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Time passes.

In a blink of an eye, it has been three months since we arrived in this ancient world, and time has gradually shifted from spring to midsummer. Gardens, rockery, pavilions, courtyards, streets, and pleasure boats, Ning Yi has gradually become familiar with this ancient world, but many times, he always feels bored.

Maybe I was used to being busy, but now I don’t have a computer or a job, and I don’t have anything to do, so I always feel itchy. The Su family is happy to see him bored. After all, the reason I asked him to marry into a marriage before was to give Su Tan'er a reason to stay at his home and not get married. This reason is best not to be too restless. Of course, in general, he is still enjoying all this boring thing, walking around every day, looking at ancient humanities, and looking at ancient ladies, thinking about some messy things in their minds. At most, when I see something, I think about how many times the profits can be increased and how to make money if I do it.

The boss was too long and was crazy... He laughed at himself like this, so these things were just thought about, and then they settled back into the depths of his mind.

Compared to his leisure, his nominal wife Su Tan'er was obviously very busy. However, no matter how busy she was, she would basically go home to eat on time. In this sense, there were ancient benefits in ancient times. Women could not be as casual as men. Taking a step back, the rhythm of ancient work was not as breathless as modern times. Every day, they carried computers, flew here and there, and handled a lot of information at any time. In an era when information circulation was not rapid, such a workaholic could not be produced. You can always find time to rest because you issued an order and haven't reacted there yet.

Perhaps she regarded herself as a truly honest and dull man. She sat together to eat every day, and she always raised topics, exchanged information and activated the atmosphere. Ning Yi just said perfunctory. He had been in the mall for so many years, and had already developed the ability to speak casually and would not make people feel that he was perfunctory. He was much higher than Su Tan'er's section. So every time he had dinner together, Ning Yi would think of the two in the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

After dinner, if it rains, most of us will be in our respective rooms. Su Tan'er will read books, occasionally playing the piano and making female red embroidery. He will simply read books and write, or be dazed, occasionally looking for a piece of paper to do the market practices she used to do, making assumptions for the stock market, and then find it boring - unless there is an urgent matter, Su Tan'er will also take a carriage out. If the weather is good, Ning Yi will basically go out for a stroll, and Su Tan'er will also go to see the shops and workshops in the city, and the two will part ways.

The maid named Xiaochan has been following him, and for several months he has probably become a maid who serves him. This is also Su Tan'er's arrangement. It can be seen that Xiaochan is interested in establishing a good relationship with him. When packing things in the room, he always talks something, such as family matters, or where the lady went today, and what she did. It can be seen that she admired and liked this lady very much. Su Tan'er was indeed very good to the servants. Ning Yi's response was probably nodding and smiling. When he went out, the little girl was always with him, and sometimes he would feel uncomfortable. When he was tired, he would sit in a nearby teahouse and eat some snacks. The little girl would take out broken silver from her delicate purse to pay the bill, making him feel that the second-generation ancestor in ancient times was probably like this.

It’s similar to modern times. He doesn’t have to swipe his card when he goes out to buy things... Well, it seems that he hasn’t really gone out to buy things for many years.

He recently likes to watch people and play chess by the Qinhuai River.

There is not too much lively street by the river. It is located in the suburbs of the city. It is a little off the edge. There are not many big shops. There are many small vendors carrying loads on the road. There are not many pedestrians. There are often an old man who sets chessboards under a tree near the river. Occasionally there are a few old men watching there. Occasionally some scholars come over. There is a tea stall next to him. That time, he and Xiaochan were tired of walking and resting here. While drinking tea, they looked at it casually. The two old men who played chess skills were very high. He thought that it was worthy of being ancient times, and any two old guys played so well. Since then, they often came over. An old man was fixed, and his opponents often changed. However, after watching for a long time, they were probably familiar with their chess skills.

