Time passes.

In the blink of an eye, it has been three months since I came to this ancient time, and the time has gradually turned from spring to midsummer. Gardens, rockeries, pavilions, courtyards, streets, painting boats, Ning Yi has gradually become familiar with this ancient world, but many times, he always feels bored.

Probably because I used to be busy, but now I don't have a computer and no work, I don't have anything to do, and I always feel itchy hands. The Su family is happy to see his boredom, after all, the reason why he was allowed to be rich before was to give Su Tan'er a reason to stay in his own family and not marry out, and this reason, it is best not to have too much restlessness. Of course, in general, he is still enjoying all this boring everything, walking around every day, looking at the ancient people, looking at the ancient ladies, thinking about some messy things in his head, and most of all, when he sees something, he thinks about how many times he can increase his profits and how to make money if he comes to do it.

The boss has been the boss for too long, and the devil is stunned...... He laughed and scolded himself like this, so these things were just thoughts, and then settled back into the back of his mind.

Compared with his leisure, his titular wife, Su Tan'er, is obviously very busy. However, no matter how busy she is, she will basically go home on time to eat, in this sense, there are ancient benefits in ancient times, women can not be as casual as men anyway, take a step back and say, the rhythm of ancient work is not as breathless as modern times, every day with a computer on your back, the plane flies here and there, and processes a lot of information at any time, in the era when the flow of information is not rapid, you can't produce such workaholics, you can always find time to rest, because you gave an order, They haven't reacted yet.

Probably regarded himself as a real honest man, sitting together to eat every day, and she was always the one who provoked the topic, exchanging information and enlivening the atmosphere, Ning Yi also casually said a few perfunctory words, he has been rolling in the mall for so many years, and he has already developed the ability to speak casually without making people feel that he is perfunctory, which is much higher than Su Tan'er's number of paragraphs, so every time they eat together, Ning Yi will think of the two in the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

After eating, if it rains, most of everyone is in their respective rooms, Su Tan'er reads, occasionally plays the piano casually, and does female red embroidery, he simply reads and writes, or he is in a daze, occasionally finding a piece of paper to do the business deduction that he used to do, making assumptions for the stock market, etc., and then he feels bored - unless there is an emergency, Su Tan'er will also take a carriage to go out. If the weather is good, Ning Yi will basically go out to hang out, and Su Tan'er will also go to see the shops and workshops in the city, and the two will go their separate ways.

The maid named Xiaochan has been following him, and she has probably become a maid who specializes in serving him in the past few months, which is also Su Tan'er's arrangement, it can be seen that Xiaochan intends to have a good relationship with him, and when she cleans up things in the room, she will always nag and say something, and the parents are short, or where did the young lady go today, what did she do, for this young lady, it can be seen that she admires and likes it very much, Su Tan'er is indeed very good to her subordinates. And Ning Yi's response was probably a nod and a smile. When he goes out, this little girl always follows him, sometimes he will not go, and when he is tired, he will sit in the nearby teahouse and eat a small snack, and the little girl will also take out broken silver from the delicate small purse to pay the bill, so that he feels that the ancient second ancestor is probably like this.

It's almost the same in modern times, he doesn't have to swipe his own card when he goes out to buy things...... Well, it looks like I haven't really gone out to buy anything in years.

Recently, he likes to watch people play chess by the Qinhuai River.

A street by the river is not too lively, in the suburbs of the city, the location is slightly biased, there are no big shops, there are more small traders on the road who carry the burden, and there are not many pedestrians, there is often an old man who puts a chessboard there under a tree near the river, occasionally there will be a few old men looking there, occasionally some scholars will come over, there is a tea stall next to it, that time he and Xiaochan are tired of walking here to rest, while drinking tea and looking at it casually, the two old men who play chess are very good at chess, he thinks it is worthy of ancient times, Whatever two old guys are doing so well. Since then, I have often come over, an old man is fixed, and the opponent is often changed, but after watching it for a long time, most of them are also acquaintances, and their chess skills are generally very high.

