
Although it looked unfamiliar when looking closely, each piece of mahjong was made with great care, and the four of them still liked it very much.
Xu Han piled all the mahjong tiles together and placed them neatly, then said to Lu Chuan, "I think we still need a special box for mahjong tiles. Let's make a mahjong box with the same wood later!"
"Okay, this is easy. The Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao will polish the remaining mahjong tiles, and I will go to make the mahjong boxes. It will be finished by tomorrow." Lu Chuan said to Xu Han lovingly.
"Go quickly! It's time to go out for patrol again soon. Otherwise you won't be able to finish the work." Xu Han urged.
I will help you polish the remaining mahjong tiles.
"This mahjong has been played for a long time, so it must look good when polished. Look at the color of the wood. Wow. It really is good wood." Xu Han said while polishing.
"It's only because you live in the deep mountains that you can use such good wood. Otherwise, ordinary people really can't afford it." The Taoist priest joked.
"Hey, didn't we just happen to find a dying tree? The rest are just ordinary wood. We didn't go too extravagant!"
"Come on, you're just ungrateful after getting the advantage." The Taoist said with contempt.
The wood used to make mahjong was discovered by Lu Chuan and Xu Han by chance. At first, they just thought that the wood looked hard and suitable for making furniture, so they brought it back.
Later, when they were making furniture, Grandpa Zhao saw the wood and told them that it was a very precious kind of wood and very expensive. Only then did they realize they had picked up a treasure.
Originally, Lu Chuan was planning to use ordinary wood, but then he thought that he would definitely play with it often after it was made, so he just took the remaining piece of wood.
After Lu Chuan brought the wood, Xu Han put down the mahjong pieces in her hand and began to design the appearance of the mahjong box with Lu Chuan.
It would be a waste of such a good piece of wood if it was just made into a simple box.
So Xu Han planned to carve something on it, but she didn't know what to carve.
So I drew six cute little puppies, lying neatly on the front of the box.
There are also some lawns and flowers painted next to it, which look pretty nice when viewed alone, but when placed on our textured box, it looks out of place.
It doesn’t matter, as long as Xu Han likes it.