When the middle-aged man saw the stall owner picking up the shovel and starting to spread the pancakes, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Put more peppers and green onions!"
The pancake and fruit stall owner smiled and said: "Don't worry! I'll let you die!"
The middle-aged man smiled with satisfaction: "This is interesting enough!"
The skill of making pancakes and fruits was very skillful. Within a few minutes, a set of hot pancakes and fruits was handed into the hands of the middle-aged man, and then he said: "Wait here for a while, I will go in and ask my old man's opinion."
The middle-aged man took a big bite of the pancake fruit, and then said, "Thank you, brother!"
While he was talking, the stall owner selling pancakes and fruits had already strode into Er Er Gang Alley.
The Er Er Gang Alley is very narrow and full of messy things. The pancake and fruit stall owner does this routine every day, so he is very familiar with it and knows where there is something and where there is nothing.
The pancake and fruit stall owner skillfully shuttled through the alley, and after a while, he came to the last one in the Er Er Gang Alley.
Although this was his own home, he didn't open the door directly at this time, but knocked on the door gently.
"Dang... Dang Dang Dang... Dang Dang... Dang... Dang Dang Dang... Dang Dang..."
The pancake and fruit stall owner knocked on the door in a very special way, as if he was conveying some kind of message.
Not long after, the door of the house creaked and someone opened it from the inside, and a teenage boy came out.
When the little boy saw the pancake and fruit stall owner, he smiled and said, "Dad, why are you back?"
The pancake and fruit stall owner touched the little boy's head with his hand and said, "Little Tiger, how was your conversation with your grandpa and uncle?"
The boy named Little Tiger smiled and said: "My grandpa and uncle are still chatting! They don't know it's Dad you are back, so they asked me to come out and see who it is..."
The pancake and fruit stall owner nodded and said, "Well! Go and play! I'll go find your grandpa!"
After the little tiger responded, he ran into the house to play with the game console. The game console was the oldest red and white machine, and the TV was also a teacher's picture tube TV. But for this child who was only eight or nine years old, , already the best toy in the world.
"Let's play, watch your eyes!" After saying that, the pancake and fruit stall owner opened the curtain and strode into the back room.
There were two people sitting in the back room, one was the stall owner's father, Mr. Gu Delonggu, and the other was an old man in his sixties.
This man has silver hair and a calm expression. Although he has grown older, his back is still very straight when he is sitting there. He is wearing a black Tang suit without even the slightest wrinkle.
This person is none other than Xu Yingzhi, the second master of Yiyuanzhai.
After the pancake and fruit stall owner entered the house, Mr. Gu and Mr. Xu couldn't help but turn their eyes to him.
Mr. Gu frowned slightly and said, "Why are you back?"
The stall owner sighed, took out the wad of cash given by the middle-aged man from his pocket, and said: "Look...Isn't this someone coming to you again? This is already the third wave of people... …”
Mr. Gu slowly put down the dry cigarette in his hand and said, "Who is here this time?"
The stall owner shook his head and said, "I can't see where this person is coming from!"
Mr. Gu stretched out his hand and said, "What did they bring this time?"
The stall owner handed the yellowed piece of paper to Mr. Gu, and then said: "I don't know what it is, but the guy said it was a key..."
Hearing the word "key", Mr. Gu and Mr. Xu were both startled. Mr. Gu hurriedly reached out and took the paper from the stall owner's hand. He looked at it carefully for a long time under the light, and then put the paper in his hand. The yellowed paper was handed to Mr. Xu who was sitting opposite.
Mr. Xu reached out and took the piece of paper, looked at it with a solemn expression for a long time, and then slowly said: "We two old guys have been waiting for so long, and finally we have waited for it...!"
Mr. Gu didn't speak. He just nodded slightly. On the contrary, the stall owner on the side asked curiously: "Which play are you singing in?"
Mr. Xu slowly put down the paper in his hand, looked at the stall owner and said with a smile: "My child, what we two old guys sang is not a show..."
The stall owner asked curiously: "What do you two mean by this? Why can't I understand the secret here?"
Mr. Xu lit a cigarette, then smiled slightly and said, "This is a game of chess between me and your old man, nothing more!"
The stall owner was slightly startled when he heard this and said, "A game of chess?"
Mr. Gu nodded slowly and continued: "Yes! This is a game of chess! A game of chess that has been played for sixty years!"
… …
Chess is familiar to many people.
Whether it's chess, Go, or even international chess, many people may even be very good at it. They can kill in just a few inches with ease, turning the world upside down. But do these people really understand what chess is?
Can they really tell whether they are a chess player or a chess piece that they expect to be manipulated by others?
I don’t know about others. I used to think that I was a chess player, but now I suddenly feel that I am actually the most inconspicuous chess piece, being manipulated and led by others.
The fire in the temple has slowly extinguished.
The only temple in Shuisheng Village was destroyed by fire, which is somewhat ironic.
Li Su and I were standing at the door of the ancient temple, looking at the almost burned-down temple hall and blackened ancient trees inside the temple.
After a while, Li Su sighed and said lightly: "The whole village has been looked over, and now this place is the only one that has not been looked at..."
I nodded, frowned and said, "Yes! This is the only thing left! But will what we are looking for be burned by the fire just now?"
Li Su shook his head and said, "Maybe not..."
I turned to look at Li Su and asked, "Are you so sure?"
Li Su said: "If you are right! Those people deliberately led us here and caused so many troubles, then this fire will definitely not be lit for no reason... maybe , those people hiding behind may have set off this fire in order for us to find the object that matches the key!"
Li Su's words seemed a bit nonsense, but they also seemed to make sense. After thinking about it for a while, I sighed: "I hope that's what you said!"
Without saying anything, I walked into the burned temple.
But the strange thing is that Li Su and I walked around the dilapidated temple but couldn't find any clues. There was nothing in the temple except some burned tables and chairs.
I looked at the dilapidated wood in front of me and fell into deep thought. Next to me, Li Su was also scratching his teeth, "Did we guess wrong?"