This kind of mental work is probably one of the few entertainment he can find here. In fact, the Qinhuai River was recognized as the most prosperous and extravagant area at that time, all kinds of painting boats and prostitutes were in groups, and it became a night when it came to night, he walked every day, and often heard about some romantic affairs and the like, but everything had to be measured, since he was in the Su family, and this kind of entertainment, it was probably insulated. However, in his previous life, he had already read all kinds of things that were extremely luxurious, and he naturally would not be very interested in them now. ,

The following day, the weather was a little cloudy, but it seemed that it was still raining early, he and Xiaochan went to the tea stall, and there were two old men below, about a while, a person who looked like a family came over here, and said a few words to an old man, the old man nodded: "Qin Gong, there is an urgent matter at home, this game of chess ......"

"At the moment, there is no winner or loser, how about a tie?"

"So good......

The two of them said a few words, and then an old man left, the old man who set up the chess stall began to collect the children, Ning Yi drank the tea in his hand in one gulp, and stood up: "I don't have to look at it, Xiaochan will pay the bill." ”

Xiaochan was taking out her purse, and the old man in the back opened her mouth: "This son has come to watch chess recently, and he wants to have a lot of experience in this way, but he is willing to talk about a game with the old man?" "There's no opponent, just grab someone.

"Uh......" Ning Yi was stunned and looked at the sky, "It's average...... All right. ”

He sat down opposite the old man, and when he helped collect the chess, there were naturally things like "who is the son", Ning Yi replied casually, after collecting the chess, guessing the piece, Ning Yi took the white first, he was not polite, and put the chess pieces on the spot.

"Well, this is ...... start," the old man looked at him, then just frowned and followed.

In this way, you and I probably made more than a dozen moves, and the old man's brows furrowed even deeper, and he said suspiciously: "Childe's chess skills, dare to ask who you learned from whom?" ”

"Look at the chess game and figure it out for yourself."

"Oh, no wonder ......"

After this sentence, the old man didn't say more, the two of them played silently under the tree by the river, Xiaochan sat on the side, occasionally looked up at the sky, she really didn't understand Go, she just felt that the more the old man thought about it, the deeper the wrinkles on his head, looked up at Ning Yi from time to time, or shook his head occasionally, the white son on the chessboard was huge, and the black child was gradually killed.

About an hour later, the old man admitted his defeat, raised his head and looked at Ning Yi seriously for a moment, Ning Yi still had a faint look that seemed to think everything was interesting: "Childe's chess strength ...... Superb, is there a bit of ...... in the means of playing chess" The old man considered the words, Ning Yi packed up the chess pieces, but smiled: "Playing chess to win, it's like two armies facing each other, how can there be a difference?" ”

"Playing chess is a gentleman's ......"

"The old man thinks that playing chess can show a person's heart." Ning Yi said casually, taking back the chess pieces one by one, "Is it accurate?" ”

The old man was stunned, groaned slightly, and then shook his head and smiled, and stretched out his hand to clean up the chess pieces: "It's not very accurate." ”

After packing up the chessboard, seeing that the sky was cloudy and raining, Ning Yi and Xiaochan went back in the direction of Sufu, along the way, Xiaochan looked at him with a little surprise, and couldn't help asking, "Uncle won?" ”

"Ah, I'm afraid it's not good to go over and watch chess again in the future."

"What are you doing?"

"Don't you think he's a bad guy anymore?"

"When you play chess, you think your uncle is a bad person?" The little girl glanced back, "It must be because my uncle won him, he was angry...... My husband's public energy is really small. ”

Naturally, this is just a casual remark, the old man is also a very well-cultivated person, naturally he will not be angry about this kind of thing, but at this time Go is very measured, playing chess between friends, above board, up to the point, some aggressive and even stubborn and stalkative methods that lose their demeanor will not be used indiscriminately, but playing chess is just a simple brain game for Ning Yi, coupled with the imbalance of information between the two sides, although the old man also has a fairly high chess ability, he was still killed by Ning Yi's successive small means, It can be regarded as bringing a small sense of satisfaction to Ning Yi's heart that modern people bullied ancient people.

