Siheyuan: From a technical secondary school student to an academician of a major country

Chapter 64 Playing Chess
This is something Yu Wenzhen made up. Although it is not a perfect explanation, it is very reasonable.

Having a teacher and being self-taught are two different concepts.

As the saying goes: A master can only lead you to the door, but the practice is up to you.

If you want to learn a craft well, you must first have a master. But if you want to get started without a master to guide you, it would be very difficult.

From ancient times to the present, how many people have been able to become self-taught?
There are people who are born with knowledge, but they are very few.

With this reasonable explanation, everyone present understood why Yu Wenzhen was able to carve such exquisite works.

What kind of talent is dull?
In their view, Yu Wenzhen was just being modest.

With such good grades and the ability to independently develop a soil tillage machine, how could such a person have poor talent?
However, although Yu Wenzhen explained it clearly, the atmosphere on the scene was still a bit depressing. Seeing this, Sun Yanqiu hurried out to smooth things over.

"Wen Zheng, can you tell me about your family situation?"

"of course can."

Yu Wenzheng nodded: "The only living relatives in my family are my uncle and my aunt. The other relatives passed away one after another a few years ago..."

When hearing about Yu Wen Zheng’s life story, other people might have different reactions. After all, they all have complete and happy families.

But the two old people are different.

They had come through the most chaotic times, had seen too many separations and deaths, and could roughly guess why Yu Wenzhen's relatives passed away.

The rest of the conversation went much more smoothly.

Everyone talked about many topics, most of which were related to Yu Wenzhen's experience.

As time went by, everyone became more and more satisfied with Yu Wenzhen. Even Shen Zhongguo, who was very serious at the beginning, became more amiable.

"Chief."

Everyone was chatting happily when a soldier in military uniform walked into the main room and saluted Mr. Shen and Shen Zhongguo.

"Let's go out and talk."

Shen Zhongguo glanced at the soldier, then gave Yu Wenzhen an apologetic look, then stood up and went out of the house with the soldier.

The Shen family seemed to have gotten used to it and didn't show any other expressions.

They were silent for a while and then continued chatting.

About five minutes later, Shen Zhongguo came back and said a few words in Mr. Shen's ear. Then he walked to Yu Wenzhen and patted him on the shoulder.

"Wen Zheng, I have some urgent matters to deal with here, so I can't accompany you, but I am very satisfied with you, and I agree with you and Yu Wei's relationship."

When Shen Zhongguo said this, he was smiling and it was obvious that he was not joking.

Yu Wenzheng quickly stood up and bowed: "Thank you, uncle, for your help."

Shen Zhongguo left, and with him was Shen Weimin.

After Shen Zhongguo left, Sun Yanqiu smiled and explained to Yu Wenzheng: "Your uncle has some status in the army, and his official duties are quite heavy. He can't leave the army for too long. Wenzheng, don't mind it."

Shen Zhongguo and Shen Weimin, these names are not given in vain.

What you call a certain status? That's just an understatement. In fact, Shen Zhongguo's status is not low.

This is not relying on the relationship with Mr. Shen to get to the top, but relying on real merit and ability.

Yu Wenzheng smiled and replied, "No, no, official business is more important, I understand."

"Wumi Masa, do you know how to play chess?"

Mr. Shen seemed to be addicted to chess and asked Yu Wenzhen.

"Understood."

Yu Wenzheng said modestly: "When I was at home, I often played chess with the elders in the courtyard, and I learned a little bit."

"Okay then, come on, let's play two games."

When Mr. Shen heard that Yu Wenzheng could play chess, his eyes lit up and he immediately took out a set of Go from the drawer of the coffee table. Sun Yanqiu looked at the time.

I didn't notice it just now, but in just a short while since Yu Wenzhen came, more than an hour has passed and it's almost ten o'clock.

"Oh, it's almost noon. We have to hurry up and cook. There are a lot of people here today, so it will be busy for a while."

Sun Yanqiu quickly stood up, and Shen Yuwei's aunts also volunteered to help.

In the blink of an eye, only a few people were left in the room.

Shen Yuwei originally wanted to help pick vegetables or something, but was pushed out by her mother, who told her to serve tea and water to Yu Wenzhen and Old Man Shen.

Here, Mr. Shen and Yu Wenzhen sat opposite each other, with a Go board placed in the middle. Several second-generation members of the Shen family sat around them, with gloating smiles on their faces.

These second-generations were often dragged by Grandpa Shen to play chess, but they always lost more than they won, and it was obvious that they were scared of being abused.

If Mr. Shen and Yu Wenzhen hadn't been playing chess today, they would have run away as soon as Mr. Shen mentioned chess.

The game had just begun when Yu Wenzhen could already see Mr. Shen's level, which was probably only slightly better than Yi Zhonghai.

Therefore, Yu Wenzhen quickly adjusted his state and kept himself at a similar level to Mr. Shen.

For a moment, the two were evenly matched, leaving the second generation of the Shen family stunned.

They originally wanted to see Yu Wen Zheng make a fool of himself, but they didn't expect that Yu Wen Zheng could actually fight to a draw with Mr. Shen.

Shen Yuwei looked at Yu Wenzhen with her eyes sparkling.

She discovered another advantage of Yu Wenzhen: he was good at inventing and carving, and now he also had superb chess skills.

In her eyes, such a man is simply perfect.

Looking at her brothers and sisters, she was immediately filled with disgust.

They are all young people, why is there such a big difference?
My Wen Zheng is still the best. He knows everything and is omnipotent. He is handsome and caring. He is simply the perfect partner.

At the end of the game, Mr. Shen won by a narrow margin of half a move.

"Wen Zheng, I didn't expect you to be so good at Go. The young are really formidable, hahaha."

It was a evenly matched fight, and Mr. Shen seemed very happy. He hadn't felt so happy in a long time.

Only because Yu Wenzhen's acting skills were so outstanding, Mr. Shen didn't notice that he was deliberately suppressing his abilities.

"Old man, you are really amazing. I spent so much time playing with you, but I still lost half a point to you."

Yu Wenzhen was not stingy with compliments even for such small matters.

"Come on, come on, come again. This time I will definitely beat you."

Mr. Shen was full of fighting spirit and was the first to start collecting the chess pieces.

Yu Wen Zheng smiled and started to clean up as well. Just as he finished, he inadvertently glanced behind Mr. Shen and saw Grandma Shen looking at him with a half-smile.

Yu Wenzhen's heart skipped a beat.

It seems like, it seems like it has been discovered?
No way?
Are all old ladies so powerful these days?

Touching his nose, Yu Wenzhen quickly looked away and concentrated on playing chess with Mr. Shen.

Grandma Shen shook her head slightly and thought to herself: This boy is cunning.

But Grandma Shen didn't expose it. It was rare that Grandpa Shen was so happy today, and she didn't want to spoil his fun.

Besides, Mr. Shen has found a worthy chess player in Yu Wenzhen. From now on, Mr. Shen will have a partner when playing chess and won’t have to bother his grandchildren anymore.

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