In the territory of China, Huangcun.

The scenery here is pleasant, the fields are thousands of miles, and there are many industrious figures running between the fields and paths, facing the loess with their backs to the sky, and working hard to cultivate the rice in the land, hoping to grow golden fruits in the coming year.

In the villages and towns, there are many buildings, children chase and play in the streets and alleys, laughter is endless, old people sit in the shade of the trees, and the grandfathers in white vests sit together, staring intently at the chess game on the chessboard.

"Dad, you stinked so badly in this chess game, you should have jumped off the horse and eaten his pawn just now."

"You're smart, you're coming!"

Next to the chess game, an uncle is blowing his beard and glaring at his own kid next to him, he hates others to say that he stinks chess, especially his own bastard boy who plays chess more stinky than him!

"Tut-tut, Lao Zhang, it seems that your chess skills are not good, if you lose chess, you will lose chess, and you actually lose your temper with your son."

On the other side, an old man with a bamboo cigarette gun in his hand was looking at them with a smile, and there was a group of people laughing and coaxing next to him:

"Yes, yes, old man Zhang, if you have the ability, you can win a few and take a look, let's be an egg!"

"It's like, you haven't won a few times in the past few days."

"Hurry up, win a handful and open our eyes."

Old man Zhang was not annoyed when he saw this, but unhurriedly scolded his own stinky boy for a bloody head, then turned his head slowly, and said with a disdainful face: "If it weren't for the wind today, I would have killed all directions!" ”

"Hey, this wind is quite strong, otherwise how could it flash your tongue?" The old man pouted.

"Not convinced? Okay, go ahead! ”

"Please!"

A group of old men continued to play chess happily, only the rural boy who was scolded next to him was full of grievances, which seemed incompatible with the joyful atmosphere under the big banyan tree.

"Hello, is this Huangcun?"

At the same time, an unfamiliar inquiry suddenly came from behind him, which made the young man turn his head a little puzzled, and saw a Sven boy wearing black-rimmed glasses standing behind him, he was carrying a small black shoulder bag, and his temperament was ordinary, as if he was an ordinary tourist who came to travel.

"Are you a foreign traveler?"

The peasant boy forgot about the unpleasantness just now, and greeted him a little shyly: "Friend, look at your dress, you should be from the city, we are here in Huangcun." ”

'Really? The visitor thought to himself.

This boy with glasses on his back was Xuan Yue, who had specially asked for leave from the academy, and he came to Huangcun to check the arrangements he had left in Huangcun before, and also to see the current situation in Huangcun.

He had been observing the periphery of Huangcun for a long time, and he found that this was a very ordinary second- and third-tier rural village and town, with a population of about one or two thousand, and although most of the residents here lived very poorly, the folk customs were very simple.

Many people here still maintain very simple emotions, and even some young couples on the street secretly hold hands, and they can blush for a long, long time......

'How nice it would be if disaster hadn't struck and had been living in peace......

Xuan Yue sighed silently in his heart, he should have returned to the academy after checking the "means" arranged in Huang Village, but he didn't know why, he walked into the village by mistake, looking at the leisure and peaceful life here, his heart was filled with a little inexplicable waves.

"Friend, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Xuan Yue's face was a little silent, the peasant young man couldn't help but ask, "Is there something uncomfortable?" ”

"Eh, farmer, the one next to you is from outside?"

As he spoke, in the crowd behind him, the old man with a smoking gun suddenly shouted at the young man.

"Uncle Li, it seems to be a brother who came out of the city to travel!"

The peasant boy did not shy away from it and replied loudly.

"Tourism?"

Hearing this, the old man with a smoking gun suddenly frowned, they are such a remote and broken place in Huangcun, although there are usually tourists passing by, but they basically go directly from the road next to the village, how can they stay here?

"Hello, uncle."

Xuan Yue greeted Uncle Li softly.

"Boy, are you really here to travel to Huangcun?"

The old man asked meaningfully, and at the same time took a sip of the cigarette gun in his hand, spit out the old white smoke, and said: "Our Huangcun is such a broken place, there is nothing to travel, old man, I suggest, you might as well go to Haicheng next door to us, where the place is big, grand enough, suitable for you young people." ”

"No, old man, I'll just walk around Huang Village."

After Xuan Yue nodded politely to the peasant boy beside her, she stepped forward, and for some reason, the crowd around her suddenly gave way and let him walk to the edge of the chessboard, which made Uncle Li frown slightly, as if he saw something.

"Boy, do you play chess?" The old man suddenly asked.

"I know a little bit about the rules of chess, but I haven't played them."

"Then do you want to accompany the old man and me through a few tricks? It's just for entertainment. ”

"Okay." Xuan Yue agreed cleanly.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, let me give up my seat, I'll play chess with the guests."

Seeing that Xuan Yue agreed, the old man with the smoking gun immediately turned his head to the old man Zhang, who was staring at the chessboard and bowed his head in contemplation, and said, "Ma Yue, hurry up and get out!" ”

"This chess game is fierce, don't bother me!"

