After lunch in Feng's mansion, Chen Caozhi's master and servant said goodbye to Feng Mengxiong, because he had to go to Xiji to hire tenants, and there was such a long way to go back to Ding's villa, so he couldn't delay more, out of courtesy, Chen Caozhi specially entered the inner courtyard to say goodbye to Feng's wife Sun, and Sun gave back a lot of gifts, and asked Chen Caozhi to say hello to Chen's mother Li on her behalf, and said that she would go to visit Chen's mother Li in a few days, and asked the little maid to call Feng Lingbo out to say goodbye to Chen Caozhi, Feng Lingbo refused, only gave Chen Caozhi a blessing behind the curtain, and the green skirt flashed, and it passed away.

Feng's wife, Sun Shi, said with a smile: "Girls are shy, where can they be more elegant and courteous - it, you have to move around more in the future, the two worlds are friendly, don't be estranged." ”

Chen Caozhi felt the enthusiasm of Uncle Feng's family in his heart, and left Feng's mansion with Laifu father and son, Laifu knew that Feng Mengxiong would find a way to help his family register in this county, and he was very grateful, and his worried heart was temporarily put down.

Came to a place to recruit tenants in Xiji, the two tenants that Laifu saw yesterday were already waiting there, Chen Caozhi asked a few words, and then agreed to hire them, the rent per mu of summer wheat price is 180 liters, and the general market is 200 liters, the two tenants are very happy, feel that such a master is not harsh, and promise to move the family to Chenjiawu after the Dragon Boat Festival.

According to the shopping list issued by the old housewife, Laifu bought a bunch of household belongings and farm tools such as ploughshares and sickles in the bazaar, and planned to return to Chenjiawu tomorrow first, and then come to pick up Chen Caozhi's uncle and nephew home in two days.

Laide yesterday according to Chen Caozhi's instructions, looking everywhere in the county, wanted to buy a pair of Go, but did not find it, then went to find it alone, Laide is quite stupid and loyal, do not buy Go will not stop, it is his fault that he can't buy it.

Xiji is bustling with people coming and going, but a handsome and gentle young man like Chen Caozhi is rare to see, so there are women who can't help but look at it, and the poor girl on the roadside also looks back frequently-

This is an era of extreme admiration for beauty, the beauty of landscapes, architecture, music, painting, and poetry...... Of course, it also includes the beauty of the complexion, the beautiful man Wei Jue in the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty from Yuzhang to Jianye, was surrounded by Jianye women and looked at it violently, "The Book of Songs" has a cloud "Cast me with papaya, repay it with Qiongju", so those women threw fruit at Wei Jue to show their love, Wei Jue was weak, was watched and thrown, and returned to the apartment and couldn't afford to be sick, this is the origin of the famous allusion of "watching and killing Wei Jue" -

Of course, the Qiantang woman was not so unrestrained, but the fiery eyes also made Chen Caozhi's forehead sweat slightly, but in the eyes of outsiders, this beautiful young man walked calmly and looked calm.

Laifu approached behind Chen Caozhi and said in a low voice: "Xiao Langjun, look at the two people standing against the wall, one old and one young, I came yesterday, and the two of them are also here, I saw that the old man had a broken arm, so he stepped forward and gave ten yuan and five baht, but the young man threw it back to me." ”

Chen's mother, Li, believed in Buddhism and kindness, and instructed people who came to Fu to help people with disabilities and illnesses as much as possible.

Chen Caozhi raised his eyes and saw that the old and the young were so big, the old left arm was broken at the elbow, and he didn't hide it, just like that, he showed the broken arm, his face was quite hideous, wrinkles mixed with scars, and his eyes were fierce; The young one, judging by his face, is only twelve or thirteen years old, but looking at his height, who dares to say that he is a child? He is nearly seven feet tall, his arms are surprisingly long, his palms are also large, his arms are hanging down, his eyes are rolling around, and he still has the innocence of a child.

Chen Caozhi didn't look any further, and walked out of the Xiji Fang and said: "Laifu, when you come to pick up the two tenants after the Dragon Boat Festival, come here again to have a look, if the old and the young are still unemployed, bring them back to Chenjiawu." ”

Rifle said: "This old one-armed, young childish, who will hire them?" What is Xiao Langjun going to hire them to do, to do good deeds? ”

Chen Caozhi smiled slightly: "Let others do good first, if no one does good, let's hire these old and young people." ”

Laifu didn't understand, but he didn't ask, and when he saw that everything he should buy was ready, he wanted to go back to Ding's villa, but Laide was nowhere to be found.

