On New Year's Eve, Xu Lan and a few helpers were busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen early in the morning.
Qingyu was sitting in the courtyard, handing out New Year gifts to people in the inner and outer courtyards.
"Xiaowu."
The young man named Xiaowu hurriedly ran to Qingyu and bowed respectfully, "Miss Third."
Qingyu picked up two pieces of fresh pork, two pieces of cured pork, one chicken and one fish, a ten-jin bag of rice, a ten-jin bag of noodles, and a set of brand-new cotton-padded jackets from his basket bag, and handed them to Xiao Wu one by one.
Xiaowu stuffed everything into his backpack and said from ear to ear with joy, "Thank you, Miss Third."
Qingyu took another money bag from the table and handed it to Xiao Wu, "This is your monthly money for this month and the New Year's reward."
Xiao Wu hurriedly put down the backpack again, took it with both hands, weighed it quietly, and felt happy. There was at least five taels of silver in this bag.
"Thank you Miss Third, thank you Miss Third." Xiao Wu was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed three times, then carried a bunch of things on his back and went down.
Qingyu called out another person, a girl. Everything was the same as Xiaowu, except for a set of powder boxes. The girl narrowed her eyes with a happy smile, kowtowed and retreated.
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There were more people in the inner courtyard and fewer in the outer courtyard. In short, it was already half an hour after Qingyu had distributed all the New Year's goods to everyone.
Shi'an came over and moved the table back indoors. Then the two of them went to the pergola next to the kitchen to warm up over the fire and eat wine.
Zhufeng Wenya Hongtao and Old Man Xu Yeqiu were all there.
Xu Lan took out a plate of fried peanuts from the kitchen and said, "Let's put some food on our stomach first, we have to wait until noon."
On New Year's Eve, there was no breakfast because I spent all the early morning making lunch. So I could only take the time to eat something to fill my stomach.
Qingyu and Shi'an sat down. Wen Ya poured a glass of warm wine for each of them.
Hong Tao looked at the time and saw that it was still a little early before noon. She was bored sitting there, so she thought for a while, grabbed a few fried peanuts and put them in her mouth, and then ran away.
After a while, she came over with a chess board and said with great interest, "Amei, let's play chess."
Qingyu hesitated for a moment, then looked at Zhufeng, "Dad, please go first."
Zhufeng chuckled and shook his head: "I'm not good at playing chess. Come here, son, and play with your sister for a while."
Hongtao looked at Shi'an expectantly again. Shi'an smiled, patted Shanci's back and said, "I see that you have been studying chess records recently. Go play two games with your uncle and learn more."
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Shan Ci is eager to try it. Ever since he saw his master playing chess, he has been particularly fascinated. He hopes that he can be as calm and powerful as his master. Now is the time when he is addicted to playing chess.
Then he quickly stood up, bowed to Hong Tao and said, "Please tell me, Uncle Master." Then he sat down opposite Hong Tao.
Hong Tao angrily glanced at Zhufeng Shi'an, and then pointed at Shi'an: "After I kill this kid to the last bit, you can play two games with me."
Shi An smiled and nodded.
Shan Ci sat upright, imitating his master's example, picked up a white chess piece with two fingers, dropped it gracefully, and then said to the heart, "Uncle Master, please."
Heart lazily picked up a black chess piece and dropped it, "Shut up and stop talking."
He was so eloquent that he had to keep his mouth shut, and then he seemed to be analyzing the situation on the chessboard seriously.
Hongtao waited for a while, then impatiently urged: "Hurry up, there are only two chess pieces on the board, what is there to study?"
Shanci hurriedly said "Oh", and then another white chess piece landed.
Hong Tao glanced at it and couldn't help but roll her eyes, "If you act like this, you will never play chess again. It will embarrass your master."
Shanci's face turned red with shame, but he defended: "I've just started and I haven't laid out the plan yet. Master, please don't talk too early."
The heart clicked angrily and another stone fell.
This time, Shan Ci was faster, and a black chess piece fell immediately. However, after another white chess piece fell from the heart, Shan Ci suddenly became anxious and picked up the white chess piece from the heart, "
Wait, Uncle Master, I made a mistake here, I made a mistake just now."
Hong Tao looked at her white chess piece that was picked up by Shan Ci in astonishment. She was stunned for a while and then cursed: "You brat, do you know what it means to not regret a move? If you don't know how to play it, don't do it."
It’s really wasting my time.”
Shan Ci became anxious, "Oh, uncle, I know how to do it. Don't worry, my hand just slipped."
Zhufeng buried his head and laughed so hard that his whole body trembled, and Shi'an turned away. As for Qingyu, although her expression didn't understand, the slightly raised corners of her lips still revealed her mood at the moment.
Wen Ya was even more unceremonious, "This time we have met our opponent. You both have the same virtues, so you can compete head-on."
"What kind of virtue can I have the same virtue as this little scoundrel?" Hong Tao frowned in dissatisfaction, her addiction to playing chess was gone, she dropped the chess pieces, pushed Zhufeng away from the recliner, lay down on it, and said resentfully
: "No more."
Zhufeng was so happy that he quickly sat down in front of the chessboard and said to Qingyu: "Lao San, come and play a game with daddy."
Shi'an's chess addiction was also aroused, and he sat across from Zhufeng, "Dad, you might as well beat me first, and then fight with my sister."
"Hey, I'm still six to seven points sure of beating you." Zhufeng picked up the white chess and made the first move. Almost the moment he lifted his hand, Shi'an's black stone also fell, and Zhufeng followed closely behind.
A white chess piece falls.
The two were playing fast chess, and the speed of their hands was so fast that Shan Yu could hardly see clearly. He stared blankly at more and more chess pieces on the chessboard, and for a moment he felt as small as an ant under the feet of an elephant.
Soon, the situation came to an end. Zhufeng was quite proud, "I'm sorry, son, I won half an eye."
Shi'an sighed helplessly, in terms of chess skills, the person after the junior sister in charge is indeed the senior brother.
Just when the two were about to collect their pieces, Qingyu picked up a black chess piece and gently landed it on a corner of the chessboard. Suddenly, all the black chess pieces that were originally dead came to life, and the situation was completely reversed.
Zhufeng was dumbfounded, while Shi'an couldn't help but shake his head in amazement. A seemingly inconspicuous chess piece played a huge role in turning the world around. She was indeed the head junior sister.
Seeing Qingyu Luozi, Hongtao sat up again and pushed Zhufeng away, "I'll do it, I'll do it. How about my sister playing a game with me?"
Qingyu smiled softly and did not refuse this time.
The red peach Le Dian Dian cleared the chessboard, and then dropped a white stone, followed closely by Qingyu, who dropped a black stone. The two of them went back and forth, and soon there were more positions.
"Wait a minute, my hand slipped, this one doesn't count." Halfway through the play, Heart picked up the black stone that Qingyu had just dropped, then moved the white stone that he had played first, and looked at Qingyu.
Yu chuckled: "I originally wanted to come down here."
Shan Ci looked at Hong Tao in astonishment and cursed in his heart. Master Daqing was just as good as him.
Qingyu smiled slightly and didn't care. He dropped another sunspot and said unhurriedly: "If it falls in the same place just now, you can still survive three rounds. If it falls in the current place, you can't survive even one round."
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Hong Tao was stunned for a moment, and after taking a closer look at the situation, she found that she had indeed been defeated. She sighed helplessly, "I can't give it up. It's too frustrating to be your opponent."
Qingyu also stopped her hand and looked at the snow that had drifted up at some point with a smile. It was another peaceful year.