Chapter 48 Chinese Chess and Western Chess
As for the most beautiful Go set, Zhang Wei looked at the jars and felt that they were Go sets, except that there was no chessboard.
The colors of the chess pieces are not all exactly the same. Some are darker blue, some are lighter blue, and the purity inside is also different. The same goes for the green jar, which looks like very transparent crystal.
Zhang Wei has only seen black and white Go, and has never seen blue and green Go. It is indeed quite special.
Moreover, the color of the jar is also simple and elegant. If you look closely, you can see some cracks on it, and it looks quite old.
Alas, she doesn't know how to play either of these two chess games, and it's not convenient to find someone to identify them here. Finally, Zhang Wei put them all in a box and put it deep in the cabinet. She will deal with it later. Anyway, they belong to her and she can't run away.
As for the chess set I built later, there is a club in school that teaches it. I don’t know if it’s difficult, but maybe I can give it a try.
Zhang Wei is a pragmatist. The miscellaneous items he exchanged later included folders, pen holders, a Mickey blue alarm clock, and even an unopened box of gloves.
She opened the gloves and found that they were gray woolen gloves, which looked quite large. Thinking of how Chris had always been helping her, she decided to give the gloves to him.
"You mean, this is for me?" Chris was very surprised. He turned off the watering nozzle, wiped his hands, and took it with a little disbelief.
"Yes, Uncle Chris, everyone likes roses, and this is what we exchanged for."
Zhang Wei thought that the three of them only cut a few flowers, and the rest were prepared by Chris, and suddenly felt a little shabby, after all, the three of them came back with a lot of flowers.
"I'm sorry, it's not worth much, but I hope you like it."
"Oh, dear, don't say that. I just need a pair of gloves to help me work in the fall. Thank you very much. I love them!"
"Vera, you are such a kind girl, just like all the Wilsons."
After hearing this, Zhang Wei probably knew that this was the highest compliment for Chris as someone who had served the Wilson family for a long time.
Fortunately, she wasn't really a child, otherwise she might have felt a little uncomfortable, and then made it her goal to get others to recognize her as a real Wilson family member.
She is grateful to everyone in the Wilson family, but she will always be herself.
At this moment, she understood why many Chinese people were unwilling to admit their Chinese identity, because the education and family environment they received since childhood told them that the best evaluation of them was: You really look like a person from Country A!
He naturally accepted this fact, yes, I am a citizen of Country A. He could not identify with China because everything there was unfamiliar to him.
In this respect, they are not actually Chinese, so there is no need to be too harsh on Chinese people.
The most important symbol of being Chinese is national and cultural identity, which is a fact that cannot be refuted even if one changes their nationality. This is why Zhang Wei feels alienated from everyone here no matter what.
Her values have been formed and she is always a Chinese.
But this does not affect her learning of knowledge here, just like Chinese chess can only be put aside here, while she can try Western chess temporarily.
She asked everyone in her family and found out that almost everyone in the family knew how to play chess, but no one was very interested in it. Only the eldest brother Leida had a chess set in his room, and he would occasionally play chess with his family when he was at home.
He taught both Manny and Namir, but Namir may not have been taught by him yet.
Zhang Weichai guessed that the Wilsons had taught Leida when he was young, and later the responsibility of spreading this skill fell on him.
It’s just that after Zhang Wei arrived, Leida spent less time at home, so she never saw them play.
It just so happened that she, Dora and Paris had an appointment to go to Central Park this weekend, so Zhang Wei decided to bring it over to see if they would do it.
That's right, the trip to Central Park that she and Dora had planned before finally happened.
They hadn't gotten together since their trip to Yellowstone because Paris had to prepare for a math competition, and they made the appointment for this week right after he finished the competition last week.
It just so happened that Zhang Wei also wanted to ask in detail about the content of the competition. She is so pragmatic.
Since they planned to spend the whole day in the park, they made comprehensive preparations. Paris was responsible for the food. After eating the snacks he brought several times, Dora also went to his restaurant for dinner. Yes, it was the Cantonese restaurant Wanghailou.
Zhang Wei brought the tent and swing bed herself. She remembered that they were in the Wilson family's warehouse.
Dora said she would bring her flute, and she and Zhang Wei could take turns playing it for the birds. Zhang Wei thanked her and said it was not necessary.
When that sound was heard, I guess all the animals around ran away.
The flute is not an easy instrument to learn. I don't know about other wind instruments, but the sound of the flute is really difficult to control. Her breath is limited, and after almost a year of learning, she can only barely play a tune-shifting song, even though she has memorized the music score by heart.
Maybe she led Dora astray, and Zhang Wei felt a little sorry.
She thought of the Chinese flute again. The sound of the flute was clear and cheerful, and it might be easier to learn than this one. Unfortunately, the school did not have this course.
Originally, Betty was supposed to take everyone to Central Park, but Paris said her mother was free and could accompany them, so in the end Paris's mother took the three children.
The three of them met at Paris's house as usual, and then took a car to Central Park together.
Central Park is located in the central area of Manhattan. It is a forest in the steel jungle and is not far from where Zhang Wei and his family live.
When they went there, it had just opened and there weren't many people. Paris's mother, Aunt Kate, suggested that they go north because the most crowded place in the past was the Sheep Meadow, and many people went there to bask in the sun on weekends.
Although there was a place to read in the Watchtower Castle, it was indoors, so they decided to find an area by the lake in the north, somewhere with trees, so that they could easily install the swing bed.
In fact, these were all Zhang Wei's excuses. The real reason was that she didn't want to bask in the sun.
It’s not a question of black or white. The sun has been a bit strong since June, and it’s still not very comfortable to be exposed to the sun.
They arrived the earliest, so they could choose any place. The place they finally chose was only a few steps away from the lake. They could even see wild ducks swimming in the lake. Dora was already looking for food to feed them.
It took them about half an hour to set up the tent and swing bed, and even spread out the picnic mat. Only then did Zhang Wei realize how much food Aunt Kate had brought...
You can't tell what's in the box she's carrying just by looking at it, but when she takes it out, there are more than a dozen boxes of various sizes.
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