Shanshan had a good sleep.
When I got up, my mother was gone. When I asked my servants, I found out that Wen Yiqing had been summoned by the Queen Mother. She searched around and found stones in the courtyard first.
The afternoon sun is warm and the breeze is gentle. Shitou was lying on a stone table practicing big calligraphy. He was writing the big calligraphy absentmindedly and put down the brush from time to time. Shanshan got closer and saw a rabbit in front of him.
He also deftly made a cage for the rabbit and put it in it. He also asked for vegetable leaves from the kitchen and threw them into the cage to feed the rabbit. He also stretched out his brush and poked the rabbit's plush body from time to time.
"Brother Shitou." Shanshan leaned his head over and watched the rabbit's bulging cheeks as it ate vegetables: "Is this the rabbit caught this morning?"
Shitou: "Yeah."
He glanced at Shanshan, took the initiative to get out of the way, and pushed the rabbit cage in front of Shanshan. Shanshan picked up the cabbage leaf placed next to him and tentatively handed it to the cage. The rabbit's three-petal mouth moved quickly, and a leaf quickly disappeared into its mouth. Shanshan's eyes lit up and he quickly handed over another piece.
Shitou's eyebrows relaxed slightly, he picked up the brush again and wrote the big characters in his homework.
Before even feeding a few leaves, the rabbit was full. He turned his back and hid deep in the cage, facing Shanshan with his plump butt. The fluffy tail was like a small dusty snowball. Shanshan couldn't help but reach out and flick it gently, and the rabbit hurriedly hid deeper.
Seeing that the rabbit ignored him, Shanshan looked at the stone.
The large characters he just finished writing were still hanging on the stone table. The paper and ink were still dry. Shanshan took a look at it and finally remembered the homework he had not finished. She glanced at the sky and saw that it was still early, so she quickly said: "Brother Shitou, wait for me, I will write with you."
Shitou nodded.
She quickly ran back to get her homework. When she came back, Wen Jiahe was followed behind her. Wen Jiahe had already finished his homework, so she brought a book and sat next to them to read.
It's just that Shanshan's concentration is not as strong as that of a stone. Before she wrote a few big words, she couldn't help but look into the rabbit cage next to her. After Wen Jiahe finished reading a page of the book, he raised his head while turning the page. She squatted in front of the rabbit cage, her back as round as the rabbit in the cage, and she was reaching out to touch the rabbit's soft fur that had been warmed by the sun.
"Shan Shan." Wen Jiahe said helplessly: "Don't you have to do your homework?"
Shanshan came back reluctantly.
She lowered her head and finished writing a page of large words, and then quickly remembered: "Before I went to bed, His Highness the Crown Prince told me that he wanted to play chess with me. Brother Shitou, Jiahe, let's go and play with His Highness the Crown Prince."
Wen Jiahe asked: "What about your homework?"
Shanshan waved his hand: "Let's talk about it next time!"
Seeing what she said, Wen Jiahe had no objection, so he put down his book and stood up. Shanshan held her hand and ran two steps excitedly, then remembered that something was missing. She looked back and saw Shitou still sitting in front of the stone table, writing slowly in big characters, motionless.
"Brother Shitou?" Shanshan tilted his head: "Don't you want to play chess?"
Shitou: "...Hmm."
"I haven't finished my homework." He said dullly, "You go and play with the prince."
Shanshan is confused.
She noticed that Shi Shi seemed to be a little different from usual, but he usually didn't have much expression. At this time, he lowered his head and wrote big characters. Shanshan couldn't see clearly and couldn't tell what was wrong. She asked again hesitantly: "Brother Shitou, are you really not going?"
"Um."
Shanshan had no choice but to say: "Okay, then Jiahe and I will go play. I will bring you snacks back."
He sat in front of the stone table, his back straight: "...Hmm."
Shanshan and Wen Jiahe held hands and left with three turns. It wasn't until she couldn't see anything anymore that she reluctantly looked back.
Normally, Shitou would follow her every step of the way no matter what she did. It was a rare occasion that Shan Shan was not used to him not being around. Could it be that the homework was too difficult and stumped him?
Or is he not full at lunch and hungry again?
Good and good can never be understood.
After finding the prince, she forgot all about it.
The prince is writing an article. His homework was more arduous than Shanshan's, and he couldn't relax even when he went to the palace to escape the summer heat. Shanshan came over and took a look, and felt that the words in his book were like a book from heaven. She couldn't even recognize the words. When she read the content of the article, it became even more obvious. I can't understand it.
