The atmosphere of the Youth Go Exchange Meeting was not as noisy as many other activities. Everyone was led by teachers or elders to get to know the teenagers who were learning Go.
If they felt they could get along well, they would find a chessboard and sit down to play a game of Go together.
There was no host, so everyone was free to move around and abide by the rules of the exchange meeting. No one was making loud noises.
If the teenagers had any questions, they could ask the seniors in the Go Exchange Meeting, and everyone would answer them.
Cen Huaian enjoyed the atmosphere of the exchange meeting. After meeting some senior Go players and their students with Grandpa Jiang, he was invited to play Go.
Grandpa Jiang did not always follow him to talk to the friends he knew.
Some senior Go players don't like to talk with their peers. They just walk around the venue casually. When they see a game that interests them, they stop and wait for the game to end. Then they give some advice to the younger players and answer the questions they just encountered .
Cen Huaian played Go with a girl named Zhao Qi who was older than him. Zhao Qi's father was also a famous Go player, and she learned from her father since she was a child.
Zhao Qi knew Hong Youxuan and had heard Hong Youxuan talk about Cen Huaian. Hong Youxuan said many times that Cen Huaian was good at Go and was the most talented teenager he had ever seen.
Zhao Qi remembered this person in her heart, thinking that she must play a game of Go with Cen Huaian if she had the chance in the future to see if he was as talented as Hong Youxuan said.
So today, when Zhao Qi was talking with her father and Cen Huaian's great-grandmother, she was observing Cen Huaian the whole time. When the adults finished talking, she immediately invited him to play chess.
Cen Huaian also wanted to exchange chess skills with different people. Different people have different styles of playing chess.
After starting the game with Zhao Qi, Cen Huaian sat there upright and observed Zhao Qi's way of playing chess.
Zhao Qi was also observing him.
"Hong Youxuan said that you are very good at Go."
Cen Huaian made a move with black pieces and said, "Brother Youxuan is also very good."
Zhao Qi looked at him and said, "You two are so boring, and you are so hypocritical!"
Cen Huaian frowned and looked at her. He was telling the truth and did not lie.
Cen Huaian did not like what Zhao Qi said, nor did he like the way she spoke. His sister Zhang Lu also speaks directly, but she always speaks the truth. She will not judge others without understanding them clearly, and she never speaks of others with a contemptuous tone.
Cen Huaian did not want to argue with Zhao Qi about this, and did not say anything else, concentrating on playing chess.
Zhao Qi humphed and stopped talking.
Zhao Qi's style of play is different from what she just said. She moves very carefully and will not rush forward without thinking.
But the less you know how to attack and the more you want to defend perfectly, the easier it is to reveal your weaknesses.
Cen Huaian played chess with her for several minutes and had already discovered two fatal flaws in her chess. As long as he attacked, he could end the game directly.
But he wanted to think about Zhao Qi's style for a while. No one who played chess with him before had this style. Cen Huaian wanted to see how many flaws Zhao Qi could reveal in the end.
Because the outcome was certain, Cen Huaian played neither fast nor slow, and was still wondering how to fill those loopholes if he played chess the way Zhao Qi did.
Zhao Qi had learned chess since she was a child. She didn't realize it at first, but later she found out that Cen Huaian could have beaten her a long time ago.
He was still playing now, but he deliberately bypassed those places where he could win. Zhao Qi thought he was playing tricks on her. Whether he could win or not, playing around in circles on the chessboard, wasn't he just teasing her on purpose?
She put the chess piece heavily on the chessboard, and stared at Cen Huaian with eyes full of angry flames: "Is it fun to play tricks on people? Hong Youxuan often praises you, but I think you are just like that! What if you are good at chess? If you are not a good person, you are still annoying!"
Zhao Qi spoke loudly, and everyone heard the dispute here at once. The people standing next to Cen Huaian and Zhao Qi who had been watching the two people playing chess were also surprised by Zhao Qi's sudden anger. They didn't think Cen Huaian was playing tricks on her.
Grandpa Jiang and Zhao Qi's father came over, including Hong Youxuan and Hong Yuande.
"Qi Qi, what's the matter?" Zhao Qi's father frowned and looked at Zhao Qi as soon as he came over, with a serious expression on his face.
