"What? The most popular store recently is her business. She is really an amazing woman. How did she come up with those things? We don't have these things in the Great Jin Dynasty." The people began to talk.
"Isn't it just some food that's not good enough to be shown on stage? I just cooked it at home and thought of it. What's there to brag about?"
If you have the guts, compete with me in talent. Only if you beat me can you be considered truly talented." Dean Ma said disdainfully.
“What Dean Ma said is true. It is indeed not possible to go on stage, since Dean Ma despises it so much.
Anwu, go back and tell the shop owners that from today onwards, we will no longer receive or sell goods to the president, teachers, students and their families of Shu Ren Academy.
When you go to investigate who is in Shu Ren Academy and their relatives today, the shopkeeper and waiters must carefully screen them and never let any elusive fish in.
If someone enters the store, 30% of their monthly salary will be deducted. Customers should also be told that if they find anyone from Shu Ren Academy or their relatives entering, they can report it and be rewarded with one or two taels of silver if it is true.
Those who have already paid membership fees will be refunded.
I believe Dean Ma is very satisfied with this arrangement, right? "Don't you look down on me? Don't you look down on the store I run? I will make you a mess."
Let the parents of those students nag you every day. I believe that those students will go to Chengshi Academy soon, and Dean Deng will be grateful to her.
This is the punishment for whoever offended him.
Dean Ma was panicking. If his wife and mother knew about this, they would no longer be able to enter the milk tea shop to buy milk tea, which would definitely cause unrest in the whole family. If he was asked to plead with Li Yun, he would not be able to lose face.
The people dared not speak out, for fear they would not be able to enter the store.
Among the people were relatives of students from Shu Ren Academy, and they started to make a fuss when they heard what was going on.
"Why? We have paid membership fees?" many people said.
"Why? Of course it's because the shop is mine. It's my right to let anyone in or not.
"Because you are the family of a student of Shuren Academy, if their dean offends me, the students will bear the consequences. This is respecting teachers." Li Yun said bluntly.
"Aren't you afraid of offending the people of Qingshan County? If they don't come into your store, you'll just have to wait for it to close." Some people said, fanning the flames.
Didn't you stop us from visiting your store? We'll shut you down.
"I'm so scared! Hahaha, this is really making me laugh to death. You think that you can fool the smart people with just a few words of sowing discord? You overestimate yourselves. Why don't you ask them if they agree with what you say?
Anwu, recognize these people, even if they change the academy, they can't enter our store. "Li Yun was really laughed at by a few clowns.
They are not qualified to deal with her.
"Dean Ma, you just said you wanted to compete in talent. How about this? I will compete with you with a poem and a brain teaser. If you lose, I will ask the county magistrate to write a letter of divorce, and you must not come out to stop me, okay?" Li Yun said to Dean Ma.
"Okay, I'll make a bet with you. If I win, you will cancel your decision to not allow Shu Ren Academy to enter the store." Dean Ma took this opportunity to ask Li Yun to cancel his previous decision.
Are you kidding? A great scholar would lose to a village woman.
"Okay, it's a deal." Li Yun said without thinking.
"You are a woman, and you decide the rules of the game." Dean Ma said to Li Yun with a look of contempt.
"In that case, I won't be polite. Let's have three games to decide the winner. The first game will be a poetry contest. You will ask the questions and I will write a poem or lyrics. If more than two-thirds of the people here say yes, I win. The second game will be brain teasers. I will ask ten questions. If you can answer seven correctly, you win. If each of us wins a game, we will have a third game with pairs to decide the winner. What do you think, Dean Ma?" Li Yun stated the rules of the game.
"Okay, let's do as you say." Dean Ma also agreed to this kind of competition. He wanted her to lose the first game.
"Dean Ma, please give us the questions?" Li Yun called out to Dean Ma.
"Now that the country is peaceful and the people are prosperous, I will write a poem on this topic." Because he wanted to crush her in the first round, Dean Ma thought of this difficult topic.
Li Yun thought about it and recalled the poem "Ti Ta Ge Tu" by the Song Dynasty poet Ma Yuan. It was very similar to the poem, so he decided to use this one instead.
"The overnight rain clears the capital area, the morning sun makes the imperial city beautiful. In a good year, people are happy and content, and they sing and dance on the Long Mountains." Li Yun recited it slowly and rhythmically.
When this poem came out, everyone was shocked and couldn't recover from their shock, because they were all absorbed by the joyful scenery in the poem, and they also wished that they could be born in such an environment.
Ma Youcai and Shangguan Feiyun were also shocked by Li Yun's poems. They didn't expect that their sister (Yun'er) had such talent.
The person who was hit the hardest was Dean Ma. He had studied all his life but could not write such a poem. He did not believe that a villager could come up with such a poem and must have copied it.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, this poem must have been copied from someone else?" Dean Ma refused to believe it and raised his question.
"What's the matter? Dean Ma is being lazy and is ready to deny it. Tell me who you copied it from and call him over." Of course I copied it, but I just won't say it. Besides, I copied a Song Dynasty poet, what's it to you? If you have the guts, copy one too and let me hear it.
"How would I know who you copied? Anyway, I just don't believe it was you." Dean Ma would never admit it, otherwise how would he face people in the future.
"Dean Ma, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Since you haven't found any evidence of my plagiarism, you can only follow the bet.
"Besides, you set the topic. If I didn't write it, where would I have copied it from? I'm standing here, I haven't been anywhere. Everyone can see me. How could I have known what the topic was? Why would I copy someone else's poem? Don't be so embarrassed that everyone will look down on you." Li Yun asked Dean Ma.
"You..." Dean Ma was so angry that he could only say "you".
"Yes, it was written by that lady. I didn't expect that she is not only good at business, but also so talented in poetry. If she were my daughter, sister (wife), how wonderful it would be."
"You really dare to think of it. We want it too." The people began to discuss.
"Dear fellow villagers, what do you think of the poem I just recited?" Li Yun asked the people outside.
"Okay." The people outside the yamen said loudly in unison.
"Dean Ma, did you see that? Everyone said yes. Sorry, I won this round." Li Yun looked at Dean Ma with a smile, as his face was dark.
"It's just a trifle. I will make sure you are convinced in the next round." Dean Ma said angrily.
"I'll wait and see. We are starting the second round. Is President Ma ready?" Li Yun said with a sneer. I want to make you look bad in this round and make sure you can't answer any of the five questions.
"Now that we're ready, let's ask the questions," said Dean Ma.
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