Chapter 65

Zhang Ke insists on going, and Xu Si can only fulfill his wish. Thinking about how not to be seen by people near home, Zhang Ke and Xie Wanqing were just brought home for dinner yesterday. They were together again today, which was bad for others to see.

Just at night, the cart came out of the community. There were a lot of people on the street. It was no less than during the day. The area in the center of Haizhou was not large. It took only 20 minutes to go from No. 1 middle school through the front door to Shatin. Zhang Ke carried Xu Si without the heat of the day. The brilliance of the early month was very soft and cold in single clothes. The bike turned into Qingshi street near Shugang River in Shatin and asked Xu Si, "it's not a pity if we tear it down here?"

"Why did you dismantle it?"

"It's always going to be demolished. It's close to the front door. As soon as the city develops, it must be demolished."

"It's no pity to demolish my house. It's a pity to demolish it here."

In 1994, illegal structures in Shatin were not rampant. Qingshi street was facing the river on one side and flying eaves on the other. There was a wooden pier bridge on Shugang River, but the water of Shugang river was stained black by the wastewater discharged by Xinguang paper mill. It was very scenic and had a pungent smell. There was a Taoist temple at the north end of Qingshi street. In the view, thousands of young apricots poked their branches and leaves out of the courtyard wall to cover most of the stone street, In recent years, it has been withered and yellow.

Xu Si was at the door of his house and didn't dare to be too intimate with Zhang Ke. He fell behind him. He didn't know what he insisted on doing here. However, from entering the office with him to the formal establishment of Haitai trading company, in just over a month, too many unexpected things happened, so he was used to his strange behavior.

There was a small pub in front of the old cloth sign. Zhang Ke looked through it. Twenty square meters of size, four walls of brick, no powder, and the corner of the wine altar, and the red cover of the altar, the rice yellow wine of Haizhou native produce, the liquor cabinet of the coarse white wood counter was placed with various kinds of Baijiu and beer. There were not many people in the tavern. On the east wall sat a middle-aged man in a pair of old-fashioned cloth shirts. Zhang Ke knew him. He was Xu Hongbo, who founded Haizhou Chess Academy, and the godfather of Haizhou folk go.

He drank Baijiu, and a dish of brine beans and a plate of old vinegar peanut were placed on the table. He looked at the gesture of drinking the thumb and middle finger in a bowl. He seemed to be writing big characters.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Ke was surprised to meet Xu Hongbo here. I remember that Xu Hongbo also lives nearby, and the early creation of Haizhou Chess Academy is the East chamber house of Daoguan.

"Zhang Ke, how did you come to play?" Xu Si's father Xu Haishan played chess with another withered man on the table on the left side of the door.

Zhang Ke was stunned, looked back at Xu Si's face and said, "sister Xu Si said she was going to tutor me today. I only started school for a few days. I didn't have any homework to tutor, so I pestered her to bring me here to play."

I thought I was talking about my tutoring homework at Xu Si's home yesterday, but I used it today.

"This girl is more serious," Xu Haishan looked out and saw his daughter. He asked Zhang Ke to sit in and said to the man playing chess with him, "Lao Chen, this is Xu Sijiao's student and the cousin of the female boss of Xu Si company. Please help make a pot of good tea." he deliberately said the word "female". Since yesterday, Zhang Ke and Xie Wanqing led Zhi Tong to the door for dinner, Xu Haishan put down the burden on his heart and was in the mood to walk in the neighborhood at night.

The man was the shopkeeper. He looked up at Zhang Ke, moved the bench around him, asked Zhang Ke to sit down, and he went to the counter to make tea. Zhang Ke sat down in a big way. There was no big missed move on the chessboard. Zhang Ke smiled and said, "Uncle Xu, your chess is very good."

"You didn't watch them play, how do you know they were bad at chess? I don't know Uncle Chen's chess, but my father is a stinky chess basket..." Xu Si came in, greeted the shopkeeper, and nodded at Xu Hongbo: "Mr. Xu."

Seeing that Xu Si knew Xu Hongbo, Zhang Ke felt it convenient to catch up with him and said, "Mr. Xu can see how bad it is after seeing this mess."

