1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 67 Fun Stories about Playing Chess
After more than half a year of inquiring, we finally got news about the house next door.

Hu Jin, who went abroad two days ago, and his brother Hu Min went to the housing management office to complete the house return procedures.

I also found out his current address.

Luo Tao really wanted to go to his house to ask, but he felt a little too impatient. He went to someone's house rashly and asked if they wanted to sell their house, which was a bit unreasonable.

It seems that all we have to do is wait for Hu Min to come here to look at the house and Luo Tao to wait and see for him.

It was true that he didn't come when he was waiting for him, and he didn't come when he was waiting for him. Luo Tao even thought that he might not remember his location.

The days were still going on in the same order, with Su Guilan and Zhu Lin chatting and playing cards.

She was about to give birth in more than three months, and she was very excited just thinking about it. She was going to be a father again, and she always felt excited about having a baby.

If you have nothing to do, come to Uncle Wang's door, accompany a group of happy old men, and play chess for fun.

Luo Tao is now a celebrity in the uncle circle. He is also the group leader of the uncle circle in several alleys near Baihua Huguo Temple.

Good guy, as soon as he goes out, he takes a small mahogany horse with him, a large porcelain tea vat, and his father Luo Shaoyi's "General" on his waist.

You don't know that the eyes of those uncles are full of admiration.Everyone is Luo Tao's old fan, how can you not envy them? Live the life of 20 in your 70s.

May I ask who else is in the whole network?If you don't agree, stand up.

"Uncle Feng, if you can't leave yet, don't keep thinking about it! If you think about it for a while, my wife should call me home for dinner."

Luo Tao held Uncle Feng's car in his hand and looked at him with his chin on his face.

The look in his eyes was a little provocative. This is how a man is a great man. He punched Nanshan Nursing Home and stepped on Beihai Kindergarten. These are all too much.

In the past six months, Luo Tao has conquered the alley in Baihua Deep with his chess skills, so much so that some old men no longer want to play with him.

what!what!
During this time, Luo Tao either went to Panjiayuan to buy some things, or went to the morning market to buy some supplements for pregnant women, or went to Mr. Zhang Boju to study and pick up some books on cultural relics.

As long as the weather is good, Luo Tao will go out to play chess with the elders. At first they looked down on him, so he had no choice but to show them his skills.

Whoever wanted to confiscate it, beat all invincible players all over the alley, and the uncles in several other alleys heard about it, and wanted to challenge and kill Luo Tao's spirit.

Isn’t it time that Uncle Feng came?He is from Xin Taiping Hutong. He has worked really hard. He came all the way and I can only say sorry. You have lost again.

"Hmph, you kid doesn't play by the rules, I won't play with you anymore."

Uncle Feng got angry when he said he was angry. He stretched out his hand and touched it. Well, chess has been changed to mahjong.

I stood up and went to Uncle Wang's shop and bought two pickled garlic cloves for a dime, which tasted sweet.

This is the rule for challenging Luo Tao. If you lose two heads of garlic, if you win, Luo Tao will give them four heads of garlic.

Luo Tao just wanted to make fun of them, but he didn't expect to win half a jar of garlic this time. It was an unexpected gain. However, Luo Tao didn't keep all of it at home, but shared it with the neighbors here.

But we can't come across the little brats who know it after school at Changqiao Primary School and run here as soon as they finish school. In order to satisfy these little brats, Luo Tao spends [-] cents to buy garlic every day.

Regardless of money, happiness is the most important thing. Luo Tao is now worth more than 50, and his business has begun not only in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, but also in the three northeastern provinces.

The work was so big that Luo Tao started to get a little scared. Every time Hou Ming and the others came, Luo Tao told them to get rid of the limelight immediately if there was a change.

Luo Tao is getting farther and farther away from the business, and he is not afraid that they will steal some money without Luo Tao's knowledge. He does not ask for how much money the business can bring him, he just hopes that everyone will be fine.

Luo Tao was not worried at all about the furniture workshop in Dashilar. Lao Zhangtou was so talented that he actually established one under the street and just paid some money a year.

Older and stronger, it means Lao Zhangtou, capitalized admiration.

"Here you go, you don't respect the elderly at all"

Whoa!What the uncle said is true. Bullying you alone will bring happiness to thousands of families, and you have no spirit of sacrificing your small family for everyone.