Grandpa Jiang walked to Cen Huaian, touched his head, and told him not to panic. He knew his great-grandson, and he was definitely not what Zhao Qi said.
When Zhao Qi saw his father, tears immediately flowed out of grievance, and he cried and complained to him, saying that Cen Huaian played too much.
After hearing this, Zhao Qi's father frowned even more, and looked at Cen Huaian with a bit of unkindness.
Cen Huaian was not afraid, nor did he avoid Zhao Qi's father's eyes, and explained in an orderly manner why he played like that.
"I wanted to observe how Zhao Qi played the game to the end, and how I could win the game if I used her method. I didn't mean to play tricks on her. Sorry, I didn't know this would cause misunderstandings."
Grandpa Jiang touched Cen Huaian's head, walked to the chessboard and looked at it for a while, then looked up and said to Zhao Qi's father: "Zhao Li, come and watch this game. If An An was deliberately playing tricks on your daughter, he wouldn't play like this."
Everyone who plays chess knows that the saying goes: Those who are in the game are confused, but those who are watching can see clearly. Zhao Qi was in the game, and she only saw that Cen Huaian could win but didn't, as if he was playing tricks on her.
But from the overall point of view of others, it was not the case.
Grandpa Jiang continued, "After An An won against Zhao Qi for the first time, he no longer followed his own ideas, but cooperated with Zhao Qi to let Zhao Qi fully play his own ideas."
The teachers who had been watching Cen Huaian and Zhao Qi play chess also spoke up, telling Zhao Qi that his father and Zhao Qi had misunderstood, and Cen Huaian did not mean that.
The Go exchange meeting is for young people to exchange Go skills, and these older seniors do not want the exchange meeting to start unpleasantly.
After watching the game, Zhao Qi's father's frown slowly relaxed, but he still felt bad for his daughter's crying. He was still angry and said, "He is indeed easy to be misunderstood. The children playing chess with him may not understand his intention. And even if so, he can finish it or not, just relying on his better than others to show off. Don't do this next time." Grandpa
Jiang frowned when he heard it, and just as he was about to speak, a sneer came: "This is really the best joke I have ever heard. Is there still a saying of showing off in Go? If you are not as good as others, you are not as good as others. Even if others really play tricks on you, you have to bear it! This is the rule of playing chess. If you can't even stand this now, then don't play it as soon as possible." When playing chess
, you will always meet all kinds of chess players, some are open and honest, and some will use shady tricks.
At the exchange meeting, everyone took the orthodox path, and there was no crooked style of chess. But as we competed more and more, even against foreigners, we found all kinds of ways to play.
Therefore, when learning Go, the first thing to practice is the character. If one's character is unstable, and one is too concerned about winning or losing, and loses everything after losing, or says that others have bad character when encountering a style of play that one does not like, then he will not achieve anything in Go in the future.
Zhao Qi stopped crying, and looked at the person who spoke with anger: It is obviously Cen Huaian who has bad character, why can't she say it? She is not someone who cannot afford to lose!
Zhao Qi's father was also very angry. He came up and said that he would not let his daughter learn Go. Who is this person? He is so arrogant!
Everyone also looked in the direction of the speaker, and when they saw who it was, the words in Zhao Qi's father's mouth were immediately blocked.
The person who spoke was Hong Yuande, and he is the president of the Chinese Go Association. Although Grandpa Jiang's Go level is high, he has not joined the Go Association, and his main activities are in the translation circle.
Hong Yuande looked at Zhao Qi's father: "Where do you think I said something wrong?"
Zhao Qi's father's face flushed red, he wanted to say a lot, but facing Hong Yuande's eyes, he said angrily: "No."
Hong Yuande spoke, and no one else dared to speak. Only Grandpa Jiang said: "An An, call someone."
"Grandpa Hong."
Grandpa Jiang was very satisfied with what Hong Yuande said this time, and said everything he wanted to say.
Zhao Qi cried even harder, looking at Hong Yuande, she felt that he was biased, obviously she also knew Grandpa Hong! She pulled her father angrily and wanted to leave.
"Dad, I don't want to stay in this messy exchange meeting, because I will protect people with bad character!"
