Far up the cold mountain stone path slope, there are monks in the depths of the white clouds.

Tangtai Jing has practiced martial arts for several years more than Xiao Yuanbao, and his physical foundation is better than Xiao Yuanbao, he walked in front and walked very steadily all the way.

In contrast, small ingots are much harder.

After climbing the mountain for a fifth, the mirror handed his hand to the little ingot, and took her hand and walked up the mountain.

Climbing the mountain for two-fifths, the little ingot's little hands were propped up on his knees, his little face was flushed, and he kept panting, looking pitiful and cute.

After thinking about it, he squatted down in front of a large rock, ignoring the leaves on the ground and the dew on the leaves.

"You stand on the rock, and then lie on my back, and I carry you up." Yu Taijing said.

"No, you're too tired." Little Ingot shook his head.

"I can," said the mirror firmly, "and besides, we have to get to the gentleman's mansion in time." ”

Xiao Yuanbao thought about it, and he was not hypocritical.

She had short hands and short feet, and carefully climbed onto the stone, using the height of the stone to make herself lie on the back of the mirror.

The mirror picked her up and walked up the mountain step by step.

The mirror is moving very fast, and the pace of the mirror is very steady.

The little ingots were lying on his back, feeling very relieved.

Although Taijing is only two years older than her, Xiao Yuanbao feels as if he can support the whole world for her.

Senior Brother Yutai is so reliable!

She will also be a reliable person in the future and support the whole world for Senior Brother Shantai!

Probably because he got up too early in the morning, and the pace of the mirror was very steady, the eyelids of the little ingots gradually drooped, and his breathing tended to be stable.

The mirror felt her breathing more and more steady, little by little, little by little, and the lips that had never been curvature, hooked up a shallow smile.

He carried her up the steep steps, brushed aside the hanging branches on both sides, and made steady progress towards the temple where the bell rang far away.

I don't know how long it took, but the little ingots felt like they had been put down.

She reached out and rubbed her eyes, and they were greeted by bushes of white chrysanthemums. Flower.

White chrysanthemum on the top of the mountain. The flowers are like a pile of snow covering the dark green chrysanthemum leaves, and the white chrysanthemums at the foot of the mountain. The flowers are sparse.

The mirror took the copper kettle from the hand that he didn't buy and handed it to the little ingot.

The little ingots carefully held the flower head of the white chrysanthemum, shook it into the copper kettle, and shook the dew on the flower head into the copper kettle.

One, two, three......

Chrysanthemum. The flower head is large, and there is a lot of dew on it, and only a hundred chrysanthemums were picked before and after. Flowers, a small copper kettle, are filled with dew with the scent of white chrysanthemum.

"Alright, let's go back." Little Ingot said happily.

The two of them went down the mountain together.

Chenshi.

Mr. Chen's doorstep.

Little Ingot and Yutai Mirror knocked on the door.

Old Mr. Chen opened the door, followed by Yuan Qingyun.

As soon as Yuan Qingyun saw the little ingot, he showed a provocative smile.

He arrived half an hour before her, and thought he had a chance to win.

"Did you get it?" Mr. Chen asked.

"Mr. Huiyu, I've got it." Xiao Yuanbao smiled sweetly and offered the copper kettle in his hand with both hands.

Mr. Chen glanced at the small ingot, and then at the stage mirror.

I saw that both of them were a little damp, and those clothes were on their skin, showing a wrinkled texture.

Their shoes were also stained with red dirt and some broken leaves.

The small ingots are tied with two balls, and there are some mountain flowers on the balls, and the mountain flowers are still with crystal dew, which looks very energetic.

"Come in." Mr. Chen is kind and pleasant.

He wasn't very happy when he came out with Yuan Qingyun, but when he saw Xiao Yuanbao and Yutai Mirror, he became happy.

He took the children to the private room, and the children changed into a pair of clean slippers at the bottom of the steps, and followed him inside.

Mr. Chen took the copper kettle in Xiao Yuanbao's hand and placed it on a rosewood tea table.

Next to this copper kettle, there is also a ceramic kettle, which is larger than the copper kettle and filled with water.

"This is the dew taken by Yuan Qingyun." Mr. Chen introduced.

Yuan Qingyun showed a proud smile, he raised his chin slightly, and glanced at the little ingots again.