"you! Lao Tzu is only three steps away from killing you, hurry up and get out, don't waste time! ”

Then, Old Man Zhang scolded and was "invited" out by the old man with a smoking gun, and then the old man raised his hand and stretched out to the empty seat of the stone bench opposite, and said to Xuan Yue: "Please." ”

"Please."

“......”

As Xuan Yue sat down, the old man silently restored the chessboard, and then dropped the chess first, looking at the chessboard seriously, Xuan Yue looked down at the chess game, and silently picked up the chess pieces and fell.

The two played chess very quietly, and after a while, there was only a subtle rapid falling sound of two people under the banyan tree, and the surrounding onlookers were dumbfounded, and the old man Zhang next to him was still scolding, but when he saw this situation, the whole person was silent in an instant, where these two people were playing chess, they were simply "planning to play".

The old man's play was very fierce, like a peerless old swordsman who had experienced vicissitudes, wielding the sharp long sword in his hand, and frantically attacking Xuanyue with the chess pieces on the chessboard!

“......”

However, Xuan Yue was very calm, as if she hadn't seen the "sharp sword" that the other party had slashed at the head, and she took care of herself and launched a watertight defense, firmly grasping the situation on the chessboard in her own hands.

Although the old man's chess style is very sharp, the chess strength of the two is almost worlds apart, and soon, the old man has fewer and fewer chess pieces at hand, and more and more time to think, and the situation on the red side slides towards the abyss like a rolling stone in a high mountain.

After a while, the old man suddenly put down the cigarette gun in his hand, smiled with relief, and said, "I lost, I lost convincingly." ”

“......”

Xuan Yue looked intently at the chessboard below, and did not speak, because there were only a few chess pieces left in his hand, and such a thing as chess, even if it was the most perfect defensive method, would definitely not appear to be full of people.

"Son, why don't you give up?"

The old man opened his mouth and smiled: "There are obviously so many opportunities, as long as you give up one or two dispensable chess pieces, you can win more cleanly, and you can even end this game early." ”

"Give up?"

Xuan Yue slowly closed her eyes, and when she opened her eyelids again, her gaze behind the black-framed glasses had already become very indifferent, and she said lightly: "But there are some things, I don't want to give up." ”

"Child, there is no perfect chess game in this world, there will be losses in any game, if you don't give up, the opponent will help you give up, it's not something you can decide."

The old man shook his head, his expression seemed a little disappointed, and then he said: "Your chess strength is obviously superior to mine, as long as you give up those chess pieces at the beginning, you can easily win, but you have been trying to protect them, this is not what a qualified chess player should do." ”

"......" Xuan Yue looked silent, and after a long time, she said slowly: "Senior, if I do something wrong in the future, I'm sorry ......"

"When the interruption continues, it will be chaotic!"

The old man with a cigarette gun smiled and picked up the cigarette gun on the stone table, took a sip, exhaled a long breath, and said: "Life is like chess, chess is like life, you are still young, there is still a long way to go, sometimes, you have to be ruthless, not only to be ruthless to the enemy, but also to yourself!" ”

"Thank you, and sorry......"

Xuan Yue stood up, bowed deeply to the old man, then stepped on the black shoulder bag in his hand, and walked in the direction he came from without looking back, this time, his steps were very firm, without the slightest hesitation.

"Hey, Lao Li, are you so solemn about that kid for Mao?"

After Xuanyue walked away, Lao Zhang sat back in his place, and said to the old man with a curious face: "What is the origin of that kid?" ”

"Lao Zhang, do you remember the batch of construction funds that the government suddenly allocated a few years ago?" The old man took a few puffs of the cigarette gun with a dull face, and then said slowly.

"Remember, how could I not remember this, it was with that money that my family rebuilt the house and ancestral hall, and now life is better."

"Is that so?"

Old man Li suddenly raised his head and said to Old Man Zhang: "Eh, old Zhang, do you have any plans to move outside for a few days and bring your family with you?" ”

"Ah, why should I bother with that?"

Hearing this, Old Man Zhang was a little confused, and said: "This is our home, we won't go anywhere, just stay in this old and broken place." ”

"Is that so?"

Old man Li sighed secretly in his heart, and said, "Then you go back to the village center to send a notice, so that young people who are willing to travel outside recently can go out for a walk, don't stay in this place all the time, it's not good for people." ”

"Lao Li, what's wrong with you today? After playing a game of chess, the whole person became strange. ”

Lao Zhang looked at him a little strangely, then stretched out his hand to restore the chessboard on the stone table, and said with a smile: "Then I'll go later, let's play chess first, I just saw that you were killed by that kid without leaving a piece of armor, and I feel itchy to see it!" ”

"Really?" Old man Li was expressionless.

"Hmph, that kid has already figured out your bottom a few days ago, Lao Tzu will come over and kill your sharp qi now!" Old man Zhang was aggressive.

......

Ten minutes later, the game was decided.

"Ahhhh If Lao Tzu touches chess in the future, Lao Tzu will be a fool!! ”

Under the shade of the tree, Old Man Zhang strode home angrily, leaving behind the calm Old Man Li and a group of stunned old men.

'Alas, hopefully nothing will happen......

The old man raised his head and silently looked in the direction where Xuan Yue had left, and sighed secretly in his heart.

...... (To be continued)