"Mrs. Gu," Wu Mingde glanced at Gu Huai standing beside Xie Yunjiao and immediately guessed Gu Huai's identity. He had never expected Gu Huai to be so handsome, except for the scar on his face, which was a bit scary. "Brother Gu."
Gu Huai nodded and replied, "Hello."
After listening to Xie Yunjiao talk about Wu Mingde and Shao Yan, he felt that they were really a pair of star-crossed lovers. They clearly loved each other but couldn't be together. It was really pitiful.
"Stop chatting for now, business is more important." The people around them had already started shouting about doing business, and everyone was busy with their own things and no one paid attention to them.
Xie Yunjiao watched from afar as craftsman Xiao Zhao put down the chessboard, and then copied the chess moves according to the instructions she had written.
Wu Mingde looked at the chessboard and was greatly surprised: "Mrs. Gu, where did you get this chess record?"
He only needed to take one look to know that this was a dead end game.
"I thought of this myself," Xie Yunjiao blinked. "It should stump quite a few people. When the time is almost up, you can go up and break the deadlock. That way, all the money given by those people in front will be yours."
Wu Mingde was slightly startled. He looked at Xie Yunjiao in confusion, "But this is a dead end. It will take some time to break through."
He didn't say it couldn't be cracked, just that the time it took might be longer or shorter. However, it was indeed difficult to figure it out within an hour or two.
Xie Yunjiao didn't tell Wu Mingde the answer directly. She just pointed at a piece on the chessboard and said, "What if we move the black piece here?"
Wu Mingde's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the posture Xie Yunjiao pointed out. He already had an idea of how to proceed.
I didn't expect Xie Yunjiao to be so capable that she could even figure out such a difficult endgame.
After the chessboard was set up, only the young craftsman Xiao Zhao who came out to help was left sitting in front of the chessboard to guard the stall. There was a sign in front of him saying that one game cost five hundred coins, and if you could break the game, you could take away fifty taels.
Wow, fifty taels is not a small amount of money. Many people can’t earn that much money in their entire life!
It attracted a lot of people at once, but the endgame was too difficult. Some people were eager to try but did not dare to do it.
Xie Yunjiao was just about to ask Gu Huai to pretend to be a customer to play chess when suddenly, a well-dressed nobleman came to the stall.
He threw down five hundred coins and stood in front of the chess record.
However, he thought about it for a long time and gestured with his hands several times, but he couldn't think of a way to break the deadlock, so he could only leave in disappointment.
Once the first customer came, the second one came. Although everyone found it difficult, they could not resist the temptation of money.
Making a small investment for a big return is indeed very tempting.
Some people don’t care about money, but they want to show off in front of their friends and girls. They try it, but still fail.
Seeing that more and more people were gathering at the chess stall, Xie Yunjiao pulled Gu Huai away.
"What? Are you relieved? No need to look anymore?" Gu Huai asked.
Xie Yunjiao replied, "Isn't that good? I don't have to worry about it anymore."
With Wu Mingde guarding it, it's safe.
"Not doing business anymore?" Gu Huai asked with a smile, raising the corner of his mouth.
"No, I'd rather spend some quality time with my husband and the kids and enjoy the lantern show."
The corners of Gu Huai's mouth turned up even more. In fact, he wanted to accompany Xie Yunjiao to visit the lanterns, but he was afraid that Xie Yunjiao would be busy with business and would not be available.
Now that the business has been handed over to Wu Mingde, the family finally has some free time to stroll around slowly, which is great.
"Daddy, Mommy, that lantern is so beautiful." Doudou suddenly stopped and pointed at the crowd of people not far away.
Everyone was there guessing lantern riddles, and the person who guessed the most correctly would win this year's Lantern King, an octagonal lantern with exquisite landscape, flower and bird paintings.
The painting above is very delicate and beautiful. Under the flickering candlelight, the painting inside seems to be moving.
It really looks good.
Everyone gathered together to guess riddles, all hoping to become the final Lantern King.
"If you like it, let's go get it." Xie Yunjiao said.
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a disdainful laugh from the side: "You overestimate your own abilities. Do you think the Lamp King is so easy to obtain?"
Xie Yunjiao felt that the man's voice was very familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before. She turned around and saw that it was indeed an old acquaintance.
Ma Mingyu also recognized Xie Yunjiao, and his face suddenly became gloomy.
She looked at Ma Jun beside her and said, "Brother, I like that King of Lanterns. Can you give it to me?"
Ma Jun was observing the King of Lights carefully. When he heard Ma Mingyu's words, he lowered his head and looked at Ma Mingyu with his eyes full of doting: "Okay, I'll do my best."
"But my brother is so talented, he will definitely take first place as usual." Ma Mingyu said, "Every year the Lantern King is ours, and we have a bit too many."
Ma Jun wins the Lantern King title every year for several years in a row. His house hangs the only Lantern King in the town. Everyone who passes by praises Ma Jun for his talent and virtue, and says he is a role model for the young people in the town.
Ma Jun appears modest on the surface, but he is actually very confident in his heart, thinking that the King of Lanterns will definitely fall into his hands again.
The mother and son who just said they wanted to get the King of Lanterns were just going through the motions. How could they compare with him?
Suddenly, there were bursts of exclamations from the crowd. It seemed that someone had solved several riddles and was almost at the last one, the King of Lanterns.
Ma Mingyu and Ma Jun looked at each other and became anxious. They had just made a promise in front of everyone, so how could they lose to others?
Ma Mingyu and Ma Jun squeezed into the crowd, only to see Doudou riding on Gu Huai's shoulders, reading lantern riddles.
Ma Mingyu narrowed his eyes and stared at Doudou. It was actually this little brat?
His hair hasn't even grown out yet and he dares to snatch the King of Lanterns from them.
"Brother, hurry up!" Ma Mingyu said coquettishly.
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