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Although the boy was dressed differently from yesterday, Yuan Ning still recognized it at a glance. Who is it if it's not Zhou Yulin?Yuan Ning ran over and shouted, "Student Zhou!"

Zhou Yulin was slightly surprised, and turned his head to look at Yuan Ning who was a whole head shorter than him.He was a little surprised: "Did you come here so early?" He was carrying two bags of steamed buns, opened one of them, and asked Yuan Ning, "Do you want to eat?"

Yuan Ning said: "No, no, my eldest brother and I have to go back after drinking the soy milk. We bought soy milk for my sister and the others. If we don't hurry back, it will be cold!"

Zhou Yulin nodded, and turned his gaze to the other side of the road.It was a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, his face could still be seen to be young, but his eyes were very sharp, which made him look extraordinary.Zhou Yulin was keenly aware that the other party didn't seem to like him very much, and there was scrutiny and vigilance in his eyes.Is this person Brother Yuan Ning?It is completely different from Yuan Ning.Zhou Yulin never liked to socialize with people, so he quickly looked away and said to Yuan Ning: "Then you go back quickly, will you come over in the afternoon?"

"Today, I want to go to the ranch with my eldest brother!" Yuan Ning had an idea, "Student Zhou, do you want to go to the ranch together?"

"Ranch?" Zhou Yulin rarely came into contact with this word.

"Thank you grandpa for giving me the pasture." Yuan Ning said, "Uncle Zhong and Luo Yuanliang are helping me take care of it, and Brother Xu Jing and Sister Qingqing have also decided to stay there. Although you have manually dewormed, it may still be There are some insect eggs and larvae left on the cactus, you can go with me and ask Luo Yuanliang how to get rid of the insects thoroughly. Luo Yuanliang knows everything!"

When mentioning cactus, Zhou Yulin agreed: "Okay."

"Then I'll ask Uncle Li to pick you up later," Yuan Ning said, "Can we leave at nine o'clock?"

"no problem."

Zhou Yulin and Yuan Ning parted ways and returned to the chess club.Lao Zhou was cleaning, picked out a few chess pieces from the corner, and stared at them inexplicably.Zhou Yulin stepped forward and put the steamed buns on the table.

Lao Zhou came back to his senses and said, "Are you back? Going to buy steamed buns early in the morning again? Actually, I don't like eating that much..." Having said that, Lao Zhou's frowning brows relaxed, and his eyes were full of tears. Full of smiles.I don't think so much now, my grandson is filial and promising, there is nothing better than this.Let all the past go, no matter what grievances and grievances, he has such a good grandson, he can always deal with it.

Zhou Yulin didn't go upstairs immediately, but said, "I'll go out later."

"Will you go to the video store to watch the game again?" The street is so small, old Zhou has figured out Zhou Yulin's whereabouts these days.He beamed, "Actually, there are CDs in the chess club, and there are many books, you can read them all!"

"No." Zhou Yulin said, "Yesterday, that kid just came over and was buying soy milk with his elder brother. Their family seems to have a ranch, and they told me to go and have a look."

Lao Zhou was a little surprised, but he was still very relieved: "It's good that you are willing to go out, go ahead!" This is almost the first time Lao Zhou heard that his grandson was not in contact with others because of the cactus, how rare!

"Well," Zhou Yulin said, "the kid said that someone over there knows how to deworm cacti."

"…………"

Old Zhou really didn't understand why his grandson liked that thing covered in thorns so much!

Zhou Yulin took the steamed buns upstairs and saw the sun shining on the balcony, making the cactus all over the balcony full of energy.Although they are covered with thorns, they look so gentle - even if I don't think of them for a month, they still grow tenaciously.How nice!

Zhou Yulin finished eating the steamed buns one by one, drank some water, found out the water bottle and backpack, tidied up the things that might be needed, and went downstairs.People from the chess club have come over one after another. In the morning, there will be a Go game on TV, and the members of the chess club will watch it in front of the TV, sighing and shaking their heads from time to time.It seems that this year's summer game is falling behind again in China.

Zhou Yulin didn't care much about these things, but the sharp-eyed members of the chess club spotted him and shouted: "Lin Lin, come and see. The next game will be Qiu Dong against the island player. The position is quite high, let's see if you can beat him."

