Chapter 10 Earn some pocket money
After Lin Lan teased Qinglian in the West Chamber, he left the Lin Mansion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis huge Guangling City is not the Gejia Village it was at the beginning, eating, drinking, and having fun, and it is very lively. Lin Lan is a person who likes to watch the excitement, so naturally she will not stay in the West Chamber like her own sister Lin, and even send her over for dinner.
The life of a small farmer in Gejia Village is tranquil and pleasant, and the bustling and noisy city of Guangling City is more vibrant.
Lin Lan held the little monthly money given by her mother in her hand, and shook her head incessantly. It seems that his wife is used to being poor, and the two taels of silver originally given by the house according to the rules have become half-money in Lin Lan's hands.
Lin Mansion is a scholarly family, so it naturally has family rules and family mottos. The money allocated to each room is a fixed amount per month, and each room is three taels of silver per month, Lin Lan, as the male in the family, talked about it when his father talked about it at dinner that day, and discussed with each room, and he could receive five taels of silver.
But the sad thing is that the money has not yet been hot, so it was taken by his wife, and he threw off half of the copper coins, and said that he was buying some four treasures of the study.
In the city of Yangzhou, commerce is extremely developed, although in his impression, there is no dynasty of Dajing in history, but it does not hinder his basic understanding of the world. For example, the division of agriculture and commerce, such as the rhyme of poetry and songs, such as ...... The thing he had in his hand right now was pondering.
When Lin Lan was still a young man in Yangzhou, he was cheated by this thing a lot of Grandpa Mao, and later he specially bought a cheat book and asked the old man at home to figure out the way.
Lin Lan stood outside the Sanyuan Building, beckoning inside, and when the second child saw Lin Lan, he walked out. Seeing Lin Lan's dress, he looked up and down, and said, "What's the matter?" ”
"Is there an autumn celebration in Yangzhou today?"
"Of course. Liu Yufeng and Liu Jieyuan set up a banquet to invite people in Yangzhou City and Township Examination. ”
Lin Lan's eyes lit up and said with a smile: "Those are all rich people." ”
"Huh. No, if you don't come in, I won't have time to talk nonsense with you. Xiao Er shook off the sweat towel, and seeing that Lin Lan didn't plan to go in, he lost his patience and ran in.
Lin Lan chose a conspicuous seat and began the layout.
Five chess games drawn by the proclamation, pressed with pebbles, and with the memory that was so familiar to the chest, soon, five different endgames were placed.
Lin Lan looked at the sky, it was very early, so he leaned against the wall pier on the side, squinting his eyes. Living in ancient times, there were not many cars and horses, and the basic way to go out was to walk, and the communication was basically by roaring.
The atmosphere is high and refreshing, and the city has been very lively these days, discussing the Qiufu Township Test that was released not long ago. Many people saw that there was an extra stall outside the Sanyuan Building, and soon some people surrounded it, and it was not uncommon to set up stalls like this, but the things that were "sold" were fresh.
"Isn't this a play? What is this for? Someone looked at the endgame and asked with interest, "Hey, boy." What is this for? ”
Lin Lan said without opening his eyes: "Red first and black second, half a game of silver, if you want to play, you will pay the money." ”
He didn't say much, but to the ears of the onlookers, it sounded like a joke.
Among them, there are many lovers of elephant opera. This elephant opera not only has a wide range of enthusiasts among the common people, even scholars and doctors, and many people have even become professional chess players. There are chess attendants in the palace, who are specially responsible for teaching Go and chess, so that the nobles in the palace can spend time.
"Oh, it's not a small tone. Half a tael of silver for a game, the stakes are quite large. ”
There are many onlookers who know how to play chess, and when they look at these five endgames, they say: "This is a game that the red side is going to win, boy, you are joking." ”
Lin Lan said impatiently: "Red first black and then black, if you win, I will hand over half a tael of silver, if you lose or draw, you will take out half a tael of silver." ”
He swept around the onlookers, approached and talked nonsense without knowing how to do it, and kept deducing it out of thin air, but he didn't know Lin Lan's chess move, and he didn't dare to make a rash move.
Lin Lan rolled her eyes, her feelings were all lip service, and there was no one who really wanted to pay for it. Half a tael of silver, for the ordinary people, they are still reluctant to squander it like this, even if there is a high probability of winning, but looking at the kid so calmly, he is afraid of fraud, so he didn't dare to make a move.
Lin Lan had played chess with the old man at the head of the village, so he naturally knew that the endgame of these later generations had not yet become popular in the Dajing Dynasty. Some eternal endgames naturally have routines. This is also the reason why Lin Lan has no money on him, and he dares to sit here and dry the white wolf with empty gloves.
"Boy, are you sure you can get money if you win?" Finally, someone couldn't help but break the chess game. He stood firmly on the edge of the chess piece in the middle.
Lin Lan glanced at it, and an unknown smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. The chess game that this old gentleman is standing on is the "Seven Stars Gathering" at the head of the four famous games, and the red and black sides each hold seven sons, so it is named "Seven Star Gathering".
"Half a tael of silver."
"Heh, the temper is not small, take the heat, don't take out a tael of silver if you don't have the heat." The old man squatted down and said, "I'm black." ”
Lin Lan received the first business, and the moment he got the money, he showed a good face, and said happily: "Old man, then I will take the first step." Cannon two flat four. ”
The old gentleman had been thinking about it in his heart for a long time, and naturally he quickly kept up with Lin Lan's rhythm. It's just that the old gentleman can think of it, Lin Lan has already had a strange trick to deal with.