"This muddy boy, if you don't have Go, you won't have it, and other people's stores can conjure it up for you out of thin air!"

Laifu shook his head, feeling that his three sons were the stupidest of his youngest sons, even more stupid than when he was a father, and he didn't know how to turn around at all, and he didn't go back when he hit his head against the south wall, so he had to hit a hole.

After waiting for a while, Lai Fu saw that the women and girls who were watching Chen Caozhi were gradually growing, and the ox cart was going to be impassable, so he said: "Xiao Langjun, get in the car, let's go back first, and let the boy go alone." ”

Chen Caozhi also felt that this posture was not good, and was about to get into the car, when Laide came running, sweating profusely, and shouted: "Xiao Langjun, I have found Go." ”

Chen Caozhi saw that he was empty-handed, and the money bag on his waist couldn't hold a pair of chess pieces anyway, let alone a chess table, and asked, "Not enough money?" ”

Laide wiped his sweat with his sleeves, his face was red, and he said, "No, people just don't want to sell." ”

Laide walked all over the Qiantang County Lifang Lu Lane, every store went in and asked, but the annoying thing is that these shops seem to have everything, that is, there is no Go, there are shops to remind Laide to go to the county to buy, Qiantang County does not have Go, Laide does not give up, continue to find, but in the south of the city on the side of the small stone stream, see two scholars playing in the shade of the tree, that is not Go, Laide proposed to buy, the two scholars laughed, but did not scold him, only said to set up a Zhenlong problem, Laide will solve, Go will be given to him, The two scholars expected that Laide would not understand, and sure enough, seeing that he did not dare to answer, he ran away with a smoke, and the two looked at each other and laughed, and continued to play.

Laide said: "Xiao Langjun, you go to solve the Zhenlong problem, win a pair of Go and go home." ”

Chen Caozhi wanted to see what the game of Go was like in this era, should it still be the seventeen-way Go, it was much more boring, so he let Laide lead the way, he sat in the ox cart and went to the south of the city, leaving the group of women and girls in Xiji who sighed melancholy.

Little Stone Creek is a small river that runs through the north and south of Qiantang County, the river is full of small stones that are moist, so it is called Little Stone Creek, willow trees are planted all over the stream, the scenery is quite good, the chess player under the shade of the willow is very much the taste of the people in the picture.

Chen Cao got out of the car, approached slowly, four or five steps away from the chessboard, and watched the chess with his hands in his hands, and Laide stood behind him and stretched his neck.

The two scholars have entered the final game, and they are filling in one by one, and the big space surrounded by both sides and the two eyes that survive must be filled, which is the ancient rule of stopping, stopping the game and filling, and the child wins.

Chen Caozhi nodded secretly, and said in his heart: "This is a nineteen-way chessboard, except for the rules that are slightly different from those of later generations, the others are the same, and they have no effect on me at all. ”

The two scholars were preparing to count the sons in 1510, Chen Caozhi looked up at the sunset and said four words: "Black wins the seventh son." ”

The two scholars looked at Chen Caozhi sideways together, indicating disbelief, bowed their heads and continued to count the pieces, no more, no less, black chess pieces were seven more pieces than white chess.

Laide said behind Chen Caozhi: "My little Langjun is here to solve the Zhenlong problem. ”

The two scholars said "oh", looked at Chen Caozhi a few more times, and the black-bearded scholar on the left pushed the chess pieces in the upper left corner to the side, quickly put out a treasure question, got up and said: "If it is solved, it will be given as a chess table and chess pieces." ”

Chen Caozhi glanced at it and recognized that this was just a very common life-and-death problem, and those who had amateur early chess skills in later generations could solve this problem, and this problem had an indecent name, called "big pig's mouth".

Chen Cao's heart was determined, his smile was faint, he stepped forward with a black spot in his left hand and a white son in his right hand, took turns to solve the problem, took a step back, and said: "Big pig's mouth, pull it to death." Then he turned and walked towards the ox cart.

Laide hurriedly followed, opening his mouth to speak, but was stopped by Chen Caozhi.

The two scholars looked at each other, I don't know how many people were stumped by this Zhenlong question, but it was casually broken by this young man, isn't this young man's chess quality very high!

The black-bearded man raised his voice and said, "Please wait, this chessboard and chess pieces have lost to you." ”

Five feet away, the young man waved his sleeves: "Don't dare, it's just a game, my mother is not allowed to gamble." ”

The two scholars stood for a long time, watching the beautiful young man drift away in the setting sun.

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