Waiting for the carriage to drive everyone into Qingping County, it was night and the lights were brilliant. Qingping County is decorated with all kinds of lanterns, the streets are full of lanterns, flowers are everywhere, and the lights are swaying. There are palace lanterns, animal head lamps, horse lanterns, flower lanterns, bird lanterns, etc., each lamp brings together the whimsical ideas of craftsmen, and the production is exquisite.

The county town does not dance torches, but there are fireballs, fire rain, fire lions and other performances, and there are huge lantern wheels and lamp trees made by skilled craftsmen on the street, and the fire trees and silver flowers all over the city are very lively and prosperous.

There is an endless stream of pedestrians on the road, almost to the point of standing still will move with the trend of people, and the street is full of all kinds of food and small ornaments, from calligraphy and paintings, masks, to hairpins, accessories, etc.

As soon as Chen Qing entered the city, he couldn't help but be dazzled, at this moment, the street was not less noisy than the current world, and even more than that, if everyone was not wearing ancient costumes, Chen Qing would have to wonder if he had returned to modern times.

In the gongs, drums, and flutes, all kinds of cries are interspersed. In the midst of it, if the people around you don't speak loudly, you can't even hear what is being said.

In the distance, a cyan dragon slowly walked, accompanied by the beat of drums, and pedestrians automatically gave way to a road. The 10-metre-long dragon swayed and tossed up and down with the dragon dance procession. The cheers accompanied by the shouting and cheering shook Chen Qing's eardrums, and he hurriedly covered his ears and leaned against the street with everyone.

The dragon picked up his head and swam from the north gate to the south gate, the street was much looser, Chen Qing was pulled by Liang Duoduo to look at each stall, and after a while, he was dragged by Brother Yang to refer to a small ornament, Chen Qing was busy giving advice, and the Liang family was busy paying for the female dependents.

From the street to the end of the street, if you taste all the food once, you will definitely break your belly. Everyone picked their favorite food to buy some to try, Chen Qing also ate a bowl of rice noodles, a drawer of siu mai, and now he is holding a sugar gourd and three small ones while walking, as if he has become the king of children.

People's mood will also be infected by the surrounding environment, and smiles bloom on everyone's faces as if they are contagious.

Dragon dance, juggling, rowing boats, the four of them keep shuttling with the flow of people, and occasionally walk into the performance team and sway left and right. Although the two girls come to play every year, it is the first time they have been so happy. Someone took the lead and everyone didn't want to accuse them of behaving out of line, and seeing that the four of them were having fun, they also let them spread nonsense.

Liang Zixian has long passed the age of his establishment, looking at the husband who is running and jumping like a child, he only smiles and guards silently, no matter what interesting objects Brother Yang finds, he will return with a doting smile.

Chen Qing has experience in taking Chen Bi to play, and he is very strict with the two female babies, pulling one by his side with one hand, and not forgetting to greet the forgetful Brother Yang who is playing.

After playing for an hour, although the four of them were full of energy, their bodies could no longer keep up. Chen Qingti was looking for a place to rest, and Liang Zixian took everyone to the tea shop.

Seeing that Liang Duoduo was coughing in a hurry, Chen Qing was still busy wiping his mouth and patting his back, if it weren't for the family not thinking much about it, maybe they would really be regarded as a pair of matching little lovers.

Brother Yang couldn't help lying on the guardrail on the second floor and beckoned, "A-Qing, come on, someone has solved the mystery"

Chen Qing is quite good at guessing riddles, and he also wants to see how difficult the riddles in the county town are. Most of the lantern festivals held in towns and villages are riddled with daily utensils or birds and animals. If it is a scholar, the ancient texts and the like are not at all.

"What mystery?" Chen Qing was dragged by Liang Duoduo to lie on the guardrail and look down.

"The geese fly obliquely in the wind and rain" Brother Yang is not very literate, but his ears are good, and he can hear the riddle clearly even if the people below are noisy.

Chen Qing was thinking about the answer, and Brother Yang shouted again, "It's changed, the white-clothed scholar got three dollars." This time...... Déjà vu Yan returns"

"Guess the riddle and give the money?" Chen Qing was a little surprised.

