Rebirth of the Official Business Route

Zhang Ke insisted on going, but Xu Si could only fulfill his wish. Thinking about how not to let people around the house see, I just took Zhang Ke and Xie Wanqing home for dinner yesterday, and today they are together again, so it is not good for others to see.

Just after nightfall, I pushed the cart out of the community. The crowds on the street were no less than during the day. The area in the center of Haizhou is not big. It only takes 20 minutes to go from the No. 1 Middle School to Shatian through the front gate. Zhang Ke carried Xu Si. The heat of the day and the brilliance of the early moon are very soft, and I still feel cold in unlined clothes. The bicycle turned into Qingshi Street by the Linshugang River in Shatian, and asked Xu Si: Would it be a pity if this place is demolished?

Why do you want to tear it down?

It will be demolished anyway. This place is next to the front door. Once the city develops, it will definitely be demolished.

It's not a pity to demolish the part of my house, but it's a pity to demolish it here.

In 1994, illegal construction in Sha Tin was still not rampant. One side of Qingshi Street faced the river, and the other side was covered with flying eaves. Disgusting scenery with a pungent smell. There is a Taoist temple at the north end of Qingshi Street. The millennium green apricots in the temple stick out the branches and leaves from the courtyard wall, covering most of the stone street. In recent years, it has become a little yellow.

Xu Si was at the door of his house, not daring to be too intimate with Zhang Ke, and fell behind him. I don't know what he insisted on coming here to do, but from entering the office with him to the official establishment of Haitai Trading In the company, in just over a month, too many unexpected things happened, so I got used to his weird behavior.

There is a small tavern in front of it, with an old-fashioned cloth signboard. Zhang Ke passed by and looked inside. The place was 20 square meters in size, with four walls of blue bricks and no plaster. The lid of the altar is rice wine from Haizhou, and there are all kinds of liquor and beer on the wine cabinet of the rough white wood counter. There were not many people in the tavern, and sitting on the east wall was a middle-aged man wearing an old-fashioned double-breasted cloth shirt. Zhang Ke knew him. He was Xu Hongbo, who founded the Haizhou Chess Academy, and was the godfather of Go in Haizhou.

What he drank was white wine, and there were only a plate of broad beans in salt water and peanuts in old vinegar on the table. Looking at the posture of holding the bowl with his thumb and middle finger to drink, he seemed to be writing big characters.

Unexpectedly, he met Xu Hongbo here. Zhang Ke was a little surprised. He remembered that Xu Hongbo also lived near here, and the Haizhou Chess Academy was created in the east wing of the Taoist temple.

Zhang Ke, why did you come to play? Xu Si's father, Xu Haishan, played chess with another withered man at the table on the left side of the door.

Zhang Ke was stunned, looked back at Xu Si with a guilty blush on his face, and said, Sister Xu Si said that she will help me with my homework today. I have only started school for a few days, and I have nothing to tutor, so I pestered her to bring me here. Play.

Thinking about the homework tutoring at Xu Si's house yesterday, it came in handy today.

This girl is serious in her work. Xu Haishan poked out and saw his daughter. He beckoned Zhang Ke to come in and sit down. Cousin of the female boss, help me to make a pot of good tea. But he deliberately said the word female, since Zhang Ke and Xie Wanqing brought Zhitong to dinner yesterday, Xu Haishan let go of the burden on his heart. I am also in the mood to walk from neighbor to neighbor.

The man was the owner of the shop. He looked up at Zhang Ke, moved the stool beside him out, asked Zhang Ke to sit, and he went to the counter to make tea. Zhang Ke sat down generously, the chessboard was going through an endgame, and neither side had missed a big move. Zhang Ke said with a smile: Uncle Xu, your chess is very good.

You didn't watch them play, how do you know their chess is bad? I don't know Uncle Chen's chess,

My dad is a rotten chess player... Xu Si walked in, greeted the shopkeeper, and nodded to Xu Hongbo: Teacher Xu.

Seeing that Xu Si and Xu Hongbo knew each other, Zhang Ke felt that it was convenient to talk to him, and said, Mr. Xu can see the bad situation after seeing the endgame.

