To be honest, I just tend to be soft-hearted, which is an advantage, but also a disadvantage. In addition, this old man is really good at pretending to be pitiful. It makes me feel compassionate in my heart, and there is really nothing I can do about it.
In desperation, I went home first and put away the mahogany sword, then I knocked on the door of the old man opposite and went in to sit with him for a while.
The layout of the old man's apartment is almost exactly the same as the apartment I live in. It is also a two-bedroom apartment and is quite spacious. However, for a single old man living in such a room, it seems particularly deserted and pitiful.
I looked around and saw that most of the furniture was made of solid wood. It was a classical decoration, almost similar to the design of my grandfather's home. Moreover, there were very few daily necessities. Apart from some necessities, there was almost no decoration.
I saw that the old man obviously lived here alone, so I couldn't help but be very curious and asked: "Uncle, may I ask, where is your wife?"
The old man smiled, without any lonely expression on his face, and said calmly: "She's gone."
My heart moved, and I couldn't help but feel sad for a while. This old man was really pitiful. His children were not around and his wife was gone. No wonder he was so poor. He had to suppress it all.
Thinking of this, I asked again: "What about your children?"
The old man smiled again, looking very open-minded, and said: "My children have all gone abroad, and I am the only one left."
The more I asked, the more I felt pitiful for the old man, and added: "Then you don't want to keep a dog as a companion? How boring are you these days? Or else raising a few birds can be considered a hobby?"
The old man shook his head and said: "Forget it, I have to rely on others to take care of me in my life. I don't have time to take care of these beasts. It's better to be alone and keep myself clean."
As he said that, the old man took me to the living room, made a pot of Green Bird's Tongue, put it in front of me, and said: "Come on, young man, I don't have anything else good here, just some tea. I know you young people don't
If you like to drink tea, you like to drink any carbonated drinks, so just make do with it."
I quickly smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I just love drinking this."
The old man put down the teapot and disappeared in an instant. I didn't know what he was doing again. Anyway, it was obvious that he hadn't had a guest for a long time. When a guest came, he was so excited.
After a while, the old man came over with a tin box in his arms. There was a lot of noise inside the box. I frowned and looked at the old man, wondering in my mind, what kind of medicine was this old man selling in the gourd?
You said you wanted to talk to me, but why did you make so many fuss?
The old man staggered and threw the tin box on the coffee table, then opened the lid and took out a piece of paper, a square piece of paper with clear black and white on it.
He put it on the coffee table. I lowered my head and saw, "Chuhehanjie", this turned out to be a chess board!
As soon as I saw this chessboard, I instantly felt a little broken. Could it be that the old man wanted to play chess with me? Although I know that older people like to play chess, especially my grandpa, every time I play chess,
My family kept pestering me, but I didn’t expect that this was the reason why the old man called me over.
It is very troublesome to play chess with the elderly. The elderly like to play chess, but because they are older and their brains are not clear enough, they inevitably cannot win at chess. However, they are very competitive and want to play even more if they cannot win. In this way
First of all, I have to fight them every time, from morning to night.
But I don’t like playing chess that much. After playing fiercely for so long, I will definitely collapse.
As soon as I saw the chessboard, my face probably turned green.
I asked: "Uncle, what are you doing?"
The old man chuckled and said, "We are pretty boring just talking, so let's talk while playing chess."
I was a little helpless, but after all, I was already on the pirate ship and I couldn't run away. I had no choice. While secretly cursing myself for being a fool, I laid out the chess pieces with the old man and started fighting.
Because I was worried that the old man wouldn't let me go if he couldn't win, so I quickly let go of the bad moves as soon as I came up. As expected, the old man was really not very skilled. Even though I gave away stones frequently, the old man was still at a disadvantage.
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I was really helpless and deliberately gave away two chariots and a horse, which allowed the old man to win by chance.
The old man won the game, and with a smile on his face, he said: "You little kid, you are such a bad chess player. Come on, man, I will teach you another game!"
I almost collapsed. I thought that this old guy would be fine after winning a set. What's more, it was not easy for him to win this set. I didn't expect that he turned out to be a master who took advantage of himself.
I thought about it and decided that I must let him lose a bit more miserably in the second set to avoid being so arrogant.
Then came the second set. This time I didn't let myself go too deliberately, but attacked boldly. Unexpectedly, this time the old man seemed to be a different person, and his chess style became fiercer.
I secretly felt that something was wrong, and I gradually tried my best. However, every time I stepped up my attack, the old man could always resolve it seemingly inadvertently. Only then did I realize that this old guy turned out to be a
Old Fox, his level is much better than I thought. It can even be said that his level is much higher than mine.
I thought I was teasing him, but in the end I was actually being teased by him! I was beaten by him!
At the end, seeing that I was left with only one bald veteran, the old man suddenly smiled, pointed at the chessboard and said: "Young man, tell me, among these chess pieces, which one is the most pitiable?"
I was stunned and didn't expect why the old man asked that. After hesitating for a while, I hesitated and asked: "Pawn?"
The old man said: "Why is the pawn the most pitiful? Is it because it can only take one step at a time?"
I nodded and said: "And the pawn can't look back and can only move forward forever. It's quite pitiful."
The old man shook his head and said: "No, in my opinion, veteran generals are more pitiful than pawns."
"Oh?" I was a little confused and asked, "Why do you say that?"
The old man smiled and said: "Look, this veteran seems to be the core of a chess game. As long as the veteran is eaten, the player loses. However, such an important role as this veteran has no effect at all. He can only hide and hide.
As soon as he shows up, he will be immediately in danger. Don't you think he is pitiful?"
I nodded, feeling that what the old man said was quite reasonable. This veteran was indeed a pitiful character.
The old man smiled and said: "But this veteran is not the most pitiful chess piece. The most pitiful chess piece is, I said, the rook!"
"Car?" I was dumbfounded again, "The car has the strongest attack power and attack range. It can be used vertically and horizontally. When placed on the battlefield, it plays the role of a commander. Why is it pitiful?"
The old man smiled and said: "Hey, the thing that looks the most beautiful is actually the most pitiful. Have you ever thought that it is all thanks to him to charge into the battle? There is a saying in chess that if you don't make a rook in three moves, it is a bad chess piece. It can be seen that this rook
The importance of it. But just because it is so powerful, the opponent always wants to get rid of it, so such a character is often the target of concentrated fire attacks. Do you think he is pitiful? "
I always felt that there was something in this old man's words, but I couldn't tell what exactly he wanted to say.
The old man took a sip of Green Bird's Tongue and said, "Let's put it this way, these chess pieces are actually very pitiful..."
He glanced at me with a deep meaning in his eyes, and then said: "Whether it's pawns, rooks, or generals, they are always just chess pieces. The people behind them are the ones who really control these chess pieces."
I was stunned. I didn't expect that the old man could say so many words through a game of chess, and he obviously wanted to tell me something.
Sure enough, the old man said again: "Young man, what is your name? I heard the two little girls called you Lin Yang?"
I nodded and said, "Yes, sir, my name is Lin Yang."
The old man said: "Lin Yang, the matter of chess pieces is the same in everything. I hope you don't become a chess piece, whether it is a pawn, a general, or a rook, anyway, don't become someone else."