Lanke Chess Edge

A while later, a gray-haired old scholar in a Confucian robe knocked on the door twice.

Yin Zhaoxian sees someone holding a book and cups his hands with him, and stretches out his hand to invite him into the school.

"Master Zhou! Please come in quickly!"

"Master Yin!"

Master Zhou also bowed his hands in return, and then came in and stood beside Yin Zhaoxian, looking at the sixty or seventy students in the classroom, which is quite a considerable number.

"This one is Mr. Zhou in the county. After Yin leaves, he will temporarily act as the master of the county school in the future. Come, everyone salute Mr. Zhou."

The students in the school stood up one after another when they heard the words, bowed to Master Zhou together, and greeted sincerely in unison.

"Master Zhou is good!"

Old Master Zhou stroked his beard and nodded, and had a good initial impression of these students.

When it was time for the school to end, the students wanted to go back one after another. Yin Zhaoxian stood in the courtyard of the school, handing the letters belonging to the students to them one by one, and would also give some personal advice.

Seeing the kind of friendship between teachers and students, Old Master Zhou also felt emotional. He has taught private schools for many years, and how many students have deep feelings for him.

In the evening, Yin Zhaoxian went home with Yin Qing and his son. Yin Qing didn't speak until he was walking on the path of Tianniufang and could see Ju'an Xiaoge from a distance. Then Yin Qing spoke.

"Daddy, the dates are ripe!"

Looking up, the jujubes in the courtyard of Ju'an Pavilion are already covered with branches, and almost all of them are ripe.

"Yes, this year there are fruits and they are ripe!"

Yin Zhaoxian smiled.

"It's strange to say that since Mr. Ji left, this jujube tree has not bloomed or produced fruit for two years, but it has produced fruit again this year."

Yin Qing chuckled.

"Maybe it's because I know that Dad is going to rush for the exam, so I deliberately got the result this year! Anyway, we're lucky again!"

"You child!"

The father and son walked forward talking and laughing, passed by Ju'an Xiaoge, looked at the attractive dates on the branch, and there was a faint fruit fragrance flowing out.

Maybe it was because Yin Qing's words reminded Yin Zhaoxian, or maybe it was because the father and son became interested.

After returning home, they hurriedly finished the dinner that Yin's mother had already prepared, and the father and son took the key to Ju'an Xiaoge and prepared to pick dates and eat them.

In the evening, Hongxia hangs in the sky. In front of the small pavilion, Yin Zhaoxian uses a key to open the copper lock, and slowly pushes open the courtyard door.

"Squeak~~"

There was the sound of the door hinge turning, and the two father and son were stunned before entering the door, because there were actually people in the courtyard!

Naturally, this person is not Ji Yuan, but an elderly man wearing a round-neck gown and a straight blouse, looking up at the jujube tree.

"Who is the old man? Why is he in the courtyard of Ju'an Xiaoge?"

Yin Zhaoxian frowned and asked, and subconsciously looked at the wall of the small pavilion. This height is not something an old man can climb in, is he a quack?

The old man smiled when he saw that Mrs. Yin was just thinking about it for a while.

"You must be the good friend in the county that Mr. Ji said? Dare I ask Mr. Master's name?"

"Do you know Mr. Ji?"

Yin Qingxian's father asked in surprise, but Yin Zhaoxian did not dare to be negligent when he heard that the other party knew Ji Yuan, and answered with hands clasped.

"I'm Yin Zhaoxian, this is the young son Yin Qing. I don't know the name of the old man, and I don't know where he met Mr. Ji?"

The old man looked at Yin Zhaoxian carefully for a while, and bowed his hand in return.

"The old man's last name is Ying Hong. He once ran into Mr. Ji in the rain in the neighboring county, and he is also a friend of Mr. Ji!"

Seeing the old man's calm demeanor, and his appearance doesn't look like a thief, and the other party said that he is Mr. Ji's friend, Mrs. Yin walked into the garden a little excitedly.

"It turned out to be Mr. Ji's friend. Unfortunately, Mr. Ji has been away for a long time, so we won't be able to see him here."

Yin Zhaoxian explained with a smile.

"Well, this old man knows..."

The old man laughed and continued to look at the jujube tree.

"I've been here for the past two years, but the jujube tree hasn't produced any fruit. This year it can be regarded as fruitful! At the beginning, Mr. Ji only gave me two jujubes, which was really not enough for me!"

"ah?"

Yin Zhaoxian was slightly puzzled, this person has been here for the past two years? I have no impression, do I sneak in like this every time, and leave when there is no result?

However, it is very understandable to hear that the old man is greedy for fresh dates. Whoever has eaten this date will never forget it.

So Yin Zhaoxian laughed and said:

"It must be because Mr. Ji didn't bring many dates when he went out. The old man came here at a good time. You can eat all the dates in this yard!"

Ji Yuan had originally asked Yin Zhao to share the jujubes first, so if friends came from afar, it would be no harm if they wanted to eat more.

The eyes of the old man who was looking at the jujube tree on the opposite side lit up, and the jujube branches in the yard were trembling at this moment, as if a gust of wind happened to blow.

"Hehehehe...Master Yin was joking, it's inconvenient to open up to eat if you can't get enough to eat! How about this, I'll just take one bite, I wonder if Master Yin agrees?"

