On the second day of September, Lu Ji and Yidian Mo put up a big sign at the door, saying that the two stores would jointly hold Double Ninth Festival activities.

On the Double Ninth Festival, Lu Ji will hold a chrysanthemum banquet and invite eight people to the banquet for free. Five of these eight people were drawn from among Lu Ji's diners, and each time they spent they received a lucky draw opportunity. Each person could only draw once a day, and the invitation to the chrysanthemum banquet was drawn through a lottery. The other three are the top three in Yidianmo activities.

Yidianmo will hold a chrysanthemum chanting competition. You can qualify for the competition with any consumption. You can write a poem or inscription on the notebook, which must be related to chrysanthemums. On the eighth day of September, everyone who bought something at Luji and Yidianmo will get one vote. You can vote for the work you like. Finally, on the evening of the [-]th, the top three with the most votes will be selected and win the title of Yidianmo. The four treasures of the chrysanthemum study gift box, and the invitation letter to Lu Ji’s chrysanthemum banquet on the Double Ninth Festival.

As soon as this event was announced, it immediately caused a sensation among diners and scholars, and it can be said to directly hit the pain points of users.

Diners: If I can’t write poetry about them, can I still win against them if I’m lucky? I have to pump, pump, pump!

Scholars: I’m not lucky, so why can’t I write poetry? Watch me write, write, write!

Lu Sheng never participated in such activities. The most experienced person in writing poetry is undoubtedly the Juren here, and the most eager to win among the Juren is undoubtedly Chu Tiankuo. As the champion of the Dragon Boat Festival Poetry Contest, Chu Tiankuo was determined to win the invitation to the chrysanthemum banquet.

Lu Yan said that chrysanthemums are included in the dishes, but just this time, they are not added to the menu. Wouldn’t it be a lifelong regret if we couldn’t eat it?

So Chu Tiankuo first came to Luji to draw lots every day, and then went to write a poem with some ink, a two-pronged approach, double insurance.

But this time the situation is different from the Dragon Boat Festival. Chu Tiankuo has a strong enemy.

Liu Qingyan, the daughter of the county magistrate, also came to participate. She and Chu Tiankuo had exactly the same idea. If it were not added to the menu, wouldn't it be a lifelong regret not being able to participate in the chrysanthemum banquet?

So like Chu Tiankuo, she first came to Luji to draw lots every day, and then used some ink to write a poem, so she was sure to win the invitation.

No one knew that she was the daughter of the county magistrate. They only knew that she was a woman and that she could write poems very well. Her joining made many scholars furious.

Finally one day, Liu Qingyan had a quarrel with a scholar.

"Why do you, a woman, come here to show off? It's your job to be in public and write poems and lyrics, right? Go home and embroider!"

"Which rule says that women are not allowed to participate? Why didn't I see it? Why are you pointing it out to me?" Liu Qingyan put her hands on her hips: "Why are you so afraid? You can't even write poetry as a woman like me. It's really embarrassing. Dead people.”

The scholar had never seen such an arrogant woman before, and he blushed when he was told: "You are arrogant! The imperial examination does not say that women are not allowed to participate. Are you going to take the test?"

"You are the one who is arrogant!" Liu Qingyan sneered: "I can't ask the emperor whether women can participate in the imperial examination, but for this event, we can ask the shopkeeper whether women can participate!"

So everyone who was watching the two people arguing didn't mind calling out the two shopkeepers.

Song Bowen looked confused, never expecting to encounter such a thing again, and looked at Lu Yan for help.

Lu Yan never thought such a thing would happen. But her idea was completely opposite. She didn't write down her gender because she defaulted to no gender restriction. When organizing activities in modern shopping mall stores, who has ever restricted gender? I didn’t expect that such a thing could happen in ancient times.

Lu Yan quickly ordered someone to add a sign and write "no gender limit" on it.

She turned around and said loudly: "Of course our activities are not limited to men and women! Our activities are prepared for our customers. Since women can go to my store to eat or buy things in Shopkeeper Song's store, they can also participate in the lottery. Competing with poetry!”

Liu Qingyan looked proud after hearing this, while the scholar looked unconvinced and wanted to argue.

Lu Yan: "This young master has something to say?"

With his bookish anger stuck in his heart, he put down his cruel words: "Letting women participate will lower the level of your competition. I think it's dirty and I will withdraw from the competition."

The scholar shook off his sleeves and walked away. Liu Qingyan sneered: "He's quitting the competition, as if he could really get the top three if he didn't quit. Don't make up for the bad poem he wrote."

Lu Yan touched her chin thoughtfully and asked the people around her in a low voice: "Do you know the scholar just now? Is he usually like this? Is he married?"

Someone who knew me around said: "Wang Xiucai, he has a bad temper and is not married yet."

Lu Yan exclaimed, "No wonder. If you compete in a competition together, women are considered dirty. How disgusting would it be to live with a woman? You must not be able to bear getting married."

Lu Yan's voice became lower and lower, muttering to herself, but people around her could hear it: "If you hate women so much, you probably like men. It's okay to like men. I don't restrict people who like men." Why did you withdraw from the competition..."

The crowd gradually dispersed, and Lu Yan also walked into the store. People only listened to her whispering as she walked: "Respect blessings, respect blessings."

In less than three days, rumors spread everywhere that Wang Xiucai had a habit of Longyang and avoided women. Wang Xiucai's mother was looking for a wife for him recently. After hearing about this incident, all the people who had intended to interact with her shunned her.

Wang Xiucai's mother was puzzled, so she knocked on the door and asked what was going on.

The girl's mother sneered: "Who doesn't know the good things about Master Long Yang? My daughter cannot reach your family."

After saying that, he kicked the person out.

Wang Xiucai's mother inquired about it and found out what was going on. She wanted to blame someone, but she couldn't find anyone to blame. The dirty words came from his son's mouth, and a group of people heard it.

Wang Xiucai's father also knew about this. When he got home, he picked up a stick and was going to beat Wang Xiucai: "I told you not to learn well. If you don't learn well, learn from Long Yang or Nanfeng. Let's see if I don't break your legs!"

Wang Xiucai was shocked, grabbed the stick, and said in defense: "Father! It's unfair! When did I become a good man?"

Wang Xiucai's father was so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "In front of so many people, you said you think women are dirty, aren't you?"

Wang Xiucai's face turned pale and his lips trembled: "It's me, but..."

Wang Xiucai's father swung the stick again: "You said it, so I'm not wronging you! I'll beat you to death, you bastard!"

Wang Xiucai's family moved away overnight, and no one knew where they went.

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