Chapter 77: Couplets are difficult
After Luo Ah Hui sat down, Jiang Chengfeng looked up at "Sister Shuang" again and said with a smile: "Miss, please sit down too! Since you are Ah Hui's friend, you are also my friend, so don't be polite, just sit wherever you want!"
The young woman was very graceful, bowed and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, I am very sorry to refuse your kindness!"
After saying that, she sat next to Ahui.
This girl is really sweet-mouthed, calling him "big brother" all the time, I like it! But what Jiang Chengfeng didn't know was that this young woman only called him "big brother" because of Luo Ahui, but she was not sweet-mouthed.
"Brother Jiang, don't you recognize Sister Shuang yet?" Luo Ahui asked in a low voice.
Jiang Chengfeng shook his head. He really didn't recognize this young woman, but since she was Ah Hui's friend, he didn't bother to ask too many questions.
After the drinks came, Ah Hui, the half hostess, personally poured wine for everyone. Jiang Chengfeng took the lead, and everyone toasted and chatted happily.
After three glasses of wine, Luo Ahui's pretty face flushed, and her previous shyness was swept away. She leaned towards Jiang Chengfeng and said with a smile: "Today is the first time that Caihua Hengyi is hosting a banquet. It will not be easy to have such a party in the future!"
"Indeed, from now on it will depend on your own abilities !" the young woman also echoed.
This young woman is Ah Hui's good friend . She often stays in Yipinxuan during this period, so naturally she hears Ah Hui talk a lot about Yipinxuan.
Among all the people present, only Ye Shengxian didn't know about this. After hearing what Jiang Chengfeng said, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Boss, from what you said, if you want to come to this Caihua Hengyi again in the future, you must rely on your own ability?"
Jiang Chengfeng grinned and said, "It's okay to be rich without talent!"
"Brother Jiang, speaking of this matter, I remember the couplets you mentioned last time! I wonder where you chose?" Luo Ahui asked.
Jiang Chengfeng pointed to his forehead and said with a smile: "It's all here! Ah Hui, bring me my pencil!"
When Luo Ahui took out a long black stick of charcoal, Ye Shengxian and "Sister Shuang" were both surprised and asked if this was a pencil?
"Yes, this pencil is much more fun than a brush!"
As he spoke, Jiang Chengfeng quickly wrote a few lines of large characters on a piece of white paper.
"Sister Shuang" was right beside Ah Hui, so Jiang Chengfeng could see it when he lowered his head while writing. But seeing the few lines of large characters on the white paper was elegant and unique, and I had never seen it before. I couldn't help but be intoxicated when I looked at it carefully.
Could it be that he created this font? "Sister Shuang" glanced at Jiang Chengfeng with doubt, and then immediately looked away.
"The upper hook is old, the lower hook is the test, the old man tests the student, and the student tests until old." Sister Shuang recited it, frowned slightly, and asked: "This seems to be a couplet--"
"That's right! This is the couplet!" Jiang Chengfeng grinned and said, "It's a couplet that's circulated in my hometown. I copied it down for entertainment!"
Sister Shuang frowned and thought for a while, then shook her head, "This couplet is not simple, I can't even match it up!"
Ye Shengxian was stunned. If even she couldn't match up, who else in Huayang City could match up?
"The sun and the moon are bright in the morning and set in the evening, the mountain wind and mist rise up, the stone skin is broken but still strong, the ancient trees are withered but not dead!" Sister Shuang recited the following couplet again, and after thinking for a long time, she still couldn't come up with a combination.
Two consecutive couplets actually didn't match, which was a big blow to her, as she was always conceited, and made her feel bad.
Ye Shengxian, who stretched his neck to watch, was scratching his head. He claimed to have some talent, but when he saw these two couplets, he had no idea at all.
After writing, Jiang Chengfeng asked Luo Ahui to put the first couplet on the fifth floor and the second couplet on the sixth floor. If one of the couplets could be matched, they could go up to the top floor to see the beautiful view of Bi Bo Lake.
Luo Ahui took the white paper and just stood up when Sister Shuang stopped her. After taking the white paper, she found that there were two couplets, which should be spare.
The first couplet is - Wind blows green bamboo, wind blows green bamboo and bamboo blows wind.
Sister Shuang recited it silently. This couplet was simpler. However, she pondered for a long time and felt that the several couplets she came up with were not suitable, which made her very distressed.
Let’s look at the second couplet. The first line goes: To the west of Tieweng City is the land of three treasures: gold, jade and silver mountains.
She frowned and thought again, but she had no idea. After four couplets in a row, she couldn't find a match. Sister Shuang sat down like a deflated ball, her beautiful eyes dull.
In the past, she was the one who wrote couplets to embarrass those so-called talented men, but today she lost her temper because of these four couplets!
Jiang Chengfeng glanced at Ah Hui and found that the girl was also thinking with her head down, so he asked her with a smile if she had any idea.
Luo Ahui's pretty face turned red, and she smiled bitterly: "Brother Jiang, you are joking. How can I write a couplet? Brother Jiang's couplet is too difficult. Even Sister Shuang can't write one! Sister Shuang is a flower--"
"Ahui!" Sister Shuang interrupted Luo Ahui, feeling her cheeks burning. She couldn't even answer any of the four couplets. She felt humiliated and sighed, "These couplets are all difficult questions! I can't even answer any of them!"
Jiang Chengfeng laughed loudly, and after a long while , he said, "Don't be discouraged, girl! These couplets have been circulating in my hometown for a long time, and have stumped countless talented people! I wrote them down just to see if the talented people in our Northern Tang Kingdom have the ability to respond!"
Sister Shuang sighed, her beautiful eyes dimmed, and said, "In the past, I thought that what I learned was second to none in the world! Today, after meeting Brother Jiang, I realized that I was too superficial and ignorant! There are so many things I need to learn! Speaking of which, I have to thank Brother Jiang!"
As she spoke, she actually bowed and saluted with a respectful look.
Jiang Chengfeng quickly helped her up and said with a smile, "These couplets were not written by me, why are you thanking me, young lady?"
Luo Ahui covered her mouth and chuckled, actually "betraying" Jiang Chengfeng, and said with a smile: "Sister Shuang, Brother Jiang has learned a lot. If you want to listen to what he says, you will probably not sleep for several days! If you have any questions, you can ask him!"
Sister Shuang blushed slightly and nodded in response: "If there is a chance, I will definitely ask Brother Jiang for advice!"
Jiang Chengfeng was stunned, but then he was relieved. In this era, people valued literature over military affairs, scholars were rampant, and literati were popular. Even young ladies in the boudoir mostly chose talented scholars as their husbands.
However, he doesn't want to discuss this every day. If he has the free time, he might as well study more perfume experiments!
So Jiang Chengfeng quickly laughed it off and changed the subject.
Everyone was drinking and chatting happily, but Sister Shuang refused to drink a drop of alcohol, no matter how hard anyone tried to persuade her. Jiang Chengfeng was slightly surprised, but did not force her.