This sentence not only offended everyone in the Go exchange meeting, but also scolded the Chinese Go Association that held the exchange meeting. Everyone's face suddenly became ugly.
Hong Yuande looked at Zhao Qi, shook his head, and said in a serious tone: "The exchange meeting is a place for learning and exchange. I don't protect anyone. I always speak according to the facts. Zhao Li, if you don't educate Zhao Qi well, her Go journey will be like this."
Hong Yuande and Zhao Li are also familiar with each other in private, otherwise Hong Youxuan would not know Zhao Qi. He once coached Zhao Li.
Hong Yuande's words were sincere, but judging from the expressions of Zhao Li and Zhao Qi, they probably didn't take him seriously and thought he was biased.
Hong Yuande was too lazy to say anything more.
At this time, the whole scene was very quiet, with only the sound of Zhao Qi sobbing. The vice president of the exchange meeting spoke up: "President, let's continue."
The main person was a little girl, and if she was surrounded here, she would cry even harder. The little girl wanted to save face. Besides, what if someone was really so shocked that he couldn't play chess? This is not the purpose of holding an exchange meeting.
The exchange meeting returned to its previous atmosphere, and Cen Huaian continued to play chess with others.
But Zhao Li and Zhao Qi, father and daughter, and everyone else avoided it at the same time.
Cen Huaian didn't care. It wasn't until lunchtime that he realized that the two were no longer at the exchange meeting.
Hong Youxuan and Cen Huaian sat together to eat. He said to Cen Huaian while eating, "Don't mind what happened just now. Zhao Qi is a bit more serious."
Hong Youxuan and Zhao Qi usually have a good relationship. She is not a bad person, but she likes to get stuck in a rut. Even if she knows she is wrong, she will stick to it and refuse to change.
Cen Huaian drank some porridge and said, "She is not my relative or my friend. Why should I care about her?"
Hong Youxuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed. He forgot that Cen Huaian never cared about people he didn't care about.
The first day of the Go exchange was a self-examination for the young people. When the exchange ended in the afternoon, Cen Huaian and Grandpa Jiang walked out of the exchange building and saw Chuxia sitting on the corridor outside, looking up at the setting sun.
"Mom!"
Cen Huaian's eyes lit up when he saw Chuxia, and he walked over quickly and held Chuxia's hand.
Chuxia retracted her gaze, looked at Cen Huaian with a smile on her face, and touched his hat-covered head: "Very good, you also take good care of yourself when mom is not around."
At this time, Grandpa Jiang also came over: "Chuxia, when did you arrive?"
"Just arrived. I walked around the Children's Palace and made sure you were almost done before I came."
The buildings of the Children's Palace are also quite ornamental. After the Children's Palace was no longer open, it became a cultural scenic spot for tourists to visit.
Grandpa Jiang is old, he can't walk fast, Chuxia and An'an stand beside him, accompany him to walk out slowly.
Jiang Zhida leans against the car window, holding a cigarette in his hand, takes a puff and exhales, with a dark circle under his eyes, looking into the distance without any focus.
"Da Zi!" Grandpa Jiang doesn't like it when he sees him smoking: "Put out the cigarette!"
The confused expression on Jiang Zhida's face just now disappeared in an instant, and he smiled again, crushed the cigarette on the ground and threw it into the trash can: "Grandpa, I'm bored waiting for you for so long."
Chuxia glanced at Jiang Zhida, and got into the car with An'an and Grandpa Jiang.
Grandpa Jiang sat in the passenger seat and gave the back seat to Chuxia and An'an to talk.
"An An, were you happy at the exchange meeting today?"
Cen Huaian nodded with a light in his eyes: "Happy. Mom, I played chess with many people today and learned a lot of new things."
If you keep learning by yourself, your ideas for playing chess will be fixed. When Cen Huaian was playing chess with others today, he found several interesting ways of playing chess. He improved them in his mind and planned to try them out when he plays chess with others tomorrow.
Cen Huaian didn't mention the matter of Zhao Qi, it was just a small episode.
Chu Xia listened to Cen Huaian's happy tone and the smile on her face became bigger: "Then did you make new friends?"
