Chapter 123 Sourness
Gu Yu sat alone in his seat, watching others shake their heads and utter nonsense, then recite another sour, sour, sour poem. He couldn’t help but smile.
Gu Yu hadn’t brought anyone with him to this poetry gathering. He came alone, wanting to see what Zhuang Hui was up to.
However, Zhuang Hui, the great yin-yang master, wasn’t about to reveal his intentions easily.
At the moment, he was with other scholars, acting like sour people and composing sour poems, his skill far surpassing others.
It seemed this was the power of a great yin-yang master!
The others were still a bit weak…
Boredly watching Zhuang Hui chat happily with others, Gu Yu lifted his wine glass, about to taste it. But then he remembered that the wine in Linfeng Kingdom was particularly unpalatable, so he put down the glass in his hand.
Before Gu Yu had left Yang Family Village, after tasting the bad wine in the village, he thought it was just a common problem with cheap wine.
However, later, when he had money and tasted extremely expensive wine, he found it all tasted the same.
At most, it was a little less bitter.
It wasn’t even as good as the wine he brewed himself…
This was also the real reason why wine was popular in Linfeng Kingdom, it was just that the brewing industry hadn’t developed here.
Thinking of these things, Gu Yu took down a gourd from his waist and, after getting an empty cup, immediately poured the red wine inside into it.
Then, he drank his small wine contentedly, watching others compose sour poems. It had a unique flavor.
“Brother, do you also like wine?”
“Occasional, I found the taste to be good.”
Just as Gu Yu was drinking the wine in his cup, a strange voice suddenly rang out. When he looked up, he saw a plump young man looking at Gu Yu’s cup with a greedy expression, almost drooling.
Gu Yu was not stingy about this. He raised his hand and invited the fat scholar to sit down, then poured some of the wine from the gourd into another cup.
The fat scholar didn’t stand on ceremony with Gu Yu. He eagerly raised his hand, picked up the wine glass, and quickly drank the wine in one gulp.
After putting down the cup, his face showed a look of loss.
Hmm… it looked a bit like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit, regretting drinking the wine too quickly.
“My name is Ying Liu. May I ask your surname, brother? This wine hasn’t been circulating in the market for a while. The wine my family bought before was finished one bottle after another, so I didn’t dare to drink any more. I could only stare at the bottles containing wine and drool every day.”
“Gu Yu. I’m here to visit relatives and friends with gifts this time. There was some leftover, so I brought some with me.”
Listening to Ying Liu’s words, Gu Yu couldn’t help but smile slightly.
He knew how his own wine tasted.
However, Gu Yu only sold wine before because his mind was full of making money. But now that he had money, he no longer sold wine outside, he just kept it for himself.
During the Lunar New Year, he would give some to relatives and friends.
This way, Gu Yu wouldn’t have to brew too much and expend a lot of effort.
“I wonder if Brother Gu still has any?”
“Not much. Because it’s no longer available, I don’t plan to sell it.”
Since he was idle anyway, Gu Yu didn’t find Ying Liu annoying. Instead, he treated him as a companion to pass the idle time.
Zhuang Hui was in the mood for composing poetry and clearly wouldn’t do anything for a while.
As for the fat guy in front of him, although he looked like a glutton, his clothes were extraordinary. He was clearly not from an ordinary family.
Moreover, the wine Gu Yu sold was high-end, and ordinary families couldn’t afford it.
“Alas, is that so… What a pity, I’ll never be able to drink such wonderful wine again.”
“Brother Ying need not be so dejected. There will be opportunities in the future.”
Listening to these dejected words, Gu Yu felt it was necessary to start selling wine again, and even black-heartedly increase the price several times.
After all, those who bought the wine didn’t lack money.
While pondering these things in his heart, Gu Yu’s face showed nothing.
However, Ying Liu couldn’t stay any longer.
Having one cup was fine, but if he kept sitting there asking Gu Yu for wine, it would be impolite.
If he continued to sit there, his craving wouldn’t stop, and it would be better to leave quickly.
So as not to drool and embarrass himself.
“Divine Doctor Gu, I apologize, I apologize. I was chatting with other scholars, which delayed some time.”
Although Gu Yu was waiting for Zhuang Hui to make a big move, being kept waiting for so long, even a clay figure would have some temper, let alone Gu Yu.
He wasn’t a broad-minded person. Reaching this point was already his limit!
Therefore, Gu Yu didn’t want to indulge him any further.
“It’s nothing, but I don’t think your poetry is very good!”
When Zhuang Hui was stunned by his words, Gu Yu felt a sense of delightful satisfaction.
Indeed, when dealing with hypocrites, one should strike hard.
Before, at the Gu family, Gu Yu didn’t act rashly because he wanted to catch others.
And this time, attending the poetry gathering, he also wanted to see what Zhuang Hui was up to.
However, this guy shouldn’t have worn out Gu Yu’s patience, making Gu Yu no longer interested in what Zhuang Hui was doing.
“This… does Divine Doctor Gu have any suggestions?”
When Zhuang Hui recovered from Gu Yu’s blunt words, his anger rose immediately. However, thinking that he still needed to use Gu Yu, he forcefully suppressed his anger.
Did this country boy from the countryside, Gu Yu, understand poetry and songs?
Hmph, a guy who pretends to understand!
Did he really think he was something special?
He only gained his reputation by relying on women, so what was there to be proud of.
“No suggestions, I just think your poetry is terribly sour, and not very good. It’s much worse than the nursery rhymes composed by children on the street.”
“…”
However, just as Zhuang Hui was thinking that a small impatience could ruin a big plan, Gu Yu’s words struck another blow.
This left him speechless for a moment, and his inner anger accumulated to a certain extent.
Only he could make others feel stifled, and no one had ever made him feel stifled!!!
“Since that’s the case, why don’t you compose one, so that I can broaden my horizons.”
By now, Zhuang Hui couldn’t even be bothered to call him Divine Doctor Gu.
Looking at Gu Yu’s leisurely demeanor, the more he looked, the angrier he became, wanting to tear off his disguise and reveal his true self for others to mock.
“Oh? You want me to compose a poem? It’s not impossible, but why should I!”
“…”
“However, if you are willing to bet with me, then we can have a competition.”
Upon hearing Zhuang Hui’s words, Gu Yu didn’t agree immediately. Instead, he smiled slightly and directly proposed a bet.
If there was no stake, even composing a poem wouldn’t be interesting.
“Bet?”
When Zhuang Hui heard Gu Yu mention betting, his eyebrows couldn’t help but furrow. He didn’t know what kind of trouble Gu Yu was trying to cause!
