TPITWOHEF

Chapter 134

Board game, Monopoly?

Although Liu Chaniang had given birth to a child and become a mother, she was not yet thirty years old and still very young.

Upon hearing her daughter's chatter about board games, Liu Chaniang's eyes lit up, and she could barely sit still.

"If only we had a board game now, I could let my brother play it during his smallpox inoculation period."

"He wouldn't have to always think about reading and writing, it's too exhausting to overwork his brain."

Xiao Chuchu thought about various board games and still missed Monopoly the most.

She hadn't played this old-fashioned game for a long time herself.

"Monopoly is so much more interesting than the leaf game the consorts play in the palace."

"The leaf game makes my head spin, I still don't understand it~"

Liu Chaniang deeply agreed with her daughter's words. She didn't like the leaf game either, but the Empress Dowager loved it.

When there was nothing else to do, the Empress Dowager would always drag the Empress or other consorts to play it all afternoon.

Liu Chaniang always avoided the Cining Palace during this time, for fear of being caught to play cards.

Could it be that the board game her daughter mentioned, this Monopoly thing, was also made of small paper cards like the leaf game?

"No, I have to recall how the rules of this Monopoly are set. When I grow up, I'll have to recreate it."

Xiao Chuchu was already imagining it.

"I want to play with Mother, Aunt Min, my brother, and even my wet nurse!"

"Hmm, I think each player starts with ten thousand or twenty thousand in money."

"The game currency has many denominations, from as little as ten yuan to as much as five thousand yuan."

Liu Chaniang stared wide-eyed. This game had such precise silver values?

"Then there are different properties and lands, with varying prices."

"You roll the dice, and if you land on an unowned property, you can choose whether to buy it or not. If you land on someone else's property, you have to pay rent..."

"In the end, whoever has the most money wins. Hehe, thinking about it this way, making this board game isn't hard at all."

"Alright, I'm tired," said the Empress Dowager, who hadn't slept much all night due to worry and was ready to dismiss everyone. "You all must be exhausted too, go back and rest."

Liu Chaniang hurriedly stood up. As she took her leave, she was already thinking about whether to make her daughter's 'Monopoly' board with paper or some other material!

This game sounded so interesting.

Just listening to her daughter talk about it, Liu Chaniang felt a fresh sense of 'playing house.'

But it was more meaningful than playing house.

It required thinking, and the competition to see who had the most money truly matched the current prosperous trend in Jing Country, from the Ministry of Revenue to the common people, everyone striving towards wealth!

As Liu Chaniang thought about it, her eyes shone brightly.

"Hmph, some people really know how to put on a show."

"How heartless, not even caring about her own son!"

Consort Li and the other consorts, jealous that Liu Chaniang was praised by the Empress Dowager, started making snide remarks as soon as they left the Cining Palace.