[Soul of Chess] What if

When the lid of the box was opened, the secret inside the box that aroused Zuowei's curiosity all day was finally revealed.

It is glutinous rice and red bean rice.

In the deep crimson box, plump and crystal-clear glutinous rice and round dark red beans are neatly arranged at the bottom, with a thin layer of black sesame seeds sprinkled on top, and emerald green Nantian bamboo leaves dotted in the upper right corner, Overall it looks quite refined.

This is not a good appearance!Zuo Wei couldn't help sighing in his heart, if he hadn't seen the pile of kitchen utensils in the sink and Ah Guang's nervous look in the morning, he couldn't believe that it was made by Ah Guang himself.

It's not that Zuo Wei underestimated Ah Guang too much.You know, every time the school assigns manual homework, Ah Guang spends a lot of effort to complete it, and the finished product is not like that at all, and it can even be described as horrible.

It is conceivable that Ah Guang must have made unimaginable efforts to prepare this gift.Thinking of this, Zuo Wei only felt that his heart was full of emotion.

"However, why did Ah Guang specially give this to me?" Zuo Weicai looked at Ah Guang blankly after lying there happily admiring it for a while.

Seeing Zuo Wei's dazed appearance, Ah Guang couldn't help but sighed deeply: "Today is your birthday, Zuo Wei. Unexpectedly, you really forgot..."

"today is my birthday?"

Zuo Wei repeated it in doubt, and after a long time, he belatedly let out an "ah".Seeing this, Ah Guang held his forehead helplessly: ah, I really lost to him, and I can't care about my own affairs to such an extent...

Well, but this is Zoe.

Seeing Zuo Wei's bewildered look around the box after learning the truth, the corners of Ah Guang's mouth raised involuntarily.

In fact, Ah Guang started to think about the best gift for Zuo Wei's birthday very early on.

To be exact, Aguang has been thinking about this issue since the day Zuowei's birthday was decided.

Although it is not that he has not given birthday presents before, Ah Guang has really encountered difficulties on this issue.

In addition to expressing one's own intentions, the most important thing for a birthday gift is to give people a sense of surprise that is unexpected and reasonable.And this "surprise" alone ruled out many of Ah Guang's plans.

Because, he and Zuo Wei are together almost all the time.In other words, if what I prepared was a relatively routine gift such as a birthday cake, there was no way I could hide it from Zuo Wei.

Hmm... What kind of gift can Zuoi prepare without his knowledge?Ah Guang thought about it for a long time, but still had no clue. It was not until a few days ago that he accidentally discovered that Zuo Wei would sleep in too late, and the matter finally became clear.

That's right, I can prepare birthday presents while Zuo Wei is resting!

However, that time period was at night, in the middle of the night, and it was impossible for him to go out to buy gifts alone as a child... After thinking about it, it would be more reliable to do it by yourself.

After determining the direction, the train of thought became much clearer.Considering his hands-on ability, Ah Guang finally decided on the option of red bean rice, which is relatively simple and can reflect the atmosphere of the birthday.

After deciding on the content, Ah Guang seized the time and started to act.

The first step, of course, is to look at the recipe.After a simple search on the Internet, many tutorials appear on the page, and there are some videos and so on.Although the steps were a bit cumbersome, it seemed that the difficulty was not that great, which gave Ah Guang a little confidence.

But when it came to the second step—actual combat drills, Ah Guang deeply realized what looked easy but was difficult to do.

Because just cooking red beans just right is quite a feat: undercook and the beans will still be raw inside; overcook and the skins will crack and look ugly.Only by controlling the timing precisely enough can the beans remain smooth and plump while softening.

In addition to these, it is also necessary to seize the opportunity to filter out the clear red soup that has been boiled and use it to dye the glutinous rice.

Therefore, for Ah Guang, who is capable of fighting against the five scum, there is still a long way to go if he wants to successfully make a sticky rice that can be seen.Fortunately, Mom and Dad are not at home these days, and Zuo Wei will rest at night in the past few days, so Aguang can practice diligently without being disturbed from midnight to dawn.

Fortunately, after several days of intense training, Ah Guang not only became familiar with the production steps, but also managed to master his own skills.

Ah Guang got up quietly at three o'clock in the morning this morning. After a brief wash, Ah Guang began to get busy in the kitchen.

