Qingyang, also known as Qinyang, is named after the south of the land of Qinzhou and the Zhengyang in Longzhong.

In the north of Qingyang County, surrounded by mountains, faintly and invisibly, there is a unique mountain such as the gateway of ten thousand mountains, standing in the corner of north and south, the Wei River shuttles at the foot of the mountain, just like the green dragon passing through the gap and the tail facing the sky, raising its head and swallowing the sun and the moon. This mountain has been handed down since ancient times, Longyan.

Longyan Mountain is steep and forested, and the long and narrow mountain road winds and intersects in the forest, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, and there are seven roads and eighteen bends. After crossing this mountain, it can be regarded as entering the boundary of Yan'er Ridge. There are 20 large and small villages in the mountains, and the villages are in the same direction with different mountains, the same water and different rivers, which can be regarded as scattered.

"Hey, Lao Duan, are you squatting there, or do you want to be a mother-in-law, can you hurry up."

A middle-aged man kept rubbing his hands, staring intently at the chessboard in front of him, and a pair of huge fluttering ears also trembled slightly with the blood filled with excitement at this time.

The man on the opposite chessboard who was called Lao Duan turned a deaf ear, holding the chess pieces in his hand, and he didn't know where to land for a while.

The middle-aged man glanced at Lao Duan, thinking that he was also familiar with his virtue, so he could only raise his legs, get up and stretch a big lazy waist, look around, and muttered to himself.

"I can't stay in this shabby place for a day."

On the three-acre square boundary stands a blue-gray brick house, and a few big characters written at that time can be vaguely seen on the surrounding wall, and the wall skin is mottled, like a dilapidated warehouse.

The iron door of the warehouse was closed, and a large lock hung on it, rusty. There are two big seals pasted on the iron door, the paper is yellowed, there is a year, carefully distinguished, only to see that the payment is, Qingyang County Fertilizer Factory, June 1973.

This warehouse is far away from the main factory area, backed by Longyan Mountain, standing alone at the foot of the mountain, and the land is empty for several miles.

"Director Liu, this sentence is the sixty-third time you said it today, which is five more times than yesterday's fifty-eight times. But then again, if it weren't for your high spirits, you wouldn't have ......"

Director Liu's eyes widened, his hands crossed his waist, gritted his teeth, and secretly scolded in his heart.

"You can pull it down, the whole factory knows about me, just pretend to be confused, am I Gao Feng Liangjie? Who wants to come to this place where birds don't, with the false title of a warehouse director, taking care of a bunch of dilapidated lathe parts eliminated from the factory, and it sounds good to protect national assets, and it's not that they have no way to be relegated to such an unlucky post. That is, you are the number one person, and you actually took the initiative to ask to come here. ”

"Hey, you're playing chess, and you're talking a lot." Director Liu suddenly felt that he was out of breath, and urged with a gesture.

Lao Duan shrugged helplessly, raised his hand, and finally settled down.

"I know that you take this step, the mandarin duck horse steps on the chain lock, general, lose!"

Lao Duan was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to protect the chessboard.

"This, this plate really doesn't count, I just trembled in my hands,......."

"What this and that, if you lose, you lose. Remember, you owe me a bag of red sky again this month. ”

Director Liu was in a good mood at this time, and he looked complacent. As he spoke, he took out a red notebook and wrote down the debt. I saw that on the small notebook, a few "positive" words were scribbled crookedly.

When Lao Duan saw this scene, he had no choice but to accept his hand, which was considered to be willing to lose the gamble.

At this time, Director Liu was in a good mood, shook the notebook in his hand, and really showed off.

"Old Duan, our dear brother has settled the accounts, and this month's salary has been paid, so you have to pay me back together."

"Alright, alright, how many times a day can you talk about this little thing."

Lao Duan's face was impatient, his eyes were still wandering on the chessboard, and he looked unwilling.

In the eyes of Director Liu, Lao Duan is the legendary big fat sheep that has not been met in a hundred years, the king of stinky chess that is rumored on the rivers and lakes, and half of his monthly salary is lost into Director Liu's pocket. is also a person in his forties, with no background before and after, that is, he belongs to the type that he can't see when he has more, and he doesn't feel when he has less. There are no parents, no wives and children, one person eats enough and the whole family is not hungry, but when he sees the chessboard, he can't walk.

The only difference between Lao Duan and Director Liu is that Lao Duan took the initiative to ask the factory to be transferred to this position to take care of the warehouse. When the factory director heard this, he didn't say a word, and immediately made a decision. At the regular meeting of the whole factory, he also praised Comrade Lao Duan for enduring hardships first and enjoying pleasures later, and called on the whole factory to learn from Lao Duan. At the beginning, Director Liu also asked Lao Duan why he was willing to come to this barren place, Lao Duan turned over the chess game in his hand, and said unfathomably, this place is pure, and it is rare for a person who has painstakingly studied chess. After all, the days have been long, and I can't stand the soft grinding and hard bubbles of the old section, so if I am ruthless, I will be abused once, and I can run only fifteen on the first day of junior high school.

After playing a game, Director Liu has a deep understanding of Lao Duan's chess skills, which is two words.

"Ahh

Four words.

"What's that?!"

Eight words.

“。。。。。。。。”

The boring days are always repeated, and the birdsong in the courtyard has become lazy and out of tune.

Every time the shift comes, Director Liu is like a chicken blood, jumping up and down, his hair is shiny, riding the heavy old 28 bicycle, pedaling up and down, if he is not liberated, it is estimated that he is a good hand in the Black Clothes Society.

Lao Duan often looked at Director Liu's back and sighed secretly.

"This has to be liberating, otherwise it's a pity to be a traitor with this appearance."

Director Liu looked at the horizon in the distance, and did not send out the sunset infinitely good, but just sighed near dusk, after all, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it will feel greasy, and the widow Chen in the loading workshop is not good-looking. Thinking of Widow Chen, Director Liu recalled the eventful years of the past, thinking that Widow Chen was also a member of his subordinates, not to mention outstanding figure, in several factories of all sizes, scolding the street than voice, the loading workshop ranked second, and no one dared to fight for the first. Of course, now there is also a "fierce" general under his command, and other places dare not guarantee that the old section of the whole factory, the king of stinky chess, can be regarded as a kind of stinky realm, a supreme attitude that is not the most smelly, only more smelly, and stinks to the end.

Just when Director Liu's thoughts were flying and he was full of emotion, Lao Duan brought the chessboard to his face without knowing whether he was alive or dead.

"Come on, I've finally found a way to crack it, and I'll kill another game......"

"Roll"

A roar resounded through the valley, and even the birds in the forest were startled.

"Stop!"

A group of black figures stopped on the forest path, led by a lean old man in a black sweatshirt, staring thoughtfully at the startled birds that suddenly appeared in the forest in the distance.