On Saturday, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu went back to Tao's house for dinner, and behind them was Tao Yumo, the little tail.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw his little nephew Tao Xiwu crying, clamoring for White Rabbit toffee from Tao's mother.
After asking, I found out that I ate a piece of toffee given by my classmates when I was at school today, which aroused my greed. I begged my mother, Zhao Li, to buy it after school.
Zhao Li didn't buy it for him, so he fell in love with Tao Mu again.
"A manly man, why cry over a piece of candy!"
As Lin Chaoyang said this, he took out a 2-tael candy ticket and a dollar each from his pocket.
"Ask your brother to take you to buy it. You can't eat more after you buy it, just one piece a day. Remember?"
"Remember, thank you, uncle!"
With the candy, Tao Xiwu smiled so much that he didn't even bother to wipe the tears on his face, so he called his brother Tao Xiwen, who was doing homework, to buy some candy.
"Chaoyang, thank you!" Zhao Li said a little embarrassed.
"It's okay. It's normal for kids to be greedy."
Tao Yushu asked: "Mom, are there no candy coupons at home?"
“Last month’s sugar coupons were all for white sugar.”
Nowadays, non-staple food is rationed. In terms of sugar, each citizen of Yanjing City has a quota of two taels per month. The Tao family, not counting Lin Chaoyang and his wife, has seven people, which is one pound and four taels a month.
Although it is a little less, it is still enough for the family, so that the children will not be deprived of sweets.
But the problem is that there are two small children in the family, and they have never been able to save candy coupons. Last month, Tao's mother bought all the candy coupons for white sugar. Now Tao Xiwu suddenly wanted to eat White Rabbit toffee, so of course she couldn't buy it.
The Tao family's family conditions are not bad, but under the voucher system, there are still many situations in which supplies of supplies are insufficient in daily life.
After finishing the meal and leaving, Lin Chaoyang went out first, and Tao Yushu took out ten overseas remittance coupons to give to Tao's mother.
Mother Tao recognized the overseas remittance note, and she asked, "Where did this overseas remittance note come from?"
"Chaoyang's novel is going to be published in Xiangjiang. The publishing house in Xiangjiang has remitted the royalties. According to this year's new regulations, foreign exchange settlements exceeding 3,000 yuan will be treated as overseas remittances. These overseas remittance coupons are given by banks."
After understanding the origin of the overseas remittance coupons, Tao's mother did not take them, "I don't lack food and drink at home, can I ask for your things?"
"Mom, just take it. Chaoyang gave you these overseas remittance coupons. Not only do you have them, but Chaoyang's parents also have them. However, they can't use the overseas remittance coupons issued by Yanjing. We will exchange them for food stamps when the time comes.
, remit the gas stamps to them."
Father Tao also said: "Chaoyang's parents have a small quota of tickets, so it is appropriate to send them some. There is no shortage of daily necessities at home, so you can just use these things yourself."
Tao Yushu said with a smile: "Dad, this is what Chaoyang and I want. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival soon. We won't send anything to our family during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. Besides, these overseas remittance coupons were all given for free when settling foreign exchange."
, the validity period is only two years, and it will be invalidated if it is no longer used. Isn’t that a waste?”
"Chaoyang has a lot of royalties this time and a lot of overseas remittance coupons from the bank. We really can't use them."
After Tao Yushu's persuasion, Tao's mother accepted the overseas remittance coupon. She looked over the face value of the overseas remittance coupon and said in surprise: "This is too much!"
Ten overseas remittance coupons amounted to 200 kilograms of food alone, enough to feed the entire Tao family for two to three months, not to mention other things.
"So the two of us can't use it all!"
"Too many, too many." Tao's mother took out a few overseas remittance coupons and handed the rest to Tao Yushu, "As long as you have this intention."
Tao Yushu pushed back, "Mom, Chaoyang said that we are husband and wife, and we are one body. We must treat both parents equally. Chaoyang's parents have them, and so do yours. If the family members are not hungry, then treat it as a way to improve their lives.
Well, how you use it is your business."