Zhou Yulin frowned, seeing Lao Zhou staring at the TV with a sad face, he walked over to watch the game on TV as he said.After more than ten minutes of the match, Zhou Yulin knew the outcome.This Chinese player named Qiu Dong is going to lose!The contestant on the opposite side was called Xi Chuanjiang. He had a straight face and a straight sitting posture. It could be seen that he was a very polite person on weekdays.Compared with his actions, his chess moves are much more treacherous, he lays traps all the way, and when you recover, you find that you have been caught in the net of heaven and earth.

Zhou Yulin recovered from the game and suddenly found that his back was covered in cold sweat.This Xichuanjiang is not simple!He was obviously just watching, but he was also a little nervous by this person's leisurely moves, and he deduced several steps wrong!In a game of this level, one step is often wrong, and the defeat is almost irreversible.

When Zhang Xiuyan and Yuan Ning came over, the Huating Chess Club was silent.

This is not the first time. As the origin of Go, it has lost consecutively in international competitions in recent years.Qiu Dong, the most promising player in the country, also failed in front of Xi Chuanjiang this time.Just now many people asked Zhou Yulin if he could beat Xi Chuanjiang. After watching the match, everyone realized how difficult it was.In terms of computing power, Xichuanjiang is not bad; in terms of chess deduction, Xichuanjiang is not bad.More importantly, Xi Chuanjiang has experience and state of mind that Zhou Yulin cannot match.

Yuan Ning ran to Zhou Yulin and asked in a low voice, "Did we lose?" Everyone looked a little frustrated and confused.

Zhou Yulin looked normal.He let out a "huh" and said, "I lost to Xi Chuanjiang, an island player. He is very good. If I go to study mathematics, I may not be able to compare with him."

Yuan Ning said, "Is that so!" Yuan Ning asked Zhou Yulin curiously, "Then can you beat him in chess?"

"It can't be compared." Zhou Yulin is very honest, "I don't have his obsession with Go." Even through the screen, Zhou Yulin can see how much Xi Chuanjiang loves Go, and he almost devotes himself to the game—as if The chessboard is his whole world.

"Student of the week, you should learn mathematics!" Yuan Ning suggested.

Zhou Yulin looked at Yuan Ning in surprise.

"Student Zhou probably likes mathematics very much," Yuan Ning said. "If you like something, you can treat it wholeheartedly-and you can do your best. And if he wants to compete with you in the future, you can compare mathematics with him. Let him compare!"

Zhou Yulin smiled.

Zhou Yulin talked to Lao Zhou, and walked out with Yuan Ning.Zhang Xiuyan stood at the door all the time, seeing Zhou Yulin and Yuan Ning walking together, he nodded politely to Zhou Yulin.Zhou Yulin could no longer feel the obvious dislike from Zhang Xiuyan, but he would not think that Zhang Xiuyan suddenly liked him—it was more likely that he just hid his "dislike" in his heart.

The three got into the car, and driver Li drove them to the ranch.The summer in Yunshan Ranch is a bit hot. When Yuan Ning arrived, someone told him that Luo Yuanliang had gone to drive the sheep to the mountain.There are meadows on the high mountains, and the pasture there is very delicious, which is very suitable for the taste of the sheep.

Since Zhang Xiuyan bought all the surrounding forests, Luo Yuanliang has included several alpine meadows within the scope of pastures, and when the roads are opened in spring, he drives the sheep up the mountains in early summer.There is a head sheep in the flock, if you want to lead the whole flock, you don't need to worry too much or waste your voice, just drive the head sheep.Yuan Ning came to visit Luo Yuanliang to drive the sheep during the holidays. The white flock of sheep walked up the mountain one by one. The strong adult sheep formed a triangle, enclosing the old sheep and the young sheep in the middle, and the head sheep was the tip of the triangle. , as soon as it walks, the "triangle" behind it will follow in a mighty way.

Yuan Ning said to Zhang Xiuyan and Zhou Yulin: "Let's go up the mountain to find Luo Yuanliang!"

Zhang Xiuyan nodded, and put a straw hat on Yuan Ning.Yuan Ning also put a cap on Zhang Xiuyan, and handed another cap to Zhou Yulin at the same time.