Cen Huaian shook his head: "I only play a game of chess with people each time, and we don't get along much."
Chu Xia was a little worried. An An has been in Beijing for so long, and besides Zhang Lu and Jiang Weixian, he only knows Hong Youxuan. She is afraid that he will be too lonely.
After hearing Chuxia's concerns, An'an thought for a while and said, "Mom, I'll try to make a friend tomorrow."
Chuxia patted his head and said, "You don't make friends by trying hard. You become friends when you meet like-minded people. If you can't make friends, forget it. You're not without friends anyway."
Cen Huaian also has friends in Northwest China and Liangzhou.
At Grandpa Jiang's house, Chuxia accompanied An'an for a while, talked to Jiang Shengnan who came to Grandpa Jiang's house, and then got up to go back to the institute.
"Cousin, I'll take you."
Jiang Zhida took the car key and followed her out.
The car started and drove for a distance. Jiang Zhida's eyebrows were still furrowed and he didn't say anything.
Chu Xia suddenly spoke up, breaking the silence in the car: "Da Zi, if you have something to tell me, just say it."
Just now at the Go exchange meeting, she saw that he had something to say.
Jiang Zhida smiled, and his gloomy look disappeared in an instant: "I knew I couldn't hide it from my cousin's wife. In fact, it's nothing big. Xiao Ran and I recently wanted to build a factory in Yangcheng. A few days ago, there was news of a bidding for the land we found. Xiao Ran went there, but we don't have enough money. Now we are thinking about whether to give up the bidding for the land and rent a factory, or go for a loan bidding."
At that time, most loans were public loans, and private loans were not as common as in later generations, so everyone was worried.
Chuxia held the bag in her hand, looked straight ahead and asked: "Which land in Yangcheng are you bidding for?"
"Not in Yangcheng, but in Shenzhen."
Jiang Zhida mentioned a place, and Chuxia's eyes widened suddenly. Without thinking, she said: "Buy it! Buy it with a loan!"
Jiang Zhida looked at Chuxia in surprise: "Cousin, don't you want to think about it?"
"What are you thinking about? If you can get the land, then get it!" The land in Shenzhen, the places that are being developed now, will be prosperous areas in the future. If you have a piece of land, you don't have to worry about losing money if you don't do business.
Hearing Chu Xia's high-spirited words, Jiang Zhida immediately became motivated, with a look of determination in his eyes: "Okay, let's do it! Get the land!" Jiang Zhida
called Qian Ran as soon as he got home: "Let's participate in the bidding. I'll go to the bank to get a mortgage loan. I'll come to you when I get the
money!" Qian Ran was confused by Jiang Zhida's move: "Wait a minute, brother. Didn't you say you would think about it carefully?"
"I won't think about it anymore." Jiang Zhida wiped his face and said: "If you want to do it, do it big. At worst, you can rent a factory if you fail."
If the bid for the land is successful, they will have their own factory.
Qian Ran was also excited by Jiang Zhida's words: "Brother Da Zi, we will definitely win the bid!"
He seemed to see the factory built on the land in front of him, and he couldn't control his excitement when he thought about it.
Qian Ran hung up the phone and immediately went to make connections to find out who the competitors were and how to get the land at the lowest cost.
Chu Xia returned home, unable to suppress her excitement. She walked into the bedroom, picked up the passbook and began to count the deposits on it.
Chinese people love to buy houses, it is engraved in their bones. Chu Xia is no exception.
She now has tens of thousands of yuan, including dividends and previous savings. But it is not enough to buy a courtyard house. At least one hundred thousand is needed to buy a courtyard house like the one where Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Shengnan lived, with a good location and a large house.
Cen Zhengnian came back and found Chuxia sitting in the bedroom with a passbook
in her hand, dazed, not knowing what she was thinking. He walked over and put his hand on her forehead. Because she had just come back from outside, there was still coolness on the back of his hand.
Chuxia pushed his hand away and looked at him: "Are you back? I didn't cook."
Cen Zhengnian: "I'll cook later. What's wrong with you?" He looked down at the frustration in her hand and felt that she was worried.
"I'm thinking, should I keep this money and save it to buy a courtyard house, or give it to Da Zi to bid for the land."