Yuan Qingyun said triumphantly: "Sir, I set off at the fourth watch, climbed all the way to the top of the mountain, knocked on the door of the temple, took a pot of dew on the white chrysanthemum of the temple, and then went down the mountain non-stop, and hurried to the door of Mr.'s house, I didn't even have time to eat breakfast, and I didn't have time to change my clothes. ”

As he spoke, Yuan Qingyun added: "No, it's half an hour earlier than the little ingot." ”

This round of testing counts, am I the winner?

Mr. Chen nodded coldly, not as much as he expected.

"What about you?" Old Mr. Chen looked at the little ingot.

Little Yuan Bao replied very honestly: "I didn't get up as early as my third cousin, my mother woke me up on the fifth watch, and then the little brother came to pick me up!"

"We went by carriage, the mountain was so steep that I was out of breath, and before I could get halfway up, the little brother saw that it was really difficult for me to climb, so he carried me on his back!

"But, chrysanthemum. The dew on the flowers was all shaken off in the copper kettle by myself after I reached the top of the mountain. ”

Old Mr. Chen smiled slightly, reached out and touched the little ingot's hair: "What an honest child." ”

"Sir, she didn't even climb the mountain herself, and she even had someone carry her for a while, isn't that cheating?" Yuan Qingyun couldn't wait to ask.

Mr. Chen smiled but did not say anything.

Then, Mr. Chen lifted the ceramic kettle and poured some water to make tea on the small clay stove.

After a while, a pot of tea was boiled.

Mr. Chen set up the four cups, and then skillfully began to order tea, and he pointed out different patterns on the four cups.

One cup is plum blossoms, one cup is orchids, one cup is bamboo branches, and one cup is chrysanthemums. Flower.

Among the elegant people of the Great Dragon Kingdom, it is popular to order tea, and there are many tea masters among the people.

The tea culture of the Great Dragon Kingdom is very prosperous, from the dignitaries and nobles to the peddlers and pawns, they all like to go to tea houses, tea workshops, and tea stalls to drink tea.

Mr. Chen raised his hand and motioned for the three children to serve tea and taste it.

Xiao Yuanbao took the teacup, blew the hot air on the teacup, and took small sips before drinking a cup of tea.

Yuan Qingyun and Yutai Jing also picked up their teacups and drank tea respectively.

However, the Tangtai Mirror is called tea tasting, and Yuan Qingyun can only be regarded as drinking tea, because Yuan Qingyun has no attainments in the tea ceremony, and the Tangtai Mirror was born in the family of Zhong Ming Dingshi.

Mr. Chen took the teacup and tasted it for a moment, his eyes showed disappointment, he shook his head slightly, and put the remaining half cup of tea on the side of the tea table.

Then, he changed to a new teapot, poured the dew taken by the little ingots into the teapot, and boiled a new pot of tea.

He took out four more brand-new teacups and ordered four new cups of tea.

He shoved three of the new cups of tea in front of the three children, and he picked up the last cup of tea himself.

He took a sip of his tea, and his eyes lit up.

He drank a full cup of tea contentedly, then poured himself another cup of tea, and made a beautiful pattern on the tea as usual, this time with more care and refinement.

Xiao Yuanbao finished a cup of tea and sat upright, looking very cute.

Yuan Qingyun also finished drinking a cup of tea, and he couldn't make any difference.

The mirror finally put down the teacup, and there was a faint smile on his lips, as if he remembered something extremely happy.

Little Ingot glanced at him curiously.

The mirror gave her an affirmative look, as if to say, in this test, you will win steadily.

Xiao Yuanbao understood his eyes, but she was a little puzzled.

Why is Senior Brother Tantai so confident in her?

At this time, Mr. Chen spoke: "In this second round of the test, Xiao Yuanbao won. ”

"Why?" Yuan Qingyun asked unwillingly, "Obviously, I came earlier than her!" Why did she win? Could it be that in Mr., there is only the friendship between teachers and students, and there is no fairness? ”

Old Mr. Chen's face suddenly turned cold, and while he tasted the tea cooked with the dew brought by the little ingot, he said, "Don't you want to be fair?" Well, then I'll tell you, what is fair! ”

Yuan Qingyun sat up straight, pursed his lips, and looked unconvinced.

"I poured half of the two pots of dew you brought while cooking tea, so you might as well smell the pot of dew you brought first." Mr. Chen raised his hand.

Yuan Qingyun lifted the ceramic kettle in front of him, lifted the lid of the kettle and sniffed it.

No smell, huh?

What went wrong?

