Chapter 0254: A game of chess in the cold and cold earth

It was said that the ground was frozen and the north wind was howling. There were chess stalls on the street. There were old black faces in wrinkled ravines. Its owner was wrapped in a slaughtered coat, and his eyes were full of helplessness and empty expressions. It looked like he was seventy years old?

After leaving the municipal party committee compound, Tang Sheng felt depressed and walked along the way. He didn't know where he was going. His mind was full of Guan Guan's face with tears in his eyes. She stopped at the most critical moment. She remembered Tang Jin, but she didn't.

Why didn’t I remember Tang Jin? How big is the gap between loyalty and fraternity? For the sake of loyalty, I can abandon Ning Xin, Qiang Qiang, Mei Yao, Wang Jing, Yumei, Lin Fei and others? The answer is yes, I can’t do it, okay Tang Jin, I am a scumbag.

When the scumbag saw that there were still people squatting on the street to practice chess stalls on the New Year, they were so funny. I said that you are not young anymore and you don’t go home to enjoy the joy of family. What kind of chess stalls are squatting here? People are going home to reunite, who is so cold to play chess with you on the street?

He walked past the old man Qi, and his eyes swept over the old face. The old face and almost breathless eyes made Tang Sheng's steps condense. The next moment, he stopped and turned around and stared at the old man's face carefully. He seemed to be unaware, but his eyes were still dull.

The expression and eyes on the old man's face were narrating an unknown story. Tang Sheng couldn't help but move. A picture flashed through his mind. Will I be as lonely as him when I am so old? I was shocked and trembled in my heart.

The famous endgame "Seven Stars Celebration" is placed on the chessboard on the ground. In fact, if one side takes the first step, the advantage will be obvious and the chance of winning will increase greatly. The characteristic of the endgame lies in its profoundness. If you can't see the last ten steps and attack, you will most likely lose in a mess.

In a cold weather of more than 20 degrees below zero, the lonely old man is playing chess to make a living? Do you admire or love chess so much?

In fact, it was already seen from his face that this should be one of his livelihoods. Even if an old man in his seventies loves chess as his life, he cannot squat here and be blown by the cold wind on this day of the New Year, right? Look at his dress so ragged, there is a story here!

Tang Sheng temporarily put aside his depression, came back and squatted opposite the old man, while taking out soft China from his pocket, "Uncle, you have one?" As he said that, he took out one cigarette and handed it to the old man. The old man came back to his senses and took the cigarette in a daze. Tang Sheng took out a windproof lighter and lit it for him, "Uncle, it's New Year today. You are still practicing chess stalls. Is anyone playing?"

The old man took a deep breath of cigarette, as if he was very enjoying. The smoke circulated into his lungs and vomited it out again, and the breath in his mouth turned gray. There was a smile on his face, "I haven't smoked for a long time. Your cigarette is too soft and tasteless. You can kill me for a game? You go first. This is a bet. If you lose, you have to give the other party ten yuan. Why are you expensive to make? Then, that five yuan is OK."

The old man had a winning streak, and finally waited for someone to play chess, but it was not easy. "It would be fine if it was three."

Tang Sheng looked at the strong desire in the old man's eyes and felt throbbing, "You seem to win me? I'm a master."

"Good master, I like to fight with masters. You are a master at a young age? I don't believe it, come and give it a try?"

Tang Sheng is indeed a chess master, more powerful than La Erhu. He played an endgame with his grandfather when he was seven or eight years old. He was too profound in the way of "Seven Stars Celebration". He knew at least five previous methods of breaking, and no one in the red and black side would be defeated.

So, in the gray and cold weather, the old and the young started a big killing game. While rubbing their hands, they shook their hands and shouted "General". Three people came over from a distance, a man in the 1950s, with great momentum, with his hands in his arms, both of whom were carrying the man's arms. It was obvious that they were a family of three. It seemed that they were going home after shopping, right?

However, this fifty-year-old man is no one else. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangling Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission. He gradually approached and recognized Tang Sheng from the side. Oh, how could this kid have such leisurely ambitions? How could a New Year's man squat on the street to practice chess?

It was unbelievable that I knew more or less about him. Tang Tian revealed that although he was less than a year older than Secretary Tang, Secretary Tang's sincerity and broad mind were greatly appreciated by Bai Shanmin. Some of his actions by his boy Tang Sheng also made Bai Shanmin look forward to him. The relocation of Lao Tang Lane, the planning of Jiangxiao, and the rise of Jinsheng, and the Luhu project are not as good as him.

