Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo also understand that everyone is for their good, so no matter how hard and tired they are, they persevered.

The effect is obvious, Xiaolong and Xiao Shuo's equestrian skills are already good, in the case of Xia Hongying's release of water, Xiao Long has been able to win his two horse bodies, Xiao Shuo can barely make a draw with him, and he will not delay when he rushes in the future.

As for the swordsmanship, the two of them have already played a good game, not to mention how powerful it is, at least the shelf is there. Xiao Long's swordsmanship can already exert a little lethality, Xiao Shuo can use it very smoothly, and the two can also pretend to dismantle each other a few moves.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Xue Qing was in a rare mood and gave them a half-day holiday.

So Xiaolong went on to celebrate the festival. He and Xiao Shuo rode to the village, bought noodles, sugar and dried fruits, and made mooncakes in a decent manner.

Seeing this, Xue Qing proposed to make lanterns and guess lantern riddles to make the festival atmosphere more intense.

So she, Bingyan and Xia Hongying each wrote some lantern riddles on the note, selected them and marked them with serial numbers, and made them into notes.

The lantern riddle is there, where is the lantern? A few people are now short of silver, and they will not be so extravagant to buy a lot of lanterns.

The solution was figured out by people. No, Xue Qing stared at the bamboo. Pick three bamboo leaves, one to fix, and two to make a small ball, which spins in the wind.

Xue Qing is called "bamboo leaf wind lantern".

Seeing that she was having fun, Bingyan and Xia Hongying also helped to do it together, and soon made a lot of them. It is threaded with silk grass and tied between two thick bamboo poles in the pergola to form a curtain. A gust of wind blows, and a row of "bamboo leaf wind lanterns" dance with the wind, which is very beautiful.

Xue Qing also wrote numbers on some of the "bamboo leaf wind lanterns", which corresponded to the serial numbers on the lantern riddles, and painted the bright moon and osmanthus flowers without numbers.

After everything was cleaned up, Xue Qing looked at the row of "bamboo leaf wind lanterns" and giggled, and then joined Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo in making mooncakes. Bingyan and Xia Hongying saw her smiling happily and were in a good mood, and the two went to hunt game, pick wild fruits, and add dinner for the night.

When the sun sets, everything is in place.

Today there was more game, dinner was more sumptuous than usual, everyone ate around the table, and Xiaolong took out a large jar of wine from the room.

Xia Hongying quipped: "Xiaolong, I'm wondering, why did you spend so much money to buy noodles, it turns out that you also bought wine!" ”

Xiaolong scratched his head and said: "In the past, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I saw that my neighbors would buy osmanthus wine, and I wanted to try it too." ”

"Xiaolong, don't listen to him, today is a good day, you can drink a little." Xue Qing is in a pretty good mood today.

Xiao Shuo was more discerning and immediately helped everyone pour the wine.

Xia Hongying stopped teasing them, and directly picked up the bowl: "Come on, it's done!" ”

Everyone raised their bowls: "!" ”

It seems to be full of pride, but it ......

Xia Hongying and Bingyan drank it all, Xue Qing didn't like to drink, so she took a sip.

Xiaolong took a big sip of wine, paused, was stunned for a moment, closed his eyes and finished drinking, put down the bowl, and hurriedly picked up a large piece of rabbit meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

Xiao Shuo was more cautious, but as soon as he took a sip of wine, he was choked, coughing and his face was red, and when he calmed down, he immediately picked up a chopstick and wild vegetables.

"Little Dragon, how's it going? Is wine good? Xia Hongying smiled.

"Huh? Delicious! Of course it's delicious! It's just that I'm still a little unaccustomed to drinking for a while, haha......"

Xiao Shuo said aggrievedly: "I don't think it's very delicious......

"Well, I don't think it tastes good either. Shroud, let them drink, let's eat something else. Xue Qing said and picked up a fruit.

Xiaolong stood up, poured wine for Xia Hongying and Bingyan, and then filled it for himself, stepped on the stool with one foot, picked up the wine bowl and said heroically: "Hongying, Bingyan, come, let's do another bowl!" ”

"Xiaolong, your first time drinking, drink slowly."

"Huh? Red Sakura ...... "The little dragon suddenly lacks momentum.

"yes, drink less." Ice Flame also said.

"Okay." Xiaolong sat down and began to drink slowly, one bite at a time.

After the second bowl of wine, Xiaolong was already a little drunk, and Xia Hongying and Bingyan didn't let him drink the third bowl.

The moon has climbed up the mountainside, and the moon that rises at the beginning of the Mid-Autumn Festival is big, round, and golden red like the setting sun.

Xiao Shuo pulled Xiaolong to worship the moon, and the two put the bamboo case in the center of the courtyard, placed moon cakes and wild fruits on the bamboo case, and lit incense candles.

Xiaolong was drunk, and pulled Xia Hongying and Bingyan to worship the moon together: "Hongying, Bingyan, I have always been a person before, and after knowing Xiao Shuo, I have a brother." Since we met you, we feel at home. If you look up to me, we will bow in front of the bright moon, and we will be brothers from now on. I, Xiaolong, must stick a knife in my ribs for everyone......"

Xiao Shuo stood aside and was silent, Xiao Long said what was in his heart, but he had always been cautious, there were some things he wouldn't say, and he didn't dare to climb high.

