When it was dark, Lin Xiaoxiao was dressed in a Taoist robe, still wearing Liu Qing's grimace mask that day, and took Jia Baoyu and Mo Yuanshan to Dongping Street in Dongpingzhou City.

There are few pedestrians on the streets, but there are occasional men and women coming in and out.

Lin Xiaoxiao strode into the door, only to see that there was a courtyard surrounded by dozens of shops, all of which sold everything, like a huge fully functional supermarket.

When Jia Baoyu saw it, he said: "This is actually a bazaar, but these dozens of shops are surrounded by a courtyard, and the person who built the house should be the owner." ”

Mo Yuanshan said: "Look at how many of these people who come in and out are here to buy things. ”

Lin smiled and said: "Whatever, since we're here, let's take a good look and see what's going on here." ”

The three of them entered an umbrella shop, the owner of the shop was an old man, seeing that Lin Xiaoxiao and Mo Yuanshan were wearing masks, they couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly came up and said with a smile: "Do the three guest officers want to buy umbrellas, there are three days before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the guest officers put on a mask and hold the umbrella in my small shop, which is also practical." ”

Lin smiled and said, "Where do you start with this, does this fifteenth day of the first lunar month have anything to do with wearing a mask and holding an umbrella?"

When the old man heard Lin Xiaoxiao's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I don't know where the three of you came from?

Mo Yuanshan heard that the old man seemed to have something to say, so he said: "I can't say it! I'm afraid you shouldn't ask!"

When the old man heard this, he was a little frightened, but he just kept repeating it.

Lin Xiaoxiao saw Mo Yuanshan like this, although he couldn't guess what Mo Yuanshan found, but he also saw that the shops here were a little strange with the old man, so he took out a piece of silver and threw it to the old man, and took three umbrellas out casually.

Jia Baoyu was about to speak, but Lin Xiaoxiao handed Jia Baoyu an oil-paper umbrella painted with plum blossom patterns and said, "Don't forget what I said to you before leaving." ”

Jia Baoyu opened the umbrella, but covered the snowflakes for Lin Xiaoxiao, and said with a smile: "I remember it all, come in, don't ask questions, don't talk nonsense, just look at the instructions and eyes of you and Brother Mo." ”

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Mo Yuanshan and said, "Did you find something?"

Mo Yuanshan said: "I counted just now, there are a total of thirty-two shops here, and each one sells different things, but the layout of the façade and the house is roughly the same, indicating that it belongs to the same person." What's even more strange is that the old man who sells umbrellas has a strange look, especially his last question, which is really not what a shopkeeper should ask. ”

Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly said: "After hearing you say this, I also realized that something was wrong. He's an umbrella seller, how can he care about where we're coming from and where we're going?"

Mo Yuanshan looked around carefully, and smiled at Lin Xiao: "These thirty-two shops, although they sell a lot of things, but you don't find them, they seem to be from all over the world." Moreover, since the three of us came in, the people in this shop seem to be staring at us, and there seem to be countless pairs of eyes watching us all around. ”

Jia Baoyu said: "Whether what Brother Mo said is too weird, why didn't I notice it, I just think that there are so many shops here, it's a pity not to go shopping." ”

Mo Yuanshan glanced at Lin Xiaoxiao, the two looked at each other and smiled, and said, "It's time to take a good look!"

Saying that, Jia Baoyu had already entered a calligraphy and painting shop, only to see dozens of landscape calligraphy and paintings hanging inside, the shopkeeper saw the three people, and was also surprised, so he said: "Where do the three guest officers come from, where do you want to go? The calligraphy and paintings here in the small shop are related to the three of them, if you like it, no matter which one, you will get a 5% discount." ”

Lin Xiaoxiao hurriedly shook her hand and pulled Jia Baoyu out.

The three of them visited more than a dozen shops in a row, including a rouge gouache shop, a four-treasure shop in the study, and a shop selling tea, rice, and even various dried fruits.

The proprietor of each shop seemed to be in tandem, saying the same thing, and asked the three of them where they came from and where they wanted to go, and they also sold everything at a discount.

Although Lin Xiaoxiao and Mo Yuanshan suspected that there seemed to be something wrong with the shop and the owner here, they couldn't say what was wrong, and they were confused for a while.

Jia Baoyu found an interesting shop in front of him, with lanterns of various colors hanging in the store, but they were all written on them, so he hurriedly walked over.

Mo Yuanshan and Lin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to follow.

Jia Baoyu couldn't wait to look at it in the lantern shop, but it was an anagram lantern shop, and each lantern had a riddle written on it.

The shopkeeper said: "The lanterns in my lantern shop are all written with anagrams, if the guest officer can guess the riddle, the lantern will be given away for nothing; if it is wrong, the price will be doubled!"

Lin Xiaoxiao listened outside, and said with a smile: "Second goods, don't mess around, I don't have much silver in my pocket!"

Jia Baoyu had already carried an octagonal exquisite small palace lamp and said, "This one is not bad!"

The shopkeeper said: "I also ask the guest officer to guess the riddle first, if you don't guess, you can't guess it." ”

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Jia Baoyu, only to see Jia Baoyu carefully read the riddle on the lantern, but what was written: "There is a thunder on the flat ground, and it looks like it has turned to ashes!"

Jia Baoyu smiled: "This should be an artillery battle, yes or no?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly tore off the note with the riddle written on the palace lamp, turned it over and looked at it, and sure enough, it was written with the word "artillery battle".

Jia Baoyu was very proud, and was about to leave with the small octagonal lantern in his hand.

Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly came up with an idea, grabbed Jia Baoyu and said: "Second goods, I didn't expect you to really have a hand in guessing riddles, it's better to guess more, if you can guess all the riddles in this store, wouldn't it be majestic." ”

Jia Baoyu said: "I have read a lot of books of the ancients since I was a child, and I hate Bagu the most, but I like poetry very much. In fact, in the final analysis, this guess is also roughly the same as poetry, either Gu Zuo said him, or take literal or homophonic, and the guessed things are nothing more than allusions to folklore, astronomy and geography, ......"

Before Jia Baoyu finished speaking, Lin Xiaoxiao said early: "Your cowhide is quite big, if you guess all the riddles in this store, I will serve you, and you will be rewarded!"

Jia Baoyu said with a smile: "I am a little familiar with this octagonal exquisite palace lamp, which was often carried by people when I was in the Grand View Garden in previous years." I remember I gave you one, but it was a glazed one. What do we want so many lanterns for?"

Lin smiled and said, "Don't care, just do what I say!"

The shopkeeper listened to Lin Xiaoxiao and Jia Baoyu's words, and said: "If this guest officer can guess all the lantern riddles in the shop, all the lanterns in the shop can not only be converted into silver for the guest officer, but also have a big gift." ”

Lin Xiaoxiao listened to it and said with a smile: "He Li?"

The shopkeeper smiled and pointed to Mo Yuanshan outside the door and said, "That guest officer is already looking at it!"

Lin Xiaoxiao came out of the store, only to see Mo Yuanshan looking up at the signboard of the lantern shop, and said to himself: "Tongue wood!"