There are many small mahjong clubs in Santaizi, most of them are in old buildings with three houses, a kitchen and a bathroom.
There are very few original residents of the old building. Most of them have bought new buildings and rented out the old houses. The rent is cheap, ranging from 200 to 240 a month. Most of the people renting the old houses are migrant workers, or
He is an idle person who is divorced, has no house, and has no job.
There are also some people who are renovating their homes and renting here temporarily. There are also people whose sons got married and whose parents gave the building to their sons as new houses and rented a house here. There are many such people. Parents would give up everything for their children. It's pitiful.
The hearts of parents in the world.
There are generally three types of people who go to mahjong clubs to play mahjong.
One kind is the old man and old woman who have nothing to do at home after retirement. They take their pension and spend their time playing mahjong without much chance of winning or losing. They just have fun.
It's quite interesting to watch these old men and women playing mahjong. Children and old people sometimes get so angry that they argue over a few cents of winning or losing, or even a yellow game. But after today's quarrel, tomorrow will be fine, and we are still sitting here.
Playing mahjong at a table.
The second type of people are the main players in the mahjong club. They are between the ages of thirty-five and fifty. Most of them are divorced single men and women, half of them are employed and half are unemployed.
Those who have a job report to the mahjong club as soon as possible after work every day and play until midnight. Winning or losing is not important. The important thing is to find a good match.
Those who are unemployed are purely idle people. They have little money and don’t want to find a job. They spend all day in the mahjong club. It’s easier to win with ideas. If you lose all your ideas, you borrow them from the boss of the mahjong club and pay them back after you win. It’s really true.
If you run out of money, you can borrow money from your friends. If you have borrowed money, you can continue playing. If you run out of money, you can borrow it again.
The boss of the mahjong club turns a blind eye to such people, knowing that they don't have much money, so he doesn't kick them out, just keeps them, and can help them when there is a shortage of three, so as not to end up in a bad game.
These people have one thing in common: they are single, laid-off, and do not want to find a job before retirement age. They are free from society. They are full of complaints about life and resentment towards society. They think that everyone is sorry for them. They brag about how capable they are, but in fact they are useless.
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The third type of people are mahjong enthusiasts. They don't stay in mahjong clubs all day long and have their own jobs. They usually enjoy playing on Saturdays and Sundays. They don't care about winning or losing, they just like it.
When Lao Tan entered the mahjong club, there were four people sitting in the room, two men and two women.
The men are Lao Hei and Brother Liu.
Brother Liu is in his fifties, with a black face and a burly figure. He used to be a physical education teacher. He drank so much that his eyes were damaged and he suffered from macular degeneration and retired from the disease early. He always comes to play mahjong when he has nothing to do. He is a loyal master of the Lao Hei family.
Said. Last time, Lao Tan sat at the same table with Brother Liu. Brother Liu was practical and kind, and he had a bad temper with Lao Tan. The two of them invited each other out for a drink that day. They chatted and became friends.
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I was very happy to see Brother Liu here in Lao Tan, and I thought I would go out for a drink with Brother Liu after playing for a while, otherwise I would be alone at noon.
The two women are about forty years old. One is dressed as a housewife, and the other is beautiful and charming.
Seeing Lao Tan arrive, Lao Hei smiled and said, "Lingzi and Yanzi are here, and Brother Liu just arrived. Three of them are short of one. I was thinking about who to look for. I looked through the phone book and looked at my brother's phone number."
Old Tan smiled and said hello to Brother Liu.
Lao Hei introduced the two women to Lao Tan. The housewife's name was Xiaoling, who rented a house in the compound and worked as a cleaner for Gome Electrical Appliances. The pretty girl's name was Yanzi, and she was a frequent visitor to the mahjong club.
When they had enough people, the four of them started playing cards.
Brother Liu had bad eyesight and needed to sit in a well-lit place. He was given a seat by the window. Lao Tan sat across from him, and Yanzi and Xiaoling sat on either side.
Logically speaking, Brother Liu shouldn't be playing mahjong with this look in his eyes. He couldn't see clearly. He always mistook six numbers for nine numbers and thirty thousand for twenty thousand. Sometimes he had to be reminded by others to take it back if he made a mistake.
But he is so popular that everyone regards him as their big brother, so no one cares about this.
Brother Liu is the most popular person in the mahjong club. He is a decent person, outspoken, outspoken, and loves to make friends. He loves to be with both men and women. His two major hobbies in life are drinking and playing mahjong. When he was young, he
My wife didn't control me when I was playing, and I don't care about it now, but there is one rule that I must abide by, and I must go home before dark - my eyesight is not good, and I am afraid of being hit by a car when I cross the road at night.
Brother Liu asked Lao Tan while playing cards: "Brother Tan, have you found a job these days?"
Lao Tan said: "I'm looking for it."
"It should be easy for you to find a job in a hotel," Brother Liu said.
"good."
When Lao Tan came in just now, Yanzi thought he was a member of society. He had a bald head, a bandit face, and a fierce look on his face. He looked quite scary. Hearing that Lao Tan turned out to be a chef, he asked, "Are you a chef?"
Lao Tan smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, chef."
