"Pfft." Miss Wei couldn't help but laugh out loud. Guan Wei couldn't bear it anymore and reminded him softly beside him, "Brother, you should concentrate on correcting this second couplet first, and then be more relaxed about the next couplet. Otherwise, pairing two second lines at once will disturb your mind.
"Guan Wei, I am thinking about Mr. Duan's second line, please don't intrude on me!" Although Miss Wei's voice was not loud, everyone could hear the severity in her tone. Guan Wei shrank his head in fear and did not dare to say anything anymore.
Chen Xiaomu smiled and said, "Actually, I already have the second couplet. I just want to hear if Mr. Duan has any more difficult couplets than being a lonely widow in a cold window!"
Good guy, Chen Xiaomu raised the table in shock as soon as he said these words. Mr. Bai shouted out loud: "This is impossible, don't talk nonsense! This is absolute in the world!"
"Haha, there are so many absolutes in the world. The first couplet hanging in this restaurant is not called absolute, right? I am right!" Chen Xiaomu sneered and said disapprovingly.
Mr. Bai shook his head repeatedly and said, "Mr. Duan's first couplet is different from the first couplet in the restaurant. This is a second couplet that even the most talented man in the world, Qin Prime Minister Gao Jianli, is helpless!"
"Haha, that's not a small statement. You can think of the most talented person in the world, but you know that there are mountains beyond the mountains, and there are people outside the people. Nowadays, cats and dogs can be called the most talented person in the world. What a joke! It's a big joke!"
Before Chen Xiaomu finished speaking, there was a "bang" sound. Miss Wei slammed the table, stood up angrily, pointed her finger at Chen Xiaomu and cursed angrily: "The madman who came here doesn't even care about Mr. Gao, the most talented person in the world." In my eyes, I feel like I’m digging your eyes.”
Facing Miss Wei's scolding, Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but burst into anger. He immediately put aside his silly temperament and said seriously: "I don't know this so-called most talented person in the world. Why do you say he is the most talented person in the world? I Do you want to admit that he is the most talented person in the world?"
"You don't admit that he is the number one talent in the world, isn't he the number one talent? I think you just need to be dealt with!" Seeing that Chen Xiao was so arrogant, even when he was sitting next to him, he was taciturn, with a round face and big eyes. The girls couldn't help but scold him.
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. It seemed that Gao Jianli had quite a lot of fans. If the fight continued, he might be drowned by the saliva of these people.
Mr. Duan and Gao Jianli are close friends, and he can be said to be sincerely convinced of Gao Jianli's talent. Originally, he was very angry when he saw Chen Xiaomu openly looking down on Gao Jianli, and was about to reprimand him, but he didn't expect the reaction of Miss Wei and others. Now that he was so old, seeing Chen Xiaomu look like he was resigned to being defeated, he felt relieved a lot, so he smiled and said to Chen Xiaomu, "Since I already have the second line, I might as well tell it to everyone."
Chen Xiaomu nodded and said: "The difficulty with this first couplet is that these seven characters are all treasure hijabs, and the artistic conception they express is very desolate. So not only must the radicals of the seven characters in this second couplet be the same as the first couplet, it is difficult. The artistic conception should also be consistent with the first couplet. "
Listening to Chen Xiaomu's explanation, Mr. Duan kept saying yes, but Mr. Bai looked a little impatient. He thought that Chen Xiaomu was deliberately delaying time with excuses. He provoked: "Brother Chen, you are talking nonsense." Yes, I don’t even pay attention to the most talented person in the world. Do you have this couplet?"
"Haha, it seems that Mr. Bai is eager to see me make a fool of myself. Well, since Mr. Bai is so eager to know the second line, I will tell you. Listen carefully. I am right about the first line: A handsome beauty accompanies Lingding. I am right about the second couplet: melancholy, worry and fear of remembering love. There is also longing for love and resentment that is always forgotten. The desolation and coldness are all withered.
With a "praise", the tea cup in Mr. Duan's hand fell to the table and broke into several pieces. The hot tea in the cup flowed all over the table, making a large piece of the clothes in front of him wet, but he just made this sound. Such a loud noise did not attract everyone's attention. Everyone looked at Chen Xiaomu blankly. Just now, these people were racking their brains on the first couplet and trying to figure out the second couplet, even if it was not very neat. Either way, because Gao Jianli, who is known as the most talented person in the world, couldn't come up with a complete second line after thinking hard for several days. It's good this time. The stupid guy in front of him said four second lines in one breath. Not only was it correct, but the artistic conception was also good. Very apt.
