16 Names of Yangzhou (2)

  PS: Seeking collection, seeking recommendation, this book has been signed, contract is being sent out, also the author has two 10 million word complete records, won't be deleted, please collect with confidence, thank you~~~~~~~~~~~Seeing the crowd outside and inside the three layers, all were amazed and admiring those three pieces of jewelry, Liu Yuan smiled complacently.

  Just as I had imagined, these three exquisite pieces of jewelry immediately attracted a lot of attention as soon as they were put out, and in just a short while, three people have already come into the store to inquire about the price.

  "Dong dong ~~" Liu Yuanlian knocked a few times on the cymbals in his hand, and when everyone had quieted down, Liu Yuan bowed to all sides and smiled, saying:

  "Because of a small matter, our Golden Jade House was closed for a period of time. Today we are reopening and to thank our valued customers for their support, we have prepared a small activity as a token of appreciation. This activity is called 'Guess the Next Line' and the prize is one of these three exquisite pieces of jewelry that we have carefully crafted."

  "What? Such a beautiful piece of jewelry as a bet?" an ordinarily dressed woman said in surprise.

  "No wonder it's been placed here, it's actually a decorative piece."

  A debonair young man "swished" open the paper fan in his hand and laughed, saying: "What a coincidence! I didn't expect to run into such an interesting activity. How interesting!"

  "This headdress is too big, that ornament looks very expensive, one is already worth a lot of money."

  "Master, didn't you say that your talent is as high as eight Dou and your learning is as rich as five cars? This time you must help me get that bracelet, the other family likes it very much."

  "Alright, since you like it, I'll definitely get it for you."

  "Aren't we supposed to be playing doubles? Why haven't we started yet?"

  "Come on, young man, hurry up and start already, I'm getting impatient."

  "Come on, let's get started."

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  As soon as Liu Yuan finished speaking, the room immediately erupted like a boiling pot, with some people arguing loudly and impatiently, while others were eager to speak.

  "This is a risk-free business, if you get it right, it's a win-win situation, with both benefits and face saved. The three pieces of jewelry are definitely top-notch and can be sold for a good price. Even if you don't pawn them, giving them to your wife or a girl you have a crush on would be an excellent gift."

  Not a few scholars with some literary talent in their bellies had reddened eyes.

  It's no wonder, in ancient times, people only recognized one dead reason: everything is inferior, only reading books is superior. People who read books don't work or do business, they shut their doors and windows and don't hear anything outside, they focus on reading the classics of sages. However, families with rich households are limited, money doesn't come from nowhere, many people who read books rely on writing couplets for others, selling calligraphy and paintings, teaching, naming, and writing letters to earn a meager income, many people often have empty pockets.

  Poor scholar, poor bookworm, these names can be called out loud.

  Liu Yuan smiled and didn't tease those people anymore. He helped Xiaoniang stick a big red notice in a conspicuous position at the door of the store, and then asked Situ Changxin, the head of the escort agency, to help him hang two large red scrolls that had been prepared early in the morning on the eaves of the house.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, please quiet down." Liu Yuan gestured for everyone to calm down, then pointed to the notice and said loudly: "These two couplets were unintentionally obtained by me, and I have been unable to come up with a matching phrase. I know that many of you are talented individuals, so I am offering a generous reward to solicit a match. If you can match either one of them, you can choose any piece of jewelry crafted by our Golden Jade family to take away. And if you can match both couplets, congratulations, all three pieces of jewelry will be yours."

  "Alright, if I continue, many people will probably find me long-winded. Let's get started right away, the first one to hit it wins!"

  Liu Yuan finished speaking, gave a wink to the little girl, and the two of them pulled on the thin ropes in their hands. With a "whooshing" sound, the two large red cloth strips with the couplet written on them suddenly unfolded, floating gently down from above. The huge characters were clearly visible even from several zhang away.

  As soon as the couplet was presented, the noisy scene suddenly quieted down.

  There was a pedant who, in order to show off his knowledge of literature and calligraphy, shook his head and recited: "This wood becomes firewood, mountain after mountain emerges,"

  "How many books have you read?"

  "Exactly, exactly! I've never seen such a perfect pair for the first time."

  "Yes, yes."

  "This is a piece of wood, with the character 'Chai' added to it, and when you combine the two characters, it becomes the character 'Chu'. When you split the two characters into a couplet, the meaning is so profound, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"

  "Deng and Zheng are homophones, Ge and Gai are also homophones. A couplet consists of two pairs of homophonic phrases, what a rare find, what a rare find, another eternal verse."

