Chapter 80 I hope he can be like Liang Weijin
That evening, at Mr. Cai Zhixiong’s house, a group of half-grown children were helping Cai Shanshan celebrate her birthday.
Cai Shanshan was not very high-profile. Together with Li Xiangping and Zhao Daokai, she invited a total of seven classmates, three boys and four girls. Together with herself and the Cai couple, there were exactly ten people having dinner together.
"Come, Xiangping, eat some vegetables, hehe..."
During the meal, both Mr. Cai and his wife were quite enthusiastic towards Li Xiangping and looked at him with a different eye.
This situation is of course normal, it's not that Li Xiangping is particularly handsome, or that the couple really treats Li Xiangping as a son-in-law or something. It's mainly because Li Xiangping is a time traveler after all, you can't tell at ordinary times, but if he sits with a group of half-grown children, he will always look a little different.
How can I put it? In short, in the eyes of Mr. and Mrs. Cai, how come the child of the Li family is so calm? How come he looks so mature among a group of half-grown children? How did Mr. Li teach this child?
Li Xiangping's unchildlike behavior and the good relationship between the two families made Mr. and Mrs. Cai look at him differently. Especially Mr. Cai Zhixiong, because he was a super chess fan, because of this bonus, among the group of young guests invited by Cai Shanshan, he spent more than half of the time talking to Li Xiangping.
"The chess equipment used by Cheng Lanru. If it is really used by Cheng Lanru, then this gift is too precious. Shanshan, why don't you thank Xiangping?"
"Dad, who is Cheng Lanru?"
"A chess master from the Qing Dynasty of my country."
"Is he very powerful? Is he as powerful as Commander Hu now?"
Hearing his daughter ask such a question, Old Cai smiled and said, "If we only talk about chess level, then Senior Cheng Lanru should not be a match for Commander Hu. However, Senior Cheng also has a unique feature that Commander Hu cannot match."
"What's so unique about it?"
"This senior Cheng Lanru is not only a national chess player, but also a national Go player. This is his uniqueness. You should know that both Go and chess have a long history in our country. From ancient times to the present, these two chess games have also produced countless national players. However, it is extremely rare to be a national player in both categories. There are only two people who are recognized by everyone, and this senior Cheng Lanru is one of them."
"Is that so? Dad, who is the other one?"
Old Cai did not reply to his daughter immediately, but asked Li Xiangping with a smile:
"Does Xiang Ping know who the other one is?"
Li Xiangping nodded: "The other one, that should be Mr. Dong Wenyuan from the Republic of China, right?"
Old Cai laughed: "Haha, yes, it's him..."
We will stop here for this topic, mainly because this senior Dong Wenyuan was indeed a genius. In the chess world, he was the "chess king of four provinces" during the Republic of China period. However, his most famous chess battle was once in Hong Kong, when he played against another national chess player.
That national player was known as the "Chess King of Seven Provinces" in the chess world, but after a competition, it turned out that the "Chess King of Four Provinces" defeated the "Chess King of Seven Provinces"...
As for Go, this Senior Dong is also a good player. After the founding of New China, this Senior Dong was positioned as a professional third or fourth dan, the second-tier figure in the country at that time, second only to "Liu from the South and Liu from the North". He had been in the top six in the national individual competition. With such level and strength, he is certainly qualified to be called a "double national player."
It is just a pity that, since Mr. Dong was born in the old society, he was infected with the bad habits of the old society, such as smoking opium. Therefore, in the new China, people like him later became the objects of reform and even dictatorship. His ranking in a certain competition was even cancelled for some reason and was not recognized by the official. In the end, he died in poverty. Considering that today is the little girl's birthday, it is of course not appropriate to talk too much about related topics.
Since today's guests are all minors, no one drank alcohol. However, this is the dining culture in our country. As long as no alcohol is consumed, any dinner party usually won't last long.
