Our Time: Unswerving until Death

Chapter 10
This girl seems to be a student. She looks less than 20 years old. She is more than 1.6 meters tall. Fendai, however, is just right. She is wearing a school uniform, blue top, black skirt, white gauze socks and round-toe cloth shoes, revealing a sense of simplicity, simplicity and elegance.

When tidying up the room in the afternoon, He Qi heard Li Yan say that the shopkeeper had a daughter who was studying in the city. Now it seemed that she was the girl in front of her, but programmers usually work and live, two points and one line He Qi didn't have much contact with girls, and for a while, He Qi didn't know how to speak, so he hugged a reserved smile as a greeting.

However, what was surprising was that this girl came straight up and took a good look at He Qi. Fei Fei didn't smile back, but raised her head and said arrogantly:
"What book are you reading?"

"What subject do you study?"

"Which school did you study in?"

"Have any articles been published?"

"In the future, will you inherit the shop at home, or do you have other plans?"

He Qi was caught off guard by this series of questions, with a dazed and incomprehensible look on her face, thinking that two strangers would never be able to ask these questions when they met for the first time. Others, just about to explain, heard her say again: "My teacher once said that chess quality is like character. You and I have never seen it before, but I heard from my father that you are studying in Japan and Japan is good at chess. Under the influence of your ears and eyes, you must be able to play chess, why not play a game first and discuss the rest later, otherwise even if the two elders are guarantors, without my consent, this marriage will definitely not count."

Hey!
Only then did He Qi suddenly realize, but why did she ask this question as soon as she came up?
It turned out to be a blind date!

Dare to admit that she really admitted the wrong person, and regarded herself as the blind date who returned from staying in Japan.

As we all know, the lives of most programmers are very monotonous, and they are generally very nerdy. After get off work, they will hide at home to play games, or have sex with Two-dimensional. Compared with them, He Qi is a little different, and only likes Go , has been on the Wild Fox platform for many years, and it is about the level of the five weakest in the industry.

Since He Qi came here, he opened his eyes and saw unfamiliar people and things. When he suddenly heard the word "Go", it was as if he was walking in a foreign country, surrounded by foreigners, and suddenly came towards him. A yellow-skinned, black-eyed compatriot with an innate sense of intimacy,
"Okay!" He Qi replied, without explaining immediately, for fear that if he explained, the game would be impossible. Besides, seeing the sunset in the sky, it was only a game of chess, so I will explain later. Also in time.

"That's good! I'll go get the chess pieces." She answered bluntly, pursing her lips, with a tricky smile on her lips, secretly proud of herself, and trotted into the room in a short while, holding two pots of chess in her hands, arms He came out with a chessboard in his hands, maybe it was inconvenient to move, but he saw He Qi standing under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree with his hands behind his back, looking at the sunset in the sky, and didn't take the initiative to come forward to help. Do you come back from studying abroad? Foreigners still pay attention to demeanor, but I don’t see you learning a little or two.”

Embarrassed, He Qi hurried forward to take the two pots of chess.

The chess pot is made of blue and white porcelain, the whole body is milky white, inlaid with dark blue patterns, the white pieces are made of white marble, and the black pieces are made of jet black jadeite. The way to play made He Qi frown for a while, and she saw that she pinched two sunspots and landed on the opposite star position first, and she followed the ancient chess method, that is, "seat chess".

"Zuozi" means that before starting a game in ancient Chinese Go, it is stipulated that two pieces of black and white should be fixedly placed on the diagonal "star" position. It is also called "shizi", "jiaozi" or "ya". Among them, the word "Ya" originated from very ancient times, and its pronunciation and meaning are the same as "Yue (Yue)", which means that in ancient China, the chessboard attached to the ground symbolized the traditional concept of the earth.

The "mountain" on the earth cannot be shaken, and the "seat" on the chessboard is naturally fixed. This rule has been popular for at least 2000 years. Has been abolished.