Cen Zhengnian looked at her, his mouth corners raised, his eyes gentle: "You already have the answer, don't you?"
Chu Xia hugged Cen Zhengnian's arm and hummed with heartache: "If I give the money to Da Zi, the money I saved with great difficulty for buying a house will be gone."
She cried fakely, and the smile in Cen Zhengnian's eyes became more intense. Chu Xia was so cute now that his heart softened.
"Then I won't give it to Da Zi."
Chu Xia let go of Cen Zhengnian and snorted, "You are still his cousin. You didn't even say you would help Da Zi when he was in trouble."
Cen Zhengnian put his hand on her head, rubbed it gently and said, "I only help you and An An."
Chu Xia's eyebrows curved. She hugged Cen Zhengnian's arm again, lowered her head to count the money in the passbook, closed it and said, "Forget it, forget it. I won't look at it anymore. The more I look at it, the more sad I feel. I will give it to Da Zi tomorrow. Anyway, most of it is dividends, so I won't feel bad giving it to him."
Thinking of this, Chu Xia felt much better.
The next day, Chu Xia found Jiang Zhida in front of the Beijing Cultural Palace. He was about to drive away.
"Da Zi, wait!" Chu Xia hurriedly called him.
She walked quickly to Jiang Zhida and handed him the passbook in her hand: "The password is An An's birthday, you can take it to the auction."
This is the passbook that Chu Xia used to save money for buying a house, and it is separate from the passbook for daily household expenses.
"Cousin, I don't want it!" Jiang Zhida quickly stuffed the passbook back into Chu Xia's hand as if he had a hot potato: "The loan is enough."
"Take it, just in case. Anyway, this is also the dividend I got in the past three years, it's just right for you to use, Zhengnian also means this."
Chu Xia gave him the passbook again: "Don't refuse, otherwise I will be angry."
Jiang Zhida took the passbook, Chu Xia waved her hand at him, turned around and left.
Jiang Zhida looked at the passbook in his hand, and suddenly felt his eyes hot. He took a deep breath, rubbed his eyes, and took the passbook to get in the car.
He knew that Chuxia had always wanted to buy a courtyard house, and Chuxia had asked him about the price of the courtyard house.
Now that the money was given to him, Jiang Zhida had only one thought in his mind: the bid must be successful!
The Youth Go Exchange Meeting lasted for five days. The first three days were for the teenagers to exchange with each other, and the last two days were for the seniors to instruct these teenagers.
Cen Huaian and the others were no longer playing chess with each other, but with those seniors. Except for their own teachers, anyone could play.
As soon as the vice president finished talking about this rule, Cen Huaian stood in front of Hong Yuande: "Grandpa Hong, I want to play with you."
"You have ambition!" Hong Yuande praised loudly. In the previous exchanges, no one asked him to play chess because he was too powerful and many children were afraid of him.
The two found a nearby chess table. Without guessing who would go first, Hong Yuande let An An play the black piece first.
The Go Association President played chess with Cen Huaian, who had the most outstanding performance in the past three days. Many people gathered around to watch, but they were not in a hurry to play.
Hong Yuande's chess skills were very high, and he was at the same level as Grandpa Jiang. Because Grandpa Jiang was not specialized in Go, his level was higher than Grandpa Jiang.
The two of them played Go and everyone held their breath.
Hong Yuande's style of play was different from Grandpa Jiang's. His style of play was like him, with a hot temper, but with subtlety. If you underestimate him, you will fall into his trap quickly.
It was winter, but sweat had already appeared on Cen Huaian's forehead.
Hong Yuan was too strong, and Cen Huaian felt that he was having difficulty moving forward. He did not give up, knowing that Hong Yuan was deliberately teaching him through the game, so even though it was difficult, he was struggling to persevere.
The seniors watching the game nodded to each other with expressions of approval on their faces, and some even looked at Grandpa Jiang with envy. As a young man, he had already shown his brilliance in the Go world, and his brilliance would become greater and greater in the future.
Grandpa Jiang enjoyed their gazes, and looked at An An with a kind look: You really bring honor to him, and I will take An An to eat his favorite sweet and sour pork ribs later.
