Chen Yue said goodbye to Aunt Hu. As soon as he returned home, he saw Chen Qi running over and dragging him inside without saying a word.
"What's the matter, Seventh Brother?"
"Grandfather's guests are here, but there is no one to entertain them. Fifth Brother, please go take care of them first." Chen Qi said as he walked.
"Where are my grandfather and my father?" Chen Yue rolled his eyes. When his grandfather's guests arrived, it was his turn to entertain them.
"I couldn't find them for a while. I heard that the two guests were going to a dinner party. Somehow they came just after noon."
Chen Yue stood still and glared at him: "Then why don't you go? Why are you dragging me along?"
Chen Qi turned around and said with a wry smile: "Isn't this a bit of stage fright? In the past, when I was dragged by my elders to accompany guests, I would have to be tested on my schoolwork. How often did I not get a scolding?"
"I said you were so anxious to drag me over, but it turned out that you were afraid of being admitted to the school and instead blamed me for not going." Chen Yue turned around and left. He was not willing to suffer this crime for no reason.
"Oh, fifth brother," Chen Qi walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Chen Yue, "This is not all on you. There are no elders in the family, so the oldest one should be the one accompanying the guests."
"Isn't there another second brother?" Chen Yue still didn't stop. He wanted to check out the situation in the winery today.
"Oh, if I can call out my second brother, there is no need to trick you Ah no, there is no need to come to you. It's not like you don't know. He has been locked in the room for the past few days and you haven't seen him come out. Breathe. Besides, you are the most knowledgeable in the family" Chen Qi's head was almost sweating. He had already delayed for some time. If he continued to delay, he would make the guests unhappy. He But I can't afford it.
The two of them had already reached the door of the side courtyard of the brewery. Chen Yue still shook his head, "Who said I am good at learning? I was punished no less than you at home. You have already shown your face in this matter, so just take it." You have to act like a dead horse to be a living doctor, and you have to go and pour two cups of tea and it won't be long before it's over?"
Chen Qi followed Chen Yue into the side courtyard and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Fifth brother, please save me just this once. Hey, you made this courtyard? Why does it smell weird?"
Chen Yue did not intend to hide it from him. He pointed to a few jars and said, "Get some wine to drink by yourself. Don't go outside and talk too much."
Chen Qi must have been severely punished for this kind of thing in the past, and there has always been a deep shadow in his heart. Asking him to receive his grandfather's guests seemed more uncomfortable than copying ten books. When Chen Yue mentioned wine making, his eyes Immediately he said: "How can I brew any good wine? I have several jars of fine wine from Sichuan. They are extremely pure without any impurities. A jar outside costs five hundred yuan. Fifth brother, please save me this one." Come back, I'll move them all to see you off."
Chen Yue glanced at him and really didn't understand how he could be so afraid of being with a guest. In his previous life, he had to learn to adapt to various social situations since he was a child. No matter whether he was a high-ranking official, a rich man or an elder, he had no pressure to deal with it. It seemed that I also need to find time to mention this cousin.
"Looking at your worthless look, well, you go find someone to bring the wine over, and I'll go with you."
Chen Qi was overjoyed when he heard this. He didn't know that Luo Liang and Gong Fu had already put the contract in Chen Yue's name, and regarded the two as frightening servants of the Chen family. He immediately ordered the two of them to move things into his room. When the two saw Chen Yue nodded and obeyed.
Before the "Fine Wine from Sichuan" that Chen Qi mentioned was delivered, Chen Yue arrived at the guest room alone. There was no need for Chen Qi to lie to him anyway.
When I arrived at the guest room, I saw two old men sitting at the table, playing chess and chatting while drinking tea prepared by the maid.
Chen Yue didn't have time to observe carefully, so he stepped forward and saluted starting from the old man on the right. In ancient China, people's status differences could be easily distinguished by the left and right seats. In the four dynasties of Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, the left was always the seat. Sir, since the two of them are not divided into the southeast when they sit down, then it should be correct to distinguish between the left and right.
After the salute, Chen Yue looked at the two people above him out of the corner of his eye. With his eyes, he could naturally tell at a glance that the two people had unusual demeanor. They were both old men with silver hair and white beards. Although he is stable in a high position, the distinguished guest that Chen Yan values ????will naturally not be Bai Ding.
"You must be Chen Shangwen, I have been famous for a long time." Fan Zhongyan was the first to speak, with a faint smile on his face. It was obvious that he still had a good impression of Chen Yue.
"That's right the boy."
Xu Ke waved his hand: "Well, there's no need to stand over there, just come closer and talk."
Chen Yue did not hesitate and walked up to the two of them as he was told, only to see that they were playing a pair of ceramic chess.
In the Song Dynasty, chess was called Xiangxi, and it was extremely popular both among the people and the princes and nobles. It was the golden period for the development of this chess game, and many systems were derived, such as: Elephant Opera, Little Elephant Opera, Guangxiang Opera. ?and Seven Kingdoms Xiangxi, etc., and eventually produced a system similar to that of later chess.
Chen Yue's chess level in his previous life was not high, and the rules were different now. He could only barely understand it based on his memory, but he couldn't see any tricks.
Fan Zhongyan and Xu Ke didn't pay much attention to Chen Yue. They were still chatting about playing chess. After half an hour, Fan Zhongyan picked up a chess piece and blocked the retreat of Xu Ke's "car" with a "pop" sound. , laughed and said: "How? This 'Che' has gone on a rampage as soon as it was born. How can it not be watched and killed by me? Now that it has fallen into my trap, it still wants to survive?"
Xu Ke also smiled and shook his head, then turned to Chen Yue like an elder and said, "Did you remember what Mr. Fan said?"
When Chen Yue saw him looking over, he realized that these two people were actually trying to teach him a lesson about chess. Although he was a little cautious in front of his elders, he never had such awareness when facing outsiders. He didn't know where the two old men came from. He started to lecture himself without even saying a few words to himself. He felt a little dissatisfied in his heart, and his shyness showed on his face. He just pretended not to understand and said: "This car has replaced an elephant, a horse and a pawn. If If you think about the overall situation before making a move, you may not be able to pull the flag in the end. Besides, charging into the battle is your duty, otherwise, if you use the rook as a pawn, wouldn't it be a sign of ignorance?"
Chapter 2, I will try again to see if I can code Chapter 3. If not before the network is disconnected at 11 o'clock, I will post it tomorrow.
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