"You don't talk lightly or seriously. Can you compare with Mr. Xu?" Xu Si pushed him.

"Do you recognize me?" Xu Hongbo let Zhang Ke's words attract attention and looked over.

"When I was in primary school, I learned chess with teacher Xu for a summer vacation in the Cultural Palace."

Xu Hongbo thought for a while, but he was not impressed. He said to the shopkeeper, "there is water in your wine?" the shopkeeper said, "you're going to smash my tavern!"

Xu Hongbo smiled, stood up and said to Zhang Ge, "look what I taught you before?"

"Let's go on."

Xu Hongbo took a look at the chess game and was evenly matched. Then he played. Who didn't take advantage of who, and then he knew that the boy was really good at chess. Turn around and let the shopkeeper say, "take out your cloud stone go and play go."

Xu Si said, "don't forget the greatness of heaven and earth. Dare you play go with Mr. Xu?"

Ten years later, when Xu Hongbo is old and wants to retire, Zhang Ke will not lose to him. Xu Hongbo is only 50 years old and has a strong brain. Although his level cannot be maintained at the professional level, Zhang Ke does not expect to win him.

The track of history does not deflect. My father will leave the city after Tang Xueqian's case and start his depressed and frustrated life. From then on, he began to study chess and make friends with Xu Hongbo. After Tang Xueqian got out of prison, his father had no place in Haizhou University. Xu Hongbo took him into the Chess Academy to avoid the wind and rain.

If there is anyone in Haizhou who deserves Zhang Ke's admiration, Xu Hongbo should be one. I thought that the historical track was deflected and there was no chance to meet Xu Hongbo again. How did I know that I would meet here?

Since we can meet, we naturally have no reason to let him go.

In his early years, Xu Hongbo worked as a secretary to Wanxiang, former Secretary of the municipal Party committee and current chairman of the National People's Congress for six years. Later, he resigned from public office and had no contact with Wanxiang. He founded Haizhou chess school and now Haizhou Chess Academy. As for why he suddenly resigned from public office, there were many rumors in the alley, which he despised. He only said that he was not satisfied with his officialdom and played chess all day. Wanxiang didn't quit.

When Xu Hongbo left the city, Tang Xueqian and his father had not been transferred to the city. Because Tang Xueqian liked playing chess, his father also knew Xu Hongbo, but now they can only be regarded as general friends. Neither side left a deep impression on each other.

Zhang Ke said, "my father also likes playing chess. When will I invite Mr. Xu to play chess at my house?"

My father is an official. He has knowledge and insight, but he is not as proficient in intrigues as he is. Moreover, the officialdom in Haizhou is not very calm now. Xu Hongbo spent more time in Haizhou officialdom than his father. With his knowledge of Xu Hongbo in the future, Zhang Ke knows that he is a man who knows everything about the world and has become a human spirit. He can look at you thoroughly at a glance, but he is not tainted with the corrosive smell of officialdom. He jumped out of the muddy water alone. He is a very special person and object in Haizhou officialdom, It's definitely an odd number.

Such a friend, whether you are in good or bad times, is well worth making.

The shopkeeper Lao Chen shouted in the yard, "Rongrong, help Uncle Xu take out go..."

Xu Haishan also came to be interested. In 1994, many people were interested in go. No one in Shatin was qualified to stand up and ask Xu Hongbo for advice on go. Xu Si's uncle played chess well. Every time he asked Xu Hongbo to let three sons play in the next game, he had to ask for a drink.

After making tea and celadon tea cup, the tea was floating and sinking. Zhang Ke heard the clattering of chess pieces in the chess box in the yard. The shopkeeper smiled and said, "the little girl knows how to jump. Xu Hongbo said:" your girl is not young. Today, I see a long slip of little scoundrels behind her, just like the two girls of Haishan family. " Xu Si blushed. Someone pushed the door and entered the tavern from the inner yard. Zhang Ke was silly when he saw the man.

"Hua la..." Chen feirong dropped his pieces on the ground, and the pieces jumped around on the green brick floor. He looked at Zhang Ke sitting in front of the square table.

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