The Metamorphosis of Fanggoudan

Tang Bin is a slightly chubby boy. He is not tall, but he can tell that he eats well. He has a small round belly and small meaty hands.

He came with someone, although he was playing chess with Cheng Yi on the table alone, but there were three friends behind him to advise him, that is to say, four people together were playing chess with Cheng Yi.

Gan Bo pulled Wang Ming by the shoulder and asked in a low voice, "How is it? Do you think this kid is rich?"

Wang Ming quietly looked Tang Bin from head to toe. Although he thought the child was extremely ordinary, compared with other children around him, he definitely had the best conditions in his family.

"It should be someone who can spend money." Wang Ming said.

He saw just now that Tang Bin brought a few packs of snacks along the way to eat, and when it was time to play chess, he gave all the snacks to his friends, which was easy to eat and generous.

What Wang Ming didn't know was that Tang Bin was not only generous, but also relatively smart. After watching several rounds just now, he learned several of the most common routines without a teacher, such as "cannon in the middle, jump from the horse", in three small With the help of my partners, I got off to a decent start.

If you are willing to think about it, you are interested, and Cheng Yi knows what to do at a glance.

He led Tang Bin to play chess step by step. A simple move could kill the opponent's chess, but he replaced it with five or six moves, and every move left the opponent with obvious vitality.

In this way, he slowly gave a little bit of hope, leading Tang Bin to make moves step by step along the chess path he had buried, and his success made him feel as if he had found the way of chess.

But it's a pity that when Tang Bin just thought it was interesting, he was given to the general by Cheng Yi. His general was surrounded by the opponent's chariots, horses and artillery, and there was no way to survive, and he was completely dead.

Tang Bin shook his head and sighed, "Oh, I lost."

There are all his eaten pieces next to him, but the opponent's chess situation is very good. If there is another game, will he win?The more Tang Bin thought about it, the more he felt that if he had been more careful about the game just now, he still had hope of winning.

"Brother Cheng Yi, can I play another game?" he said.

Wang Ming laughed at him: "If you play another round, you're going to lose, you might as well let me play."

Tang Bin's face puffed up with anger, "I lost because I'm a novice. If you let me play a few more games, I will definitely win."

"I'm also a novice." Duanfang interjected, "I also want to have another dish."

But at this time Cheng Yi shook his head, and said to Duanfang: "You can't, you don't have this talent."

After speaking, he pointed to Tang Bin, "He is talented in this area and has room for improvement. If he plays a few games with me, he can beat most of the players present."

As soon as this sentence came out, Tang Bin's eyes lit up. This is the affirmation from the senior chess master!

He excitedly said: "Look, Brother Cheng Yi praised me for my talent, I'll play another round."

"No." Wang Ming stopped him, "I want to play too, and I decided to buy this chess, and only let Cheng Yi teach me."

"You! Why are you doing this?" Tang Bin stared at Wang Ming, his face puffed up like a bun, and he said angrily, "I won't allow you to buy it."

He turned his head and said to Cheng Yi, "Brother Cheng Yi, sell it to me, I'm talented." He looked anxious, worried that Wang Ming would snatch the chess.

But Wang Ming wanted to argue with him, "You can't afford it even if you want to. This is a chess piece carved by Brother Cheng himself, and it is the only one in the whole country."

"I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it now!" Tang Bin felt that Wang Ming was really annoying, and he wanted to take money out of his small pocket.

Fortunately, Cheng Yi reassured him, "It's okay, I won't sell it to him, you have the talent to play chess, this chess is more suitable for you."

This made Tang Bin very happy. He crossed his hips and raised his head, like a proud little rooster, looking at Wang Ming triumphantly. The feeling of being affirmed by Cheng Yi in his heart made him feel particularly confident.

"Brother Cheng Yi, how much does chess cost?" He asked.

Wang Ming jumped ahead of Cheng Yi and replied, "This is purely handmade. If you really buy it, you won't have to eat snacks for a week."

Snack money for a week?Tang Bin made a mistake.

He gets his pocket money every week in one go, and he has already spent a little this week, and there is not much left.

He lowered his head and whispered, "Brother Cheng Yi, can I buy your chess set for 10 yuan? I bought too many snacks and I have no money."

When Wang Ming was about to continue to provoke him, Cheng Yi stopped him.

