In the afternoon, Cen Zhengnian didn't know where he went. He answered a phone call and went out in a hurry.

Chuxia thought it was about his work, so she didn't ask much.

An An wanted to run out to sell things with Bangzi and the others, but was stopped by Chuxia.

"Have you finished your homework?"

Cen Huaian rummaged through his schoolbag, took out two notebooks and said, "Mom, look, I finished it at school."

"An An, I think you spend too much time selling things."

He sells things after class, and even sells things during the holidays when he doesn't want to play. Chuxia feels tired for him.

He is only five years old, he can relax a little and do what he wants.

Cen Huaian doesn't understand what Chuxia means. Doesn't his mother support him and Bangge to sell things? Why is she saying this now?

Cen Zhengnian felt indebted to Cen Huaian, so he coaxed An An to come. Except for the time when he had requirements for calligraphy practice, he spoiled him more than Chu Xia at other times.

And he didn't know An An well enough, but Chu Xia knew that An An was still uneasy.

She hadn't said it before, thinking whether she could change imperceptibly, but now she found that although An An had changed, the deep hurt in her heart was not so easy to get rid of.

"If you like, you can treat selling things as an exercise in your spare time. But I don't want you to let it take up all your play time. You like playing chess. How long have you not played chess with the kids in the compound? You like doing Sudoku puzzles, but you haven't done it much when you go home recently."

Cen Huaian frowned, as if he was thinking seriously about Chu Xia's words. After a while, he said sullenly: "I like selling things the most."

He would have money by selling things, and with money he wouldn't have to fear anything.

Chu Xia sighed: She knew it would be like this. She touched Cen Huaian's head. His hair had grown out, between soft and tangled.

"An An, I think you should be able to feel recently that mom and dad both love you. We all support you in doing what you like, but we don't want you to only know how to make money at such a young age. You are only five years old, and you haven't been exposed to more things. You should study hard, read more, develop other interests, and go out more to play. This is normal.

Selling things is a test of life and should not be the main part of your life. With dad and I making money, you can relax a little. Mom was not good before and made you suffer, but now you can trust mom more."

Cen Huaian looked at his mother, and his mind involuntarily emerged with the things he had done with his mother recently, and he thought of the joy of watching the National Day celebrations with his parents today.

He seemed to feel the love of his parents, just like he felt in his heart now, warm and up, as if he was about to fly.

"But mom, the kids in the compound can't beat me in chess, I don't want to play with them. I've finished the Sudoku book, I don't like anything else."

Chu Xia understood, it was her fault that she didn't realize that An An had a high IQ, he needed a higher level of challenge, of course he would feel boring if he kept bullying others.

She closed the book, stood up, took Cen Huaian's hand and said, "Come on, I'll take you somewhere."

Chu Xia knew that just talking was not enough, she had to cultivate new interests for Cen Huaian, use other interests to occupy his energy, so that he would not spend all his time on selling things.

Cen Huaian didn't know where his mother was going to take him, but he knew that he couldn't sell things with Bang Ge today.

He calculated the money in his mind. There would be the most people on National Day, and he could make more money than usual, but he couldn't make it.

Thinking of this, Cen Huaian felt so sad that he wished he could grow wings and fly to Bang Ge.

In the 1980s, there were no interest classes that are everywhere in later generations, but there was also a place to cultivate the interests of young people - the Children's Palace.

This is where Chuxia brought Cen Huaian.

The courses in the Children's Palace are very rich, and now it is still a place with public welfare nature. In addition to cultivating interests and hobbies, there are many facilities for fun here, and you can also visit science and technology, arts, sports and other activities. Parents love to bring their children here to play.

As soon as you enter the Children's Palace, you can feel the lively atmosphere inside. Many children are playing in the yard.

But that is not Chu Xia's purpose. She took Cen Huaian to walk up from the first floor. There were dozens of students learning in each classroom.

Some were learning music, some were learning dance, some were learning painting, and some were watching the teacher do a small physics and chemistry experiment.

Cen Huaian was like suddenly opening the door to a new world. It turned out that these were the interests his mother talked about. This was something he had never come into contact with. The light of exploration gathered in his eyes again.

When watching the small scientific experiment, Cen Huaian was a little hesitant about whether to go in and watch. Before he could think it over, his mother took him to the next classroom. He saw two people holding black and white chess pieces and playing chess, which he didn't know how to play.

Although he had never learned it, Cen Huaian was immediately fascinated by it, as if he could understand it. He lay on the window of the classroom and watched it fascinatedly.