"Look, I'm not doing this just so everyone can eat some garlic. Why do you still blame me?"

Luo Tao looked aggrieved, I felt so wronged!
"That's right, old man Feng said you were a bad chess player. You still didn't believe it. Now you know it."

As Uncle Sun spoke, he took away the garlic and gave it to everyone with just a few moves of his hands.

Everyone ate garlic cloves and teased Uncle Feng.

"Hmph, Xiaotao, let's do it next." Uncle Feng hates people saying he is a bad chess player.

He held Luo Tao's hand and wanted to do it, but Uncle Ma next to him didn't want to.

"You're still here, it's my turn, you can go and cool down"

Well, the two old men got into a quarrel, and the most terrifying thing was the melon-eating crowd who didn't mind watching the fun.

"Xiao Tao, get up and let them play the next game."

"That's right, let them play and see whose chess is more stinky" "Hey, I have laid out the chess for you, please go ahead"

After Luo Tao finished fixing the chessboard, he quickly left the war zone and headed towards a safe area.

"Hmph, who is afraid of whom?"

"You think I'm afraid of you!"

It's just you and me on the chessboard here. When the two sides were fighting in full swing, someone called Luo Tao.

"Xiao Tao, look, the owner of that house is here."

Luo Tao turned around and saw that it was Uncle Wang, so he followed his finger and saw that someone had really entered just now.

"Uncle Wang, thank you, I'll be back first"

After thanking Uncle Wang, Luo Tao returned home with the maza and teapot, and put the things on the back seat of the bicycle inside the door.

He patted his clothes again, feeling that there was nothing wrong, and walked out to the next door.

When I got to the door, I didn't go in. I looked inside a few times to look for the person who had just entered.

You can see the screen wall when you enter, and Luo Tao enters the outer courtyard. There is a concierge on the left side of the door, and a moon door leading to the courtyard.

There is another door further inside, called the Chuihua Gate. This is the legendary second door. A girl cannot go out of the second door without taking a step forward. This is the door.

Luo Tao stood outside the door for a long time, but finally mustered up the courage to go in.

When I walked to the hanging flower door, I saw two people, one old and one young.

The old man's hair is a bit white, that is, black and white. He is neither tall nor fat, and he looks quite middle-class. The younger man is just over 30 years old. He is wearing a Chinese tunic suit and seems to be from a government agency.

"Hello, I wonder if your surname is Hu?" Luo Tao asked when he saw someone.

"Well, I wonder who you are?" the young man answered.

"I live next door. I saw someone coming in just now, so I came over to ask."

Luo Tao took out cigarettes and handed them to them as usual. Unfortunately, they didn't like smoking, so he had to enjoy it himself.

"So we are neighbors! Is your family's surname Luo?" the old man asked Luo Tao.

"Yes, old sir, I wonder which member of the Hu family you are?"

"Oh, I am Hu Min. This house was bought by my elder brother Hu Jin. Who are you, Luo Jing?"

"I didn't expect that you would always be the second grandfather of the Hu family. I heard about you when I was a child, and Luo Jing is my grandfather."

"Haha, is your grandpa okay?"

"He left a few years ago, please remember."

"Alas! I didn't expect this. I've stayed here several times before, and I got along very well chatting with your grandpa."

"I still listen to what the old man said about your name."

"Ashamed, thank you, he still remembers me as a young man"

This suddenly brought back the old man's memories of the past, and he was a little sad. The old people he knew were gone, the yard had become mottled, and his relatives in a foreign land didn't know how they were doing.

"Time flies so fast. I never thought that when people leave, this yard will be desolate."

I don't know if his words were just a sigh of relief for Luo Jing's death and his eldest brother being far away in a foreign land, or if he had other meanings.

"Old man, don't be too sad. Everything is slowly getting better now. People should look forward."

"That's what the little brother said"

Afterwards, Luo Tao accompanied his father and son to visit the big house. What a pity!There are several rooms across the courtyard where you can watch the stars in the room.

I don’t know what those people think. Even if you can’t live in it, you should still practice it!Tai Tu saves trouble.

Luo Tao walked around with them. The father and son looked sad. Seeing them like this, it was hard for Luo Tao to ask them whether they would sell it or not. He would ask them again when he had the chance!
Luo Tao invited his father and son to stay for a casual meal, but they declined and said they would do it next time.

All right!Luo Tao just watched them riding the bike and slowly left his sight.

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