Yangzhou has many rivers, there are a group of people gathered on the other side of the river, there are men and women, there are old and young, the old ones are sixty or seventy years old, the young ones are still combing their pigtails and dragging their noses, at a cursory glance, there are more than a hundred and ten people, children under the age of twelve or thirteen account for at least half, the children are playing and making noise, screaming constantly, and the adults are three in a group, five in a group chatting, it seems that they are waiting for something.

"What's going on there?" Sun Dong is taller than Tan Xiaotian, but his eyesight may not be stronger than Tan Xiaotian, across a river, he can't figure out why so many people gather there, and in addition to the happy shouts of children, the voices of adults talking and chatting can't hear a word, so he asked Lao Wei, hoping that the old coachman who has been to Yangzhou many times before can know what's going on.

"This, what kind of shop may be newly opened, right?" Lao Wei stretched out and shrunk his son for a while, and guessed uncertainly-although he had been to Yangzhou a few times, he was not a local after all, where would he know why the crowd gathered, thinking that Yangzhou was prosperous in business, and new shops opened almost every day, so he had this guess.

"The new opening of Zhang, what kind of business can attract so many people to bring their children to watch the excitement?" Sun Dong asked curiously.

"Well, it may also be a big family that marries a wife and daughter," Lao Wei guessed again.

"Marry a wife? , so why is there no drummer? Sun Dong wondered - weddings and funerals are a major event in life, but if you have the ability to make more than 100 people stand at the door and wait for the newcomer to arrive, how can you not afford to invite a drum troupe to set off the atmosphere?

"Well, then I don't know." There were no more words, so Lao Wei had no choice but to shake his head and say.

"Brother Dong, let's go take a look." Seeing so many children frolicking and playing, Tan Xiaotian couldn't help but feel itchy, and took Sun Dong's hand and shouted.

"This." Sun Dong was a little hesitant, he first came to Yangzhou, and he was full of curiosity about everything here, but at his age, it was not good to shout and make a fuss like a child, right? No matter how he says it, he is also a teacher who wants to be a teacher, and the image problem always has to be taken into account.

"Hehe, if you want to go and see, I'll park the car there and wait for you." Lao Wei saw his thoughts, smiled and pointed to an open space not far in front of him and said-Yangzhou has a lot of water, and naturally there are many bridges. Some bridges are wide enough for two carriages to run side by side, while others are relatively narrow, and three people can separate the front and rear, and the shapes are even more bizarre, such as single arches, double arches, stone slabs, logs, and carved railings. There are all kinds of covered bridges, and not far behind, there is a circular single-hole arch bridge. The slope is very large and the steps are dense, but it is the kind that is specially used for pedestrians to pass but cannot pass through cars and horses, so Sun Dong and Tan Xiaotian can walk over to see the excitement. His carriage had to stay here, or else he would have to walk three or four hundred paces further before there would be a stone bridge through which the carriage could pass. Anyway, everyone has already arrived in Yangzhou, so there is no need to worry about reporting to the chess academy.

"Okay, every day, let's go." Sun Dong then jumped out of the carriage, turned around and took the child's hand and said, the latter jumped with both legs, and with the pull of Sun's hand, he jumped out three or four steps away, and Sun Dong had to follow a few steps before he was taken down.

"Hehe, every day, don't be naughty, follow Teacher Sun, there are many people in Yangzhou, and it's hard to find it if it's lost." Seeing that the child was naughty, Lao Wei smiled and admonished.

"Hey, got it, Brother Dong, let's go." One ear in, one ear out, Tan Xiaotian only took Lao Wei's advice as the wind in his ears, and while casually perfunctory, he pulled Sun Dong to urge.

Helpless, Sun Dong waved his hand to Lao Wei, signaling that the child would not have an accident if he saw it, and then he was pulled by Tan Xiaotian towards the other side, Lao Wei Han drove the carriage forward with a smile, stopped the car at the agreed place just now, and slowly waited for the two of them to come back after watching the excitement.

Three steps and two steps to run to the opposite bank, the distance is close, and the sight is clear, the original place where everyone gathers is the gate of a courtyard, the door is hung with a black lacquer plaque, and there are four gold lacquer characters on the top "Jiangdu Chess Academy".

"It's the chess academy!" Recognizing those words, Tan Xiaotian shouted excitedly, everyone was chatting and playing, but no one noticed that two more people squeezed into the crowd, and the child's shout, which was obviously different from the accent of the locals, immediately attracted everyone's side eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, dare to ask what's going on here, why are you gathered here?" Sun Dong hurriedly bowed to everyone and asked about the situation.

Everyone saw that they were outsiders, and the current few looked at each other, and an old man in his fifties asked, "Oh, young man, where are you from?" ”

"We are from Qingyun City, and we just arrived in Yangzhou today." Sun Dong hurriedly replied.

"Oh, then it's no wonder, today is the day of the admissions interview of Jiangdu Chess Academy, everyone is gathered here, just waiting for the interview to open." The old man nodded and said with a smile.

"Ah, you've already interviewed for admissions today? Shouldn't it be two days later? Sun Dong was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked--Could it be that he remembered the wrong date, or that the wrong date was written on the letter?

"Oh? Could it be that you are also here to sign up to learn chess? The old man looked at the two of them and asked-Yangzhou is a very large area, and the so many people gathered in front of the chess academy are not all locals, and many of them are also dozens of miles away to study, it sounds like Sun Dongxiang remembered the wrong day of enrollment and registration for the chess academy, but fortunately, he came by mistake and came two days in advance, otherwise he would regret his death.

"Yes, I'm here to learn chess, and Brother Dong is here to be a teacher." Tan Xiaotian hurriedly replied.

"Oh, is it? Hehe, it turned out that he was still a gentleman from the chess academy, and he was rude. The old man was shocked at first when he heard this, and his attitude towards the two of them changed significantly, and he bowed to Sun Dong again, and his tone was much more polite.

"Oh, the old gentleman is polite, I'm a newcomer, and I'm not familiar with life here. It's just that I received a notice that the chess academy will open for enrollment on February 10th, and today is only February 8th, how did it start? Is it a temporary change? Sun Dong returned the salute and asked respectfully.

"No, is your notification wrong? The February 8th enrollment date has already been posted a year ago, and you see, the notice has not been posted there. The old man said strangely, pointing to the sign erected next to the gate. (To be continued......)