Siheyuan, the opening gun is aimed at Yi Zhonghai

Chapter 248 New Year's Eve~

The last New Year before the storm looked no different from previous years, but if you looked closely, you could still find some subtle differences.

Perhaps it is because people’s longing for their loved ones grows deeper that this New Year actually reveals a bit of hysteria.

Overall, this New Year was unusually lively, and even Yan Fugui's family, who was always frugal, made an exception and bought a few more dishes.

The festive atmosphere in Zhou Zheng's home is completely different from that of other residents in the compound.

Yu Wanrong's return filled the Zhou family's New Year with a strong sense of fireworks.

Of course, the He family and the Yang family contributed to this. After all, not counting He Yushui, they have four chefs! It's no surprise that the atmosphere is more earthy.

On this day, the door of Zhou Zheng's house was kept open, and the children in the yard were happy to run to the mysterious East Courtyard.

Since Wanrong was at home, the children not only got lots of snacks, but also felt the warmth and kindness she brought, and they were all very happy.

If it were in previous years, Zhou Zheng would definitely go to his father Zhou Yunhai's grave to pay homage.

However, the situation this year is special. Since Yu Wanrong revealed that Zhou Yunhai did not die, it seems a bit strange to visit the grave.

Therefore, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention this matter again.

Zhou Zheng bought a lot of firecrackers at the supply and marketing cooperative, all kinds of them, which were really novel, which made He Yuzhu's son He Qizheng very excited. He was looking forward to the New Year's Eve dinner just after breakfast.

The reason was very simple. Yang Xiaoman told him that firecrackers were only allowed during the New Year’s Eve dinner.

After finishing some trivial things, it was already afternoon.

In the room, Yang Xiaoman, Yang Zaixing and He Daqing were busy cooking.

Outside the house, Zhou Zheng, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao and Yan Jiecheng were playing chess together.

"Hey, Zhuzi, we're out of soy sauce. Go buy a bottle of soy sauce. Come back soon. We're waiting for you."

The door opened, and Yang Xiaoman stuck her head out and gave instructions to He Yuzhu in the yard.

When He Yuzhu heard Yang Xiaoman's voice, he hurriedly stood up, replied "OK", and then couldn't wait to leave the chessboard.

After he ran away, Yan Jiecheng said uncertainly: "He is trying to shirk his debt."

Zhou Zheng smiled, but he didn't care whether He Yuzhu refused to pay or not. He waved his hand and said, "Next."

This time it was Xu Damao's turn to play chess. He sat down opposite Zhou Zheng and exhaled a puff of white air.

"Zhengzi, don't open it again. I just saw a path. Please take a look. Go ahead and tear it up."

Yan Jiecheng was amazed and said, "Tsk tsk, I think we should just forget it. Brother Zhuzi's chess pieces have all been killed by Brother Zhou. What good moves can he make? We can start over, but we're bound to lose."

Xu Damao shook his head. "No, no, no, I don't think so. We'll know after we try."

It was not difficult to hear from his tone that he was quite confident, which prompted Zhou Zheng to observe the endgame carefully, trying to find some clues.

But after watching for a long time, he couldn't see what "magic move" Xu Damao could use to turn defeat into victory, so he said: "Okay, now it's your turn. I want to see what else you can do differently."

Xu Damao smiled confidently, and then inexplicably took a "pawn" step forward.

Zhou Zheng smiled after seeing this, but he also understood Xu Damao's intention, but he didn't say much. He silently moved "俥" back to "Chu River and Han Border" and stared at Xu Damao's chess piece.

Xu Damao didn't understand Zhou Zheng's operation, but since it didn't affect his chess move, he didn't care and moved the horse back one step.

Zhou Zheng's smile became even more intense, and he raised the "Shi" with his backhand.

Yan Jiecheng was scratching his head while watching from the side. "No, no, that's not right. What are you guys doing here? These are all useless moves. They are useless. Checkmate, checkmate means he lost."

Zhou Zheng knocked on the table and said, "Watching chess in silence!"

Xu Damao has been back for a few days, but he has never been to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. It's not that he doesn't want to, but he can't.

As mentioned before, Xu Damao abandoned himself due to health problems and wandered around in the rural commune, hoping to have a young widow conceive a child for him. Originally, he could not have a child with his health, but Zhou Zheng asked him to drink medicinal wine soaked with [Healing Pills], and after a while, Xu Damao's hidden illness was cured. By chance, all the young widows who were happy with Xu Damao became pregnant. As a result, Xu Damao had to support his children, and at the same time, he also had to take care of the young widows who were happy with him.

During the Chinese New Year, every household is very busy. Xu Damao has many "homes", so he is naturally even busier.

Maybe it was because he hadn't seen Xu Damao for a long time, which made Zhou Zheng feel that he was particularly kind.

The reason why there was no "General" was that Zhou Zheng deliberately gave way to Xu Damao.

To be honest, Zhou Zheng didn't figure out the move Xu Damao mentioned because Zhou Zheng could have "checkmated" Xu Damao in one move on the chessboard. So before Xu Damao could crack his killer move, all the extra moves were useless.

However, even if Xu Damao gave up this step, it would be impossible for him to win the game.

Sure enough, although Xu Damao struggled hard, he was still one step behind in the end. And in the duel, Zhou Zheng was not just letting him win, he was letting him win completely.

Xu Damao used the tactics he had thought of in the game, but the results were different from what he had imagined, and he became a little frustrated.

"That's not right. Why is it different from what I thought? OK, OK, let's start over."

Zhou Zheng smiled and took one of Xu Damao's chess pieces and moved it to another place, saying, "It would be better to move this horse here. Your chess game is too obvious. I can see your intention at a glance. There is no way I will be fooled."

Xu Damao chuckled and said, "I made a wrong move."

Zhou Zheng joked: "One wrong move and the whole game is lost."

His words seemed to have a hidden meaning, making people feel that he was unfathomable.

Xu Damao laughed and said, "Actually, I lost from the beginning. I just ignored the fact that you could kill me in one move."

Zhou Zheng laughed, "Looking at the beginning but not the end, looking at the left but not the right is a bit wrong. This strategy might as well be called Four-Guoqi. It has more edge than choice."

Yan Jiecheng said: "Well, this is a losing game, why bother struggling?"

At this time, He Yuzhu also came back. Before entering the room, he deliberately glanced at the chessboard and then grinned, "Hey, Zhengzi, this doesn't count. I could have won originally, but I lost because of Xu Damao's interference."

Xu Damao pretended to be furious and said, "You are talking nonsense. Everyone knows that you, He Yuzhu, are the worst chess player in our compound. If you hadn't realized that you were going to lose, how could you have honestly gone to buy soy sauce?"

He Yuzhu pretended to smile innocently, "I don't know about that. Hey, anyway, the last round doesn't count. I didn't lose, so let's call it a draw."

As he said this, he shook the soy sauce in his hand and said, "Let's go cook."

This action made Zhou Zheng laugh.

Xu Damao laughed and scolded: "This damn cook is really not stupid at all."

Yan Jiecheng said angrily, "Oh, Brother Zhou, it's only five dollars. You're just going to let him go? That's five dollars."

Yes, they play chess for a jackpot, five dollars per game.

Zhou Zheng said indifferently: "Well, forget it, just consider it as New Year's money for him."

Xu Damao laughed, "Then he is the real grandson."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Zheng burst into laughter.

Only Yan Jiecheng was still worried about the five-dollar prize.