After lunch at Feng Mansion, Chen Caozhi said goodbye to Feng Mengxiong, because he had to go to Xiji to hire tenants, and it was such a long way back to Ding's villa, so he couldn't delay any longer. Out of etiquette, Chen Caozhi went out of his way to
Entering the inner court to bid farewell to Feng's wife, Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Sun gave many gifts in return, and asked Chen Caozhi to say hello to Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, on her behalf. She said that she would visit Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, in a few days, and asked her maid to call Feng Lingbo out to meet her.
Chen Cao Zhi said goodbye, but Feng Lingbo refused. He only said a blessing to Chen Cao Zhi from behind the door curtain, and the green skirt flashed and passed away.
Feng's wife, Mrs. Sun, said with a smile and annoyance: "Girls are just shy. There is no better way to be polite and courteous than to do it. To do this, we need to come around more in the future. The two families have a long-term friendship and don't become estranged."
Feeling the enthusiasm of Uncle Feng's family, Chen Caozhi left the Feng Mansion with Laifu and his son. Laifu knew that Feng Mengxiong would find a way to help his family register their household registration in the county. He was very grateful and temporarily let go of his anxiety.
Arriving at a place in Xiji recruiting tenants, the two tenants Laifu had identified yesterday were already waiting there. Chen Caozhi asked a few questions and agreed to hire them. The summer rent per mu was 180 liters of wheat.
, and the general market price was two hundred liters. The two tenants were very happy and felt that such a master was not harsh, so they agreed to move their families to Chenjiawu after the Dragon Boat Festival.
According to the shopping list issued by his old mistress, Laifu bought a bunch of household items at the market, as well as farm tools such as plowshares and sickles. He planned to return to Chenjiawu tomorrow and pick up Chen Cao's uncle and nephew in two days.
Home.
Yesterday, Lai De followed Chen Caozhi's instructions and searched everywhere in the county town to buy a Go chess set, but couldn't find it. At this time, he went to look for it alone. Lai De was very stupid and loyal. He would not give up until he bought a Go chess set. If he couldn't buy it, he was the one
's mistake.
Xiji is bustling with people coming and going, but it is rare to see a handsome and gentle young man like Chen Caozhi. There are women who can't help but stare at them, and girls from poor families on the roadside also look back frequently——
This is an era that highly values beauty, the beauty of landscapes, architecture, music, painting, poetry... and of course the beauty of appearance. In the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the handsome man Wei Jie came from Yuzhang to Jianye and was joined by the women of Jianye.
They gathered around and looked at each other. It is said in the Book of Songs that "throw me a papaya and repay you with a jade." So the women threw fruits at Wei Jie to show their love. Wei Jie was weak, so he was watched and thrown back.
When I got to my apartment, I couldn't afford to fall ill. This is the origin of the famous allusion "Watch and kill Wei Jie"——
Of course, the Qiantang woman was not that unrestrained, but her fiery eyes also made Chen Caozhi sweat slightly on his forehead. However, to outsiders, this beautiful young man walked calmly and looked calm.
Laifu approached Chen Caozhi and whispered: "Xiao Langjun, look at the two people standing against the wall, an old man and a young man. I came yesterday and they were also here. I saw that the old man was broken
I gave him ten pennies and five baht, but the young man threw it back to me."
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, believed in Buddhism and loved charity. She asked those who came to Fu to help those who were disabled, sick or suffering as much as possible.
Chen Caozhi raised his eyes and saw that the old man and the young man were both very tall. The old man's left arm was broken at the elbow, and he didn't cover it up. He just exposed the broken arm, and his face was quite ferocious, with wrinkles mixed with scars.
He has a fierce look in his eyes; that young man, judging from his appearance, he must be twelve or three years old, but looking at his height, who would dare to say that he is a child? He is nearly seven feet tall, with surprisingly long arms and large palms.
He lowered his head and rolled his eyes back and forth, still showing the innocence of a child.
Chen Caozhi didn't look at it any longer and walked out of Xiji Square and said: "Laifu, when you come to pick up those two households of tenants after the Dragon Boat Festival, come back and have a look. If there is still no one to hire the old and the young, bring them back."
Chenjiawu."
Laifu said: "The old ones are one-armed and the young ones are naive. Who would hire them? What do you want to hire them for? Do you want to do good deeds?"
Chen Caozhi smiled slightly: "Let others do good deeds first. If no one does good deeds, we will hire these two people, old and young."
Laifu didn't understand, but he didn't ask. Seeing that everything he needed to buy was ready, he wanted to go back to Ding's villa, but Laide was nowhere to be seen.
"You stupid boy, if you don't have Go, you wouldn't be here. Another store can conjure it up for you out of thin air!"