This boy is definitely not a thing in the pool. He will definitely fly into the sky in the future. Can Jiangling put him in the egg pill place? That's bullshit.

"Dad, hurry up and go home. I knew that your legs were weak when you saw your chess game. It was such a cold day, so go home!"

As soon as my father slowed down, Bai Yanlin knew that his chess addiction could not help but tease and appeared again. As she said that, she winked at my mother, which meant that she must pull my dad home. Bai Shanmin’s beloved wife Tao Juechun smiled bitterly at it, "Girl, are you confident to pull him back?"

Bai Shanmin nodded and chuckled, "Ms. Juechun, who knows me, is it, girl, why don't you accompany your mother to go back to make dumplings first?"

"I won't go. I'll leave you here alone. It would be strange if you are willing to go home if the sun doesn't set. Mom, let's wait for my dad."

Tao Juechun nodded and smiled and said to Bai Shanmin: "No matter how majestic your great secretary is, he can't be treated with his wife and children, right?"

"Okay, okay, just watch one or two games. No one is allowed to say anything. You must have the quality of watching chess. The one who talks too much is a donkey!"

Puppy, Tao Juechun and Bai Yanlin both laughed out loud, hugged Secretary Bai Da and walked closer to the chess game. Bai Shanmin didn't say anything. He was actually curious about this boy Tang Sheng, such a young child, but he had a profound heart that was incomprehensible.

Tang Sheng knew that once the chess game was opened, it was inevitable that he would attract some passers-by viewers, so he was too lazy to turn back and only focused on the chess game.

The generals were hiding, the cannons were flying, the soldiers came and went, and the killing was difficult to distinguish. In the end, Tang Sheng won the first game.

"What a great trick for the young man. My old man lived to be seventy years old. He has been immersed in this way for decades and has never been defeated. I am old!" The old man sighed and sighed. He reached into his trembling hand and found a wrinkled ten yuan in the pocket of the coat and handed it to Tang Sheng.

Tang Sheng refused to accept it, but took out the soft China again and handed it to the old man. He rubbed his hands and said, "I don't want your money. I just want to know why you don't go home and enjoy family happiness in this cool and cold wind, but squatted on this chess stand where there are few pedestrians? Is there any difficulties for the elderly? Let me tell you, and I'll talk for you. The leaders of all sizes in the city are overworked, and there are inevitably things that you can't take into account. You can't just squat like this silently."

These words not only made the old man stunned, but also made Bai Shanmin's family of three behind him stunned. Secretary Bai Da's heart suddenly jumped. Tao Juechun and Bai Yanlin's eyes flashed, and they both stared at the young man, especially Bai Yanlin looked closely at this time and said, "Hey, isn't he the Tang Sheng who had been to the "new rich family" a while ago? Why did he squat on the street to play chess? It's inexplicable.

After all, the young people have simple ideas. Bai Shanmin and Tao Juechun are not the same as Bai Yanlin. Tang Sheng said something very clearly. The reason why he squats here to play chess is just to ask the old man why he is not going home to reunite but is practicing chess stall.

It is rare to care about the hunger and suffering of the poor at a young age. Just now, Bai Shanmin was also thinking about chess, but he didn't expect this level.

After the old man was stunned, he touched his hand that had been holding ten dollars and didn't take it back. "Young man, please take it, you are willing to accept the loss. I am convinced. You said that this cold weather, who wants to practice the stall? There are still two people in the family who have not eaten. Can I not practice it? A husband, a father, should do his duty as a husband, and you have to give the uncle a chance to win the ten dollars back."

The old man's desolate words contain endless sadness, but he has a faint sense of firmness. No matter how hard or difficult it is, I have to hold on.

Bai Shanmin and Tao Juechun were all moved by these two answers and answers, and Bai Yanlin was even more unbearable. Her beautiful eyes suddenly had tears in her eyes. She originally thought that she was just a chess stall that was practicing, but she was hiding behind it.

"Uncle, if you have difficulties, you have to look for the government. You are at this age and can't live a small chess stall, right? You always win over others, who will play chess with you? Is that true? This is not a solution to the problem after all, do you think you are?"

"Oh, government, who cares about me, this old man? I have been there a few times and am upset. I kicked me out last time. Look at the face that I fell, I dare not go there anymore. Just say this chess practice stall. The urban management can catch it. Today I thought that they would not come to kick me, a small chess stall after the Chinese New Year, so I quickly came out to practice. But there was no one in the morning. You are the first one."

Tang Sheng suddenly shook his head over, and the boy's dark starry eyes were filled with tears. In an instant, he gritted his teeth and cursed, "There are all turtles." While raising his hand to wipe the tears, his eyes touched the three chess viewers standing on the left.