"One bite?"

Yin Zhaoxian was surprised, and at the same time, he also had some doubts in his heart. Could it be that this friend of Mr. Ji is also an extraordinary person?

"That's right, just one bite! Does Master Yin agree?"

The old man stroked his beard and nodded, as if I only had a taste of it.

"Hehe, what do you disagree with? Yin is just taking care of jujube fruits for Mr. Ji. Since he is Mr. Ji's friend, the old man can eat as much as he wants! Qing'er, we will pick the fruits for the old man."

"Okay, let's pick the fruit!"

Yin Qing couldn't bear it long ago, and now he finally heard that it was time to pick dates, but before he could move, the old man spoke again.

"No need, no trouble!"

Speaking of this, the old man raised his head again, and the corner of his mouth opened an arc, imitating Yin Qing's tone.

"Hahahahaha... eat dates~~~anghou~~~~"

Wow~~~Hoo~~~

Amidst the inaudible dragon chant, a gust of wind suddenly blew up in the courtyard, shaking the whole jujube tree, countless dates were swept off the branches by the gust of wind, and along with the gust of wind, they were sucked into the open mouth of the old man.

Yin Zhaoxian and Yin Qing stood unsteadily and raised their hands to block the front, startled and afraid.

After only a few breaths, the brief gust of wind stopped, and the two father and son were shocked to find that at least half of the fruits on the jujube tree in the courtyard had been gone, but the branches and leaves were not damaged much.

It's just that the posture of the jujube tree swaying in the wind feels a little weird.

"Creak... creak..."

There were bursts of chewing sounds from the mouth of the old man beside him, and the fresh fragrance of the jujube also overflowed.

"Not bad, good taste, very good taste!"

Mrs. Yin's heart is still beating violently, even if she has a little mental preparation, but this is too different from what she imagined.

"Master Yin, this old man only took one bite and never broke his promise. You can't casually accuse Mr. Ji of today's incident hahahaha..."

Even though Yin Zhaoxian's heart was twitching, he still tried his best to calm down and bowed his hands towards the old man.

"Yin is too blind to see a real person. The old man promises to do what he says, and he only took one bite, but it scared Yin and his son. If there is another time, I hope the old man will remind you first. !"

Ying Hong has been carefully observing Yin Zhaoxian from the time he first met to when he swallowed the jujube, and his aura is also very upright. Now, when he heard what he said with a lingering fear but still calm and easy, he nodded with a smile.

"As expected of Mr. Ji's only friend in the county, it's the old man who frightened Mrs. Yin, so don't blame him!"

"Don't dare!"

After going back and forth, although there were lingering fears in the heart, the atmosphere became harmonious. They took off a plate of dates and sat down at the stone table to chat with each other.

The father and son of the Yin family added to each other about the story of Ji Yuan rescuing the red fox and releasing it with Yin Qing, the old man also smiled happily.

Although the old man obviously concealed some things in his words, Yin Zhaoxian didn't ask questions, let alone casually asked the old man who was obviously not a mortal to follow him, but just listened and talked.

The two chatted very happily, and the old man named Ying Hong seemed to think of something suddenly, and slapped his head and screamed.

"Almost forgot!"

While talking, he usually took out a thin-necked porcelain jug and two porcelain cups from behind, and put them on the stone table.

"This old man owes Mr. Ji a drink. It's a pity that Mr. Ji is miraculous. If you can't find it, you can't count it. I came here to see if the dates are ripe or not, and to see if he has come back. Since I met Mr. Yin as old friends, please ask Mr. Ji to drink it for Mr. Ji first." How about appreciating the taste of this wine?"

"Why not!"

Yin Zhaoxian is also free and easy, although he seldom drinks alcohol, but he thinks he can't embarrass Mr. Ji, why don't he just have a drink!

The old man smiled and said nothing, and poured a glass for him and himself.

"Master Yin please!"

"At the request of the old gentleman!"

The two raised their glasses to drink, and Yin Zhaoxian only felt the sweet, rich and lingering taste of the wine after drinking a glass of wine. A wave of heat flowed through his body, and his cheeks turned red.

"Good...wine..."

Before finishing a sentence, he lay down on the stone table and remained silent.

Yin Qing, who was only eating jujubes at the side, panicked. He looked at the old man and then at his father. He knew that the old man would not harm his father, but he was still worried.

"Old man, this... my father... is he okay?"

"Hahahaha... It's okay, it's okay, Master Yin is too strong to drink, he's drunk!"

The old man raised his glass and drank the wine in his glass, laughing cheerfully!

"Go home and get a blanket to cover your father. Let him sleep in the yard tonight! Go, go!"

Yin Qing swallowed her saliva and nodded, not daring to disobey the old man's wishes, she hurried out of the yard and ran home.

After Yin Qing left, the old man's smile subsided slightly, poured another glass of wine, and stood up holding the glass.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the jujube tree in the courtyard.

"Hehe, let me buy you a cup too!"

After saying that, he raised his glass and poured it to the root of the tree. The wine didn't even wet the soil when it was submerged in it.

When Yin Qing hurriedly took the blanket and came back with Yin's mother who looked worried, there was no one else in the courtyard except Yin Zhaoxian who was lying on the table and fell asleep.