"Shanshan, you're here." The prince was halfway through writing the article. At this time, he finished writing a sentence in a hurry, carefully put it aside, and asked the servant to bring the chessboard.
The servant quickly brought tea and snacks. He pulled Shanshan to sit down on the soft couch. The chessboard was placed on the small table between the two of them. The prince put a box of white stones in front of her and asked gently: "You know how to play chess?" ?"
Shanshan took off his shoes, crossed his legs, shook his head obediently, and said, "Jiahe Meeting."
Wen Jiahe said: "Shanshan, it was the prince's brother who taught me how to play chess."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know. I'll just teach you." The prince picked up a sunspot and looked forward to it. Just as he was about to explain the rules to her, he remembered something and looked up at the little girl's confused look. He smiled softly and said, Then he said: "I will teach you a simple method. I'm sure you will learn it in no time."
Shanshan is endlessly curious.
The prince picked up five black stones and arranged them in a row on the chessboard. "As long as you can connect five black stones, you will win."
This rule sounds really simple, even Shan Shan's little brain can understand it immediately. She nodded her head, grabbed a chess piece, and was eager to try it.
The prince gathered the pieces on the chessboard and tried to play a game with her.
Although the rules are simple, it is not easy to connect five pieces in a row. If Shanshan drops one, Heizi will block one. Every road is blocked. She thinks hard, and if she is not careful, Heizi will be connected into five during the interception. He beat her.
Shanshan opened his eyes wide and counted them in disbelief. One, two, three, four, five, indeed a neat five.
She quickly looked at Wen Jiahe as if asking for help, and Wen Jiahe immediately said: "One more round, Shanshan, I'll help you."
The prince smiled slightly and did not object. He gathered the chess pieces together again and placed the first piece himself.
With Wen Jiahe's help, Shanshan's chess playing speed has become faster. However, every time she plays a piece, the prince will follow closely. Unlike her hesitation when making moves, his decisive move speed also makes Shanshan I was startled, and after a while, without paying attention, he was connected to five people again.
Shan Shan's little face wrinkled up as it was rare, and the prince took the initiative and said, "Let's play another game?"
She nodded, playing more cautiously this time, holding the chess pieces in her hands, and she hesitated longer before placing each one. There were more rains and more experience. After a while, Shanshan discovered a flaw with his sharp eyes.
In one place, she had already formed three children, and there were no black ones at either end. Her whole heart was raised, and her little face was tensed, for fear that the prince would find out. The prince was seen holding the chess piece. After thinking for a moment, he dropped the chess piece on the other side.
Ha ha!
Shanshan quickly put down one piece and connected it to four pieces. She raised her head, the little knot on top of her head was raised high, and the joy on her face could no longer be hidden.
"Alas." The prince seemed to have just discovered it. He sighed as he made his move: "Why didn't I see it?"
Shanshan became even more proud. Her round toes moved restlessly in her socks. She quickly grabbed a chess piece and put it down. She was very happy to see the five white pieces she had connected. She said with great enthusiasm: "I win!"
"You won." The prince asked with a smile, "How about another round?"
Of course Shanshan is happy.
She pulled Wen Jiahe, and the two of them joined forces and killed the prince to pieces, winning many rounds. Shanshan's little feet were crossed under the table with pride. His Royal Highness is so powerful, but she defeated him. Isn't she even more powerful than Sun Dasheng? !
I don't know which game of chess was being played, but a palace official walked in quickly: "Your Highness, there is a child wandering outside the courtyard."
"Children?"
The prince and Shanshan looked at each other. There are only three children in the palace this time. Shanshan and Wen Jiahe are both here. That one must be a stone. He said: "Let him come in."
The palace man took the order and left, and after a while, he came in with the stone.
"Brother Shitou!" Shanshan quickly jumped off the couch and ran over with her shoes. She held Shitou's hand and walked in with him. "Brother Shitou, why are you here? Have you finished your homework?"
Shitou responded vaguely. He carried Shanshan back to the soft couch, and then his eyes fell on their chessboard.
Noticing his gaze, Shanshan immediately raised his head, fluttering his gorgeous tail feathers like a peacock, and said happily: "Brother Shitou, I just learned to play chess, and I'm really good at it. Do you want to play? I teach you?"
Shitou nodded.
She told her some rules. The rules of backgammon are simple. Shanshan taught him how to play it again, and he quickly understood it.
