Chapter 44: Forty-one meals
After lunch, Bilbo busily packed up the dishes while Maple and Hammer played backgammon.
Bilbo didn't have backgammon at home, but backgammon was very simple, using small black and white stones as pieces, and drawing a 19 times 19 board, and then you could play.
The losing side naturally has to accept the punishment.
With the IQ of Xu Feng, playing this is as simple as doing addition and subtraction within ten.
So, almost every time, it's the hammer that loses.
Hammer lost the first time and was punished for walking upside down by Xu Feng, the second time he lost, he was punished for learning to meow, and the third time he lost, he was punished for dancing.
lost the fourth time, Xu Feng punished her for pinching her feet and beating her back.
Lost for the fifth time...... Hammer's self-confidence was devastated, and he pulled out his hammer and smashed the chessboard drawn on the floor with a bang.
Bilbo rushed out of the kitchen and exclaimed, "My grandfather's mother's uncle's floor tiles!" ”
Xu Feng said helplessly: "Iron Hammer, you're wrong, if you lose, you will smash the chessboard, how can you play like this?" ”
Hammer yelled angrily, "I hate playing backgammon!" ”
Bilbo asked curiously, "What is backgammon?" ”
"It's a game that tests intelligence."
Xu Feng found a new floor, drew a 19 by 19 checkerboard, and then used white and black chess pieces to demonstrate the winning and losing conditions of backgammon to Bilbo.
Bilbo was very smart and learned it all at once.
"I'd like to try it too." Bilbo has always been confident in his IQ, and he has a great curiosity about all things skill and knowledge.
Xu Feng smiled: "In this game, there is a punishment for losing. ”
Bilbo said indifferently: "Isn't it just a handstand or something, I'm fine." ”
The hobbit is very well-coordinated, and there is no problem at all in doing handstands, backflips, etc.
Xu Feng smiled: "That's okay, I'll use the white one, you use the black one, let's start, you go first." ”
"Okay."
Bilborchen hurriedly took the black chess pieces and began to lay out on the chessboard.
In less than ten steps, Xu Feng connected the white chess pieces into five.
Bilbo was horrified, "Why didn't I notice! It's obvious that you're blocking my chess pieces, why did you connect five first? ”
Xu Feng touched his temple with a finger, "IQ." ”
Bilbo sighed and said, "I was just careless, don't count, come again!" ”
Xu Feng smiled: "You can come again, but you have to accept the punishment." ”
Bilbo rolled up his sleeves, "No problem! ”
Hammer said: "Bilbo is the master after all, I think it's better to symbolically punish it, don't go too far." ”
Xu Feng nodded and said: "Hammer girl is right, Bilbo you are the master, I can't punish you by punishing the hammer, so let's punish you...... How about making us another dinner? ”
Bilbo's eyes blinked, and he thought to himself - this is okay.
It's just an extra meal, what's the big deal?
The key is to prove to these two humans that their IQ is definitely not low.
Bilbo then nodded and said, "Good! No problem! ”
Xu Feng grinned: "Okay, then let's continue to start, you start first." ”
Bilbo thought for a moment and placed black in a completely different position than before.
This time, with each move, Bilbo would think seriously for a long time.
Then, on the twelfth step, he lost again.
Bilbo pinched the black chess piece and said unwillingly: "I'm careless again, this has nothing to do with IQ, Diedy, you punish me." ”
Xu Feng grinned: "This punishment, let's let you cook, add up, you owe us a total of two meals." ”
Bilbo immediately said, "No problem, but Diedy, if I win, will I be able to pay off the food I owe you?" ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Of course, if you can win, no matter how much you owe us for a meal, I will write it off." ”
Bilbo rubbed his hands, "Great, come on, come on, let's continue." ”
So, the third game began.
Eighteen steps later, Bilbo lost another meal.
So, the fourth game began.
Twenty-five steps later, Bilbo lost another meal.
Thereupon......
Until the tenth game, Bilbo was able to support more than forty steps, but in the end he still lost to Xu Feng.
Xu Feng smiled: "It's been ten meals." ”
Hammer laughed, "Bilbo, do you have the urge to smash the chessboard?" Would you like to lend you the hammer? ”
Bilbo smiled bitterly, "...... Forget it, this is my grandfather's mother's uncle's floor tiles, come on, come again! This time, I use white pieces, you use black pieces, you play first! ”
Xu Feng smiled: "It has nothing to do with who comes first and who comes after, the key is IQ." ”
Bilbo shook his head and said, "I've always had a high IQ!" I'm going to win all the food I owe back. ”
Xu Feng shrugged, "Okay, as you wish." ”
So, they played ten more rounds.
Ten rounds later, ten more rounds.
Bilbo didn't win a single game.
"This game! It's so hard! Bilbo clutched his head and screamed in pain.
He has lost forty games in a row, which means that he has to cook forty meals for Xu Feng and Iron Hammer!
Bilbo wants to die.
He had wanted to expel these two men from his home, but now, instead of expelling them, he had to invite someone to eat forty more meals!
Bilbo said indignantly, "Go on! I've got to win! ”
Xu Feng yawned, "It's so boring, I'm a little tired and don't want to play." ”
Bilbo hurriedly said, "Don't, Diedy! Let's play one more round! ”
Xu Feng said helplessly: "Then play one last game." ”
Bilbo said happily, "Okay, okay! ”
So, Bilbo lost another game.
He now owes Xu Feng and Hammer 41 meals.
Xu Feng smiled: "Okay, don't play, you go and prepare this meal for the evening, remember, you have to prepare more, about fifteen or sixteen people." ”
Bilbo was surprised and said, "Need to prepare so much? ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Don't forget, you lost to me, you have to prepare as much as I ask you to prepare." ”
Bilbo said helplessly: "Yes, I am willing to gamble and lose, but ...... Diedy, can you tell me the secret of your victory? ”
Xu Feng smiled: "You cook well, I am satisfied with my food, and I will naturally tell you." ”
Bilbo immediately said, "Yes, I'll go and prepare, and you'll see." ”
With that, Bilbo put on his coat and hurried out.
"What a hospitable hobbit." Xu Feng commented.
Hammer laughed, "Isn't it too much damage for you?" A backgammon game will pit people forty-one meals. ”
Xu Feng smiled: "It's okay, if you feel sorry for it, you can also cook with him." ”。
Iron Hammer hurriedly said: "No, I want to go, I'm just afraid that you won't go." ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Don't worry, there's nothing I can't help but go." ”