Men can be called poor, ugly, poor, ugly and unmotivated, but they cannot be questioned as to whether they are men.
Tang Ning looked at the little maid, smiled and asked, "Little girl, what did you just say?"
The little maid took a few steps back and asked warily: "What do you want to do?"
Li Tianlan looked at Tang Ning's serious look, tugged on his sleeves and said, "Forget it, let's go in first."
Xiao Jue took a step forward, shook his head, and said, "You women don't have to worry about men's affairs."
At this moment, when he looked at Tangning, he seemed to see another version of himself.
"When you are in a cool and refreshing state of the world, it's a good time to talk about poetry. When the lotus dew is freshly cooked, and the bamboo spring is just beginning to heat up; when you are pouring out the sorrow in your chest, what's the right drink to drink with it? It's better to chew the cold plums carefully and feast on the autumn chrysanthemums."
Tang Ning ignored the little maid and looked at the couplet at the door of Tiantianju. She said, "This couplet is full of elegance. It seems that people who come here are not just diners drinking and eating, but like literati singing in the wind and enjoying the moon, tasting plums and chrysanthemums."
It's indeed very elegant. I think the people who come here to eat here on weekdays are all elegant guests."
A charming woman behind the little maid looked at him, as if waiting for his next words.
Tangning looked back from the couplet and said, "This couplet is elegant, but when used in a couplet in front of a restaurant, the word "elegant" is not enough."
Without pausing, he continued: "There is such a couplet in Hanjiang Restaurant in Chaozhou. The first couplet is "Han Yu sent the poor, Liu Ling was drunk"; the second couplet is "Jiang Yan wrote a poem, and Wang Can ascended the building."
The charming woman behind the little maid nodded and said: "A couplet uses four allusions and embeds "Hanjiang Restaurant" in it. Although the couplet itself is not outstanding, it is used in front of this restaurant.
But it couldn’t be more appropriate.”
Tang Ning then spoke: "In front of the "Tao Tao Ju" in Jiangzhou, there is also a couplet like this. The first couplet is "Tao Qian is good at drinking, Yi Ya is good at cooking, and he drinks and cooks with moderation"; the second couplet is "Tao Kan cherishes every inch, Xia Yu cherishes every inch, and every inch is measured."
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The charming woman thought for a while and said: "Tao Qian loves wine, he is a romantic hermit, Yi Ya is good at cooking, but he is a traitor and a treacherous minister. Tao Kan once said: "The sage Yu cherished every inch of yin. As for everyone, he should cherish every yin.
.", which not only points out the need for moderation in drinking and having fun, not to indulge in fun and waste time, but also embeds the word "Taotao" into it, which is also a rare good couplet."
Tang Ning didn't expect that this woman could point out all the allusions and instantly analyze the meaning of the two couplets. She couldn't help but look at her twice before she said, "So I say, although this couplet is elegant, it is still elegant."
But it is just ordinary. Compared with the previous two couplets, although the artistic conception is sufficient, it lacks a bit of heart after all, and it is not a wonderful pairing."
"Young Master makes sense." The charming woman looked at her and suddenly asked, "I wonder if you have any suggestions for this?"
"No." Tangning shook her head and said simply.
It is better to do less than to do more. He just wants to go in and eat early. He wonders if this natural meal is as legendary as Xiao Jue said.
The little maid smiled and said: "You can't think of anything better. It turns out that you can only move your mouth. Who can't just talk..."
Tangning's footsteps paused again.
What does it mean that he can only move his mouth? He can't move anywhere in his body. If this little maid was a maid of the Zhong family, Tang Ning would have asked Tang Yaoyao to spank his buttocks until it became swollen.
He looked at the charming woman, thought for a while, and said: "Suddenly a couplet came to mind. Since your place is called Tiantianju... "A guest comes to Tiantianju, but a guest from heaven." What does the girl think of this couplet?"
"A guest in nature, a guest in heaven?" Before the charming woman could speak, Xiao Jue said with a surprised look on her face: "One of them is reading it upright and the other is reading it backwards. Is this okay?"
He looked at Tangning impatiently and asked, "What's down there?"
Tangning looked at him, shook her head and said, "There is no more down there."
