[Soul of Chess] What if

Ah Guang's roar was somewhat effective.

Because as soon as he opened his mouth, Zuo Wei immediately fell silent.

But seeing Zuo Wei's teary face, Ah Guang's heart softened.He sighed, and then said softly, "Okay, it's my fault, I shouldn't have yelled at you."

After thinking for a while, he added: "Well... How about playing chess with you after I finish wiping?"

"Okay~! ≥﹏≤" As soon as he heard that he could play chess, Zuo Wei cheered immediately.

"Really... ==" Seeing Zuo Wei's excited expression, although he was a little helpless, the corners of Ah Guang's mouth still couldn't restrain himself from rising.

Zuo Wei is really a big chess idiot... Ah Guang sighed softly in his heart.

It's been so long, and he hasn't changed at all, he still loves Go as much as he did when we first met~! ∩__∩

Obviously such a pure existence, even purer than a child, it's a pity...

stop!stop!

Now is the Chinese New Year period, you must not think about those bad things! ○○（＞＜）○○

Ah Guang quickly shook his head vigorously, trying to shake those messy things out of his mind.

"Little Light?"

After hearing the voice, Aguang raised his head in doubt, and saw Mitsuko's mother looking at him with some concern.

"Are you tired?" She said, looking around, "It's already very clean here. Why don't you go back to your room and take a rest, and I'll call you after lunch is cooked."

Seeing Hikaru's hesitant look, Mitsuko's expression softened.

"go quickly.:)"

Saying so, she took the rag from Ah Guang, and gently pushed his back.

Mitsuko's mother's slightly tough attitude made it difficult for Hikaru to refuse, so he obediently returned to his room.

After entering the room, Ah Guang glanced at the alarm clock placed on the cabinet.

The current time is [-]:[-], and there is still more than an hour before dinner.

I didn't expect to spend almost a whole morning just cleaning the room... (;[-]_[-]) Ah Guang couldn't help but smack his lips.

"Zuowei, let's play a game of chess!" He naturally sat in front of the chessboard, and put the two chess pots beside him.

Zuo Wei hesitated.

"Ah Guang, don't you want to take a break?" He asked.

"No need~ It's just cleaning the floor, how can it be so exaggerated~ㄟ(▔,▔)ㄏ" A Guang waved his hands with a relaxed face, and then urged, "Hurry up and sit down!"

"Hi! (-＾〇＾-)" Zuowei responded cheerfully.

Aguang originally thought that he would lose in this game as usual, but he didn't expect the result to be——

"Huh—?! ⊙▽⊙" Ah Guang stared at the chessboard with his eyes wide open in surprise.

I saw the number "2000" formed by the black and white staggered chess pieces on the board.

Ah Guang looked at Zuo Wei in confusion: "Zuo Wei, this is?"

"New Year's gift.`(*∩_∩*)′" Zuowei replied with a smile.

"New Year...gift?" Ah Guang repeated in confusion.

"Yes! *^____^*" Zuowei nodded affirmatively, and then looked at Aguang seriously, "In the past year, many things happened, some happy things, of course, there were also a little sad thing..."

"Without Aguang, I might not be able to play against so many masters like I am now, nor would I have experienced so many interesting things. Therefore, when the new year is approaching, I also want to express my gratitude to Aguang. Thank you. But, I don't know what I can do... After thinking about it, I used the chessboard as a New Year's certificate..."

Having said that, Zuo Wei smiled apologetically.After a short pause, he bowed deeply to Ah Guang, and said in a solemn tone: "Thank you very much for your care this year."

"I... I should thank Zuo Wei!" Aguang hurriedly corrected his posture, and saluted Zuo Wei very seriously.

Just when the two of them were about to fall into an endless loop of bowing, Mitsuko's mother's voice came from downstairs: "Xiaoguang, it's time to eat!"

Since all the preparations for the New Year have been done before noon, the afternoon seems a bit too leisurely.

Zuo Wei stopped pestering Ah Guang to play chess.He said that Ah Guang had worked too hard some time ago, so he should take advantage of the Chinese New Year to rest his body and mind, so that he can meet the new round of challenges in the coming year with a better mental outlook.

Although what Zuo Wei said was very reasonable, but perhaps because he was used to the feeling of being busy, now that he suddenly had so much free time, Ah Guang felt a little at a loss for a while.

After wandering around the room doing nothing for a while, A Guang walked to the desk again under boredom, and began to immerse himself in writing his winter homework...(°ー°〃)

Ah Guang had already completed the routine homework.In the past, he didn't start to write until the last day of the holiday... The reason why he worked so hard this year is because he didn't want to worry about a lot of homework when he was learning Go.