Bai Shanmin, Tao Juechun, and Bai Yanlin were also like Tang Sheng, with tears in their eyes, especially Tao Juechun and Bai Yanlin's mother-in-law, who did not expect that the young man would cry. He seemed to be familiar with the worldly feelings and hated a certain phenomenon at such a young age. He had a different purpose in his chess.

Bai Shanmin took two steps forward and squatted down, reached out and patted Tang Sheng on the shoulder, "Tang Sheng, Uncle Bai didn't expect it would be you."

Uh, will my father know him? Bai Yanlin was suddenly stunned. Tao Juechun also understood why her husband wanted to watch chess. So that's it? Who is this young man? Her husband seems to have never said it before, but he looks very familiar with this Tang Sheng. Who is the young man?

The old man glanced at Bai Shanmin in a daze, and didn't think anything, thinking that he was just a young acquaintance and smoked himself.

Tang Sheng took a deep breath and calmed down. According to his cultivation, he should not be easily moved, but some things were uncontrollable. This scene happened to Bai Shanmin. It was not surprising to think about it. Isn’t it the Municipal Party Committee Family Court that turned around at the intersection ahead?

He looked up at Tao Juechun and Bai Yanlin. He had never seen the former before, and the latter was Bai Yanlin, one of the four jade girls in the wealthy family. He had met with the upstarts in the wealthy family a while ago, which was nodding. The jade girl was reserved and did not give you a chance to make friends. I didn't want to meet you today.

Needless to say, the middle-aged beautiful woman must be Bai Shanmin's beloved wife and Bai Yanlin's mother. Tang Sheng smiled at them first before saying to Bai Shanmin: "Uncle Bai, there are always unfair things in the world, and there are hunger and suffering people in the people. You are still stronger and you should take action when it is time to take action. I support you spiritually. This old man is in his seventies and should be well raised by his children at home. If he falls on the streets, he will practice a stall to make a living? There are always some jobs that are not done properly. The bureaucrat in charge of the administration will not take it seriously if he doesn't see it with his own eyes. I see this reunion dinner in the New Year of 2005. If you have no objection, I will call the official. He has to cry if he wants to eat dumplings!"

"Cheng, Tang Sheng, let's go to the uncle's house to eat dumplings today. After we finish eating, we will kill a few more games of chess," Bai Shanmin nodded vigorously.

However, Tao Juechun and his daughter Bai Yanlin were stunned. What's wrong with Secretary Bai Da? The people's hunger is more than just this? Can you care? Are you really going to accompany this young man? Are you not afraid that those people in the municipal party committee will poke your back? Thinking of it, Tao Juechun frowned.

But she still knows what his old man has. Even if he has decided, Jiutou can't get back, just go there.

In the vast night, a bunch of shiny small car owners came from a side alley in the east corner building in the city. Deep in the alley, the house of the old man Wang who practices chess stalls is in full swing today. There are two main rooms and one room in the old bungalow. Several women are busy making dumplings. An old woman and a man in the 1930s lie on the big kang. The old woman is ill for nearly twenty years and has been covered in bedsores. She is caught off guard. Her son has dementia after a car accident and is 304 years old. Her intelligence is equivalent to a child of three or four years old. The daughter-in-law has long run away with someone. This family is supported by the 70s old man who practices chess stalls. The neighbors occasionally help him and give him some food and drink. The bitterness is hard to describe in one word.

Tang Tianze and Bai Shanmin sat on the small stool in the main hall, both of whom were smoking with their heads covering their heads. The people who made dumplings were Liu Yunhui, Tao Juechun, Guan Jinyu, Bai Yanlin, and Guan Guan. Tang Sheng muttered something with Li Chongfeng at the door, and there were several neighbors in the yard.

Tao Juechun never expected that Tang Tianze would come in person, and even led his wife Director Liu. He understood this time. It turned out that the young man squatting on the street playing chess with others was the youngest son of Secretary Tang. Bai Yanlin was even more surprised.

Guan Jinyu also called to Secretary Tang University. While they were sitting, two more guests came in. Ning Tianyou, the secretary of the district party committee of the city, and Ning Xin, came. Ning Xin appeared in a dark police uniform for the first time. The heroic style made Tang Sheng's eyes shine.

When the meal was about to start, another annoying guy came. Who? Evening News reporter Wang Jing and several bureaucrats glared at her.

Wang Jing didn't care, so he actually interviewed Old Man Wang in detail, looking at what article he would write tomorrow, right?
Chapter completed!