Such mental labor is probably one of the few entertainments he could find here. In fact, the Qinhuai River was recognized as the most prosperous and luxurious area at that time. There were many kinds of leisure boats and prostitutes, and it became a night sky at night. When he walked every day, he often heard about some romantic affairs, but everything had to be sensible. Since he married into the Su family, he was probably inseparable from this kind of entertainment. However, in his previous life, he had already seen all the prosperity of all kinds of extravagant things, and naturally he would not have much interest now.

The weather was a little cloudy one day, but it seemed that it was raining early. He and Xiaochan went to the tea stall. Two old men were playing. After about a while, a man who looked like a servant came over here and said a few words to an old man. The old man nodded: "Mr. Qin, there is an urgent matter at home, this game of chess..."

"There is no difference between the winner and the loser, what about the game?"

“So good…”

The two of them said a few words in a whisper, and then an old man left. The old man who set up a chess stall began to collect his bags. Ning Yi drank the tea in his hand in one sip and stood up: "There's nothing to read, Xiaochan will pay the bill."

Xiaochan was taking out her purse, and the old man behind her spoke: "This young man has been here to watch chess recently. I think he has a lot of experience in this. Do you want to talk to me about it?" I have no opponent, so I can just catch someone casually.

"Uh..." Ning Yi was stunned for a moment and looked at the sky, "It's normal... OK."

When he sat down opposite the old man and helped collect chess, there were naturally things like "Who is the young master?" Ning Yi answered casually, and after collecting the chess, he guessed the piece, Ning Yi took the white lead. He was not polite and put it on with the piece.

"Uh, this start..." The old man glanced at him, then just frowned and followed.

In this way, you and I made about a dozen moves. The old man frowned even deeper and said in confusion: "Young master's chess skills, can you ask who did you learn from?"

"I thought about it myself by looking at the chess record."

"Oh, no wonder..."

After this sentence, the old man stopped talking. The two of them played silently under the tree by the river. Xiaochan sat on the side, occasionally looking up at the sky. She really didn't understand Go. She just felt that the older he thought about it, and the wrinkles on his head became deeper. From time to time, he looked up at Ning Yi, or occasionally shook his head. The white piece on the chessboard was so powerful that the black piece was gradually killed.

About an hour later, the old man admitted his defeat, raised his head and looked at Ning Yi seriously for a moment. Ning Yi still looked as if he thought everything was very interesting: "Young master's chess skills... are superb, but are there some methods of playing chess..." The old man carefully used the words, Ning Yi packed up the chess pieces and smiled: "Playing chess to win is like a battle between two armies. How can there be a way to distinguish?"

"Playing chess is the learning of a gentleman..."

"The old man thinks that playing chess can show a person's character." Ning Yi said casually, taking back the chess pieces one by one, "Is it accurate?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, and reached out to pack up the chess pieces: "It's not very accurate."

After packing up the chessboard, seeing that it was getting cloudy and rainy, Ning Yi and Xiaochan returned to the direction of Su Mansion. Along the way, Xiaochan looked at him with a little surprised, and couldn't help asking, "Son-in-law won?"

"Ah, I'm afraid it's not easy to go over and watch chess in the future."

"Why?"

"Don't he thinks I'm a bad guy?"

"When I play chess, I think my son-in-law is a bad guy?" The little girl looked back and looked at him, "It must be because my son-in-law beat him, and he was angry... My father-in-law is so arrogant."

This is naturally just a casual statement. The old man is also a well-educated person, so he will not be angry about such things. However, Go is very sensible at this time. Friends play chess openly and uprightly. Some aggressive and even pestering and losing their grace will not be used randomly. However, playing chess is just a simple mental game for Ning Yi. Coupled with the imbalance of information between the two sides, although the old man also has a very high chess power, he was still defeated by Ning Yi's successive small means, which can also bring Ning Yi's heart a small satisfaction of modern people bullying ancient people.

When he got home that day, Su Tan'er was also coming back from outside. The little maid named Xing'er was calling a few people to move fabrics to the lady's room, which were probably new and colorful. Seeing them coming back, Juan'er on the upper floor held a big wooden box: "Son-in-law, son-in-law, the lady heard that the son-in-law likes to play chess very much. She saw it on the street today and bought it for her to give it to her." In fact, it was a gift from someone else. Su Tan'er couldn't use it, so she took it back, but it was a box containing Go. Ning Yi was shocked: "I'll thank you for me like this."

