Zhang Manniang said regretfully, "I don't care about the little white face anymore, but I can't be too dark." Those few didn't even fancy my father, saying that the two of them were so dark, and the baby born must be even darker, and they couldn't be found in the charcoal heap......"

Xu Lanyin laughed, thinking of the black man in his previous life.

Although she hates Zhang Heizi, she also has to admit that he has two advantages, one is that he is resolutely not a traitor, and the other is that he loves this girl very much.

After Zhang Manniang went to rest, Xu Lanyin rummaged through the box for a while and found two satins. She wanted to give Zhao Wuxi two sets of spring clothes. Thinking that the child was growing his body, his clothes and pants were a little bigger.

Her craftsmanship is not very good, she has been drawing for a long time, and it is only cut in the second half of the night, and she will sew after the two sisters and brothers leave.

On the second and third days, Xu Lanyin led a few children to go shopping on the street with the Zhang family sisters and brothers for two days, went to the department store to buy things, went to He's fried shops to eat snacks, and went to the Xinyun Tea House to drink tea and play chess.

The Zhang family sisters and brothers were in a hurry to go back to report the good news to their families, and early on the morning of the eleventh day, Ding Gu rented a donkey cart at the car dealer to send them back to Nanping County, and the Xu family gave them a lot of gifts.

After that, in addition to telling stories to the children, Xu Lanyin began to make clothes for Zhao Wu, silently looking forward to his return.

On the night of February 18, the family had finished dinner, and Ding Xiaoran had not yet returned.

The Daimyo Dynasty stipulates that except for night markets, teahouses and shops are not allowed to close more than the end of the day, and restaurants are not allowed to exceed the time of the day. Every day, Ding Xiaoran went home before three quarters of the unitary hour.

Xu Lanyin asked Ding Gu to drive the mule cart to the tea house to pick him up.

At the end of the day, the children were asleep, and Ding Gu brought Ding Xiaoran back, along with Wang Sanni.

"What's going on?" Xu Lanyin asked.

Wang Sanni said, "Today I met a strange person, Liu Gongzi, who was addicted to playing chess, but he didn't leave, and he was not allowed to accompany him to play chess." He said that he would practice chess hard and strive to be the top player in the three chess games of chess, military chess, and checkers on the 16th day. Later, I finally let Xiao Ran go, but he still didn't leave, saying that he was going to rest in the tea house and continue to ...... tomorrow."

There is such a stupid predence.

Xu Lanyin said, "You should go to the official and ask him to leave." ”

Wang Sanni smiled bitterly and said, "The one who accompanied Liu Gongzi is the prefect's Qin Gongzi, and the other is Lord Chai from the capital, and Lord Chai came to ...... on the day the teahouse opened."

Wang Sanni's voice was lowered again, and she said, "They persuaded Liu Gongzi for a long time, but Liu Gongzi couldn't help it if he didn't listen to them, so in the end he had to stay with him in the tea house, and Shopkeeper Wu also stayed there to accompany them." I think that Liu Gongzi is the son of a big official's family, and I saw that there were more than 20 guards living in the teahouse to protect him, and there were many officials patrolling the streets outside. ”

Ding Xiaoran whispered again, "Big girl, that Liu Gongzi looks good-looking, but he acts and talks like a child, there seems to be something wrong here." He pointed to his head and added, "But he does play very well." I've been practicing for so long, I can't play military chess at all, I can barely play a draw in Western chess, and he can't play checkers. And oh, he said he came up with a new way to play military chess. ”

Ding Xiaoran's chess and military chess are very good, so far, only Zhou Shu's chess can draw with him, and no one has played military chess against him.

That weirdo got to this level in a month, and he was a genius indeed.

His surname is Liu, and even the grandson of the eldest princess of Nanyang can't do anything about him, and Qin Ru accompanies him throughout the whole process...... It must be a relative of the emperor.

The emperor has five sons, the eldest son Liu Zhaoyin has lost his left arm, and the current crown prince Liu Zhaoping and the third son Liu Zhaoxian are in the heat of seizing the heir, and it is impossible for the three of them to come. The fifth son was only ten years old, and the fourth son was a fool......

Could it be that Liu Gongzi, who made a big fuss in the teahouse, is Liu Zhaohou, the fourth prince?

The prince won't be out of the palace so easily, and he's out of Beijing! Moreover, how could a fool play chess so well and actually come up with a new way to play. Although Ding Xiaoran said that he acted and spoke differently, he would never be a fool.

Then, that Liu Gongzi is most likely to be the emperor's nephew or nephew.

Xu Lanyin said, "Since Gongzi Qin can't afford to provoke him, let him be." Tell Shopkeeper Wu early tomorrow morning that you must entertain that Liu Gongzi. I'll be going to the teahouse tomorrow as well. Then he asked, "Have you made all the preparations for the competition?" ”

Wang Sanni said, "It's all done." So far, more than 200 people have signed up for the competition, and 80 people have been allowed to participate in the competition. The largest number of participants were 46 in military chess, 20 in checkers, and 14 in Western chess, including 15 civil and military officials. Qin Gongzi and Min Dagong were also shortlisted, but Qin Gongzi withdrew again today...... Master Zhou said that Master He and Mr. Li both agreed to be referees...... Oh, and Lord Chai and Liu Gongzi from the capital, who also signed up. Lord Chai reported Western chess, and Liu Gongzi reported all three kinds of chess. ”

Xu Lanyin laughed. With so many people cheering, it can be regarded as a grand event. Zhou Shu served as the chief referee because Xu Lanyin went to the teahouse a few days ago to tell him in person, in addition to Qin Hongyu and Min Nan, the two checkers referees, ten chess students were deputy referees, and two Western chess referees and four military chess referees were also invited. These six referees, three of them are gentlemen in the academy, one is Master He, Min Can's staff, and two are Mr. Opening, all of whom have the status of lifting more than one person.

The award presenters are also invited, it is Min Can and Zhou Shu.

Wang Sanni asked again, "Can Liu Gongzi participate in the checkers competition?" ”

Xu Lanyin said, "No, this is the rule." He must participate in the checkers competition, so let the final checkers champion play a friendly game with him. ”

Let Wang Sanni and Ding Xiaoran go to the outer courtyard to eat, and then let Ding Gu send Wang Sanni home.

At the beginning of the next day, Xu Lanyin went to the teahouse by car.

A few children wanted to drive the way, Xu Lanyin said, "I still want to play, do you want to be the champion tomorrow?" ”

When Min Jia heard this, she hurriedly pulled Xu Lanting to play chess with her. The two eldest children stopped walking, and Zhao Xingchen was honest.

Xu Lanyin came to the teahouse and saw a lot of people, in addition to the guests who came to drink tea and play, there were also some people who were ready to participate in tomorrow's game to play chess, and there were also many young people.

Wang Sanni greeted him and whispered, "Gongzi Liu and Master Chai are in the Danshe on the third floor, and Gongzi Qin, Shopkeeper Wu, and Xiao Ran accompany them. ”

Xu Lanyin nodded, went downstairs and looked around, and then looked at the prizes, the number plates brought by the contestants and the badges brought by the referees, as well as the flowers, colorful silk, lanterns that will decorate the tea house tomorrow, and so on.

Tomorrow, the military chess match will be held in the grass hut on the second floor, and the finals will be held in the hall on the second floor. The chess tournament was held in the flower house on the third floor, and the finals were held in the hall on the third floor. Checkers competitions will be held in half of the hall, and the finals will also be held here.