Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 233 I Should Have Known That I Wouldn’t Have Pretended
On Saturday, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu went back to Tao's house for dinner, and Tao Yumo, their little tail, always followed them.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw my little nephew Tao Xiwu crying and asking his mother for White Rabbit milk candy.

Upon asking, I found out that he had eaten a piece of candy given by a classmate when he was at school today. He was greedy and begged his mother Zhao Li to buy him one when he got home from school.

Zhao Li didn't buy it for him, so he started making pottery again.

"As a man, there's no point in crying over a piece of candy!"

Lin Chaoyang said this, but he took out a 2-liang sugar ticket and a one-dollar bill from his pocket.

"Ask your brother to take you to buy it. Don't eat too much after you buy it. Just one piece a day. Remember?"

"Remember, thank you uncle!"

With candy to eat, Tao Xiwu smiled happily. He didn't even bother to wipe the tears from his face. He called his brother Tao Xiwen, who was doing homework, to buy candy.

"Chaoyang, thank you!" Zhao Li said a little embarrassedly.

"It's okay. It's normal for children to be greedy."

Tao Yushu asked, "Mom, is there no more candy coupons at home?"

"I used all my sugar coupons from last month to buy white sugar."

Nowadays, non-staple food is supplied in a fixed quantity. Take sugar for example. Each citizen of Yanjing City is entitled to two taels of sugar per month. The Tao family has seven people, not counting Lin Chaoyang and his wife, so the quota is one pound and four taels per month.

Although it is a little less, it is enough for the family and the children will not go without candy.

But the problem is that there are two young children in the family, and they have never been able to save up sugar coupons. Last month, Tao's mother used all the sugar coupons to buy white sugar. Now that Tao Xiwu suddenly wants to eat White Rabbit milk candy, he naturally can't buy it.

The Tao family's financial situation was not bad, but under the coupon system, there were still many shortages of supplies in daily life.

After finishing the meal and before leaving, Lin Chaoyang went out first, and Tao Yushu took out ten overseas remittance vouchers to give to Tao's mother.

Tao's mother recognized the remittance voucher, so she asked, "Where did this remittance voucher come from?"

"Chaoyang's novel is going to be published in Hong Kong, so the Hong Kong publisher has remitted the royalties. According to this year's new regulations, foreign exchange settlements exceeding 3000 yuan will be treated as overseas remittances, and these overseas remittance vouchers are issued by banks."

After learning about the origin of the remittance vouchers, Tao's mother did not take them. "We don't lack food and drink at home, so why should we take your things?"

"Mom, just take it. Chaoyang proposed giving you these remittance coupons. Not only you have them, but Chaoyang's parents also have them. However, they can't use the remittance coupons issued by Yanjing. We will exchange them for food coupons and oil coupons and remit them to them when the time comes."

Tao's father also said: "Chaoyang's parents have a small quota of coupons, so it's only right to send some to them. There's no shortage of daily necessities at home, so you can just use these things yourselves."

Tao Yushu smiled and said, "Dad, this is a gift from Chaoyang and me. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, so we won't send gifts to our family this year. Besides, these remittance vouchers are given to us for free when we settle foreign exchange. They are valid for only two years. If we can't use them, they will be invalid. That would be a waste!"

"Chaoyang received a lot of money for his manuscript this time, and the bank also gave him a lot of remittance vouchers, which we really can't use."

After Tao Yushu's persuasion, Tao's mother finally accepted the remittance voucher. She looked at the face value of the voucher and said in surprise: "This is too much!"

Ten remittance coupons contain 200 kilograms of food, which is enough for the entire Tao family to eat for two or three months, not to mention other things.

"So the two of us can't use it all up!"

"Too much, too much." Mother Tao took out a few remittance vouchers and handed the rest to Tao Yushu, "It's enough that you have this intention."

Tao Yushu pushed it back, "Mom, Chaoyang said that we are husband and wife, husband and wife are one, and we should treat both sides' parents equally. Chaoyang's parents have it, and you have it too. The family won't starve, so just consider it an improvement in life. How you use it is up to you."