"Some give and some don't, and most restaurants and tea shops have colorful heads. If you have a good riddle, you can also buy a lantern and write it down for passers-by to guess and play. After Brother Yang finished speaking with great interest, he urged Liang Zixian to also help solve the mystery.

Liang Zixian smiled dotingly, and really frowned and thought about it. Liang Ziping and Liang Zizhuang are not good at all, if they are simple, this kind of literary style is not good at all.

Chen Qing saw that there were many young girls involved below, and a shy and timid girl secretly stuffed a sachet to the white-clothed scholar. Suddenly, some good deeds coaxed and congratulated, and the embarrassed woman hid her face and ran away, and the scholar only smiled generously and took the sachet into his arms.

Chen Qing looked interesting, so he joked to Liang Duoduo, "How is that scholar?"

Liang Duoduo looked dissatisfied, "Auntie, you tease me again! I don't like him because he looks so ugly."

The commotion below is getting louder and louder, and a few people came forward to answer the questions, but they didn't guess correctly, and the white-clothed scholar didn't seem to be completely sure that he didn't dare to answer randomly, for fear of making a joke.

Chen Qing thought about it unconsciously, this question is not difficult, similar to the swallow is the finch, "it should be a finch"

"No, the answer to the puzzle in the previous question is the word "Pei", and this question is similar" Brother Yang shook his head and vetoed.

"Is there a penalty for answering wrong?" Chen Qing saw Brother Yang shaking his head, so he smiled and said, "Anyway, there is no loss, play, if you are wrong, it is wrong, and it is not a big deal."

Brother Yang's eyes lit up, he usually didn't dare to answer questions randomly, for fear of making jokes. Chen Qing took the lead, Brother Yang's voice was very loud, and he shouted, "It's a finch, a finch!"

Brother Yang's voice attracted all the attention below, and they all looked up, and the bluffing Brother Yang shrank his neck, and Liang Duoduo ran back to the table and sat down in fright.

"Is this little brother's answer?" asked the steward with a smile on his face.

Brother Yang hurriedly shook his head and pointed at Chen Qing, and when he saw Chen Qing nodding, the steward announced the mystery loudly, "Congratulations to this guest on the second floor, the answer to the mystery is the finch." Since it is the shopkeeper, the shop will send another pot of good tea for the son to taste."

The crowd below immediately let out a cry of regret, and some even shouted, "I guess it's a finch, but I didn't dare to say ......"

The white-clothed scholar arched his hand to Chen Qing from afar, presumably guessing the answer to the riddle, but he was not completely sure. Chen Qing also returned the salute, thinking in his heart, fortunately, he answered quickly, otherwise the three coins of silver would have been someone else's.

Chen Qing, a fan of wealth, was all on the silver, and he was naturally happy when he got the money, and Brother Yang jumped up happily early, not because of the amount of money and the lack of money, but because he answered correctly, the joy in his heart could not be measured by money.

The Liang family didn't take the silver to heart, after all, they were not short of money, and a table of people alone consumed more than 2 taels in the tea shop, so how could they care about just three dollars of silver. However, Chen Qing can guess correctly and let the whole family enjoy it for a long time.

The shopkeeper soon personally sent money and tea, an annual event, if the guests in their own building can guess correctly can also increase popularity, do not see this pot of good tea and many guests into the store to guess the riddle?

"Auntie, you can guess, maybe we can earn back the tea money at this table," Liang Meng also urged with a little excitement.

Chen Qing was a little embarrassed to be praised by everyone, after all, this question is simple, and if you change it, you may not be able to guess it.

"Guess, guess, there's no loss in answering incorrectly anyway, let's always answer one more question correctly" Brother Yang's guessing love was unprecedentedly high, and he kept teasing Chen Qing.

Chen Qing nodded, and listened to Brother Yang report the next riddle: "The appearance is as white as snow, the belly is black, he never steals, and insists that he is a thief"

This riddle was a bit difficult, and everyone was stumped. The reason why it is difficult is that no one has ever seen this creature, so how can they guess the answer to the riddle?

Chen Qing knew that he looked at the white-clothed scholar from afar, and saw that he was shaking his head at himself, so he replied loudly, "I'll answer, it's a squid."