You don't speak lightly or seriously, can you compare with Teacher Xu? Xu Si gave him a push.

You recognize me? Xu Hongbo let Zhang Ke's words attract his attention and looked over.

When I was in elementary school, I learned chess from Mr. Xu in the Cultural Palace for a summer vacation.

Xu Hongbo thought for a while, but he didn't have any impression, so he said to the shopkeeper, Water seeps in your wine? The shopkeeper said, You're going to smash my tavern!

Xu Hongbo smiled, stood up and said to Zhang Ge: Look at what I taught you before?

Let's continue with the endgame.

Xu Hongbo took a look at the chess game, it was evenly matched, and he continued to play, no one took advantage of the other, only then did he realize that this young man is really good at chess. Turning to the shopkeeper, he said, Take out your marble Go and play Go.

Xu Si said: Don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, how dare you play Go with Teacher Xu?

In another ten years, when Xu Hongbo is old and wants to retire, Zhang Ke will naturally not lose to him. Xu Hongbo is only fifty years old now, and his mind is very strong. Although his level cannot be maintained at a professional level, Zhang Ke does not expect to win him.

The trajectory of history will not be deflected. Dad will leave the city after the case of Tang Xueqian and start his life of depression and frustration. From then on, he began to study chess and became friends with Xu Hongbo. After Tang Xueqian was released from prison, his father had no place to gain a foothold in Haizhou University. It was Xu Hongbo who took him into the chess academy to avoid the wind and rain.

If there is anyone in Haizhou City worthy of Zhang Ke's admiration, Xu Hongbo must be counted as one. I thought that the historical track had been deflected, and I would never have the chance to meet Xu Hongbo. How would I know that I would meet here?

Since they could meet each other, there was no reason to let him go.

In his early years, Xu Hongbo served as the secretary of the former Municipal Party Committee Secretary and now the director of the National People's Congress Wan Qianqian for six years. Later, he resigned from the public office and had no contact with Wan Xiangqian. He founded the Haizhou Chess School by himself, which is now the Haizhou Chess Academy. As for why he suddenly resigned from public office, there were many rumors in the alley, but he himself dismissed it. He only said that he was unhappy in the officialdom and played chess all day long to fulfill his wish. Wan Xiangqian didn't say anything.

When Xu Hongbo left the city, Tang Xueqian and his father hadn't been transferred to the city yet. Because Tang Xueqian likes to play chess, his father knew Xu Hongbo, but now they can only be regarded as casual acquaintances, and neither side has left too deep for each other. impression.

Zhang Ke said: My father also likes to play chess. When will Mr. Xu come to my house to play chess?

Dad is an official, knowledgeable and insightful, but he is not as proficient in intrigue as he is, not to mention that the officialdom in Haizhou is not very peaceful now. Xu Hongbo has been in the officialdom of Haizhou longer than his father. With his familiarity with Xu Hongbo in the future, Zhang Ke knows that he is a person who knows everything about the world. His body was not contaminated by the corrosive smell of officialdom, and he jumped out of the muddy water alone. He was a very special person, and he was definitely an anomaly in Haizhou officialdom.

Such friends, no matter you are in good times or bad times, are worth making.

The shop owner, Old Chen, called out to the yard: Rongrong, help Uncle Xu take out the Go...

Xu Haishan also became interested. In 1994, there were many people who were interested in Go. In Sha Tin, no one was qualified to stand up and ask Xu Hongbo for advice on Go. Xu Si's uncle played chess well, and every time he asked Xu Hongbo for a next game. Let the third son have to buy a drink once.

After brewing tea, the celadon tea cup, the tea leaves were floating and sinking. Zhang Ke heard the chess pieces rattling in the chess box in the courtyard. She was followed by a long line of little rascals, just like the two girls of the Haishan family back then. Xu Si's face was red, and someone pushed the door and entered the tavern from the inner courtyard. Zhang Ke was dumbfounded when he saw that person.

Huh la la... The chess pieces in Chen Feirong's hands fell to the ground, and the chess pieces jumped wildly on the ground paved with green bricks. She stared at Zhang Ke sitting in front of the square table in a daze.