Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Lang calmed down and was about to go home with Xiao Qi, but he didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to appear and block his way.

"Mr. Chen, I am honored to meet you."

A young man about the same age as Chen Lang bowed to him and spoke politely.

Chen Lang frowned slightly, but returned the greeting and then asked, "Brother, I don't know you..."

The young man smiled and said, "My name is Ma Jiaqi."

Chen Lang was stunned for a moment, then sang out: "Times Youth League, we like you."

“We like Ma Jiaqi…”

Ma Jiaqi's face instantly turned green, "Mr. Chen, please respect yourself! I don't have any interest in being a man with a male partner!"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, you are indeed famous, but to be honest, I really don't know you."

Ma Jiaqi forced himself to suppress the nameless anger in his heart and pointed behind Chen Lang: "Tingxue Tower is the property of the Ma family."

"We once wanted to purchase Hongyanzui, but were rejected by Guhonglou."

Chen Lang looked back.

A magnificent restaurant appeared before our eyes.

I was so busy looking for Li Qing that I didn't notice this building.

Tingxue Tower is the best restaurant in Linshui County and also the largest and most luxurious restaurant run by the Ma family, the richest family in Linshui County.

This building is five stories high and covers a large area. It is nominally a restaurant, but in fact it is a comprehensive entertainment venue.

Here you can find any entertainment you want to play.

In recent years, the Ma family has been seeking to transform themselves from traditional merchants to a scholarly family, and Tingxue Tower has thus become a testing ground for the Ma family.

Although the entertainment activities of the past are still retained, the restaurant's decoration has gradually gotten rid of the nouveau riche atmosphere and has become very quiet and elegant.

And Tingxue Tower did not disappoint the Ma family's expectations. After the transformation, its reputation was even higher than before. People in Linshui County who were rich, had good family backgrounds, and considered themselves talented would be proud to entertain guests at Tingxue Tower. Even officials from the yamen would choose Tingxue Tower for banquets outside their homes.

Having long dominated the throne of Linshui County's number one restaurant, Tingxuelou has a high opinion of itself and has no interest in the government's advertising auction, believing that such behavior is a disgrace to civility.

However, after the titles of "County Government Recommended Inn", "County Government Recommended Restaurant", and "County Government Recommended Tavern" were given to other businesses, Tingxuelou realized that something was wrong. It was too late to remedy the situation at this time, because all the titles that the County Government could give had been given away, and Tingxuelou had lost the title of official recommendation.

It is true that Tingxue Tower has a large territory, and even without official recommendation, its status in Linshui County will not be challenged for a while. However, this situation is only temporary. When the war is over and foreign businessmen come to Linshui again, Tingxue Tower's business will suffer a huge impact.

In order to make up for its mistake, Tingxue Tower took the initiative to find Guhong Tower and wanted to purchase Hongyanzui.

This wine is currently the hottest wine in Linshui County. If it can be sold in Tingxue Tower, Tingxue Tower's position will be further consolidated.

However, what the Ma family did not expect was that Guhonglou was not moved at all by the high price they offered.

This made the Ma family very angry, and they even planned to teach Guhonglou a lesson.

However, before the Ma family could take action, Guhong Tower was sealed off by the government!

After the Ma family learned about this, they happily held a banquet in Tingxue Tower and celebrated wildly.

After a few days of joy, another good news came: the Liao Kingdom withdrew its troops.

His Majesty issued a decree and the whole country celebrated.

As Guhong Tower was still sealed, Tingxue Tower naturally became the best place for the rich, powerful and talented people in Linshui County.

The Ma family also plans to take this opportunity to hype up Tingxue Tower.

Ma Jiaqi sent out invitations to all the talented men and beautiful women from all walks of life to gather at Tingxue Tower.

In order to attract these people, the Ma family also took out their trump card.

Qi Meng, one of the Four Beauties of Linshui, will accompany you throughout the banquet.

Qi Meng is the "courtesan" cultivated by the Ma family and is also the signature of Tingxue Tower. She usually receives dignitaries and nobles, and ordinary people have no chance to meet her.

In addition to Qi Meng, the Ma family also invited a person who is quite famous in the literary world of Guangling Prefecture to come and support them.

This man is from Jing'an County and is known as the "Little Poet Immortal".

He is Zhu Shan, who was once severely beaten by Chen Lang in Qinzhou Prefecture.

However, the scholars in Linshui County were unaware of what happened in Qinzhou Prefecture. In addition, Zhu Shan himself would not publicize such things everywhere. Therefore, in Linshui and Jing'an, Zhu Shan was still the talented and poetic "Little Poet".

The reason why Zhu Shan could come to Tingxue Tower was not because the Ma family had great reputation, but simply because Zhu Shan did not want to be in the same place with his "rival".

But no matter what, Zhu Shan's arrival still made the Ma family feel very honored.

Ever since being "humiliated" by Chen Lang in Qinzhou Prefecture, Zhu Shan has become very low-key. No matter what party he attends, he never puts on airs, for fear that someone like Chen Lang will suddenly appear in the crowd and beat him up.

Zhu Shan, the biggest star, was not at all arrogant, and Qi Meng, one of the four beauties of Linshui, was good at dancing, so the atmosphere of the banquet was naturally very harmonious.

When the banquet was halfway through, poems from gatherings in other places began to be sent to Tingxue Tower for everyone to appreciate.

Everyone in Tingxue Tower was inspired to write poems in response, but their talent was much weaker.

Fortunately, there was a great god named Zhu Shan, who came forward to comment on the poems sent in from outside, which made everyone in Tingxue Tower feel very happy and felt that poems from other places were just as good as his.

Just when everyone was in high spirits, someone suddenly asked, "Mr. Zhu, have you heard of the Water Melody?"

Zhu Shan frowned: "What?"

The man immediately recited the first stanza of "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" and said, "Brother Zhu is very talented. Could you please try to write the second stanza?"

"Written down, it's worth a thousand gold."

Zhu Shan silently repeated the first stanza of "Song of Water Melody" several times in his mind, and sweat began to form on his forehead.

Can this poem be written by a human?

You want me to write the second half of this poem?

I have no grudge against you, why are you harming me?

"Brother Zhu?"

Zhu Shan took a deep breath and said, "This first stanza is extremely exquisite. It will be difficult to come up with a second stanza in the next moment."

The person who asked the question was quite disappointed.

Zhu Shan glanced at him and sneered in his heart, "Ignorance is truly bliss. You have no idea how terrifying the first stanza of this poem is. Not to mention me, even if we summon all the top scholars in the court, they would find it difficult to come up with a complete second stanza."

"Who wrote this poem?" Zhu Shan calmed himself down and asked.

"Chen Lang."

Zhu Shan's eyes widened instantly: "Who?"