More and more people gathered in the audience, all pointing to the lanterns on the shelves and discussing something, and the occasional sound of children begging their parents in the noise made the place seem chaotic.

Even so, not many people went up to guess the riddle, and the people were more in a mood to watch the excitement. After all, in ancient times, there were not many people who could read and write, and most people could write their own names, which was amazing. Even though some riddles are in the form of vernacular, most people still can't guess the answer between the lines due to their lack of knowledge.

On the platform, a square-faced man in a fuchsia brocade robe was working hard to enliven the atmosphere, and next to him stood two teenage boys in dark red robes, who were specially responsible for holding lanterns and reciting lantern riddles.

After a while, there was a scholar who looked like a man guessed the lantern riddle correctly, and the square-faced man handed an octagonal palace lamp to the scholar, and after a few words of praise with a smile, he then turned back to the stage and said loudly to this kind of person: "Ladies and gentlemen, hurry up and choose, there are flowers that can be folded and folded, not to mention these beautiful lanterns, if you don't guess, it is estimated that if you buy a bun, you will be taken away from your love" The exaggerated rhetoric and the pity on the face of pity caused everyone to laugh.

Wen Anhao, who watched in the crowd for a while, saw that no one stepped forward to guess the riddle, so he raised his hand on tiptoe and shouted at the square-faced man on the stage: "I, I, this, I want to guess"

As soon as the people around saw that the male doll next to him wanted to guess the lantern riddle, they all gave up their positions one after another, so that Wen Anhao could come to the stage from the crowd.

The middle-aged man immediately followed the voice and looked here, and saw that the boy was dressed like an ordinary countryman, with a small horn on his head, and he looked a little like a scholar, and he didn't look like he was here to make trouble. So he greeted with a smile: "This brother, which lantern do you want?" ”

Wen Anhao raised his head, pointed to a horse lamp on the right shelf, and said crisply: "That one"

The young man who was in charge of taking the lantern next to him walked over, took down the lantern from the shelf, took off the note on it, and shouted to everyone: "The horse must be thrifty and play a traditional festival in the year of the horse"

As soon as the words fell, the crowd began to discuss Suosuo. However, because of the rules, before Wen Anhao didn't give up, even if someone knew the answer, he couldn't answer, so the people at the scene were just whispering.

Wen Anhao touched his head, tilted his head and thought for a while, then 'ah', raised his head and said with a sly face: "I know that it's the Dragon Boat Festival."

When the square-faced man heard the answer, he turned his head and asked the boy who was reading the lantern riddle. After getting the confirmation, he took the horse lantern from the young man's hand, handed it to Wen Anhao, and praised him: "Brother is so smart at a young age, and he will have a great future in the future."

Wen Anhao got the compliment, got the lantern again, smiled almost to his ears, lowered his head and watched the lantern, just wanted to turn around and leave, his wrist was suddenly grabbed.

This sudden action frightened Wen Anhao and almost hit the lantern in his hand at the man, but when he saw that it was Wen Anze, he still stopped his movements.

was so frightened, Wen Anhao didn't see the joy just now, but complained a little angrily: "Brother, you want to scare me to death"

Wen Anze snatched the horse lantern from his brother's hand, pointed to the palace lamp at the top of the left shelf and said, "I want that."

When Wen Anhao heard his brother's request, he was stunned at first, and then laughed out loud: "You won't have a bad brain, you want that lantern, go guess the riddle yourself, what's the use of telling me" But the more the words were spoken, the lower Wen Anhao's voice became, and when it came to the last few words, it was almost inaudible.

Wen Anze knew that his younger brother understood what he meant, so he handed the horse lantern to Lin Ziqi next to him, raised his eyebrows and looked at his younger brother with a smile and said, "What?" But what do I have to ask you for? ”

Wen Anhao's eyes stayed on the palace lamp for a while, that lamp is in the highest place, the lantern riddle is the most difficult, if he can guess it, it's a shame not to guess. Thinking of this, Wen Anhao looked at the eldest brother and the Lin brothers next to him with some grievances, and there was some hope in his eyes that a few people would let him go, but after waiting for a long time, he couldn't hear anyone stand up and speak.

Just wanted to be confused, Wen Anze, who was next to him, seemed to have discovered his brother's intentions, smiled evilly, grabbed his hand and raised it above his head, and shouted to the middle-aged man talking on the stage: "He still has to guess"

The square-faced man conspicuously didn't expect that the brother just now would come to guess the lantern riddle again, and was also shaken by Wen Anhao's actions, but then came to them with a smile and said, "Which lantern does my brother want this time?" ”

Wen Anhao saw that everyone was looking at him, and he was embarrassed to say that he didn't guess in person, so he had to point to the highest palace lamp.

The square-faced man glanced in the direction of Wen Anhao's finger, and couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, but thanks to this brother, it wouldn't be so cold tonight. The man motioned to the boy to remove the lantern while sneering.