For a moment, everyone felt that the guy in front of them was not a human but a monster. He could even put together those rare words that were so cold that people couldn't imagine them. He looked so stunning and pleasing to the eye, so natural. No wonder he is even the best in the world. The talented scholar Gao Jianli didn't even take it seriously. It turns out that he has the capital to be proud!
Mr. Duan stayed for a long time, then suddenly stood up from his seat, bent down and made a deep look at Chen Xiaomu, and said: "Mr. Chen, please come and take a seat!"
Chen Xiaomu quickly waved his hand and declined, "Mr. Duan, you must not do it. You are the elder at our table and should sit at the top. Besides, I have made an appointment with my friend and I have to leave immediately after the match."
"No, no, in terms of age, I have wasted more than ten years of my life. But in terms of knowledge, I am not as good as Mr. Chen. You have to sit in this high position, or you have to sit down!" Mr. Duan walked away after saying this. Come over and pull Chen Xiaomu to his seat.
Chen Xiaomu really couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to obey Mr. Duan's position respectfully. At this time, Miss Wei and the girl with a round face and big eyes stood up and saluted Chen Xiaomu. Miss Wei said: "Qian and I If my sister just didn't know that her husband had such a great talent, and she said something rude just now, Mr. Wan Wang would understand her."
Chen Xiaomu waved his hands repeatedly and said jokingly, "Miss Wei, please don't say that I am a great talent! In fact, those couplets of mine are all blind. This is mainly due to Mr. Bai. Do you think, if I owe Mr. Bai a huge debt, what will happen to me?" If I can’t pay it back, then Mr. Bai, why don’t you arrest me to pay off the debt?”
Mr. Bai was stunned for a long time before he realized what was going on. He felt something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it out loud. He bet he was the one who wanted to fight for this, but now he always felt like he was being tricked. Thinking about it, he took it out from himself. The fifteen thousand taels of silver notes made him tremble with distress, and he had no choice but to pin his hopes on Mr. Duan's next pair.
Mr. Duan felt a little guilty when he saw Mr. Bai being silent and lost, but he couldn't do anything to change the situation. At this time, a fat man wearing a green double-breasted silk dress with a shiny face came to the door of the private room. He came in. Then he bowed and saluted Miss Wei, and then said to her with a smile on his face, "Miss Wei, are the dishes ready?"
Miss Wei turned to Mr. Duan and smiled: "Teacher, you and Mr. Chen will talk here first, and I will cook first!"
Mr. Duan smiled and nodded, "Go ahead, don't cook too much, just eat enough."
When Miss Wei followed the fat man out of the private room, Chen Xiaomu asked Mr. Duan in surprise, "Why does this restaurant require guests to cook their own food? Isn't there a cook here?"
Mr. Duan smiled and said nothing. Guan Wei, who had rarely spoken at the table, immediately became active after Miss Wei left. He smiled and said to Chen Xiaomu, "Today is the day that Miss Wei officially accepts Mr. Duan as her disciple. The young lady insisted on making an apprenticeship banquet for Mr. Duan, and we all followed Mr. Duan’s favor!"
"She is a young lady who doesn't usually touch Yang Chun Shui. How can she know how to cook?" Chen Xiaomu asked doubtfully.
"Brother Chen, it seems that you don't come to Xinjing City often." Guan Wei smiled and said, "I wonder if Brother Chen has heard that there are three unique things in Xinjing City?"
here we go again! Chen Xiaomu thought to himself, remembering that the waiter named Fang Xiao had mentioned these three special skills in the new capital in front of him just now. Now that he heard these three special skills in the new capital, he felt disgusted, but he was still curious about the relationship between this and this Wei. What does it matter to the young lady? She shook her head.
"Brother Chen, let me tell you, apart from the couple in this restaurant, the other two are related to Miss Wei!" Guan Wei deliberately let it slip in order to arouse Chen Xiaomu's curiosity.
"Well, brother, why didn't you say anything?" As Guan Wei expected, Chen Xiaomu started to take the initiative to ask.
Guan Wei smiled secretly, cupped his fists and said to Chen Xiaomu, "Brother Chen, to tell you the truth, brother, I am currently pursuing Miss Li Jia, the number one in Wanqilou, but I have no choice but to let me spend a lot of money. This little lady just doesn't look down on me. She She just likes those poems written by sour scholars for her. She gets close to anyone who writes good poems. It’s rare to meet such a talented brother Chen today. Hehe, can you please write a beautiful poem for me to ask Li Jia? Miss Fangxin?”
"Bah, Jian Wei, you became so wanton and obscene just after Sister Wei left. When Sister Wei comes back later, I will tell her these things about you and let her punish you!" The girl with a round face and big eyes heard Jian Wei's unscrupulous words immediately exploded.
