"And it's not just the small shop, but all the shops in Yunshan Academy. I'm afraid I won't be able to get a bite of food from you sir."
"Damn, they are a bunch of idiots." After hearing the waiter's idiotic reply, Ning Cheng could only scold them in his heart.
"Sir, if there is no second line, please leave." The waiter said to Ning Chen.
Ning Chen really didn't expect that Yunshan Academy would be so extreme.
But Ning Chen specializes in treating all kinds of dissatisfaction.
"It's not that I don't have a second line, I think such a simple first line is an insult to my talent. I don't want to waste my talent on such a vulgar first line.
Look at the messy stuff written in the first couplet. It’s full of market sentiment, but there’s not even a hint of our academy there.”
Ning Chen put it straight on the record, looking like a proud scholar.
When the waiter heard what Ning Chen said, he dwarfed unconsciously.
Both his tone and attitude were respectful.
"This couplet belongs to our boss. When he came up with this couplet, he did not consider the issue of market sentiment. What the gentleman said does seem to make sense."
In Yunshan Academy, the status of scholars is absolutely lofty.
Therefore, in Xiao Er's view, Ning Chen, a top-notch Confucianism cultivator, should not be without talent in the first place.
Now that he heard what Ning Chen said, he felt that it was very reasonable.
"Let's do this, I'll make a couplet and ask your boss to do it. If he can match, I will give you three hundred taels of silver with both hands. If he can't match, he will give me three hundred taels." Ning Chen said to him.
The waiter said.
The waiter looked troubled after hearing Ning Chen's words: "Sir, this store has never had such a precedent."
"Isn't that enough? If you think it's less, and he's right, I'll give you three thousand taels. If you're not right, he'll still give me three hundred taels."
Looking at the embarrassed waiter, Ning Chen said to him: "You don't have to be embarrassed. You can ask your boss directly about this. See if he agrees? Or you can tell him directly that I allow him to call friends.
As long as he can match my second line, I will give you three thousand taels."
"Sir, wait a moment, I'm going to find the boss."
After the waiter left, Ning Chen began to search for a few Qiangu Absolutes in his mind.
Ning Chen didn't believe it anymore. He couldn't win the three hundred taels with the few eternal absolutes he had memorized.
I can't do the second couplet, but I can't do the first couplet, haha, you can't.
As for whether the boss here will agree, Ning Chen is not worried at all.
These scholars are most afraid of excitement.
If Ning Chen despises him so much, he will definitely challenge him.
Sure enough, not long after, the waiter appeared in front of Ning Chen with a menacing boss.
This boss is also dressed as a Confucian scholar. Although he is the boss here, he is full of bookishness.
This is a true bookishness, not a hypocritical thing like Bai Renyuan's.
This boss really doesn't take making money seriously. He just wants to use his restaurant to get to know the truly talented people in the academy.
In fact, most of the restaurants in Yunshan Academy have this purpose.
Making money is not what they pursue, getting to know and associate with truly talented people is their goal.
But being looked down upon is absolutely not okay.
"Student, Li Ziqiu, may I ask you your surname?" Li Ziqiu asked Ning Chen by the way after announcing his family name.
"When you can solve my first couplet, I will tell you my name." Ning Chen continued to stimulate Li Ziqiu.
Li Ziqiu, who was aroused to be competitive, said on the spot: "Okay. When I show you your second line, you are no longer worthy of letting me know your name."
Ning Chen smiled slightly: "No problem. But have I told you about my trip to your house? If I don't tell you, you have to give me three hundred taels?"
Li Ziqiu said: "I told you. But I'm not giving you three hundred taels. I'm sorry. I'll give you three thousand taels anyway."
Chapter 25: It’s a price you can’t afford anyway
This money is really not easy to earn.
By the way, are scholars so rich?
In my memory, scholars are all very poor.
How can the scholars of Yunshan Academy be so rich?
Ning Chen couldn't figure this out for the moment.
Ning Chen just regretted that he should have said 30,000 taels.
I ran over to get Ning Chen a pen and paper, and asked Ning Chen to leave the first couplet.
Ning Chen's calligraphy is quite good.
After all, it was once used as a reserved performance for various elders during the Chinese New Year.
Ning Chen imitated all the Yan style, Liu style and Wang Xizhi's running script.
So Ning Chen’s handwriting is really good.
Not to say that it is a school of its own, but at least it can make people's eyes brighter.
At this moment, the people running around and the boss all had their eyes lit up.
