Chapter 80: A slap in the face
"After I go back, I will finish my homework, check it tomorrow morning, and remember all the unfinished handboards?" Seeing that the time was almost up, Yuan Lang closed the book in his hand and instructed the children in the classroom.
"Remember!" Lengthening their voices, the children replied in unison.
"Okay, school." Nodding, Yuan Lang announced, then got up and left the table and went back to the backyard.
The cheers suddenly sounded, the children who had been in class all afternoon were finally liberated, and they packed up their things and ran out of the classroom, Tan Xiaotian picked up a broom and began to clean the room, as for Tian Qingyou, he found a rag to help wipe the tables and chairs.
"Every day, do you have something happy today?" wiped a few tables, and suddenly found that Tan Xiaotian was working very energetically today, Tian Qingyou asked curiously.
"Yes, the fifth uncle promised to make me a game of Go, and when the classroom is cleaned later, I will go to him to help." Tan Xiaotian replied.
"What? Fifth uncle? Lin Lao Wu? Does he know how to play Go? Tian Qingyou was surprised - under the influence of his father, his impression of Lin Lao Wu was that he was an impulsive person, a braggart person, and a good-looking person, what serious thing could such a person do?
"Of course, the fifth uncle's ability is great, building houses, playing furniture, and even the small bridge outside the town was built by him, what is it to make a game of Go." Tan Xiaotian replied proudly - at this time, the image of Lin Lao Wu was extremely tall in his heart, almost a symbol of omnipotence.
"Really?" Tian Qingyou asked suspiciously-in order to gain Tan Xiaotian's trust, yesterday Lin Lao Wu didn't brag about him for not having a camel, he did participate in the construction of the small bridge outside the town, but he deliberately ignored the participation of more than a dozen craftsmen in addition to him, and how could Tian Qingyou know about such a thing?
"Of course it's true." Tan Xiaotian puffed up his chest and responded.
"Every day, the fifth uncle can do Go, can you also make a payment for me?" Tan Xiaotian said it categorically, Tian Qingyou didn't believe it, thought about it, and said to Tan Xiaotian flatteringly-although his father did not prohibit him from going to the chess room to play chess with others, but at this time it was the time when the chess style in Meilong Town was hot, and the people who soaked in the chess room to play chess had never been broken, more than twenty, less than a dozen, never less than seven or eight, even if he went, it was difficult for him to have the opportunity to touch the chess pieces, so although his interest in Go was not as strong as Tan Xiaotian, he would never miss the opportunity to get a chess set.
"Well, then I have to ask the fifth uncle. But he said that he would teach him half an hour every day to play Go, what should you do? After thinking about it, Tan Xiaotian asked.
"Well, in that case, I'll teach him for half an hour." If you don't want to get Go, there are still conditions, Tian Qingyou scratched his head and said.
"Okay, then let's do it, hurry up and clean up, and get over early." Tan Xiaotian agreed very happily, how would he know the real purpose of Lin Lao Wu to give him chess sets, anyway, he wanted to find someone to teach him to play chess, wouldn't it be better to have more Tian Qingyou?
With the goal plan, the two of them worked more energetically, and without much effort, they cleaned the entire classroom.
After finishing the work, Tian Qingyou stayed in the classroom to finish, and Tan Xiaotian went to the backyard to report the situation to Yuan Lang, and when he arrived at the study, he saw Yuan Lang as usual, holding a chess book in his hand, while changing on the chessboard - he likes Go but his level is not high, and he is very clear about this, he originally thought that it should not be a big problem to teach these children for a year and a half with the old background accumulated from decades of playing chess, but since he was asked by Tan Xiaotian's question the day before yesterday, he realized this child's talent in Go, That's really drawing inferences, no teacher is self-taught, according to this situation, I am afraid that the little things I will will not be able to last even three or two months, although the sage has clouds: threesome, then there must be my teacher, so the disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher, the teacher does not have to be better than the disciple, there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, there is a specialization in the art industry, and that's it. But in just two or three months, he was hollowed out by the students who knew what he knew, and he was happy to be a teacher, but the embarrassment was inevitable, so every day after school, he was seizing the time to study chess, and he was not much more worried than when he was preparing to participate in the imperial examination in the school.
Seeing Tan Xiaotian coming in, Yuan Lang was secretly happy in his heart, but on the surface he was silent, "Finished cleaning?" He asked indifferently.
"Yes, teacher, is there anything else?" Tan Xiaotian asked.
"Oh, no, you can go." Yuan Lang replied.
"Yes, then I'm leaving, teacher, goodbye." With a respectful bow, Tan Xiaotian turned around and prepared to leave.
"Oh, by the way, the chess shape of the two fake eyes you placed the day before yesterday is called 'two-headed snake', which is a special case in the life-and-death problem." When Tan Xiaotian arrived at the door and was about to walk out of the study, Yuan Lang said casually - in order to find this answer, he stayed up all night and almost flipped through the chess books he had collected, but fortunately, his efforts were not in vain, and he finally found it.
"Well, thank you, teacher." After listening to Yuan Lang's words, Tan Xiaotian replied, his reaction was decent, and he was not as excited as expected.
"Uh, do you already know?" Yuan Lang pretended to be careless on the surface, but in fact, he had been paying attention to the child's reaction - he originally wanted to save face by teaching Tan Xiaotian this knowledge, but now it seems that this purpose has not been achieved.
"Hmm." Tan Xiaotian nodded honestly.
"Huh? Who told you that? Yuan Lang was stunned when he heard this, and asked in surprise - he originally thought that he and Su Quan were the only people in Meilong Town who knew how to play Go, although Su Quan's chess skills were stronger than him, but the strength was also very limited, not to mention the competition between Wanjuanlou and Boundless Learning, Su Quan could not teach Tan Xiaotian these things, even if Su Quan wanted to teach, he Su Quan who didn't know about it might not know, but apart from the two of them, who else in Meilong Town had this ability? You must know that the 'two-headed snake' chess form rarely appears in the actual game, even in the special life-and-death problem set, he only found an example after turning over three or four books, which shows that people who can know the name of 'two-headed snake' must have studied Go, which is much stronger than himself.
"Auntie." Tan Xiaotian replied honestly.
"Auntie? You mean your aunt? Yuan Lang was so surprised that the chess book in his hand almost didn't fall off - the last time he saw Qiu Ju during his home visit, he felt that this woman was from an unusual background and had received a considerable degree of education, so it was not strange that she could play Go, but the women's Taoist family played chess just for recreation and boredom, and it was impossible to work harder than himself and know more.