After hearing this, Jian Wei immediately coaxed the girl with a playful smile and said: "Oh! Sister Qianru, you have wronged me. I just saw that Brother Chen is a good match, so I found an excuse to ask Brother Chen to write another poem. Come and show it to everyone."
The girl curled her lips and said, "Don't lie to me, you playboy. I will tell my sister when she comes back later."
Mr. Duan smiled and watched the two boys and girls bickering. He thought it was quite interesting. However, at this moment, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. He followed Suga Wei and shouted: "Mr. Chen is so good at playing with each other. I must I am not bad at writing, so I would like to help Mr. Suga because of my face.
Mr. Bai, who was sitting with a drooped head next to him, suddenly became energetic again when he heard this. He didn't want to miss any opportunity that might make Chen Xiaomu frustrated, so he quickly fanned the flames and said, "Brother Chen is a brilliant writer. Don't say a single poem. I guess it’s easy for Brother Jian to ask Brother Chen for ten or eight songs!”
Chen Xiaomu was noncommittal, turned to Suga Wei and smiled, "It's no problem to write a poem, but I don't know what price brother wants?"
As soon as these words came out, several people sitting there were stunned, and Mr. Duan couldn't help but frown. He had to charge money to write a poem because of his feelings, and at what price? Is this guy looking for money?
Suga Wei was startled for a moment and asked relentlessly, "Brother Chen, can you explain it more clearly? How is the price of this poem calculated?"
''this one? "Chen Xiaomu seemed to be embarrassed and said: "Normally, I shouldn't charge money for writing a poem for my brother, but it's really hard to violate the teacher's orders. When I first started teaching, my master specially told me that every poem or article must have a poem. When I came in, I was given a fixed price before leaving. There was no limit on the number of words. An inferior poem would cost fifty taels of silver, a medium poem would cost three hundred taels of silver, and a top-grade poem would cost one thousand taels of silver. I don’t know what price you want? "
When Guan Wei heard the price quoted by Chen Xiaomu, he was secretly relieved. He was afraid that he would be like Master Bai just now, who spent fifteen thousand taels of silver on two pairs. This poem is much more difficult than pairing, but this He didn't know how to distinguish between upper, middle and lower classes.
Seeing Suga Wei's silence, Chen Xiaomu seemed to know his worries, and smiled calmly at Mr. Duan and said: "I would like to ask Mr. Duan to judge my poem later. If it does not reach the level you want, I will not take any money from you." , and also pay twice the amount of silver for this level to my brother, what do you think?"
These words were so crazy that even if you are right, it may not be the same as what you do. In an instant, Mr. Duan’s face became solemn and he solemnly said, “Okay!”
Here, Mr. Bai became more alert again. He felt that this was a business that was sure to make a profit. Thinking that he wanted a high-priced poem, as long as Mr. Duan said he couldn't afford it, Chen Liu would pay him two thousand taels. , even if he is a perfect person, he can still write so many high-quality poems in this short period of time, not to mention that this poem can be written by himself.
Guan Wei didn't come prepared like Mr. Bai. He rummaged around for a long time before collecting a thousand taels of silver notes. He felt guilty and peeked at the girl named Qianru before pushing the banknotes in front of Chen Xiaomu. The girl At this time, he was staring at Chen Xiaomu curiously with a pair of big eyes.
Chen Xiaomu picked up the banknotes and just put them into his arms. Mr. Bai handed over two more banknotes with a denomination of one thousand taels. Originally, he wanted to take out more and handed them to Chen Xiaomu, but he had no choice but to touch around on his body and only left There were only two poems left. Mr. Bai laughed dryly and said, "Brother Chen, could you please write two more poems for Miss Wei for me?"
Chen Xiaomu agreed, took the two banknotes and stuffed them into his arms, cleared his throat, and was about to compose a poem. Miss Wei came in with two waiters from the restaurant, each holding a large tray in their hands. It was filled with wine and food, and Miss Wei had to tell the name of each dish she ordered.
She first picked up a big casserole and smiled at Mr. Duan: "Teacher, I heard that you are from Dali. I heard that you were coming two days ago, so I specially found a cook from the south to learn this Dali fish casserole dish. , do you have a taste to see if it tastes like this?”
Mr. Duan picked up the chopsticks in front of him, reached out and took a small piece of fish and put it into his mouth. He chewed it slowly and nodded, "Well, it tastes good. If we use the bow fish from Erhai Lake to make this dish, it will be perfect." It’s a pity that Dali is far away from Xinjing, and it’s impossible even if you think about it, but if you have such a heart, the teacher is also satisfied.”