Cen Huaian persisted for an hour. He really didn't know where to move. There were traps everywhere and he would lose no matter where he moved. He put down the chess piece: "Grandpa Hong, I lost."
Hong Yuande laughed very heartily and said: "You are very good to have lasted so long under me. In fact, you can still move here..." Hong Yuande
used this game of chess to correct some bad habits of Cen Huaian when playing chess: "Sometimes you play too hard and need to take a break, otherwise you will be exhausted from playing chess."
Cen Huaian's eyes were shining. Although he lost the game, he felt very happy physically and mentally: "Thank you, Grandpa Hong, I'll remember it."
Cen Huaian needed a long time to digest what he learned from this game, so he didn't look for other seniors to play chess with. Instead, he sat next to the unfinished game and thought about it himself.
Sometimes when I encounter a problem, I ask Hong Yuande or Grandpa Jiang.
At lunch time, Grandpa Jiang took Cen Huaian to eat sweet and sour pork ribs. He followed and was stopped by An An.
"Grandma, you can only eat one piece, not more."
Grandpa Jiang: "Your parents are not here. I haven't eaten this for a long time. Let me eat a few more."
"No!" Cen Huaian's little face was serious: "My parents are not here, I will supervise you."
Grandpa Jiang looked at him helplessly, Cen Huaian was unmoved, he could only eat the plate of vegetarian dishes that Cen Huaian specially ordered for him, with less oil and salt.
On the last day of the exchange meeting, Cen Huaian was still thinking about the game of chess with Hong Yuande, and did not go to play chess with others.
Greed will not rot if you chew too much. Cen Huaian knew that even if he found more people to play chess with, it would be useless if he did not absorb knowledge.
The Spring Festival was getting closer and closer, and the family of four of Cen Zhengnian, the eldest brother, also returned to the capital.
Chuxia had never seen Cen Zhengnian's eldest brother since she came here. She had only heard of him from Jiang Shengnan and Cen Zhengnian.
The eldest brother's name was Cen Zhengshi. He worked in the army in North China and his family settled there. Because of his busy work, he had not come back to see his parents for a long time.
Not only Chuxia did not expect that he would bring his family to the capital this time, but even Jiang Shengnan did not expect it.
When Jiang Shengnan learned that they were back, she immediately began to tidy up the west wing of the courtyard.
Chuxia's family had lived there before, and there was no shortage of beds and various furniture. All they had to do was put in the bedding.
When Cen Zhengshi called Jiang Shengnan, his family had already boarded the train. It was too late to buy more things, so they could only use what was already available.
Chuxia and Anan came to help, and Jiang Shengnan said to them, "The two children in your eldest brother's family are grown up. One is in the third grade of junior high school, and the other is the same age as Anan, and is in the fourth grade of elementary school."
Anan is in the second grade of junior high school because he started school early and skipped a grade. Now Chuxia usually doesn't tell others about Anan's specific grade because no one believes it.
Jiang Zhida went to Shenzhen, so it was the guard Xiaozhu who picked up Cen Zhengshi's family.
Cen Zhengnian took a special leave to come to the courtyard. He hadn't seen his eldest brother for a long time. The two brothers grew up together and had a deep relationship.
The sound of a car was heard outside, and Jiang Shengnan stood up suddenly, with excitement in his eyes.
Although there was no expression on Mr. Cen's face, Chu Xia saw that his hands were tightly clenched into fists.
Jiang Shengnan was the first to walk out of the courtyard gate, followed by Mr. Cen, while Chu Xia, Cen Huaian, and Cen Zhengnian were the last. The
first person to get out of the car was a man in a military coat. He looked to be in his thirties, with traces of time on his face, but he looked somewhat similar to Cen Zhengnian.
He looked up and saw Jiang Shengnan and Cen's father. He walked over in two steps, knelt down in front of them, and kowtowed heavily: "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry, I'm an unfilial son!" He
wanted to kowtow again, but Jiang Shengnan squatted down and hugged Cen Zhengshi, patting him on the back, tears falling: "How can you be so cruel! How can you not come back to see mom and dad for such a long time?"
