There is a couplet in the "Sanjitang" teahouse in Hankou, which can be called exquisite:

Help the heavens and the earth to help the people make a pot of tea

It's fun, it's elegant, it's genuine, and the tea is fragrant

On the morning of this day, the shopkeeper Cai of Deshun Teahouse learned that the farmer had come to Hankou, so he made a special trip to the "Sanjitang" teahouse to taste tea.

Cai's shopkeeper has passed the age of standing, he is lean, and it is said that he is quite good at fist and foot kung fu. Therefore, Cai's shopkeeper's Deshun Teahouse is naturally safe and sound, and customers are naturally down-to-earth when they drink tea, and business is of course prosperous.

The Deshun Teahouse is actually not big. There are three people in the main employment, and it is a small business. Cai's shopkeeper manages his own accounts, his wife is more than 20 years old, has a bit of grace, is warm and generous, and is responsible for ushering in the delivery.

Nonglu and Cai's shopkeeper had already sat down and began to taste tea, when a big man suddenly broke into the teahouse and shouted, "Bring the tea." ”

This big man stepped on the ground with one foot, and stepped on the bench with one foot like a bow, little by little, it was quite fierce, with a loud voice and a rough voice, listening to the accent, like a person from the Yellow River.

The little red girl was stunned, flashed the farmhouse with her eyes, and saw that the farmhouse was sitting still, so she smiled and groaned: "Please wait, the tea will come." Hurriedly served tea.

Without saying a word, the big man took the teacup and drank the tea. As soon as I took a sip, I made a "bah" sound! He spat on the ground and shouted, "What kind of tea is this?" ”

I saw that the big man raised his hand, and the teacup flew out "whirring", and the teacup was immediately broken in the middle of a window lattice, and then another palm hit the table, and the teapot jumped, and the mouth kept shouting, and he got up and was about to leave.

Shopkeeper Cai stepped forward first: "Brother Ren, please stay." Then he made a long gesture, "Little brother ...... here" said that it was too late and that was fast, and Leng Buding flew up with a kick, and the big man fell to the ground in response, and screamed "ouch".

At this time, in the teahouse, there was a "boo" sound from different corners.

Shopkeeper Cai smiled coldly, pointed to the farm, and yelled at the big man, "Call him Dad!" ”

The big man hurriedly called the farmer his father.

Shopkeeper Cai said with a straight face, "The voice is quiet, I can't hear it, and then call him dad loudly!" ”

The big man obediently called out loudly to the farmer's father again.

So, Shopkeeper Cai yelled, "Get out of here!" ”

The big man crawled out of the teahouse.

When the tea guests witnessed this scene in front of them, they all applauded, and then burst into laughter. Since then, Cai's shopkeeper has become more and more famous, and his Deshun teahouse has become more and more popular.

Nonglu thanked Shopkeeper Cai, and Shopkeeper Cai smiled, "It's a trivial matter." ”

Wang Xiucai is already familiar with the teahouse. At this time, he was walking around the second floor, and he said: "This chess game is a good livelihood in the teahouse." ”

Nong Lu replied with a smile: "It's really good." Then, he continued, in the teahouse, there is a saying, called no chess is not "color", sometimes a game of chess can lose a month's salary.

Wang Xiucai was taken aback: "Doesn't that affect life?" ”

Nong Lu smiled: "It's a small bet, it's okay." ”

Indeed it is. Not everyone enters the teahouse and has to spend some tea money, for example, there are a few chess players with superb chess skills, who play chess and gamble with others all day long, so they don't need to spend money to buy tea, which is the only place where the teahouse is designed to attract chess fans to enter the door.

Because at this time, there is also a social atmosphere of "color" with chess, which is a very common thing, from capitalists, rich second generations, university professors, down to company employees, dock workers, etc., do not think that gambling with chess will hinder Fengya itself. However, after all, playing "color" chess is different from the gambling stalls in the market, and chess fans are spontaneous and control the amount of gambling money within the range that does not affect normal life. To put it bluntly, it means to be entertained.

There are several algorithms for this chess game:

In terms of children, according to the oral agreement reached by both parties in advance, how much money is lost and how much money is given, such as one cent and one son, one dime and one son, and so on.

Or take the victory and defeat as the base, plus the number of wins, for example, the two sides negotiate well, the bottom of the plate is one dime, lose one son and one point, and one side loses ten sons, then the amount is two cents.

Or the round system, that is, no matter how many pieces a game of chess wins, only a pre-negotiated "lottery" is given.

Because of this "color head", every game of chess in the teahouse must be played, and there is no such thing as a mid-game thrower, even if you lose badly, you have to grit your teeth and clean up the official, and this game of chess is finished.

Some people make a living by playing "color" chess. Mr. Duan, who is invincible all over the teahouse, is one of them. This Mr. Duan has inconvenient legs and feet, and every time he comes back to the teahouse, he is on crutches.

He made extraordinary moves on the chessboard, and he had the style of a hidden master in a novel. Talking with each other, they learned that Mr. Duan was from Enshi and had been a barrister in Chongqing. Due to the turbulent times, Mr. Duan later lost his job and went home to play chess to make ends meet. When asked by a chess friend how Mr. Duan's leg was lame, he avoided talking about it.

After learning the truth, Qin Yuhe discussed with the farmer, and took pity on his life as a cultural person, so he exempted Mr. Duan's tea money.

Most of the "jackpots" in chess games are just for fun, and there are also some chess games where the wins and losses are relatively large. For example, the battle of will between the masters, the bottom set at the beginning is relatively high, if the other side of the master is slaughtered by the dragon, the amount involved in this game of chess will be large, up to a month's salary of ordinary people, this money is equal to their income of half a month, which is a lot of money.

According to insiders, Mr. Duan's gambling is quite good, and when he has been in the teahouse for a long time, he has never seen chess fans quarrel and turn their faces together when they lose money. This situation may also have something to do with the Go project itself, that is, the skill of chess is a very clear thing, and it is clear at a glance as soon as you make a move, so there is no luck on the chessboard, only real skills, and if you lose, you can't blame others.

Here's another interesting fact:

There were a few chess fans who discussed and pooled money to invite masters, among whom there was an old man in his sixties who was a chess addict who played on the floor for more than a year in the teahouse, and he couldn't go home after playing chess.

Anyone who plays chess knows that it is a rare enjoyment to be able to seize the opportunity to play a game of chess with a master, even if you lose badly. For the teahouse, of course, it is a good thing, and with popularity, this tea will naturally have more money.

In the teahouse, these chess friends have a deep friendship with each other, one of them is a university professor, and later because of his connections and high education, he also served as the head coach of the regional Go team.

One day, several people got up again and decided to pool money to invite masters from other places to play chess in Hankou, and they set their sights on Xiong Liang, a master of Jiangxia.

With the approval of the Sanjitang Teahouse and Farmhouse, several people contributed money from each family and invited Xiong Liang to Hankou. Xiong Liang is in his early sixties, and he stayed in the teahouse for a few days, and he couldn't think about it, so he couldn't leave for a long time, and he didn't do anything else every day, and he made a living by playing chess to win "color heads". The chess friends had to point out with a high finger, and even praised the initiators for being "exquisite" in doing things, and then also drove the business of the teahouse.

No one can say how long Xiong Liang would have stayed in Hankou if it weren't for the turbulent times. In short, this heartless Go master played a shop in the teahouse for some time, and then left due to an emergency. Otherwise, I really don't know how long he will stay in the teahouse. In the meantime, some chess friends said that they had never seen the little old man contact his family again.

Acquaintance with chess, each has its own fate, which is also because the teahouse provides a platform for competition.