Ah Guang's results in the round-robin competition of the first group of college students in December were not very satisfactory. Seeing a large area of ​​black stars, Ah Guang could only silently pray that his ranking on the new college student list would not drop too unsightly (っ╥╯﹏╰╥c)

In order to regain strength in the new round of round robin, the ten-day vacation is undoubtedly the best time to hone their chess skills.Because of this, Aguang successfully completed most of the homework in the early winter vacation with his tenacious perseverance. What is left now is a very flexible homework, that is-free research.

Free research is to allow students to formulate a topic according to their own interests, and then carry out and promote their own research by consulting materials, field investigations, etc., and finally summarize their findings into a written report.

As a matter of course, Aguang took the profession of professional chess player as his research topic←_←

Although it's a little perfunctory, the most important thing now is to hurry up and complete the task~ so please treat it with tolerance.

Just as Ah Guang finished the homework with great difficulty, evening had already quietly arrived.

After walking down the stairs, I saw the big TV in the living room playing the Red and White Song Concert.

Already started?Looking at the bustling scene on the screen, Ah Guang opened his eyes slightly in surprise.

The Hongbai Song Festival has nothing to do with the "Hongbai Song Festival". It is just a TV program mainly composed of singing and dancing organized by NHK.

The reason why it is called the Red and White Song Club is that the show will divide the popular singers into two groups according to gender. The male singer camp is the white group, and the female singer camp is the red group. The two groups will compete.

每年的歌会都是晚上7时30分开始，到11时45分结束。从45分开始到0时正点为止的这最后15分钟时间里，NHK都会直播各地名刹的敲钟仪式，让全国听众在一声声钟声里迎接新年的到来。

The custom of watching the Red and White Song Festival to welcome the New Year began in 1951, and it has been the 50th session up to now.

Although the singing session is quite interesting, but if you have to stay up from evening to early morning, no matter how good the show is, it will make people feel drowsy at the end.

However, even if you are yawning again and again and your eyelids are drooping and almost glued together, you must never go to sleep, because—New Year’s Eve is the day to welcome the arrival of the New Year’s God.

Just imagine, how rude it would be if you were sleeping soundly when the gods came!So no matter how sleepy you are on this day, you must stay up all night to welcome the arrival of the New Year's God.

Fortunately, you can enjoy a delicious supper on this day.That is - buckwheat noodles (*^﹏^*)

The soba noodles on New Year’s Eve are also called Nianyue soba, and “Nianyue” means “crossing the New Year”.Not only the name is different from usual, but the ingredients are quite rich~! ≥﹏≤

At around 23:30, Mitsuko’s mother brought out the steaming Nianyue soba noodles that Aguang had been looking forward to for a long time.

Smelling the unique aroma of buckwheat, eating crispy fried food with refreshing dipping sauce, Ah Guang only felt that his heart was full of happiness.

The reasons for eating "Nianyue soba noodles" for the New Year's Eve dinner are: first: the soba noodles are thin and long, implying "longevity" and "permanence"; They are all kept in the old year and not brought into the new year; third, the Japanese pronunciation of "soba" is "soba" and "side", which means "the whole family is by my side".

In addition, because the buckwheat plant has the ability to immediately recover upright despite the wind, sun and rain, some people say that it is because of this relationship that they eat soba noodles.

Soba noodles have so many meanings, so there are a lot of specialties in the process of eating soba noodles.For example, you must finish eating before 12 o'clock, and you must not bite off during eating, and so on.

With the sound of sucking soba noodles, the New Year's bell is about to ring.

"Clang-clang-clang-"

At 23:45, the bell-ringing ceremony began in temples and temples all over the country.Listening to the bells with long and long tails ringing at the same time, while feeling shocked, Ah Guang also had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

On New Year’s Eve, all temples have to ring the bells 108 times, of which 31 rings before 0:107 on the 1st, and the last ringing is reserved until the second hand crosses the New Year’s Day on January 1st.It is said that in this way, you will not be disturbed by the old troubles of the past year, and you can welcome the new year without worry.

After the last ringing of the bell, Ah Guang breathed a sigh of relief.Because this not only means that the new year has arrived, but also means that Ah Guang can finally go to rest.After his parents left their seats, Ah Guang dragged his exhausted body back to his room.

Hope to have a good dream tonight... :)

In the haze, Ah Guang silently prayed in his heart.

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Updates or something, alas... can't guarantee...

Shouldn't it be updated regularly on weekends, and it will drop from time to time?