Chapter 213 He Feels He's Alright Again
After dinner, Magistrate Lu said he would send a carriage to take the two back.
Ye Caiping refused, saying that she had come here by the family's ox cart.
After leaving the yamen, the two came to where the ox carts were parked.
Under the shade of a tree, Ye Daquan was lying in the car, snoring in his sleep.
"Brother." Ye Caiping called softly.
Ye Daquan woke up rubbing his eyes: "Ah...are you done?"
"Yes, the magistrate invited us to dinner. Have you eaten yet, brother?"
"I've eaten. I ate four big sesame cakes!" Ye Daquan stretched and stood up. "Let's go home."
The three of them rode in a ox cart and slowly walked out of the county town gate.
After returning to the town, Ye Caiping got off the car and asked Ye Daquan and the others to go home first.
After the ox cart left, Ye Caiping took out the fishing gear from the space and ran to the river where Shen Zhiyan often fished, but found that there was no one there.
It's strange, why is he not here at this time?
After thinking for a while, Ye Caiping arrived at the door of Shen’s house.
The two servants guarding the gate were chatting. When they saw her, they immediately came forward with a smile and said, "Madam Ye is here. Mr. Ye and several Miss Ye have already gone home."
Ye Caiping nodded: "I know."
Usually Ye Daquan would come to pick them up, but Ye Caiping told them that if they didn't see Ye Daquan after class, they would have to take the ox cart back by themselves.
“Didn’t Master Shen go fishing?”
"No, I'm at home. I don't know what happened these days, I suddenly stopped going fishing."
The fisherman doesn’t fish anymore? Ye Caiping was a little surprised: "Did he catch any fish before?"
The servant looked around and then lowered his voice and said, "It's a bit of progress. I used to catch one small fish every half a month, but now I can catch two."
Ye Caiping's mouth twitched slightly: "Is it convenient to find him now?"
The servant immediately smiled and said, "Of course, I will take Madam Ye in."
Let’s not talk about Mr. Ye and several Miss Ye who are studying here, let’s just talk about Ye Caiping. Both the master and the ladies seem to be particularly patient with her.
…
In the study, Shen Zhiyan was leaning on the armchair by the window, with a chessboard in front of him, playing chess.
"Master, Madam Ye is here." Duanwu walked forward.
Shen Zhiyan raised his eyebrows: “Please come in.”
After a while, Ye Caiping followed Duanwu in and said, "Hello, Master Shen."
Shen Zhiyan glanced at her and saw that she was carrying fishing gear in her hand: "Are you going fishing?"
Ye Caiping said, "Yes, I finally found some time to go fishing, but I didn't see you when I got to the river, so I came to see you. I heard from the servant outside that you haven't been there for a few days."
"Yeah." Shen Zhiyan responded indifferently, "I suddenly feel quite boring."
Ye Caiping sighed inwardly, alas, the air force guy has collapsed from despair and has even given up.
Yes, she would give up even if she was the Air Force Commander.
Unable to accompany him fishing, she could only bring him more vegetables and soup.
Shen Zhiyan asked, “Can you play chess?”
Ye Caiping glanced at the Go board and shook her head: "No."
She only knows how to play Gobang, and she's very good at it.
Shen Zhiyan immediately became interested: "Then sit down and I will teach you how to play chess."
Ye Caiping had no choice but to put down her fishing gear and sit opposite him.
After cleaning up the chessboard, Shen Zhiyan asked her to play the black piece. After explaining the rules of chess, he began to instruct her: "You play here first."
Ye Caiping followed his instructions and made a move. He immediately made a white move next to her: "Continue."
Ye Caiping made one move, and then another...
Shen Zhiyan: “Go on, go on, go on…Oh, you lose.”
The corners of Ye Caiping's mouth twitched slightly.
Shen Zhiyan raised his eyes to look at her: "This is the rule, if you run out of breath, you die. Let's do it again. I'll let you do thirty hands."
Ye Caiping played a few moves again, and Shen Zhiyan shook his head: "I lost again."
I won four rounds in a row...
Shen Zhiyan put the back of his hand under his chin and murmured: “You have no talent for chess at all.”
Ye Caiping: "Haha... Yeah! How about something else, like Gobang? That's a game I came up with myself."
This damn desire to win!
She really had no interest in playing Go, but after she "lost" countless times, her desire to win was successfully ignited!
Shen Zhiyan nodded: “You tell me the rules.”
"It's very simple. Whoever connects five pieces in a row wins. It doesn't matter whether it's up, down, left, right or diagonal. Let me show you."
Shen Zhiyan’s eyes were full of interest: “No, let’s do it.”
She cracked her finger bones, and a light lit up in her eyes. That was even better!
With his talent for chess, he should be able to play it after playing a few games.
She didn't ask for too much, just win one game and then she'd leave!
Ye Caiping picked up the black piece and took the first move.
After a dozen moves, Shen Zhiyan looked up: “You lose.”
Ye Caiping: “…”
"This is easier than Go. You don't need to use your brain."
Has anyone told him that he will have no friends if he talks like that? Ye Caiping: "Yeah, haha, I had a lot of fun today. I'm going home first!"
Then he stood up.
As Shen Zhiyan packed up the chess pieces, he said, “Since you like it so much, come over every afternoon starting tomorrow and I’ll teach you how to play chess.”
Ye Caiping slipped and almost fell to the ground.
What is this? She has no interest in Go at all.
Ye Caiping's face froze slightly: "How can this be possible, Master Shen, you have to teach Xuan'er!"
Shen Zhiyan smiled elegantly and noblely: “No conflict, I’ll teach Xuan’er in the morning and you in the afternoon.
Ye Caiping gritted her teeth and said, "You are so in need of teaching, why don't you accept a few more students?"
After thinking for a while, Ye Caiping said formally: "Actually, recently... I have developed a new kind of bait..."
Shen Zhiyan lowered his head to pack up the chess pieces and ignored her.
Ye Caiping glanced at him and continued, "There are also new-style fishing rods with wheels on them."
Shen Zhiyan: “…”
Ye Caiping sighed softly: "Fishing is like going to the battlefield. You need a weapon that suits your hand. Only with a fishing rod that suits you can you conquer all the rivers and lakes!"
Shen Zhiyan raised an eyebrow: “Really?”
"Yes." Ye Caiping nodded solemnly. "The day after tomorrow, I'll bring you a new fishing rod and bait. We'll meet at the old place."
Shen Zhiyan smiled slightly: "That's fine."
New rod and bait? He has regained interest in fishing.
The sky cleared up, the rain stopped, and he felt like he was fine again!
As soon as he got excited, he immediately went to the river to cast his rod: "Let's go cast our rods now."
Is it necessary so fast? Ye Caiping was afraid that if she didn't go with him, he would teach her how to play chess, so she nodded hurriedly: "Okay, let's go now."
"Let's go to the street and buy a set of fishing gear first."
"You have a lot of fishing gear at home, why do you want to buy more?"
Shen Zhiyan was silent for a long time before he spoke faintly: "My fishing rod...was all dragged away by the fish. And the fish basket..."
Ye Caiping suddenly had a picture——
Think about it, Shen Zhiyan finally caught a fish, but his fishing rod was dragged away by the fish, oh, and the fish loach.
Then he just stared at the water...
Ye Caiping: “Pfft…hahahaha!”
I finally understand why he suddenly lost interest in fishing. Not only did he miss every shot, but he was also slapped in the face by the fish!
Self-esteem, being pressed to the floor and rubbed wildly by the fish! It's not very harmful, but it's extremely insulting.
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