Laifu shook his head, feeling that the youngest of the three sons was the stupidest, even stupider than he was as a father. He didn't know how to change things, and even bumped his head against the wall without looking back, insisting on making a hole in it.
After waiting for a while, Laifu saw the woman who was watching Chen Caozhi. The woman was getting stronger and the bullock cart could not pass, so he said: "Young gentleman, please get in the car. Let's go back first and let the bastards go."
The boy walked alone."
Chen Caozhi also felt that this posture was not good, and just as he was about to get in the car, Laide ran over, sweating profusely, and shouted: "Xiao Langjun, I found Go."
Chen Caozhi saw that his hands were empty, and the money bag around his waist could not hold a pair of Go pieces, let alone a chessboard, so he asked, "Not enough money?"
Lai De wiped the sweat with his sleeves, his face was red, and said: "No, they just refuse to sell it."
Laide walked around the Lifanglu Alley in Qiantang County and checked in every store. What was annoying was that these stores seemed to have everything except Go. A store owner reminded Laide to go to the county to buy it. Qiantang Xiaoxian
There was no Go player, so Laide didn't give up and continued to look for it. However, on the bank of the small stone stream in the south of the city, he saw two scholars playing chess under the shade of a tree. It was definitely a game of Go. Laide offered to buy it, which made the two scholars laugh.
, instead of scolding him, they just asked him to set up a rare problem and Lai De would know how to solve it, so they gave him the Go game. The two scholars expected that Lai De would not be able to solve it. Sure enough, seeing that he did not dare to answer, he ran away quickly, and the two looked at each other.
Laugh and continue playing chess.
Laide said: "Xiao Langjun, go and solve the Zhenlong problem, win a Go game and go home."
Chen Caozhi wanted to see what Go was like in this era. Could it still be seventeen-way Go? That was much less interesting, so he asked Laide to lead the way. He sat in an ox cart and headed south of the city, leaving behind
The group of melancholy and sighing women and girls in Xiji.
Xiaoshixi is a small river that runs through the north and south of Qiantang County. The river is full of shiny small stones, so it is named Xiaoshixi. Willow trees are planted all along the riverside, and the scenery is quite beautiful. The chess players under the shade of the willows are a bit like the people in the picture.
Condition taste.
Chen Cao got off the cart and walked slowly closer, four or five steps away from the chessboard, watching the chess game with his hands behind his back. Laide stood behind him and stretched his neck.
The chess game between the two scholars has come to an end. They are filling in the pieces one by one. The big empty space surrounded by both sides and the two surviving eyes must be filled. This is the ancient stopping rule. When the game is stopped and the pieces are filled, the more pieces are the winner.
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Chen Caozhi nodded secretly and said to himself: "This is a 19-way chessboard. Except for the rules that are slightly different from those of later generations, everything else is the same. It has no effect on me at all. I have an amateur three-level chess ability. I don't know what I can do in this Eastern Jin Dynasty."
What rank is it ranked in?"
The two scholars were preparing to count the numbers one to five and ten when Chen Caozhi looked up at the setting sun and said four words: "Black wins seven."
The two scholars looked sideways at Chen Caozhi, expressing disbelief. They bowed their heads and continued to count the pieces. No more, no less. The black chess piece had seven more pieces than the white chess piece.
Laide said after Chen Cao: "My young man is here to solve Zhenlong's problem."
The two scholars said "Oh" and looked at Chen Caozhi a few more times. The black-bearded scholar on the left moved the chess piece in the upper left corner aside, quickly laid out a precious problem, stood up and said: "If you solve it, , that is, giving each other a chessboard and chess pieces."
Chen Caozhi took a quick look and recognized that this was just a very common life-and-death problem. In later generations, those with amateur first-level chess skills would be able to solve this problem. This problem has an indecent name, called "Big Pig Mouth".
Chen Caozhi was determined in his heart and smiled lightly. He stepped forward, holding a black stone in his left hand and a white stone in his right hand. He took turns to place the stones. He solved the problem in an instant, took a step back and said: "Big pig mouth, pull it to death." After that, he turned around. Walk towards the bullock cart.
Laide hurriedly followed and opened his mouth to speak, but was stopped by Chen Caozhi.
The two scholars looked at each other. I don't know how many people had troubled this precious question, but this young man broke it easily. Isn't this young man very good at chess?
The black-bearded scholar raised his voice and said: "Please wait a moment, this chessboard and the chess pieces are lost to you."
Five feet away, the young man waved his sleeves: "Don't dare, it's just a game. My mother is not allowed to gamble here."
The two scholars stood there for a long time, watching the handsome young man fade away under the setting sun.
