P.S. I'm writing very slowly. I'm trying my best to make the story more novel.
Seeing Yi Xiaodong suddenly appear, everyone seemed to have found their backbone. Their tense faces finally relaxed.
"Master, you're finally back. If you hadn't come, I'm afraid we would have had to close the door. Boohoo." Hou San grabbed Yi Xiaodong's arm and said with tears and snot in his eyes.
Yi Xiaodong smiled and patted Hou San's arm, signaling him to be careful. He then nodded to Liu Xian Er and Liu Yidao and walked straight to Xiang Tian Xiao.
Just now, in his panic, he did not have the time to properly size up this cultured hooligan. Now that this person was standing in front of him, Yi Xiaodong naturally had to properly look at this ruthless person.
He looked like he was in his early twenties or thirties. He had thick eyebrows, big lips, small eyes, and a small nose. He looked refined and did not look like a hooligan at all.
You can't judge a book by its cover! This was what Yi Xiaodong concluded.
"Xiang Liu…Oh, no, Brother Xiang, right? I'm Yi Xiaodong. I just went on a long trip and saw this when I came back. I don't know how I offended Brother Xiang, please tell me!”Yi Xiaodong asked with a smile.
Although she knew that this guy was a hooligan, they were in his territory after all, so she had to be polite.
One shouldn't hit a smiling person. Seeing that Yi Xiaodong was quite polite, Xiang Tian Xiao snorted and said," I can't say that I've offended him, but your lottery ticket has caused a lot of trouble for everyone. Look, everyone is gathered here. Do you still want to open your door to do business?"”
Yi Xiaodong wasn't smart, but he wasn't stupid either. Hearing Xiang Tianxiao's words, Yi Xiaodong could roughly guess why he was here. This hooligan was most likely here to collect protection fees.
Yi Xiaodong hated hooligans the most in his life for collecting protection fees. They said that as long as you paid the money, no one would dare to bully you. Please, as long as you don't harass me, only ghosts would bully me.
Although Yi Xiaodong gave Liu Yidao protection money, the nature of the money was completely different from Xiang Tianxiao's. Firstly, he had taken over their land, and secondly, Boss Liu had also contributed some manpower. Now that Xiang Tianxiao saw that his business was booming, he also wanted to take a share of the profits. There was no way. If everyone is like you, I might as well close down as soon as possible.
Although Yi Xiaodong was cursing Xiang Tianxiao's ancestors in his heart, he still put on a fake smile and said," I think this is a misunderstanding. We're going our separate ways. They're doing their business, and I'm doing mine. We're minding our own business." Isn't it nonsense to say that I ruined everyone's business?”
" Hmph," Xiang Tian Xiao sneered," Looks like Boss Yi still hasn't realized his mistake. Fine, I, Xiang Tian Xiao, will be a teacher today and let Boss Yi know how many eyes this Lord Ma has."”As he spoke, he turned around and gave his thugs a look.
Seeing that Xiang Tianxiao was about to use violence, Liu Yidao couldn't stand it anymore. No matter what, he had said that he would protect Yi Xiaodong yesterday. Now, he had been beaten up in less than a day. Where would he put his face? Do you still want to live in the future?
"I say, Young Master Xiang, this Yi Xiaodong has just come to our Yuya City from the capital. There are many rules that he doesn't understand. Today, he will give me some face and wait for me to properly enlighten him.”
Xiang Tianxiao glanced at Boss Liu and secretly wondered why Liu Yidao was always helping them to smooth things over. When he figured out that he had most likely received a reward, he became even angrier. Yi Xiaodong, you gave him a reward but didn't give it to me. I think you've gone against the heavens. Why don't you go and find out whether the surname of this Yuaya City is Liu or Xiang?
Although he was angry, Xiang Tian Xiao, who was used to seeing big scenes, naturally wouldn't show it on his face. He rolled his eyes and said to Liu Yidao in a strange tone," Boss Liu, we are all old friends. Since you want to protect this kid again and again, I can't be too disrespectful to you. We are all cultured people. How about this? I will come up with a couplet. If this kid can come up with a couplet within seven steps, today's matter will end here. Otherwise, these brothers under me are not to be trifled with."”
Cultured hooligans were really scary!
Ordinary hooligans would not care about anything else. They would just pick up their weapons and beat them up first. They would not even write poems.
High-level Brawlers were different. First, they would humiliate you with words so that you couldn't raise your head, then they would beat you up with a stick. This was a two-pronged approach that would satisfy both your physical and psychological needs.
Yi Xiaodong's educational level was not high. He only had a high school diploma. In the 21st century, this level was not much different from being illiterate. Yi Xiaodong wanted to reject him, but wasn't he deliberately making things difficult for him? However, when he thought about how he could not lose face in front of his first wife, he immediately braced himself and agreed,
" Since Brother Xiang Liu…Brother Xiang is in the mood, I hope that you can give me some pointers since I'm not talented."
Because he wanted to kill Yi Xiaodong, Xiang Tian Xiao hesitated for a moment before he sneered and said slowly,"
"One night in a lonely boat with two or three poets, using four oars and five sails, we passed six beaches and seven coves. After going through eight bumps and nine winks, we were very late.”
Hmph, brat, are you afraid that I won't kill you today? This is absolutely true. I've spent a lot of effort but I still can't match it. Just wait to die! Haha!
He sneered at Yi Xiaodong for overestimating his own abilities and started to time him. In order to prevent others from gossiping, Xiang Tian Xiao deliberately walked very slowly. What was there to be afraid of? This kid wouldn't be able to answer anyway.
"One…two…three…"
Unexpectedly, before Xiang Tian Xiao could take his fifth step, he heard Yi Xiaodong's couplet.
"After ten years of hardship, I entered eight or nine academies, abandoned my seven emotions and six desires, studied the Five Classics and Four Books, and took the exam three times. I must pass this year!”
The second half of Yi Xiaodong's couplet shocked everyone.
Anyone who knew a little about culture would know that although Xiang Tian Xiao's couplet looked simple, it was actually very tricky and difficult to match. This was because it used one and ten respectively, and it was in order. It seemed simple, but it was not easy.
Looking at Yi Xiaodong's second half of the couplet, from ten to one, it was neat and catchy. It could be said to be absolute. The only flaw was that the eight or nine academies did not follow the order, but such a small flaw was not worth mentioning.
(Due to the need of the plot, Old Man had to find some ancient absolutes on the Internet. It had to be interesting and fit the situation at that time.) It could be said that it was a headache. In the following chapters, there would be a battle of poems, words, and even riddles. I hope everyone will like it.）
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