When Chuxia wanted to take him for another walk, Cen Huaian immediately pointed at the two people playing chess inside and said, "Mom, I like this!" He was afraid that if his mother took him away, he would never be able to watch chess like this again.

"This is Go, kid, do you like it?"

"I like it." Cen Huaian said, not realizing that the person asking the question was not Chuxia, but a middle-aged man who appeared here at some point.

The man wanted to say something, but Chuxia put her finger to her mouth, signaling him not to disturb Cen Huaian and let him concentrate on watching.

The game lasted for half an hour. Cen Huaian and Chu Xia also watched outside for an hour. The man did not leave, looking at the people playing chess with loving eyes.

The two children playing chess came out. A little girl of seven or eight years old saw the man and smiled happily. She ran over and hugged the man's waist: "Uncle."

Another boy who was nearly ten years old walked over and also smiled and shouted "Hello, teacher", with the same admiration and intimacy in his tone.

The man touched the heads of the two children and turned to look at Cen Huaian who was looking at him curiously: "Little friends, I taught them to learn Go. Do you want to play a game with me?"

Cen Huaian did not shrink back shyly like other children when they met strangers. He looked up at Chu Xia and asked her opinion.

Noticing that there was gentle encouragement in his mother's eyes and she had no intention of stopping him, he asked the man earnestly in a childish voice: "I don't know how to play Go, can we play Gobang?"

"Of course."

A group of people returned to the classroom. Chu Xia stood behind Cen Huaian and watched him play. The two children also stood behind him, their eyes filled with curiosity and exploration, as well as the arrogance of an old student looking at a beginner.

Cen Huaian straightened his back, and the man asked him to make the first move.

He looked at him, and the black piece fell in the middle of the chessboard. The two of them started to fight on the chessboard with Gobang.

Chuxia noticed that as soon as the game started, the man's aura changed, from being kind and harmless to being sharp and aggressive. Even when facing a child, he did not look down on him, and completely treated Cen Huaian as a formal opponent.

Cen Huaian was very good at playing Gobang. The ten-year-old children in the family compound could not beat him. However, he only lasted ten minutes under the man's hands, and the chess pieces became chaotic. In the end, he failed to block the man's white pieces and was defeated.

He frowned and looked at the chessboard for a while, his eyes showing a light of unwillingness to admit defeat. He pursed his lips tightly, raised his head and said to the man, "Let's play another game."

"Okay." The man said with a smile, without any objection.

This time, Cen Huaian lost even faster. The man picked up the chess pieces, looked at him and asked, "Are you going to play again?"

Cen Huaian shook his head, "I can't beat you." There was still reluctance in his voice, but he already knew the end. If he played again, he would still lose. There was no point.

"Do you know where I lost just now?" the man asked.

Cen Huaian tried hard to recall and shook his head, as if he felt something was wrong from the beginning, as if he had made mistakes from the middle again.

"Gobang looks simple, but you need to plan to win. From the moment you made your move, I have already started setting traps. You see..."

The man reconstructed the game between the two of them, and patiently told Cen Huaian step by step where he fell into the trap.

Two children, a boy and a girl, were also listening very seriously. For a moment, Chu Xia felt that she was out of tune with the atmosphere of this classroom, and she was the only one who was idle.

However, the man's explanation was easy to understand, and she could understand it, so she also looked at the chess game and listened attentively.

The man stopped after talking about one game and asked Cen Huaian: "Now it's still this game. We have already played here. Where do you place your next move?"

"Here." Cen Huaian said without hesitation. This was a method of breaking the game that the man had just mentioned, and he remembered it very clearly.

The man was surprised: "You remember everything I just said?"

Cen Huaian nodded without thinking.

The man's eyes showed surprise, and he asked a few more questions about what he just said. An An was able to answer them without any mistakes.

He even raised questions that he was confused about, which meant that he not only understood, but also thought about it in a divergent way, and could draw inferences from one example.

This is a good seedling for learning chess, he is interested, can study hard, and has talent.

The man stopped talking about the chess game and looked at Cen Huaian, who was still looking at the chess game seriously and thinking. He couldn't help but asked on impulse: "Do you want to learn to play chess with me? I am a teacher at the Children's Palace. If you want to learn, you must come here every Sunday to learn with me."

Chu Xia was also stunned. She guessed that the man should be a teacher at the Children's Palace, otherwise he would not have the right to occupy a classroom for his students to play chess.

She also felt that the man should want An An to learn to play chess with him, but she didn't expect that the teacher would say so easily that he would accept students.

