After dinner, Xiujuan brought Zhou Bin and Aniu to find old man Zhang San.

He lived in a dilapidated kiln on the west side of the village. He kept to himself all year round and rarely spoke to the villagers.

A few people walked along the main road of the village to the west, and then walked along a small path covered with wormwood, and a dilapidated courtyard appeared in front of them.

Xiujuan pointed to the yard and said, "That's his home."

Zhou Bin took a quick look and found that some parts of the courtyard wall of the house had collapsed and the wall was covered with moss, making it look very old.

There is a big apricot tree in the yard with lush branches and leaves.

Zhou Bin came to the front door, knocked gently, and asked, "Is anyone home?"

The yard was quiet and no one spoke.

Zhou Bin pushed the gate gently with his hand, and the gate creaked open. Zhou Bin walked in, followed by Aniu and Xiujuan.

The yard was full of weeds, which had turned yellow and dry, looking very desolate.

Zhou Bin came to the mud house and asked, "Is anyone home?"

The room was still quiet and no one spoke.

Zhou Bin had no choice but to push open the door and walk in.

The room was dimly lit and dark. Zhou Bin took a quick look and saw an old man squatting on the ground, staring intently at a chessboard, not moving at all.

Zhou Bin's sudden intrusion startled him. He then realized that someone had come in. He immediately asked in a stern voice, "Who are you? Who let you in?"

Zhou Bin immediately said, "You are Uncle Zhang, right? I have something to ask you."

At this time, Xiujuan and Aniu also came in. Xiujuan immediately said, "Uncle Zhang, this is my brother Zhou Bin. He came to ask you for a favor."

Zhang Pingshan recognized the visitor as Wang Lixing's daughter, and immediately said unhappily, "What are you all doing here? I don't have time, please go away!"

Ah Niu thought, why is this old man so cowardly! He can't even speak properly.

Zhou Bin said calmly, "Uncle Zhang, I came to you for an important matter, and you must take action."

As he said this, he gave old man Zhang San a Hongtashan cigarette. Zhang Pingshan took it and saw that it was a good cigarette. His attitude became a little better: "Hey, what are you all doing here? I'm busy now."

While they were talking, Zhou Bin had already lit a cigarette for him. Zhang Pingshan took a puff, picked up the bowl of steamed buns soaked in boiling water next to him and took two bites. Then he concentrated on looking at the chessboard in front of him again.

Zhou Bin looked down and saw that this was an endgame and the old man was thinking hard about it.

Zhou Bin asked with a smile: "Uncle Zhang, playing chess?"

Zhang Pingshan said without even raising his head, "Yes."

Zhou Bin stretched out his hand and tried to make a move, but Zhang Pingshan pushed him away and yelled, "What are you doing? I'll figure it out soon!"

Zhou Bin said with a smile: "Uncle Zhang, it's wrong for you to go this way. You should park your car to the side."

Zhang Pingshan said impatiently: "What do you know!"

But when he looked in the direction Zhou Bin pointed, he exclaimed: "Oh, yes, if this car is placed here, won't it be alive?"

He looked up in surprise and asked, "You can also play chess?"

Zhou Bin smiled and said, "It will rain a little."

Zhang Pingshan immediately became interested and said, "That's great, let's play the next game."

Zhou Bin smiled slightly: "Okay."

So the two of them set up their chess pieces and started playing against each other.

Five minutes later, Zhang Pingshan threw down the chess piece dejectedly and said, "I lost! Come on, let's play another game!"

Zhou Bin smiled and said, "No problem!"

A few minutes later, Zhang Pingshan blushed and said, "Why did I lose again? What bad luck! Let's try again!"

Zhou Bin remained calm and said, "No problem."

In this way, Zhang Pingshan played ten games with Zhou Bin in a row and lost all of them.

Zhang Pingshan was already sweating profusely and his face was flushed.

He said helplessly: "I lost again! Why do I keep losing!"

He has always had a high opinion of himself, believing that his chess skills are top-notch and that no one in the entire Dongyuan Village can be his opponent.

But today he lost ten times in a row, which really surprised him.

He finally said, "You are quite capable, kid? I really didn't realize it!"

Zhou Bin smiled and said, "I was just playing around by myself, I can't show it on the stage."

Zhang Pingshan's eyes slowly changed as he looked at Zhou Bin, and he said anxiously, "How did you do it? Tell me quickly."

Zhou Bin, however, was arrogant at this time and said, "Well, it's a long story."

Zhang Pingshan asked anxiously, "Hurry up and tell me!"

Zhou Bin asked with a smile: "Uncle Zhang, have you ever worked in the Qinbei coal mine in the past?"

In order to let Zhou Bin teach him, Zhang Pingshan had to patiently say, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Zhou Bin smiled slyly: "Then you have to wait for me to finish telling you my story, and then I will tell you."

Zhang Pingshan was completely impressed by Zhou Bin's chess skills and immediately said, "Okay, tell me what you want to say."

Zhou Bin told him the purpose of his visit. Zhang Pingshan's face changed after hearing it, and he said directly: "What you said won't work, you should find someone else!"

Zhou Bin was stunned: "Why?"

Aniu and Xiujuan also looked at him strangely, not knowing why he was unwilling.

Zhou Bin doesn't use him for free, and he doesn't want the money. What a weird person!

Zhang Pingshan said without question: "No reason, I just don't want to go."

Zhou Bin took a look and found that this old man was indeed a tough guy.

His eyes rolled and a plan came to his mind.

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