Regardless of Tang Shubai's accomplishments in calligraphy and painting, one thing is certain, that is, the other party is the kind of person who has little ability but always feels that he is very powerful.
One characteristic of this type of people is that they cannot do things down-to-earth. They may be hungry, but as long as they open their mouths, it is a national event.
The business deals that the friends talk about are at least one million yuan, but they may not even have four-digit savings.
Jiang Yifeng doesn't have much hope for such people, because their minds seem to be crazy and cannot be persuaded by just a few words.
certainly……
Jiang Yifeng didn't try to convince Tang Shubai, he was just idle and bored, taking Tang Shubai for fun.
"snort!"
Tang Shubai snorted coldly, "Did you know that at last night's Zhongyuan poetry meeting, a poem about 'going to drink' appeared. My favorite line among them is 'I am born with talents that will be useful'."
"God allowed me to be born in this world, and there will be a time when I can show my abilities. The sufferings I am experiencing now are all God's tests for me."
After saying this, Tang Shubai looked at Jiang Yifeng with disdain, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "A person like you who smells like copper cannot understand the greatness of this poem at all."
Immediately afterwards, he showed an expression of admiration, "The poet who can write such a masterpiece is probably like me, and he is also a person who cares about the world."
Jiang Yifeng: "..."
It's not that he doesn't want to say it, it's just that he doesn't know how to speak.
At this time, Xu Ning pulled Tang Shubai and whispered: "Brother Tang, stop talking."
"Get off!"
Tang Shubai was in high spirits. When he saw Xu Ning pulling on him, he shook off his sleeves hard and raised his head and said, "Xu Ning, do you know what the next sentence of 'I am born with talents will be useful' is?"
Xu Ning glanced at Jiang Yifeng and said bravely: "You will come back after a thousand pieces of gold are gone!"
The Zhongyuan Poetry Club was so popular that even though Xu Ning had a lot to do, he made an appointment with some well-connected scholars to go to the Zhuangyuan Building.
Of course, he was not qualified to enter the Zhuangyuan Building, but even outside the Zhuangyuan Building, he was satisfied to see the masterpieces that were released.
From his professional point of view, the four poems released were really good. Even the first two poems were beyond his reach.
As for the last two songs, they were at a level that he could never dream of.
Especially the song "About to Enter the Wine" can only be described as shocking. He has never read such good words.
But he was also desperate.
People who can write such good poems can't even pass the Juren Examination. I want literary talent but not literary talent, and my family background has no family background. Why should I pass the Juren Examination?
Just with that cheap innocent heart?
At that moment, he felt more and more that his choice was correct. It was not worth wasting his life and making his parents suffer for that unrealistic fantasy.
"snort!"
Tang Shubai sneered and taunted loudly, "So you still know that 'a thousand pieces of gold is gone but it comes back again'. Su Shikui doesn't even put a thousand pieces of gold in his eyes, but for the sake of a mere three taels of silver, you actually compromise and are willing to be a hawk for others. You yourself Tell me, will it disgrace scholars?"
Faced with Tang Shubai's ridicule, Xu Ning did not refute.
It's not that he thinks what Tang Shubai said makes sense, but that he feels that his friend seems to be ill. Just like him before, he always feels that his talents are not appreciated.
The reason why he didn't refute was because he saw his former self in Tang Shubai.
"We scholars should, as the poem says, regard money as garbage, just drink and have fun, and ignore the endless troubles."
"Tell me, compared to the five-flowered horse and the thousand-gold fur in the poem, what is your three taels of silver? What can you do?"
At this moment, Tang Shubai felt that he and Su Shikui were integrated. He was arrogant and everything was garbage in his eyes.
Xu Ning is rubbish and Jiang Yifeng is rubbish, so the food on the table is pretty good.
"Shut up!"
But at this moment, the honest Xu Ning suddenly shouted loudly and looked at Tang Shubai with red eyes, "You ask me what you can do with three taels of silver? I will tell you what you can do now."
"I can use three taels of silver to buy meat, grain, and clothes, so that my parents don't go hungry and wear warm cotton clothes in winter. I can also help you when you have no money."
"I've been thinking these days whether scholars should aspire to the world. I think they should, but the prerequisite is that they have food to eat, clothes to wear, and shelter from wind and rain. If you can even guarantee these No, then you are a burden to the world. How can you have the face to set the world’s ambitions?”
Tang Shubai didn't expect that Xu Ning would suddenly shout angrily. He was stunned for a few seconds and said coldly: "Xu Ning, I still regarded you as a confidant before. I didn't expect that I just lent you some copper coins and you kept it in my heart. What's more, For a few taels of silver, you say these things that go against your will."
When Xu Ning heard this, his eyes became more determined, "Just some copper coins? You said it nicely. Do you know how many copper coins you have lent me over the years?"
Tang Shubai was stunned.
He just borrowed money and never thought about how much money he borrowed.
Seeing that Tang Shubai was silent, Xu Ning sneered and asked, "I don't remember the detailed figures, but it's no less than a thousand copper coins. Do you admit it?"
Tang Shubai didn't even need to think about it, he knew that Xu Ning Shao had forgotten it.
He has lent Xu Ning more than one thousand copper coins over the years, maybe even two thousand.
Xu Ning stretched out his hand to Tang Shubai, "I don't want more, you can give me a hundred copper coins, do you have it?"
"No...no."
"Do you have ten copper coins?"
"without……"
"Three copper coins?"
"..."
"Where's a copper coin?"
"I……"
Tang Shubai actually had a copper coin on his body, which was the one someone gave him just now.
But when he was about to touch it out, he stopped.
To be honest, if I took out a copper coin at this time, it would be more embarrassing than not taking it out.
He has no money, but at least he can say that his ambition for the world is priceless.
However, if he takes out a copper coin, or a copper coin donated by others, it means that his whole body, including his world ambition, is only worth one copper coin.
He really became a beggar.
"You can't even take out a copper coin, but you still want to 'come back after all the gold is gone'. Have you ever had a thousand gold? Have you ever had a five-flowered horse? Have you ever had a thousand gold fur?"
"You only saw 'I am born with talents that will be useful', but have you ever thought that the scholar who wrote this masterpiece also relied on the Zhongyuan Poetry Society to increase his reputation, and you are not even qualified to enter the Number One Scholar's Building, you There is a big gap between you and him, so what qualifications do you have to care about the world? What does the world have to do with you?"
The more Xu Ning talked, the more excited she became. She no longer considered Tang Shubai's face, and kept asking all kinds of questions that hurt people's hearts and penetrated to their souls.
Tang Shubai, on the other hand, was completely powerless and couldn't say a word.
"besides……"
Xu Ning's voice was cold, "Did you know that Su Shikui, who wrote 'will enter wine', is my boss's sworn brother Su Dongchu. Are you worthy of talking about 'will enter wine' in front of him?"
