[Soul of Chess] What if

New Year is a festival related to "eating".

In addition to the previously mentioned Nianyue soba on New Year’s Eve, Osechi cuisine and Ozabuki on “Sanhe Day” (January 1st to 1rd), there is a seven-day morning meal with radish leaves, celery, etc. The "spring seven herb porridge" with green vegetables is used to keep away all diseases. On the 3th, the mirror cake "Kaijing" that has been enshrined will be made into soup cakes or baked into rice cakes for family members to eat.

In addition, on the [-]th day, every household will take the New Year's decorations Shimenawa and Kadomatsu to the shrine or temple and burn them to send the Nian God away, and use the fire to roast sweet potatoes to eat.It is said that roasting sweet potatoes with that fire can eliminate diseases and eliminate disasters.

The day of the [-]th is also known as the "little first month". Once this day passes, it means that the new year is over.

Early in the morning on January [-], Ichikawa Harumi wiped the floating dust on the counter with a rag while humming.

Although today is the first day of work after the New Year, Shihe not only does not feel the slightest discomfort with the sudden work pattern, but seems to be adjusted to the best state, and the whole person is full of energy.

To tell you the truth, Mrs. Taya is really too generous! ! ≥﹏≤

Why do you say this way?

because--

Christmas, the Emperor's birthday, and the long New Year's holiday, Mr. Taya gave himself almost a month off!One month! ! O(≧▽≦)O

要知道新年的法定假日就只有12月29日到1月3日这几天，有的单位甚至连假都不放的。尽管在此期间大多数的企业和店铺也会停业休息，不过在1月5日股市开盘这天他们几乎也都恢复营业了。

However, the go club in Nakano run by Master Taya did not open until the first lunar month passed.

With such a comparison, Shi He suddenly felt that he was simply too lucky! ~O(∩_∩)O~

Although the idle life during the holidays is very pleasant, Shihe still looks forward to returning to the chess club earlier from time to time.

As for the reason...

Hmph~ I won’t tell you~(*^﹏^*)

(Author Jun (Chen Yueyan): Isn’t it because of Ah Liang?

Shihe (covering his face): I hate it~!Don't tear it down so quickly! ////▽////)

Thinking of Ah Liang, Shihe couldn't help but sigh.

Although I understand that even if I become a professional chess player, Ah Liang is still Ah Liang, and there will be no change, but Mr. Bei Dao and the others are different. Everyone will not allow themselves to call him Ah Liang anymore... (T▽T)

Those people kept mentioning this sad thing after Ah Liang decided to take the professional chess player exam, it's really annoying! ! ! (▼ヘ▼#)

I do not care!Anyway, I will never change my mind before the Chess Academy issues Ah Liang a first-level certificate!Shihe made such a decision in his heart like an oath.

But... Don't call him "Teacher Liang" after the certificate is issued... Huh...(っ╥╯﹏╰╥c)

"Huh? What is this?"

After scrubbing the counter, Shi He originally planned to tidy up the mailbox, but found a greeting card or something in a stack of advertising paper.

Under the trend of curiosity, Shihe pulled the card out of the advertising paper.

I saw that the card was not only printed with simple and delicate patterns, but also had the words "Congratulations on the New Year".

"It's really a greeting card..." She couldn't help sighing in a low voice, "It's so strange that someone would send a greeting card here. Who could it be? Could it be the wrong address?"

It was still very early at this moment, and there were no customers in the store. Being bored, Shihe took the greeting card in his hand and looked at it seriously: "Let me see... um... the receipt of this greeting card." The person is...Taya...Ryo..."

"Taya Ryo? Is it for Ah Liang? ⊙▽⊙" Shihe cheered up all of a sudden, and she quickly moved her gaze to the bottom of the greeting card, "The sender is... Shindo... Hikari..."

"Shinto Hikari?" Ichiha read the name in a daze.

After a while, she lightly slapped her palm with her right fist with a face full of enlightenment: "Ah! It's him!"

Ichikawa's impression of Shindo Hikaru is actually pretty good.

If you want to ask her what impresses Shinto the most, Ichikawa thinks she will answer without hesitation—the eyes!

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul.Shinto's eyes are big, and very clear, and the eyes are blinking, one can tell that this is a lively and clever boy.

Not only the appearance makes people feel good, but also has a lot of bonus points in the way of dealing with people: such as being polite (he will greet himself very politely every time), such as being friendly to others (no hostility towards A Liang), such as humility Low-key (although he has more strength than Ah Liang, he has never been arrogant), and so on.

Although he hadn't seen him a few times, Shihe actually welcomed the kid.

Because if he was there, Ah Liang would not be so lonely anymore.