Cen Huaian probably didn't expect the man to ask him suddenly. He showed hesitation in his eyes and wanted to learn, but he still looked at Chu Xia and waited for her to speak.

The teacher couldn't help but ask directly, indicating that An An was indeed talented in learning Go. Chu Xia felt proud in her heart. His son was really outstanding!

However, she did not immediately agree to the teacher's decision to let An An learn from her. She looked at the teacher and said, "Hello, I'm his mother, my last name is Luo. I would like to ask, are the Go classes at the Children's Palace only for beginners or from the beginner to advanced? If he learns from you, does he have to pay? How much? How many classes per week?"

These are things that must be found out. After all, he is the teacher who will teach the child Go. If he finds that the time or something is not suitable during the learning process, then changing the teacher is secondary. The most important thing is that it may affect An An's interest in learning.

"My uncle won the championship in Japan! There are so many people who want to learn from my uncle, but he won't accept them. You should agree quickly."

Before the man could say anything, the little girl next to him jumped out and said proudly, with a look on her face that Cen Huaian had picked up a great bargain!

"Lingling! Stop talking nonsense!" the man scolded, and turned to look at Chuxia and Cen Huaian with embarrassment.

"Children are ignorant. My name is Guo Lin. I indeed forgot to introduce myself just now. If you want to know more about teachers, here is the introduction of teachers in the Children's Palace. You can take a look. There is no charge for studying in the Children's Palace. There is one class a week, and the class is on Sunday afternoon."

What Guo Lin did not say is that the Children's Palace does not accept students randomly. Either the school recommends or the teacher recommends. The children must be talented and love to learn.

He took Chuxia and Cen Huaian to the outside of the classroom. There were profiles of three Go teachers on the wall, including Guo Lin.

The profile listed all the awards he had won, all of which were national level. The most important one was the one he won in the Japanese competition. He was a really great chess player, and people admired him.

And his profile also specially marked that he was a special teacher of the Children's Palace, and he would only come to teach a class when he was free on holidays.

Chuxia was really surprised at this time. She didn't expect Anan to be so lucky to meet such an excellent teacher directly.

If Chuxia and Cen Huaian were the only ones at home now, Chuxia might agree to let Anan learn from him today.

But now that Cen Zhengnian is at home, Anan should discuss learning Go with him.

She also said this to Guo Lin: "I'm sorry, I need to discuss the chess lesson with his father. Can I give you an answer in two days?"

Although Guo Lin was moved by the good seedling, what Chu Xia said was also human nature. He nodded and said, "Okay."

Chu Xia took Cen Huaian out, and Guo Lin couldn't help but say one more sentence to the two of them: "I will be at the Children's Palace after 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. You can come to me directly after you have discussed it."

"Okay, thank you, Teacher Guo."

After Chu Xia and the other person walked away, the girl immediately pouted and said indignantly: "Does she know how many people want to learn from you, her uncle? She didn't agree immediately, and she had to go home to discuss something!"

"Lingling! Who did you learn this arrogance from?" Guo Lin frowned and looked at his niece: "There are always people who are better than you. I am not the best chess player. Your parents have been considering for a long time for you to learn chess from me. Isn't it normal for others to go home and discuss it? Don't say such things again in the future."

"Teacher, Lingling just feels wronged for you." Seeing that Lingling was about to cry after being scolded, the boy spoke for her.

Guo Lin: "You shouldn't think about these things and affect your mentality in learning chess. I want to accept that child. He is really talented!"

Speaking of this, Guo Lin couldn't help showing a happy look in his eyes, which was the excitement that a good teacher would show when he saw a good seedling.

"Teacher, is he very good?" The boy asked a little unconvinced. How old was he? He had only played two games of Gobang and had never even touched Go. How could he have talent?

"He is not good now, but it may not be the case in the future." Guo Lin said.

After Chu Xia led Cen Huaian out of the Children's Palace, she saw that he still looked back with a nostalgic look. She touched his head and asked, "Do you want to learn Go?"

Cen Huaian nodded without hesitation: "Yes."

"Do you like the teacher just now? Do you want to learn from him?" Chu Xia asked him again. No matter how good the teacher is, An An has to like him.

Cen Huaian thought for a while and said, "He's great. I like listening to him talk about chess."

Chuxia understood.

"Okay, let's go buy some Go first. I'll tell your dad when I get home and bring you here to learn."

Chuxia took Cen Huaian to Xinhua Bookstore, where there were the latest Sudoku books and Go for sale.

