Sure enough, when the big chess board was laid out, most people asked for chess pieces and sat in front of the board to discuss the current chess game.
"I'm so stupid. I wasted such a good opportunity." Xiang Xiaoyu blamed herself.
Song Yuehua sighed, "Nothing, just be more careful next time."
After a while, Pan An came trotting in from outside carrying a bag.
He first greeted Song Yuehua, then asked Zhao Xiaofu for a chess game, put the bag of tea in his hand on the counter and opened it.
"Brother Rushan said that this bag of tea should be kept here, and he will use this kind of tea when entertaining guests in the future."
Song Yuehua opened it and took a look. It was black and she had no idea what kind of tea it was.
Pan An started to make tea skillfully.
"Is your mother okay?" Song Yuehua asked.
Pan An replied, "Thanks to Sister Song, my mother's laundry is not expensive. The neighbors all ask her to do the laundry work. She earns much more than when she was in Haimin Village."
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "I'm asking if your mother is feeling better?"
Pan Le nodded quickly and said, "Mother is now well again."
It wasn't a serious illness in the first place. It was actually caused by long-term fatigue and excessive hunger.
"Where is Pan Le?" Song Yuehua asked.
"Xiao Le helps mother with housework at home." Pan An said.
Song Yuehua nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
After a while, Zhang Rushan brought Cheng Fei over to play chess. He waved to Song Yuehua and said hello, "One set meal."
"Why only one copy? What about me?"
Cheng Fei didn't know what set meal was, but he was there, yet Zhang Rushan only ordered one. This was definitely not right.
Zhang Rushan said with a sigh, "These are all common people's food, you can't get used to it. I asked Xiao An to make a pot of good tea here, you can drink more tea later."
"No, give me one too."
Cheng Fei felt unhappy when he thought about having to watch others eat.
"Add another set meal," Zhang Rushan called out to Song Yuehua again, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Add another portion of braised pork."
"That's right." Cheng Fei looked proud, "It will all be put on your account."
After sitting down and taking a sip of tea, Cheng Fei almost spit it out. He pointed at the teapot and said, "Is this the good tea you mentioned? Isn't this the tea I took from my house?"
"Yes, it's good tea." Zhang Rushan said with a smile.
Cheng Fei was angry and amused, and called Xiang Xiaoyu over, "Give me a pot of tea from your chess hall."
"Why make yourself suffer?" Zhang Rushan advised.
"Never mind, come on."
Cheng Fei wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "In all my years, I have only met someone as reckless as you. The day after I met you, I sent someone to investigate you."
Zhang Rushan took a sip of tea and asked, "How is it?"
"If it was fake, I would have killed you long ago."
Cheng Fei snorted, "In all these years, you are the only scholar who is both arrogant and a jerk."
Zhang Rushan grabbed a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard.
"Since I became your master, besides helping you with those sneaky things, I have also done a lot of things to uphold justice and redress the grievances of the people. You are the only one who calls me a jerk."
Just at this time Xiang Xiaoyu brought up a pot of tea from the chess hall.
After taking a sip, Cheng Fei was speechless for a moment, then started drinking the tea in Zhang Rushan's pot.
Zhang Rushan got down to business. "Now that we have found out about Crazy Horse, what are you going to do?"
"Do I need to tell you what to do?" Cheng Fei said with his eyes wide open, "Kill him for me."
"That's not good. If you hadn't slept with his sister, his wife, and even his mother, that man wouldn't have done this."
Zhang Rushan stared at the chessboard without looking up and said, "And I checked. He originally only intended to poison your horse, but he didn't put enough poison in it, and you ran into him, so it turned out like that."
"So what? If it weren't for that girl surnamed Song, would I still be alive here?"
Cheng Fei took a sip of tea and said, "I don't care, I have to kill him."
Seeing that his argument was not working, Zhang Rushan gave him a box of chess pieces and said, "Let's play chess first."
"I don't know how to play chess!" Cheng Fei said.
Zhang Rushan said patiently, "I'll teach you."
Cheng Fei didn’t really want to learn it, but after Zhang Rushan played a few fun games of Go with him, he gradually found it interesting.
Halfway down, Cheng Fei finally reacted, "You kid, you just said that I asked you to do something sneaky, you f*cking slandered me?"
"It can't be called cheating," Zhang Rushan said calmly, "To be more precise, it's adultery."
In fact, Zhang Rushan never understood, "Your family is not short of money. If you want a concubine, just buy her. Why do you always get involved with other people's wives?"
"Excitement, you don't understand." Cheng Fei laughed.
Zhang Rushan finally understood that Cheng Fei was simply a playful person.
Cheng Fei sipped a few sips of tea and asked, "I'll leave the matter of Nan the Butcher to you. Don't let my father know."
"Don't leave it to me," Zhang Rushan said, "If I do this again, my reputation will be ruined. I am also planning to take the provincial examination in two years to become a juren."
"20 taels."
"This is not about money," Zhang Rushan said firmly.
Cheng Fei looked at the chessboard without raising his head and placed several chess pieces in succession, "40 taels."
"I'll help you one last time," Zhang Rushan said, "Please don't pursue the matter of Crazy Horse too much."
Cheng Fei groaned and laughed angrily, "I just realized, why are you so kind?"
Zhang Rushan finished his chess game in silence.
Cheng Fei narrowed his eyes and asked, "Do you really want to save that kid?"
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