The crowd was in an uproar, what is a squid? Isn't it nonsense, the scholar explained loudly, "I once read an article that is similar to this thing, but I have never seen it with my own eyes."

The main thing is that everyone is picked, and he doesn't mind being guessed correctly again, and the more questions he answers correctly, the more popularity he gathers.

The questions that came out of the tea shop around were simple, and after a while, they were guessed two questions, and they all leaned over and wanted to join in the fun, and soon there were no less than 100 people who called friends. The scholars and students who relied on their identities entered the room in twos and threes, and the tea shop, which was originally full of people, was now full.

Urged by everyone to reveal the mystery, the principal smiled mysteriously, and when he saw that the person was almost there, he said, "It's this thing, the son is so knowledgeable, send two more plates of pastries"

"Wow wow~ Auntie, you're so powerful!" Liang Duoduo hugged Chen Qing first, screaming and jumping so unhappily.

Shao Fengzhi was afraid of many people, and hurriedly dragged his daughter back and quietly reprimanded him, and the tea guests around him came to congratulate each other, and heard that this answering son was actually a little brother who was married to a woman, so they stopped their pace and sat down with a few perfunctory words at will.

Everyone's behavior not only made Chen Qing feel a little embarrassed, but even Liang Zixian and others began to become unnatural. Chen Qing is a good-looking gentleman no matter how he looks at it, and he doesn't have a streamer, so naturally he should deal with it, and he still wants to step forward to talk a few words, but at this moment, Liang Duoduo called out his identity, this brother and the identity of the master are not equal, plus he is already married to a wife, so he should pay attention to the bad sense of proportion and too much contact.

Chen Qing waved his hand, revealing a wry smile. Brother Yang saw that the situation was wrong, so he hurriedly greeted him and continued to drink tea and eat snacks, but everyone had to gagged with snacks even though their stomachs were swollen.

Liang Duoduo felt a little guilty, and hesitated for a while before opening his mouth and whispering an apology, "I'm sorry, little aunt"

"I don't blame you, it's my own problem, and besides, they have a lot of scruples, what do we have to do with it?" Chen Qing suppressed the grievances in his heart and relieved Liang Duoduo.

Anyway, after so many years, Chen Qing has long been accustomed to the difference between his brother and his grandfather, and he used to cover his identity because he was afraid that it would be inconvenient to go out to do things, but this time he really felt what differential treatment is, it is impossible to say that it is not uncomfortable at all, but it is not necessary to be more serious.

Liang Ziping coughed secretly, "That's it, don't pay attention to those mediocre people, let's just do our own."

Shao Fengzhi sighed secretly, if he hadn't been born in that family, presumably Chen Qing would have been able to live a better life than he has now, he can stand upright in the world, but his daughter-in-law must be subject to many constraints, and he must pay attention to the insurmountable sense of proportion when connecting with others.

Even if Zijun doesn't want to restrain Chen Qing's temperament, maybe he doesn't dress up as a little brother, but he can't change the fact that he is married and a wife, and even they regard Chen Qing as a daughter-in-law, which is more suitable for outsiders.

Because of the awkward atmosphere, everyone in the Liang family did not participate in the guessing after that, and left after sitting for a while. At this time, it was time to unitary, if it weren't for Chen Qing leading the two children crazy this year, everyone in the Liang family would have dispersed to play their own games.

After making an appointment to meet in the carriage at the end of the year, everyone dispersed to play on their own. Chen Qing pushed Brother Yang's invitation and said to the second sister-in-law, "I made an appointment with Zijun to meet in the evening, if the time comes, you don't have to wait for me."

"Oh? Finally, the stinky boy has a little heart, if it's late, he will live in another courtyard directly, don't rush to the night" In previous years, Liang Zijun did not return all night at this time, and Shao Fengzhi was not sure if he would send Chen Qing home, so he simply asked Chen Qing to live in another courtyard at night.

"I know" Chen Qing agreed with a smile, and only took a deep breath when he saw that the person was far away.

Since he is married, he can only accept his current identity, and it is not worth worrying about those irrelevant people. But no matter how Chen Qing comforted himself, he couldn't forget the grievances of that moment.