When I got home that day, Su Tan'er was also coming back from outside, and the little maid named Xing'er was beckoning a few people to move fabrics to the young lady's room, probably new and colorful. Seeing them coming back, Juan'er upstairs came down with a big wooden box: "Uncle, uncle, Miss heard that my uncle likes to play chess very much, and I saw it on the street today, so I specially bought it back and gave it to my uncle." "In fact, it was a gift from someone else, Su Tan'er didn't use it, and what she got back was a box with Go. Ning Yi was taken aback: "In this way, thank you for me." ”

"Uncle, thank yourself." The little girl grinned and ran upstairs again, Ning Yi shook her head, and went back to the room with Go, there are no people I know here, who are you playing with? ,

Juan'er went back to the room, and several people who moved the goods had already left the courtyard, and she learned Ning Yi's voice: "Miss, my uncle said, 'Xie Lu Xie Niangzi for me'." Then Su Tan'er who was reading the account book knocked his forehead with his hand, the master and servant are considered to have grown up together, although they talk about dignity and humility, but they have always had intimate feelings like sisters, but Su Tan'er is busy when she is busy, it is not good to make too many jokes, after reading the account book, Su Tan'er looked carefully at the cloth, and at this time Chan'er and Xing'er also came in. Seeing Chan'er, she smiled: "I followed my uncle out to watch chess today?" ”

"Hmm." Chan'er's little head shook, "I don't understand." ”

"I don't like Go either." Su Tan'er shook her head, went out and went home to be busy all morning, only then could she take a little rest, picked up a piece of rice paper on the table, frowned and asked Chan'er: "Is this really a poem written by my uncle?" ”

The rice paper was brought by Chan'er in the morning, and then the probe looked at it, and immediately confirmed: "Yes, I saw my uncle write it, and he said that he practiced calligraphy." ”

Su Tan'er frowned and looked at it a few more times, before she put it down, this poem was hastily brought over by Chan'er in the morning, and then Su Tan'er was ready to go out, ran around for half a morning, and only had time to read it when she came back, and the apricot below had not yet seen it, and saw that the young lady had a rich expression and came over to take a look with interest. The three maids actually learned poetry and arithmetic, and when they held it in their hands, they also wrinkled their little faces into buns.

"Three lotus lotus floating pools...... The raft can have thoughts, dewdrops...... Wet sand walls, twilight and loneliness...... What do you mean? ”

In the room on the other side, Ning Yi stood in front of the table and sorted out the rice paper manuscript, ready to throw it away or burn it, he practiced writing ten pages yesterday, only to find that Zhang was missing, thought about it for a while, but shook his head and laughed: "It's strange if you can understand it......"

Then there was a thunderstorm.

The heavy rain in summer is violent, and in the sound of the sky, the sky is so dark that it seems to be evening, but in such weather, I opened the window and looked at the garden mansion soaked in the heavy rain outside, which is quite leisurely. After a while, when Chan'er came over with some colors of fabric, Ning Yi was opening the box of Go in front of the desk and reading: "Uncle, Miss said that this is a new silk, let the maid measure it for Uncle and make clothes, Uncle see which color you like." ”

"Whatever."

"You can't just make new clothes." The little girl muttered, picked up the soft ruler and measured Ning Yi's height and length. Ning Yi looked at the heavy rain outside, and then looked at the little girl beside him.

"Anything in the afternoon?"

"It's nothing."

"Let's play chess."

"The slave doesn't know how to play Go."

"If you don't play Go, I'll teach you to play backgammon."

"Backgammon?" The little girl looked up at him, a look of confusion flashed in her eyes, she had never heard of this kind of chess......

So, this small courtyard has always been a little quiet, in the afternoon, you can often hear the cheers of little girls, although it is quiet and calm on weekdays, but Su Tan'er is eighteen years old, and the three little maids around her are only fourteen or fifteen years old. In the room on the other side, Su Tan'er sat in front of the window reading a book, Xing'er and Juan'er's two little girls were sitting in a row on a small bench embroidering, and occasionally heard the cheers of "I won, I won" faintly from the rain on the opposite side, so I couldn't help but look up curiously, and so on a few times, Xing'er was pricked by a needle and her fingers were pierced, and she sucked her fingertips in her mouth and looked over there suspiciously.

"Chan'er, this girl, what's wrong......

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