Zhou Peirong quickly waved his hand, interrupting Li Qinggao's words, and the disgust in his eyes became even more intense.
"Who are you, Li Qinggao! How can a mortal like me deserve to be related to you?"
"Is there something wrong with you, old man? If nothing happens, then you, old man, please just go ahead and don't disturb Brother Chu and I while we are eating!"
"Zhou Peirong!"
After being robbed by Zhou Peirong, Li Qinggao not only had no intention of leaving, but actually became more energetic.
He pinched his waist with one hand, pointed at Zhou Peirong with the other, raised his head and stared at Zhou Peirong, and his voice suddenly rose a little higher.
"It's your honor as a junior to be able to stand here and reason with you. Do you know how to be grateful?"
"Also, you were disrespectful to my wife just now, you must apologize to me! I..."
Li Qing was talking arrogantly when Zhou Peirong, who was upstairs, burst into laughter.
"why are you laughing?"
Li Qinggao's face darkened instantly, and he shouted angrily at Zhou Peirong.
"I think it's funny, so of course I have to laugh!"
Zhou Peirong held the window sash and looked at Li Qinggao condescendingly, the disdain in his eyes was not concealed at all.
"You're trying to reason with me, but you still think it's my honor and you want me to be grateful to you?"
"A man who relies on connections to even be admitted as a scholar is so brazen that he wants to reason with me, Zhou Peirong!"
"Li Qinggao, don't you think you are ridiculous?"
"You, you are talking nonsense!"
Li Qinggao's expression changed several times. It was obvious that Zhou Peirong had hit him in a sore spot, and he was instantly furious.
"Zhou Peirong, don't forget that you are still a scholar now."
"And I have become a disciple of the great scholar Lin Wentai. It won't be long before I can become a scholar."
"When the time comes, let me see if you dare to talk to me like this again!"
"Then I wish you all the best, and then use the back door to get the title of a civil servant!"
Zhou Peirong didn't pay any attention to Li Qinggao's threats, and his words were extremely sharp, leaving no face for Li Qinggao at all.
The quarrel here naturally attracted many people to watch.
It is obvious that everyone knows both sides of the quarrel.
Zhou Peirong won’t say anything.
With his tofu and canned fruits, he has already made a name for himself in Liming County.
Compared with Zhou Peirong, Li Qinggao became famous earlier.
However, what he got was not a good reputation.
"Hey, isn't this Li Qinggao who spent his wife's dowry to buy his fame? What's the matter, what kind of wind blew this great talent like you out of your home today?"
"Li Qinggao, you must have spent a lot of money to become Lin Wentai's disciple. Tell me, how did your wife support you this time?"
"Don't you think you sold your wife?"
"Tsk, tsk, although your wife is pretending, she is kind-hearted! If you really buy it for others, then your conscience will be very bad!"
The people around him were constantly mocking Li Qinggao.
Such a situation immediately made Li Qinggao blush and became as irritable as an ant on a hot pot.
Zhou Peirong was not in a hurry to speak at this time.
He looked at Li Qinggao with great interest.
He was very curious and wanted to see how Li Qinggao would handle the next scene.
Soon, Li Qinggao gave the answer Zhou Peirong wanted.
have to say.
This guy's face is really thick.
He actually ignored the ridicule of the people around him, but raised his head again and looked at Zhou Peirong with provocative eyes.
"Zhou Peirong, didn't you say that all my fame and fame were bought with money?"
"In that case, do you dare to compete with me?"
"The content of the competition is up to you, but I want to see if you, Zhou Peirong, can beat me!"
"Tsk, tsk, I really didn't expect that you dared to challenge me, you are so brave!"
Zhou Peirong clicked his tongue and gave Li Qinggao a thumbs up.
On the surface, his words sounded like he was praising Li Qinggao.
But everyone present understood that Zhou Peirong was clearly mocking Li Qinggao.
Li Qinggao naturally heard the sarcasm in Zhou Peirong's words.
But he pretended to be confused and loudly said to Zhou Peirong again: "Stop talking nonsense, just tell me whether you dare to compete with me or not!"
"Why don't you dare?"
How could Zhou Peirong be stopped by Li Qinggao?
He thought for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed at the door of the restaurant.
"Just right! My restaurant still lacks a couplet. How about you and I each make a couplet and let everyone judge and see which one of us is better?"
"Just do as you say!"
Li Qinggao did not hesitate and immediately agreed to Zhou Peirong's proposal.
next moment.
Li Qinggao acted as if there was no one around, pacing in place, frowning and thinking hard.
In contrast, Zhou Peirong behaved much more calmly.
Without even looking at Li Qinggao downstairs, he directly had two pieces of red silk presented to him.
Li Yulian stepped forward at the right time and thoughtfully prepared pen and ink for him.
Zhou Peirong held the pen in his hand and without thinking, he just started writing on the red silk.
In just a moment, Zhou Peirong had written a couplet.
Chu Quan, who was already prepared, immediately waved his hand and had someone hang up Zhou Peirong's couplet.
"Puff!"
Two pieces of red silk unfolded rapidly from top to bottom.
The couplets written by Zhou Peirong were also displayed in front of everyone.
"Why are you here as a guest? Listening to the bright moon and the sound of the flute, I vaguely remember Du Mu."
"Master, don't ask, just borrow a Spring Breeze Ci pen to color Yangzhou."
There was a good person who immediately read out Zhou Peirong's couplet.
Ordinary people naturally have no feelings for this couple.
But the problem is, among the people gathered here, there are quite a few scholars present!
Seeing Zhou Peirong's couplet, the eyes of these scholars immediately lit up.
"The guest is facing the host, the bright moon is facing the spring breeze, the sound of the flute is facing the writing, wonderful, really wonderful!"
"The best thing is the four words Du Mu and Yangzhou! Du Mu should refer to the great Confucian Du Jianzhi, right? I have never been to Yangzhou."
"I know a little bit about Yangzhou. There is also a restaurant in Yangzhou, which is also famous far and wide.
Boss Zhou compares himself to Du Mu, and refers to his restaurant as Yangzhou. This alone is enough to prove that Boss Zhou really has high aspirations!"
Downstairs, the praises of the literati kept ringing out, which made Zhou Peirong feel a little proud.
And look at Li Qinggao.
At this moment, this guy was like a monkey, scratching his head and ears uncontrollably.