Modern Go originated in Japan, and it naturally uses the method of abandoning "seat chess". Of course, He Qi has rarely touched "seat chess" and is not very clear about the rules. Go up, and then wait for Heizi to go first.

However, He Qi didn't see Heizi fall for a long time, she couldn't help feeling puzzled, and asked blankly, "Why haven't you settled yet?"

She was so teased that she laughed for a moment, the arrogance just now was swept away, the corners of her mouth raised an arc, and then she deliberately pursed her lips, but she couldn't hide her smiling eyes, staring at the two slender fingers A sunspot in front of him said faintly: "China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times. Those who come are guests, and the white ones go first. You and I are both Chinese. Logically speaking, it is orthodox to play ancient Chinese chess. I think you are a newcomer from studying abroad, and you are learning Japanese chess, if you are really not used to ancient chess, you can remove the 'seat'!"

Only then did He Qi recall the rule that the white pieces go first in "pawn chess", she felt embarrassed for a moment, and said repeatedly: "No need! No need, just play 'pawn chess'." After speaking, the white piece was dropped.

"You didn't withdraw. If you lose, don't blame me for bullying you." When she said this, she seemed confident, as if she was sure, and she sacrificed nine or three shots at the beginning. The way to advance is to attack, and to retreat to defend.

He Qi didn't know where her self-confidence came from. She dared to say this, her old face was a little bit uncomfortable, and she was aroused for a while, but she didn't say anything, and she responded silently, watching her confident nine-three shots , He Qi found it very strange. It sounds like the mean, but it sounds halfway. For example, in the upper right corner, there is an extremely large double-flying swallow pattern, but she ignores it and focuses on grabbing the big side.

He Qi, on the other hand, followed the thinking of modern Go and began to grab corners. In the era when dogs were rampant, the principle of heavy corners and light edges was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If you keep such a big corner, grabbing one seems to be incompatible with any side. No matter how you look at it, the nine-three pitch is unreasonable.

But soon He Qi suffered a lot. Her rhythm is very fast. It seems that she doesn’t need to think about every step. She attacks and kills at the beginning of the game. The flowing "upside-down lotus" pattern, combined with the external sunspots, blocked the whites from entering the middle plate, and He Qi could only climb a wave of humiliation to survive. If you are unwilling to be humiliated and choose to break through, then congratulations, you are ready to accept the "skillful hand" of the sunspots "—Sanction for the two-way rush to the top.

In short, under the "seat system", He Qi is very uncomfortable, as if her hands and feet are tied, she can only survive through grievances, and slowly make arrangements. Taking the lead, the delusion will end in the middle game, so the ball flies, jumps, and rushes to the middle game, but it also gives He Qi the opportunity to work around, rob everywhere, divide the sunspots in the middle game, and prevent them from gathering into one. After successfully passing through the middle game, the first-mover advantage of the layout will be brought out in the later stage. With the big corner occupied earlier, the situation on the field will be reversed in one fell swoop.

It was hard for her to believe that she had lost, and the confidence on her face was gone. With her chin resting on her hands, she stared at the losing game in a daze, and then said to herself, "Is it true that Chinese Go is not as good as Japan?"

"Who said that?" He Qi asked puzzled.

"Your chess style is obviously influenced by the Japanese way of chess. I can't beat you even if I hold the seat, and I'm afraid I can't even beat you if I withdraw the seat." She said lonely, her eyes dim.

"You clearly underestimated the enemy in this game. If you play it safe in the middle game and don't be aggressive, I'm afraid you won't have a chance. Besides, I haven't been to Japan, so how could I be influenced by Japanese chess skills?" He Qi said indifferently. said, with a slight smile on his face, holding a cup of tea, and taking a sip.

"Ah!!" She was shocked when she heard the words, stood up in a hurry, took a few steps back, subconsciously covered her lips with one hand, stared at a pair of almond eyes, with an expression of disbelief, pointed at He Qi with the other hand, He hesitated and said: "You are not Wang Jinxin, then who are you?"