"I'm sorry, mom, I'm sorry!" Cen Zhengshi's eyes were also red, and he buried himself tightly in Jiang Shengnan's arms.
Cen Zhengshi's wife was hugging her children next to her, looking at the scene in front of her, and a look of helplessness appeared on her face.
Cen Zhengnian's eyes were also a little red, and he whispered: "I'm sorry to mom and dad too."
After he came to Beijing, he never went back to the northwest, and when he was in the northwest, he rarely went home. He and his eldest brother were both sorry for their parents.
"Okay, get up, you're all making fun of yourself outside." Father Cen blinked hard, trying to put on a stern father's expression.
A group of people entered the courtyard.
Jiang Shengnan knew that she had lost her composure, and later began to talk more with Mrs. Cen and their two children.
Chuxia pulled Cen Zhengnian and Cen Huaian to walk at the end, leaving space and opportunities for Cen Zhengshi's family.
Cen Zhengshi's two children, the son is Cen Huaize and the daughter is Cen Huaixin. They are not familiar with their grandparents, and even less familiar with Chuxia's family, so they look at Chuxia, An'an and Cen Zhengnian with curiosity from time to time.
When they met Chuxia's eyes, they were not shy, and looked at each other bravely, not afraid of being caught peeking.
After sitting down in the living room, Jiang Shengnan introduced Chuxia and Cen Dasao to each other. Cen Dasao's name is very meaningful, it is Xiwang.
However, her appearance is different from the masculine name Xiwang. She looks very delicate and feminine.
She is very particular about her dress, including the clothes worn by her two children.
The two greeted each other and sat in their respective seats, listening quietly to Jiang Shengnan, Cen's father, Cen Zhengnian, and Cen Zhengshi.
The children sat next to their adults. An An was okay, he was quiet and could sit still.
Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin couldn't sit still after sitting for a while. From time to time, they twisted their bodies, looked at the jujube trees outside, and wanted to run out to play.
Xiwang understood the temperaments of the two children and patted them on the back to let them be quiet.
However, the two children were obviously not afraid of her. They looked directly at Jiang Shengnan and Cen's father and asked, "Grandma, Grandpa, can we go to the yard to play?"
Jiang Shengnan smiled and nodded, "Sure, this is your home, you can go anywhere you want to play. An An, go play too."
Children don't like to listen to adults' words. Several children are of similar age, so it's better to play together to increase their feelings.
An An didn't want to go out. He was not familiar with Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin, and wanted to follow Chu Xia.
But Chu Xia also patted him and asked, "Do you want to go out to play?"
Cen Huaian looked at Chu Xia, then at Jiang Shengnan, and stood up.
Who knew that after playing outside for only a few minutes, Cen Huaixin's voice was heard: "Mom! Mom! It hurts!"
Everyone's face changed, thinking something had happened, and they ran out quickly.
They saw Cen Huaian pressing Cen Huaize to the ground, and Cen Huaize kept kicking and struggling to hit him, staring at Cen Huaian fiercely: "Let me go! Let me go!"
Cen Huaixin sat aside, wiping her eyes and crying, and the front of her white coat was now all dirty.
Xiwang's face suddenly turned ugly. She ran over in her high heels, put her hands on Cen Huaian's shoulders, and pulled him back hard: "What are you doing?"
Her tone was very fierce. Cen Huaian was almost sitting on the ground because of her pulling. He staggered back a few times. Cen Zhengnian quickly quickened his pace and ran over to support him.
Chuxia also ran over, lowered her head to look at An An, and made sure that he was fine. Then she frowned and looked at Xiwang and the two children, with displeasure in her eyes.
Chuxia knew An An's character better than anyone else. He would not fight with others casually. After coming to the capital, he had never taken the initiative to fight with others except when others bullied him.
Jiang Shengnan quickly pulled Cen Huaixin up, with an anxious look on her face: "What's going on? Why did they start a fight?"
Xiwang brushed the dirt off Cen Huai Ze's body and said coldly: "Mom, Xiaoze and Xinxin suffered this injustice just after they came back, don't you have to give me an explanation?"
"Xiwang!" Cen Zhengshi called her loudly.
Xiwang spoke louder than him, with a look of grievance: "Okay, your whole family is bullying me, a foreigner, right? Since you don't welcome us, I'll take Xiaoze and Xinxin away!"