The people around watched the two of them playing chess murderously, and they were also holding their breath, losing money was a small matter, but it was not cool to be in the limelight by a kid. Of course, for some people who are strapped for money, this half a tael of silver is also a big deal.
After six steps back and forth, the old man stroked his beard, laughed, and said, "Boy, I'm afraid this money will go to the old man's pocket again, General!" ”
"Black's main attack, it looks like it's going to win."
"Tsk, this kid is still a little tender."
The people watching around were gossiping, so lively.
Lin Lan is like no one, this is where this endgame confuses people. Ordinary people deduce to more than a dozen steps, and have a number of ways in their hearts, thinking that they have taken the initiative and this game can be broken, and it is precisely because of this that they have been turned into a charlatan scam by later generations to make money. Of course, this kind of deception is purely Jiang Ziya's fishing wisher, and no one will denounce Lin Lan.
Lin Lan responded unhurriedly, and after Shuai Wu scored one, Lin Lan's side with red began to enter a long defensive stage. The old gentleman on the opposite side thought that he would soon be able to kill Lin Lan without leaving a piece of armor, but after more than a dozen hands, Lin Lan still coped with it easily, which made him fall into a long contemplation again.
At this point, you can already see some meaning. Although this black chess is still in control of the offensive, it will not kill Lin Lan's old handsome, as for Lin Lan, the people watching the chess behind him can also see that they are clearly going to the way to the draw.
The old man was already a little overwhelmed, and it seemed that he could only keep changing generals.
Finally, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and that moment came, and the six sons on the field made it clear that it was a draw.
Lin Lan smiled and said, "Accept and concede." ”
"Yes." The old gentleman didn't seem to have any intention of walking away, and continued to squat there, but not to continue to go down, but that his leg was already numb.
"Hmm, what's the spirit, isn't it just a tie." Some people on the side muttered.
Lin Lan smiled and said, "The kid has words first, and the kid wins the tie." If anyone has more ability than this old gentleman, you might as well pay for it yourself, it's easy to say anything if you win, and it's better to listen to the book than to look at the vernacular. ”
"Oh, boy, how do you talk."
The old gentleman squatting in front of the chess game waved his hand and said, "It's okay." Can you lend me a stool? I can't stand this old bone squatting. ”
Lin Lan restored the chess pieces and said with a smile: "Okay, good." ”
He handed the bench under his ass to the old man, there was a business of giving money, not to mention letting him squat, even if he sat on the ground, it would not be in the way.
"Which plate is the old gentleman going to play this time?"
The old man stubbornly pointed to the middle plate and said, "The old man was in a trance just now, and he missed something, but the old man is still black." This time, the old man happily threw over half a tael of silver, who had nothing to carry so many copper coins.
Lin Lan narrowed her eyes and said with a smile: "That kid is welcome." ”
The starting cannon is two and four, the same routine, the same way to make money.
There are more and more people watching chess, and Lin Lan doesn't care. Only five pairs of this endgame have been posed, and he has a lot of routines in his heart. This is not an easy thing to do. No, the silver that the old man threw at Lin Lan for the second time was once again in vain.
Many people stopped talking, carefully simulating chess in their minds. It's a lot of brains. A subordinate slipped into the crowd and whispered a few words in the old gentleman's ear.
"Yes, I see. I'll go in half an hour. The old man continued to take out half a tael of silver from his waist bag and said, "There are still flaws, come again!" ”
Lin Lan smiled, it seems that this old man is not an ordinary person. If you are really an ordinary person, how to spend money lavishly.
"Little friend, this time I'm red."
The old man is not stupid, he knew at a glance that Lin Lan was using a routine, and if he couldn't find a suitable way to break the game in a short time, he went against the grain and simply became popular himself, so that he might be able to find a breakthrough.
"Haha, yes, sir, please." Lin Lan politely turned the game in a different direction and moved the sunspot's side to his place.
The old man fixed his eyes and looked at it, it seemed that he could only use this cannon, and now the three pawns of the black side are forcing the palace, and he can kill his old handsome man in just one step, and the car sinks to the bottom, if he sinks the car, he will deliberately feed the child, and there seems to be no way out, he sighed, or look down.
It was getting dark. The red lantern at Sanyuan Restaurant has been hung. The shopkeeper inside saw such a large circle of people outside the restaurant, thinking that something was going to happen, so he hurried out, and saw Lin Lan playing here, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He hurriedly walked over, "Hey, hey, I'm going to set up a stall and don't go out." It's open for business here, what's the matter with you blocking it like this? ”
As he spoke, the old shopkeeper coaxed the people who were already in the way.
Lin Lan glanced at it, and now except for this stubborn old man who gave him two taels of silver for nothing, he didn't give Lin Lan any more money.
Most of the onlookers are spectators, and they don't have any silver on them, so even if they do, they won't be so extravagant. Of course, some of the distinguished guests who enter the Sanyuan Building will naturally not surrender their identities to play against a street child. If you win, you won, you won, and if you lose, you will lose even more shame, and no one will do such a thing.
The old man stood up and said, "Come on." That's all for today. I'm also troubled with something, and I'll definitely break your kid's game another day. ”
He stood up a little reluctantly and patted his dusty coat.
"That kid is waiting for you right here." Lin Lan narrowed her eyes. It's not easy to catch such a punch, so it's naturally a pit to death.
"Hey, you're kicking your nose in the face! No stalls are allowed here, don't you hear! ”
Lin Lan quickly put away the chess pieces and chess games in the midst of everyone's unfinished chirps, and then strode inside.