Chapter 31: "The Cheap Gift"
It was Jiao Mingjing who opened the door, looking at the gift in Ah Ge's hand, Jiao Mingjing felt a burst of joy in his heart, remembering that when those mentors came to give Jiao Yuxin gifts every year, Jiao Yuxin was furious, and Jiao Mingjing gradually had some smiles in the corners of his eyes.
"Miss Mingjing, why are you smiling so strangely?" Ah Ge looked at his clothes, and there was nothing strange about it.
"It's nothing, Mr. Argo, it's just that I'm a little happy to see someone coming to pay New Year's greetings", Jiao Mingjing quickly put away his smile.
"Really, Miss Mingjing, why doesn't it look like it at all?" said Argo, puzzled.
"Ah, haha, come in, grandpa has been waiting for a long time."
"Okay".
"Is Ago here?" Jiao Yuxin shouted from the hall towards the door.
"It's me, teacher, Happy New Year," Argo replied, bowing to another old woman who walked out, "This must be Shi Niang, Shi Niang, Happy New Year." โ
"What a good boy, and so handsome, no wonder your master keeps talking about you, come in."
"Grandpa, Senior Brother Ago not only came to see you, but also brought very precious gifts," Jiao Mingjing said quietly. Jiao Mingjing is one grade higher than Ago, and calling herself Ago's senior is obviously revenge for Ago's self-proclaimed uncle yesterday.
"Nonsense, I, Jiao Yuxin, have never accepted gifts from students," Jiao Yuxin put down the book that said yes, and said angrily.
"Eh" Argo then realized that this girl was invisibly putting herself together.
"Grandpa, don't be angry, I think Senior Brother Ago must have just joined the master's sect, and he still doesn't know grandpa's temper," Jiao Mingjing explained.
Ah Ge shouted in his heart, oh my God, he is still pit himself, he has been in the teacher for a full semester, Jiao Yuxin originally blamed Ah Ge for not remembering that he had a teacher, and now he blames Ah Ge for not paying attention to his teacher?
Jiao Mingjing secretly made a victory gesture at Ah Ge, every time he heard his grandfather talk about this apprentice, Jiao Yuxin would be upset for his grandfather, how could there be such an apprentice, he never took the initiative to talk to the teacher, this time, he finally avenged his grandfather.
"Teacher, don't be too busy getting angry yet, let's see what the gift is, maybe the teacher will like it," Ah Ge said quickly.
"No need, you can take the gift when you leave," Jiao Yuxin said lightly.
"Grandpa, let's take a look" Jiao Mingjing snatched the gift box from Ah Go's hand and opened it at an astonishing speed.
"Mingjing" Jiao Yuxin shouted angrily, but then he was attracted by Ago's gift.
"Well, what is this?" Looking at the gift that revealed his true face, whether it was Jiao Yuxin or Jiao Mingjing, they all showed surprised expressions, because this gift was really special, because it was just some wood engraved with words.
Ah Ge was embarrassed, this was a chess game that he imitated with his memories in his sleep, but he didn't expect that before he introduced his gameplay, it had been exposed in front of everyone's eyes.
"Teacher, this is chess invented by the students, a puzzle game," Ago explained.
"Chess?" Jiao Yu didn't know why.
"yes. Teacher, let the apprentice explain the gameplay for the teacher" Ah Ge took the chess from Jiao Mingjing's hand and slowly began to explain the rules and gameplay.
Neither of them is stupid, and after Argo finished speaking, they probably had some enlightenment.
"Ago, if you can put this mind on academics, your future achievements will not be lower than mine," Jiao Yuxin said, making Ago embarrassed.
This student of his own is really whimsical, a small chess game, and it is really fun to interpret the changes of the war on it.
And Jiao Mingjing's mind was even more different, could it be that he had already seen through his own scheme? With such a clever method of cracking, it could be seen from Grandpa's eyes how much Grandpa liked this thing.
Jiao Mingjing's eyes were fixed on the small chess game, could it be that he had led a real war? Why did he have such a talent.
"Teacher, academics are boring and often interrupted by shackles, so you need real meditation at this time, and this chess game happens to have such a wonderful use," said Argo with a smile.
Fortunately, he had a clean breeze on his sleeves, otherwise he would have been toyed with by this little girl today, and Argo shouted in his heart that it was dangerous.
"Miss Mingjing, it's vacation time, isn't it a little inaccurate to call me junior?"
"What you say is reasonable, clear and quiet, and you must not exceed the etiquette" Jiao Yuxin thought for a moment and said.
"Eh" Jiao Mingjing has a feeling of lifting a stone to hit his own feet.
"Uncle Ago, be careful of the steps, don't fall to your death."
"Master Mingjing, thank you for reminding me, I'm younger than you, so I shouldn't have made such a mistake."
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"Come on, come on, accompany me for two games," Jiao Yuxin said excitedly.
"Yes, Teacher".
Although Jiao Yuxin is a beginner, he is already comparable to Ah Go's demeanor of studying for a year after two games, and Ah Ge has to sigh at Jiao Yuxin's talent.
From the quick end of the battle in the first game, to the fact that Argo will think deeply every step he takes, Jiao Yuxin's progress is huge.
"Master Mingjing, can you pour another glass of water for me and the teacher," Ah Ge commanded, waving his hand.
This is the third time, which makes the lovely Miss Mingjing grit her teeth, but Argo will bring Jiao Yuxin with her every time, which makes Jiao Mingjing dare not do it, watching the game between the two, Jiao Mingjing was reluctant to leave, so she had to stand up and refill a cup of tea for the two.
