"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.
To be continued...