"The chef earns more than three thousand a month, right?" Yanzi asked.
"About that, that's all." Lao Tan replied.
"Where did you do it?" Yanzi continued to ask.
"I just came back after I was out of town."
Yanzi stopped asking and started to concentrate on playing mahjong.
She is forty-four years old and is an employee of the Lingbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative. She was laid off after buying out her seniority in 1996. She planned to open a restaurant with others but failed. Later, she sold cosmetics and earned some money. Later, her husband had an affair and they divorced.
After the divorce, I partnered with a man. We separated two years later and have not found him since. He is very popular in the mahjong club and is as popular as Brother Liu.
The four of them played for an hour, and Lao Tan lost thirty yuan.
During this period, three people came in one after another from the mahjong club, but one person was still missing from the game. After waiting for a long time, no one came, and the three people seemed to be leaving.
Lao Tan told Brother Liu to stop fighting and go out for a drink. So the two of them stood up and stopped playing, leaving it to the other two.
Seeing that she had not lost any money, Yanzi stopped playing and gave up her seat to the remaining player. So Brother Liu called her and Lao Tan out of the mahjong club.
The three of them came to the Yingai Cold Noodle Shop where Lao Tan and Brother Liu had a drink last time. The boss warmly greeted them to sit down and recommended the dog meat, which was freshly cooked and hot.
Brother Liu ordered a pound of dog meat and a stir-fry of dried tofu. Yanzi ordered a stir-fried ink stick. The boss looked at the dishes for three people and added a plate of peanuts to make four dishes.
The food and drinks were served, and the three of them drank leisurely and chatted.
Yanzi asked Brother Liu: "Brother Liu, is your sister-in-law at work?"
Brother Liu replied: "Go to work."
"Sister-in-law also quit, right?"
"She left early to help out at the supermarket owned by her classmate. She works half a day and will be back at three in the afternoon."
"How much does sister-in-law pay now?" Yanzi asked.
"Her salary is low, with a pension of 1,930, and her classmate's pension is 1,500, which adds up to 3,440," Brother Liu said.
Yanzi said: "My sister-in-law is really capable." Then he said: "Brother Liu, you have four thousand a month, and my sister-in-law has three thousand and four. If you two old people can't spend it, why don't you just tell my sister-in-law to stop doing it? Why bother with that?"
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Brother Liu said: "If you don't listen, I won't let her do it for a long time. She has no leisure time and doesn't want to stay at home. She is not tired at her classmates. It's good to have something to do, so she doesn't have to stay at home and make trouble."
Heart."
Lao Tan thought that Brother Liu and his sister-in-law were from this city. They had an employer and retired at home with more than 7,000 yuan a month. They had pension, medical insurance, and provident fund. They had a ready-made house, no worries about food and clothing, and they could enjoy themselves all day long.
I also have the capital to enjoy myself. If I am not good enough, as a working person, I cannot compare with others and have nothing. If I don’t work, I have no money to spend, so I can only rest on my laurels.
At this time, the gap between a part-time worker and a local person is revealed. People in this city have security after retirement, while part-time workers do not. If you want to survive, you have to work non-stop. When will you feel that the money you earn is enough to support you in retirement?
to stop.
Lao Tanxin said that he was only thirty-seven and had to work hard. He couldn't hang out in the mahjong club like Brother Liu all day long. He didn't have the capital. He was working in Binhai for 7,000 a month, and he was guarding the house and land in the provincial capital. He was not the head chef and only cooked food.
, just give me six thousand.
Just as they were making plans, Yanzi's phone rang.
"I'm drinking with friends at Yingai's house, will you come over?" Yanzi asked
Seeing that the person on the other end of the phone was interested in coming over, Yanzi said, "Come here, it's not fun to be at home. Your family won't go home for lunch, so come here for a drink and wait for you."
After that, he hung up the phone and said to Brother Liu and Lao Tan, "I have a girlfriend."
Brother Liu smiled and said: "Your friend, ask her to come over, there are so many people."
Yanzi said: "Come over in a moment. I have a good friend. I have known you for eight years."
After saying that, I felt that it was Lao Tan and Brother Liu who went out to drink together, so I felt a little embarrassed to call my friend over, so I felt a little embarrassed, so I said, "I'll treat you to today's meal."
Brother Liu immediately said: "What are you talking about? How can I ask you to invite me and scold Brother Liu?"
Yanzi smiled sheepishly.
Lao Tan said: "No one should argue with me. Anyone who quarrels with me will be jealous."
A red taxi parked outside the store, and a thirty-five or six-year-old woman got out of the car. She was tall, beautiful, with exquisite makeup, and her hair was pulled high. A pair of beautiful big eyes were like autumn water, Gu Pansheng
Hui.
He was wearing a white down jacket, a pair of gray woolen pants, and a pair of black semi-high-heeled leather boots.
The proud figure is looming, and the ups and downs of the mountains evoke rich reverie.
The woman opened the store door and looked inside. She saw the swallow waving to her and walked over with a smile.
When the woman almost reached the table, Lao Tan, who was sitting with his back to the door, turned around.
The woman stopped involuntarily when she saw Old Tan, opened her eyes in disbelief, and exclaimed: "You——"