I saw Ning Chen writing on the paper in willow script:
Smoke locks pond willow, these five words.
"I have never seen my brother's font before. The font is balanced, thin and hard, the stippling is sharp and graceful, the bones are strong, and the structure is tight. The only problem is that it lacks a little bit of rhyme, as if it is imitating what is written."
"But I have never seen this font before, so it shouldn't be an imitation."
Ning Chen took a look at this Li Ziqiu and found that this guy was really talented.
However, it is absolutely impossible for a time traveler to admit to plagiarism.
"I have a good eye for it. It is true that my calligraphy has not yet been fully developed and is still in the stage of cultivating its rhyme." Ning Chen unceremoniously turned Liu Ti into his own creation.
Are you a time traveler? When you should be shameless, be shameless.
After listening to Ning Chen's words, Li Ziqiu had no doubt about it: "If the word "xiongtai" is perfect, this word alone can easily enter the realm of "nurturing".
"Even if you are in the realm of raising literature, it is no longer a problem."
"Xiongtai's font is quite suitable for carving inscriptions. It will definitely be passed down through the ages."
…
Li Ziqiu kept talking for a long time, but Ning Chen just looked at him with a smile.
Suddenly he felt embarrassed: "Brother, what do you mean by looking at me like this?"
Ning Chen said: "Are you giving cash or banknotes?"
It was exposed like this, without even the slightest precaution.
This made Li Ziqiu's face turn red.
Li Ziqiu coughed twice in embarrassment: "Brother, this couplet is indeed absolute. The five words not only describe the artistic conception of the poem, but also include the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Xiongtai is a great talent, Ziqiu.
Not as good as."
Looking at Li Ziqiu who was bowing to the end, Ning Chen said very directly: "Take the money."
Li Ziqiu bowed again: "Zi Qiu greatly admires my brother's talent."
Ning Chen nodded: "Give me money."
Li Ziqiu once again stretched out his body to worship, but Ning Chen stopped him directly: "No money?"
Li Ziqiu coughed twice: "Not that much."
"how many?"
Li Ziqiu stretched out two fingers.
"Two thousand taels, just two thousand taels, I'll take it as a loss."
Li Ziqiu quickly shook his head: "Not that much."
"Two hundred taels?"
Ning Chen gritted his teeth and said: "Two hundred taels are enough, just consider it as my family donation."
Li Ziqiu still shook his head: "Not that much."
"Twenty taels!"
Ning Chen never expected that Li Ziqiu would dare to make a bet of three thousand taels with him because he only had twenty taels.
Who gave him the courage?
Liang Jingru doesn’t even have such courage.
And this indirectly answered one of Ning Chen's previous doubts.
That is how could Li Ziqiu be so rich?
The answer is, no money.
"Is Liang Jingru that talented woman?" Li Ziqiu asked.
"This is not important." Ning Chen ignored Li Ziqiu.
After a pause, Ning Chen said to Li Ziqiu: "Okay, you have some sense. At least you still have twenty taels in your hand."
When Li Ziqiu heard this, he felt even more guilty: "Actually, the twenty taels are not on Ziqiu's body. I have given them to the vegetable vendor and the wine vendor, and he has already gone to purchase ingredients and drinks for Ziqiu.
went."
After speaking, Li Ziqiu said quickly: "If brother wants it, Ziqiu will have someone go and recover it now."
Ning Chen laughed angrily at Li Ziqiu: "Why do you think you are so righteous? Tell me what you think. How can you be so confident when talking about three thousand taels when you don't even have a tael of silver in your hand?"
Woolen cloth."
Li Ziqiu said frankly: "In Ziqiu's opinion, whether it is three hundred taels or three thousand taels, they are numbers that Ziqiu cannot come up with. It is better to be more generous."
After hearing this, what else could Ning Chen say.
There are only three words "Jue Jue Zi", which are given to Li Ziqiu.
I don’t have any money, so I’m being generous with myself here.
"What does Xiongtai Juezi mean?" Li Ziqiu asked Ning Chen very studiously.
"You don't need to know, let's discuss how you plan to give these three thousand taels." Ning Chen doesn't have time to be a teacher now, so Ning Chen only cares about his own three thousand taels.
If Li Ziqiu hadn't said three thousand taels before, Ning Chen wouldn't feel so uncomfortable.
Now that Li Ziqiu had said it, but the result could not be produced, Ning Chen felt really uncomfortable.