Jiang Shengnan quickly grabbed her, and Cen Zhengshi also reached out to pull her, frowning and said: "What are you doing? We came back to celebrate the New Year. It's just a fight between children. Is it necessary to make a big deal about it?"
"Cen Zhengshi, listen to what you are saying? Your son and daughter were bullied and pinned to the ground and beaten! Do you think it's necessary?"
Chuxia was watching Xiwang from the side. She didn't expect that she looked delicate and looked like she came from a good family, but she spoiled her child to the point of having no bottom line.
She looked at Xiwang and said, "We haven't figured out the matter yet. Don't accuse my son of anything. It
's still unclear who bullied whom first! I know my child. An An wouldn't bully anyone. He has played with the Jiang family's children for so many years and they have never had any conflicts or fights. Why did you fight as soon as you got back?" Xiwang exploded and pointed at Chuxia with anger on his face, "Speak clearly! Why are you making indirect accusations? My child wouldn't fight with anyone as soon as he got back! Who is biased only knows!"
"Okay, stop arguing!" Father Cen suddenly spoke, with an intimidating presence. Xiwang glanced at him, pursed her lips and closed her mouth.
"An An, tell me first, what happened just now?" Father Cen looked at An An. He was the most stable person now.
"We just arrived in the yard, and Cen Huaixin said she wanted to ride a big horse, and asked me to lie down and let her ride me. I didn't want to, and she wanted to push me from behind. I seemed to have dodged it, and she accidentally fell to the ground and started crying. Cen Huaize saw that she was crying and wanted to hit me. I didn't want to fight with him, so I pushed him to the ground."
Cen Huaian spoke in an orderly manner, and his tone was not hurried. Compared with Cen Huaize, the difference was obvious.
Chuxia's anger rose when she heard this, and her face was cold enough to freeze. Cen Zhengnian's face was also angry.
"Brother, you have failed to educate your children." He didn't give Cen Zhengshi any face.
Cen Zhengshi showed embarrassment on his face: "Xiao Ze and I often let Xinxin ride a horse at home, she may be used to it."
Chu Xia retorted: "You can get used to her and let her ride a horse, but my son is not her biological father or brother, I will not agree to her unreasonable request!
Also, this is obviously the fault of your son's daughter. Xi Wang came over and pushed my son without knowing the truth. He is a child, can he withstand the strength of an adult? If Zhengnian hadn't caught him, and he fell to the ground like that, has she thought about the consequences? Sure enough, there is an unreasonable parent behind every naughty child!"
"Who are you saying is unreasonable?" Xi Wang didn't believe what Cen Huaian said at all. When she heard Chu Xia's words, she was also very angry: "My child hasn't spoken yet, who knows if Cen Huaian is lying."
"Enough!" Father Cen shouted loudly. He looked at Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin sternly: "Tell me, what happened? Is it what An An said? Don't lie!"
The two children rolled their eyes, thinking of how to make an excuse, but when they met Father Cen's eyes and saw Xiao Zhu's scary gaze beside them, they couldn't come up with the excuses they had made up, and stuttered: "Yes... that's what he said." Xi
Wang's face turned red and white, and he pinched Cen Huai Ze's arm: "Don't be scared by others, tell the truth."
Cen Huai Ze shook off Xi Wang's hand, looking a little impatient. He raised his head and met Father Cen's scary gaze. He immediately lowered his head and whispered: "Mom, I'm telling the truth."
Early summer is in The people beside her found it funny: "The truth has come out, Xiwang, are you expecting your child to lie and make up a reason that An'an is wrong?"
Xiwang glared at her: "Your son is lying!"
She lowered her head and wanted to ask Cen Huaixin, but was scolded by Cen Zhengshi: "Xiwang! Don't you think the trouble is not enough? This is Xinxin and Xiaoze's fault."
He sighed: "It's all my fault that I didn't discipline them enough, and raised them to have such a domineering temper."
Xiwang was unhappy: "Why? Are you blaming me for not teaching the children well? Cen Zhengshi, do you have a conscience? I raised the children and took care of them. What have you done for me? Now you blame me. You