Chapter 109: Book Gift
"Oh, Mr. Yuan is really honest." I didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward and admit the lack of his own ability, Old Lady Liu was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile.
"Heh, I want to brag, the question is, what if you turn out a random question from the old lady and let me answer it?" Yuan Lang said with a smile.
"Uh-huh." The two people looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, they smiled at the same time - as the saying goes, 'face is given by others, and face is lost by oneself', if you want not to lose your ugliness in front of others, the most important thing is to have self-knowledge first, the question of life and death is the basic skill of playing Go, and there is no room for the slightest falsehood, death is death, life is life, there is only one correct solution, not like the overall situation that is very subjective, even if your own answer is not the best, you can also insist that their understanding of chess is different, in this case, it is better to confess to each other.
After laughing for a while, Old Lady Liu took the book from Yuan Lang's hand, "Hehe, Teacher Yuan has a good eye, this "Collection of Leisure Love" is said to be the textbook used by the Tan family in the four major chess families to train the children of the outer sects, and the difficulty is not comparable to ordinary chess books. Some people say that being able to make all the topics in this book in one hour is a watershed between expert chess players and enthusiasts, and it is normal for Mr. Yuan to not be able to do it, but depending on the situation, it seems that this book has been around for a long time, and there are many books here, why does Mr. Yuan love this book alone? β
ββThere are a lot of books on the bookcase, but except for this one, there is no sign of reading anything else, so it can be seen that Yuan Lang has been reading this book since he saw it, since it is a book that cannot be read in a short period of time, is it necessary to be so attentive? If you want to see it, with the relationship between the two, as long as you say you want to borrow it, can you not borrow it?
"Heh, to be honest, I'm not really interested in this kind of life-and-death problem set, I prefer to read books that explain chess theory." Yuan Lang replied with a smile.
"Huh? So why? Old lady Liu was even more strange - there were many books on chess theory in his collection, which was enough for Yuan Lang to read.
"There's no way, I didn't mention it to you last time, every day that the kid's chess skills are improving too fast, the little thing in my stomach is almost exhausted by him, I am worried about what to teach him every day, simple is meaningless, the overall situation, those things in the realm are too empty, there is no way to explain in words, not to mention that it is my understanding of Go, I take it for granted, but Yu Tiantian's qualifications may not be correct, so I don't want to use my own ideas to affect Tiantian, but let the child slowly understand." Yuan Lang sighed, with a little helplessness and a little pride in his tone, not only for his own chess strength is too low and it is difficult to teach more students, but also for the satisfaction of having such an excellent student - the blue is better than the blue, and the disciple who is stronger than himself can be taught, isn't this the greatest wish of a teacher?
"Oh, I see, so the reason why you are so concerned about this book of dead and alive questions is actually for the child every day, and you want to use the questions in it as a teaching material for daily practice, so the more difficult the questions in it, the better, so that it can last longer, right?" Old Lady Liu asked with a smile.
"It's a little embarrassing, but that's exactly what it means." Yuan Lang said with a smile - he already had the heart to borrow this book from Old Lady Liu, so it was much wiser to tell the truth than to make up another excuse for the sake of saving face.
"Hehe, if Mr. Yuan needs this book, I might as well give it to you, anyway, there are no answers or hints to the questions in it, and I can't see a bright hall." Hearing the strings and knowing the elegant meaning, Mrs. Liu didn't wait for Yuan Lang to ask for help, so she took the initiative to send the book out first.
"Then thank you, old lady, you are sending charcoal in the snow." Yuan Lang was also not polite, and put the "Collection of Leisure Love" handed back by Old Lady Liu in his sleeve.
"Hehe, it should be true that it is helpful, but it would be an exaggeration to say that it is 'charcoal in the snow'. Teacher Yuan should not have too high hopes for this collection of dead and alive questions, it is estimated that it will not last long. Old lady Liu reminded with a smile.
"Huh? Why did the old lady say this? "This time it's Yuan Lang's turn to be strange - until today, when Old Lady Liu and him play chess, they have to be placed six pieces first, the gap in chess strength between the two sides can be described as heaven and earth, it is conceivable that even I can see that I seem to understand whether I understand or not understand this book of leisure can be called a book of heaven in Old Lady Liu, and it is not something he can judge at all, in this case, with the other party's city government, if there is no reason, how can he say such a thing?
"Hehe, it seems that you really don't know yet." Seeing that Yuan Lang's expression didn't seem to be fake, Old Lady Liu told Yuan Lang what Su Quan had just said.
After listening to Mrs. Liu's narration, even with Yuan Lang's cultivation skills, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise, he knew that Su Quan had been carefully cultivating his nephew Su Jing, and wanted to win the first place in the Go competition at the end of the year, defeat Xue Wuyan, and show a big face. If Yuan Lang didn't have the heart to fight with him, it must be false - the clay man still has an earthy nature, and he doesn't steam steamed buns to fight for breath, he and Su Quanming have been fighting secretly for so many years, and the two sides have won or lost each other and have never lost the upper hand, how can his own disciple be Yi Yu's generation, but he didn't expect that there were still two months before the year-end competition, and Tan Xiaotian and Su Jing had already competed once without knowing it.
"Hehe, now I know why I said that this "Leisure Collection" may not last long, right? Listening to Mr. Su's description, every day is almost the moment he sees the question, even if what he says is a little watery, the time must be very short, it can be imagined, even if the difficulty of that question in the "Collection of Leisure Love" is medium to low, solving other questions is probably only a matter of time for Tiantian. Old lady Liu finally concluded.
When I heard the news, I really don't know if I should be happy or bitter." Yuan Lang said with a wry smile - just now he roughly flipped through the "Collection of Leisure Love", which included a total of more than 120 questions of life and death, with his original idea, doing two questions a day, it was barely possible to support the competition at the end of the year, but according to Mrs. Liu, it was originally estimated that the amount of tasks with two questions a day could not even last a quarter of the class time every day, and it might not take five or six days, and he had to scratch his head for the teaching materials again.
"Hehe, I've already ordered someone to find Tiantian, to be honest, I'm also skeptical that he can solve the questions in this book in such a short time, and when he comes, just let him perform live, so that you have a bottom in your heart." Old lady Liu said.