Looking at the mahjong tiles on the table—the characters, the circles, the bamboos, and the winds—Su Mu’s eyes started to glaze over. He hadn't the faintest idea how to play.
"Little Mu, first, let us teach you how to win," the ladies said. Despite his confusion, Song and the others were incredibly patient. "Look, in this hand, you have two four-circles; that’s a pair. Then you have five, six, and seven of characters, that’s a set. And here, you have three one-bamboos; that’s also a set. See? Like this, you win. That’s a standard win. There’s another type called 'all-pairs,' where your whole hand is made of pairs—that’s hard to get, and you can't 'pong' other people's tiles for it, because that counts as a set already. There’s also a 'messy' win, like having a one, five, and nine of characters..."
The more Song Yanxia and the others explained, the dizzier Su Mu felt. He had started off remembering a tiny bit, but by the time they finished, it had all vanished from his mind.
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