Backgammon

Jing Chen said: "Grandma, please don't lie to me. I have a surprise for grandma when I come back this time."

The Empress Dowager chuckled: "Really? Did you find another interesting gadget to give to grandma?"

Jing Chen said: "No, grandma, I found a 500-year-old ginseng. Grandma, your illness can be cured!"

The Empress Dowager's eyes also lit up when she heard this, there is a way to live, who wants to die!

Grandma Gui also said with excitement: "Your Highness, is what you said true? Great, this is a great happy event!"

The Empress Dowager's eyes reddened as she said: "Thank you for your hard work, Chen'er, you are such a good boy!"

Jing Chen shouted to the outside: "Ye Feng, come in!"

Ye Feng walked in and saluted the Empress Dowager: "See you, Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager smiled: "No need to be polite, the journey went well, right?"

Ye Feng replied: "Back to the Empress Dowager, nothing unexpected happened along the way! It was smooth!"

Jing Chen said: "Go and order someone to boil the ginseng and bring it over. Remember not to let the second person interfere and keep it secret!"

"Yes!"

Waiting for the Ye Feng to retreat, the Empress Dowager smiled lovingly: "You have been cautious since you were a child. This is right. In this palace, if you don't harm others, others will harm you. Chen'er, you have to be careful!"

Jing Chen replied: "Yes, your grandson will remember it, so grandma doesn't need to worry."

When Jing Chen heard this, a white, tender and slightly fleshy little face immediately appeared in his mind, and he said with a gentle expression: "I saw a lot of things when I went out this time. Plus, the ginseng Grandma needs have been founded. Grandson is also much relieved that there are no worries, so of course your health will improve!"

The Empress Dowager laughed: "After a trip out, I found that you've become more and more talkative, tell me, what interesting things happened outside, grandma hasn't seen the outside scene since she entered the palace."

Jing Chen sniffed and told his grandmother about the interesting things he encountered outside, and the Empress Dowager also listened to her grandson's story with a smile on her face. It was really a scene of deep love between ancestors and grandson.

......

Qibao and her family had dinner and went together to her grandparents' room, intending to find a place to hang the painting.

After looking around, she still thinks that the wall on the right side of the entrance is suitable, the painting contains a dozen people, and the area is not small, so it's just that this wall is empty, and it's just right to hang it.

First Uncle Xu and Second Uncle Xu stood on the table and hung the painting on the wall, tugging at it a bit and realizing that it was quite firm before getting off the table.

The family stood together and looked at the paintings on the wall. Xiaoba and the two white wolves were also joining in the fun.

Xiaoliu said: "When my brother and the others come back, I will take them to see it. My brothers will definitely be very happy!"

After hanging the painting, everyone left the room, because it was not suitable to go out on a rainy day. The family sat in the front hall and chatted about home affairs.

Qibao felt bored and looked at her grandfather and eldest uncle who also had nothing to do, Qibao said: "Grandpa, how about I teach everyone to play a new game?"

One sentence aroused everyone's interest, and the old man asked: "Qibao, what's so fun?"

Qibao replied: "How about we play backgammon?"

The old man said: "Backgammon? Never heard of it. I've only heard of Go, and grandpa doesn't know how to play it!"

Qibao said: "It doesn't matter. Backgammon is easy, much easier than Go. I'll teach you!"

As she said that, she took out a set of backgammon from the study room in the space, and Qibao said: "As long as you make sure that your five pieces can be connected in a straight line and there is no opponent's piece in the middle to block it, it is considered a victory, and a straight line of five pieces connected in a straight line, vertically straight, horizontally straight, or diagonal straight, is all fine."

The old man listened carefully to Qibao's introduction and said: "I generally understand it, let's give it a try first!"

Qibao smiled and agreed, the old man held the black pieces, Qibao held the white pieces, the old man played first, and the result was placed on the edge of the board, Qibao reminded: "Grandpa, you'd better place your first chess piece in the middle. If I block one end, you won't win." 

The old man quickly took the chess piece back and said: "Yes, yes, grandpa made the wrong move. I will take it back and put it again."

Qibao smiled and nodded. Under Qibao's constant guidance, the old man gradually learned some tricks. Qibao must have won this round.

The three brothers of the Xu family were watching around. Seeing that the game was finally over, Xu Laosan said: "Qibao, let dad play, I can understand it."

Qibao said: "Okay, dad, you and grandpa can do it! But if you lose, you will be punished!"

Xu Laosan said: "I'm not afraid, I'm sure I can win, didn't your grandpa just learn it too? I'm sure I can win against your grandpa, keep an eye on me!"

After hearing this, the old man immediately quit and said angrily: "Just you? Still want to win over your old man? I'll show you today that your old man is your father, and you still want to win me! No way!"

The two of them started to go back and forth, and sometimes they would bicker and get very noisy. The quarrel was so loud that 1st Uncle Xu and 2nd Uncle Xu were still fanning the flames beside them, and at once Xu Laosan was too bearish to make a sound, looking at his elder brother and second brother gloating behind his old dad, and at once his eyes looked at his two older brothers grudgingly.

When Mrs. Wang saw how noisy he was, she laughed and scolded: "This damn old man is so old, and he is still making trouble with his sons. He is really getting better and better!"

Qibao said with a smile: "I think it's very good for grandpa to be like this, grandpa usually doesn't have much to do, playing chess can make the head flexible, look how happy grandpa is having fun!"

Wang said: "He is happy. It is your father who suffers, and the eldest and the others are still helping your grandfather!"

The three sisters-in-law sat aside and began to sew clothes. They all laughed out loud watching their noisy scene and listening to the conversation between their mother-in-law and Qibao.

This father-son battle lasted until dinner time. If Wang hadn't taken away the chessboard, I guess they wouldn't even want to eat.

After dinner, Qibao didn't have much to do, so she shuffled back to her room, Qibao flashed into the space, Xiaoling was sitting on the grass, and the two little white wolves were lying next to him.

Seeing his master come in, Xiaoling immediately greeted her with joy, and the two little white wolves also followed behind Xiaoling, running over with their four little short legs.

Qibao touched Xiaoling's head and said: "These two white wolves have grown up a lot, they are chubby, and their fur looks shinier than their parents'!"

Xiaoling replied: "That's for sure, they were fed by me, since they are still small, they improve faster than both their parents, as long as they are allowed to grow up drinking from the Spirit Spring, they will be even more powerful than their parents in the future!"

Qibao smiled and said: "That's great, thank you for your hard work!"

Xiaoling said: "It's not hard, I usually get bored staying in the space anyway, having them with me can also relieve my boredom! By the way, how come Bai Shuang and Bai Xue didn't come in?"

Qibao said: "Besides me, those two are having fun with my grandpa right now. They probably went to my grandpa's room to play."