Chapter Seventy-Nine: Talking about the conditions
"Can it really work?" Lin Lao Wu's reaction made Tan Xiaotian know that his idea was feasible, and he realized that he would soon be able to have his own chess set, the little guy's eyes widened, and his heart was beating wildly.
"It works, one day, two or three, well, it can be done in three days at most." After roughly estimating the workload, Lin Lao Wu confidently made a guarantee.
"Great, Fifth Uncle, can I play Go with you?" After thinking about it, Tan Xiaotian suddenly asked.
"Hehe, what can you do as a child? Saws, chisels, axes, hammers, that's not something for children to play with, and if you accidentally break the skin and bleed, your aunt won't have to fight with me? Even if you're lucky enough not to get hurt, can you pull the saw? Even if you can pull it, can you pull it straight? Lin Lao Wu laughed when he heard it - in the end, he is a child, he doesn't know how thick the sky is, that level of carpentry work is similar to playing for himself, but it is not only difficult but also dangerous for a five-year-old child, Lin Lao Wu wants to make chess sets for Tan Xiaotian in order to win Qiu Ju's favor, but if the child is injured, wouldn't it be the opposite, stealing chickens and rice?
"Well, I'll be careful." Tan Xiaotian hesitated for a moment and continued to plead.
"Hehe, that's not good, you're too young now, if you're over ten years old, or if you're as big as Tian Qingyou, I can still let you make a move, but not now. Hehe, work is an adult's business, you should go to school, you should have fun, three days later, the fifth uncle promised to hand over a set of Go to you. "I think children are fun, so I want to participate in the manufacturing process of chess sets, but as an adult, he must consider the safety of children, his own work in the carpentry room is either wood or a variety of tools, their own skin is rough and thick, it doesn't matter if you knock a touch, but children have fine skin and tender meat, not to mention sharp serrated machetes, even those unpolished wood thorns on their own can not stand it.
"Then I still don't want it." Shaking his head, Tan Xiaotian said very resolutely, although the expression on his face showed that it was not his true heart.
"Why?" Lin Lao Wu was surprised-this little kid, how could he refuse when he was thinking so badly?
"Well, you did it all, I'm afraid my aunt won't let me ask for it." Tan Xiaotian replied.
"Uh", Lin Lao Wu was stunned - who said that children have no heart? The little guy in front of him is much more meticulous than himself. It's right to think about it, isn't there such an old saying, 'Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief', I gave Tan Xiaotian a set of chess sets for no reason, although it was made by myself, it was not worth much, but after all, it was given by myself, Qiu Ju is a woman from a good family, and it is difficult not to worry about causing rumors from others, and my own kindness is likely to be rejected for this reason. Tan Xiaotian may not think so much, but he intuitively realized that his aunt might not let him accept the chess set, so he asked to participate in the production process of the chess set, so that the chess set made also had a share of his hard work, and Qiu Ju's reason for refusing was not so sufficient.
"Hehe, little guy, you really have you, no wonder Mr. Yuan praises you so much, it's much better than your fifth uncle's brain." Reaching out and putting it on Tan Xiaotian's head, he grabbed the pigtail that was facing the sky and shook it a few times, Lin Lao Wu sighed.
"Fifth Uncle, did you promise me to help you make Go?" Tan Xiaotian's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.
"Hehe, you said so, can I not agree? But if you want to help with the work, you have to agree to two conditions for me. Knowing that he couldn't refuse, Lin Lao Wu took the opportunity to put forward conditions, although he was not a profiteer like Tian Dayi, but if he didn't use the opportunity in front of him, wouldn't he become a solid fool?
"Okay, okay, what's the condition?" Tan Xiaotian asked anxiously, at this moment, don't say that it is two conditions, even if it is twenty conditions, he will not hesitate to agree.
"First, you can't run around when you get to me, and I can do whatever I tell you to do." Nodding, Lin Lao Wu said.
"No problem." Tan Xiaotian agreed without thinking about it.
"Second, you have to take time out to teach me Go for half an hour every day." Lin Lao Wu went on to say - Tian Dayi used repairing the house furniture as an excuse to give himself the opportunity to contact Qiu Ju often, but no matter how much work he does, there is a time when he finishes it, what if he hasn't gotten Qiu Ju's favor at that time? But if he reached an agreement with Tan Xiaotian and soaked with this child for half an hour every day, were he afraid that he would not have the opportunity to talk to Qiu Ju, who was an aunt, at that time?
"Huh? Let me teach you Go, Uncle Five, are you mistaken? You are an adult, I am a child, how can I teach you? Hearing Lin Lao Wu's condition, Tan Xiaotian was surprised, and stared at Lin Lao Wu strangely with a pair of big eyes, thinking that the other party's brain was broken.
"Hehe, that's right, the problem is that even Mr. Yuan said that you are talented in chess, better than any of us, I don't learn from you, can you learn from those stinky chess baskets in the chess room?" Lin Lao Wu smiled a little embarrassed - although learning to play chess with Tan Xiaotian was a superficial excuse, his real purpose was to get close to Qiu Ju, but it was an indisputable fact that Tan Xiaotian's chess was stronger than him, just take the life-and-death question just now, he didn't even find out the idea of solving the problem, Tan Xiaotian thought of two solutions, and compared with the two, the gap was too big. And this is still the first day of learning chess, as the learning deepens, the child's intellectual growth, the gap will only get bigger and bigger.
"But, don't you still play chess with them in the afternoon?" Tan Xiaotian was puzzled and asked-since those people are very bad at chess, why do they still play chess together? My aunt said that playing chess with people who are too much inferior to your own level will make your own chess worse, doesn't the fifth uncle understand this truth?
"Uh", Tan Xiaotian asked rhetorically, Lin Lao Wu's expression was even more embarrassed, he couldn't tell the truth, in order to ask for the understanding and help of children, right?
"Oh, the question is, if I don't play with them, who can I play with? Anyway, do you want to accept my terms? Lin Lao Wu asked with a wry smile.
"Yes, yes!" His eyes rolled and rolled, and Tan Xiaotian made a decision - this fifth uncle felt good, and he also wanted to give himself a game of Go, and there was nothing wrong with spending half an hour every day to play with him, so he stretched out the little finger of his right hand and signaled that he wanted to make an appointment with the other party.
"Haha, okay, pull the hook and hang yourself, a hundred years, don't change, whoever changes is a puppy." Being with children also became like children, Lin Lao Wu's childlike heart suddenly rose, and he played a child's trick with Tan Xiaotian.