Chapter 191, Children Ask Questions
As soon as the question came out, Liu Meng immediately fell into deep thought.
"This ...... What is this?"
Liu Meng frowned: "Other people's horse races are faster, but this old man is good, and he is also slower." If that's the case, who's going to run forward?"
Liu Meng was chattering while frowning, looking at his tangled appearance, obviously unable to think of the right answer in a short time.
I waved and motioned for everyone to gather around before asking, "What do you think about this?"
"What can you think? Such a simple question can be answered by a three-year-old!"
Wang Gang was a little unimpressed: "The old man guarding the door said that the difficulty of the problem is customized according to each person's ability, that is, the higher the IQ, the higher the difficulty, with Liu Meng's IQ, there is nothing to worry about." ”
I smiled: "Gangzi, listening to your tone, it seems that you have solved the answer? ”
"It's very simple, the old man's request in the story is to be slower, to see whose horse is slower. Before the race, there must be a starting line, as long as the wise man tells one of them to ride back, even if the other two do not move, the one who goes backwards has already won, after all, his horse is behind the other two. The answer is already obvious, and there is no need to think seriously about it at all. Wang Gang looked as a matter of course: "The last attention of the wise man must be to let them ride their horses back." ”
Seeing that Wang Gang put on an expression of coming to praise me, before I could pour cold water, Liu Yun gave a fatal blow.
"That's not right!"
Liu Yun shook her head: "What you just said can't be considered the correct answer. It has been clearly mentioned in the story that let the old man's three sons race horses, and whoever runs slower will get the old man's steed. The backwards you just said are only superficially slower, and some unwarranted conditions are assumed as foreshadowing. But the fact is that even if it is backwards, the horse is considered to be moving, and the horse that moves is faster than the horse that does not move. If you follow your ideas, the so-called wise man is simply a bad idea!"
"This ......"
Wang Gang was a little speechless, "It seems to make sense...... But even if I didn't think about it very well, the problem was not much harder, it was definitely much easier than my question!"
"If anyone else has any ideas, they will speak up and discuss them together. "My eyes are scattered.
"Brother, listening to your tone, it seems that you already have an answer?" Wang Gang looked at me suspiciously.
"Sort of," I nodded, "but there's still time, think more and open your mind." ”
"If you understand it according to normal thinking, three horses are slower, and as long as you don't move, you can't compare a result in any case. Tang Yuying suddenly spoke: "So, I am roughly sure that the words of the wise man should make the horse move, and only when the horse moves, can a result be compared." ”
Wang Gang scratched his head: "The truth is such a truth, but since it is slower, who would stupidly take the initiative to run?"
"That's the crux of the matter. Song Qian took over the conversation: "As long as we find some reason to let the three of us urge the horse to run, we can basically guess what the wise man came up with." ”
"Is it possible...... The wise man bribed them with money?" Wang Gang blurted out without even thinking about it, but as soon as he said it, he shook his head and denied it: "No! This assumption has been disconnected from the problem itself, and it is definitely not right! So what is the reason for the three of them to gallop on horseback?"
"It won't be whipping the horse, right?" Luo Tian said weakly: "But this kind of coercive means doesn't seem to be very reasonable." ”
"Yuying, what do you think?" I looked at Tang Yuying.
"Actually, it's a very good idea to get the three of them moving. ”
Tang Yuying smiled and said: "Three-person horse racing, the normal situation is faster, but this topic is slower, but let's think in another direction, what if the three of them change horses with each other, and then start the race?"
"I see!" Song Qian's eyes lit up: "As long as the three of them change horses, in order to win the competition, they will urge the horses to gallop, because everyone is riding someone else's horse, because if you run slowly, you can win, on this basis, everyone will try to run wild, let other people's horses run faster." In this way, not only can the game be played fairly, but it will also be able to decide the winner or loser!"
"That's what I meant. Tang Yuying nodded: "The race is slower, riding someone else's horse, you will naturally run a little faster, as long as you outrun your own horse, you will have a chance to win, this is the idea of a wise man." ”
"Niu B!"
Wang Gang stretched out his thumb: "I don't have to run away with this answer! I didn't expect you to be able to do it so quickly." But I'm not bad, I guess eight or nine is not far from ten. ”
Wang Gang's words attracted a roll of Liu Yun's eyes.
I am very satisfied with Tang Yuying's answer.
I was surprised to come up with the right answer in such a short period of time.
That's right, if you want the horses to run slowly, you have to make them move, and the reins are in the hands of the three brothers, and if they don't want to move, they will not win.
So the wise man must come up with an idea to make the three brothers move willingly, and then the final answer is to change horses, as long as they change horses with each other, in order to win, the three of them must urge the horses to run as fast as possible.
Only in this way can it be considered a real game, and it is more in line with the problem itself.
When everyone's answer reached an agreement and there were no objections, we didn't waste time and quickly hinted at the answer to Liu Meng.
After comprehending, Liu Meng was immediately overjoyed: "I know! If you want the three of you to compete who can run slower, just let them change horses with each other." So the final answer is that the wise man's idea is to let the three of them change horses!"
"I see...... The old man finally came to his senses......"
After a brief silence, the old voice in the smoke rang out again: "Congratulations on making it through." ”
After saying a word, the smoke flew in the sarcoma of the hunchbacked old man.
"Successful level! You can enter the second floor. ”
The hunchbacked old man said coldly: "Next, who will come?"
I didn't speak, my eyes turned to Luo Tian, and then nodded.
Luo Tian pinched the corner of his clothes, looking a little nervous.
"It's okay, I'm here!" Liu Meng gave Luo Tian a hug to show encouragement.
Luo Tian took a deep breath, mumbled, and then took the initiative to walk up to the hunchbacked old man: "I...... I'm here to break through. ”
"Wen Dou or Wu Dou?" the hunchbacked old man's tone did not change at all.
"Let's fight. Luo Tian subconsciously glanced at us.
The hunchbacked old man waved his hand, and a cloud of smoke that was larger and richer than Wang Gang and Liu Meng combined came out from behind, and after circling Luo Tian three times, it finally settled in front of him.
The smoke began to roll and shape, and in just a few breaths, it turned into a human form.
The humanoid has limbs and facial features, and although it is a little blurry, it looks like a thin boy.
The boy tilted his head, looked at Luo Tian quietly, and asked in a childish voice, "This young lady, I have a question I want to ask you, is it okay?"
Luo Tian nodded.
"Hmm...... Once upon a time, there was a family surnamed Song who married a daughter-in-law to his son, and one day, when the mother-in-law was preparing to test her daughter-in-law, when she was making breakfast, the mother-in-law said to her daughter-in-law, 'Go and get four things!'
The daughter-in-law asked, 'What are the four?'
The mother-in-law said: "Four taels "sink", four taels "drift", four taels "open mouth", and four taels "bend over". ’
After hearing this, the daughter-in-law quickly found four things, and the mother-in-law was overjoyed when she saw it, and praised her daughter-in-law for being smart.
May I ask you, young lady, what are these four things?"