Zhou Yulin was surprised by Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan's natural and sticky intimacy when he saw a straw hat lying in front of him.Zhou Yulin took the straw hat and put it on, and followed Yuan Ning up the mountain.

Both Zhou Yulin and Zhang Xiuyan thought that climbing the mountain would be very hot, but when they got to the middle of the mountain and were blown by the cool wind, they only felt cool and comfortable, and they felt refreshed.Both of them are people who pay attention to exercise, and they still walk on the ground when they walk near the meadow.There are many tall rocks around the meadow, which naturally isolate the meadow, so that the sheep can stay in it safely.There are two cabins on the left side of the meadow. The bottom of the roof is suspended, and the flock of sheep can hide inside in case of heavy rain.

Yuan Ning ran over and shouted: "Luo Yuanliang, we are coming up!"

Before Luo Yuanliang appeared, a yellow shadow flashed out first, and after a few ups and downs, it disappeared before Yuan Ning's eyes like lightning.Yuan Ning was taken aback, ran into the room and asked, "What was that just now! It ran so fast! It disappeared in the blink of an eye."

"Weasel." Luo Yuanliang said, "It stole some chickens from the ranch, and I want it to give us something back."

"Can it still be like this!"

Luo Yuanliang nodded firmly.The weasel is very spiritual. He gave it chicken, and it paid a small "price", which was fair.This weasel not only came by himself, but also brought the whole family, and wandered around if he had nothing to do, begging for a chicken.Luo Yuanliang gave a box to Yuan Ning: "This is the tail hair of a weasel. I saved it in the past two or three months. It can be used to make wolf hair brushes. I also saved some wool and rabbit hair. You said last time that these can be made." Pen."

Yuan Ning was very moved.Last time he talked to Luo Yuanliang about the Wuxi pen, saying that he liked the pen made by Mr. Wu very much. At that time, Luo Yuanliang asked what kind of animal hair can be used as a brush, but he didn't care, and told Luo Yuanliang everything he knew—— Unexpectedly, Luo Yuanliang really managed to get so much!

Yuan Ning happily took the box from Luo Yuanliang: "It's really great, Grandpa Wu will be very happy to see it!"

Luo Yuanliang nodded, his eyes turned around Zhang Xiuyan and Zhou Yulin, and then turned back to Yuan Ning's face: "There are two rabbits that can be sheared recently, do you want to shear them?"

Of course Yuan Ning wanted to play.

Luo Yuanliang said: "It takes two people to work together to cut rabbit fur." ​​Luo Yuanliang looked at Zhang Xiuyan and Zhou Yulin again.

Zhang Xiuyan said: "Yuan Ning and I are here, and you will guide by the side."

Luo Yuanliang nodded.

Zhou Yulin watched silently.

Luo Yuanliang caught a rabbit and asked Zhang Xiuyan to hold down the rabbit's limbs and head on the left side, making the rabbit lie on its side obediently, while Yuan Ning was in charge of cutting with the scissors.

Looking at the sharp scissors, Yuan Ning hesitated and said, "Will the rabbit hurt?"

Luo Yuanliang said: "No, it's like cutting hair. Just be careful not to cut the flesh. It's so hot in summer. Cut the hair short just to make it cooler. The hair will grow back in autumn."

Yuan Ning then cut the hairs by handfuls under the guidance of Luo Yuanliang.This is really not an easy job!After Yuan Ning carefully finished a round of cutting, he found that he and Zhang Xiuyan had beads of sweat on their foreheads. Looking at the time, 10 minutes had passed!

On the other side, Zhou Yulin also held down the rabbit under Luo Yuanliang's command.Luo Yuanliang's movement was faster than Yuan Ning's, and he cut it with a click, and the fur on the rabbit's body was shortened a lot.As soon as the rabbit turned over, it jumped up and down a few times, and seemed to feel relaxed.

Yuan Ning put away the cut rabbit fur, and went to the mountain stream with Zhang Xiuyan to wash his hands.

Yuan Ning saw a cloud floating on the water, looked up, the sky was blue, and there was a snow-white cloud floating by.

The weather is so nice!

I don't know where Mr. Yun is planning to travel!