latelenovela Chapter 192 Sudoku Game
Chapter 192 Sudoku Game
Su Nuannuan, along with the Empress, Consort Qin, and Consort Li, took turns serving the Empress Dowager tirelessly. After many days of meticulous care, the Empress Dowager's health gradually improved, and she eventually made a full recovery.
With the Empress Dowager's recovery, Su Nuannuan's life returned to normal, and she continued to devote herself to her teaching career.
The sun shone brightly that day, a gentle breeze was blowing, and Su Nuannuan looked at the three children with a smile. The children sat obediently, their eyes filled with expectation as they gazed at Su Nuannuan.
Su Nuannuan then asked Jinse and Yaoqin to bring over the Sudoku box. The wooden box was square and decorated with exquisite patterns, but the most eye-catching feature was the nine neatly arranged squares on it.
When the three children first saw the unique wooden box, their curiosity was instantly ignited, and they all craned their necks, staring intently at it.
"Children, today I'm going to teach you a fun game," Su Nuannuan said softly, pointing to the nine-square wooden box. "This is called Sudoku."
Then, Su Nuannuan pointed to the nine squares on the surface of the wooden box and patiently explained, "You see, this nine squares is actually the board for our Sudoku game."
Then, she shifted her gaze to the bottom of the chessboard, pointed to the clasps there, and asked, "Do you see the clasps here?"
The three children nodded quickly, indicating that they had noticed.
Su Nuannuan smiled slightly, and as she spoke, she gently pulled the handle. With a "click," a small drawer at the bottom of the wooden box slowly popped out. The children stared wide-eyed, curiously looking inside the drawer.
Inside the drawer were nine long, narrow compartments and one slightly wider horizontal compartment. Upon closer inspection, each long compartment contained a varying number of square chess pieces, each decorated with one of nine different designs: cute little animals, beautiful flowers, and intriguing geometric shapes.
The wide horizontal box contained two stacks of wooden cards, which were used to set up Sudoku puzzles. Each card had two Sudoku puzzles drawn on it.
With a smile, Su Nuannuan pointed to the neatly arranged chess pieces and wooden tiles inside the drawer, patiently and meticulously explaining their uses and characteristics to the children one by one. Then, she gently pulled the entire drawer out, as if revealing a long-hidden treasure.
The three children's eyes were drawn to the bottom of the wooden box, where they found various chessboards of different sizes.
首先映入眼帘的是 4x4 的四宫格棋盘；接着是 6x6 的六宫格棋盘；最后，则是格子最多的 9x9 的九宫格棋盘，也就是常见的标准数独棋盘，其规模宏大且充满挑战。
However, this was not the end of it. After carefully taking out the three chessboards from the bottom of the drawer, Su Nuannuan did not stop there.
She then proceeded to teach the children how to change the chessboards.
Changing the chessboard is very simple: just pull out the nine-square chessboard and insert the chessboard you need into the slot.
"Look, the challenge cards in the drawer are specially designed for the nine-square grid. As for the challenge cards for the other three types of chessboards, they are still in production."
Once it's all finished, I'll bring it over and distribute it to you as soon as possible.
After saying that, Su Nuannuan gently placed the three Sudoku puzzle boards back into the bottom of the wooden box.
Once everything was ready, Su Nuannuan embarked on her wonderful journey of teaching Sudoku.
"Since all three of you are new to Sudoku, we'll start with the relatively simple nine-square grid today."
As soon as she finished speaking, the much-anticipated challenge card appeared in Su Nuannuan's hand.
"These are the challenge cards for the first and second levels. First, let's see what patterns are on these challenge cards. Next, we need to find the chess pieces with the exact same patterns as those on the challenge cards from these nine long squares in front of us. After finding them, we need to place these chess pieces in the squares on the nine-square chessboard according to the positions indicated on the challenge cards." Su Nuannuan explained the rules patiently and meticulously with a smile on her face, her gentle voice seemingly able to penetrate the hearts of the children.
As soon as she finished speaking, she began to select the same chess pieces one by one according to the patterns on the challenge board.
In no time, she had successfully gathered all the necessary pieces and began to carefully place them one by one onto the nine-square chessboard, according to the positions marked on the challenge board.
After all the chess pieces were in their proper places, Su Nuannuan looked up, glanced at the three children in front of her, and asked softly, "Take a look. Are the positions of the chess pieces on the board exactly the same as those shown on the challenge board? When you place the pieces yourselves later, you must strictly follow the positions given on the challenge board. You absolutely cannot place them randomly or haphazardly, understand?"
"Understood!" the three children answered in unison.
Hearing the children's affirmative answers, Su Nuannuan nodded in satisfaction, gently put down the challenge card in her hand, and smiled to encourage them, saying, "Alright, kids, now it's your turn to show off your skills and arrange the pieces yourselves! Good luck!"
The three children swiftly reached for their respective Sudoku boxes and pulled open the top drawers without hesitation. Then, they carefully removed the challenge cards, their eyes focused and full of anticipation.
After receiving their challenge tokens, they focused intently on placing the pieces carefully on the nine-square chessboard, following the instructions on the tokens. As time passed, the pattern on the chessboard gradually became clearer.
Before long, the three children had successfully set up the chessboard. At this point, Su Nuannuan, who had been standing nearby, stepped forward and carefully inspected it. She was pleasantly surprised to find that the children had set it up perfectly! So, she generously gave them a big thumbs up and encouragement.
Next, she taught the children to recognize rows and columns. Su Nuannuan patiently explained to the children, "Look, these horizontal lines are called rows, and the vertical lines are called columns. We need to make sure that no two fruits are the same in each row and each column." After she finished speaking, she demonstrated it herself so that the children could understand better.
After understanding the rules, the children were thrilled and eager to continue the challenge. The empty squares on the board awaited their wisdom to fill them.
In the first five levels, there was only one empty square. For these three clever children, this was a piece of cake, and they could easily handle it. Sure enough, they didn't spend much time or effort, and they easily passed the first five levels as if they were strolling in a garden.
However, when the three children excitedly reached the sixth level, the situation suddenly took an unexpected turn—the one empty space that was originally just one square now became two! This sudden change undoubtedly brought the children a brand new challenge and test.
Faced with such a thorny situation, Su Nuannuan did not choose to tell the children the answer directly. She knew the principle that "it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."
Therefore, she cleverly guided the children to carefully review and observe the patterns presented in the previous levels, and encouraged them to use their own wisdom and efforts to summarize the skills and methods for filling in the blanks.
The children were all deep in thought, heads bowed. At that moment, their little minds seemed to transform into high-speed supercomputers, working tirelessly to solve the problem before them.
The prince, now six years old, displayed extraordinary talent and ability. He handled the numerous challenges, from the sixth to the tenth level, with ease and unstoppable momentum. Before long, he successfully conquered all the levels and reached the eleventh level.
In contrast, the two little ones, Canglan Jingcheng and Canglan Jingyao, seemed to be struggling. They kept trying in the sixth and seventh levels, but still couldn't find the key to breaking through the predicament.
However, Su Nuannuan remained calm and composed, observing the children's every move and letting them think and try on their own. She firmly believed that only through experiencing this independent thinking process firsthand could the children truly and deeply remember what they had learned, and apply it flexibly when encountering similar problems in the future.