In fact, he had gotten up once a few hours ago.Because in order to ensure that the glutinous rice is well dyed, it is necessary to soak them in the boiled red bean water for six hours in advance.So after saying "good night" to each other last night, Ah Guang closed his eyes early and pretended to be sleepy. After hearing Zuo Wei's even breathing, he tiptoed to the kitchen and spent more than half an hour preparing the work. When he was done, he went back to his room.

Skillfully took out a glass container from the cupboard, and placed the strainer hanging beside the pool on it steadily, Aguang slowly poured the glutinous rice into it, distinguishing the red soup from the glutinous rice dyed light pink Come.

After the water was completely filtered off, Ah Guang poured the glutinous rice into the red beans cooked yesterday and stirred it a few times.Feeling that the mixture is almost evenly mixed, Ah Guang spread gauze in the steamer, poured the well-mixed glutinous rice and red beans on top, and started steaming.

During the hour from raw to cooked rice, Ah Guang has been squatting nervously by the side, and every 15 minutes, he will lift the lid of the pot on time, pour some red bean water on the rice and stir it up and down, in order to let the glutinous rice The color is brighter.

Of course, Ah Guang's hard work was not in vain, because the final product looked unexpectedly good, and even he himself couldn't believe it was made by himself.

Seeing Zuo Wei like it very much, he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

Although the trip to the amusement park was not originally planned, it feels good to spend my birthday here. At least Zuo Wei's mood looks much better after playing all the way.

"Zuowei, happy birthday!" Looking at Zuowei who was surrounded by joyful atmosphere, Aguang said softly his congratulations.

After hearing this, Zuo Wei was taken aback for a moment, and then a shallow but full of meaning smile appeared on his face.

"Ah Guang, thank you." He said softly and softly.

Also enjoying a relaxing time is Frank in the Netherlands.

It's past eight o'clock in the morning, and even though it's not time to go to work, Frank has already woken up.After humming a ditty and making a pot of hand-ground coffee for himself in the kitchen, he sat in front of the computer with a cup in his hand, and habitually checked the World Go website.

Unfortunately, he didn't see that familiar name on the list.

"Well... If you count the time difference, it should be in the afternoon over there, so it should be there." He murmured a little disappointed.

Although it disappeared from the Internet for several weeks without warning, since the end of last month, sai's online time has been significantly longer, and he has been online almost all day long.Perhaps in order to shorten the distance with chess fans, sai will hold three pieces for free to play against a chess fan every day. After the game is over, he will simply and humbly point out to the opponent that they can pay more attention when playing chess The place.

Although it is only a few words, it has pointed out the direction for those who want to improve their chess skills but have been unable to do so.

It is precisely because of this that, in addition to worshiping sai, people have a little more gratitude and respect for sai.In just a few days, the team of sai supporters has grown a lot, and the God of Go website, which had been idle for almost two or three weeks before, quickly returned to its usual bustling state.

With more members, the subsequent management problems fell on them, the heads of the support club.Although the few of them were so busy these days that they could almost be said to be in a hurry, no one complained about anything. On the contrary, everyone was very happy, because it meant that more people discovered Sai's charisma.So they deal with all kinds of unexpected affairs so painfully and happily.

Seeing that Sai didn't show up, Frank logged on to the God of Go website to see if he missed anything.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he logged in, he was reminded by the system that he had received a message.

Could it be that the server load is too high again?Thinking that he has been receiving emails requesting support from the technical department recently, Frank was puzzled, and then moved the mouse to click on the message.

"Huh? Huh—?!" After seeing the contents and the sender's name clearly, he stood up abruptly, staring at the screen in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

After finally regaining his senses, he hurriedly entered the administrator's chat room, ignoring the coffee that had been spilled all over the floor due to his actions just now.

"Hi, Frank, you're here." Seeing him appear, his old friend Oyelu came out alone to greet him.

"Yeah." Frank responded briefly, and after realizing something, he quickly asked, "So, you also received Sai's message?"

"Yes." The other party replied.

"Now that everyone is here, let's discuss Sai's proposal first."

Frank originally planned to ask him for details, but seeing that the chairman had already spoken, he put the matter aside for now.

"For the sake of confidentiality, please do not disclose the content of the meeting in any form." After the chairman finished speaking, the emergency meeting officially started.

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