Xia Hongying looked at Bingyan and saw that he had no disgust, so she agreed for him: "Okay!" Then he turned sideways and waved to Xue Qing: "Xue Qing, you come over too!" ”

The five people knelt down in front of the desk, each picked up a piece of incense, and faced the bright moon. Xia Hongying said: "The bright moon is above, the five of us are righteous today, and we will be blessed and enjoy difficulties in the future, not to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but to ......"

"But in the future, if one of them is unfortunate enough to go first, bless the others to live well; If one is bullied, the other will take revenge! Xue Qing snatched the words.

Xia Hongying smiled in her heart: This girl is really good at protecting her short-term care! But he won't say anything like dying on the same day, the same month, the same year, his life is very important, and he can't just die casually. He continued Xue Qing's words: "Brothers work together and help each other in the same boat. Swear to this, heaven and earth are the witness! ”

"Swear by this, heaven and earth are proof!"

The five of them kowtowed to the moon three times in unison, poured the wine again, and drank it all. This time, Xue Qing and Xiao Shuo didn't refuse.

Everyone returned to the table and ate the mooncakes and fruits, and Xue Qing proposed to guess the lantern riddle.

Xia Hongying was the first to step forward and picked from one to ten.

Xue Qing chose five riddles from each of them, and two of them were relatively simple, reserved for Xiaolong and Xiao Shuo, and Xue Qing added a moon mark before the serial number of these riddles.

Xia Hongying finally chose the first question and took out the riddle against the serial number, which was made by Xue Qing.

"瓤 [Xu Feige] (Hit an animal)"

Xia Hongying smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect to draw such a difficult riddle for the first one." ”

"Xiao Shuo, what is Red Sakura talking about, why can't I understand it at all."

Xiao Shuo said helplessly: "I don't understand either, I only heard that this is a very special riddle, after guessing the riddle according to the riddle, you have to change according to the requirements of the riddle to get the correct answer." ”

Although it was a little difficult, it didn't stump Xia Hongying, and after thinking for a while, she gave the answer: "The riddle is a fox." ”

Xia Hongying saw that Xue Qing was still smiling, Bingyan's expression did not change, but Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo looked at him blankly, so they explained: "'Xu Feige' is also known as 'half-makeup'. Previously, Emperor Yuan of the Northern Desert Kingdom only had one eye, and he had a concubine surnamed Xu, who disliked the emperor's ugliness, so whenever the emperor entered the room, Concubine Xu 'must be half-faced makeup', and someone later wrote a poem 'only Concubine Xu had half makeup'.

This is the origin of Xu Feige. The puzzle is only read as 'half-faced', and to close the puzzle, the same radical must be added to form a 'comprehensive' puzzle.

The puzzle surface of this question is '瓤', that is, the inside of the melon and fruit, half of the surface is 'melon', add the same radical, the puzzle is 'hit an animal', and the 'dog' part is commonly used, and the riddle is 'fox'. ”

After listening to Xia Hongying's explanation, Xiao Shuo couldn't help but applaud: "Hongying, I understand when you say this, you are so powerful, you can guess such a difficult riddle." ”

Xia Hongying smiled and said nothing, Xiaolong pulled Xiao Shuo and asked, "Xiao Shuo, do you really understand?" I still don't understand......"

Xue Qing smiled and said, "Xiaolong, you go and choose the fourth question." ”

"Okay!" Xiaolong was like this, a moment ago he was still lamenting that the riddle was too difficult, and he was eager to try it again.

"Nanyang Zhuge Liang, sitting firmly in the army's tent. Set up a gossip array to catch the flying generals. (Hit an animal)"

Xia Hongying and Bingyan sighed in their hearts, this is really suitable for Xiaolong.

This simple question was still a bit difficult for Xiaolong, but under Xiao Shuo's prompting, he still guessed the answer: "Spider, it must be a spider!" ”

Seeing a few people nodding, Xiaolong's self-confidence exploded again, shouting that he still had to guess.

Xue Qing stepped forward and chose the seventh question: "Spring water in the south and north (playing an idiom)".

This naturally did not bother her, and immediately gave the answer: "Left and right." ”

The moon climbed higher and higher, reaching the top of the mountain, and gradually turning from golden red to golden yellow.

After guessing the riddle, Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo were so drunk that they had already fallen asleep, and Xueqing also went back to her room.

Ice Flame and Xia Hongying faced the bright moon and drank a jar of wine.

……

The night was deep, the moon was in the sky, and the moon at this time was silvery-white, much smaller than when it first rose, but it illuminated the earth brightly.

Ice Flame sat alone on the rooftop, taking in the grass and trees beneath his feet, and could see grasshoppers playing among the grass.

Hearing the movement, Ice Flame didn't turn around, he already knew who was coming.

"Give you ......" Xue Qing handed over a small object.

Ice Flame took it, a butterfly woven from bamboo leaves and silk grass, small and delicate, lifelike. He also weaves these butterflies, but he uses cattail......

"Today is August 15th, your birthday ......"

Bingyan looked at her, this day that he barely remembered himself, she actually knew......

Xue Qing also turned her head and didn't say anything, just looked at him with a smile, and the moonlight reflected her face, looking particularly delicate.