Chapter 144: The Glass Checkers That Shocked the Four Seats
Xiao Qingyu was really bored and pestered Lin Wanwan to play, and she couldn't sit still.
Lin Wanwan turned her head and hooked her hands with Yun Shang who was waiting behind her. The latter stepped forward to listen. Lin Wanwan whispered an order, and Yun Shang retreated. When she came back in, she was holding a wooden box in her hand.
The people around were attracted by the wooden box in her hand. Xiao Xianghua, who was sitting with Lin Wanwan, was the first to speak: "Sister Wanwan, what is this?"
Lin Wanwan put the wooden box on the table, but before she opened it, the sharp-eyed little Qingyu pounced on it and rushed to answer: "This is checkers! Okay, okay, mother, let's play checkers!"
As soon as the lid of the wooden box was opened, the glass beads filled with grids immediately blinded everyone's eyes. A group of noble ladies gasped, how could there be so many beautiful glass beads?
Xiao Qingyu didn't understand why the aunts around her were silent for a moment, and she thought everyone liked playing with her, so she happily introduced the rules of checkers.
This is a pair of hexagonal glass checkers that can be played by six people at the same time. The rules are simple and easy to understand.
However, everyone was really shocked that Lin Wanwan would use such a pair of priceless glazed beads as chess pieces for a child to play with. Looking at Xiao Qingyu's skillful appearance, she was clearly not surprised!
Everyone started playing with mixed emotions. At first, they were mainly focused on the value of the glass beads, but once they started winning or losing, their emotions started to rise.
To put it bluntly, they are just a group of teenage girls who usually don’t have much entertainment. Now they have checkers and they can play together, which quickly aroused everyone’s competitive spirit.
The four little ladies of the Xiao family, Lin Wanwan and Xiao Qingyu, had their six heads pressed together on the table, having a great time.
Not far from them, Mrs. Lu, who was telling anecdotes about her own experiences to the ladies surrounding her, saw the lively play here and couldn't help but craned her head and looked over: "What are you playing at?"
So lively.”
Xiao Qingyu, who had already beaten her mother in two games, proudly puffed out her belly and replied loudly: "We were playing checkers, and Xiao Yu'er beat her mother."
"Playing checkers? What is this new thing? Did it come from Chang'an?"
How could the girls of the Xiao family answer? This was the first time they had seen this tonight, so they all looked at Lin Wanwan.
Lin Wanwan said calmly: "Back to Mrs. Lu, this is not from Chang'an. It is an imported product that my senior brother brought to my little Qingyu from the Western Regions."
Mrs. Lu had already seen the glass checkers placed on the table, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.
So many glass beads were worth a lot of money, and I couldn't help but take a high look at Lin Wanwan.
"With such generous spending, I wonder who Senior Brother Ling is from? Which family is a good husband?"
Lin Wanwan replied: "Senior brother's surname is Zhen, his name is Shiyin, I don't know where he comes from. Like me, I have lived in the mountains with my master since I was a child, and I don't know anything about the world."
Mrs. Lu raised her eyebrows and said, "Your surname is Zhen?"
There was no family named Zhen in the Tang Dynasty, which shows that they were from a small family. Also, the Hou Taolin family was just from a small family. How could her senior brother be so noble?
After satisfying her curiosity, Mrs. Lu suddenly lost interest. Common people were not worth her trouble to understand. She turned around and continued chatting with the ladies surrounding her.
On the other side, Xiao Chong, who was being pulled by Lu Ying'er and Lu Haoming to talk, also cast a curious look at this place.
Lu Ying'er followed his gaze and saw Lin Wanwan who was shrouded in a halo under the light. She felt a little disgusted and blurted out: "Cousin Zifang, look at Mrs. Lin, she came out to the banquet with such a
You little kid, you are so rude."
Xiao Chong disagreed and said: "With a loving mother's heart, how can you be rude?"
"Oh, cousin Zifang is right, Ying'er made a mistake."
Lu Haoming had already aroused curiosity and said: "Cousin, sister, let's go over there and see what tricks they are playing."
The other two people followed suit, and the three cousins came over together.
After getting closer and seeing clearly the glass beads placed in the wooden grid on the table, even the Lu family brothers and sisters who had seen many treasures were surprised, but Xiao Chong still looked calm and calm.
Lu Yinger asked curiously: "Why are there so many glass beads here, and what are they used for?"
The lively Xiao Liwei saw Lu Ying'er and rushed to explain: "Ying'er, this is called checkers. The two opposite sides are opponents. As long as you jump your own glass to the other side's camp first, you will win.
The colored glaze can jump step by step in the direction connected by a straight line. If there is the opponent's colored glaze in the adjacent position and the next position in the straight line direction is empty, you can jump to the adjacent empty space, as long as the same conditions are met.
Then you can keep jumping until you win."
Lu Ying'er said clearly: "That's it."
Then he turned to look at Xiao Chong: "Cousin Zifang, let's play a game? It sounds like fun!"
Xiao Qingyu looked at Lu Yinger, then at Xiao Chong, clapped her hands and said, "Let's play together."
Xiao Chong smiled and touched her head and said: "Okay, then you can play with my cousin instead of my cousin. If you win, my cousin will give you something fun."
Lu Ying'er was a little unhappy when she saw Xiao Chong letting a child play with her, but the noble girl's demeanor made her restrain herself and nodded in agreement.
"Then let me play a game with you first."
Lu Ying'er thought that with such a simple rule, she would definitely win if she was playing against a child who was not even in his senior year. Unexpectedly, a quarter of an hour later, Xiao Qingyu's last glazed bead "thumped" several times in a row and hit the target.
Longmen actually won!
"Oh! Xiao Yu'er wins! Mother, Xiao Yu'er wins." Xiao Qingyu looked at Lin Wanwan excitedly, her big watery eyes filled with joy.
This is the first time she has won against an adult other than her mother, so happy!
Lin Wanwan smiled and touched her head, and praised: "My baby is so amazing!"
Lu Ying'er lost to a little kid and lost face. She became competitive and shouted: "Let's do it again!"
Second round, lost.
Come again, lose again!
Xiao Qingyu can be said to be a master at playing checkers. When she is bored, she plays with her friends, Yun Shang, Huanong and Lin Wanwan, and her skills are quite superb.
As for Lu Ying'er, she had just started playing checkers tonight, so naturally she couldn't play Xiao Qingyu. After losing three games in a row, her face turned red.
Seeing that something was wrong, Xiao Xianghua quickly said: "I've been playing for a while, but it's no longer interesting. Sister Ying'er, why not play the piano? You are a master in music. Play a song quickly and let us sisters learn.
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When Lu Ying'er saw someone passing the ladder over, she climbed down and said, "Well, that's fine. I recently got a new song, so I'll play it for you."
After saying that, she glanced at Xiao Chong secretly. The expression on the latter's face was as calm as ever, as if nothing could make him fluctuate.