  "Unbelievable, I didn't expect playing against a pair would be so incredibly exciting."

  The young master who was holding a golden fan just now had his head down, muttering to himself, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

  Many confident and talented scholars, one by one, closed their mouths, lowered their heads, racked their brains, and paced back and forth, with wrinkles on their foreheads almost forming a "river" character.

  "Brother Lone Peak, you seemed so confident just now. Can you come up with a brilliant opening sentence to get us started?" A talented scholar asked with a smile, teasing a slightly arrogant and aloof fellow scholar.

  "This... this... just a little bit of momentum, still brewing inside, ashamed, ashamed..."

  A young and beautiful woman pulled her husband's clothes and said: "Husband, didn't you say you're the master of matching? You can match anything, I want that bracelet, hurry up, don't let others grab it first."

  "My dear wife, this one is a bit tricky, let me think for a moment...". A somewhat elegant gentleman, sweating profusely, began to explain to his wife beside him.

  "How is this possible?"

  "It's really too difficult..."

  "How can that little guy come up with such a wonderful couplet?"

  "Yes, he's absolutely brilliant."

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  Looking at those so-called talented scholars who were about to tear their paper fans and scratch their heads, Liu Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

  Haha, I spent a lot of thought on making this accessory, it's not that easy to match, these two sentences are carefully selected from ancient famous quotes, if they were that easy to come up with, then they wouldn't be called ancient famous quotes.

  This wooden building was built on a mountain and is said to have been constructed by Qing dynasty craftsman Wang Yuelai.

  Wang Er-lieh, also known as Jun-wu and Yao-feng, was a native of Liao-yang. He was a Hanlin during the Qianlong period and had served as an imperial teacher. He was on good terms with Ji Xiao-xuan and Emperor Qianlong. Both Qianlong and Ji Xiao-xuan wrote inscriptions for him on his 70th birthday. Wang Er-lieh was famous for his quick wit. It is said that once, while he was walking in the mountains, a woodcutter stopped him and gave him a riddle: "This wood will be used as firewood, but which mountain will it come from?" The woodcutter refused to let him pass unless he could answer correctly. Wang Er-lieh was stumped for a long time and couldn't think of an answer until dusk, when he saw smoke rising from the cooking fires in the valley below. Suddenly inspired, he came up with the answer: "Because of fire, there is smoke every evening."

  It's now the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Erlie won't be born for over a thousand years. Now this pair of children are "born" ahead of time. Without Wang Erlie, others would have to take his place, which is absolutely not an easy task.

  The story of "Dian Deng Deng Ge Gong Shu" is about a scholar who fell in love with a talented and beautiful woman. The woman gave him a couplet to solve, saying that if he could solve it, she would marry him. The couplet was "Dian Deng Deng Ge Gong Shu". The scholar couldn't figure it out and accidentally revealed it to his friend, who was actually a monster in human skin. That night, the friend pretended to be the scholar and raped the woman. Later, when the woman found out that she had been tricked, she hanged herself. In the end, Judge Bao solved the case with his wisdom.

  These two idioms were heard by Liu Yuan in the 21st century when listening to stories, and at that time thought they were quite interesting, didn't expect now suddenly use them.

  Right? Think about it, the more publicity the better. Once this name gets out there, the money will naturally follow.

  "Two of you, I'll leave it to you here." Liu Yuan smiled and greeted the two escorts from Yongtai Escort Bureau.

  "We accepted the silver you entrusted to us, and as the shopkeeper, rest assured that even if it costs me my life, I will ensure everything in this place is safe."

  "Then I'll trouble you." Liu Yuan smiled and turned his head to say to the little girl who was still standing there, "Little girl, let's go, we're going back."

  "Ah~~ go back?" The little girl was a bit confused: "Go back for what?"

  Liu Yuan said in a bad mood: "What's the point? Of course, it's to make money. With such a good crowd here, we've put out three exquisite handicrafts, and no customers have come yet? Just wait for the money to be collected."

  Right, with these three pieces of jewelry as templates, you really don't have to worry about having no customers coming in.

  Mentioning making money, the young girl's eyes sparkled, with a look of a little money enthusiast, following Liu Yuan's back to the Golden Jade Family, ready to do business.

  "Alright, let's go, Big Brother."