I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 108
As soon as Xichen Tea House opened the door, Gu Buquan handed over her masterpiece - the word "Xishin" written on a wooden board.

When she returned to Shangshutang yesterday, she dismantled the cart that was exchanged for more than a dozen copper coins, unloaded a piece of wood, and found some cinnabar in the medicine cabinet, mixed it with ink, and finished it in one go.

Unfortunately, the cinnabar was accidentally mixed too much, and the ink smeared on the wooden board again, like blood oozing from the wood, which looked a bit creepy.

Besides, she is quite satisfied with her two words.

Unexpectedly, when the manager saw a piece of wood handed over, he picked it up and swung it out without looking at it.

Gu Buquan chased it far away before picking it up.

Immediately afterwards, many scholars rushed forward again, surrounded the gate of Xichen Tea House, and all rushed to deliver their masterpieces.

These scholars looked weak and weak, but they were not vague at all when they were crowded. Gu Buquan couldn't squeeze in at all, so they had to hang around in front of the door with the wooden boards in their arms, waiting for an opportunity.

"You can't do this trick. I want to imitate Mr. Shangshu's inscription on a wooden board. Besides, the cinnabar mixed with ink is very tacky." The annoying scholar began to be eccentric again.

He gave him a half-hearted look, and scolded him unceremoniously: "Stop meddling in your own business, and draw your Song Buzui, otherwise you will be outside the door and never be able to enter the door for the rest of your life."

The scholar was bullying and fearful, seeing that Gu Buquan was not to be trifled with, he immediately shut up, turned around and teased Wang Mashi, saying that she was looking for a husband in fake begging but it was real, and the family letter was just a tool to win sympathy and earn copper coins.

Wang Mashi was not as honest as Gu Buquan, she wiped away tears when she said a few words, and Gu Buquan kicked the scholar's painting to pieces in a fit of anger.

The scholar didn't care about being gentle anymore, and immediately yelled and cursed, like a cursing hooligan, attracting other scholars to watch.

Taking this opportunity, Gu Buquan squeezed in front of the steward of Xichen Tea House, and handed over her wooden board.

"What does that mean?"

The manager took a look, why did the broken board come back?I couldn't help feeling disgusted in my heart, and wanted to swing it out again, so I hurriedly threw myself on the wooden board and pressed it hard.

"I'm also here to vote. I'm not messing with your food and drink, just let me go in and have a look." Gu Buquan said.

"Go, go, there is another little girl who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth."

"The daughter of a wealthy family still disguises herself as a man. You don't even pretend to be a man? You can't enter the examination room, why are you here to make trouble? This is a tea house where you can meet friends through literature, not a place for street juggling."

The scholars have spoken out accusations.

The person in charge was even more wrinkled, pointing to the couplet on the door.

"Can you read the words?"

"Of course I recognize it. Green tea welcomes Hongru, thick ink thanks Baiding." Gu Buquan replied.

"It's good if you recognize it." The manager snorted coldly.

"I know you are a rascal-like little girl, it's best to have a mouth all over her body. If I say that I don't let girls come to take part in the test, you have to ask if there are mothers and sisters in my family, and I won't go with you. Let me tell you about this couplet."

"Bai Ding refuses to enter. The couplet written by the owner is very clear, and the big guys can see it clearly. If you want to argue again, you are making trouble for no reason. Take your broken board quickly, so that you can leave."

"I can read, not Bai Ding..."

Without waiting for Gu Buquan to defend himself, the person in charge had already pulled out all his strength and slammed the wooden plank out.

It just so happened that Wang Shangshu came to drink tea in high spirits today, and the wooden plank flew towards him from a distance. Fortunately, General Rong who was beside him caught it quickly with his sharp eyes, so no big trouble happened.

General Rong is a member of the Shenhun Department, he does not follow his own head, but spends tea with Wang Shangshu all day long, he seems to be the guard next to Wang Shangshu, how can he not take the lead immediately when encountering such a thing?
At least let Lord Shang Shu know that he didn't drink so much good tea for nothing.

"Which daring lunatic dares to assassinate Master Shangshu!"

General Rong stopped drinking, and the manager's expression changed drastically in fright, and he fell to his knees, explaining that he didn't mean it, and begging Wang Shangshu for mercy.

Owner Shen also rushed out from the tea house. He and Master Shangshu had a very close friendship, so he just let go of saying a few nice words with a smile on his face.

General Rong was about to shatter the board with his fist when Master Shang Shu stopped him.

"Huh? Who wrote it?"

All the scholars present were silent.

"I, mine." Gu Buquan stepped forward in response.

"So it was you." General Rong still remembered Gu Buquan, "You can still write?"

Master Shangshu took a look at Gu Buquan, and didn't say much, just asked General Rong to straighten the wooden board, and looked around in circles.

"Xin Xin, good. Vigorous and powerful, self-contained, better than those four different images imitating Song Budui. Well, it's good, it's good."

The inscription on the wooden board, which was disliked by everyone just now, was full of praise from Master Shangshu. All the scholars exploded, and the strange scholar quietly crushed the Song Buzui he copied and hid it in his sleeve pocket.

"It's really good. Although the cinnabar is a little bit sloppy, these two characters are really powerful and powerful, and they have three-thirds of the power of penetrating wood. They are comparable to the two characters of the adult's Xichen."

Master Shen also praised it very much, and said that it didn't look like it was made by a woman.

"I don't know the girl's name, which famous teacher did she learn from?"

Master Shangshu stroked his beard and laughed, "She is the girl who almost became a Buddha by talking about Yu Zhishen with one mouth, and she is a coffin seller."

"A coffin seller?" All the scholars backed away in shock.

"Yes, I sell coffins. My name is Gu Buquan, and my master's name is Gu Quan. Our coffin shop is unique in Maple Leaf Town. I don't have any famous teachers. As long as my master taught me to read a few words, I can hardly be regarded as a white man. .” Gu Buquan laughed.

Master Shen said: "Originally, the girl practiced calligraphy on the coffin board. It is not a day's work to think so deeply. I am very grateful."

"That's not true. You can't write on the coffin board. When we sell coffins, we often carve tombstones for people. Master thinks it's too troublesome to expand the characters, so he asked me to write directly on the tombstone like other people's posts, and then master chiseled it." Now, it will save a lot of trouble. As for those posts, Master said they were from famous artists, but I actually don’t know who they are.”

In front of Lord Shangshu, Master Shen was originally just showing off his way of recognizing and loving talents, but he didn't want to make him even more shocked by his incomplete answer, he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, so he could only laugh hahaha.

"Brother Shen, I said that she is an extraordinary woman."

Lord Shangshu relieved the embarrassment of Master Shen with a hearty smile, and said kindly to Gu Buquan, "Miss Buquan, can you show me your face and drink tea with me?"

Gu Buquan was smiling all over his face, isn't this the right time for drowsiness and pillow?

"Master Shangshu is so kind, the little girl naturally agreed to the appointment. Thank you for your love."

Just as he finished speaking, he was hit hard by a beggar, and he staggered back a few steps.

Sun Xiaokong saved the Lord in time, and he probably saw Ling An saving her a few times, so he jumped over behind her and waited to make a meat pad for her.

But when she fell out, the beggar also fell to the ground with her, whispering in her ear.

"do not go."

Gu Buquan's heart skipped a beat, and a buttock fell firmly on Sun Xiaokong's body, causing him to squeak and groan in pain.

(End of this chapter)