Chapter 134 (2/2)

”Checkmate,” Youzi said calmly

Zheng Tan looked back at the chess board He grinned They had just begun playing and Jiao Yuan lost

Jiao Yuan couldn't believe it He scratched his chin

Mahed and explained the match to Papa Jiao

”Many people inners When I was learning how to play chess, an elder in e like you did I was excited and nervous and ed to checkmate him like Youzi It was quite funny”

Papa Jiao was recounting the ht red after he won ”I only won that once though I played with the e but won never won Now the elder would only allow e of two chess pieces So that meant my chess skills have improved

Jiao Yuan reset the board and asked for a rematch The first time he made a un playing, was no match for him

They were close to their destination and the kids were getting tired of chess They sat and looked at the scenery outside

After two minutes, the car stopped

There had been an accident ahead and cars were all stuck here

Seeing that they weren't going anywhere anyti out of their cars Soot off to see what had happened

Papa Jiao got out of the car to ask about the situation

Behind their car was a BMW An old ot out and stood by the side of the road with his hand behind his back He stared entranced at the miles of farmland

Ato the old man He shook his head, then ca on

”The driver wasn't hurt A truck was flipped and there's fruit everywhere It's probably going to be another quarter of an hour before they can clear the road,” Papa Jiao said

Zheng Tan listened to the as well They talked in dialect Zheng Tan could understand some of it now

”It's been more than a decade People probably don't remember me anymore When my father first moved to the city, he told me to come back home when I made it He always felt this was his home, and no matter how nice life was in the city, he wanted to coery and couldn't travel He has regained so hihasn't built yet It was so hard getting to Yiyang The road was so bumpy”

Leaving ho when one was old One's accent rerey (old Chinese poem)

This was probably an apt description of what the

He was one of those people who grabbed his chance in the nineties and , they needed to do face-saving projects before they went home How else would people know they made it in the city This BMW was a classic example

To people in Papa Jiao's village, expensive cars ers, driving a Maybach was the sa a Ford To show that you've e understood

Papa Jiao didn't care about these things He went back home quite often and people knew him well It was different for people who hadn't been home in years