"Son-in-law, thank you for yourself." The little girl laughed and ran upstairs again. Ning Yi shook his head and took Go back to the room. There was no one I knew here, who should I go with?

Juan'er went back to the room, and several people who were moving goods had already gone out of the yard. She learned from Ning Yi's voice: "Miss, my son-in-law said 'Thank you for me,'" Then Su Tan'er, who was reading the account book, knocked her forehead. The master and servant grew up together. Although they talked about the superiority and inferiority, they always had a close relationship like sisters. However, when Su Tan'er was busy, it was not easy to joke too much. After reading the account book, Su Tan'er carefully looked at the cloth. At this time, Chan'er and Xing'er also came in. Seeing Chan'er, she smiled: "Did you go out to play chess with your son-in-law again today?"

"Yes." Chan'er shook her little head, "I can't understand."

"I don't like Go either." Su Tan'er shook her head and went home for a whole morning. She could only take a break at this time. She picked up a piece of rice paper on the table, frowned and asked Chan'er: "Is this really a poem written by my son-in-law?"

Chan'er took the rice paper in the morning. She looked at it and then confirmed: "Yes, I saw my son-in-law writing and said she was practicing calligraphy."

Su Tan'er frowned and looked at her for a few more times before she put it down. The poem was taken by Chan'er in a hurry in the morning. Then Su Tan'er prepared to go out and ran around for half a morning before she could read it when she came back. Xing'er hadn't read it yet. Seeing the lady's expression, she came over with interest. The three maids had actually learned poetry and proofreading. At this time, they held it in their hands, but they also wrinkled their little face into buns.

"The three lotus floating in the green pond...the raft has thoughts, dewdrops...wet sand walls, quiet in the darkness...what does it mean?"

In the room on the other side, Ning Yi stood at the table and sorted out the rice paper manuscript, preparing to throw it away or burn it. He practiced calligraphy yesterday and wrote ten pages, but then he realized that there were fewer pieces. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and laughed: "It's strange that you can understand..."

Then, a thunderstorm broke out.

The heavy rain in summer comes violently. With the sound of the sky, it is as dark as it is evening. However, in this weather, I opened the window and looked at the garden mansion soaked in the heavy rain outside. It was quite leisurely. Looking from here, I could occasionally see Su Tan'er and a few little maids walking in the opposite room. After a while, when Chan'er came over with some colored fabrics, Ning Yi opened the box of Go in front of the desk and looked: "Son-in-law, the lady said this is a new silk. Let the maid measure it for the son-in-law and make clothes. Let the son-in-law see which color he likes."

"casual."

"You can't make new clothes casually." The little girl muttered, picked up a soft ruler to measure Ning Yi's height and body length. Ning Yi looked at the heavy rain outside, and then looked at the little girl beside her.

"Is there anything wrong in the afternoon?"

"It's nothing."

"Come and play chess."

"I don't know how to play Go."

"If you don't play Go, I will teach you how to play Goji."

"Gozi Chess?" The little girl looked up at him, and a confused look flashed in her eyes. She had never heard of such chess...

So, in the afternoon, I often hear the cheers of little girls from this small courtyard that have always been quiet and calm. Although it is still quiet and steady on weekdays, Su Tan'er is eighteen years old, and the three little maids around her are only 145 years old. When they encounter interesting things, they will inevitably get a little lost. In the room on the other side, Su Tan'er was sitting in front of the window reading a book. Xing'er and Juan'er were sitting in a row on small stools to embroider. Occasionally, they heard the cheers of "I won, I won," vaguely from the sound of rain opposite, and they couldn't help looking up curiously. After repeated this several times, Xing'er's finger was pierced by a needle, and she sucked her fingertips in her mouth and looked over there in confusion.
Chapter completed!