If being hungry is acceptable, then how should we get back?
You also need to pay for the boat ticket if you go back by boat.
Should I tell others that my phone fell into the water and ask them to lend me a hundred yuan and I will return it to you later?
Or, borrow someone else's phone to make a call?
The point is, I can’t remember anyone’s number…
Headache.
We can only take one step at a time and see what happens.
So Shen Xian followed others to the island.
The island is very large and has a developed business. There is a snack street and people come and go on the island, with a strong commercial atmosphere.
The aroma of fried skewers and the classic aroma of fried tofu whetted Shen Xian's appetite.
It was already around seven or eight in the evening, the lights were on, and I was hungry.
I felt my whole body and it seemed like I had nothing valuable.
hateful.
Shen Xian was speechless.
Suddenly, there was a noise coming from the front, accompanied by applause.
Are there any activities?
Shen Xian’s eyes lit up.
If there is an activity, there must be prizes or bonuses.
Chen Xian couldn't wait to walk up. There was a group of people gathered in front of him, and some of them were clapping and cheering.
After squeezing in, Shen Xian discovered that there was a booth. The stall owner was an old man in his seventies or eighties wearing a Tang suit, who was competing in calligraphy with a young man.
Behind him, there were more than a dozen pairs of written couplets hanging.
The font is vigorous, with a flying dragon and phoenix-like style, and is very majestic and majestic.
The young man’s writing is not bad either. He writes in cursive script, and his movements are smooth and flowing, with a sense of beauty.
Chen Xian was a little disappointed. He was really not good at calligraphy.
Just as Shen Xian was about to leave, his sight suddenly stopped behind the stall owner, where there was a couplet hanging. The first line of the couplet reads: "I suddenly heard the bell in a dream. Even if I am in a hazy dream, I should still be awake."
The second line is empty and hanging there.
Shen Xian walked up to the stall owner, pointed at the couplet and asked, "Old sir, why doesn't this couplet have a second line?"
The stall owner looked up and explained patiently: "The first couplet was unearthed five years ago, and the second couplet has been damaged and has never been matched. If someone can match it, it can be hung at the entrance of Yueyang Tower."
Chen Xian said, "If I get to the right place, can you give me a hundred dollars?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Shen Xian as if he were an idiot.
Even the stall owner was stunned and looked Shen Xian up and down.
Is this child healthy?
If you succeed and take it to the Yueyang Tower management office, you can get an official reward of at least 50,000 yuan.
And this young man only wants a hundred dollars?
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Shen Xian said, “I really only want one hundred yuan.”
Twenty dollars for the meal and eighty dollars for the boat ticket, just right.
The stall owner lost interest in communicating with Chen Xian, and just casually said: "If you come up to me, what does it matter if I give you a hundred dollars?"
Many great men in the literary world have studied this couplet for five or six years but have not been able to come up with one, so he doesn't believe that Shen Xian can do it.
Shen Xian nodded: "Old man, you have to keep your word, I really need a hundred dollars."
Phew.
Many people in the crowd sneered.
This young man is dressed like an ordinary man, why is he so persistent over a hundred dollars?
Chen Xian walked over, picked up the brush, and began to write on the paper: "Life is like a wild goose. When I see the sky falling, I turn back."
The old stall owner didn't pay much attention to Chen Xian. After competing in calligraphy with the young man, he went about tidying up his things.
"It's done." Chen Xian unfolded the second couplet and showed it to the old stall owner.
The old stall owner took a glance and then lowered his head.
But the next second, he suddenly looked up and stared at the second half of the couplet, his eyes widened.
He was so shocked that he muttered to himself, "I suddenly heard the bell in a dream. Even if it is hazy and misty, I still need to wake up. Life is like a wild goose. When I see the sky falling, I will turn back."
Wonderful!
It’s really wonderful!
What have I been through?
I actually met someone who could match this eternal absolute?
Did I witness it myself?
The old stall owner has a high level of literary literacy and naturally understands the value of Chen Xian's second couplet!
At the same time, he had also seen the lower couplet written by Chu Feng, Shen Tunan, and the Kyoto talented woman Song Yiyao.
None of their couplets can compare to Chen Xian’s artistic conception!
Whether it is the parallelism, the artistic conception, or the rhetoric and metaphor, Shen Xian's painting is truly excellent!
The old stall owner felt dizzy and his heart beat faster and faster.
Can I pretend now?
No, I want to show off with this couplet now!
"You... really only want a hundred yuan?" asked the old stall owner.
Shen Xian nodded: "Yes."
The old stall owner quickly took out a hundred yuan from his pocket, handed it to Shen Xian, and then snatched the second couplet from Shen Xian’s hand: “Deal!”
"Closing the stall!"
"No more!"
"Goodbye!"
After saying that, he hurriedly packed up his stall, turned off the lights, and disappeared into the crowd.
Shen Xian and the onlookers were stunned.
Chen Xian was holding the hundred yuan in his hand, feeling very happy, as he now had money for dinner and the boat ticket.
"Boss, give me a bowl of rice noodles and two skewers of fried tofu." Shen Xian said, "Eat here."
Elsewhere, in a private club near Yueyang Tower, Song Yiyao finally saw Shen Tunan, Chu Feng, and Shen Yun.
Song Yiyao was a little uneasy because she couldn't get in touch with Shen Xian and her phone was turned off.
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