The charming woman stood there and pondered this couplet carefully. This couplet not only embeds the three words "natural residence" in it, but is also novel in form. The best thing is that the phrase "surprisingly a guest from heaven" is invisible.
Treating guests who come to your door with a helping hand will make them feel good out of thin air.
This couplet can be called a wonderful one. If it spreads, Tianranju's reputation will not be limited to the capital.
A strange color gradually appeared on the charming woman's face. She looked at Tang Ning, gave a slight salute, and asked, "I wonder if the young master has a second couplet?"
Tangning shook her head and said, "No more."
There was a trace of regret on the charming woman's face. After thinking for a moment, she looked at the little maid behind her and said, "Xiao Tao, let me put on the couplet tomorrow."
The little maid looked at her and asked doubtfully: "But Miss, where is the second couplet?"
The charming woman smiled and said: "Just hang up the upper couplet. If any guest can match the lower couplet, all the expenses at Tiantianju will be waived."
Tangning took another look at the woman. She was able to think of this kind of marketing method in a short time. No wonder she was able to manage Tiantianju to become famous in the capital.
When Tang Ning and Li Tianlan walked in, Li Tianlan turned her head and asked him, "Are you really sorry that you can't write the second line?"
"A guest comes to live in nature, but he is a guest from heaven; a person passes by a big Buddhist temple, and the Buddha in the temple is bigger than the person. How about this couplet?"
Li Tianlan thought for a while and said: "It's barely a match, but it's a bit vulgar and the artistic conception is a bit off."
"It's too vulgar, but I want artistic conception. Then listen to this sentence again." Tang Ning thought for a while and said: "The guest lives in nature, but he is a guest in heaven; the monk travels to Yunyin Temple, and the monk hides in the temple and wanders in the clouds. How about it, I have the artistic conception.
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Li Tianlan glanced at him and said, "Why didn't you say anything just now?"
Tang Ning shook her head and said, "It's Young Master Xiao who is treating us anyway, so aren't you trying to steal his limelight?"
"Master, stay here." Several people just walked into the garden when a voice came from behind.
Tang Ning turned around, and the charming woman came over, handed over a small jade plaque, and said, "Young Master gave Tian Tianju such a wonderful couplet. It is such a small gift that it is not respectful."
Tang Ning took the jade token, and the woman saluted him again, moved her steps lightly, and left slowly.
Tangning weighed the jade plaque in her hand and asked doubtfully, "What is this? Is it valuable?"
"Don't give it to me." Xiao Jue reached for it, and Tang Ning immediately put the jade token away.
Even Young Master Xiao is so jealous, this brand must be worth a lot of money. Hongxiu Pavilion gives jade plaques, and Tianranju also gives jade plaques. In this regard, the capital is indeed much more particular than Lingzhou.
Xiao Jue looked at him and said angrily: "You are treating me today."
Tangning asked in surprise: "Why?"
"With this brand, you can eat all the delicacies of Tianranju without paying." Xiao Jue said with some jealousy: "Do you know the status of the people who own this brand?"
"Neither did you?"
"No."
"Didn't you say that there's something you need to call your name? There's nothing in this capital that you, Mr. Xiao, can't handle. Why isn't there even a sign?"
"..."
"I don't care, you're treating me today anyway!" Xiao Jue was shocked, waved his hand and said, "It's free anyway, I'm going to eat all the signature dishes here today!"
Natural residence, a small pavilion somewhere.
The maid named Xiao Tao looked at the charming woman and asked puzzledly: "Miss, he is not an important person, why should you give him a jade medal?"
"Young Master Xiao, who has always been a loner, walked so close to him and treated the beggar with respect... Who is collecting the information in Lingzhou? Let her come and report to me in person later."
There was a trace of doubt on the face of the charming woman, and then she shook her head and said: "Lingzhou is resolved, the Tang family abandons their son, and the imperial decree rewards... The Tang family's pond is a bit muddy, it's just a jade plaque, not
Something valuable may bring you a lot of rewards in the future."
After saying that, she added: "When people pass by the Great Buddha Temple, the Buddha in the temple is bigger than others; when the monks visit Yunyin Temple, the temple is hidden in the clouds and the monks. Remember to hang these two couplets on the wall next to you tomorrow. This Tang Jieyuan is really good at it.