The prince sat aside and watched. He lifted up his robe and was about to give up his position when he saw the gray-eyed alien child looking at him unblinkingly, with eagerness to fight in his eyes. He paused, "Do you want to stay with me alone?"
Shitou nodded heavily.
The prince sat back.
The rules have already been explained and there is no need to mention them again. The prince took the lead in picking up a piece and letting it fall. Stone soon followed. Compared with Shanshan, his moves were decisive and not sloppy at all. A game of chess was played quickly and ended quickly.
Seeing the rows of sunspots, Shitou's expression gradually became serious.
Shanshan comforted him: "It's okay, Brother Shitou, I also lost a lot of games at the beginning."
He nodded vigorously and picked up the chess pieces one by one: "Come again."
The prince was noncommittal.
Another round ended, and his expression was more solemn than before.
Stone: "Come again."
The prince glanced at him.
At the beginning of the next round, Bai Zi soon had three stones in a row, and there was no blockage at either end. The prince hesitated for a moment, and was about to give in again. Before he made the move, the stone opposite him suddenly raised his head, and his gray eyes looked keenly. Coming over, he was like a wild wolf aiming at its prey. The prince was stunned and said seriously: "Don't let me."
The prince was stunned for a moment before Heizi landed in one of the places.
Shanshan, who was watching the battle, let out a long and obvious sigh.
The stone quickly fell.
The chess game continues.
The prince looked over hesitantly, and Shitou looked at the chess game with a solemn expression. He was usually taciturn, and always followed Shanshan silently as a little tail. He was never inconspicuous, and it was the same now. Ignoring his deeper-than-average facial features, he was as low-key as his name, as if the aggression he showed just now was just an illusion.
Not long after, another round ended.
Sure enough, the prince won.
Shanshan sighed melancholy: "Brother Shitou, you can't study well, and you can't play chess either."
Stone:"……"
The prince took the initiative: "Come again?"
Shitou held the chess pieces in his hands and said with high spirits: "Yeah!"
This time, it was dusk.
After agreeing not to give up, the prince never gave up a single piece. Although backgammon is simple, winning does not depend solely on luck, but also involves strategies. The prince is many years older, and he was just ready to play with the children at first, but in the end, he became more serious with him.
He was secretly surprised. After the last round, he asked Shi Shi: "What has General Wen taught you?"
"Boxing, archery."
"Have you ever read military books?"
Shitou shook his head. He didn't know the whole word yet, and even if he had a military book, he couldn't read it.
"But Master told me some." General Wen was born in a family of military generals. He had been exposed to it since he was a child. After becoming a general, he also experienced many battles. He would tell Shi Shi some when he had time.
The prince said: "Next time I will teach you how to play Go."
Shitou didn't respond first, but looked at Shanshan first.
Shanshan was playing with his feet when he noticed his gaze and looked up blankly.
Then he said, "I'm not free."
The prince was stunned: "No time?"
"I have to go to school, do my homework, practice martial arts, and play with Shanshan." Shitou: "I don't have time to play chess."
Prince: "..."
This was the first time in his life that he had been rejected so bluntly.
The prince choked for a moment, but looking at his immature face and thinking that he was still a child, he said no more.
It was getting late and it was time for everyone to say goodbye.
Shanshan was led out by the stone, still a little reluctant to leave. Today she came to play with the prince. It was fun at first, but then everyone was watching the prince playing chess with Shitou. Shitou kept losing. She was sweating at first, but after losing too much, she felt bored again.
She hesitated as she stepped out of the door, then turned around and asked, "Your Highness, can I still come to play with you tomorrow?"
The prince nodded happily: "Of course, you can come and play anytime you want."
Shanshan pursed her lips and smiled, with sweet little pear dimples on her cheeks. She said cheerfully: "Your Highness, you are so kind."
The little girl's smile was so soft and sweet that the prince felt a little itchy. Without hesitation, he reached out and touched the little girl's head. Shanshan took the initiative and rubbed it into his palm.
It's fluffy, like a newly weaned puppy, and soft and itchy.
The prince couldn't help but said: "You don't have to be so outspoken, just like Jiahe, just call me brother."
"Brother Prince?"
The prince's eyebrows arched and he nodded in response: "Yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, a strange gaze looked towards him. The prince looked back keenly and looked into a pair of deep gray eyes.
Shi Shi pursed his lips and quickly lowered his head.