"My surname is He, with a single character of Qi. I just returned to China yesterday. Fortunately, shopkeeper Zhao took me in. I just moved in here today." Holding back a smile, He Qi pointed to the room where Gouwa slept and said, "I live in that room. "

Suddenly, He Qi's bad taste suddenly appeared, and she introduced herself decently: "I was born in Nanyang since I was a child, my father taught me a few things, I studied Chinese, I never went to university, I haven't published any articles, and there is no one in my family. The shop inherits."

She thought of the indiscriminate questioning when she came up before, and she was suddenly so ashamed that it was hard to see others, her face was quickly covered with clouds, and she stammered: "Sir, I...I don't know, don't take it for granted."

Coincidentally, Zhao Deyi entered the backyard at this time, and as if she had been pardoned, she ran over in a hurry, complained to her father who had caused her such embarrassment, and hurriedly whispered: "Father, why don't you tell me, why don't you tell me?" me.me."

It's just that there is no way to say what she said later, she couldn't stay any longer, like a cloud in the wind, she hurried away in shame, leaving Zhao Deyi with a confused face, who didn't know what happened, and then looked at him in confusion. He Qi standing under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that Ling Ai mistook me for the son who returned from studying in Japan. By mistake, we had a hand-to-hand conversation, that's all." He Qi explained clearly, You can't let people mistakenly think that you have a heart for his daughter. This is a taboo thing.

"Oh!!" Zhao Deyi nodded, came to understand, and sighed: "Fa's wife died young, and I have to be busy supporting the family. My little girl, Ruyi, was neglected in discipline since she was a child, and she developed a disposition to escape and slack. I know a lot about Fengya, so I wanted to let my little girl be arty, learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, improve her temperament, and marry a good man in the future. Little did I know that my little girl was only good at chess. In the early years, I She can also guide one or two, and she gave me two sons a few years ago."

But seeing Zhao Deyi talking, his face showed pride, and he smoothed his mustache, and continued: "It just so happens that Mr. Wang Yunfeng opened a museum to teach apprentices, and he took a little girl as an apprentice. In recent years, chess skills have improved. Quite a few, if the little girl plays chess with the husband, if the husband is abrupt, don't be surprised."

He Qi frowned, suddenly felt something was wrong, so she could only smile without saying a word, secretly thinking that Zhao Deyi was pitying his daughter for being uneducated, the meaning behind the words was clearly showing off that he has a good daughter who is proficient in chess.

Seeing Zhao Deyi's daughter-in-law look like this, He Qi was too lazy to poke it out, and was happy to compliment her. By the way, she said two nice words: "Where! Where! Lingai's chess style is open and close, and the offensive is fierce, quite like a woman's scarf." The wind really opened someone's eyes."

These words reached Zhao Deyi's heart. Enjoying the glory brought by his daughter, Zhao Deyi couldn't help but feel more and more proud. His plump body seemed to be full of pride, and he was standing straight on the stone bench, almost with his legs crossed. , smiled and said: "It's Professor Wang Yunfeng's good work. The little girl is only a little famous now, and she can't be called a female heroine. Sir, it's absurd, absurd."

At this point, the words came to an abrupt end, because Zhao Deyi saw the chess on the table, and he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, and said in a daze: "I lost? The little girl actually lost? How could it be?"

He Qi suppressed a smile and said: "It's Ling'ai who was careless for a while, otherwise I probably wouldn't lose. I was just lucky, just lucky."

In this way, Zhao Deyi felt better in his heart, and thought: "It should be so, my daughter is a big player in the future, it's just a moment of carelessness." But he said: "I didn't think about it, sir has a good chess skill, and I will use it some other day. Teach and teach the little girl."

"I don't dare to be, it's just a discussion, I don't dare to call it an advice." He Qi said modestly, thinking that this guy is not willing to admit defeat, and wants to help her daughter find her place again, so that's fine, since there is no place to go anyway, I have a good time to solve it It's boring.

(End of this chapter)