"Zi Qiu can write an IOU to Xiongtai, and when Zhiqiu has money, he can return it to Xiongtai," Li Ziqiu said.
"When is the coming date?" Ning Chen asked Li Ziqiu.
"As long as Ziqiu doesn't die, one day he will be able to pay off his debt." Li Ziqiu said firmly.
You won't die, but I don't know when I will die.
When the debt is settled after the death, Ning Chen will not take advantage of Li Ziqiu.
"I think you can't come up with so much money in a short time. Let me give you a trick."
"Brother, please give me some advice." Li Ziqiu asked humbly.
Ning Chen said to Li Ziqiu: "Wait a minute, hang a sign outside and offer a twenty-tael set menu for the dishes I just ordered.
Then let me explain that anyone who matches this second line will be given a thousand taels of silver as a gift. Those who can't match it will only need to spend twenty taels to buy this twenty-tael package.
In this case, you only need one hundred and fifty people, and you can make up the three thousand taels."
After hearing Ning Chen's words, Li Ziqiu immediately objected: "This is a matter of knowledge, how can it be tainted by those yellow and white things. Besides, the few dishes that brother ordered plus drinks only cost half a tael.
enough."
Ning Chen was really angry at Li Ziqiu and laughed: "You still know that this is worth half a tael of silver. Then what did you think when you asked for three hundred taels?"
"Zi Qiu thought, asking for one hundred taels is a high price, and asking for three hundred taels is also a high price. It is better to ask for a higher price, and no one will pay for it anyway." Li Ziqiu used his own logic to explain.
This is really a talent.
Resisting the urge to beat Li Ziqiu, Ning Chen said to Li Ziqiu: "You think twenty taels is polite.
Then you lied to me, three thousand taels? And you still insist that I don't pay back three thousand taels? Is this what a scholar should do?
If you sell it for twenty taels, at least the other person gets something. What do I get here? Do you think that is worse?"
"Zi Qiu will find a way to repay the three thousand taels, but Zi Qiu will not do such a deceptive thing." Li Ziqiu said firmly.
Ning Chen sneered: "You think cheating me is not a cheat, but cheating many people is a cheat.
If you think so, then I will take back this couplet, and you don’t have to give me the money.
If I find that my couplets appear in your store, I will make your plagiarism known to the public."
"Brother, I bought this couplet for three thousand taels." Li Ziqiu became anxious when he heard that Ning Chen wanted to take back the couplet.
Ning Chen's couplet is definitely worthy of being eternal.
Li Ziqiu can be sure that if this couplet is hung up, his shop will be full of guests.
By then, he, Li Ziqiu, will definitely be able to gather many like-minded people with real talents and knowledge.
At the same time, his talent and reputation, Li Ziqiu, will inevitably increase further. If he is chosen by that great scholar to be his disciple, he, Li Ziqiu, will be able to stand out.
"Three thousand taels is fine, but what about the money?" Ning Chen stretched out his hand and asked.
"this……"
Looking at Li Ziqiu who looked anxious and uneasy, Ning Chen said coaxingly: "Looking at you, you should be very interested in this couplet of mine. I can probably guess a little bit about what you want to do.
So the problem is very simple, you want the name and I want the money, the two of us have a cooperative relationship.
At that time, you only need to say that I am pursuing your talent and feel that your place is more suitable for this eternal life.
So I leave this couplet with you.
When the time comes, no one will say that you are amassing money. At most, they will say that I am greedy for money.
You have nothing to lose, I have gained money, and everyone is happy."
Li Ziqiu was really moved after hearing Ning Chen's words.
"Since my brother values Ziqiu's talent so much, Ziqiu will bear this infamy for my brother." Li Ziqiu finally made up his mind to cooperate with Ning Chen.
Ning Chen didn't bother to ridicule Li Ziqiu's hypocrisy, since his purpose was to get money anyway.
"Go and hang up my couplet, and bring all the dishes I ordered. You can figure out how to promote the rest." Ning Chen said to Li Ziqiu.
Li Ziqiu immediately ordered the waiter to take off the couplet he had before, and then replaced it with Ning Chen's. At the same time, he covered it with a piece of cloth, making it quite ceremonial.
Then I made another sign and placed it in a conspicuous place at the door.
The location of Li Ziqiu's store is still good, and now it has such a high-profile sign.
It immediately attracted many people to watch.
Li Ziqiu is quite famous in this street, so many people came into the store to see this eternal treasure.