After saying that, she put the overseas remittance voucher back into her mother's hand and left. Tao's mother stood at the door with a complicated expression.
At this time, Tao Yucheng came out of the room and saw his mother standing at the door, lost in thought, so he came over without seeing her.
"Mom, what did you tell Yushu?"
While he was talking, he caught a glimpse of the overseas remittance coupons in Tao's mother's hand that he had not had time to put away.
"Is this from Yushu?"
Tao's mother put the overseas remittance coupon into her pocket and said, "It's none of your business!"
"Look at you, I'll just ask." Tao Yucheng said, but his eyes were staring at Tao's mother's pocket with a stern look.
"Mom, how many overseas remittance coupons did Yushu give you? The shopping coupons on them are like industrial coupons and can buy a lot of good things."
"Tell me with you?"
Mother Tao said angrily, and the last sentence her daughter just said flashed through her mind. Wasn't it what she was talking about now?
"An unsatisfying thing!"
Tao's mother cursed and entered the room. Tao Yucheng looked confused after being scolded.
If you don't use it, then I won't use it. Why are you scolding me?
After entering the room, Tao's mother showed the overseas remittance coupon to Tao's father and explained the situation. Tao's father said with emotion: "The two children are very interested. There is a lot of money for so many things."
"That precious son of yours is still thinking about these overseas remittance coupons."
Tao's father said helplessly: "I have never suffered hardship since I was a child. There is always someone to help me when I encounter problems. His temper can't be changed!"
Tao's mother felt that her husband was insinuating that she doted on her son, which led to his current lazy character.
"As a father, you have no responsibility?"
Tao Fu:???
What did I say?
Adhering to the principle that a good man should not fight with a woman, Tao's father very sincerely admitted his fault of "not being able to teach his son well".
After coaxing his wife, an inexplicable thought flashed through his mind.
We, the men of the Tao family, will not have to be shrouded in the shadow of our son-in-law for the rest of our lives, right?
Lin Chaoyang had to go to work during the summer vacation, but Tao Yushu had nothing to do, so it became her job to get rid of the excess overseas remittance coupons.
This thing is not difficult to do. There are ticket sellers at the door of Friendship Store. Although they are hit from time to time, they usually reappear soon.
Tao Yushu disposed of the extra 89 overseas remittance coupons in his hand with almost no effort and got 3,600 yuan.
During the summer vacation, it can be said that the Yanda Library has a quiet time, and Lin Chaoyang fishes leisurely and happily every day.
In a flash, more than half of the summer vacation has passed, and school is about to start in ten days. Lin Chaoyang cherishes this time even more.
That morning, while he was enjoying his time in the library, a note from Du Rong came from the elevator, saying that someone was looking for him downstairs.
Lin Chaoyang came downstairs and saw a young man with a round face. He looked ordinary, with slightly raised lips and a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose. He looked a little dull.
Du Rong said: "Chaoyang, this is Nie Weiping, a chess player from the China Chess Academy. He said he came to see you."
Lin Chaoyang initially thought the young man's face was familiar, but as soon as Du Rong introduced him, his mind immediately flashed to what this face would look like twenty or thirty years later, and it seemed quite right.
"Hello, Comrade Lin Chaoyang!"
Nie Weiping stepped forward and shook hands with Lin Chaoyang, looking very enthusiastic.
After saying hello, Lin Chaoyang asked curiously: "You came to see me..."
Today, Nie Weiping is still a young man under the age of thirty. He does not have the calm demeanor that has been battle-hardened in later generations. His hair is a bit oily, and there is a bunch of hair sticking up on the back of his head, which makes him a bit unkempt.
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's inquiry, he said shyly: "I just read your book "The Master of Chess" recently and wanted to come over and ask you about Go."
Lin Chaoyang said with some surprise: "I only have a rough understanding of Go. You are a national player, so I don't dare to ask for advice."
The library was not a place for talking, so Lin Chaoyang took Nie Weiping to a shady place by Weiming Lake.
Speaking of Nie Weiping, most people know about his great achievements in sweeping the Japanese Go world in the 1980s.