However, Jin Teng only came to A Liang three times and never appeared again.Last time when I accompanied Ah Liang to Ye Lai Middle School to look for him, he seemed a little reluctant.

At first she was worried about whether they had any conflicts, but now it seems that she is worrying too much ∩__∩

When Ah Liang comes over, we must tell him to remember this incident.Shihe thought this way, and then placed the greeting card in a more conspicuous position.

After all, sending New Year's certificates also pays attention to reciprocity. If A Liang fails to return the greeting card to the other party in time due to her own reasons, she will regret it to death.

As soon as Shihe put away the New Year's card, he heard the sound of the sensor door opening.She hastily adjusted her appearance.

"Ah, hello. Come in!" she greeted with a professional smile.

The visitor is one of the regular customers of the chess club——Mr. Bei Dao.

"Hey, Miss Shihe, please take care of me this year too." Hearing Shihe's greeting, Bei Dao responded with a smile.

"We just want to ask you to take care of me!" Shihe said, and handed the notebook and pen for registration information to Bei Dao.

Bei Dao had been looking forward to the opening of the chess club for a long time.

Several weeks before the new year, several children in Beidao have already decided to go on a trip, and the preliminary preparations have already been completed.As soon as they were on vacation, they embarked on a long journey, leaving only their old bones.

Without the company of children and unable to see my lovely grandson, this New Year seems much deserted.Because of this, Bei Dao missed the days when he played chess with his friends in the chess club, so he came over as soon as the chess club opened today.

While Shihe and Bei Dao were chatting, other guests also came.After a while, the vacancies in the chess club decreased by nearly [-]%, and Shihe became busy.

In the afternoon, Ah Liang finally appeared.

"Welcome light..." Hearing the movement from the door, Shihe greeted habitually, and after seeing the person coming, her eyes lit up immediately, "Ah Liang! ヾ(≧∪≦*)ノ〃 "

"Miss Shihe, good afternoon. :)" Taya greeted with a light smile.

Listening to A Liang's calm and peaceful voice that was so familiar, Shi He suddenly felt that his heart was filled with happiness.

"Ah Liang, I heard that the game time of your new first stage series has been confirmed?" Thinking of the news he just heard from the guest, Shihe hastily confirmed to himself.

"Well, yes." Taya replied politely, "The time is next Saturday."

"Where is the opponent?" Shihe asked.

"It's Teacher Zama."

"It's the throne..." Thinking of the rumors about Teacher Zama, Shihe couldn't help frowning, and then she looked at Taya firmly, "Ah Liang's words must be all right!"

Hearing Shihe's swearing tone, Taya could not help but smile wryly: "Miss Shihe, Mr. Zama is the owner of the throne after all, not an opponent who can be knocked down casually..."

"I know. But, wouldn't the high-level chess players in the new first-level series put 5 and a half eyes instead? Then Ah Liang is absolutely fine!" Shihe insisted.

When Taya was wondering how to respond, she suddenly heard Miss Ichikawa exclaim in a low voice.

He looked up suspiciously, and saw Miss Shihe handing a card in front of him.

"This is?" Taya looked at Shihe in confusion.

The God of Shihe explained mysteriously: "This is the New Year's certificate~! I found it when I sorted out the mailbox today. You can see who sent it~*^_^*"

Taya lowered his head to check as he said, and when he saw the name written in the sender column, he couldn't help exclaiming: "Shinto?!"

Seeing Taya's reaction, Shihe's expression was so gentle that he finally looked like a big sister: "Let's take some time to give the other party a reward in the past few days."

"En. Thank you, Miss Shihe." Hearing Shihe's concern for him, Taya responded sincerely.

the other side.

This is the game room on the sixth floor of the Chess Academy.

Today is the training day for college students, and all the children are staring at the chessboard in front of them intently.The same is true for Aguang.

Although he has no clue about the meaning of the dream of the white owl, Ah Guang's current situation is not optimistic.

On the first day of this month's training day, the Chess Institute released a new list of students as usual.Although Ah Guang did not fall back to the last place in the second group, he was promoted to the first group with great difficulty, but now he fell back to the second group. This fact made him inevitably have a psychological gap.

In addition, Ah Guang won a lot of black stars in the round robin of the second group.

The current chess game is also very difficult.

How to do……

I……

I can't win...

"I... I admit defeat..." Ah Guang said with a little difficulty, tightening his hands on his knees.

Hearing that he conceded defeat, the other party seemed a little bit taken aback.Ah Guang thought that the opponent didn't expect his chess skills to be so bad, so he didn't feel relieved.

He was about to clear away the chess pieces on the board, when he saw a familiar figure inadvertently, so he forced a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Hegu, your game is over?"

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