"Old man, how did I do?" When he came closer, Old Man Chen said to Mr. Zhang with a smile.
The reason why he spoke rather than asked is because although the tone of the question was a question, the person asking had no intention of getting the answer at all, or in other words, the answer was self-evident at all!
Mr. Zhang was silent and made no comment. He turned around and left. Then he uttered a sentence: "Let's go have breakfast!"
It's still the same stall as usual.
It's just that the number of people eating today has changed from two to three.
Mr. Zhang followed the old rules, one bowl of tofu puffs and one plain steamed bun. Xu Guangling had a new style, one bowl of tofu puffs and two plain steamed buns. Mr. Chen, who was at the same table for the first time, also ordered a bowl of tofu puffs, and then he did the same thing as Mr. Zhang.
A plain steamed bun.
The two old men eat in the same slow manner, and their dining habits are surprisingly similar, that is, they eat without saying a word!
It wasn't until after dinner, when we were walking on the trail, that Mr. Chen spoke, and it was surprisingly similar to what Mr. Zhang said a few days ago! This was said to Xu Guangling: "Xiao Xu, you are so big.
A young man who is still boxing in the morning can just eat that little food? Is that okay?"
"I'm sorry to say that I know how to cook, so why should I worry about you when I eat as much as I want?" Mr. Zhang snorted angrily.
"Oh, Xiao Xu, do you know how to cook? I wonder if my old man is lucky enough to try your cooking?" After hearing what Mr. Zhang said, Mr. Chen smiled and said to Xu.
Guangling said.
Without the previous exchange, this statement would have been a bit abrupt.
But Xu Guangling first received direct guidance from this old man he met for the first time, and then received demonstrations, which could be said to be indirect guidance. His impression of this old man was quite extraordinary. In terms of favorability, he also received
He was just under Mr. Zhang, so after hearing this, he said: "Mr. Zhang just gave me some menus yesterday, and I haven't had time to read them yet. After the junior has studied for a few days, will you, the second elder, evaluate the junior's craftsmanship?"
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"Come on, do you think Zhuoyan is a bad old man like you, who is fine all day long?" Mr. Zhang said to Old Chen quite dissatisfied, then turned to Xu Guangling and said: "Zhuoyan, the two of us
The old man has nothing to do. He will be playing chess in the park later. If you have anything to do, you can leave first. You don’t have to wander around with us two old men."
If chess had not been mentioned, Xu Guangling would probably have turned around and left. He would have gone back to sleep!
But after two days of adapting, I am still sleepy, but not very strong. In addition, Xu Guangling intends to make a change and wants to try sleeping later. At the same time, he is also attracted by the new game of chess. These days
The two factors were added together, so after listening to Mr. Zhang's words, Xu Guangling said: "Junior has something to do in the afternoon, but is idle in the morning. If the two seniors don't think that the junior is in the way, the junior can just take a look at the two seniors.
Superb chess skills.”
"How can such superb chess skills come from two stinky chess baskets?" Mr. Zhang became friendly again and chuckled, "I bet you are also interested in chess? What's your level?"
"The younger generation has not been exposed to chess for a long time, that is, it is at an amateur level." Xu Guangling said.
Both old men nodded slightly.
There was nothing to say after that. The three of them, two old men and one young man, walked along the paths in the park for almost twenty minutes before Mr. Zhang found a place.
A small wooden pavilion built on a...well, a hill? A super miniature hill, but much larger than a rockery.
There was no one in the pavilion, but there were tables and chairs, all made of wood. The two old men were sitting on one side, and Xu Guangling was sitting a little further away on the side, watching.
Mr. Zhang untied the small baggage he had brought over in the morning. Inside was a chess set, which looked like wood and stone. It looked very delicate and maybe a little expensive. However, Xu Guangling had never come into contact with this thing before. He only knew that
Nowadays, some handicrafts are very exquisitely made, but the price is hard to say.
Some are very exquisite and may seem expensive to you, but in fact you can buy them for a hundred or even dozens of yuan!
There are also some that are really expensive!
But at this time, the price of this thing was naturally not Xu Guangling's focus. He would think of the price just out of instinct. Then this thought was just a flash and was forgotten.
The two old men skillfully placed their chess pieces, and then began to play chess.
The red and black sides, Zhang Lao led the black team first.
The two old men played chess quite quietly and gently. The gentleness here refers to the actions, not the situation. For a while, there was only the crisp sound of falling pieces in the small pavilion.
Xu Guangling is a good spectator.
Isn't it a true gentleman to watch chess without saying anything? Although Xu Guangling has never played chess before, he knows this sentence. At this time, of course he will not make blind noises. - And even if he does not know this sentence, given his character
Nor will he make any blind noises.
Besides, with his amateur level, does he have the qualifications to talk nonsense in front of two old gentlemen?
However, after looking at it, Xu Guangling discovered that in terms of chess ability alone, he was really qualified.
Mr. Zhang was probably not being modest just now!
In other words, the two old men are probably really bad chess players!
Halfway through the game, Xu Guangling roughly judged the chess skills of the two old gentlemen. Mr. Zhang was probably at the fifth level of amateur level, and Mr. Chen was slightly higher, but he should be at the lower level of level 5 or level 6.
If you play against him, he should be able to easily kill the two old gentlemen.
Coming to such a conclusion, Xu Guangling was quite surprised, because the two old gentlemen, whether it was Mr. Zhang or Mr. Chen, whom he had just met this morning, gave Xu Guangling the impression of being a master.
Yes, I thought this chess game would be good too, right?
But the fact is that it’s really bad.
But when I think about Xu Guangling again, it becomes clearer. Whoever stipulates that an expert needs to be proficient in everything, is that unscientific! Or maybe it is precisely because of proficiency that he is not proficient in something. - All time and effort are spent on
Those proficient things are on top!
So Xu Guangling continued to watch quietly.
After about ten minutes, the game ended. Zhang Laozhan took the lead and managed to remain undefeated. Although Mr. Chen was slightly better at chess, he still failed to turn his advantage into victory because of his second move.
The hand was tied by a pair.
"Xiao Xu, how are you?" Mr. Chen turned around and asked Xu Guangling with a smile as he rearranged the chess pieces.
Xu Guangling smiled: "Just now, Mr. Zhang said that you two are bad chess players. I thought Mr. Zhang was being humble. I didn't expect that the two masters actually have something they are not good at. Haha, this is really a razor for a capable man to cut his beard. Longju
It's better to be a skinny donkey than to grind."
In view of the amiable and respectable nature of the two old men, Xu Guangling spoke truthfully, with a hint of joking in his words.
But what he said was a bit of a joke!
Big guy!
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Thanks for the recommendation vote of "It's been a dream for ten years". Well, it's been a dream for ten years. This brother is really awesome. Recently, I found that many book friends who voted have IDs with the word "dream".