The young man picked off the palace lamp with a stick, opened the note, and a crisp and loud voice spread in the air: "There are those who jump, but there are none; The tall ones have it, the short ones don't; There are wise people, but there are none; There is one on the right, none on the left; Cool days, hot days, type"

Just listening to this large list of yes and no, some people began to have a headache. Many people didn't believe that the doll in front of them could guess it, and they all waited for Wen Anhao to admit defeat with a joke mentality.

And Wen Anhao, who was standing in front of the stage, also frowned and pondered. But I couldn't think of it after thinking about it for a long time, but I couldn't wipe my face and admit that I couldn't guess, so I had to turn my eyes to Wen Anze for help.

Wen Anze accepted the pitiful eyes of his younger brother, and originally wanted to ignore it, but when he thought of this riddle, he guessed for a while before he thought that it was indeed a little difficult for Wen Anhao. What's more, turning his head to look at the faces of the people around him waiting to see the jokes, how could he let his younger brother make a fool of himself in front of these people.

So Wen Anze quietly took Wen Anhao's hand in a place where everyone couldn't see it, and after writing a word on it, he immediately let it go.

After Wen Anhao understood what his eldest brother wrote, he also suddenly realized, and then smirked a few times at Wen Anze with a hippie face, before turning his head to look at the square-faced man on the stage.

When the people on the stage saw Wen Anhao looking up at him, they knew that there was an answer, so they rubbed their hands and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, does my brother have an answer?" ”

Wen Anhao raised his chin slightly, and said arrogantly: "It's a mouthword"

As soon as the words fell, someone in the crowd exclaimed: "Yes, isn't there a mouth in front of every sentence", and when everyone heard the man's explanation, they praised Wen Anhao again.

When Wen Anhao heard the compliment this time, he didn't do it like just now, he just turned his head and stretched out his thumb towards Wen Anze. Wen Anze didn't have anything out of the ordinary, he just slapped Wen Anhao's hand away funny, and then motioned with his eyes to take the palace lamp handed over by the middle-aged man.

Wen Anhao handed the palace lamp to his brother with a flattering face, and said with a smile: "Brother, look, we both have it, Zixiang and Ziqi are still empty-handed, and there are more, An An has not yet, I just saw An An also staring at the lantern of a small fish, and Aunt Lin ......"

Without waiting for Wen Anhao to finish speaking, Wen Anze raised his hand to interrupt him, and then looked at his younger brother with a look of 'I know what to do', and teased: "What, it's not enough to help you once, you still want me to win back the rest of the lanterns?" ”

Wen Anhao saw that the eldest brother was a little loose, and hurriedly smiled and waved his hand: "How can it, which way, I'll guess." I'm afraid that when I can't guess correctly, I hope that you will be busy, big brother. Besides, our brothers are not invincible in the world when they join forces."

Then he slapped the horses at Wen Anze again, and it wasn't until the complimented eldest brother was comfortable that Wen Anze nodded reluctantly.

Sure enough, with Wen Anze's consent, Wen Anhao felt that he had a kind of 'Ze' in his hand, and the self-confidence I had in the world. pointed to several lanterns in a row, and said to the middle-aged man coaxingly: "Uncle, this, this and that, by the way, and that, let's take them all down together."

This time not only surprised the people on the stage, but even some people in the audience sighed, and some people even whispered that this kid was too arrogant.

However, under the joint efforts of Wen Anze and Wen Anhao, these people were really impressed.

Wen Anhao looked at the eight lamps they had got, and when he wanted to guess a few more, his foot was kicked hard by Wen Anze. Wen Anhao gritted his teeth and took a deep breath, just when he wanted to speak, he felt a pain in his ears, and when he looked up, he saw Wen standing next to him with his ears and smiling gently.

Wen's sweet voice was unusually clear in the crowd: "The limelight is enough, the four of you are almost unable to hold the four hands, what, do you still have to guess?" ”

Wen Anhao looked at Wen's father next to Wen for help, but when he saw that his father only shrugged his shoulders and said that he couldn't do anything, he had to turn his gaze back again, and looked at Wen with a flattering look: "Mother, mother, I know what is wrong, I know that Lu is wrong." You let it go first, I will lose face in front of you in such a large public. ”

One sentence made the adults around him laugh.

Wen didn't really want to make things difficult for him, so he let go of his son's ears. In fact, they adults really don't feel anything, after all, as parents, who doesn't want their children to be praised. However, after they all got seven or eight lanterns, and they wanted to continue to guess, it was a bit too much, so they came forward to stop them.

After some humble thanks, the three adults led the children who were still a little unfinished to squeeze out of the crowd.

As soon as I left the place where I guessed the lantern riddle, I heard someone shouting behind me. Everyone stopped, turned their heads and looked back, only to find that they were followed by an old man in his fifties and sixties. With silver-gray hair, a thin face, a pair of triangular eyes that are not cloudy with the elderly, and wearing dark red brocade clothes, the whole person looks energetic, not like an old man of this age.

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Tu Yu: The author himself is more than a rookie for things like lantern riddles, so the lantern riddles in the article are found on the Internet, which is not original, and I hope readers who are more concerned about this aspect can be considerate.