When buying books and Go for Cen Huaian, Chuxia said, "Go's mother gave it to you. But you bought two Sudoku books, so you have to use a red flower to redeem one when you get home. Do you also want comic books?"

Cen Huaian asked her cautiously, "Do you want to use a red flower to redeem one?"

"No for the first one, but yes for the second one," Chuxia said.

"I want one."

"Pick it yourself."

Chuxia looked at the books in the children's area again and found two English bilingual books suitable for children.

The story was something she had never seen before. The illustrations were very much in line with the characteristics of this era, just like the animated film "The Great Confusion in Heaven". They were very delicate. Most importantly, whether it was in English or translated, the content was very authentic and very suitable for children to learn.

This book is said to be a series. The salesperson at Xinhua Bookstore said that the supply was in short supply and some people bought many copies at a time.

I didn't buy so many books in early summer. I bought a lot of books today. I have to wait until Cen Huaian finishes reading them one by one.

In the end, she bought two original English books, "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "Anna Karenina", and also took a book on Go for beginners. The two of them carried the books and paid the bill and went home.

Cen Huaian was sitting on the bus and couldn't wait to open the "Journey to the West" comic book, which he chose himself.

Chuxia sat next to him and closed the book for him: "You can't read on the bus, it hurts your eyes. If you want to read, wait until you get home."

Just now at the Xinhua Bookstore, Cen Huaian flipped through the book and read a few pages. He bought it because he liked it.

Now he was anxious to read the story later, but his mother didn't allow him to. He had no choice but to turn his head and look at the scenery outside the window.

Looking at the rows of trees passing by, Cen Huaian thought: It's also fun to go out with my mother. It's fun in a different way than selling things.

He vaguely understood what his mother meant by experiencing different interests, but he couldn't say what it was specifically.

When he got home, Cen Huaian didn't talk about going out to sell things, but took the comic book and read it attentively. If Chuxia hadn't reminded him to rest his eyes in the middle, he wouldn't have rested at all.

But without Chuxia saying anything, he stopped reading by himself, holding the Go and the book on Go introduction, thinking by himself.

Chuxia asked him curiously: "Don't you like reading it? Why don't you read it?"

Cen Huaian: "I finished reading it today, and I can't read it tomorrow. I read a little every day, and I can read it for many days."

Chuxia smiled, rubbed his head, and praised: "Very smart."

In the evening, Cen Zhengnian came back, covered in dust, holding a piece of beef in his hand, no one knew where he bought it from.

"Let's have tomato stewed beef today." Chuxia said.

Cen Zhengnian washed his hands and had no objection: "Okay. I'll go take a shower."

It was not too cold now, and Cen Zhengnian didn't want to go to the bathhouse, so he took a shower in the house.

When he came out, there were water drops on his hair, which fell on his white collarbone and slid down his collar. Chu Xia took a look and quickly looked away.

"Go and clean up the water in the room."

Cen Zhengnian took a mop and went into the room. When he came out, Chu Xia said to him, "Our house is still too small. It's not convenient to take a bath. By the way, we have to make a bed for An An. He will have to sleep alone when he grows up."

Cen Zhengnian stopped wiping his hair. He really felt the inconvenience at home. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it."

Chu Xia asked him to come over to help. She looked at the tomato beef stewed in the casserole and said, "I'm taking An An tonight." "An An went to the Children's Palace..."

She told Cen Zhengnian what happened today: "An An really likes Go. You saw it when you came back. He was sitting there alone, and he looked more focused than when he was selling things. I read the introduction of Teacher Guo Lin at the Children's Palace. He is a very good teacher. I don't know anything else. He wants An An to learn Go with him. What do you think?"

Listening to Chu Xia talking to him softly about An An, the smile in Cen Zhengnian's eyes became more and more intense. He likes his current life.

The daily necessities of life, all the fatigue in his body seemed to slowly disappear in her voice. His heart felt like it was soaked in warm water, warm, and he wanted to stay in this moment forever.

"If An An likes Go, send him to learn. I don't know much about Go, but my grandpa likes it. I'll call him later to ask him. It won't hurt for An An to know more about Go. If this teacher is good, An An can continue to learn from him."

Chu Xia smiled.

She had never raised a child before, so she was always afraid that she had done something wrong. Now that she had Cen Zhengnian to discuss things with, she felt much more relaxed and less timid.

Chuxia stewed beef with tomatoes for a long time, the beef was soft and tasty, the soup was rich and sweet, and it was served with a bowl of thick white rice. Even Cen Zhengnian said in distress after the meal: "Chuxia, the rice you cook is so delicious that people always eat too much accidentally."