After saying that, she stuffed the remittance voucher back into her mother's hand and left. Tao's mother stood at the door with a complicated expression.

At this time, Tao Yucheng came out of the room and saw his mother standing at the door in a daze, so he came over very tactlessly.

"Mom, what did you say to Yushu?"

As he spoke, he caught a glimpse of the remittance vouchers in Tao's mother's hand that she had not had time to put away.

"Did Yu Shu give this to you?"

Tao's mother put the remittance voucher into her pocket and said, "It's none of your business!"

"Look at you, I'm just asking." Tao Yucheng said this, but his eyes were staring at Tao's mother's pocket with a sly look.

"Mom, how many remittance coupons did Yushu give you? The shopping coupons on them are equivalent to industrial coupons. You can buy a lot of good things with them."

"You tell me?"

Mother Tao said this unhappily, and her mind flashed back to the last sentence her daughter had just said. Wasn’t this what she was talking about in the current situation?
"An unsatisfying thing!"

Tao's mother cursed and went into the room. Tao Yucheng looked confused after being scolded.

If you don't want to use it, then don't use it. Why are you scolding me?

After entering the room, Tao's mother showed the remittance vouchers to Tao's father and explained the situation. Tao's father said with emotion: "The two children are thoughtful. There are so many things and a lot of money."

"Your precious son is still thinking about these remittance vouchers."

Tao's father said helplessly: "He has never suffered from hardship since he was a child. When he encounters problems, there are always people to help him. His personality cannot be changed!"

Tao's mother felt that her husband was alluding to her because it was her doting on her son that led to his current lazy personality.

"As a father, you have no responsibility?"

Tao’s father: ???
What did I say?

Adhering to the principle that a good man should not fight with a woman, Tao's father sincerely admitted his fault of "bad parenting". After coaxing his wife, an inexplicable idea flashed through his mind.

The men in our Tao family will not have to live under the shadow of their son-in-law for the rest of their lives, right?
Lin Chaoyang had to go to work during the summer vacation, but Tao Yushu had nothing to do, so it became her job to deal with the extra overseas remittance vouchers.

This is not a difficult matter to deal with. There are ticket scalpers in front of the Friendship Store. Although they need to be cracked down from time to time, they usually come back to life soon.

Tao Yushu disposed of the 89 extra remittance vouchers in his hands with almost no effort and received yuan.

During the summer vacation, the Yanda Library was peaceful and quiet, and Lin Chaoyang was happy and leisurely every day.

In a flash, most of the summer vacation has passed, and school will start in ten days. Lin Chaoyang cherishes this time even more.

That morning, he was spending a peaceful morning in the library when a note from Du Rong came from the elevator, saying that someone downstairs was looking for him.

When Lin Chaoyang came downstairs, he saw a round-faced young man. He had an ordinary appearance, slightly protruding lips, and a pair of glasses on his nose. He looked a little dull.

Du Rong said, "Chaoyang, this is Nie Weiping, a chess player from the Chinese Chess Academy. He said he's here to see you."

Lin Chaoyang originally felt that the young man's face was somewhat familiar, but when Du Rong introduced him, his mind immediately flashed with what this face would look like in twenty or thirty years, and it matched.

"Hello, Comrade Lin Chaoyang!"

Nie Weiping walked up to Lin Chaoyang and shook hands, looking very enthusiastic.

After saying hello, Lin Chaoyang asked curiously, "Why are you here to see me..."

Today, Nie Weiping is still a young man under 30 years old. He does not have the calm and composed demeanor of a veteran in later generations. His hair is a little oily, and there is a tuft of hair sticking up on the back of his head, making him look a little unkempt.

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's question, he said shyly: "I just read your book "The Chess Master" recently, and I want to come and ask you for advice on Go."

Lin Chaoyang said with some surprise: "I am only a rough expert in Go. You are a national player. I don't deserve your advice."

The library is not a place to talk, so Lin Chaoyang took Nie Weiping to the shade by the Weiming Lake.

When talking about Nie Weiping, what people know most is his great achievements in sweeping the Japanese Go world in the 1980s.

