Entering the palace the next day, Yunzuo actually chatted with Fu Xuechen about the royal family's desire to buy out the secret recipe for making telescopes. Fortunately, Fu Yuchen reminded Fu Xuechen that Fu Xuechen had already received instructions from his parents and smoothly reached a consensus with Yunzuo, verbally.

The terms of cooperation were agreed upon.

After the two of them go back to report to their families, their two young children no longer have to worry about the subsequent matters. The parents behind them will take over and intervene. Their most important current task is still to study.

In Fu Xuechen's memory, she has been in school for more than 20 years in her two lifetimes, and has been working in society for less than two years. Although she has long been used to it, she is also very tired of it. Fortunately, she only needs to replace Fu Yuchen for three times in this life.

It’s only been a month, and more than a month has passed. There will still be three days off for the Holy Birthday Festival.

Shengshou Festival is not a fixed holiday. The day it falls on in a year is determined by the birthday of the Queen Mother. It is different in every dynasty and every generation. It does not have to be celebrated every year, but every ten years.

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In addition, there is the Longevity Festival for the emperor's birthday, and the Qianqiu Festival for the birthdays of the empress, imperial concubines, and crown princes. As long as people are alive, they must celebrate their tenth birthday. In this way, there will be many more holidays for all the people in the world to take a break and celebrate together.

While Fu Xuechen was working as a reading companion, the closest holiday was the Holy Birthday Festival for the Queen Mother's 70th birthday this year, which was only seven days away from today.

There was a lot of excitement among the people. Inside and outside the palace, up and down the court, all the relatives of the emperor and noble officials were thinking about how to give birthday gifts to the Queen Mother.

Birthday gifts should be given in a way that is in line with one's own status. It should not surpass those with a higher status than oneself, but should also be decent and not rude. It is best to give it at a low cost, and allow the recipient to appreciate and remember it. This is really a good thing.

It is a very brain-burning thing. Many people ponder it for many days, but in the end they may not be able to come up with a new idea, and it can only be lost to everyone.

The interesting story Fu Xuechen could think of about giving birthday gifts to the Queen Mother was that in the film and television drama of the previous life, He Shen gave a pair of longevity characters made of pearls inlaid on the screen. It was extremely luxurious. The other extreme was the so-called longevity gift.

Ji Xiaolan, a poor scholar, sent a birthday couplet.

As the Holy Birthday Festival approaches, the princes can't help but chat with their companions about this matter. They are not only curious to find out what kind of birthday gifts their companions' family will prepare, but also looking for inspiration for their own gifts.

Even Yun Zuo was not exempt from vulgarity. During the break in class, he chatted with Fu Xuechen for several times.

"The Imperial Grandmother has always been kind to my mother-in-law. When I was a child, the Imperial Grandmother even carried me to her yard and raised me personally for quite some time."

When Yoongi Zuo mentioned this, he felt admiration for the Queen Mother, but this also made him quite troubled: "In the past, the Queen Mother liked the birthday greetings written by my mother and concubine, and also liked the various essays and essays handwritten by my mother and concubine.

, it’s just that in the past two years, the imperial grandmother’s eyes have become blurred, and she can’t read well. It would be inappropriate to give these things to her! Even if the imperial grandmother doesn’t mind, my mother-in-law is afraid that others will make irresponsible remarks about it.

,Alas! It’s so difficult!”

The types of materials in ancient times were not abundant, and they were far from being compared with those of later generations. Apart from delicacies, dry goods, nutritional supplements, gold and silver jewelry, and classic paintings and calligraphy, there were probably only antiques and curios left.

In future generations, you can give gifts to the elderly. Apart from these, you can also choose many technological products! Before Fu Xuechen traveled through time, there were even companion simulation smart pets designed for the elderly, not to mention other electronic products that can help the elderly with their daily lives, such as chatting

Robots, smart heaters, etc.

"I'll give you a gift sample in two days!" Fu Xuechen thought for a while and thought he could help Yun Zuo.

For Fu Xuechen, who has experienced the dazzling variety of rich materials in later generations, he can come up with several new gifts in the blink of an eye.

While giving advice to Yoong Zuo, she even thought of birthday gifts that her parents could give her. She could go back and give her parents ideas as well. I believe they would readily agree to her idea.

Yoong Zuo was just complaining at first, and he never thought that his reading companion could help him come up with any ideas. Suddenly, he was stunned when he heard Fu Xuechen's sure words: "What kind of gift is it?"

Fu Xuechen smiled: "It is a recreational toy that is very suitable for ladies in the back homes of wealthy families."

Yoong Zuo was confused: "Leaf card?"

"It's almost the same, but it's not leaf tiles. I couldn't understand it before I made it." Fu Xuechen didn't know if there was mahjong in Darong Empire, so he had to go find out first.

But most of them don’t exist. The formation of mahjong in the previous life seems to have been in the late Ming and Qing Dynasties. Before that, mahjong was not called mahjong, but called leaf tiles. It was in the shape of playing cards, with only the preliminary tubes and no white spots in the southeast, northwest, and northwest.

With eight flower cards, the total number of cards is not many, and the rules of the game are very simple.

Yun Zuo glanced at Fu Xuechen in surprise. In the Darong Empire, leaf cards were a very popular pastime. From high-ranking officials to ordinary people, almost men, women and children could play it. He couldn't think of what else Fu Xuechen could do.

This new pastime can be said to be similar to leaf cards, but not leaf cards?

After all, he would be able to see the sample soon, so Yoong Zuo did not continue to ask any more questions.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye. On this day, Fu Xuechen successfully brought the sample mahjong into the palace and handed it to Yunzuo.

This is a pair of mahjong tiles made of sandalwood. The size, specifications and weight are similar to the mahjong tiles of later generations. The front half is painted with white primer and engraved with various standard colors, while the back half is painted with dark red paint.

"This is called a mahjong tile, also called a sparrow tile. To make it quick, I asked people to use small leaf rosewood to make it. If you want to pursue nobility and luxury, you can use jade, white jade, ivory or other materials to make it."

Fu Xuechen first gave a brief explanation to Yunzuo, and then carefully provided him with the basic rules of playing mahjong, including playing a table with four people, playing the game, and the most basic rules for counting.

"There are many variations of how to play Mahjong tiles. If you get tired of playing this way, I can provide you with other ways to play." Fu Xuechen concluded confidently.

After thinking about it, Fu Xuechen reminded again: "Because the rules of the game include chips to count, this thing is the same as Pai Gow. It can easily be taken to the casino and turned into a new gambling tool. If you are too addicted, it can also

It's better not to let this thing spread among the people if it makes people ruined."

Having said that, common people always like to imitate nobles. If mahjong is popular among the nobles, it will be difficult to prevent its gameplay and shape from spreading to the lower classes. People who like to gamble can gamble on anything. Without mahjong
Chapter completed!