He could see that this little chubby probably only had so much money.

Cheng Yi: "I'll give you chess. You have to practice chess well. If you don't want to learn it, you can get it back. I'll return the money to you."

Tang Bin shook his head quickly, "No, I'll pay it back, I'll definitely study hard." He picked up the chess, very happy.

Now that the chess has been played, Cheng Yi stopped, and Tang Bin took the chess and played with his friends aside.

A pair of handmade chess pieces made from materials from the mountain was easily sold for 10 yuan. Gan Bo, who witnessed the process, wanted to applaud Cheng Yi.

"A master." Although he only made 10 yuan, it was a costless business, and he didn't steal or rob, and the money came back quickly.

"However, if that kid repents, Brother Cheng, will you really refund his money?" Wang Ming asked.

Duan Fang also asked: "Will you still sell it after returning it? Can you stay and play?" He had just played a game, and he just knew the rules, so he wanted to learn.

Gan Bo rubbed his head, "If you return it, you have to return the money. Are you still in the mood to play?"

"It doesn't matter." Cheng Yi flicked the RMB in his hand, looking indifferent, "It doesn't matter if he repents, the 10 yuan will appreciate soon."

……

On the same day, Cheng Yi showed them what 'money begets money'.

After school, Cheng Yi chatted with the concierge for a while, and then led them straight to the town.After walking for about half an hour, I came to a slightly popular street.

They stood at the entrance of an alley and saw a teahouse in front of them. There were a few wooden tables and a dozen long benches at the door. The guests were sitting scattered, chatting and drinking water, feeling very comfortable.

Among them, the table in the corner is the most popular. There are several circles of people outside. A group of middle-aged men are standing or sitting. looking at something.

"Go, go over there." Cheng Yi led the people straight to the table.

The four of them squeezed into the crowd, and saw a half-moved chess set in the middle of the table, beside the table were chess pieces that had been eaten by the opposing side, and several colorful RMB statues. The chips are placed in the hands of the two of them.

It turned out that this was a game of chess.

Gambling?Wang Ming was taken aback, then came back to his senses and said, "Brother Cheng, you don't want to play chess, do you?"

The middle-aged man who was watching beside him couldn't help laughing when he heard what he said and found that four children had actually got in.

"What's the matter, the little baby also wants to gamble?" Although he asked like this, he didn't believe that the other party really knew how to play chess.

He hangs around here all day long, and he has never seen a few children who dare to play chess with them. Firstly, their parents won't let them, and secondly, they don't have that much capital.Gambling chess is something that has nothing to do with children.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Yi responded.

"Well, I want to try, maybe I can win."

He had a relaxed and ignorant look on his face, and he seemed particularly easy to deceive. The middle-aged man who spoke to him just now laughed even louder.

He smiled and said, "Hey, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Here we pay 5 yuan a game, which is not cheap."

Wang Ming stopped him for a while, and said in a low voice: "Brother Cheng, this is too expensive, we only have 10 yuan."

Wang Ming, who used to think that 10 yuan was not considered money, suddenly felt sorry for money.

5 yuan a round, if you play two rounds, wouldn't you lose everything?But if it was replaced with white steamed buns, it would be enough for the few of them to eat for several days.

These people looked like they came here to play chess every day, and they were all veterans. Wang Ming was worried that Cheng Yi would lose.

This is not the school before, who knows if the people present have played chess for decades, and have eaten more salt than the bridges they have walked. Young people like them are not enough in the eyes of the other party.

Moreover, Cheng Yi is not really the champion of the provincial chess competition as he boasted before. If he meets this group of veterans, he might be cheated.

But Cheng Yi didn't listen to him at all, and pressed the 10 yuan note on the table as soon as he raised his hand.

"Okay, have courage!" The middle-aged man just clapped his hands, and said to one of the people sitting on the table, "Old Liang, try to play two rounds with this young queen."

The people around also looked over and saw that Cheng Yi was still a student at such a young age, and said with a smile: "Old Liang, hurry up and play two games with him, let him see it."

None of them looked down on Cheng Yi, and someone murmured, "What are you kidding, don't cry if you lose all your money in a while."

Someone also kindly reminded: "Little boy, don't mess with Lao Liang, he has a lot of crooked ways, you can't beat him."

But no matter how much he persuaded, Cheng Yi still sat on the bench opposite Lao Liang.