In fact, Nie Weiping became famous in the Go world very early. In 1972, he ended his career as an educated youth and returned to Yanjing, where he studied Go as a hobby after work.
Coinciding with the reconstruction of the Chinese Chess Academy in 1973, he was successfully selected into the 30-member Go training team with his superb chess skills. In 1974, when the Japanese Kansai Chess Academy delegation visited China, Nie Weiping defeated the ninth-dan Naoyoshi Miyamoto, who was famous in the Japanese chess world at that time.
He became famous in this battle.
Then he got out of control. Starting from the 3rd National Games in 1975, he ascended to the national championship with a record of winning 14 games, and naturally became a young leader in the domestic Go community.
In the past month or so, the novel "The Chess Master" has become popular in China. As long as there are people who are interested in literature, there are few people who have not read it.
Nie Weiping doesn't usually read many novels, but "The Master of Chess" is about Go, and people around him are discussing it, which naturally aroused his interest.
When Nie Weiping read "The Master of Chess", he was different from others. While others focused on the plot and characters of the novel, what he focused on was the Go content involved in the novel.
In his opinion, the content of Go mentioned in the novel is not problematic in terms of professionalism. Although the plot of Jiang Nansheng defeating nine Japanese national players at the end is a bit exaggerated, it is also a reasonable imagination.
After all, he himself led a delegation to visit Japan in 1976 and achieved a terrifying record of 6 wins and 1 loss when participating in the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament. He was called "Nie Weiping" by the Japanese media at the time, and the "Nie Weiping Era" even appeared in the domestic media.
” words.
The novel mentions that Jiang Nansheng became enlightened one night before he challenged the Japanese national player and broke away from the various rules and layouts followed by traditional Go. Although it was just a novelist's words, it was very telling and aroused Nie Weiping's strong interest.
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At this time, Nie Weiping was famous all over the country, and everyone knew that he was the "Nie Whirlwind" who made the Japanese fearful. But what many people didn't know was that he also had his own weaknesses.
In the five years from 1976 to 1980, Nie Weiping lost six consecutive times in national competitions to a player whose chess skills were not as good as his own.
This chess player's name is Huang Dexun. He is about the same age as Nie Weiping and has a fierce chess style. When playing against domestic masters, he does not win many games. In training matches, Nie Weiping can easily win against him.
But when it came to the official competition, Nie Weiping lost every time he met him.
Over the years, Huang Dexun's existence has gradually become Nie Weiping's inner demon. He still can't figure out why he loses to Huang Dexun. Every time he feels that he is in sight of victory, but every time he loses in confusion.
"I think Jiang Nansheng in your novel is very similar to Huang Dexun. They will make strange moves every time they face a life-or-death situation in a chess game.
In that game in 1977, I played Black first, and I had already killed one of his big corners. According to common sense, the outcome was basically a foregone conclusion.
But he refused to surrender. After the long test, he made a strange move and struggled with my two black pieces on the periphery.
I didn’t know what happened at the time, maybe I was thrown off by his weird style of play, and I lost the game in such a confused way.”
Talking about his past defeats, Nie Weiping was brooding and depressed.
After talking about his own knot, he looked at Lin Chaoyang with some hope and asked: "Have the chess games written in your novel been deduced?"
Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "The chess game in the novel is a peak showdown. My Go level is not good enough to simulate it. We novelists always use the Spring and Autumn style of writing when writing these things. We cannot take it seriously."
Hearing this, Nie Weiping felt a little disappointed, and then he laughed to himself.
"Hey, I was so sick that I rushed to the doctor!"
"understand."
Putting aside his obsession, Nie Weiping chatted about Go with Lin Chaoyang. He is now the number one player in the Chinese chess world, and his understanding of Go is far beyond that of Lin Chaoyang, an amateur player.
In order to prevent the topic from falling to the ground, Lin Chaoyang could only use some AI Go formulas from later generations to bluff people.
Unexpectedly, Nie Weiping listened with great interest and kept asking questions. Every question he asked was very relevant. In the end, Lin Chaoyang was sweating.
If I had known earlier I wouldn’t have been pretentious!
Chapter completed!