In fact, Nie Weiping became famous in the Go world very early. In 1972, he ended his life as an educated youth and returned to Yanjing. He studied Go as a hobby after work.

In 73, when the Chinese Go Institute was rebuilt, he was selected into the 1974-member Go training team with his superb skills. In , a delegation from the Kansai Go Institute of Japan visited China, and Nie Weiping defeated Miyamoto Naoki, who was a rising star in the Japanese Go world at the time, and became famous in one battle.

Then he couldn't stop. He won 1975 games and won all the games starting from the 3rd National Games in 14, and he became the national champion. Naturally, he became a leading young figure in the domestic Go community.

In the past month or so, the novel "The Chess Master" has become very popular in China. Few people who are interested in literature have not read it.

Nie Weiping doesn't read many novels usually, but "The Chess Master" is about Go, and people around him are discussing it, which naturally aroused his interest.

Nie Weiping's way of reading "The Chess Master" is different from others. Others focus on the plot and characters of the novel, but he focuses on the content about Go involved in the novel.

In his opinion, there is no problem with the professionalism of the Go content mentioned in the novel. Although the plot at the end where Jiang Nansheng challenges nine Japanese national players in a row is a bit exaggerated, it is also a reasonable imagination.

After all, he himself led a delegation to visit Japan in 1976 and created a terrifying record of 6 wins and 1 loss when participating in the China-Japan Go competition. He was called the "Nie Tornado" by the Japanese media at the time, and the domestic media even used the words "Nie Weiping era".

The novel mentioned that Jiang Nansheng had an epiphany overnight on the eve of challenging the Japanese national player, and broke away from the various rules and layouts followed by traditional Go. Although it was just a novelist's words, it was well-written and aroused Nie Weiping's strong interest.

At this time, Nie Weiping was famous all over the country. Everyone knew that he was the "Nie Tornado" that made the Japanese tremble in fear, but what many people did not know was that he also had his own weaknesses.

From 1976 to 1980, Nie Weiping lost six consecutive times in national competitions to a chess player who was not as good as him.

The chess player's name is Huang Dexun. He is about the same age as Nie Weiping. He plays chess very aggressively, but he doesn't win many games when competing against domestic masters. However, Nie Weiping can easily win against him in training matches.

But when it came to the official competition, Nie Weiping was defeated every time he met him.

Over the years, Huang Dexun's existence has gradually become Nie Weiping's inner demon. He could never understand why he lost to Huang Dexun. Every time he felt that victory was within reach, he lost in confusion every time.

"I think Jiang Nansheng in your novel is very similar to Huang Dexun. They always make strange moves when they are at the critical moment of the game.

In the match in 77, I played black and went first. I had already killed his big corner. According to common sense, the outcome was basically decided.

But he refused to surrender. After a long consideration, he made a strange move, desperately entangled with my two black pieces on the periphery.

I didn’t know what happened at the time. Maybe I was thrown off by his weird style of play, and I lost the game without knowing why.”

Talking about the past defeat, Nie Weiping felt resentful and upset.

After talking about his own concerns, he looked at Lin Chaoyang with some hope and asked, "Have you ever deduced the chess games written in your novels?"

Lin Chaoyang shook his head. "The chess game in the novel is a peak showdown. My Go level is not good enough to simulate it. We novelists always use the Spring and Autumn style when writing these things. It can't be taken seriously."

Hearing this, Nie Weiping felt a little disappointed, but then he smiled at himself.

"Well, I'm desperate and trying all kinds of treatments!"

"understand."

Letting go of his obsession, Nie Weiping chatted with Lin Chaoyang about Go. He is now the number one player in China's Go world, and his understanding of Go is far beyond that of Lin Chaoyang, an amateur player.

In order to keep the topic from falling off the topic, Lin Chaoyang could only bring out some AI Go patterns from later generations to bluff people.

Unexpectedly, Nie Weiping listened with great interest and kept asking questions. Every question he asked hit the nail on the head, and in the end, Lin Chaoyang was sweating all over.

If I had known earlier I wouldn’t have been pretentious!

(End of this chapter)