"What are you doing? Is it playing chess? Lin Lao Wu asked curiously.

"Hmm." Xie Xiaotian nodded—although it was troublesome to draw on the ground, there was no chess set, and this was the only workaround he could think of.

"Hehe, kid, it's more addicted than me. Why don't you go to the chess room to play with everyone? Lin Lao Wu asked with a smile - the chess room does not stipulate that children are not allowed to play chess there, as long as they line up with everyone according to the specifications, there must be no objections, there are real chessboard chess pieces in front of them, and there are people who do not spend money to sparring, is it not much better than a person here to work hard to draw chess?

"My aunt won't let me go." Tan Xiaotian shook his head and replied, his expression was a little helpless.

"Won't let you go? Why? Are you afraid that if you are too young, those people will bully you? If you don't have to be afraid, the fifth uncle will accompany you, whoever dares to bully you, the fifth uncle will let him taste the power of his fists. "If you want to gain Qiu Ju's favor, the fastest way is to get her nephew's approval-Tian Dayi's prompt Lin Lao Wu has always kept it firmly in mind, raised his thick right arm, clenched his fist as big as a vinegar bowl and shook it, the strong muscles on his arm showed that he had absolutely reliable execution of his guarantees.

thought that such a guarantee could make the child cheer happily, and immediately pulled himself to the front to watch and play chess, but who knew that Tan Xiaotian did not do what he thought, just shook his head, lowered his head and scratched a little bit on the ground with a branch.

"Uh, what? Are you afraid that your fifth uncle won't be able to protect you? Lin Lao Wu was stunned, his self-esteem was a little injured, you must know that he was born to do rough work, in terms of strength alone, except for the blacksmith Duan in the blacksmith shop in the east of the town, no one is his opponent, he is also an acute son, from childhood to adulthood, the number of fights with others is not a hundred but eighty, and the impression seems to have never suffered a loss, but now he is despised by a child, he feels very depressed.

"It's not. My aunt said that the level of those people in the chess room was too poor, and it was no good to play chess with them. Tan Xiaotian shook his head and replied.

"What? Is that really what your aunt said? Hearing this, Lin Lao Wu was surprised - the game of Go he just learned on the first day, the level is not high, that's for sure, the problem is that everyone's starting point is the same, Tan Xiaotian also just learned to play chess today, no matter how these people are not worse than children, and they are so bad that they can bring children into the ditch, right? Qiu Ju said this about them, she probably underestimated them too much, right?

"Yes. My aunt said that playing chess is the same as writing, basic skills are very important, once you develop a wrong habit, it is likely to take several times or even dozens of times to correct, and even then, it may not be able to change, so in the initial stage of learning chess, it is better to make slower progress than to be greedy and chew too much. Tan Xiaotian replied very seriously.

"Greedy and chewy, hehe, in the end is a learned person, what he said is quite reasonable", since it is Qiu Ju's insistence on the truth, Lin Lao Wu also lost interest in arguing, he is also engaged in technical handicrafts, not just by having a handful of strength can do a good job, chisel axe sawing, planing and chopping, sawing wood, if you can't even do the basic skills of a straight line, how long can you expect to use the furniture?

"So what are you doing now? Just paddling around on the ground, and the basic skills will be good? He asked with a smile on another topic.

"My aunt left me a question when she went out, and asked me to solve it for her when she came back." Tan Xiaotian replied.

"Question? What's the question? Is it difficult? Lin Lao Wu asked curiously when he heard this-Qiu Ju was not surprised that he could play Go, because he learned from Tian Dayi that Qiu Ju was born in a family of eunuchs, literate and literate, knowledgeable and courteous, and well-educated, and judging from his attitude of not letting Tan Xiaotian go to the chess room to play chess with those stinky chess baskets, the level may be very good, which strengthened his determination to learn Go well, so that there would be a common topic of interest between the two.

"It's not that hard. Fifth uncle, it's better for you to do it. Finding that Lin Lao Wu was interested in the question left by his aunt, Tan Xiaotian was even more active than Lin Lao Wu, so he immediately stretched out his foot to erase the picture on the ground, and then drew a chessboard with a tree branch, and then used a hollow circle to represent white seeds, and a solid circle to represent black seeds, and soon put out a question of life and death.

"Black first dies in vain, fifth uncle, you come and go, I will respond." After finishing the question, Tan Xiaotian urged excitedly.

After all, it is a hand-drawn pattern, which looks far from being as clear as a real chessboard chess piece, Lin Laowu stared at the question of life and death with wide eyes, thought for a long time, picked up a branch and drew a solid circle on the chessboard, indicating that he had made a move.

"Hehe, fifth uncle, this can't be done, white chess can create two eyes by walking here." Seeing that Lin Lao Wu made a move, Tan Xiaotian smiled a little proudly, drew a hollow circle on the chessboard with the branches in his hand, and then said to Uncle Lin.

"Uh, really?" Lin Lao Wu was stunned, he didn't see what his mistake was.

"Yes, then black can only go here, white can go here, black go here, white go here, no, the two eyes come out." Although he was just a child, Tan Xiaotian's attitude was very serious, holding a branch and pointing at the chessboard, seeing that Lin Lao Wu still couldn't understand, so he drew a hollow circle and a solid circle step by step, and finally let Lin Lao Wu understand what was going on, but the entire chessboard was also drawn in a mess, and he couldn't see the original appearance.

"I see, hehe, interesting. Tiantian, have you solved this problem? Being guided like this by a child, Lin Lao Wu felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately, Tan Xiaotian didn't seem to have this awareness, otherwise he would be really embarrassed to continue squatting here to ask the child for advice.

"Yes, there are two solutions, one is to walk here, and the other is to walk here," Tan Xiaotian said, wanting to continue the demonstration on the chessboard on the ground, but the whole figure was already messed up, so he had to erase and redraw.

Seeing the children busy there, Lin Lao Wu was very emotional, he had heard from Tian Dayi that this nephew of Qiu Ju was extremely smart, never forgetful, and was a good material for reading, and when I saw it today, it was really not bragging-there were more than 20 chess pieces used in this dead and alive problem, and I was dizzy just looking at it, but people remembered it clearly, and I didn't know how many times I had placed it when I saw the traces on the ground.

"Hey, every day, do you want to play Go?" Seeing that the child was serious and tired of drawing a chessboard on the ground, Lin Lao Wu's heart moved and asked out loud.