It was less than 8 o'clock in the evening, after finishing dinner, a group of middle school students prepared to go out for karaoke.
"Hehe, your husband is pretty good, he looks cool, you see he's still talking to your dad, Shanshan go and urge him."
"screw you."
Cai Shanshan smiled and pushed her best friend who said this, then actually came to Li Xiangping:
"Li Xiangping, we are going to sing, do you want to come?"
"Ah? Singing? I...I can't sing. I won't go."
Li Xiangping really didn't want to go. It's not that he doesn't know how to sing karaoke, but imagine a person with a mental age of 31 going to sing karaoke with a bunch of thirteen or fourteen-year-old children?
"Hmph, you don't give me face, do you?" 13-year-old Cai Shanshan glared at Li Xiangping angrily.
Even Old Cai said, "Xiang Ping, go. You just arrived in Beijing not long ago. It's a good thing for you to hang out with your classmates and get familiar with them. By the way, you don't want to go. Is there something wrong?"
Li Xiangping took the opportunity to tell Lao Nie that he wanted to see him:
"Uncle Cai, you know, I played a few games of chess with Teacher Nie yesterday..."
"I know, I know."
Old Cai got excited when he mentioned this: "I was watching your fight with Old Nie yesterday. It was really exciting. You and Old Nie fought for 5 games, and in the end you won 3-2, right? Although you won, the golden body of 'Jue Yi' was broken by Old Nie. We were all praising Old Nie yesterday, saying that he was back to his peak yesterday, and he surprisingly had fewer mistakes in the two games he won, haha."
"That's right. Now I can only defeat Mr. Nie by picking up spoons, so I think..."
After Li Xiangping made it clear that he wanted to visit Old Nie and ask him for advice on the layout, Old Cai became excited:
"Is that so? Great! Haha, great. I'll call Old Nie right now."
After saying this, Lao Cai actually called Lao Nie immediately. After the call was connected, Lao Cai went outside to talk.
After a while, Lao Cai came back happily:
"I've already made an appointment with Old Nie. He's out of town to participate in a competition today. When he comes back in a few days, I'll take you to visit him."
"Competition? What kind of competition is there at this time? Teacher Nie is really amazing. He is going to compete today and practiced with me until so late yesterday."
Old Cai chuckled, "Haha, it's not a formal competition, it's just an invitational competition for performances. And although it's said to be out of town, it's actually in Tongzhou. Strictly speaking, it's not outside the capital. It's three days. Old Nie said he wants to compete there for three days. I've already made an appointment with him. When he comes back, we'll go to his dojo to find him."
"Okay, thank you Uncle Cai."
In order to express his gratitude to Lao Cai, Li Xiangping finally went to karaoke with a group of half-grown children. In the next few days, Li Xiangping continued to participate in the "Online Go League" with Lao Shi.
Li Xiangping's next major target is Ma Xiaofei, the first world champion in Chinese chess. Unfortunately, Li Xiangping didn't know whether he met Ma Xiaofei during the competition, because according to Li Xiangping's memory, Ma Xiaofei used the pseudonym "Qiantang Gang*White Paper Fan" to participate in this competition.
During the competition, the "Beggars' Gang" and the "Qiantang Gang" did meet, and Li Xiangping also came on the field. However, Li Xiangping did not see the "White Paper Fan" during the competition. His opponent was a guy named "Qiantang Gang*Shorty Winter Melon". This guy was surprisingly powerful. He knocked Old Shi to the ground in the competition. Apart from Old Nie, he was the only chess player who defeated the great chess master Shi in this competition. Li Xiangping had no idea who this guy was.
Three days passed quickly, and one day, Li Xiangping received a call from Lao Cai, saying that Lao Nie had returned and asked Li Xiangping to come over immediately.
"Alright, Brother Ding'an, let's go visit this person now. I hope this person can be like Senior Liang Weijin, the one who can help you gain enlightenment again."