Chuxia smiled and said: "Then I can't help it, I just cook it casually."

Cen Zhengnian sighed: "If it tastes so good even if you cook it casually, then don't cook it seriously, I'm afraid I will eat more."

Chuxia couldn't help laughing, thinking that Cen Zhengnian's serious words were more pleasing than some people who deliberately coaxed people.

Cen Huaian looked at his father, then at his mother, and couldn't help but curl up a little arc at the corner of his mouth. He liked his current father and mother, and it would be great if his father could always be at home.

After Cen Zhengnian and Cen Huaian cleaned up the aftermath of the meal, he and Chuxia took him downstairs to digest the food.

There were quite a lot of people in the courtyard. When they saw Chuxia and the other two, they all smiled and greeted them.

Cen Huaian held Cen Zhengnian's hand with one hand and Chuxia's hand with the other, stepping on the leaves on the ground, and the joy in his heart was so full that it was about to overflow.

In the past, when he saw other children with their parents like this, he couldn't help but secretly fantasize in his heart that one day he would also be held by his parents to walk in the courtyard. Today, it finally came true! When they arrived at

the canteen, Cen Zhengnian said he would go in to call his grandfather. Chuxia asked An'an to follow him, and she waited outside.

Soon, Cen Zhengnian came out and bought a lot of snacks for Cen Huaian, including margarines, fruit leather, spicy chips...

Chuxia looked at them one by one, and then looked at Cen Zhengnian speechlessly: "Don't buy so many snacks for him, he can't finish them. And he can't eat spicy chips now, he's taking medicine, don't you forget."

Chuxia confiscated all the snacks, leaving only a fruit leather for Cen Huaian: "You can eat this. Next time your dad buys you snacks, you must refuse them, otherwise if you eat them carelessly and feel uncomfortable in your stomach, I will deduct your little red flower."

Cen Zhengnian looked at Cen Huaian helplessly, indicating that he had no choice, and he had to listen to his mother.

Cen Huaian looked at Cen Zhengnian, then at the snacks, and ate the fruit leather silently.

"Don't be angry, I'll listen to you and won't buy it again in the future."

Chu Xia didn't dwell on it. It was not a big deal. She changed the subject and asked him, "What did grandpa say?"

Speaking of this, Cen Zhengnian's smile became even more intense, and he told Chu Xia what had just happened on the phone.

"Grandpa is very happy that An An likes Go. He said that if you were in Beijing, you wouldn't have to learn from other teachers. He could teach you directly. He feels sorry that you are not in Beijing."

Chu Xia had no choice: "I work in Liangzhou, how can I go to Beijing?"

Cen Zhengnian: "That's what I said. Grandpa said that he knew Guo Lin, a rising star in the Go circle. Grandpa also knew his teacher, and An An could learn from him. Grandpa also said that if you go to Beijing in the future, you must learn Go from him, not from others."

Chu Xia couldn't help laughing. She thought Grandpa Cen was very interesting. She nodded and said, "Okay."

The next day was still a rest day. Chu Xia had gotten used to her biological clock and woke up on time.

When she got up, Cen Zhengnian and Cen Huaian were not in the house. They probably went to buy food.

She didn't care. She washed herself, picked up the Chinese book and memorized a few more pages in the morning.

Chuxia usually memorizes Chinese and politics in the morning. At this time, her memory is good and she can memorize quickly.

When she finished her task, Cen Zhengnian and Cen Huaian also came back, carrying steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and tofu pudding in their hands.

After dinner, Chuxia was about to take out the math test paper to do, and Cen Zhengnian suddenly took out three movie tickets, looked at Chuxia and said, "My friend gave me three movie tickets. Let's go to the movies today."

An An also looked at Chuxia with expectation in his eyes.

When Chuxia went to the movies alone before, he wanted to go with his mother.

Now that his father is here and mentioned watching a movie, he can't help but want to go even more.

He has never watched a movie with his parents.

"Okay."

Chu Xia naturally had no objection. Seeing Cen Huaian heaving a sigh of relief and looking happy, she couldn't help pinching his nose: "Last time I went to see you alone, you weren't happy. Are you particularly happy today? Your father and I will take you there together."

Cen Huaian's ears turned red when Chu Xia said that. He lowered his head and said "hmm", and it seemed that he was really happy.

The movie that Cen Zhengnian chose was a comedy "A Happy Family", which is also a very classic movie.