"You smell the dew from the little ingots again." Mr. Chen said again.

Yuan Qingyun brought the copper kettle brought by the little ingots in front of him, lifted the lid of the kettle, and smelled the dew inside, a stream of white chrysanthemum. The fragrance of flowers rushes to the face, making people feel as if they are in white chrysanthemum. On the mountain field where flowers are in full bloom.

Mr. Chen continued: "Do you smell different?

"In terms of smell, the pot of water you brought has the vitality of well water;

And the pot of water brought by the little ingots is with chrysanthemums. The fragrance of flowers!

"In terms of taste, the pot of water you brought has the astringency of well water;

"And the pot of water brought by the little ingots is the dew condensed between heaven and earth, with a natural sweetness."

"So, you're lying."

"I didn't!" Until this time, Yuan Qingyun was still stiff with a dead duck's mouth, "When Mr. orders tea, he uses tea powder, which is delicate and has the fragrance of tea leaves, which will completely cover the taste of water, how can Mr. taste the difference in water?" ”

Mr. Chen shook his head in disappointment.

The mirror was holding a teacup, not even willing to look at him.

People like them have lived a life of fine clothes and food all year round, and their tongues have long been raised.

Water quality, temperature, tea ...... Where there is a subtle difference, they can taste it with a little taste.

Only those who are not accustomed to this kind of life will not be able to discern the subtleties of this.

Mr. Chen shook his head and sighed: "Okay, you said that you set off on the fourth watch day and went to the temple to get dew, do you know that the top of the mountain is full of white chrysanthemums. Flowers, no need to enter the temple at all?

"You said that you came in a hurry after taking the dew, and I asked you why you were dressed neatly and dryly when the dew was wet in the morning.

"Why aren't your shoes stained with the red soil of Baiju Mountain?

"I read the county records of Putuo County a few days ago, and in the entire territory of Putuo County, there is only one place in Baiju Temple, where there is red soil."

What is stuck to the sole of Yuan Qingyun's shoes?

The soles of Yuan Qingyun's shoes were stained with the yellow soil that can be seen everywhere in Longwang Village.

Yuan Qingyun saw that he couldn't die anymore, so he immediately bowed his head flexibly and admitted his mistake: "The kid knows that he is wrong, the kid is confused for a while, please forgive me!" ”

"You want to take a shortcut because you want to save trouble, you cheated and sent me a pot of well water, which shows that you are dishonest." Mr. Chen was disappointed, but also felt that everything was expected.

Yuan Qingyun was unwilling, and craned his neck and said, "Isn't there another test?" I want to put it through the last test. ”

As he spoke, he added: "I don't believe that my character will be worse than that of Xiao Yuanbao!" ”

The little ingots innocently lay down with a gun and puffed out his cheeks, like a bulging pufferfish.

The mirror took her hand and patted it gently on the back of her hand.

Xiao Yuan BMW is not angry.

"Well, since you really want to accept this third test, I will tell you what this third test is!" Mr. Chen nodded.

After all, he said at the beginning that he would give the other party three tests, and he couldn't break his word.

Yuan Qingyun immediately sat up, looking serious.

"You two can play chess?" Mr. Chen took a look at Yuan Qingyun and Xiao Yuanbao.

"I will! The gentleman of the school taught! Yuan Qingyun became proud, and glanced at the little ingots again.

"I'll play a little bit," said little ingots honestly, "my parents love to play chess, they play chess every night under the oil lamp, they have taught me some, but I really only play a little." ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as it will!" Mr. Chen nodded, "I want you to play chess with me, as the so-called chess quality is like character, I can see what your real character is, I can see it in the game with you." ”

"What do you think?" Yuan Qingyun asked eagerly.

"It can only be meant, but not spoken," Mr. Chen touched his beard and said meaningfully, "You can rest assured, I am not a person who cares about winning or losing. However, if you win, you can make a request to me, and whatever it is, as long as it does not violate morality and law, I will agree. ”

Yuan Qingyun clenched his fists and secretly swore in his heart that he must seize this opportunity!

This is his only and last chance!

"Which of you comes first?" Mr. Chen asked.

Xiao Yuan Bao lowered his head and touched his little belly.

Her belly was shriveled and she was a little hungry.

I woke up too early in the morning.

Haven't you eaten breakfast early, aren't you a little hungry now?

She wanted to come home early for dinner.

"Sir, shall I come first?" Little Ingot raised his little head and asked expectantly.