"Uncle Ago, you have to take care of your kidneys" Ming Jing said with a strange face, why didn't you see him for so long?
"Haha, it's rare that Miss Ming Jing cares so much about Uncle Ming's kidneys" Ah Ge deliberately increased the volume of some key bytes, which made Miss Ming Jing's sudden face flush.
Fortunately, Jiao Yuxin has been paying attention to the direction of the chess game and does not care what the two say.
"Lost again" Jiao Yuxin sighed, this is already the third game.
"The teacher has been able to make such progress, and he has surpassed many people," Ago explained, looking at Jiao Yuxin's expression, he knew that he should put some water.
"Grandpa, let me and Uncle Ago have the next game," Jiao Mingjing said.
"Okay, this chess is really interesting" Jiao Yuxin gave up his seat to Jiao Mingjing.
"Mingjing's nephew, don't you need to let your uncle let you do some."
"It's better not to, just let the horses come," Jiao Mingjing said.
Looking at Jiao Mingjing's charming figure and face, Argo shamefully had some inhumane associations because of Jiao Mingjing's words.
Jiao Yuxin's chess path is calm, step by step, but Jiao Mingjing's chess path is not like a woman, full of murderous energy, and it takes a long time for Ah Ge to deal with every move.
I really can't see that this is a woman's chess skills, Argo admires in his heart, just watching a few games to have such a level, can compare with his own chess skills for many years.
Slowly, the language between the two became less and less, and even Jiao Yuxin could see the tense atmosphere between the two, and held his breath, for fear of disturbing the two people's train of thought.
I didn't think about it, Jiao Yuxin thought of the scene when Argo was in the entrance examination, and the tutor at that time once said that if a female tutor could be selected from Nordir and become Ago's spouse, wouldn't it be possible to pull Argo into the camp of Nordir Academy?
Seeing the two of them facing each other on the chessboard, sympathizing with each other, thinking of the two of them being of the same age, Jiao Yuxin was overjoyed.
"Concession, concession," said Argo with his fists clenched.
"One more game, this time I will definitely be able to win you" Jiao Ming said anxiously, the chess game just now ended up with a strange trick and lost to this person, if she was given another chance, she would definitely be able to win back.
"Haha, next time, Ming Jing's nephew" Ah Ge was unwilling, if he had another game, the possibility of his defeat would be very high, after all, Ming Jing had already observed his game several times, and he had mastered a small part of his style, and he had not mastered Ming Jing's style enough.
Before playing, it is not without reason to study your opponent's personality and preferences, and watch your opponent's previous game data.
"Are you scared?" Ming Jing had a smile in her eyes, which was enough to make a competitive woman like her happy.
"It's almost time to eat, I'm just afraid that I'll be hungry teacher" Of course, Argo won't admit it.
At this time, Mingjing's grandmother just came to call the three of them to eat, and Jiao Mingjing had to give up.
At the dinner table, Ah Ge cheekily begged the teacher Jiao Yuxin to name his shop.
"Have you figured it out? This will probably take up most of your time," Jiao Yuxin said, and if he let a genius fall lonely because of this, he would hate it.
"The alchemy of the Steelland Continent must be reformed, and only by holding it in your hands can you have the possibility of writing," Ah Ge said lightly, hitting the most urgent need in Jiao Yuxin's heart.
Jiao Yuxin was surprised, he didn't expect that this apprentice of his was even more ambitious than his own, he just wanted to continue the alchemy, but he wanted to reform the disadvantages of alchemy.
Although the Zong family is the first refining family and has mastered a large market in the Steelland Continent, it is far from the saturation of the market, and Ah Ge is selfish, which stems from Zong Cheng's words.
"If you feel humiliated today, you can always come to the Freedom City-State Sect to seek justice."
The four big characters of "Tianxia Danhui" bloomed beautifully under Jiao Yuxin's pen, and Ah Ge understood that the cost of these four words was that there were only two alchemy masters in the Stilan Continent.
After eating, Argo said goodbye.
"Mingjing waits for me to send off the guests, send them farther" Jiao Yuxin has the habit of reading after eating.
"Okay, grandpa".
As soon as he walked out of the door of Jiao Yuxin's mansion, Jiao Mingjing stood still.
"Senior Brother Ago, I think it's almost time to send it here," Jiao Mingjing said with his hands on his chest.
"Master Mingjing, nephew, you have to know how to be polite."
"I'm not at home anymore."
"The holiday season isn't over yet."
"Alright then, Mr. Argo".
"Miss Ming Jing, are you interested in completing a professional internship before graduation?" Ah Ge suddenly thought that there were still many vacancies in the Pill Chamber of Commerce, this woman was smart, independent, and most importantly, beautiful.
"Oh, Mr. Argo, what kind of salary can you give me?" Jiao Mingjing suddenly thought that his grandfather was just a scholar, and his major lacked job opportunities after graduation.
"If it's a teacher, I'll give ten percent of the shares, and if it's Miss Mingjing, it's only five percent," Argo replied after some thought.
"Why can't I own 10 percent of the shares like my grandfather?" Jiao Mingjing asked.
"Deal" Argo smiled slightly and said these two words.
He agreed so happily? How did he know that he had a competitive mentality when he was tricked into it so easily?
"Mr. Argo, you are so smart", Jiao Mingjing said indignantly.
"Miss Mingjing, what do you mean, why can't I understand it at all?"