Xu Lanyin saw that the two younger brothers had calm faces, and Qin's sigh in the bedroom was also very clear. He comforted them and said, "There is nothing to do, there is no endless way, and you will always think of a way." ”

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen. No matter how sad it is, the rice still has to be eaten. In this family, she is the only one supporting at this time.

The meal was put on the table, and then the Qin family was helped out, and several people finished eating in silence. Xu Lanyin entered the house after cleaning up the kitchen, and the two brothers Xu Lanzhou were on the Qin family's kang, and none of them spoke. Xu Lanting leaned on Qin's arms, fiddling with a wooden doll in his hand.

The doll was made by Xu Qingyan for the last time before he died. Xu Qingyan liked to do carpentry work before his death, and the couple were also very good at living, and many small furniture at home were made by Xu Qingyan when he went home.

Seeing the doll, Xu Lanyin remembered the housekeeper in the county lord's mansion that she met that day, as well as the various toys she bought.

Suddenly, she thought of "flying chess", "checkers", and "military chess" suitable for half-grown children to play, which was easy and effortless. I also thought of the various animal dolls that girls liked in my previous life.

Dolls need brightly colored materials, which are not currently available at home, and her hands are not so skillful that they will not be cut. Checkers are not easy to do, and the way to play military chess is relatively more complicated. And flying chess is much simpler and fancy, it should be liked by the little girl, and the most important thing is that the raw materials are available at home.

Then do flying chess. Of course, it is impossible to draw airplanes and birds in chess, so we have a new name called "Flying Bird Chess".

Xu Lanyin only remembered a few days ago that a cousin of Li Dashi's daughter-in-law, Li's mother's family, worked as a coachman in the county office, and that coachman seemed to be Tian Carpenter's brother-in-law. He belongs to the miscellaneous servants of the county government, not the subordinates of the county lord's family. But I will always know the subordinates of the county lord's mansion, and ask him to help introduce him.

Xu Lan didn't want people to accept a chess game to help her, but she was also involved with the county master's daughter.

When the time comes to go out through the wind, Gu Wangchen will always have some scruples. If Miss Min likes the chess, the Min family may also reward some silver, and it can also solve the family's dilemma.

The county order of Nanping County is surnamed Min and Min Can.

Xu Lan learned to draw in his previous life, but he didn't have the ability to draw birds on small chess pieces with a brush, Qin could draw but his health was not good, so he couldn't do this delicate work, so he wrote the name of the bird directly.

She was overjoyed, and hurriedly lit the oil lamp and went to the firewood room to rummage, where all the things that cheap her father did carpentry were placed.

Xu Lanyin rummaged in the warehouse for a while, and really found two one-and-a-half-foot square planks and a few planed wooden strips. When Xu Qingyan was at home, he was going to make a small box for Xu Lanzhou to install the four treasures of the study, but before the small box was ready, someone came to him and left early, saying that he would do it next time he came back, but unfortunately he never came back.

When she picked up the small wooden sticks, she actually saw a small inconspicuous wooden sign and a small wooden box stuffed in the messy wooden blocks. It's too cluttered here, and the two things are so small that I didn't notice when I was looking for them. She was so excited that her heart almost jumped out, could these two things be given by the old man who collected medicine?

She hurriedly picked it up, and it was the old man's gift.

The small wooden plaque is an inch square, engraved with the word "Zhang", and there is a fragrance. The fragrance was peculiar, with a hint of sweetness, very light, ordinary people could not smell it, and she could only smell it when she put it under her nose, and she felt that she liked it more than all the perfumes she had used in her previous life. This smell also made Xu Lanyin's spirit refreshed, and he even felt that the previous resentment had drifted away a lot.

The smell was not only good, but also soothing, and she happily put it in her arms.

She looked at the small wooden box carefully. The wood grain is well-proportioned, light brown, round and flat, and the size of a powder box made up in a previous life. When I opened the lid of the small box, it was full of milky white ointment, shiny oil, and a very faint medicinal fragrance wafted out.

Both of these little things smelled, but they were extremely faint, mixed with the smell of wood, and she couldn't smell them even if she had a good nose.

She slipped the ointment into her bosom as well.

The two planks were covered with dust, and she wiped them clean, and the planks were planed and used as a chessboard by drawing a grid. One piece is made into a bird chessboard, and the other is later made into a military chess board. Those few sticks of wood can be sawed down with one of 16 small wooden blocks as chess pieces, and the rest can be used for military chess later. As for checkers, she simply can't do chess pieces.

She took out a plank and a stick, and drew it on the ground with a stick in the moonlight. Xu Lanzhou's two brothers came out to see her, and Xiao Zhengtai asked curiously, "Sister, what are you painting?" ”

Xu Lanyin said, "Chessboard." ”

Xu Lanzhou pursed his mouth into a slit, looked at it seriously, and didn't ask more.

After several revisions, Xu Lanyin completely drew the chessboard of Flying Bird Chess.

She took the wooden board to the east chamber again, and asked Xu Lanzhou to take out the pen, ink, paint, and chess pieces.

Since Xu Lanzhou dropped out of school, these things have been put in the box by him and have not been used again. After listening to my sister's words, I honestly turned those things out, and I didn't bother with the matter of spending lamp oil. The first time he saw this kind of chessboard, intuitively, it shouldn't be simple.

Of course, it is not good to draw lines on a wooden board with a brush, so draw directly with ink strips. Xu Lanyin used a wooden ruler to draw lines and a Go to draw small circles. After the painting is done, the color is good. When she did these things, she asked Xu Lanzhou to see chess pieces and dice, and he could still do these simple carpentry jobs.

When the color was dry, Xu Lanzhou's small wooden block was sawn and smoothed on several sides.

At this time, it was already the end of the hour, Xu Lanting was sleepy-eyed, and he still stared at his brothers and sisters with wide eyes.

Xu Lanyin colored the small wooden blocks separately, red, blue, green, and yellow, and asked Xu Lanzhou to write the word "bird" on each piece.

That's the pawn.

The dice is easy to make, use an awl to dig out different dots on the six sides, and then fill in the color with a brush.

This peculiar "flying bird chess" was born.

It was the first time for Xu Lanzhou to see such a beautiful chessboard and chess pieces, and he was surprised.

Xu Lanyin said that this is called "Flying Bird Chess", talked about the rules of playing this kind of chess, and met the county grandfather's housekeeper in the county seat.

"I want to give the chess to Miss Min to play through my sister-in-law's relatives. It's impossible for them to help us deal with Gu Wangchen, but because of this line, Gu Wangchen always has to be scrupulous. ”

Xu Lanzhou felt that this chess was even more beautiful and fun than he imagined. "Why have I never seen this kind of chess?" he asked. ”

Xu Lanzhou has learned Go from his mother, also learned land chess with his father, and also played stone chess with his classmates.

Xu Lanyin said shamelessly, "I came up with it." ”

"How is that possible!" Xu Lanzhou shook his head again and again, he really didn't believe it.