"Of course." Mr. Chen's tone was gentle.

The little ingots grinned, revealing a cute little pear vortex.

Mr. Chen took out a set of chess pieces and placed them on the stone table in the courtyard.

Xiao Yuan Bao and Mr. Chen sat on one side, Xiao Yuan Bao held white chess, and Mr. Chen played black chess.

Mr. Chen let the little ingots settle first.

The little ingots thought for a while and chose a place to fall.

Mr. Chen immediately dropped the second chess piece.

The two played chess and had a lot of contacts, but Xiao Yuanbao was not good at chess, and he was soon defeated.

Yuan Qingyun, who was standing on the side, breathed a sigh of relief.

She lost too quickly, and her chess skills were far inferior to his.

Even if his chess skills are not as good as Mr. Chen, he can support them longer than the little ingots.

He thought to himself that as long as he could hold up longer than the little ingot, he would win.

At this time, he completely forgot that Mr. Chen had emphasized twice before, and he valued the process more than the result!

After Xiao Yuan Bao lost, he immediately stood up and gave up his seat.

Just then, a loud rumbling sound came from her stomach.

She thought to herself, it should be too hard to climb up and down the mountain, so she was hungry very quickly today, and it seemed that in order to prevent this accident from happening again, she had to keep some pastries on hand at any time.

Mr. Chen heard Xiao Yuanbao's stomach ringing, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, I know you're hungry for climbing!" Make an exception today, let you and your senior brother go back to dinner, and you will come back to class in the afternoon! ”

"Thank you, sir!" The little ingots grinned and said sweetly.

Mr. Chen waved his hand.

The little ingots pulled the mirror and left.

Only Mr. Chen and Yuan Qingyun were left in the courtyard.

Mr. Chen lowered his head, picked up all the white chess pieces on the chessboard, and placed them in the bowl containing the white chess pieces, and then picked up all the black chess pieces on the chessboard and placed them in the bowl containing the black chess pieces.

"Please be seated." Mr. Chen said to Yuan Qingyun.

Yuan Qingyun swallowed his saliva and sat down a little nervously.

Mr. Chen let Yuan Qingyun settle first.

Yuan Qingyun's fingers turned white, and he immediately fell.

Mr. Chen then fell into the sunspot.

Yuan Qingyun's foundation is indeed better than that of Xiao Yuanbao, and his chess skills are much more powerful than Xiao Yuanbao.

But who was standing in front of him?

That's the emperor of the two dynasties!

That's an old man who has lived for eighty years!

How could he be his opponent if he was just a child?

After the hour of tea passed, Mr. Chen suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.

He stretched out his hand and stroked his abdomen, and after dropping a son, he said to Yuan Qingyun: "You wait here for a while, the old man is unwell, go and change his clothes first." ”

Changing clothes is an elegant name for going to the toilet.

In addition to changing clothes, the word "changing" also means going to the toilet to urinate.

Yuan Qingyun understood the meaning of these two words, because every time the gentleman in the clan studies went to the toilet, he would also say that he was going to change his clothes.

Yuan Qingyun nodded.

Mr. Chen got up and left.

Yuan Qingyun observed the chess game.

This game was not good for him.

It's about to be defeated.

What to do?

Just sit back and wait?

This is not his Yuan Qingyun style!

He wants to get ahead, he wants to get rid of this disgusting father, he wants to step on the head of the little ingots and bully her!

Then he has to get stronger!

He wants to worship the strong as a teacher and make himself stronger and stronger!

Even if it is unscrupulous for this!

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Qingyun nervously glanced up at the empty courtyard, and then quietly made up his mind.

He swapped a few pieces on the board and reversed the defeat on the board.

He smiled slightly, smug.

After a while, Mr. Chen returned.

If this game goes down again, there is no suspense.

Yuan Qingyun dropped two or three more chess pieces, and easily won against Mr. Chen.

He suppressed his excitement and said in a calm tone as much as he could: "Sir, I won, didn't you say before that as long as I can win the chess game, you can promise me a condition?" I want to say this condition now, I want to be your closed disciple! Like a small ingot, and a mirror! ”

He has already lost the first two tests.

This is his only chance.

He felt that Mr. Chen would not refuse, because his request was neither immoral nor lawless!

If he refuses, then he will break his promise!

Then he will not be able to survive the holidays!

Yuan Qingyun smiled slightly, thinking that he had the chance to win.